One Punch Man Season 3 Producer Hangs on to Dear Life, Claims Episode 9 Has “More Intense” Scenes

If you’ve been around the chaos surrounding One Punch Man Season 3, you already know the internet is basically watching the producer cling on to hope like Saitama clinging on to supermarket discounts. The latest spark? Chinatsu Matsui boldly claiming Episode 9 has “more intense” action than anything before – while fans are staring at their screens like, “Ma’am, where?”

With One Punch Man S3 already airing and J.C. Staff drowning in negative feedback, Matsui’s comment didn’t really get anyone hyped. If anything, it poured chili powder straight into an already burning fandom wound.

J.C. Staff Producer Promises ‘Intense’ Action, But OPM Fans Aren’t Impressed

Chinatsu Matsui sounds like she’s trying to convince someone or maybe herself of something before heading into a job performance review that she knows is just going to go sideways.

According to X (or Twitter) handle @OPMHypeGuy, she said –

All that sounds nice on paper, until you remember Episode 5 dropped, and the entire fandom collectively aged three years in disappointment. Rather than hype, viewers launched memes, insults, and despair across the internet. Many have stated they no longer trust a single word Matsui says after her earlier promise to ‘do justice to Murata’s work.’

I dont get it.they truly believe what theyre releasing is good?

Im sorry but i dont believe what she says. Last time she says “trying to do justice to muratas work” and when the anime came out, it didn’t. What she says is total bullshit and out of touch with reality.

— SOLAR (IM BACK!! 🌨️) (@PolaroidSolar) November 13, 2025

Reactions from fans ranged from exhausted disbelief to full-on roast sessions. One said they don’t understand how the production team genuinely thinks what they are releasing is good and another claimed hope died after Episode 5. One fan even suggested that the only thing being “discussed” is lowering the per-drawing rate for animators.

Pls don’t hype up this again
The hope is dead after ep 5

— Dhruv (@Dhruv69985220) November 14, 2025

Episode 5 ???? Discussing ??? I think they negotiated the per-drawing rate with the artists and the studio, just to get it done cheaper and with lower quality.

— CP56 (@CP561528) November 14, 2025

And the most brutal take?

Just please end the misery of this show now. They’re just continuously pounding this animes legacy into the ground with bullshit. It’s gonna go down as the biggest failure in anime history if they actually release the whole thing.

— MrRedNoob (@MrRedNoob1) November 13, 2025

One Punch Man Season 3 So Far: What Fans Expected vs. What JC Staff Delivered

One Punch Man demands dozens of characters, fluid sakuga, crazy camera movements, and cinematic energy. The manga by Murata turns every fight into a mural. But the new season of One Punch Man by J.C. Staff? Let’s just say it is a complete disappointment.

The problem isn’t Matsui talking about “intense” scenes. It is the timing. It is the context. It is the fact that the fandom had been let down multiple times and the disappointment of Season 2 still lingers like a bad smell. When she comes out saying that Episode 9 is going to blow minds, fans can only laugh, cry, or both.

They want to believe. They want to see Garou animated as he deserves. They want to be shocked and thrilled and emotionally devastated at some Murata-level storytelling however all they are feeling right now is a lot of secondhand embarrassment.

Here are the IMDb ratings of all the One Punch Man Season 3 episodes aired so far.