Is this actually as good as it is rated?

1) Yes;
2) Attack on Titan isn't overrated;

that everyone just hyped up just because everyone else would talk about it

For an anime, especially a newer one, yes it is that good. It's very enjoyable, and the amount of artist and animators hired to create the anime is astounding. That really shows the quality of the show.

Story-wise, like Attack on Titan, it's very quick and it's mostly "monsters of the week". So it's not the best story telling ever.

Character-wise, each individual character is very humorous, very odd, and show unique personalities, usually in a satirical way.

Action-wise, only Fate/Zero and Unlimited Bladeworks has it beat in action, but by an inch. The action displayed in this series is incredible and entertaining.

It's a show with very few low points, usually the story telling suffers the most. This show could end at being under 9 but as of now, it's not that mainstream. If it did go mainstream, not many people will understand the humor that much and drop it to about 8.5.

A show that doesn't deserve it's rating is Dragon Ball Super. 8.5 now with over 2,000 votes. Slowly becoming mainstream again. It started with 9.8 for several months and people voted it that high despite the first few episodes being lackluster.


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Definitely not overrated! Also, Attack on Titan is not overrated as well - it is an awesome show - however the movie sucks so much.

Do you even go to this school?
No.. I just have a lot of feelings..
Ok go home

The show isn't bad by any stretch but you're right. This suffers the fate all popular animes do of having inflated ratings.

The early episodes really hammer in the point that the show is a parody/satire comedy, but after realizing the show has no where to go with just the simple premise of a "one punch man", it introduces a lame plot element. This plot element being the hero academy or whatever its called. The show then becomes a blur, riding the line between genuineness and parody. Eventually, the parody element is eliminated altogether with the season ending after a 3 episode fight (a quarter of the season).

The parody although funny at times are not necessarily very clever. I challenge people who haven't watched the show yet to write a list of things you would expect from an anime parody. Chances are at least half will be ticked off in this show. Despite this, the screenplay is the strongest aspect of the show. I guess some could argue the animation or siq fight scenes are the highlight of the show, but they don't know what they're talking about.


The plot is almost non existent. The show exists purely on its premise of a "one punch man", its label as a parody show and its "cool" fight scenes. Whats incredible about this show is that almost half of the show's total run time is dedicated purely to establishing the various antagonists. Which is completely baffling because as a parody, we all know the monster will inevitably get defeated by a single punch by our protagonist. The show attempts to create conflict by trying to make the lack of a conflict the point of conflict itself. Basically, Twilight has a better narrative than this show.


By the very nature that it is a parody, the characters are incredibly boring. The main protagonist is just a mix of various popular anime characters with his sidekick representing the cliche, angsty, "cool" anime character". Again, rather than being dumpstered, the show gets away with this because it establishes itself as a parody in the first 2-3 episodes.


Also, AOT is not only overrated, its a flat out bad show. While One Punch Man is also overrated, i think its worth watching a few episodes. You can stop after they introduce the "Hero Academy" plot device or you can continue watching it thinking it'll return to its initial tone/atmosphere.

Yes. It's that good.

Get to watch it, hipster! 

I also was attracted by the high ratings and people saying that it is genuinely a great show.
I just watched the first four episodes and it is really boring and even lame.

The review posted above by hoonmaster is on point.
Even though the show is obviously established as a comedy that is supposed to parody animes, it is doing a very bad job.
There are few funny moments but that's it. It truly isn't as clever as people claim around here.

I wouldn't recommend watching it but to each his own.

Attack on Titan didn't live up to the hype for me either but this show is great.

It's better!