The New World, the second half of the Grand Line and the place where all the lingering questions will be answered, chief among which is, will Usopp ever get his eyecatch?!
Title: ''To the New World! Aiming for the Strongest Sea''
Chapters Covered: 654
New Characters: None
Animation Director: Masayuki Takagi (**1/2)
Time: 7:30PM EST
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The longer preview was posted in the General Anime thread last night, but posting it in here in case some people didn't see.
Don't have a stream link yet either, but I'll look.
New intro, or no!?!?!?!?! lol…
@The:
New intro, or no!?!?!?!?! lol…
If not this week, then most likely next week.
or after the filler arc my friend.
If Little East Blue is any indicator, they would probably do it with the first episode of the filler arc, but yeah, there's a chance for that too.
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no streaming? =(
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no streaming? =(
Nope. It got shut down last week sadly.
Gonna have to use KeyHole if you want to watch.
Nope, no new opening.
can someone explain the keyhole thing to me?
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Spoiler:
This episode is fanservice.
Does nobody use watchop here to watch their episodes? 
can someone explain the keyhole thing to me?
Keyhole is a free downloadable japanese tv/video streamer. It has a ton of japanese channels on to watch, and is quite useful, Though, I haven't used it in quite some time, it's just collecting dust on my hard drive.
Does nobody use watchop here to watch their episodes?
On and off, depending on the episode. Lately I just wait for Yibis though, for some reason watching it at watchop ruins the episode for me..Due to lack in quality.
Does nobody use watchop here to watch their episodes?
People who live outside of America do, but there's really no reason to if you do, because they rip straight from the Funi stream anyways.
No further comments about the new episode? Come on guys. Is there really lots of fanservice here?
will Usopp ever get his eyecatch?!
Wow, i didn't realize Usopp didn't get his' yet.
Regarding the new opening. Only time a new OP premiered with no warning was Kaze wo Sagashite (i wonder why..). Since the Z filler will run from December 2nd to 23rd (4 episodes), and December 30th is more than likely a break, i'm expecting the new one for January 6th. It makes sense and there's time enough for an upcoming announcement in Jump.
Really, really enjoyed this episode. First time in a while one had me laughing out loud pretty hard. I love crew interaction on the Sunny.
Entrance to New World was fantastic with the "I'm Becoming King of the Pirates" OST.
Ahhhh, it's so great to hear Bink's sake again.
We're finally in the New World. The ending was changed to match up with the next filler arc, so no surprises there.
Let's hope it's actually enjoyable.
Ahhhh, it's so great to hear Bink's sake again.
We're finally in the New World. The ending was changed to match up with the next filler arc, so no surprises there.
Let's hope it's actually enjoyable.
Was that the first time we've seen it translated by Funi? I won't be surprised if those are the exact words used in the dub. (Plus they're nice and easy to sing along to :P)
shitty episode is pretty shitty, I knew the ending would've been changed for the filer arc but damn it was underwhelming as fuck, so was zoro's 360 pound cannon. smh
Was that the first time we've seen it translated by Funi? I won't be surprised if those are the exact words used in the dub. (Plus they're nice and easy to sing along to :P)
They translated it before a couple of times (I think during Sabaody maybe)
WAIT! Wait a minute guys!
They did the new gear 2nd powerup right in this episode!!!!
WAIT! Wait a minute guys!
They did the new gear 2nd powerup right in this episode!!!!
They've done it the exact same way since the time skip.
at least one good thing came outta this
bam
They've done it the exact same way since the time skip.
Noooo….
When Luffy uses Gear 2 his entire body heats up like pre-timeskip. That's not the amount of effort he needs to make to do that anymore. In the manga only his arm heated up.
My favourite episodes are ones that take place on the ship, and are just full of crew interaction.
I loved this chapter in the manga, but the anime just didn't live up to it..
Full of disappointment at that ending too..
You only enter the New World once, do it the proper way.
Worst time to add filler.
Noooo….
When Luffy uses Gear 2 his entire body heats up like pre-timeskip. That's not the amount of effort he needs to make to do that anymore. In the manga only his arm heated up.
You must have not been paying close enough attention.
Luffy's entire body was still all glowy and "heated up" when he used Gear Second in this episode.
In fact, it doesn't even matter really.
I enjoyed the episode, largely cause there was absolutely no Fishman Island. The training montage near the end before they hit the surface annoyed me though. Hate those. Aside from that, warm and cuddly episode. And I imagined red flames and ish above the water, wish they included that. The marine ships are pretty ominous. Filler tiemz, next week I watch with popcorn
In fact, it doesn't even matter really.
Also this. Why do you people care so much about something so minor.
@nodensuke:
Worst time to add filler.
