Dominican Power
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All this time spent on Naruto and Bleach and One Piece was just there waiting for me.
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Toonami |Jun15| Thread made with armor plating from a SPACE BATTLESHIP
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You're coming up on the real beginning of the manga now. Once they enter the Grand Line, it's a whole new level of realness and hype.
One of the best things One Piece did was establish a wide range of at-on-point mythical characters so that when they finally showed up later on, it didn't seem as though One Piece was pulling new, stronger characters out of its ass at every moment the plot called for it.
There are some characters who wind up coming out of nowhere, but it's not as blatant as other anime.
There are some characters who wind up coming out of nowhere, but it's not as blatant as other anime.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Yeah One Piece has always been good at setting things up for the long, long run instead of the DBZ style of "I am here now, I am stronger then the last guy for reasons"
Now you know the frustration of every One Piece fan ever.
Exactly. I mean, we're halfway through the series at this point (manga and Japanese anime), and there are still major characters who have been known for years, yet whom we haven't really seen yet. It's really impressive.
Yeah, Aokiji is really the only character who just shows up and is incredibly powerful without being established beforehand sort of.
Even still, the general thought of an Aokiji-tier character existed because the anime had already established that Admirals were ridiculously strong.
Smoker was only a Captain when he owned Luffy, so knowing that there were higher-ranking people was enough of a warning.
MetroidPrimeRib
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The biggest are obviously (minor manga spoilers)
Doflamingo - setup was like, 13 years for him and the Yonkou being introduced after Enies Lobby, only becoming important at Marineford years later, involved with Luffy at Fishman Island about a year later and now we are finally pushing to take down Kaidou, who we have not even seen.
Doflamingo is just absolutely fucking spectacular. His introduction shows him to be a spectacular asshole, and he continues to be a massive asshole throughout the series until literally 13 years later when he finally becomes the main villain of an arc. Even funnier is that the first episode of One Piece shown on nu-Toonami has the scene where he forces Sarquiss to (not) kill Bellamy.
And after all that, he's a disc-one final boss for Kaido.
And after all that, he's a disc-one final boss for Kaido.
Oh, absolutely. He is a wonder character, one of the best villains around.
Another one who is just picking up steam for importance, yet whom we don't really know too much about is
Big Mom
And we still haven't seen Dragon and Shanks do anything, yet they're both key figures.
Dominican Power
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100 chapters in!!!!
Dominican Power
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Did I just see Gol. D Roger? That must of been a ghost. Smoker's powers are awesome.
Now, shit has started to get real.
Smoker's an elemental, his power is top tier. That said there's dozens upon dozens of guys stronger than him with even crazier powers.
Dominican Power
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Ghost?
Maybe it was a SPACE GHOST....IN THE SHELL.
Dominican Power
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Never mind. Smoker called him Dragon.
Yep,
it's a big reveal that happens accidentally during another big reveal
Yes, but there's a pretty long time gap between learning the name and learning exactly who he is.
Dominican Power
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Kinda spoiled it for me googling loguetown
Very, haven't seen SAO II or Shippuden or KlK.
Man, I'm not going to be able to watch live with you guys this week or next.
Don't google anything, everything is spoilers dude. EVERYTHING.
I like episode 1 and 3 of the original SAO and most of the second arc.
Those of you who don't like the time skip, you do realize that without it Aincrad would be a 50+ episode show, right? Plus its a linear time skip and nothing crazy like playing episodes out of order, with minimal flashbacks.
Those of you who don't like the time skip, you do realize that without it Aincrad would be a 50+ episode show, right? Plus its a linear time skip and nothing crazy like playing episodes out of order, with minimal flashbacks.
They could just, you know, not set the plot over a multi-year period.
Honestly, Aincrad might have been better as a 50 episode show. They'd have been able to delve into the issues more and develop the characters and world better. What we got was a rushed hunk of trash that made next to no sense, a competent writing team and a longer episode count would have done wonders.
Rakkety Tam
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Thanks, though I have posted here a few times. I figure this will be fun to do, though it might take a while.
I'll do my best, haha.
Let's not get crazy; I'm only one episode in (this time).
It was a pretty decent first episode. The whole let's fight a boar thing was to introduce basic world concepts (which can vary greatly depending on the game, so fair enough), and to let us get to know Klein and Kirito a bit. In-universe it was a newbie trying to pick up tips from an experienced player rather than fumbling around, which feels completely genuine.
I'm sure it'll be fine. Gotta catch up so I can watch SAO II live.
While you may be able to watch it live, you'll be dead inside...
I can't even imagine having to go through SAO without One Piece to look forward to. Good luck.
Honestly, I get that but it still felt wasted. What you're describing should be like a 3 minute interaction and not half an episode. Had they met up and gone off questing together and had a small adventure it would have been better.
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You should totally play/watch Deadly Premonition
Indeed.
I watched the beginning portions of it two years ago. Actually was thinking of finding the Xbox version but never came around.
D4 is on Steam so maybe if that or Deadly Premonition come on the flash sales, I should buy them.
Rakkety Tam
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The whole boar sequence was about two-and-a-half minutes. Then we have about five minutes for Kirito and Klein to talk about NerveGear and to find about being able to log-out. I think the first episode was pretty well spaced-out, honestly.
Eh, it wasn't a bad episode but it could easily have been done better.
Imperial Bishop
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Stardust Crusaders: Episode 48 (END)
What a satisfying conclusion.
Now the wait for Part 4 begins.
What a satisfying conclusion.
Now the wait for Part 4 begins.
BassForever
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I think you mean now begins the wait for the dub on Toonami
Why not both?
The wait for Part 4 and the wait for Toonami. Both a chore to wait for.
skLaFarebear
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Now I can finally marathon the second half of Jojo part 3. Gonna make the fasting go by so much faster on sunday.
I'm actually curious how the dub will handle that.
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