Just wanted to share this dude's videos on his blind reaction/thoughts on the first half of the series. He recently finished Marineford and I must say his video's are really well done and very entertaining despite the length of some of them. He's got some great commentary and fair enough criticisms from time to time but overall found the series (up to Marineford) to be an absolute incredible manga reading experience.
It's so great to see others have those same thoughts and reactions I had going into this series for the first time. I used to absolutely hate this series (thanks 4kids!) and gave the JP version a shot and fell in love with it ever since. Looking forward to his commentary on the content after the timeskip which is coming up in a few weeks time.
Let me clarify.Devil fruits
Do you think one piece represents far right ideals of absolute freedom and minimalist or nonexistent government influence? They are pirates.Go ahead, I''ll answer any questions
Freedom is a major theme of One Piece, and probably one the more central themes if you were to ask most fans. There’s a handful of themes that I can think of, but freedom is certainly one of more prominent ones that will unfold time and again in OP. I’m not sure how I’d classify the characters overall...you’re definitely right though, almost every pirate there is having no part of the government if they can avoid it. Even those that are associated in some way with the World Government, are only in it for their own personal advantage / gain. Motives is another major theme of One Piece imo, and one of the most interesting. You can never tell exactly what all the major rivals, enemies or villains (depending on different factors) truly are thinking at timesDo you think one piece represents far right ideals of absolute freedom and minimalist or nonexistent government influence? They are pirates.
That’s one of my favorite intros, The one where they’re all falling from the sky at the start? Best singingNew intro for Water 7 is looking good, showing a lot more upcoming content? more so than the previous ones. Eager to see pimp daddy Yassop.
Quality and budget seems raised, but I might be imagining it.
Happy development.
If that's what's happening, I'm going to have to read the latest two chapters sometime today or tmrwOh boy...Luffy's gonna have to take down Big Mon first before facing Kaido. This is going to be insane. Perhaps Franky hitting her head will make her lose her memories once again and she'll help the Straw Hats??
With every end, comes new beginnings.
You didn't really think the apocalypse meant fire and brim stone did you?
Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.
What was happening during this scene? What was he trying to say when told not to talk?
Excellent idea. I never knew. Will contemplate the idea, you might be onto something I’m not seeing just yetMoon rabbit - Wikipedia
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Dude I fucking hate the dub. I listened to One Piece dub the very first time I decided to check out my first episode, episode like 312 or something. I listened to it for a min and then didn’t return for an entire year I think lol. I love the English sub. The Japanese Voice Actors do unparalleled work in there IMO, all of them the entire cast. But I don’t know much Japanese so I wouldn’t be able to tell either way. Fuck eng dub, it’s disgraceful for this animeIs the sub or the dub better?
This ones fairly straight forward.Excellent idea. I never knew. Will contemplate the idea, you might be onto something I’m not seeing just yet
Very Trojan Horse of Troy-esque don't you think?timeflais
Wasn’t he trying to warn Perona about something suspicious he saw? I think Nami or someone was creeping around the castle? Weren’t they actually in him? I can’t recall fully. It was wither that, or something about Usopp?
I have three chapters to read now, I wanted to wait until I have four to see how it feels compared to waiting for two at a time but I don’t know if I can now that you’ve mentioned this lolDo you read spoilers? I fucking do! Last page is hype x100000 holy shit
Just wanted to share this dude's videos on his blind reaction/thoughts on the first half of the series. He recently finished Marineford and I must say his video's are really well done and very entertaining despite the length of some of them. He's got some great commentary and fair enough criticisms from time to time but overall found the series (up to Marineford) to be an absolute incredible manga reading experience.
It's so great to see others have those same thoughts and reactions I had going into this series for the first time. I used to absolutely hate this series (thanks 4kids!) and gave the JP version a shot and fell in love with it ever since. Looking forward to his commentary on the content after the timeskip which is coming up in a few weeks time.
Just go weekly. I've tried variations on this as well. Waiting a month, waiting 6 months. You always end up back in the same spot waiting for moreI have three chapters to read now, I wanted to wait until I have four to see how it feels compared to waiting for two at a time but I don’t know if I can now that you’ve mentioned this lol
I’m still trying to calm down from the last hype overdose. I stopped there actually. So I still get to see what happens
Might just read weekly again. I know soon things are about to take off on unprecedented lvls
I think I like weekly as well. But earlier when I read the three chapters it was really fun having more than two to read, reading three was great. But I’m going to have to read weekly now. Just gonna have to, I don’t want to miss a thingJust go weekly. I've tried variations on this as well. Waiting a month, waiting 6 months. You always end up back in the same spot waiting for more
I just read weekly now and then go back and do the whole arc start to finish when it is completed.
