Why is south asia never in these things
It's like a quarter of the world
Why is south asia never in these things
It's like a quarter of the world
@Monkey:
I don't get it.
Probably a reference to "The Nutcracker".
Which does have a character called the "Sugar Plum Fairy" (Granted, Sugar actually eats grapes and she's no fairy, but…).
"Sugar Plum Fairy"
Oh yeah, i remember her. She said "Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side!" and the coloured girls went: Do da do da do da do do do Do da do da do da do do do Do da do da do da do do do Do da do da do da do do do Do da do da do da do do do Do da do da do da do do do Do da do da do da do do do Doo!
Why is south asia never in these things
It's like a quarter of the world
You guys got to be the main foreign force in Berserk, so there's that I guess.
Also you gave Japan half it's religion. Everytime there's a buddhist thing you can go "heh".
Minokoala I'll go out on a limb and say is Australian.
Minochihuahua …Hong Kong?
Vivi, given the appearance of her father, Chaka & Pel, is Egyptian.
I know this topic hasn´t been touched in a year but I find in interesting and wanted to contribute
Cabbage - British
Sai - Chinese
Ideo - Chinese (but from another area than Sai, they´d speak in different dialects (for example mandarin and cantonese))
Suleiman - Turkish
Orlumbus - Spanish
Hajrudin - Either Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Finland
No idea for Barto though, maybe japanese
I feel like Franky is flashy is flashy and a thug which makes me feel like he's more Brazil and Luffy more American.
I feel like Franky is flashy is flashy and a thug which makes me feel like he's more Brazil and Luffy more American.
It is because Franky is flashy that he is seen as American. Also the cola, his Ace Ventura look, his "Super" catchphrase, his weaponry and his aloha shirt make him the stereotypical American.
Luffy has the basic warm culture clothing with slippers and shorts and cares mostly only about nakama and all kinds of food, just like Brazillians with family and food. I don't see any typical American trait that Luffy has.
It is because Franky is flashy that he is seen as American. Also the cola, his Ace Ventura look, his "Super" catchphrase, his weaponry and his aloha shirt make him the stereotypical American.
Luffy has the basic warm culture clothing with slippers and shorts and cares mostly only about nakama and all kinds of food, just like Brazillians with family and food. I don't see any typical American trait that Luffy has.
Luffy is team leader. Very American. He's ignorant and doesn't listen to people. Does things his way and doesn't regard any advice. Look at mma and you'll see the brazilians are the flashy ones.
But your points are better. Franky's a Californian surfer dude. It's pretty obvious.
Luffy is team leader. Very American. He's ignorant and doesn't listen to people. Does things his way and doesn't regard any advice. Look at mma and you'll see the brazilians are the flashy ones.
But your points are better. Franky's a Californian surfer dude. It's pretty obvious.
Haha, when you put it that negatively then I see your case.
In mma for sure the Brazillians are more flashy. Though speaking of martial arts Franky has the supplex, does basic melee punches (strong right) while Luffy does flashy attacks like Gomu Gomu no Ufo and all kinds of crazy and useless flashy Anderson Silva like moves :P
I know this topic hasn´t been touched in a year but I find in interesting and wanted to contribute
Cabbage - British
Sai - Chinese
Ideo - Chinese (but from another area than Sai, they´d speak in different dialects (for example mandarin and cantonese))
Suleiman - Turkish
Orlumbus - Spanish
Hajrudin - Either Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Finland
No idea for Barto though, maybe japanese
What exactly about Ideo strikes you as Chinese? He's based off a Japanese robot show by the Gundam guy so…
@Monkey:
What exactly about Ideo strikes you as Chinese? He's based off a Japanese robot show by the Gundam guy so…
His tribe has a heavy chinese theme
@Anime:
The languages they speak give a clue I guess
Robin- Spanish
Crocodile- Italian
Sanji- French
Mr. 2- French
Thats about it. But if you are talking about theplaces they are from…
Luffy- Fuscha Village
Nami-Unknown raised in Cocoyashi
Usopp- Syrup Village
Robin- Supposedly Ohara
Chopper- Drum
Vivi- Alabasta.
Sanji- I think it was West BLue...
Don't forget Zoro in Shimotsuki Village :) Although his real birth location is unknown
Also it seems it was romanized as "Foosha" (windmill) on Color Walk
Robin mixes spanish and french when speaking. Also her spanish is super incorrect, gramatically speaking.
I like to imagine most of the Baroque Works members (Robin included) are egyptian, as some of them seemed to even live in Alabasta (Paula even had a bar there)
Robin mixes spanish and french when speaking. Also her spanish is super incorrect, gramatically speaking.
