The existential crisis of One Punch Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U42pmZilfTA - 11:19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr9ThDBuibA - 13:37
One Punch Man is another anime that students in my summer anime classes like due to
the fact that it has fighting in it, even though in this anime, the fights involving the main character are
usually not very interesting, at least not to him. Of course, I would not really expect adolescents to
know, and probably even care about, this part of the main character's fighting, but it is the part of his
fighting that I would like to focus on here as his existential crisis with the help of two videos.
In the first video, we learn more about this main character Saitama, also known as One Punch Man
due to his ability to end most of his fights with just one punch. This is not only the reason for his
nickname, but also his existential crisis. Saitama used to be an average person until one day he ended
up in a fight that made him re - evaluate his life that led him to his desire of being a hero. However,
he worked too hard in becoming a hero, which is what he wanted, resulting in being able to end most
of his fights with a single punch. Basically, the only fight that had any purpose for him was his first
fight that made him question his purpose and work too hard to achieve it. He wants to be a hero
for fun, but is it really fun for him anymore? He tries to make his fights more entertaining for
himself, and last longer, by not attacking first and avoiding hits, but this does not seem to really help
him either. So what does help Saitama?
The first video also answers this question and also has scientific support seen in the second video.
Saitama's relationships with others are not only what he needs to help himself, but also others.
The relationship that Saitama has with the character Genos is the best example of this. While most
people do not really understand or know about Saitama, which helps Saitama by letting other people
know who he is, Genos can see past this to get to know Saitama himself. This is due to who Genos
is. In this anime, Genos represents the typical anime protagonist in that he had a rough childhood that
influenced his fighting mentality, which is something that he thinks Saitama can help him with due to
Saitama's strength (Saitama easily beats Genos in a fight). Even though Saitama does not really
know how to interact with others, even Genos, doing this it what will help Saitama help with his
purpose of wanting to be a hero.
The existential crisis of Saitama involves what he is known for doing and what he needs to do in
relation to that. There are reasons Saitama needs to do this, but these reasons involve that he needs to
resolve his existential crisis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr9ThDBuibA - 13:37
One Punch Man is another anime that students in my summer anime classes like due to
the fact that it has fighting in it, even though in this anime, the fights involving the main character are
usually not very interesting, at least not to him. Of course, I would not really expect adolescents to
know, and probably even care about, this part of the main character's fighting, but it is the part of his
fighting that I would like to focus on here as his existential crisis with the help of two videos.
In the first video, we learn more about this main character Saitama, also known as One Punch Man
due to his ability to end most of his fights with just one punch. This is not only the reason for his
nickname, but also his existential crisis. Saitama used to be an average person until one day he ended
up in a fight that made him re - evaluate his life that led him to his desire of being a hero. However,
he worked too hard in becoming a hero, which is what he wanted, resulting in being able to end most
of his fights with a single punch. Basically, the only fight that had any purpose for him was his first
fight that made him question his purpose and work too hard to achieve it. He wants to be a hero
for fun, but is it really fun for him anymore? He tries to make his fights more entertaining for
himself, and last longer, by not attacking first and avoiding hits, but this does not seem to really help
him either. So what does help Saitama?
The first video also answers this question and also has scientific support seen in the second video.
Saitama's relationships with others are not only what he needs to help himself, but also others.
The relationship that Saitama has with the character Genos is the best example of this. While most
people do not really understand or know about Saitama, which helps Saitama by letting other people
know who he is, Genos can see past this to get to know Saitama himself. This is due to who Genos
is. In this anime, Genos represents the typical anime protagonist in that he had a rough childhood that
influenced his fighting mentality, which is something that he thinks Saitama can help him with due to
Saitama's strength (Saitama easily beats Genos in a fight). Even though Saitama does not really
know how to interact with others, even Genos, doing this it what will help Saitama help with his
purpose of wanting to be a hero.
The existential crisis of Saitama involves what he is known for doing and what he needs to do in
relation to that. There are reasons Saitama needs to do this, but these reasons involve that he needs to
resolve his existential crisis.
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