One Punch Man episode 6

Opinion:

Acceptable. This week's episode is acceptably decent as an adaptation of the Weekly deadline and Seaweed incident (not the actual names of the events but I had to refer to them somehow). This post will be different from the usual format since nothing much happened and whatever happened is similar to previous episodes.

It is however starting to wear the gag (Saitama being an overpowered) out though as it did not get as much laughs out of me than the previous episodes. I guess this is what happens when there is a lack of events going on which add in more varied gags and characters to run them against. It did get some chuckles but it was mostly from recalling those gags from the manga. I do not hold it against them too much though as the manga also had this problem around this time whereby the escalation of threats later on fixes this major problem.

There are some changes in the anime when compared to the manga that I will not spoil for the viewer though I will have to say that the Psychic Sisters (both of them, PRAISE WHATEVER RELEVANT DEITY HERE) do make actual fully-voiced appearances and have been well-illustrated. 

(Full disclosure: I prefer Fubuki over Tatsumaki since Fubuki undergoes more character development in the manga later on while slowly overcoming her biggest character flaw along with the fact that Tatsumaki reminds me too much of a spoiled brat that never did fix their flaws though on the flip side, she is entertaining to watch and serves as a foil to Saitama. Ultimately, both are entertaining characters with flaws that have significant effects on them. Plus Fubuki has a body that makes all the female characters pale in comparison) 

Some of the changes do flesh out the setting, systems and established lore which ensures that plot dumps will not be taking place in the middle of big events (I think there appears to be references to something big that does occur later in ONE's version but I will not confirm if I am wrong) which is what an adaptation should do: make appropriate changes to improve pacing and flow (unlike Fuh Stuh Nut) even if the die-hard fans complain about it. From the extra expository discussions, it can be established that Saitama's city of residence is a danger hotspot, Tatsumaki is condescendingly arrogant, there is a group of strong monsters gathering, the Blizzard Group exists already and Saitama does miss his hair.

Overall, it still has action (though not as much this week), comedy (that is wearing thin due to a lack of events and characters to bounce off), and entertainment value (that is still present). I can give it a cautioned recommendation for viewers who want to keep up but if you miss it, there is not much to miss. There was nothing much happening in this episode though it did flesh out the setting, systems and lore more when compared to the manga. Perhaps the next episode will bring the escalation or it may not. I have some faith though since they did adapt the Sparring bout so well and for bringing us the gem that is Fubuki so early on and so well illustrated. The facial detail does resemble the Murata version below (at least in my opinion):

Link to image: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/onepunchman/images/5/5a/Fubuki_color2.png/revision/latest?cb=20150103000806 and http://onepunchman.wikia.com/wiki/Fubuki

Still positive about this adaptation and that is an illustration from the Murata version. Bask in it's detail and if you want a picture from the anime, the nearby search engine will locate it.

[Musings: Fallout 4 this week. Got a Pip-boy app on my phone and will look at it for next week's opinion post. I have history with the series (started from Fallout 3, went to New Vegas and completed Fallout 1 & 2) so I will be harsher to the game since I preferred Fallout 1, 2 and New Vegas a lot more than 3 (not that I hated 3; I liked it as seen by this post: http://subjectivelybiasedrants.blogspot.com/2015/06/fallout-3.html ). I will try judge the game by its own merits but remember that my review-like opinion will have bias (something that all opinions and reviews have whether we like it or not). To those that pre-ordered, I hope you have actual collectible items to justify such a decision and to those that wait for the actual release, have fun buying at day one or later.]