My take on One Piece so far

I got to admit it's a lot more fun than I thought. I'm glad that even though at its core the series is very light-hearted , there are still bad-ass action sequences and people bleed when they get cut (I hate when animes don't do this). Also the use of minor swears makes the experience enjoyable as well since it adds a more "mature" tone.

Anyway I'm wathcing the Funimation dub and I just finished watching episode 44 which ends the Arlong Arc. The voices have finally stopped sounding weird and have started working really well for their character. Not a bad thing at all just took some time to get adjusted.

Zoro = Piccolo
Usopp = Krillin
Sanji = Trunks
Arlong = Mr. Satan

Anyway even though Zoro is badass as all hell, I gotta go with Usopp as my favorite character. He's one of the best comic relief characters I've ever seen in an anime. I've actually laughed out loud multiple times because of him. That doesn't generally happen when I watch anime.

And another thing I got a question on: I must have missed it or just forgotten it somehow, but why was Nami running about willey-nilley since the first episode when she was technically property of Arlong? They made it seem at first in the Arc that she could come and go as she pleased but then eventually towards the end it was made to seem as though she was stuck with Arlong forever.

Other than that though I'm pretty excited to continue the episodes since I saw in the preview that Shanks and crew will be back and Luffy has a huge ass bounty out for him now. Seems the series is getting into full swing. I'm glad to finally be watching a good anime again as just watching the new Bleach episode every week was making me hate japanimation.

Also I watched the first movie in subs. The movie itself wasn't too bad but yea it was weird after getting so used to the english voices.

Zoro is my god.

Ellis wrote:

And another thing I got a question on: I must have missed it or just forgotten it somehow, but why was Nami running about willey-nilley since the first episode when she was technically property of Arlong? They made it seem at first in the Arc that she could come and go as she pleased but then eventually towards the end it was made to seem as though she was stuck with Arlong forever.

Nami can do whatever she wants as long as she draws maps. Her main goal is to free her village though. She makes the deal that for 100 million berries she can free her village. It was a set-up though and she loses the money. The deal is then changed to the village not being massacred as long as she stays with him.

Right. I totally wasn't paying attention to when the Marine 16 captain came and took her treasure.


Also, have you guys seen this?
http://www.animecrazy.net/one-piece-defeat-him-the-pirate-ganzack-episode-1/

It's an OVA that was before the series started in Japan. It's pretty different but was still interesting. Probably old news to you guys but I ran across it and thought it was cool.

I couldn't get into it. Mayumi Tanaka is so iconic in the Japanese version that it's impossible to ever match her performance.

Watch the films when you feel like something different only a couple of them are actually good.

I just thought the series got better as it went along and when you start realising how interconnected the world is things are a lot better, its better to pay attention to. I watched most of the series twice so i've been able to appreciate all the subtle hints and what they actually foretold.

And you still missed a lot of subtle forshadowing because Toei was too high up their horse to animate the cover stories.

*Eneru is on the moon, looking at murals that describe how Shandians came to be*

* Toei is looking for filler material*

BOSS LUFFY RETURNS! RETURN TO GODAWFUL EDO ERA!

Anime fans: Skypiea was filler rofl nothing important happened in it!!

Kaio wrote:

*Eneru is on the moon, looking at murals that describe how Shandians came to be*

* Toei is looking for filler material*

BOSS LUFFY RETURNS! RETURN TO GODAWFUL EDO ERA!

Anime fans: Skypiea was filler rofl nothing important happened in it!!

Isn't it like one of the only times that Gol D. Roger actually said something directly. Aside from the fact it was awesome.

Yeah i keep thinking about looking for the cover stories to fill in the gaps, I know there was one about CP9 post Enies lobby.

Who the hell even likes Boss Luffy anyway? Whoever came up with it needs to be shot.

Skip wrote:

Who the hell even likes Boss Luffy anyway? Whoever came up with it needs to be shot.

But it reintroduces popular characters like Buggy and Foxy, I mean what isn't there to like about it?

You know what also reintroduces popular characters?

Cover stories.

All the coverstories are compiled in One Piece Green.

Kaio wrote:

You know what also reintroduces popular characters?

Cover stories.

All the coverstories are compiled in One Piece Green.

I was being sarcastic, but yeah I was reading through that forgot to finish it.

Overall I do think the one piece anime is done well as it never feels like its dragging. FMA Brotherhood IMO has set the benchmark for manga to anime translation, the pacing is stupidly fast, without feeling rushed, so seems like they stick to the point.

Brotherhood was made when the manga was finishing up, a luxury most manga to anime translations don't have.

Ippo and DBK have good pacing too.

Hey this might sound stupid but I've been surfing around the OP wiki site lately and I came across some sort of special episode that apparently came out between episode 5 and 6. It is called, "Emergency Planning, a Perfect Strategy for the One Piece"

I guess it is something of a recap but I was wondering if you guys knew anything of it since you all seem to be encyclopedias for this series.

I guess not.


Anyway I just got through the 2 episode buggy arc and was wondering how those animals got like that. Is it ever explained?

They are like that because OP's world is crazy.

Don't go to the wiki. It's trash and full of spoilers.

The second movie was pretty awesome. Took awhile but it got bad ass towards the end.

And warship Island wasn't that bad of filler. I just finished it and while it wasn't as good as the previous Arcs, (I thought Eric was kinda dumb as shit as a character) it beats the hell out other anime filler I've seen. Fucking Bounts....of course I probably hate them that much cuz that was like 50+episdoes of filler in a row. I don't mind filler if its in short little bursts.

You'll change your mind when they bring in Boss Luffy.

Goat Sex was pretty awful too.

Kaio wrote:

Goat Sex was pretty awful too.

Can I get some context on this?

It was an arc about an old guy who lived on an island full of goats.

http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Goat_Island_arc

Sounds retarded.

FROM THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT YOU FAKE NAMEK

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY THE MAN BEHIND BULMA AND THE CRAP

THE PRODUCER OF STAREDOWNS AND DUST CLOUDS

NOW COMES

GOAT SECKSSSSSS

BORING YOUR FUCKING SKULL OFF SOON