ONE's One-Punch Man

One-Punch Man, or commonly called One-Pan Man (pronounced Wanpan Man); is a hilarious web comic created by a person who goes by the name of ONE. But to be honest...Most people do not notice his work because it gets overshadowed by Yusuke Murata's redrawing of the comic. But is this actually a bad thing? In ways it really is, because it seems that people cannot appreciate ONE's creation of his story.

Many people cite ONE's problems as not drawing as well as Murata, which is kind of obvious. You're pitting a pro against a person whose just drawing a web comic, an is a manga artist as a hobby. Most people can only cite ONE's art as the problem, which to me is somewhat a valid comment but at the same time I have a slight inkling that people are spoiled and demand for "beautiful art". But is wanting beautiful art such a bad thing? To me yes and no. For someone who has been reading manga and watching anime for a long time, you see how styles change and evolve; the switch from 90's style to the current 00's style is vastly different.

But back to ONE and his web comic, it's not bad. Sure it does look simple at times and anyone thinks that they can draw better than him, but once you get further along you see the progress he has, and how good he is at drawing detailed scenes and fighting now.

Taken from the One-Punch Man web comic

Even though it's just rocks falling all over, the composition in the piece does show that ONE does know what he is doing. There is focus in the piece and shows that he does know what exactly what he is doing.

Taken from the One-Punch Man web comic

Also thanks to ONE we have the beloved main character Saitama, who looks dull and boring but just wants to have fun being a hero. But it isn't just that fact at all, ONE's story contributes much to the characters; how they act and how they interact with the world around them.

Taking that credit away from him, just because his art isn't the most amazing and visually pleasing out there is a disservice to One-Punch Man, to ONE, and to Murata as well. Murata is a fan of ONE's work and has done a few collaborations with him. But based on his stories alone, ONE is an amazing story teller getting his story Mob Psycho 100 picked up and serialized on the internet from Weekly Shounen Sunday.

If you ever get a chance to read One-Punch Man or Mob Psycho 100 by ONE, try to look past the art if you can and see how story telling is done, and how a good story can just grab you and makes you want to read more.