One Piece

[Dr Doom]

To discuss all things One Piece, lol. I'm currently on the Sky Island/God Enel arc or whatever it's commonly referred to as. Either way, it's I'm still enjoying it a lot although I do wonder if there will be a lot changed once they return to the 'Blue Sea' with them being gone for quite a bit.

[Danbo]

That part of the story is referred to as the Skypiea arc. What kind of things are you expecting to be changed when they return to sea?

[Dr Doom]

Well, for one I'm wondering if people will have thought they have died, and if so if Blackbeard will take claim for their deaths so he can become one of the seven Pirate Lords. Which of course would also mean that for a bit they have more general free movement because everybody's stopped looking for them. And I wonder if we get to know if one guy whose name I can't remember (the one with the two ape pals) finds the treasure of gold he was looking for.

[Danbo]

Lol, nice lil theory you got going on there. I won't spoil it though.

[Dr Doom]

I would be pissed if you did, lol.

[LadyDip]

the Sky Island and CP9 arcs are one of the best imo.

[Dr Doom]

Still on the Skypiea arc but I was just wondering what everybody's favorite characters are, both in Luffy's crew and otherwise.

[Danbo]

My favourite good guys are

Luffy
Chopper
Trafalgar Law
The Veggie Pirates
Laboon
Garp
Shanks

Favourite characters that are even more eviler than Skeletor are

Crocodile
Blackbeard
Akainu

[Dr Doom]

I think my favorites of the Straw Hat crew are Chopper and Zoro, both for different reasons of course. I also dig Shanks of what I've seen of him so far. My favorite bad guys are Crocodile (best villain so far) and Buggy (GOAT voice, lmao).

[Danbo]

Buggy is such a failure, lol.

[Dr Doom]

And hilarious, don't forget that.

[Dr Doom]

smh @ me being in the local comic book/manga store and these übernerds were talking One Piece, but not just talking about it, they were recounting all cool/bullshit moments of OP, and as I walked in they had literally just started on the Skypiea arc. And no matter where I stood, I could hear them so by the time they moved into spoiler territory I just walked out of the store. Fucking assholes.

[False Profit]

wait- you're reading it, right? How far along are you?

[Chapter]

smh @ me being in the local comic book/manga store and these übernerds were talking One Piece, but not just talking about it, they were recounting all cool/bullshit moments of OP, and as I walked in they had literally just started on the Skypiea arc. And no matter where I stood, I could hear them so by the time they moved into spoiler territory I just walked out of the store. Fucking assholes.

Bwahaha. The same thing happened to me at Gamestop with these guys talking about the most recent chapter of Naruto, except I was up-to-date so it didn't bother me.

[False Profit]

I wait for the day where I can walk into ANYWHERE and find people talking about anime or manga....

[Dr Doom]

wait- you're reading it, right? How far along are you?

I'm watching it. Currently at Episode 178 (Luffy, Nami, Gan Fall and the girl trapped in the snake, Zoro and Wiper fighting the last priest).

[Chapter]

So, when does the story actually get interesting?

[Dr Doom]

I found it enticing from the very beginning, but I'll say the Baratie Arc when they first meet Sanji, Zoro 'fights' Mihawk and they battle Don Krieg.

[False Profit]

I can't recall when One Piece got interesting to me... But I WILL say that the Arabasta Arc as a whole is one of the best pieces of comic related fiction I've ever read/watched.

Not saying it's top 5, maybe skating around the fringes of top 10 though.

And it didn't hit me til the Water 7 arc just how attached to these characters I actually was.

[Chapter]

I can't recall when One Piece got interesting to me... But I WILL say that the Arabasta Arc as a whole is one of the best pieces of comic related fiction I've ever read/watched.

Not saying it's top 5, maybe skating around the fringes of top 10 though.

And it didn't hit me til the Water 7 arc just how attached to these characters I actually was.

I hear so much about this Water 7 arc. I have no choice other than to stick it out then.

[Dr Doom]

The Arabasta Arc has definitely been the best story arc so far (but I haven't gotten to the Water 7 Arc yet). Its build-up is sheer perfection, it starts so simple with getting Vivi to Arabasta but once they get there it just slowly developed into this massive war and epic fights and everybody was getting beaten the living crap out of them and shit.

[False Profit]

Water 7 wasn't all that to me... There were certain parts, though. Let's just say you're gonna know if you're a fan by the time you finish with that one. lol

but it's more of a "Calm Before the Storm" type arc, honestly. Wow. I haven't watched One Piece in a minute....

