[bananicorn]

Then again, shows like One Punch Man work because you know all of those tropes, and doesn't seem to work nearly half as well if you don't know what they're referring to.

(I've tried showing it to someone with rather little prior exposition to traditional shonen and the person found it rather boring. A sample size of one, I know that says almost nothing)

If you haven't watched it yet, give Hunter x Hunter a try - sure you'll see lots of re-occurring tropes, but it's a bit of a breath of fresh air, promised.

[3np]

Maybe I'm a bit more old and grumpy than you - for me OPM was great for most of the first season, but quickly deteriorated into spending half the time (exaggerated) ooh-ing and aaw-ing over "the S rank heroes power" and all that. Loved Mob Psycho 100 from the same creator, though.

I did try Hunter x Hunter last year - I gave up precisely because I felt like I've seen everything 100 times already.

I guess I should just take the uncle commentor's advice and stop trying to watch this class of shows if they aren't rewarding.

OTOH I really did enjoy Yakusoku no Neverland and Decadance in the past year, so I guess there's always something.

[kibwen]

Seconded that Mob Psycho 100 is an improvement over One Punch Man when it comes to subversiveness, character development, and general storytelling. Extremely relevant to this thread in that it shows how the skillful subversion of tropes can keep the interest of someone who's otherwise numb to those tropes.

[fireattack]

I consider One Punch Man a parody of shonen manga.

It definitely works great in that regard, but on the other hand it has plenty of "comedy tropes" which (to me) get old pretty fast.

[3np]

I really felt that after the novelty factor wore off, it has, unironically, become exactly the thing it was originally parodying.