Most of "any other language" is super incorrect in mangas…
I wouldn't say BW are egyptians..that's just the landscape of Alabasta, nothing to do with the characters.
Whenever I headcanon a character`s nationality, one of the things I keep in mind is the place they come from/were introduced in. These characters were introduced in Alabasta, which is the Egypt of the OPverse, and some of them seem to actually live there
The ones I wouldn`t call egyptians are Mr 2, 3 Goldenweek and Valentine
Neither Crocodile, I HC him as italian (tho he could be italoegyptian
Whenever I headcanon a character`s nationality, one of the things I keep in mind is the place they come from/were introduced in. These characters were introduced in Alabasta, which is the Egypt of the OPverse, and some of them seem to actually live there
The ones I wouldn`t call egyptians are Mr 2, 3 Goldenweek and Valentine
Neither Crocodile, I HC him as italian (tho he could be italoegyptian
They're not from there, they were there because of the BW's plan…like Robin for exemple, ha no characteristics whatsoever that make her egyptian...
She ain't even that good looking in profile
Egyptian would be my first guess for Nefertari Cobra, Chaka and Pell.
They're not from there, they were there because of the BW's plan…like Robin for exemple, ha no characteristics whatsoever that make her egyptian...
Paula had a bar there, why would she have a bar in a country she doesn´t lives in?
Paula had a bar there, why would she have a bar in a country she doesn´t lives in?
That's called cover-up…
Well Id´d like to read your take on them
Well Id´d like to read your take on them
Baroque Works: Not egyptians
All kidding asides, I'm gonna have to think about it. But those who can be cosidered egyptians have clear references, like Chaka and Pell or Cobra…
I would put Mr.9 as english, miss Goldenweek as dutch...miss Valentine could be pretty much anything, I don't know...
I know this topic hasn´t been touched in a year but I find in interesting and wanted to contribute
Cabbage - British
Sai - Chinese
Ideo - Chinese (but from another area than Sai, they´d speak in different dialects (for example mandarin and cantonese))
Suleiman - Turkish
Orlumbus - Spanish
Hajrudin - Either Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Finland
No idea for Barto though, maybe japanese
Bartolomeo's British as well, but punk-flavored. Scottish, maybe (to contrast Cavendish's English-ness)?
I like that. Also, what kind of punk style is Barto? (for example, Gladius would be steampunk, clothing wise)
I like that. Also, what kind of punk style is Barto? (for example, Gladius would be steampunk, clothing wise)
Isn't Barto like a typical rocker dude?
IDK das why I´m asking, I suck at telling styles apart
Bartolomeo's distinct speech style (ending his sentence with "dabe") and his vulgar behavior sometimes remind me of the bad boys who live in North Kanto district in Japan…
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How about the blackbeard pirates? Jesus and Laffitte are def. mexican and french, respectively
Robin mixes spanish and french when speaking. Also her spanish is super incorrect, gramatically speaking.
I like to imagine most of the Baroque Works members (Robin included) are egyptian, as some of them seemed to even live in Alabasta (Paula even had a bar there)
If any of them were natives I'm pretty sure that would have come up as plot important.
They were in Alabasta because the mission was there, Paula was undercover clearly.
Robin…I mean you know where she's from...
I know Robin is from the west blue, but I imagine her as egyptian because her original features reminds me of many artistic depictions of Cleopatra
I like that. Also, what kind of punk style is Barto? (for example, Gladius would be steampunk, clothing wise)
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I know Robin is from the west blue, but I imagine her as egyptian because her original features reminds me of many artistic depictions of Cleopatra
Cleopatra was a member of a Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt just fyi. Not exactly homegrown.
But if you're wondering who early Robin's main visual inspiration was, it's pretty clearly Uma Thurman from Pulp Fiction.
Yeah I´m aware of that. But only somewhat recently (a few years ago prolly) and I´ve already adapted the headcanon of Robin looking egyptian because of her, it grew on me. And I´ve seen Pulp Fiction as well yet honestly Robin didn´t remind me of her, nor vice versa.
Hey you can also suggest some nationalities btw
Yeah I´m aware of that. And I´ve seen Pulp Fiction as well yet honestly Robin didn´t remind me of her, nor vice versa.
Oda has an established and confirmed love of Quentin Tarantino, but more to the point Nico Olvia looks a helluva lot like Uma Thurman's character in Kill Bill.
To the extent that Oda gave her a version of the famous yellow jump suit in a flashback within the flashback.
It has nothing to do with whether their personality is anything alike, it's visual inspiration.