[Chapter]

I found it enticing from the very beginning, but I'll say the Baratie Arc when they first meet Sanji, Zoro 'fights' Mihawk and they battle Don Krieg.

Cool. Back when I had a subscription to Shonen Jump and occasionally glanced at One Piece trying to find out what all the hype was about, that chapter where Zoro got his ass kicked by Mihawk stood out to me. I should be pretty close to that point in the story then.

[Danbo]

Those "certain parts" make up for any other shortcomings of the arc though. Two of the very best One Piece moments during Water 7.

[Chapter]

The Arabasta Arc has definitely been the best story arc so far (but I haven't gotten to the Water 7 Arc yet). Its build-up is sheer perfection, it starts so simple with getting Vivi to Arabasta but once they get there it just slowly developed into this massive war and epic fights and everybody was getting beaten the living crap out of them and shit.

Hmm...interesting. I still find it funny that OP was only supposed to last about 5 years or so but here it is after over a decade still going strong

[Dr Doom]

Finished the Skypiea arc. After the Montblanc Norland flashback episodes I thought it was never going to end, lol. The thing that surprises me the most about OP is how incredibly well plotted it is. Like from the beginning to the end of the arc it's so well put together, unexplained stuff that was mentioned or happened like 50 episodes back still matters and is brought back and it just fits together like a million piece jigsaw puzzle. I'm just saying, there's a shitload of manga/comic/tv-show writers who should be ashamed of themselves for not being able to plot their stories out so far in advance and not mess it up.

Anyway, nobody died again but I guess that's just something I'm going to have to accept from this show, death isn't happening unless you're a character who's already dead at present time and only appear in flashbacks, lol. Enel got schooled and apparently now rides his arc to the moon? Most interesting turn is Gol D. Roger's interest in the Polyglyphs, is it safe to say with its constant hinting at massive weapons of total destruction that they're going to dictate huge parts of the story later on? Furthermore I was shocked to find out that Luffy is voiced by a woman in her 50s. The only thing more shocking than that is that I can now actually hear it in his voice, the energetic croaking of an ADD pirate actually being the croaking of an old lady.

One thing, should I watch the filler episodes that are coming next or just skip straight to the next manga arc? I kinda want to watch the filler since one upcoming episode (199) is directed by Mamoru Hosoda, which is obviously a huge deal to me.

[Danbo]

first off, how DARE you call Tanaka Mayumi an old lady. She's so unbelievably awesome and is the one and only person who could ever voice Luffy!

Did you like Luffy's brain tactic? lol. He finishes fights in such cool ways, Enel and Arlong got pwned in such epic fashion. I agree, the story is very well written, it's the main thing which seperates OP from its lacking rivals Naruto and Bleach. With OP to continue for another 10 years yet Oda saying he still plans to use the ending he wrote in the beginning, you can tell he doesn't just write the story as he goes along which prevents everything turning into mush.

I'm not sure exactly what filler arc is next, but I watched them all and most of them were atleast entertaining despite being pointless to the plot. I'd say you should watch the fillers just so you don't miss out on the epicness of AFRO LUFFY!

[Dr Doom]

She is an old lady. No disrespect because I agree that voicing Luffy makes her totally awesome and that it's impossible to ever imagine anyone else as his voice. Luffy's tactic wasn't that different from usual, just storm in and pound away, but ramming Enel into the bell was definitely a nice touch. I guess I'll watch the filler then.

[Danbo]

The good thing about action in OP is that even with the "storm in and pound away" method, Luffy uses so many different types of attacks it keeps everything fresh. If you include the movies, Luffy has used so many different techniques, it's cool to see what he comes up with next.

[Dr Doom]

I agree about that, one of the things that turned me off on Fairy Tail was that Natsu only has like three fucking attacks. Oda actually keeps coming up with new ways to make the fights feel fresh no matter who's fighting who.

[Danbo]

Indeed. Naruto is the same as FT aswell, Naruto uses the same few techniques all the time.

[Dr Doom]

That's some ol' bullshit.

[Danbo]

You're telling me. I just looked up the next filler and it is the part with Afro Luffy :) After that you're into the Water 7 arc, so be prepared to shed manly tears.

[Dr Doom]

It will be nice break from the usual shedding of girly tears, lol.

[Danbo]

Lol, I'm sure it will be.

[Dr Doom]

The moment I've been waiting for since the first episode has finally arrived...


















WIDESCREEN! Fuck yeah, lol.

[LadyDip]

omfg i just watched the latest OP movie. can you say orgasmic??

