Yeah, that hard-to-quantify "fun" bit is what makes it worthwhile. :)
Like ... you would THINK that "One Punch Man" would check all the boxes for the sort of anime I would *hate*, what with the ridiculously overpowered protagonist and all that ... and yet it's somehow funny and entertaining.
Well, it's likely the "funny" part that's critical here. If One Punch Man took itself seriously, it would be unbearable.
"High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World" would seem at the surface with a name like that to be intended to be "funny," but at least for me it doesn't qualify (and I utterly DETEST that show). The NAME may seem tongue-in-cheek, and the "story" such as it is, has protagonists who are ridiculously "OP" without any serious challenges or reasons for me to care about them at all -- to the point where if I described it the right way, maybe I could sell it as "satire" -- but it's played pretty much "straight." It comes across to me as being pretty much of the same type as "Knight's and Magic" {sic}: over-the-top wish-fulfillment that is so focused on the hero prevailing at anything, that we can't stand the slightest of obstacles or challenges for longer than a few seconds, tops (if even that).
Dr. Stone grants its protagonist RIDICULOUS abilities: I mean, he KNOWS EVERYTHING REMOTELY SCIENCE, it seems, with an encyclopedic memory -- he's well into "super-skilled" territory in comic book terms ... but he also somehow accurately counted the seconds of his imprisonment and constant consciousness for THREE THOUSAND YEARS without going insane.
But ... sometimes he actually makes mistakes ... and then tries again. These days that's positively remarkable in anime for a main character who isn't intended to be the target of all jokes. :D It's surprisingly watchable. (I was going to pass it over, but for a recommendation from someone that I should give it another try.)
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Like ... you would THINK that "One Punch Man" would check all the boxes for the sort of anime I would *hate*, what with the ridiculously overpowered protagonist and all that ... and yet it's somehow funny and entertaining.
Well, it's likely the "funny" part that's critical here. If One Punch Man took itself seriously, it would be unbearable.
"High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World" would seem at the surface with a name like that to be intended to be "funny," but at least for me it doesn't qualify (and I utterly DETEST that show). The NAME may seem tongue-in-cheek, and the "story" such as it is, has protagonists who are ridiculously "OP" without any serious challenges or reasons for me to care about them at all -- to the point where if I described it the right way, maybe I could sell it as "satire" -- but it's played pretty much "straight." It comes across to me as being pretty much of the same type as "Knight's and Magic" {sic}: over-the-top wish-fulfillment that is so focused on the hero prevailing at anything, that we can't stand the slightest of obstacles or challenges for longer than a few seconds, tops (if even that).
Dr. Stone grants its protagonist RIDICULOUS abilities: I mean, he KNOWS EVERYTHING REMOTELY SCIENCE, it seems, with an encyclopedic memory -- he's well into "super-skilled" territory in comic book terms ... but he also somehow accurately counted the seconds of his imprisonment and constant consciousness for THREE THOUSAND YEARS without going insane.
But ... sometimes he actually makes mistakes ... and then tries again. These days that's positively remarkable in anime for a main character who isn't intended to be the target of all jokes. :D It's surprisingly watchable. (I was going to pass it over, but for a recommendation from someone that I should give it another try.)