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[Future Foundation]

What if I told you the next arc won't begin until year's end....

What? So what's after this?

 

[Mik317]

The next major arc is one of the weaker ones but man does it have its moments. Particularly

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the best Usopp fight.

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Its fine when the fights start and Brook is awesome but you eventually lose interest in Moria and begin to feel like he ain't shit and coming off of this arc only makes that more apparent. The Oars fight is neat but goes on too long. Zoro's crowning moment does redeem it a lot.

 

[lazybones18]

JUST A NORMAL GUY WITH ROPES.

not quite Octodad tier

 

[SigmasonicX]

Agreed, anything with foxy is the worst

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(Because we're getting both)

 

[Raxus]

All those marines are just standing there...

It IS a warriors game after all.

 

[Grexeno]

DBZ was never afraid of collateral damage.

Dragon Ball Z used and abused Magical Bring Everyone Back To Life Balls

 

[Moaradin]

This is way too asspull for me to accept

First time watching One Piece? This isn't even close to the most crazy shit people survived from in this series.

I mean, someone actually survived a point blank nuke.

 

[BassForever]

DBZ was never afraid of collateral damage.

The same series that made death irrelevant because the main gimmick of the series can infinitely* revive people?

 

[Amikami]

I don't think Luffy is doing to well.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Nobody dies in One Piece. It does kind of undercut dramatic moments, not because people don't die but because Oda thinks that "killing" them and then bringing them back is supposed to be shocking for the 200th time. But people still fall for it I guess.

 

[MetatronM]

What? So what's after this?

Post-arc wrap up, a little bit of filler, more post-arc wrap up, then a long batch of filler (the final long batch of filler in the entire series).

 

[Crayolan]

So I guess the Navy is sitting around waiting for Usopp to finish his yelling at Luffy.

 

[Man God]

Red Pirate needs food badly!

Red Pirate...is about to die!

 

[zedreamcast]

Man Oda got really lazy designing how Sniper Kings face looks, he looks waaaaay too much like Ussop.

 

[lazybones18]

way to fail body

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Give Luffy a senzu bean.

But yeah, he used up all of his stamina. The side effects of Gear 2nd kicking in,

 

[BatDan]

First time watching One Piece? This isn't even close to the most crazy shit people survived from in this series.

I mean, someone actually survived a point blank nuke.

People always forget this.
Unless explicitly stated, named characters don't die

 

[BassForever]

Nobody dies in One Piece. It does kind of undercut dramatic moments, not because people don't die but because Oda thinks that "killing" them and then bringing them back is supposed to be shocking for the 200th time. But people still fall for it I guess.

Yeah but whenever he decides to really kill someone it'll have a huge impact

 

[Crocodile]

Why is this so melodramatic. Luffy is spent. How is that shocking?

Yeah this series should be more like AgK and

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just rack up the body count, probably kill a strawhat or two while they save robin

There is a happy medium between EVERYBODY dies and NOBODY dies.

 

[Schadenfreude]

He's exhausted, Usopp. Stop being a douche.

 

[grandjedi6]

Hey Robin, remember how they weren't shooting wherever you were? So... WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE GETAWAY SHIP?!

Probably the only stupid mistake Robin ever makes.

 

[Mik317]

yeah Zoro should straight up be dead from some of the damage he takes.

Expect no deaths here

cough

 

[Raxus]

Well...there goes that plan.

 

[B-Dubs]

Yeah but whenever he decides to really kill someone it'll have a huge impact

If he ever decides to do it that is.

 

[Seda]

oh no they did the obvious thing and destroyed the ship

 

[Shard]

Oh yes, people survive, doesn't mean it isn't still bullshit.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

There goes their escape ship.

Game over, man!

 

[Man God]

ZERO ESCAPE.

 

[Moaradin]

I actually like that One Piece doesn't throw around deaths like crazy. It makes it way more impactful when it actually DOES happen.

Compare the major deaths in One Piece to the ones in DBZ. It's super impactful in One Piece while it's pretty much trivial in DBZ.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Don't worry. I'm sure Kokoro, Chimney and Chopper are dead for realz.

 

[Ultratech]

Surprised they didn't blow up the ship sooner.

