And There's also Usopp panicking in front of green bit after having passing 2 years in that island.
*He was sent to the Boin Archipelago, not Green Bit lol
And There's also Usopp panicking in front of green bit after having passing 2 years in that island.
*He was sent to the Boin Archipelago, not Green Bit lol
How borsalino didn't rape everybody at marineford. He had a lot of chance
I think all the Admirals couldnt go all out in the war, as in their abilities would wipe out their fellow marines so IMO they restricted themselves to not going all out.
Me Pell would top all .
And There's also Usopp panicking in front of green bit after having passing 2 years in that island.
ahahahahahahahahahahhaaha
I think my biggest nitpick was Invankov, a guy whose main attack is ranged pressure attacks, suddenly mixing it up with Magellan, hand-to-hand, and getting poisoned like a moron as a result.
I wanna know where Saldeath and Domino went after the prisoners started to riot.
And There's also Usopp panicking in front of green bit after having passing 2 years in that island.
I take that as comedy, Usopp didn't hesitate to attack a logia (CC) nor felt scared during his scenes on Punk Hazard, so Oda showing a coward Usopp from time to time is good.
What I didn't like was Usopp and Nami's speech before attacking Baby 5 and Buffalo, that was wrong
I wanna know where Saldeath and Domino went after the prisoners started to riot.
I think Saldeath was leading the Blugori during the riot. Domino was with Magellan in one part, but I get the feeling she's more of a administrative assistant then fighter primarily.
My first nitpick is that most of the fighting choreography isn't as good as it used to be, as much of the emphasis is on big, flashy attacks. There are still exceptions though.
My second one is that Oda overuses double page spreads, and often formats them in ways that look terrible when the pages are actually in a book, with the giant crease running down the middle.
Already dreading that when thinking about the later volumes…
Minor things eh ?
@No:
- Drum. That is a minor thing so far but it is a pet peeve of mine and I will not shut up about it :P
What about Drum?
What about Drum?
The fact the WG isn't concerned about Dalton at all.
Because if we break this down, Dalton, a high ranking military official in Drum's army, basically has overthrown Wapol when he was not in the country (and pretty sure running away from Blackbeard seems pretty justifiable atm), then stopped him from retaking his position with the aid of a pirate who just so happens to be the son of the revolutionary leader, Dragon, and took over the country himself. You'd think someone'd bring that up at some point.
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@No:
The fact the WG isn't concerned about Dalton at all.
Because if we break this down, Dalton, a high ranking military official in Drum's army, basically has overthrown Wapol when he was not in the country (and pretty sure running away from Blackbeard seems pretty justifiable atm), then stopped him from retaking his position with the aid of a pirate who just so happens to be the son of the revolutionary leader, Dragon, and took over the country himself. You'd think someone'd bring that up at some point.
Well, we're not exactly how sure Dalton smoothed things over with the WG following Wapol's leave (since the latter DID go to the Reverie), but how would they know Wapol came back, tried to regain power, and be driven off by Luffy?
Well, we're not exactly how sure Dalton smoothed things over with the WG following Wapol's leave (since the latter DID go to the Reverie), but how would they know Wapol came back, tried to regain power, and be driven off by Luffy?
Pretty sure Wapol wouldn't keep quiet about it for one, and the fact that they'd found out eventually anyhow.
@S.C.:
I think my biggest nitpick was Invankov, a guy whose main attack is ranged pressure attacks, suddenly mixing it up with Magellan, hand-to-hand, and getting poisoned like a moron as a result.
I liked ivankov in impel down. i dont know if it anime filler or not but i watched the arc in anime yesterday and i love the clever reverse of first use of the sex change ability to humiliate someome (wich was in the manga im sure), and then again to win over the guard who is a closet transexual. brilliant twist and it was hilarious to see a macho ID guard being happy about being turned into a beautiful girl in an anime for young boys lol.
i bet that pissed off a lot of young homophobic teens.
