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AMA about One Piece

Majukun

Member
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.

i like seeing people experience onepiece for the first time.

this being said, and i say it as a onepiece fan, this guy is a little too hyperbolic for my tastes..but he also comes from reading dragonball, so anything with a story planned more than 3 episode in advance must be mindblowing (and i like dragonball z too)
 

timeflais

Banned
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timeflais

Banned
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Let me clarify.

People consider the Jester of the King's court, to be that of a mere entertainment spot. In actuality, the Jester used Humour and Story to convey message of great importance to the King, because in normal terms, he would likely be killed from speaking at face value. Reconcile.

I HIGHLY recommend you rewatch 146.
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
Do you think one piece represents far right ideals of absolute freedom and minimalist or nonexistent government influence? They are pirates.
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 times

You’d have to ask big time political thinkers that watch One Piece. I only visit the Politics section to learn a bit, stay somewhat updated and hear others’ opinions / perspectives on certain things. But the pirates in One Piece don’t rely on the World Government for hardly a thing besides maybe infamy, power, a shield. They’ll exploit them [the World Govnt.] , if anything. Even the Marines will go against the World Govnt. at times, although it is kind of rare...
 

Fushitsusha

Banned
New 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.
 
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Cutty Flam

Banned
New 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.
That’s one of my favorite intros, The one where they’re all falling from the sky at the start? Best singing
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
Major spoilers, do not read if you have not passed this arc, once again major spoilers

This gave me goosebumps. I think moments in the story when the super important meetings take place, and fellow pirates sit down and share their intel and stories might be some of my favorite content throughout OnePiece





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TTOOLL

Member
Oh 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??
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
Oh 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??
If that's what's happening, I'm going to have to read the latest two chapters sometime today or tmrw

I haven't read the chapter yet, but based off of it, what's it looking like? Do you expect Luffy to take her head on 1v1 no interruptions or will he have help? If he's confident about defeating Kaido, Big Mom should fall too, but idk how in the fuck Luffy can take down two Yonko in one go unless he's been saving either Gear 5th or some other monstrous form of Gear 4th for this occasion. I can only assume as much, but I definitely think he has more surprises for his enemies as Luffy is very crafty in his battle tactics and obviously must have some sort of strategy if only a rough one. So many possibilities are flowing through my mind, but I'll focus on Big Mom. My guess is that Luffy will rough her up really badly but dip at some point to head for Kaido. Basically, I think Luffy will 'best' her somewhat quicker than we would all expect, show everyone around watching said fight what level he's on, and then something more important than even Big Mom will present itself and he'll advance towards Kaido. But again, I still need to read so that is my guess for fun

What do you think TTOOLL TTOOLL ??? How will that fight go do you think attacking it from all angles?
 

timeflais

Banned
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’.
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
Excellent idea. I never knew. Will contemplate the idea, you might be onto something I’m not seeing just yet

Is the sub or the dub better?
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 anime
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
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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?
 

timeflais

Banned
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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?
Very Trojan Horse of Troy-esque don't you think?
Masks are symbolic
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
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I’ve been left speechless countless times at Oda’s attention to detail. When I visited EviLore’s book of the month thread I noticed that Oda had taken a page out of Hernan Cortes’ conquest
 

Cutty Flam

Banned

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15 years to grow. But Luffy left his home island at age 17
 
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Cutty Flam

Banned
Do you read spoilers? I fucking do! Last page is hype x100000 holy shit
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 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
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
TTOOLL TTOOLL for the first time in hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of chapters
it's about to happen a second time. this gon be good bro

im going to say what needs to be said as succinctly as possible, directly below in the 1st spoiler

Suuuuuuperrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!

Luffy is going to attack soon. This time he has a plan set I'm sure. This is going to be the fight of the anime. Prepare yourself my friend, I'm going to make my guess right now and say that there will be nonstop action until the end of 2021

Man....Straw Hats versus Tobi Roppo, King and Queen, Big Mom is momentarily out but WILL be back (and likely will not be put on hold again) , plus three to four monstrosities likely all on par with Oars from Thriller Bark... Ho Lee Fuk
 

Raonak

Banned
Best longform story ever told.
everything connects and it feels like the author has planned out everything from the very first chapter.

it's fucking mindblowing how consistently good it is.
 