So much for escaping.

 

[aspiegamer]

Uh. So, I'm legitimately interested to see how the hell they're supposed to get out of this.

 

[UltraGunner]

And they'll survive too because of course

 

[Crocodile]

Dragon Ball Z used and abused Magical Bring Everyone Back To Life Balls

Dragon Ball never pretended its deaths were permanent though.

Yeah but whenever he decides to really kill someone it'll have a huge impact

You don't need fakeout #351358 for real death #1, 2 or 3 to be meaningful.

 

[BassForever]

Why is this so melodramatic. Luffy is spent. How is that shocking?



There is a happy medium between EVERYBODY dies and NOBODY dies.

I understand, but I don't feel like calling for blood here would make this arc better.

 

[BatDan]

I actually like that One Piece doesn't throw around deaths like crazy. It makes it way more impactful when it actually DOES happen.

Compare the major deaths in One Piece to the ones in DBZ. It's super impactful in One Piece while it's pretty much trivial in DBZ.

Yamcha got killed by a weak-ass Saibaman. It rendered him a complete joke of a character.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

I actually like that One Piece doesn't throw around deaths like crazy. It makes it way more impactful when it actually DOES happen.

Yes. But conversely attempting to trick the audience that a character has died when they never, ever do is silly at a certain point and that certain point was actually very early on in Alabasta.

The best example is still (future manga spoilers)

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Bon Clay in Impel Down. I was 100% ready to accept his death in that amazing scene, his living weakens it.

 

[Shard]

I actually like that One Piece doesn't throw around deaths like crazy. It makes it way more impactful when it actually DOES happen.

Compare the major deaths in One Piece to the ones in DBZ. It's super impactful in One Piece while it's pretty much trivial in DBZ.

DBZ had a different problem, death actually meant something in the early days, but by the time of the end of the Namek saga, death became a really cheap currency.

 

[blitzwolf215]

I believe in all honesty that the filler arc is the worst in the series.

Oh yeah, that arc is coming up. I was so annoyed with it when i got the Funimation dvd since I was waiting for

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Brook's introduction episode

 

[Zonic]

Listening to this again, the MC is........alright. I mean, it's not GREAT, but I'm not disliking him as much as others here are. Some of his inflictions are off, though.

His design seems a bit off compared to everyone else as well. I think that bugs me more than his voice.

 

[Soulflarz]

"youre going to kill me if i refuse to join, right" reminds me of a 80s anime parody dub or something

 

[Nickle]

The MC of Akame Ga Kill sounds hilarious.

 

[Grexeno]

Uh. So, I'm legitimately interested to see how the hell they're supposed to get out of this.

 

[Mik317]

Toonami is gdlk at making every show look awesome.

first episode left no impact on me so hope this groupwatch would change that.

 

[Mizerman]

DBZ was never afraid of collateral damage.

Because when you have the equivalent of near infinite continues, collateral damage is trivial.

 

[grandjedi6]

Nobody dies in One Piece. It does kind of undercut dramatic moments, not because people don't die but because Oda thinks that "killing" them and then bringing them back is supposed to be shocking for the 200th time. But people still fall for it I guess.

Oda gets a lot better at avoiding hyping up his non-deaths after this point. This is the last major asspull I can remember for deaths.

 

[zedreamcast]

Dragon Ball never pretended its deaths were permanent though.



You don't need fakeout #351358 for real death #1, 2 or 3 to be meaningful.

In dragon ball they did when Demon King piccolo destroyed the dragon balls.

 

[Man God]

Toonami is gdlk at making every show look awesome.

first episode left no impact on me so hope this groupwatch would change that.

Their two minute promo for Techi Muyo made it look legitimately like an amazing Sci Fi fantasy action show.

 

[Raxus]

DBZ had a different problem, death actually meant something in the early days, but by the time of the end of the Namek saga, death became a really cheap currency.

Next time I die I get a free sundae!

 

[Imperial Bishop]

The best example is still (future manga spoilers)

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Bon Clay in Impel Down. I was 100% ready to accept his death in that amazing scene, his living weakens it.

Ummmm....

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He's still alive.