Onepunch man tells a story about Saitama, a superhero who trained so hard that he can end any fight with one punch. He also lost all his hair because of all that training.
Onepunch-man isn't about fighting. My first impression was that this is just another crappy parody, but it's actually much more than that. In my opinion it's a parody of real life. It may be a bit subtle and ambiguous, but it tells a lot of about how people are in general. They continuously aim to be better, bigger, more rich and more powerful only to find that those things don't matter once you have acquired them. It's certainly a topic that I'm fond of.
Humour in this manga is obvious but nothing too exaggerated - it suits very well the general flow of Onepunch-man and the most important part of course is that it's actually very funny. Funny as hell, actually.
Art is very good and well designed. I find it oddly suitable for the main character to be the worst designed character in the whole series. It compliments well his utterly bored appearance. I love it. In contrast the enemies are very well drawn and are usually very quickly disposed, hence the Onepunch.
Characters are good in short: Saitama is an excellent and well designed main character that I'm happy to read of chapter after chapter, side characters are also very good, even though I'd expect a little bit more of comedic value from Genoss. Otherwise he's pretty awesome too. The villains deserve some praise without doubt: they've varied apart from each other very much and have most of the time entertained me very well.
The story part of this manga is it's weakest link, but that doesn't bother me too much. It was obviously intended as more of an artistic "test" of Yusuke Murata along with a very high comedic value, almost like a gag manga, but a lot better. In short, there really isn't any kind of story: there are a slight guideline which the characters follow like the hero organization in which they join at one part of the manga.
I could very well recommend this to people, but keep in mind that this won't surely be for everyone. You shouldn't expect for a decent storyline, but mostly excellent humor and if you've got tendency for it; philosophical thinking. I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed Onepunch-Man.
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