Didn´t say anything about their personalities though
Robin is russian. cuz of russian Stereotypes and also she might be based on anastasia nikolaevna.
her physical appearance is Definitely inspired by louise brooks ((louise even wore an outfit that is very similar to robin's outfit in alabasta)) louise brooks is an American actress so that could make her American.
her homeland ohara is Definitely inspired by "old hara" a 5,000 old tree in the U.S so that also could make her American too.
her devil fruit ability Reminds me of an indian goddess,so she could be indian.
her homeland's library ohara, is is Definitely inspired by the library of alexandria or/And the house of wisdom in baghdad so that could make her Egyptian/Greek or half Egyptian and half Greek OR from iraq so that could make her iraqi.
she names her attacks in french and spanish so that could make her spanish or french.
BUT ODA SAID SHE'S RUSSIAN SO SHE RUSSIAN.
tbh her "spanish" is very shitty so Robin being from any hispanic country irl should be discarded right now inmediately
she might be based on anastasia nikolaevna.
What?? No she isn't lol.
her physical appearance is Definitely inspired by louise brooks ((louise even wore an outfit that is very similar to robin's outfit in alabasta)) louise brooks is an American actress so that could make her American.
Never seen Pulp Fiction have we. And I'm struggling to find Brooks wearing Robin's Vegas cowgirl getup she wore in Alabasta?
Either way you don't seem to really grasp the idea of the nationality thing. It's a general vibe informed by characteristics, being physically based off a person with X nationality, doesn't at all mean that a character has any characteristics of X nationality.
Unless you strongly associate bob cuts with the USA….which would be inaccurate to say the least.
her homeland ohara is Definitely inspired by "old hara" a 5,000 old tree
And again…no what the heck? I can only find ONE source even naming that tree "Old Hara". It looks nothing like the Ohara tree. [And it's again extremely obvious what the tree was based off.
her devil fruit ability Reminds me of an indian goddess,so she could be indian.
Her french attack name Devil Fruit? Because of the Hindu arm thing. Ok. Again. Nothing at all suggests any Indian characteristics.
her homeland's library ohara, is is Definitely inspired by the library of alexandria or/And the house of wisdom in baghdad so that could make her Egyptian/Greek or half Egyptian and half Greek OR from iraq so that could make her iraqi.
This is the dumbest thing. The library conceptually might be based off those things sure….though absolutely nothing about its depiction or that of Ohara is any way Arab or Greek....but somehow this makes Robin associated with those groups?? Huh??
BUT ODA SAID SHE'S RUSSIAN SO SHE RUSSIAN.
You say this like other people are the irrational ones lol.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil)
@Monkey:
What?? No she isn't lol.
I SAID MIGHT SINCE ODA SAID SHE'S WOULD BE RUSSIAN.
you can check this:why nico robin would be russian in the real world ?? + future death!?
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Never seen Pulp Fiction have we. And I'm struggling to find Brooks wearing Robin's Vegas cowgirl getup she wore in Alabasta?
Either way you don't seem to really grasp the idea of the nationality thing. It's a general vibe informed by characteristics, being physically based off a person with X nationality, doesn't at all mean that a character has any characteristics of X nationality.
Unless you strongly associate bob cuts with the USA….which would be inaccurate to say the least.you're right,uma thurman from pulp fiction look like robin when she joined the crew,i thought that shakky from the bar in sabaody archipelago was based on her tho,maybe both ???
louise brooks look like a real life robin lol, i mean just look at her features.
this is the outfit that i was talking about: https://fashioningintelligence.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/louise_brooks_ggbain_32453u_crop.jpg
I SAID MIGHT SINCE ODA SAID SHE'S WOULD BE RUSSIAN.
Yeah, then hey maybe Robin is based off Josef Stalin??
I don't get it. There's absolutely nothing about Anastasia to think Robin is based off of her.
And you're also confusing the Oda quote. He never literally spoke about their nationalities. He was offhand picking countries he vaguely associated with the characters, it was never a statement of "This is where they would be from in real life.". He has associated different countries with them at other times in color spreads.
you can check this:why nico robin would be russian in the real world ?? + future death!?
Oh boy. Orojackson.
i always wondered why she would be russian…she's from the west blue = ruusia is in the west too! she's calm and have a sense of humor for example:
In One Piece North Blue is the European zone, so West Blue doesn't line up with where One Piece Russia would be anyway.
