One Punch Man Season 3 Episode 6 has officially hit rock bottom — and then somehow kept digging. If you thought Season 3 couldn’t sink any further, Episode 6 proved all of us painfully, heartbreakingly wrong.
This wasn’t just a disappointing episode.
It is now the lowest rated One Punch Man episode of all time, with “MLY Heroes” scoring an abysmal 3.8/10 on IMDb — a historic low for a franchise once praised for god-tier animation, precise pacing, and hype that shook the fandom to its core.
Instead, Episode 6 is basically a weekly tutorial on how to disappoint an entire fanbase.
⭐ Episode 6: Where Absolutely Nothing Happens
You know an episode is bad when the most impressive thing about it is how little it accomplishes.
Episode 6 spends nearly 90% of its runtime on characters standing around discussing…
well, everything except anything important:
- their plans
- their fears
- their trauma
- their tea
- philosophical side tangents
- and occasionally… nothing at all
It’s the anime equivalent of opening a family-sized bag of chips and discovering it’s 97% air.
Fans expecting Garou vs. Orochi energy instead got something closer to a slideshow podcast with dramatic music sprinkled on top.
It honestly feels like someone lost the real script and decided to stretch the introduction across half the season.
⭐ This Episode Turned Season 3 Into a Meme
Characters who should be moving at breakneck speed have instead entered a state of spiritual paralysis:
- Silver Fang, Blizzard, Genos, and King are “heading” to the Monster Association HQ… theoretically. Whether they’ll reach it this season remains a mystery — even JC Staff probably doesn’t know.
- Garou is still fighting Orochi at a pace that makes manga readers question their eyesight. The anime downgraded a dynamic battle into something that looks like a retirement home fitness program.
- Saitama, ironically, is the only character with actual movement. He basically teleports directly into the Monster Base. Congratulations to him — the only animated motion in Episode 6.
At this rate, Saitama might defeat the final boss before Garou finishes warming up.
⭐ JC Staff’s Animation Issues Are Worse Than Ever
The animation problems have gone from concerning… to comedic… to tragic.
Entire Reddit threads are debating whether Season 3 is an anime or a narrated slideshow with subtitles. Viewers noticed things like:
- repeated still frames
- shaken still frames
- still frames pretending to be action
- lip movements missing entirely
- characters blinking once every four minutes
- dynamic fights turning into PowerPoint presentations
At this point, even the lip-sync seems to be on strike.
⭐ IMDb Ratings So Far: A Season in Freefall
| Episode | Title | IMDb Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strategy Meeting | 5.3/10 |
| 2 | Monster Traits | 5.5/10 |
| 3 | Organism Limits | 5.2/10 |
| 4 | Counterattack Signal | 5.2/10 |
| 5 | Monster King | 5.8/10 |
| 6 | MLY Heroes | 3.8/10 |
Episode 5 felt like an improvement, giving fans hope…
Episode 6 crushed that hope into microscopic dust.
⭐ Can Season 3 Still Be Saved?
Realistically?
Only if JC Staff performs a miracle.
One Punch Man Season 3 promised:
- intensity
- chaos
- monster invasions
- god-tier battles
- and Garou moments that would break the internet
Instead, we’ve gotten:
- six episodes
- approximately 5 minutes of actual animation
- endless talking
- pacing slower than a broken elevator
Episode 6 didn’t just add to the problem — it magnified everything wrong with the season.
Fans aren’t even angry anymore.
They’re tired.
⭐ Final Thoughts
Episode 6 may be the final confirmation that One Punch Man Season 3 is officially beyond saving — unless JC Staff pulls off an unexpected comeback in the later episodes.
For now, Episode 6 stands as the lowest rated One Punch Man episode ever, and sadly, it’s not hard to see why.
Do you think Season 3 can still redeem itself, or is it officially doomed?
Share your thoughts in the comments!
One Punch Man Season 3 is currently available to watch on major streaming platforms.
