Well, the idea of it wasn't filler.
Apparently that's supossed to qualify it as something at least remotely cannon. I'm sure they would've turned out better if given more episodes to expand on since Oda isn't a man of short and sweet.
ITS FILLEEEEEEEEEER
Also, the movie is filler… I think...
I mean, I think its a "what if" movie
I may be wrong, though
I forgot about the memory loss arc. I seem to remember enjoying that.
Davy Back fight filler is great because it's more Foxy.
And on the subject of filler in general, I have to say I'm in favor of it when it can be used to avoid lengthening (and thus ruining) canon material. Ennis Lobby, Thriller Bark, Planet Namek, etc are all nearly unwatchable for me. I'd rather roll the dice on a random strawhat adventure; at least it will be new.
@Badass:
Which is stupid, because they use their distance from the manga (or lack thereof) as an excuse for their horrible pacing, when they could have easily adapted those stories. Doing so would have distanced them a little bit more, and the coverstories wouldn't leave viewers in the dark as to why Jango is with the marines, how Hachi met Camie, or how Crocodile and friends came to Impel Down, among other events that weren't explained outside of coverstories.
Just think- if they adapted the cover stories, we may not have had the …:getlost:...Mexican pirates filler.
Why would viewers assume that crocodile would be anywhere other than ID?
Because they might think he's dead seeing as the last shot of him in the anime (at least to my knowledge) is him lying in a bloody heap on the ground.
@Kairouseki:
Because they might think he's dead seeing as the last shot of him in the anime (at least to my knowledge) is him lying in a bloody heap on the ground.
I am almost 100 percent positive that they mention that Hina took him into custody.
Ocean's Dream was all right, but I feel like they could've done a bit more with the premise of the crew suddenly being complete strangers to each other. Save for Zoro and Nami, they all got over it pretty quickly (like, in the very first episode).
Ice Hunters… I wouldn't call it stellar, but I found it...okay I suppose. The second half took a nosedive in quality but the fight at the end I enjoyed. But Jiro and Puzzle the 100 Million Berry Disappointment can go hang themselves.
Ice Hunter arc had two or three pretty funny episodes at the beginning. When the "fights" started, things gone down quickly, but at least Luffy vs Don Accino was nice.
regarding naruto fillers , sitting through all 85 episodes at once or actually having to have had endure them with 1 new ep. EVERY week (with a few breaks) for 1 year and 8 months in a row is completely different..
Which is exactly what I did.
I thought Ocean's Dream was a good opportunity to show some 'Luffy and the newest crewmate(Robin) working together' moments as well, but it disappointed.
Puzzle was a disgrace to the whole Luffy vs. Crocodile fight. I have a feeling he may show up in a filler arc in the future, which is complete fail (with a 'ph').
There's also the question of why Nami never bothered to use her heat ball.
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Parts of the Ice Hunter Arc was good but for the most part it sucked. The only real good filler arc is G8, and some of the individual Straw Hat eps between Arabasta and the Goat filler were nice.
@Kairouseki:
Because they might think he's dead seeing as the last shot of him in the anime (at least to my knowledge) is him lying in a bloody heap on the ground.
Didn't they show a shot of him being taken away by one of Smoker's marines or something?
Well, Crocodile is a Shichibukai so taking him to anything less than Impel Down would've been strange. Of course, all anime-only watchers would be left wondering why neither Crocodile or his underlings did anything but sit around those few months.
It's mentioned in both versions that he's being arrested and stripped of his title. What reason would we have to assume that he wasn't locked up in a prison somewhere? Which is exactly what happened. We don't need to be spoon-fed every last bit of information, do we?
Okay, sorry if this gets answered later on or something, but … I'm currently about halfway through Skypeia in the Anime, and something just isn't adding up ...
Why exactly do the Shandians have wings, if they originated on Jaya? o.o
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If you only watch the anime, then you won't get your answer because the answer can only be found on Enel cover story.
I've always wondered why they have wings, but can't fly?
I don't remember reading any direct answer to this question, but I think this is just another adaptation to the environment. Just like those celestial fishes/sharks/etc that looks like baloons.
PS: Please, don't read the last chapters.. You are probably ruining very good surprises..
Because everytime a bell rings, a Shandian gets his wings! is shot
Like I said earlier, read the Enel cover story, specifically chapter 470 and 472 (the cover/front page, just in case some people don't get the point of it being a cover story). The anime aren't going to answer your question (one of the many reason you're better off reading the manga instead). If you're too lazy to do so, here's the answer.