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Yoboman

Member
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.

I've been watching this series. Its highly entertaining and great watching a guy go from a skeptic to super fan in real time
 

Yoboman

Member
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 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
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 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
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
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 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 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 thing

I gained a lot more appreciation for these arcs upon revisiting:

-Alabasta
-Orange Town
-Jaya
-Whole Cake Island

The more time I spent re-watching Whole Cake Island, the more I began to see how magnificent the arc is. It might be a top 3-5 arc in the entire anime
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
What are your thoughts on the latest chapters as of late Yoboman Yoboman ???
always good to hear your take

I’m going to have to make a list of all the posters here who read weekly and are current with the manga, and start making much more thought provoking discussions chapter after chapter. There’s so much to discuss especially now. Would be great to tag that group and see the chapter from all sides and angles
 

Yoboman

Member
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)...
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.
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.
 
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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).
 
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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 :messenger_confused: 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. 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 :messenger_confused: 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 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.
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
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
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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
Latest chapter was great and quite frankly(chapter 989 spoilers)...
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.
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 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

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).
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
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 :messenger_confused: 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.
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
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.
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
 

Yoboman

Member
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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
Chapter 100 was Dragon saving Luffy and the crew entering the Grand Line
Chapter 500 introduced Rayleigh
800 was formation of the Grand fleet

There should be something good for 1000
 

Bombolone

Gold Member
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)?
 

Cutty Flam

Banned
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)?



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Well worth it. I’m actually re-watching with someone who has never seen One Piece, starting at the first episode and we’re on episode six now. Bombolone Bombolone One Piece is life. And it picks up more and more as you go along. Brilliant story. Just continues to get better and better, things build more and more as you go along. I wondered the same thing, how could an anime past like fifty, one-hundred plus episodes possibly keep my attention. This anime will grow on you. For like 940 episodes and 989 chapters the story is arguably at its most exciting point, depending on who you ask. There will be times when the story will need time to build, but it's usually worth the patience, almost every time I'd say

Keep going bro, episodes 1-8 are introductory and fun. Everything unfolds little by little, episode by episode. By episode 9, you're entering a decent little arc. By episode 19, that's when things start to really get rolling when we're talking about action. And from there things pick up more and more as stated earlier. It's building, and building, you hit episode 19 and that's when most viewers will really start to be immersed into the world of One Piece, I feel. But make no mistake, the episodes prior to that, are incredibly important and cover a lot. In fact, I'd argue (given the nature of the story), that every episode is vital. I have stated a few times in this thread already, that I made the mistake of taking some episodes lightly. Thinking that the creator was missing some steps and wasn't really on top of things regarding the story. Well long story short, I was totally wrong. The mangaka / creator of One Piece, Eiichirō Oda, is a genius. I think you'll eventually see what I mean if you enjoy the work

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Cutty Flam

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That's CAPTAIN Usopp's Theme, I wish the YouTube uploader would get it right, damn!! Should let him know and give him a piece of my mind!

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Chapter 990 is out, and I think Chapter 991 will be released around September 27th. Probably going to read tmrw and report back
 

Cutty Flam

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I think X-Drake does have intent to kill Kaido or at least contribute to bring him down through other means. It's all adding up. We know what happened to X-Drake's father in episode 736 when the Worst Generation receives news of Donquixote Doflamingo falling at the hands of Straw Hat Luffy. The war and levels of the war at Onigashima intensifies still. That would satisfy his ambitions, but what does the Navy want from him? What is his job at WANO? While he is a Supernova / one of the Worst Generation, it must be a major undertaking. He's basically at Admiral level I would say...Pretty interesting stuff. The Navy has intel and are pursuing something / some matter that only he can take care of given his status as a pirate Captain
 
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