My personal Nitpick of the Night is that i want to see more strong characters with relativley weak DFs. Wich is another reason why i like Ivankov, her DF has mostly support potential in combat (tension hormones etc) but she was still a strong fighter. We have seen a fair bit of the reversed scenario, starting with mr 5, foxy, and recently having monet whose fruit honestly looked beastly if chewed by the right jaws.
But its starting to feel a little too convinient that every character with a strong body, mind and haki who is ambitious ends up with a logia/mythical zoan/ultra paramecia or something.
Luccis best attribute as a character was that his DF was really just your average zoan. but it would be cool to see someone with like a Mr. 3 - level DF wich at first glance doesnt look very suited for combat, But used cleverly by a jinbei level physical fighter with haki and courage.
Shiki was a rather good example of this, when i first heard from a friend what his DF did i was like "uuh, whats the scary part?" but once i saw how he had perfected the ability of making things levitate into being being able to create giant lion golems out of rock, i was sold.
Especially the supernovas have either "cookie cutter" DFs that you can just immediately spot as "Strong class paramecia that the character already does amazing things with" (esspecially Law) or just plain wierd (Basil Hawkins, Scratchman Apoo). I still chuckle at the idea of BH turning into a giant wodoo doll as his "ultimate power").
Kidd is the exception though. Sure it never looked weak or mediocre, but not too powerful either and i think he can do some really creative stuff with it. Now he can just basicly keep adding stuff to that robot arm hes got, and build it to be able to shift functions in battle by moving around the attatched objects, like a transformer. Im sure hes got like a set of 5 motorsaw fingers in there, some different types of ranged weapons, heck maybe even a pacifista head for that kizaru lazer?
It reminds me of playing with Lego as a Kid. I think he will function greatly as a minor rival to luffy, just like bellamy, because neither of them have DFs that are ultra strong from the moment you eat it.
That being said i still would love to see a garp-level physical fighter with something similiar to Buggys fruit… Oh wait, thats luffy isnt it? he and buggy have like sister fruits, same basic ability; extending the reach of their bodies through stretching/splitting, wich also gives them completley opposite weaknesses.
well you get the point. Someone with at least admiral level of strenght but with a mid tier paramecia DF requiring more creativity and less turning into light/lava.
Dalton was elected by the people (mentioned at the end of the Post-Enies Lobby arc). I assume that the World Government was cool with the changing of the guard since Wapol was absent without leave and went pirate for a while while Dalton was the highest guy on the command chain left.
@No:
Pretty sure Wapol wouldn't keep quiet about it for one, and the fact that they'd found out eventually anyhow.
Ya think? Wouldn't the Marines/whoever stop by to check up on things, and Dalton just not mention Wapol's return/Luffy's interference? Come to think of it, if the WG knew the truth of it all, wouldn't Vivi and Alabasta be in trouble?
Hopefully this will be cleared up when the next Reverie happens.
Dalton was elected by the people (mentioned at the end of the Post-Enies Lobby arc). I assume that the World Government was cool with the changing of the guard since Wapol was absent without leave and went pirate for a while while Dalton was the highest guy on the command chain left.
I honestly don't think they cared about the "pirate" thing Wapol did.
Anyway that is interesting to note, though still there's a pattern here that should make someone in the WG a little bit suspicious.
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Ya think? Wouldn't the Marines/whoever stop by to check up on things, and Dalton just not mention Wapol's return/Luffy's interference? Come to think of it, if the WG knew the truth of it all, wouldn't Vivi and Alabasta be in trouble?
Hopefully this will be cleared up when the next Reverie happens.
They found out about Tom/Iceburg having the blueprints, a thing that was not witnessed publically and made known to dozens or hundreds of people.
If the WG can't even find out about this much of a public event, then the CP is pretty darn useless.
@No:
They found out about Tom/Iceburg having the blueprints, a thing that was not witnessed publically and made known to dozens or hundreds of people.
If the WG can't even find out about this much of a public event, then the CP is pretty darn useless.
