I've reconnected with Onepunch-Man. I finally watched the anime and was blown away. I was afraid that the animation wouldn't live up to the absurdly high standards set by Murata, but I'm happy to be proven wrong.
The last episode left me shaking with sweaty palms and a pounding heart. I haven't experienced something this epic since the conclusion of Gurren Lagann -- which remains to this day my personal benchmark for "epic." With the way the manga is shaping up, however, it may soon reach that level should a hypothetical second season materialize.
ONE, the author of Onepunch-Man, is proof that as long as your ideas are great, it doesn't matter how bad your art is. The same holds true for writing. After you get past the misspellings, the bad grammar, and all the stuff that wannabe editors latch on as proof that the work is objectivity shit, you'll realize that what matters most are the ideas. Some of the best stories I've read were hidden under layers of shit writing.
There are writers and there are storytellers. When they become one and the same, that's when you have something truly special on your hands. Writing can be practiced by writing more, but storytelling is something that gets refined by experience. Whether you draw from memories or other works, storytelling is something you practice by living.