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Although it's better for you to complete Skypiea first before learning more about those tribes/races backstory because this backstory was told AFTER Skypiea saga ended.
Because they were Aliens 
! no seriously
I'm not sure if you all understand … the Shandians used to live on Jaya, right? So at one time they were "Blue Sea" dwellers ... did they have wings then?
I'm not sure if you all understand … the Shandians used to live on Jaya, right? So at one time they were "Blue Sea" dwellers ... did they have wings then?
Yes, they used to live on Jaya, but that doesn't mean they originated from the Blue Sea.
And yet the feather people from strong world could fly…
From what I understand, the Shandians' wings are vestigal, like an appendix. They could have once been bigger and allowed flight, I think. (The cover story doesn't help with that assumption, but you know what, who cares, it's Oda)
! actually the people from sky-islands are relatives from those moon-people we saw in the coverstory.
why shandians have wings nowadays isnt so sure right now. could have been, cause they mixed their genes with those sky-island inhabitants and so got the wings (but against that theory would be that they dont like each others from the start..soo)
another option would be that its normal adaption in the sky…like we see on the sky-fishes which most likely didnt come from the moon and just developed structures to better live in the sky)
against that theory would be that those wings doesn`t give any advantage.
Um if you read the flashback where we see Calgara and his tribe, they all have wings. So one could assume that
! That some of the moon people made it down to the blue sea as well.
In the Norland flasback, all the residents from Jaya have wings. As reveled from Eneru's cover story, all the races that have wings originated from the moon. They left the moon because of a lack of resources and went to earth. Many populated the sky islands, and others populated normal islands, like Jaya. It's likely that other normal islands on the blue sea have descendants of these moon people, but Oda has not shown any of them as of yet.
@Don:
! actually the people from sky-islands are relatives from those moon-people we saw in the coverstory.
why shandians have wings nowadays isnt so sure right now. could have been, cause they mixed their genes with those sky-island inhabitants and so got the wings (but against that theory would be that they dont like each others from the start..soo)
another option would be that its normal adaption in the sky…like we see on the sky-fishes which most likely didnt come from the moon and just developed structures to better live in the sky)
against that theory would be that those wings doesn`t give any advantage.
! there are three kind winged of tribe that made it to the earth.
first there is bilkan lika enel (he replace his wing with that "thing" in his back) and urouge that have different kind of wings than skypiean and shandian. second there are skypiean that have 2 little hair ball above their head. and there are shandian that doesn't have that hair ball.
bilkan and skypiean live in sky island while shandian made it to the blue sea.
the 2 little hair balls are just fashion^^
the moon .
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Why do Usopp and his mother have long noses?
Why does the Montblanc family have a chestnut on their heads?
They just do.
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I would say that some of them do u guys are just biass because it's not from the manga. If the filler arc was in the manga then I bet u guys would love it.
Reason # 45754 to skip the anime and read the manga.
Okay, sorry if this gets answered later on or something
Yes it will get answered. No it has not been entirely answered. And just asking that question gives you +10 rep despite the '10.
@JERK:
Reason # 45754 to skip the anime and read the manga.
your contribution to this thread is not surprisingly, a waste of time.
@AMS:
your contribution to this thread is not surprisingly, a waste of time.
Great advice? Wow, a real waste of time.
Why do Usopp and his mother have long noses?
Why does the Montblanc family have a chestnut on their heads?
They just do.
Genetics
Somewhere along the line a Montblanc fucked a chestnut
P.S. thats a terrible answer to her question
! it exist since the they still on the moon
yeah sure, but in on SBS Oda was asked about those hair balls…
and there he answered that they stand like this, because they try hard^^
so i dont think theyre THAT important..its just that Skypians took over that fashion from the moon people and yeah..nowadays have it cause theyre stylish:happy:
Great question! And it has yet to be fully answered–and what has been has already been posted here, along with some of the many controversies around it. If you look it into more (Greg's site is a great place to start), you will find that there was one edition in Japan with cover art portraying a winking Luffy with wings--apparantly that got the fandom all worked up and buzzing with theories about the whole "D" thing etc.--in short it's something that may carry great weight in the story, or be a joke on Oda's part, and we won't know until the end, LOL. It's one of the great mysteries of One Piece, so good on you for seeing it and asking.
