One-Punch Man season 3 is finally out after years of waiting. Fans were thrilled to see their favourite fights animated. But when Garou vs. Royal Ripper aired in episode 3, reactions were split. Some loved the short bursts of action. Others focused on what the scene lacked.The Problems With One-Punch Man Season 3Royal Ripper (Image Credit: J.C. Staff)The drama around One-Punch Man season 3 started long before this fight aired. Fans were already unhappy with the first few episodes. People complained about the animation early on (like the scene where Garou slides down a hill). When the Garou vs. Royal Ripper fight came, the production choices only made things worse.The strange part is that the trailer for season 3 actually showed better animation than what made it into the episode. There was this cool sequence where Garou parries Royal Ripper's blade attack. It looked smooth, dynamic, and faithful to the manga. But when episode 3 dropped? That entire sequence vanished. Fans watched Garou vs. Royal Ripper and wondered where the hell those attacks went. Royal Ripper launches his blades; they just disappear, and suddenly Garou's reacting to Bug God out of nowhere.The animation quality itself became a meme almost instantly. During the fight in One-Punch Man season 3, Royal Ripper was drawn with breasts and female proportions for a few seconds. The character is confirmed male in the source material. This wasn't a creative choice. It was a mistake that slipped through. It is kind of bizarre that a character changes gender mid-fight and nobody on the production team catches it.When did the Standards Drop This LowBut there's more. Episode 4 gave us the conclusion of Garou vs. Royal Ripper, and fans are split down the middle. Some called it "insane animation" and praised the sequence where Garou finishes off Royal Ripper. Others pointed out that calling this "insane" shows how low the standards have fallen. One-Punch Man season 3 is being judged against itself at this point, not against what the series used to be.The technical problems go deeper than just animation frames. Fans who know the manga noticed that Garou vs. Royal Ripper messed up a crucial detail. The color of Garou's technique should be red. He uses a move from Bang's brother Bomb, and it should be red to show his violent evolution and monsterification. In One-Punch Man season 3, they got the color wrong. Small detail? Maybe. But for important moments, color is not small.Garou with the filter (Image Credit: J.C. Staff)And then there were those neon filters. Every serious frame in One-Punch Man season 3 gets slapped with this blurry neon effect that ruins the impact. The final clash of Garou vs. Royal Ripper should've hit hard. Instead, it felt slow and uninspiring. The studio is basically taking manga panels, adding some camera movement and sound effects, then calling it animation.Garou vs. Royal RipperGarou vs. Royal Ripper (Image Credit: J.C. Staff)Let's talk about the pacing disaster. Episode 4 of One-Punch Man season 3 dedicated maybe 30 seconds to actual fighting. The rest? Conversations. Static images. Characters standing still while only their mouths move. The hotpot scene with Saitama, King, Genos, and Fubuki had so much potential. But instead of dynamic comedy, we got still frames with voice acting.What hurts most is how powerful Garou vs. Royal Ripper felt in the manga. Every hit landed hard. You could feel the fear and chaos. The anime version? It’s just there. When fans say a fight “just exists,” you know something went really wrong with One-Punch Man season 3.Some fans are clinging to hope. Maybe the studio saved their budget for later episodes. Maybe the second half of One-Punch Man season 3 will deliver on the Monster Association arc. But four episodes in, and Garou vs. Royal Ripper being the "highlight" is a pretty damning statement. A person on X likened it to finding two grains of rice after starving for days. Technically food, but come on.Garou finishing Royal Ripper (Image Credit: J.C. Staff)ConclusionThe harsh reality? One-Punch Man season 3 dropped the ball on Garou vs. Royal Ripper. It showed the fight, sure, but it missed the spark. Yet, the energy, the hysteria, the sheer fire of that battle? It never made it from the trailer to the show. Fans deserve more, and Garou deserves more.