The Best Episodes of One-Punch Man Season 1
Every episode of One-Punch Man Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of One-Punch Man Season 1!
Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of “special” training, though, he’s become so strong that he’s practically invincible. In fact, he’s too strong — even his mightiest opponents are taken out with a single punch, and it turns out that being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a bore. With his passion for being a hero lost along with his hair, yet still faced with new enemies every day, how much longer can he keep it going?
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "One-Punch Man" season 1 is "The Strongest Man", rated 8.3/10 from 5040 user votes. It was directed by Shingo Natsume and written by Tomohiro Suzuki. "The Strongest Man" aired on 10/5/2015 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Lone Cyborg".
8.3/10 5,040 votes#1 - The Strongest Man
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2015-10-05
Saitama is a guy who’s a hero for fun. After saving a child from certain death, he decided to become a hero and trained hard for three years. Though he’s now so strong he can defeat any opponent with a single punch, lately he feels as if, in exchange for overwhelming power, he’s lost something even more important.
Director: Shingo Natsume
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
8.6/10 4,542 votes#2 - The Lone Cyborg
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2015-10-12
A monster is moving toward City Z, one that has been created by the mysterious organization known as The House of Evolution. Genos, a young cyborg, attempts to stop it, but gets in over his head before Saitama happens along.
Director: Shinichiro Ushijima
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
8.8/10 4,502 votes#3 - The Obsessive Scientist
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2015-10-19
Saitama and Genos glean information about The House of Evolution and its founder Dr. Genus, a scientist with dangerous ideas on artificial human evolution. Meanwhile, Dr. Genus learns of Saitama’s amazing strength and has plans of his own for One-Punch Man.
Director: Yousuke Hatta
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
8.5/10 4,269 votes#4 - The Modern Ninja
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2015-10-26
A group of battlesuit-clad terrorists called “The Paradisers” appears in City F, led by an enormous man known as Hammerhead. Calling for the redistribution of wealth, the group targets the fat-cat Zeniru, who in turn dispatches his bodyguard to defeat them. Unfortunately, Saitama is on the same errand.
Director: Nobuhiro Muto
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
8.8/10 4,407 votes#5 - The Ultimate Master
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2015-11-02
Though he’s been doing the hero gig for three years, Saitama realizes that the public knows nothing about him. Determined to get a little recognition, he decides to become a pro hero, but first he must pass the Hero Association tests and become a full-fledged member.
Director: Shunichi Yoshizawa
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
8.3/10 4,128 votes#6 - The Terrifying City
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2015-11-09
It’s been five days since Saitama became a professional hero and he has yet to do anything heroic. When Genos informs him that C-class heroes who don’t fight bad guys are dropped from the hero registry after a week of inaction, Saitama heads out on patrol, yet can’t find any criminals or monsters to stop.
Director: Shinichiro Ushijima
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
8.7/10 4,179 votes#7 - The Ultimate Disciple
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2015-11-16
An enormous meteor hurtles toward City Z, forcing the Hero Association to ask its S Class heroes to respond. When all their efforts prove in vain, Genos decides it’s up to him to protect the home of his master and stop the meteor, no matter what the cost.
Director: Yousuke Hatta
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
8.8/10 4,210 votes#8 - The Deep Sea King
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2015-11-23
A pack of monsters calling themselves the “Clan of the Seafolk” arrive on the shores of City J intent on invading the land. When the hero sent to fight them is defeated easily by the Deep Sea King himself, Saitama and Genos head for the city to help.
Director: Nobuhiro Muto
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
9.2/10 4,909 votes#9 - Unyielding Justice
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2015-11-30
As the battle with the Deep Sea King reaches its climax, more heroes fall to the aquatic despot’s brutal attacks. Which of them has what it takes to be a true hero?
Director: Shunichi Yoshizawa
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
8.6/10 4,020 votes#10 - Unparalleled Peril
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2015-12-07
Saitama tags along to an emergency meeting of Class S heroes and discovers that a seer has foretold a serious danger threatening the Earth. Though the crisis could occur anytime in the next six months, the heroes are surprised to hear the roar of explosions that very hour!
Director: Shinichiro Ushijima
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
9.0/10 4,550 votes#11 - The Dominator of the Universe
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2015-12-14
As a colossal spaceship floats in the skies above City A, a member of its monstrous crew battles on the ground against a group of S Class heroes. Despite their powers, they can’t seem to finish it off. Meanwhile, Saitama has boarded the enemy ship on his own.
Director: Yousuke Hatta
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki
9.5/10 6,858 votes#12 - The Strongest Hero
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2015-12-21
The inconceivably powerful Lord Boros has traveled untold distances in search of someone who can cure his boredom: Saitama! With the fate of humanity in the balance, will the two champions at last find in each other the worthy opponent they’ve been searching for?
Director: Shingo Natsume
Writer: Tomohiro Suzuki