The story is definitely better consumed in big chunks. I liked Fishman Island so much more on reread, especially the digital coloured version
I feel Oda always knew he wanted Sanji to be a prince but I personally don't at all believe he had Germa 66 planned back then. The 1st Sanji backstory was great and was definitely appropriately themed for a pirate manga (stranded on an island with little to no food) and that was great reasoning for Sanji being a cook and not wanting to ever waste food. The Germa 66 stuff is ehhh imo. At the end the of day it is what it is and I still get enjoyment out of this series so whatever. Just wanted to say my 2 cents about that.I took a couple months break after finishing the Dressrosa arc - there was some great stuff there (Franky vs Senor Pink, Usopp's fights, and the "surprise guest") but it felt really, really long and slow. When I started looking up discussion on it and found that they stretched out the manga massively it made sense.
It feels like the anime picked up a little pace on Zou and now WCI feels a lot better - they actually reached Whole Cake Island at a good speed, and I'm glad the SHs who went with Sanji are getting some screentime, and Luffy, Chopper, and Carrot have great chemistry together. I'm impressed that Sanji's full backstory was planned out so far ahead of time (evidenced by his name, unless that was just a very, very lucky choice Oda made a decade ago).
I feel Oda always knew he wanted Sanji to be a prince but I personally don't at all believe he had Germa 66 planned back then. The 1st Sanji backstory was great and was definitely appropriately themed for a pirate manga (stranded on an island with little to no food) and that was great reasoning for Sanji being a cook and not wanting to ever waste food. The Germa 66 stuff is ehhh imo. At the end the of day it is what it is and I still get enjoyment out of this series so whatever. Just wanted to say my 2 cents about that.
I love seeing all the Strawhats together. I think the chapter did a good job highlighting that if the crew works together they could be capable of taking out a Yonkou
Everything is going a bit too smoothly though. At some point things going to get really rough
I still don't know why Big Mom is there from a narrative standpoint though. I wonder if she will have hunger pangs at some point and turn on everybody
Latest chapter was great and quite frankly(chapter 989 spoilers)...Either way I'm hyped as it seems we should be moving at an even faster pace from this point forward with the war. Also hoping we get a megaton chapter when we reach chapter 1,000. I'm sure Oda has something planned.I don't mind Big Mom getting rolled out of the plot for now lol. I don't even see it as disrespect to her like others have. Its clearly a comedic moment to show the SH's teamwork to at least be able to stall her. She didn't take any damage from Franky or Robin/Jinbei and knowing Oda she's been rolled probably closer to Perospero/Marco.
I took a couple months break after finishing the Dressrosa arc - there was some great stuff there (Franky vs Senor Pink, Usopp's fights, and the "surprise guest") but it felt really, really long and slow. When I started looking up discussion on it and found that they stretched out the manga massively it made sense.
It feels like the anime picked up a little pace on Zou and now WCI feels a lot better - they actually reached Whole Cake Island at a good speed, and I'm glad the SHs who went with Sanji are getting some screentime, and Luffy, Chopper, and Carrot have great chemistry together. I'm impressed that Sanji's full backstory was planned out so far ahead of time (evidenced by his name, unless that was just a very, very lucky choice Oda made a decade ago).
The 1st Sanji backstory was great and was definitely appropriately themed for a pirate manga (stranded on an island with little to no food) and that was great reasoning for Sanji being a cook and not wanting to ever waste food. The Germa 66 stuff is ehhh imo. At the end the of day it is what it is and I still get enjoyment out of this series so whatever. Just wanted to say my 2 cents about that.I feel Oda always knew he wanted Sanji to be a prince but I personally don't at all believe he had Germa 66 planned back then.
I love it myself, but I was a huge Power Rangers nut as a kid.
Oda had to have at least the barebones of it planned, though, with the rei-ichi-ni-san-yon pun, though. I guess technically he could have gone with Goji as the fifth sibling instead through, but it seems like he had Sanji having a large family planned, and some idea that they are just treated like "numbers"/tools within that family.
I can see how that contributed to the independent personality he had when he was at the Baratie, where Zeff was a patriarch like Judge, although obviously more concerned with Sanji as a person. Once Sanji joined the Strawhats he finally found a family of equals.
