Review: One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows – You Too Can Defeat Any Enemy with the Press of a Button

One hit wonder.

Starting life as a viral webcomic back in 2009, One Punch Man is a celebration and a send-up of superhero fiction. It’s creator, aptly named One, envisaged the story of a hero who was already the best. Tired of being able to defeat every enemy he faces with one punch, protagonist Saitama worries more about missing the supermarket cabbage discounts than impending world threats. The joke is that while our eponymous hero’s power level has no equal, he is so inept at life that everyone else thinks he’s some wannabe loser. A world full of ridiculous heroes and terrifying monsters cause city-razing destruction around him, all the while Saitama struggles to pay for his next meal.

Following in the wake of a wildly successful anime adaptation, Spike Chunsoft’s One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows, offers a curiously doubled-edged proposition. The characters and stories in this universe are so hilarious and cool that playing them in a game is a tantalising prospect. However, how can a story, in which one hero can defeat anything with a single hit, be a sustainable experience?

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