But the possibility of someone having the blueprints to an ancient weapon of destruction…...isn't this more important to the WG than the Drum situation? (Pluton being from the same era they want to keep under wraps)
It all depends on how the Reviere judges the situation. i dont think they would like the idea of a king abandoning his kingdom when a dangerous pirate shows up, only to turn pirate himself. By the time he came back he was basicly just a pirate trying to raid the kingdom, depending on how you look at it. Not to mention he has his new black drum kingdom now so drum kingdom does need a new monarch anyways?
*He was sent to the Boin Archipelago, not Green Bit lol
I know it wasn't green bit. I just happen to suck with name.
The whole thing about using kids as guinea pigs for research-chemical drugs that slowly kills them by making them believe its just candy, and showing the kids going through crazy withdrawal/abstinence symptoms was borderline morbid, like something you would expect from a graphic novel by frank miller/allan moore, published by dark horse comics.
NOT in a shonen manga thats meant to be around PEGI-11 rating or something like that. a lot of early, or even pre-teens read shonen jump/OP in japan. that storyline must have been traumatizing.
on the other hand its one of those useful cards to keep in your sleeve when arguing with ignorant idiots who thinks OP is for little children because the art looks "so cartoony lol!". The tenryuubito kicking the sick man to death and then forcing the maid to be his wife, and shooting her fiance is another good example of Oda's darker side.
The concept was dark but I think the delivery just made it sad. Just like how Ohara incident was extremely gruesome but Oda delivered it in a way where we really only care about Robin rather than the countless number of victims (though it's important to show the WG's wrath). I wouldn't say One Piece has really dark moments. Here and there yes, some ominous and serious scenes, but it's still overall mainly a very romantic series.
The kids themselves weren't my main issue, it was with Mocha and the chase sequence with the other kids.
The whole thing about using kids as guinea pigs for research-chemical drugs that slowly kills them by making them believe its just candy, and showing the kids going through crazy withdrawal/abstinence symptoms was borderline morbid, like something you would expect from a graphic novel by frank miller/allan moore, published by dark horse comics.
NOT in a shonen manga thats meant to be around PEGI-11 rating or something like that. a lot of early, or even pre-teens read shonen jump/OP in japan. that storyline must have been traumatizing.
on the other hand its one of those useful cards to keep in your sleeve when arguing with ignorant idiots who thinks OP is for little children because the art looks "so cartoony lol!". The tenryuubito kicking the sick man to death and then forcing the maid to be his wife, and shooting her fiance is another good example of Oda's darker side.
It's hard to imagine anyone was traumatized during those moments since it was obvious everyone would be fine. Afterall, it's not a flashback.
I can't believe no one has mentioned this yet… :blink:
So one of my biggest problem is with the designs of the female characters. As genius Oda is with crazy designs, most of the "pretty" women are pretty much flesh sticks with big boobs and Nami face. I don't know what's the problem; maybe Oda just has no confidence with drawing them so they all look like the same but experiment! Perona was very different from the most girls and she still could pull off the sexy factor! Oda could surely make new peronas if he just wanted! And another thing is with those ridiculous bodies! Having every female with big boobs is kind of a stretch, but what really bothers me is how thin their torsos are. That's not sexy, that's creepy, and he doesn't even have the excuse that he just doesn't know how to do it! Any amateur could draw them little thicker!
@Light:
I can't believe no one has mentioned this yet… :blink:
So one of my biggest problem is with the designs of the female characters. As genius Oda is with crazy designs, most of the "pretty" women are pretty much flesh sticks with big boobs and Nami face. I don't know what's the problem; maybe Oda just has no confidence with drawing them so they all look like the same but experiment! Perona was very different from the most girls and she still could pull off the sexy factor! Oda could surely make new peronas if he just wanted! And another thing is with those ridiculous bodies! Having every female with big boobs is kind of a stretch, but what really bothers me is how thin their torsos are. That's not sexy, that's creepy, and he doesn't even have the excuse that he just doesn't know how to do it! Any amateur could draw them little thicker!
you realize there's a whole thread about this
What's up with Luffy's frilly sleeves? Fashion faux-pas right there.