[Danbo]

I liked Strong World but it was so hyped since Oda was directly involved with the project, I felt a little disappointed with it. 'Dead End no Bouken' and 'Omatsuri Danshaku to Himitsu no Shima' are the best OP movies imo.

[Dr Doom]

I liked Strong World but it was so hyped since Oda was directly involved with the project, I felt a little disappointed with it. 'Dead End no Bouken' and 'Omatsuri Danshaku to Himitsu no Shima' are the best OP movies imo.

That's one of the OP movies I'm most hyped about seeing one day because it's directed by Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) so it's good to know it's that piff.

[Danbo]

I didn't even realize he directed it, never bothered to check before. It's a great movie, I'd give Dead End no Bouken the edge over it though.

[LadyDip]

ill have to peep those OP movies too. thanx books

[Dr Doom]

Got my first look at Afro Luffy. It seriously makes up for how wack this arc has been in general.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INIPcf3XLUU

Usopp's voice is hilarious too.

[Chapter]

I read up to chapter 70 of One Piece yesterday...

It's okay, but like I remember Doom said what made things more interesting was Mihawk dropping on the scene and giving everybody a dose of what lies on the Grand Line. Stuff like Deep Blue and Mihawk add a very necessary dose of intrigue to the story.

So far, I still hold the same stance on its quality in relation to Naruto. OP is more orderly and has better pacing and storytelling than Naruto, but nothing super-extraordinary jumps out about it yet. And the female characters get more development. But, I read from someone on MAL (bad source, I know) that at first OP wasn't even that popular and was pretty bland, but after a certain point it became huge and bore no semblance to the typical shounen. So I'll keep reading and see.

One more thing. Although in general I prefer fan-scanlations, I must admit that official publications do add something to the text, even if it's not always good. The scanlation I read of Mihawk vs. Zoro had Mihawk saying:

"I am not a stupid person to use all of what I have to hunt a rabbit"

But in the Shonen Jump issue I read a long time ago, the same line was rendered something like this:

"I am not the type of fool that hunts rabbits with cannons"

It packs a little more punch, imo. But there's always bad examples-- like what they did with the official Naruto translations...ugh.

Anyways, I should be caught up to speed by the end of next week.

[Dr Doom]

And I've officially begun on the Water 7 Arc. Their encounter with Admiral Aokiji already had me like

:wow:

so if that's an indication for the rest of the arc, I'm sold.

[Dr Doom]

:wow: @ the duel between Luffy and Usopp. Shit has gotten hella real. And still no clue on what's going on with Robin. Damndamndamndamndamn! I just think it sucks that I already noticed Franky listed as a main character on MAL, meaning it's already spoiled for me that he's going to join their crew.

[Danbo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYX5G-Noew0

That fight was one of the most powerful and emotional scenes I've witnessed, the reactions afterwards hit you so hard. When Luffy cries saying "it's heavy" I can't help but get teary eyed everytime I watch it.

[Dr Doom]

You already know I balled up like a baby at that scene. I was shook that whole episode, couldn't believe things had gotten so far.

[Danbo]

Well don't dry your eyes yet, because you'll be crying again soon.

[Dr Doom]

I guess that will involve Robin? I'm now at the part where the CP9 members have revealed themselves (I only suspected the secretary chick) and Robin says her goodbyes to the crew. Although it seems something more is going on so that can go either way, especially since this whole arc seems more heavy on plot twists than usual. There's also the case of missing Sanji and Usopp being kidnapped by Franky. Hrmm...

[Danbo]

Nope, it doesn't involve Robin. An excellent moment will happen with Robin and the crew later though.

[Dr Doom]

Hrmm...

[Dr Doom]

Aaaah, what the fuck is up with Chopper's new voice? It's absolutely terrible. Tell me that shit ain't permanent?

[Danbo]

I don't remember him ever getting a new voice, so I can't say.

[Dr Doom]

The last episode I checked is 254, which is also the first episode where the voice change took place, so you can check it out and remember how awful it is.

[Dr Doom]

Is the Sea Train/Enel Lobby part still considered part of the Water 7 arc? I'm now at Sogeking's first appearance (lol) where Luffy and Zoro also team up for the wave destroying super cannon.

[Danbo]

Enies Lobby is its own arc.

[Dr Doom]

Ah, right.

[Danbo]

I just had a look at the episode list and it seems the second tear enducing moment that I thought was in Water 7 is actually part of Enies Lobby. Damn, my memory is hazy.

[Dr Doom]

That's what I figured and why I asked if that was still supposed to be part of the Water 7 arc.

