One Punch Man is a superhero manga series written by ONE and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. The manga received an anime adaptation in the Fall of 2015. One Punch Man has been considered one of the best anime, according to MAL Top 1000. If you liked the anime and can’t wait for the next season, you could continue the story in the manga.
One Punch Man manga has two versions. The original webcomic is written and drawn by ONE. The other version uses the story from the original but with extremely well-drawn art by Yusuke Murata. Season one of the anime covers the first 37 chapters of Murata’s version and the first 41 chapters of the ONE’s version. Season two of the anime covers up to chapter 85 of Murata’s version and chapter 54 of ONE’s version. Therefore, you can start reading the manga from chapter 86 of Murata’s version titled Is it Because I’m Caped Baldy? and chapter 55 of ONE’s version.
ONE launched the One Punch Man manga series as a webcomic and later collaborated with Yusuke Murata to serialize the manga in Tonari no Young Jump. Since then, the manga has been compiled into 26 volumes and had over 30 million copies in circulation as of April 2020.
The first season of the anime, animated by Madhouse, aired on TV Tokyo from October 5 to December 21, 2015. The anime’s second season, animated by J.C.Staff, aired from April 9 to July 2, 2019.
Viz Media began publishing the series in English in 2013 with this synopsis: Every time a promising villain appears, Saitama beats the snot out of ’em with one punch! Will he ever find an opponent who can go toe-to-toe with him and give his life some meaning? Or is he doomed to a life of superpowered boredom?