Chapter 100 was Dragon saving Luffy and the crew entering the Grand Line
Same here, this instance was particularly powerful. They're about to launch a preeminent attack like no other on those standing in their way. We haven't seen anything like this on this scale involving the Mugiwara crew
I feel the same way; Big Mom is the greatest villain IMO but it's due to the sheer amount of creativity that went into her and her story. She is all over the place and has shown to be inept mot of the time. She's as powerful and as destructive as they come and arguably has the toughest pirates backing her in her crew, the Charlotte Family, but she's largely incapable to forming any sort of strategy on a whim by herself. She'll be outsmarted again, I'm almost sure of it, but there will also probably a time in which she goes unhinged and causes some serious problems that perhaps nobody will be able to counter. They'll simply have to evade and hope for their safety. That's what I like about Big Mom, she's pure chaos unhinged at her worst and she's unstoppable as far as we've seen. If anyone can penetrate her defenses it's probably Luffy and only Luffy. Maybe Blackbeard would be able to tip the scales as well somehow but that's a tough one to call. But I am definitely with you, whatever happens to Big Mom usually turns out extremely entertaining
I wonder what her crew is dealing with now that Marco and Perospero are (I' assuming) engaged in combat at the moment. Can Marco really handle all of them on his own and come out in decent shape? Marco doesn't seem like the type to back down so I'm sure he'll have his go at the no matter what, but I think based off what we saw in Marineford he's one of the more exceptional fighters in OP. He always came through during pivotal moments in the Paramount War. He also was able to pull away when he had to so I don't think he would have any issue fleeing if necessary. Can't predict what Marco will do but my guess is he'll probably shake up the Big Mom Pirates some before advancing. My hope is that he's able to take severely damage at least one of them. Their main goal that we know of is to aid big Mom in killing Luffy, after all. So I would think that he's going to deal with them harshly
As for the 1,000th Chapter that would be cool. Is that usually how it goes? The 100th, 200th, etc. chapter will be that much longer or extraordinary in its content? I know some issues will have a colored picture
Senor Pink was so funny. Oda was going fucking ham with that character and the jokes lmao
A lot of people didn't enjoy the length of the Dressrosa arc but I thought it was superb. I wouldn't have it at any other length. A lot was covered in Dressrosa and it sets the tone for the arcs to come brilliantly. As soon as Luffy became the Commander of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet I was about as excited as when Franky decided to build Luffy a new ship with the help of Iceburg, had completed it, and officially joined as a member of the Straw Hat Pirates. That was a glorious moment. I thought Fujitora's yearning to see Luffy was epic as well. Dressrosa was an outstanding arc, I think it was really long, but it never felt like it to me because I always had taken my time with One Piece from episode 321 about forward. I didn't want to miss out on anything so I stayed patient ever since. There could be something longer than Dressrosa in store and I would embrace it. There are always going to be moments that sort of take some patience and attentiveness to get through; exercising those two usually pay off because you will reach something exciting further down the way and such is true going forward
I was very impressed with the Phantom Island Zou and Whole Cake Island. I could go on and on but those two arcs had perfect transitioning imo and I think they were handled nearly perfectly. Executed perfectly, looking back on them. I rated Zou like a 9/10 but it was a bit better than that. Whole Cake Island really should be a 9.9/10 or a 10/10 on my ratings. I think I moved it up to 9.7/10 but it's better than that. One of my favorite arcs for its limitless creativity in what it brought. I especially love Whole Cake Island. I think it may be my favorite arc to think and wonder about
Also agree with Luffy, Chopper, Carrot. Have my fingers crossed that she'll be invited after Wano Kuni arc concludes. I already consider an unofficial member that must be included whether Oda chooses to make it official or not. I like her even more than Vivi, which is really saying something
Not sure if it was planned or not but it definitely adds a lot more to Sanji's prestige, SH infamy, and definitely adds to the story greatly. It ended up supplementing everything well. One thing I will say is that the story got a bit heavy at some points and I almost couldn't bear how much Sanji was going through and still remaining a good kid. Very depressing moments. But one of the most heart felt moments came out of this story during one point. Maybe one of the most touching moments in the anime, I almost teared up when I saw it animated. It was a very powerful moment and I think many probably did not see it as I saw it, but Sanji made some of the most epic decisions in that arc, I'll say that much. His character was expanded in graceful ways whether it was premeditated or brough along suddenly
One of the things that bothers me from that arc is this: They threatened Sanji by threatening to kill Chef Zeff, yet this made him powerless and helpless. It was inevitable, given how ruthless Germa 66 is, but I still wish somehow Sanji wasn't pitted in such a hopeless position. In the end though, to his credit, he did the right thing and eventually negated the threat entire, and in the most powerful way he could have. In usual One Piece fashion, the story moves forward in a powerful way. Sanji made the right decisions
Are all 989 episodes worth it. I started at 1 the other day.
How can something last that long and be engaging.
I enjoyed what I watched, but how much story is there to tell. Do we have 2-3 buffer episodes before action (like DBZ)?
What is it?