[Danbo]

It's crazy how I thought that. The moments are sorta linked so over the past few years my memory must of blurred them together because I thought they were only like 20 episodes apart when they're actually like 80 episodes apart, lol.

[Dr Doom]

80 episodes? That's quite a bit, yeah. lol

[Dr Doom]

So much win!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUc9FlUP-7g

So-Ge-Ki-N-Gu! LOCK ON!

[Danbo]

Lol, the Sogeking song is pretty awesome.

[Dr Doom]

The best part is how at the start he stands on the edge of a cliff, jumps and lands, only to reveal he's still standing on the edge of the cliff so he just jumped in place.

And I just know that Luffy will be the only one not seeing through the disguise, lol.

[Danbo]

This is still one of the most powerful scenes in One Piece. Just perfect.

http://i13.mangareader.net/one-piece/81/one-piece-1697239.jpghttp://i11.mangareader.net/one-piece/81/one-piece-1697243.jpghttp://i16.mangareader.net/one-piece/81/one-piece-1697244.jpghttp://i22.mangareader.net/one-piece/81/one-piece-1697247.jpghttp://i10.mangareader.net/one-piece/81/one-piece-1697249.jpg

[Danbo]

Feels good to finally be up to date with the manga, was one hell of a lengthy catch up.

[Dr Doom]

Finally started watching again (first holy shit moment, it's been more than a year?) and I still remembered every single bit about where I left off (second holy shit moment, should that even be possible?) so I'm just casually watching a couple of episodes and then Luffy goes Gear Second and I'm like...

http://onthacorner.com/forum/Smileys/default/davehuh.jpg

HOLY SHIT!

What the fuck is going on!? lol

[Danbo]

The first time Luffy goes into Gear Second is against Blueno, right? Tis quite the badass ability.

[Swaying Blue Corn]

I'm actually gonna try to read all of this in one month,

[Ace]

im on chapter 670

[Dr Doom]

The first time Luffy goes into Gear Second is against Blueno, right? Tis quite the badass ability.

Yup.

[Danbo]

im on chapter 670

The current arc is so cool. Don't you just love Law? :)

[Ace]

caught up law is a great character and without spoiling anything cant wait for " joker " to show up

[Dr Doom]

:webaywow: @ Chopper's third Rumble Ball transformation. SMH @ the balls these guys have for putting in two flat-out filler episodes after that cliffhanger though. Shit was even worse than when they interrupted the jump down the waterfall at Enies Lobby to repeat all the character origins again.

[Danbo]

Yeah, fillers are always annoying. Can't avoid them with such long running series. Chopper da strongest member of Strawhats!

[Dr Doom]

Finished the Enies Lobby Arc. Shiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeet! I don't even know where to begin. From Chopper's monster form, Zoro's Asura blade and Sanji's Diable Jambe to Luffy's Gear Second and Third, this arc was upping the scale of the crew's abilities to ridiculous levels on every junction. Robin's origin was of course in typical One Piece fashion a story of a child witnessing the sacrifice of his/her parental figure for their own survival, but it didn't make it any less great. I also liked how at the end Luffy (and Chopper) are still clueless about Usopp being Sogeking. I also enjoyed the throwbacks to the Elbaf warriors (two of my favorite side-characters of the show) and I'll be disappointed to see Chimney, Kokoro and the rabbit go. Over the course of the arc Chimney might've grown into another one of my favorite characters. How Oda manages to make every single fucking side character into a well-developed enjoyable character? I don't fucking know, but he pulls it off all the time.

Speaking of, I assume the return (and demise) of Going Merry is supposed to be the second tear-inducing moment you mentioned a year ago? If you wondered how I made this astute observation, it were the tears that wouldn't stop running down my face that gave it away. Once again I'm not sure how Oda can pull this shit off as easy as he does. The whole voice calling out to them and how the ship's spirit led itself there should be the most corny and cheesy shit ever, so why the fuck am I balling up like an emotional child. What is this madness, Books?

[Danbo]

Merry, the greatest ship of all time!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WxExwrCQWg

Forever in our hearts.

[Dr Doom]

When Luffy says "If someone has to apologize..." and he can't finish it because he's tearing up, manly tears got shed. And girly tears too.

[Dr Doom]

Luffy's grampa? And his father? And Coby? Maaaayne, what the fuck is going on! LMAO

[Danbo]

Lol. Speaking of Coby, it always was weird to me how much he grew in such a small amount of time. One of the funniest moments in the anime will be coming up very soon :)

[Ace]

cobys growth was just crazy

[Dr Doom]

That made no sense at all, lol.

