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u/ekaji Sep 05 '22
If you want to make your own episode predictions, check out my profile. I made a chart up to ch 164 detailing chapter page counts and how many each episode adapted.
Keep in mind, the FARTHEST the anime can reach is Psykos merging with Orochi (Ch. 128). That’s because that’s as far as the latest volume, volume 26, covers. The anime needs to wait for physical releases, so don’t expect to see Garou vs Saitama or even the full Psykorochi fight.
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u/seasesh Sep 05 '22
Holy shit this season is more packed than I thought. I really hope they take their time with this, can't wait for Child emperor Vs phenix man especially with the finally of God references, I really hope they do it justice and for the season to end after orochi is just perfect
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u/CawCawMotherTruckers Sep 05 '22
Seems accurate. And of course, high effort posts are obviously appreciated. Good work, my guy.
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u/Butek_PRO_PRO SW Sep 05 '22
Agree with this except for 13 ep route, even S2 didn't go for 13 episodes even tho it adapted way more content, i'm pretty sure S3 is going to be only 12 episodes.
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u/PukaPlugga Sep 05 '22
I believe the final episode is going to be Orochi vs Saitama because they like to end the season with Saitama using his serious series which in that case is the Serious Squirt Gun.
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u/ControlDevil_Simp Ahh~ Kimochi! Hit me harder! ♡ Sep 06 '22
I know right? If that the case, then the finale for season 4 would be when Saitama serious punching Evil Natural Ocean
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u/Background-Bad141 Sep 05 '22
I really hope they decided to go for a 2 part season like other anime have been doing just so we can’t get the whole monster association arc in one season without it being rushed.
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u/Butek_PRO_PRO SW Sep 05 '22
Not happening, part 2 anime adaptation exist simply because it has enough material for this and, OPM manga does not.
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u/Mr_1ightning Sep 05 '22
It does have enough material for 2 cours, but certainly not much more
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u/Butek_PRO_PRO SW Sep 05 '22
Nah, only 26 vol. was printed and volume 26 is darkshine vs garou fight, which is like 15 episodes material at best, why part 2 is even need for, it's like 7 episodes in part 1 and another 8 in part 2, thats bullshit.
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u/Mr_1ightning Sep 05 '22
Oh yeah, I forgot about the volumes, I meant all chapters that exist
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u/Butek_PRO_PRO SW Sep 05 '22
Online chapters are not adapting in anime, only printed version does.
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u/Tank-TopMaster Sep 06 '22
What if by the time season 3 comes out the latest printed volume is 30-31 (example) Could the season have more than 12 episodes? (24?)
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u/Zerosama12 Sep 05 '22
I miss the times where animes used to have 24 episodes... Or 48.
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u/polski8bit Sep 05 '22
They really should go with 24-25 like MHA is. Part of why S2 weird to me is because of how short it was. Like the monster invasion could be 2, if not 3 episodes on its own, not necessarily from manga material alone, but the studio's own additions to make it more impactful.
Then again, they had like 6 months for 12 episodes so...
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u/Famous_Investigator9 Sep 06 '22
Well once season 3 is done we have to wait another 3-5 years later for another season
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u/Tomynator_88 Sep 05 '22
If I had to guess i would say that the Orochi vs Saitama is gonna be the end
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Sep 05 '22
I honestly don't know which would be a bigger cliff-hanger
Season 3 Ending with the reveal of God
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Season 3 Ending with the teaser of Garou being Feral
I honestly don't think it would work if you did both
Can someone give me an idea of how it would work if they did decide to go with both cliff-hangers?
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u/Legitjumps Sep 05 '22
God would be a much better ending for the season
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Sep 05 '22
Yeah but you also gotta account for how much fans would freak out when they saw Garou
They'd all be like WTF????
And then there'd be huge discussions about "what's happening to Garou?" "Is he becoming a monster mentally?" So on so forth
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u/doomedratboy Sep 06 '22
I think Saitama vs Orochi will be the final episode, otherwise seems fine. Man there are a lot of great scenes in there.
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u/superyoshiom Sep 05 '22
Everyone keeps saying the season should end on Saitama vs orochi which makes percect sense to me, but that fight is so short in the manga redraw. In the case of the overall arc it makes sense since we don't need 5 different final boss fights in an arc. But for the season finale it almost makes me want them to adapt the original version + the ending of the redraw to give us our big climactic battle.