What's up with Luffy's frilly sleeves? Fashion faux-pas right there.
IT's pirate-y :ninja: No the fashion that I hate is that dang hat Usopp wore. I finally got used to that floppy hat and it became a frikin' fishbowl!
reunion at SA
During Punk Hazard
after PH, its a fishbowl!!
Give him a break! Can't you see he's just waiting to unveil his awesome afro when it's finally big enough?
There's a scene in the Z movie where Usopp in in a different getup (shorts, bowtie, vest that reveals some mighty abs, monocle) where his hair is down … dayum it looks great! I wish the manga would let his mighty hair down, free of the ponytail puff [hide][/hide]
time skip is nowhere near as good as the first half so far.
Too much Time setup since the start of the series. Luffy comes just at the time Kuro wants to start his plan, same with Crocodile,Wapol, CP9….
^ And that's too much time setup, getting there at the right time rather than spending a weak or two before the main villain starts their plan:getlost:
^ And that's too much time setup, getting there at the right time rather than spending a weak or two before the main villain starts their plan:getlost:
Isn't Luffy supposed to show up early, get his hair and makeup done first and answer some interview questions before beating the villain?
Isn't Luffy supposed to show up early, get his hair and makeup done first and answer some interview questions before beating the villain?
Idont know If trolling or just trolling
time skip is nowhere near as good as the first half so far.
Why do you think that? Honestly wondering, because the suspense and immersion I'm feeling is higher compared to the first half. The big characters, New World, adventure, silliness still in tact…
It always bugged me how "wimpy" the villains came in cover stories! In the main story they are always strong, ruthless and don't care about their crew but in covers they magically lose all their badassery and somehow start showing concern for their buddies. :getlost:
Take Jango for example! In Kuro's arc he wiped the grass with Usopp pirates but in cover story was chased by them wielding freggin' shovels! Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine were ruthless assassins but then they felt like it was their duty to save the other agents who mostly used to hinder their advancement in ranks! (Miss Goldenweek is just a kid and never seemed too malicious so maybe it's excusable from her.) Wapol got arrested by cops, cp9 saved Lucci, they just get all around pathetic! The only ones who's development is somewhat belelieveable are Enel and Hachi, since Hachi wasn't too evil to begin with and Enel was still very aggressive!
@Light:
It always bugged me how "wimpy" the villains came in cover stories! In the main story they are always strong, ruthless and don't care about their crew but in covers they magically lose all their badassery and somehowstart showing concern for their buddies. :getlost:
Take Jango for example! In Kuro's arc he wiped the grass with Usopp pirates but in cover story was chased by them wielding freggin' shovels! Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine were ruthless assassins but then they felt like it was their duty to save the other agents who mostly used to hinder their advancement in ranks! (Miss Goldenweek is just a kid and never seemed too malicious so maybe it's excusable from her.) Wapol got arrested by cops, cp9 saved Lucci, they just get all around pathetic! The only ones who's development is somewhat belelieveable are Enel and Hachi, since Hachi wasn't too evil to begin with and Enel was still very aggressive!
That's why Oda doesn't kill characters, once their dreams/ambitions are dead they become this pathetic character that for some reason always learns to care about others, Enel didn't give a single F* he just kept his plan going but without destroying Skypea and Hachi was never evil to begging with
Why do you think that? Honestly wondering, because the suspense and immersion I'm feeling is higher compared to the first half. The big characters, New World, adventure, silliness still in tact…
These arcs in the new world don't compare to arcs like alabasta, CP9 and marineford.
These arcs in the new world don't compare to arcs like alabasta, CP9 and marineford.
Explain yourself dude
Explain yourself dude
idk i miss marathoning one piece i hate having to wait for a new chapter every week.
idk i miss marathoning one piece i hate having to wait for a new chapter every week.
C'mon man are you seriously, you can always stop reading it for a while and then come back, I know is difficult to wait a whole weak for a new chapter but there are a lot of things you can do while you wait.