[Dr Doom]

One of the funniest moments in the anime will be coming up very soon :)

How soon is soon? Last time I had to wait 80 episodes for the shit you talked about, lol.

[Danbo]

lmao, like 5 episodes.

[Ace]

The Marine Ford act gets pretty emotional as well wait until you get there

[Swaying Blue Corn]

Yoooo, I read all this shit, lol

[Dr Doom]

*watches One Piece, waiting for heralded funny moment*

Okay, in this filler episode Zoro has a baby farting on his face. Maybe that's it? No, oh wait, they're stealing Franky's pants now. That's sorta funny but not super funny or anything. Oh wait, what's Robin doing now?

Then...

:webaywow:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7drku97vV1r1betp.gif

http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/sp/image/1341/94/1341945324160.gif

[Danbo]

Are we talking about the same scene? Mine was Sanji's and Chopper's reactions to their new bounties.

[Swaying Blue Corn]

*watches One Piece, waiting for heralded funny moment*

Okay, in this filler episode Zoro has a baby farting on his face. Maybe that's it? No, oh wait, they're stealing Franky's pants now. That's sorta funny but not super funny or anything. Oh wait, what's Robin doing now?

Then...

:webaywow:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7drku97vV1r1betp.gif

http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/sp/image/1341/94/1341945324160.gif

Link?

[Dr Doom]

Are we talking about the same scene? Mine was Sanji's and Chopper's reactions to their new bounties.

Apparently not. I was talking about Robin grabbing Franky's nuts, which causes Luffy and Chopper desperately pleading her to let his nuts go.

Sanji's and Chopper's reactions to their new bounties were funny too though. Mostly because of Sanji's picture. I'm surprised that with Chopper's monster form his bounty wasn't a lot higher though.


Link?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuYuAKfIxkY

Seriously Books, how is this not way funnier than Sanji and Chopper's bounty reactions?

[Danbo]

I had forgotten about that scene. Sanji and Chopper's outbursts are funnier to me though.

[Dr Doom]

Maybe it was because the nut grab came out of nowhere (while I expected some jokes regarding the bounties) but I thought that was way funnier.

[Dr Doom]

Where would you guys rate the Thriller Bark arc? I hate traditional (monster) horror and so far there's way too much of that. The typical One Piece humor has helped me pull through it but unless this story starts taking some turns rather soon I feel like it's gonna be a chore getting through this.

[Swaying Blue Corn]

Thriller Bark is alright. Although having Moria and Oars as antagonists is a lil' lame, but I feel Nami, Sanji, and Brooke made up for it. The comedy, like you said, evened it out. It gave some one of my favorite moments in One Piece also.

http://i.imgur.com/d7K5q.png

http://i.imgur.com/S3xGT.png

[Swaying Blue Corn]

As for the nut grab, I ain't know Robin got down like that, lol,

[Dr Doom]

Luffy has been hilarious in this arc, him pushing the zombie back into the grave was genius, as well as him and Franky capturing the man-face tree and unicorn and asking them to join his crew, rofl.

[Dr Doom]

It looks like the turnaround point for the arc is here with the revival of Oars. I figure the trio will have to fight their shadow zombie versions with the rest of the crew fighting Moria and his cronies. Probably the sloppiest executed setup to an arc yet, but we'll see what happens next.

[Ace]

didnt quite enjoy that arc myself except for the introduction of Brooks

[Dr Doom]

LABOON! Brook knows fucking Laboon! BROOK KNOWS FUCKING LABOON!

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ywn1iesH1r6uu3b.gif

[Danbo]

Rofl! Laboon is definitely one of my favourite side characters, can't wait for that reunion, it's gonna be the greatest moment ever.

[Dr Doom]

Stuff like this is why Oda is the GOAT. It's like there's not a character in the OP universe that he doesn't love or forget about. I swear at this point it's only a matter of time before we get to see Gaimon again.

[Swaying Blue Corn]

Wait for the Impel Down arc

[Danbo]

Stuff like this is why Oda is the GOAT. It's like there's not a character in the OP universe that he doesn't love or forget about. I swear at this point it's only a matter of time before we get to see Gaimon again.

Agreed. I love the way Oda sets up character relations hundreds of chapters in advance, it's one of the best things about OP.

[Dr Doom]

smh @ me figuring out Usopp would be immune to Perona's negative ghosts because I was thinking about how that would never work on me because I'm already too depressive, lol.

[Swaying Blue Corn]

Books, where's ya avy from?

[Danbo]

Found it on Tumblr.