Well that and nothing at all about Ohara looks or feels Russian.
but is nico robin based of "anastasia NIKOlaevna" who was the youngest daughter of "tsar NIChOlas II", the
last sovereign of Imperial Russia ??? she also was an elder sister of "Alexei NIKOlaevich"…in the real story "anastasia nikolaevna" was EXECUTED with her family in an EXTRAJUDICIAL killing! by members of the CHEKA, the Bolshevik SECRET POLICE.
Just the kind of loose meaningless six degrees of separation associations I would expect of Orojackson.
although in the "Anastasia 1997 movie" The plot of the film is inspired by the myth, which says that she had survived the executions that carried out her family.
A myth about a royal princess who secretly and unexpectently survives the killing of her royal family by revolutionaries.
Apparently the same thing as a widely known and infamous survival of a little scholar girl from the mass execution of an entire island and its scholars that includes her mom.
the cheka or the Bolshevik secret police = Previous Generation of CP9 ?
The Bolsheviks were radical revolutionaries, yes still at the time they killed the Romanovs. Never in a million years is Oda going to use them as World Government inspiration. The Stalin onward period? Sure maybe.
Also I love how you can focus on that "connection" while ignoring it was a royal family being killed, which is relevant to Robin how?
nico robin's clan execution by the WG order to CP 9, buster call ?
…..clan? What clan?
Tsar Nicholas II= robin's father "since we know nothing about him" ?
If a character inspired by Tsar Nicholas II showed up in One Piece he would be a combination of the King of Lyneel, the King of Goa, mixed with an idiot.
How in a million years could you envision in the first place Robin's dad being a king. How.
you're right,uma thurman from pulp fiction look like robin when she joined the crew,i thought that shakky from the bar in sabaody archipelago was based on her tho,maybe both ???
Both sure.
louise brooks look like a real life robin lol, i mean just look at her features.
Robin has a big nose, and distinct eyes. So I don't actually see any resemblance outside of bob cuts.
this is the outfit that i was talking about: https://fashioningintelligence.files…2453u_crop.jpg
That isn't the same outfit at all. Are you saying you think Alabasta Robin looks like a flapper? She uh…doesn't.
well i guess just part of the outfit not all of it tho, also since oda inspiration of nico robin and shakky is from the same person then i wouldn't be surprised if nico robin is based on both of them, uma thurman and _louise brooks, anyways i just wanted to share my thoughts :)
oda said that if robin was an animal she would be_ Crane or Falcon, no idea what is the symbolism of thses animals but robin have a bird-like eyes and a pointed nose like these animals.
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Yes she does look like louise brooks, just look at thses pics: http://media2.giga.de/2016/01/nico-robin.jpg
http://statis.infogame.vn/images/upload/2015/12/02/60_M6VPJxRrFf_onepiece13.jpg?w=680
https://fashionbeyondfashion.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/louis-brooks1.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xZtck8X1q4U/Uwe-Jnkf_lI/AAAAAAAADHM/3GxHfWx6RgE/s1600/2+Louise+Brooks.jpg
AND THERE ARE TONS OF OTHER PICS,IT WILL BE ENDLES. you must be blind if you think that she deosn't…
oda said that if robin was an animal she would be Crane or Falcon, no idea what is the symbolism of thses animals but robin have a bird-like eyes and a pointed nose like these animals.
You really shouldn't put so much weight into these comments or side drawings of Oda's, the things where he just sort of casually associates the main cast with Things. Nine times out of ten that's just him having fun and playing silly little association games. Hell he's done it with fruit before and I've yet to see anyone try and make theories out of that lol.
AND THERE ARE TONS OF OTHER PICS,IT WILL BE ENDLES. you must be blind if you think that she deosn't…And again, the only connection I'm seeing is the hairstyle.
ok then i respect you opinion but i think any one piece fan who look at this pic can see the real life nico robin ((i also think the same thing goes for Valentino Rossi and Trafalgar Law)).
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e9/a9/86/e9a98681423fea7eff3121de2e809040.jpg
….No I can't.
16 chars.
I can't get behind Usopp being south African myself despite Oda's conformation. I see him more Greek then anything in looks.
Charlotte LinLin aka Big Mom I would like to say French but I think she is far more Italian.
Totto Land overall gives me a German/Dutch feeling (which makes sense as Germany does have a heavy association with fairy tales).
Plus, Nami and Purin's outfits are clearly Alpine/Bavarian-inspired.
And then there's the Germa 66.
I can't get behind Usopp being south African myself despite Oda's conformation. I see him more Greek then anything in looks.
Could be North African.
But again don't get overly caught up in literalism when it comes to the nationalities and "origins" Oda mentioned.
Pedro gives me fell that maybe he is persian dont know why exactly