The return of the long-awaited Shonen One Punch Man With its third season it continues to generate debate on social networks due to problems related to its production and the quality of its animation. Now episode 4 gave us the Viral disappointment of the week And it is about the absurd censorship of the cigarette of Zombieman.
The original scene in the manga shows us a character posing imposing, but now that it was animated we only see a character looking at the horizon, as if it had little relevance. Therefore, comparatives have immediately become viralized as the animation studio responsible for the third season is capable of disappointing us even more.
Although ironically, what generates the most laughter and anger among the community is the Absolute hypocrisy: An anime full of blood, dismemberments and monsters exploding decides that a cigarette is “cross the line of the explicit”?
Curiosity: Violence Yes, smoking no?
Orne punch man It is essentially a series focused on a young audience, over 16 years old, so it is quite common to see fights and blood at all times. At all times we see on screen heroes and monsters being brutally beaten. Blood is part of the DNA of the series. However, the production decided that the real danger to the audience that is at an age to understand the risks of cigarettes is not explicit violence, but Bad influence of a cigarette.
In our analysis we can find that the consumption of cigarettes and products that could be harmful to health is currently seen as a bad habit. Taking into account the existing measures on the content to be shown on Japanese television and political agendas, the production has decided to avoid controversies and omits the cigarette, although it ended up involved in the controversy in its attempt to avoid it.
destroying identity
For the expert fan of the franchise One Punch Man, who understands the lore behind each character, this is a slap. Zombieman It is the incarnation of a “black cinema” detective (film noir). his trench coat, his cynical attitude and his perpetual cigarette They are your identity.
character analysis It’s clear to take away the cigarette is a novice error, similar to the infamous censorship that could be seen at the beginning of the 2000s, as when in one piece The cigarette was changed Sanji for a palette. This type of action for many fans is a lack of respect for the original design of one and MURATA.
The removal of the cigarette Zombieman Summarizes perfectly why so many fans are frustrated with the Season 3 of One Punch Man.
From a critical perspective, this decision reflects a hypocrisy that underestimates the viewer. It is a sample of the excess of caution of international distributors, more concerned with avoiding criticism related to tobacco than with preserving the coherence and essence of a fundamental character in the story.