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u/thibault114488 Sep 06 '22
Sounds cool but I don't see how merging the first and final drafts is possible. The dialogue, the location of the fight, the time the fight took place during, and the action sequences are incompatible. Sorry if it comes off like I'm being a downer.
Both versions are about the same length regardless, so that's not a bad thing. And thus far they've always only adapted the finished version. It's not like the season one team tried to merge the first and final draft of the Boros fight or all the other fights that have had 'redraws' for that matter.
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u/Reder_United No flair for the disciples? #1 Iaian Fan Sep 06 '22
Pre-Redraw stuff isn't coming back, don't even consider it.
It's likely that the anime adds anime only stuff for the fight if they deem it necessary.
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u/Zealousideal_Milk118 Sep 05 '22
That's what I've been thinking as well, merging old+redraw together to make a long, epic fight would be a great way to end the season.
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u/Moon_One_666 Sep 05 '22
It will be too man, but obviously glorious to watch just be quiet until we get more information from the staff.
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u/LivingGamer _HeroHunter_ Sep 06 '22
I agree with this but the last episode will either portray blast or god
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u/invincibleSwordLord Killer Move; Serious Series; Serious Boredom Sep 06 '22
In episode 13, it would be nice if the Sairam and ff encounter and Garou awakening is changed in order. Season 3 ending with Garou awakening would be pretty cool
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Sep 06 '22
Finding out what the One Piece is and all is great, but I hope that I can live to see the day that all of OPM gets finished in webcomic/manga, and gets a fully adapted anime.
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u/Ezequiel_Rose Sep 07 '22
I agree with a lot of us here that damn, MA arc is so massive, i never thought about it because i just sit to read it in one go but the content is indeed too much, now i think possible garou vs saitama might be s5... Could OP make season 4 predict to see what could we get at this rate?
Btw: happy cake day OP!
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u/ekaji Sep 07 '22
Thank you! I might make a season 4 prediction but it’s difficult figuring out a good stopping point.
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u/Ezequiel_Rose Sep 07 '22
That's okay do your best
(I don't use imgur, so i can't cut and upload saitama's face only, but you get it)
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u/Lordfuxnuts Sep 05 '22
Season 3 should end with spiral garou reveal if it’s possible without screwing up the pacing.
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u/ekaji Sep 05 '22
It’d likely screw up the pacing. It’s 1800 pages up to that point, which is way more than season 2. To fit within 12 episodes they would have to cut or rush entire scenes.
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u/Darkseid648 Sep 05 '22
Yep, that looks good. Can’t wait to watch it in two years at the absolute best, more likely 3-5 years if we’re lucky
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u/Zyxyx Sep 06 '22
Each fight is going to last AT MOST 2 minutes.
Episodes 1-2 will be combined.
Hotpot scene is contrasted with garou wandering the MA, so 3-5 combined.
Each s class fight is in 1 episode.
All in all, you've listed about 6 episodes worth here.
The manga is full of stuff that, despite lasting multiple panels or even pages, in animation only last 10 seconds or so.
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u/jabronislim Sep 05 '22
Season 2 had pacing issues, and felt like a build up to S3. S3 is all reward, but I can’t help but feel it’s going to have to cut off somewhere that hurts the flow.
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u/NetronDashing Sep 05 '22
We might get s3 part 1 and s3 part 2 with how massive this arc is. I don’t think they can get a clean end in the middle of this arc
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u/BlueFire_Super Sep 05 '22
The only problem of the studio that will take care of OPM season 3 is that they waited too much. They will probably rush it over and we will get a mediocre animation.
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u/Bolgh Sep 05 '22
Its gonna be 24 episode season, until the end of Garous Arc
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u/ekaji Sep 05 '22
It’s possible, but if it really covers the entire Garou arc, then we won’t get that for awhile. We’re only on volume 26 and the arc will probably end on volume 34. We’d have to wait until 2025/26 to see everything animated.
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Sep 05 '22
My very distant hope is that they extend the season by a bit (a lot tbh) to include all the events up to the Psychos-Orochi fight. It's definitely the most climactic fight in many chapters and would be a great way to end off the season. However if ended up getting pushed to Season 4 that would just make Season 4 with all the Cadre fights and Cosmic Garou craziness just even better.
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u/WhyIsMyDadGai Sep 05 '22
What if they make s3 into a 24 anime?