So wait … it WASN'T a stupid question? O.o; Hrm, maybe I fit in here better than I thought ... and yeah, I went ahead and spoiled most of this (already have a volume with that coverstory anyways) but that one pic of Cutty's was especially useful, and it's a good reason why I admire Oda's attention to detail...
Please note that this is largely a joke, but I thought it was funny enough to post…
Okay, anyone who's seen the Anime probably knows the original opening music, We Are. I'm focusing specifically on the Straw Hats version, particularly the most recent one, here's a link:
Two things I noticed from this:
The first verse is all of the female VAs, the second verse is all the male VAs. The numbers are almost equal (off by one), and have been every time there has been a Straw Hat version of the song. There is currently one more male than female. Should we expect to see a female VA next? Possibly implying the next Straw Hat will be a woman? I'm now wondering how Hancock's singing voice is…
The only three Straw Hats to have solo parts are Nami, Luffy, and Usopp (in order). While Luffy is ... Luffy, Nami and Usopp are notably the most realistically human characters in the series - Usopp more so, and his part corresponds to Luffy's. The only serious fight between two Straw Hats in the series to date was Luffy vs. Usopp. Could we be expecting to see particularly great things from Usopp in the future?
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I know you're only having a joke, but just fyi, nothing in the anime really matters as it's only an adaptation with some small direction from oda every now and then.
General rule of thumb, if it didn't happen in the manga there's not much point extrapolating from it.
I remember when someone predicted Blackbeard battle match-ups by the way the march to Arlong Park corresponded with the BB Pirates' walk through Jaya.
I don't think the gender of the voice actors really effects the manga that much.
The next crew member could very well be a male that's being played by a female VA.
@I:
Great question! And it has yet to be fully answered–and what has been has already been posted here, along with some of the many controversies around it. If you look it into more (Greg's site is a great place to start), you will find that there was one edition in Japan with cover art portraying a winking Luffy with wings--apparantly that got the fandom all worked up and buzzing with theories about the whole "D" thing etc.--in short it's something that may carry great weight in the story, or be a joke on Oda's part, and we won't know until the end, LOL. It's one of the great mysteries of One Piece, so good on you for seeing it and asking.
having the D-generation as descendants of a moon-tribe would explain a bit…like how they(the ancient kingdom) were able to produce such superweapons like Pluton,Poseidon..^^
also that the WG (to that time called the enemy of the kingdom) was against this new race and started a war..
another thing is that people in the sky are not a common fact in the blue sea..its more like a fairy tale and i dont think the WG doesn`t intend to make it more public.
Red Bull is a common beverage on Skypedia?
From what I understand, the Shandians' wings are vestigal, like an appendix. They could have once been bigger and allowed flight, I think. (The cover story doesn't help with that assumption, but you know what, who cares, it's Oda)
They don't have to be bigger
just take a couple seconds to think a little bit about their home planet.
hmm the moon has a different gravity than earth, they wouldn't need as large a wings to fly because they would weigh less on the moon.
simple answer to topic
Originally mooninites, lol. But people from moon, came to earth due to running out of resources on moon, some if not all lived on jaya, knock up stream knocked them up to skypiea.
they had wings cause they could most likely fly on the moon, but coming to earth the denser gravity made it so they could no longer fly.
@Don:
having the D-generation as descendants of a moon-tribe would explain a bit…like how they(the ancient kingdom) were able to produce such superweapons like Pluton,Poseidon..^^
also that the WG (to that time called the enemy of the kingdom) was against this new race and started a war..
another thing is that people in the sky are not a common fact in the blue sea..its more like a fairy tale and i dont think the WG doesn`t intend to make it more public.
That would play into the whole void century, but i still doubt that'd happen. (Nice theory though)
I know that im going to be killed for saying this, but skypea was just one big long filler arc to me.
That would play into the whole void century, but i still doubt that'd happen. (Nice theory though)
I know that im going to be killed for saying this, but skypea was just one big long filler arc to me.
I completely agree! In my opinion Skypedia was easily one of the worst arcs in One Piece, I was completely uninterested until Enel vs. Luffy which took like 50 episodes of dragged out boringness.
I saw something I can never unsee, must forget, must forget, must forget!…..Wait, what was I trying to forget?
I'd argue, but anime only watchers don't know what the hell anyway.
Bottom line, like with everything else in the series you haven't actually seen it.
fuckin shandians how do they work?