Me: I read Ability (Tuesday), OP (Wednesday), Belzebub and God Of High School (Thursday), anime OP/AOT/Hunterx2 (Saturday and Sunday) and then there is OP spoilers (Monday), so I don't feel the wait at all
C'mon man are you seriously, you can always stop reading it for a while and then come back, I know is difficult to wait a whole weak for a new chapter but there are a lot of things you can do while you wait.
Me: I read Ability (Tuesday), OP (Wednesday), Belzebub and God Of High School (Thursday), anime OP/AOT/Hunterx2 (Saturday and Sunday) and then there is OP spoilers (Monday), so I don't feel the wait at all
Yeah maybe I should read other manga I herd attack of titan was pretty good.
Yeah monthly mangas really do cause a looong wait. But some are worth it. Currently the only other manga besides OP that I'm reading is Kuroshitsuji.
Yeah monthly mangas really do cause a looong wait. But some are worth it. Currently the only other manga besides OP that I'm reading is Kuroshitsuji.
I've never heard of that one before so I went to check it up on Batoto and just the image of a 12 years old master having such an awesome butler caught my attention, so I'll be giving it a try starting now
@indigo~ink:
I did find Shanks being an emperor a bit forced at the time, but in retrospect I think it does make sense. Maybe Shanks being a big deal could have been foreshadowed more a little earlier to make it seem less of a convenient plot thing later on, I think the convenience of it is what bothered me. But when you look back, well if a big part of Luffy's goal is to surpass Shanks, it makes sense that that should be a challenge, so he kinda has to be a big deal.
I didn't understand what he was doing in East Blue if he's such a hotshot but I guess he was making babies with Makino LOL. An emperor losing an arm in that way bothered me a bit for a while, but I'm willing to accept the "it was a bet on the future" angle. Even if you're an emperor sometimes you fzck up and lose an arm, life doesn't always pan out perfectly I guess XD Besides wouldn't it be kind of disappointing if Luffy's hero and inspiration was some nameless nobody now? I agree it gives the story more potential for interesting things to go down later on.
This was fine even flawed. He could have easily used Emperor's Haki on the shark and took it out, instead he lost his arm. That is still ok though, I could look past it. What makes absolutely no sense is that he lost his arm and Oda apparently stated that his power didn't decrease at all? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense Oda…
I've never heard of that one before so I went to check it up on Batoto and just the image of a 12 years old master having such an awesome butler caught my attention, so I'll be giving it a try starting now
Oh its amusing. By the most recent arc that ended (public school arc) Ciel is 13. At first Ciel seems cold-blooded, but there are moments that show he's actually has a good side…its just that he has to 'act adult-like' since he's taken up his father's position. the butler, Sebastion though IS cold-blooded, but its hidden under his charm and wit.
I don't want to spoil anything so will give only hints
My fave arcs are Jack the Ripper arc, and the Ship Voyage arc. Think of Titanic + zombies , a 3 sided fight that has a demon vs 2 reapers vs renegade reaper
The way Luffy made Usopp learn about the end of going merry.
The way Luffy made Usopp learn about the end of going merry.
Yeah that's one reason why I -as a fan- don't hate Usopp. I've heard many fans claim they hate Usopp for leaving and what he said. They seem to forget some facts=
Usopp uses a two hand weapon & he was the one to carry two of the suitcases, meaning his hands weren't free in case they were attacked. As such he asked Luffy to protect him. But when they - well Nami- talked to Iceburg, Luffy ran off to play at the shipyard. Neither noticed when Usopp was grabbed and mugged. When they did notice he was missing, they did not go looking for Usopp since the money cases were there. It wasn't until after they opened the cases and saw the money was missing that they went to look for Usopp.
Yeah, yeah, Luffy wouldn't be Luffy if he didn't goof off and they did care for Usopp. I'm not denying that but still this was a serious case of how goofing off and not paying attention to your teammates can cause a serious incident and damage a friendship. But Oda didn't point that out, (only that Usopp did question Luffy's leadership), and so some fans didn't think it mattered, only Usopp's leaving mattered :getlost:
That always has annoyed me.