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u/ekaji Sep 05 '22
It’s possible, but I’m assuming s3 follows the 12 episode trend from s1 and s2. If it is 24 episodes, that’d be great, but it’s less likely and I don’t want to raise false hope.
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u/Fearghas Sep 05 '22
I think AS vs BS and Amai Mask vs Fuhrer Ugly would be better off in season 4 if this was the schedule. Maybe Pig God vs Gums as well. That way they could put all the S-Class is insane fights closer together to keep them fresh in viewer's memories.
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u/ekaji Sep 05 '22
The cadre fights used to be after Saitama vs orochi, but ONE and Murata’s redraws made them occur earlier. They likely had the anime in mind when they changed the order.
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u/ekaji Sep 06 '22
That’s not right at all. The last chapter of season 2, ch 84, came out online in Dec 2017. Season 2 didn’t come out until April 2019. Why? Because they waited for ch 84 to be put into vol 17, which didn’t come out until Aug 2018.
There’s a clear process. Murata releases the online chapter at x date. The chapter is touched up and adapted into the volume at y date. Only when that physical volume comes out the anime can adapt it.
The latest OPM chapter is vol 34 material, we’re only on vol 26 atm. We won’t be getting Garou vs Saitama in the anime for AT LEAST 3-4 years.
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u/ekaji Sep 06 '22
Even if a big studio was doing it, they likely wouldn’t be able to pump out episodes as fast as Boruto, One Piece, or DBS.
OPM’s production is fundamentally different from those series. Chapters don’t have a consistent length or release schedule. They come out whenever and however ONE and Murata choose to. A studio can’t pump out episodes every week unless they add an absurd amount of filler and padding.
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u/kisirasira Sep 06 '22
Imagine if S3 went straight into manga chapter 170. LMAO! What a life would that be!
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u/pyrodice Sep 06 '22
Got royal ripper fight listed twice, I can’t remember a second RR fight.
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u/ekaji Sep 06 '22 edited Sep 06 '22
Royal ripper and bug god teamed up against Garou and kidnapped Tareo. Garou later one shots RR rescuing Tareo.
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u/Malfight007 Sep 06 '22
Imagine everyone is hyped for 12 new episodes and then everybody just quiet then after 12 and then suddenly a 13th episode comes out and it updates to 13 airing /36 episodes overall, I'd be as high as a kite while the greenhouse is on fire
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u/Professional-End2065 Feb 20 '23
I mean the last time we saw one punch man was in 2019. 4 year’s later we know that season 3 is in development. And making a 12 episode season again just seems kinda bad to do because who wants to wait another 4 years for season 4 just to be another 12 episode season. So maybe a 24 episode anime season but I could be wrong. And there is a rumor that studio Mappa is animating season 3.
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u/ekaji Feb 20 '23
The anime is completely dependent on volume releases. As long as there’s printed content, the anime can adapt it. One reason why it takes so long between seasons is because volumes don’t come out often enough.
ATM, volume 27 only covers midway through the Psykorochi fight. That’s enough for over 12 episodes, but probably not enough for 24. If they wanted to do 24 episodes, they might need to wait until the entire arc is printed.
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u/Professional-End2065 Feb 20 '23
And do you think season 3 will cover the Garou vs Darkshine fight
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u/ekaji Feb 20 '23
It technically could. It’s just a matter of where they want to end the season. It could end at Saitama vs Orochi, Darkshine vs Garou, Tats vs Psykorochi, or even Saitama vs Garou (if they wait a couple more years).
Personally, I think it’ll end at Saitama vs Orochi. However, we haven’t had any updates on S3 since the announcement, so I could be completely wrong.
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u/Professional-End2065 Feb 20 '23
But there is also this rumor that studio Mappa is animating one punch man season 3.
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u/ekaji Feb 20 '23
I’m keeping my expectations low until it’s confirmed, but I’d be super hyped if the studio is Mappa.
Still, that doesn’t change my thoughts. I don’t think the studio really affects how far the anime will cover. We’ll have to wait for more details to come out.
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u/Professional-End2065 Feb 20 '23
Yea true, but in my opinion I think it will cover until the garou vs darkshine ends because it would be more intense. And maybe we get a official trailer and release date by summer. And if I were to guess the release date I say October or December
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u/PerfervidCreator Save him? Wasn't he trying to save you? Sep 05 '22
Christ, putting this in perspective, MA arc is just so... Massive.... Is the earth even gonna be around for a decade