Think of it=
You got your hands full, and ask your strong friend/leader who's great at hand-to-hand to help out in case of trouble. He agrees only to go goof off. You get mugged while he is playing. You wake up, try to get the money back, only to get punched by their leader (and remember Franky has steel fists!) who then lets his thugs beat you up again. Your friends find you unconscious, they beat up the baddies. But the damage is done to you and your pride. When you wake up, your fried/leader say "hey you know that car you love and wanted to get fixed? Well forget it, we're buying a brand new one!" His very first words are not "I'm so sorry for not being there".
Remember that Chopper said that Usopp could have had a concussion. That could be another reason Usopp wasn't thinking straight at that moment, besides the fact he just regained consciousness. People tend to still be high strung at that time after an attack. Usopp is already high-strung so he would be far worse in that case. What was needed was some time to cool down from that and then break the news -calmly- that the ship couldn't be fixed and had to be replaced. Lets remember that Luffy also told Usopp to leave before he actually left. Sure Luffy took it back but the damage was done.
Instead of telling Usopp to leave he could have said that as captain he's ordering a time to cool off, then walked off. Many fans refuse to give any blame to Luffy.
I'm not saying "Usopp wasn't to blame!" oh no, I fully acknowledge Usopp's quick temper helped to escalate the argument. I'm saying that both Usopp AND Luffy are to blame but some fans refuse to acknowledge that.
Yeah that's one reason why I -as a fan- don't hate Usopp. I've heard many fans claim they hate Usopp for leaving and what he said. They seem to forget some facts=
Usopp uses a two hand weapon & he was the one to carry two of the suitcases, meaning his hands weren't free in case they were attacked. As such he asked Luffy to protect him. But when they - well Nami- talked to Iceburg, Luffy ran off to play at the shipyard. Neither noticed when Usopp was grabbed and mugged. When they did notice he was missing, they did not go looking for Usopp since the money cases were there. It wasn't until after they opened the cases and saw the money was missing that they went to look for Usopp.
Yeah, yeah, Luffy wouldn't be Luffy if he didn't goof off and they did care for Usopp. I'm not denying that but still this was a serious case of how goofing off and not paying attention to your teammates can cause a serious incident and damage a friendship. But Oda didn't point that out, (only that Usopp did question Luffy's leadership), and so some fans didn't think it mattered, only Usopp's leaving mattered :getlost: That always has annoyed me. Think of it= You got your hands full, and ask your strong friend/leader who's great at hand-to-hand to help out in case of trouble. He agrees only to go goof off. You get mugged while he is playing. You wake up, try to get the money back, only to get punched by their leader (and remember Franky has steel fists!) who then lets his thugs beat you up again. Your friends find you unconscious, they beat up the baddies. But the damage is done to you and your pride. When you wake up, your fried/leader say "hey you know that car you love and wanted to get fixed? Well forget it, we're buying a brand new one!" His very first words are not "I'm so sorry for not being there". Remember that Chopper said that Usopp could have had a concussion. That could be another reason Usopp wasn't thinking straight at that moment, besides the fact he just regained consciousness. People tend to still be high strung at that time after an attack. Usopp is already high-strung so he would be far worse in that case. What was needed was some time to cool down from that and then break the news -calmly- that the ship couldn't be fixed and had to be replaced. Lets remember that Luffy also told Usopp to leave before he actually left. Sure Luffy took it back but the damage was done. Instead of telling Usopp to leave he could have said that as captain he's ordering a time to cool off, then walked off. Many fans refuse to give any blame to Luffy. I'm not saying "Usopp wasn't to blame!" oh no, I fully acknowledge Usopp's quick temper helped to escalate the argument. I'm saying that both Usopp AND Luffy are to blame but some fans refuse to acknowledge that.
My opinion, exactly.
Mihawk using his big sword against Zoro in their first encounter.