Uhh, when should they do it then? In the middle of Punk Hazard? Fishmen Island crazy adventures?
People whine when they make filler and whine when they don't. Toei can't win.
And I imagined red flames and ish above the water, wish they included that.
They didn't because they're not in PH territory yet. It'll come.
What's eyecatch???
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Uhh, when should they do it then? In the middle of Punk Hazard?
People whine when they make filler and whine when they don't. Toei can't win.
I don't whine at filler, and I've never had a problem with it. This is the first time, and whether you agree with me or not is none of my concern.
I just feel that there are certain key parts in a series you should respect and keep filler away from, and to me, entering the New World is one of those parts.
It would be like entering the Grand Line now and instead of running into Laboon, a bunch of filler was thrown in of the crew exploring a few islands first _.._Would you not have a problem then?
Just like the Grand Line, you only enter the New World once..Don't ruin it with filler.
It's been a while since I read the chapter, but I really enjoyed this episode too and felt the entrance to the New World was done well! It's supposed to be chaotic…and it was portrayed damn well being chaotic. If people complain about this, I'd hate to see what it was like when the Apis Arc included the "Calm Belt entrance" and the entrance to the Grand Line was interrupted by Eric. XD
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I liked the lightning effects at the end, and I hope this filler's better than Little East Blue was.
Just like the Grand Line, you only enter the New World once..Don't ruin it with filler.
Funny you should say this. Remember how when the Straw Hats were ascending Reverse Mountain and Erik from the Warship Island arc made a pointless cameo to menace the crew for a bit before Nami pushed him overboard? And anyway, it's physically impossible to place any filler between entering the Grand Line and Laboon because the lighthouse is right at the entrance.
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@nodensuke:
I don't whine at filler, and I've never had a problem with it. This is the first time, and whether you agree with me or not is none of my concern.
I just feel that there are certain key parts in a series you should respect and keep filler away from, and to me, entering the New World is one of those parts.
It would be like entering the Grand Line now and instead of running into Laboon, a bunch of filler was thrown in of the crew exploring a few islands first _.._Would you not have a problem then?
Just like the Grand Line, you only enter the New World once..Don't ruin it with filler.
Hardly matters seeing as there were filler moments before,after and during the entering of the grand line. Get over it.
ohh marines, g8 v2 is coming!
Funny you should say this. Remember how when the Straw Hats were ascending Reverse Mountain and Erik from the Warship Island arc made a pointless cameo to menace the crew for a bit before Nami pushed him overboard?
A fun episode all throughout. No complaints here.
I liked the episode up until the end when they didn't emerge upon a sea of flames.
Very much enjoyed that. The lighting, art, music. Had more of a punch than your regular One Piece episode.
! To the people complaining about the lack of sea of flames, what did you expect them to do? The sea of flames was due to the fact that Punk Hazard was close to where they surfaced, and of course it would make zero sense if they emerged into the fire sea, and then went off and did this filler arc, and then sailed back.
I can't believe people are butthurt that they didn't emerge into a flame of seas. Who the hell cares? As long as they get to the next canon island in a similar fashion it makes little difference. I much prefer it this way than having the filler take place the way Little East Blue did. This way it can fit into the story of the anime much better. I would be joining you guys if they actually changed anything plot relevant to do this, but simply emerging in a sea of intense thunder instead of a sea of flames does not change anything, because they will still arrive at the sea of flames in a few episodes when we're ready to move on.
This is where people bitching about changes from the manga make little sense. When you change something that actually has an impact on the story, I get completely why you complain, but when you change something so minor like this, I can't respect these comments at all.
The episode was great and I enjoyed every minute of it.
I liked the episode up until the end when they didn't emerge upon a sea of flames.
! Because next episode isn't about punk hazard.
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WoW this episode is the best so far, lmao I couldn't stop laughing and damn the new world looked crazy as expected. Rate 12/10
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I can't believe people are butthurt that they didn't emerge into a flame of seas. Who the hell cares? As long as they get to the next canon island in a similar fashion it makes little difference. I much prefer it this way than having the filler take place the way Little East Blue did. This way it can fit into the story of the anime much better. I would be joining you guys if they actually changed anything plot relevant to do this, but simply emerging in a sea of intense thunder instead of a sea of flames does not change anything, because they will still arrive at the sea of flames in a few episodes when we're ready to move on.
This is where people bitching about changes from the manga make little sense. When you change something that actually has an impact on the story, I get completely why you complain, but when you change something so minor like this, I can't respect these comments at all.
The episode was great and I enjoyed every minute of it.
Because some of them want the anime to be the color version of the manga.
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Because some of them want the anime to be the color version of the manga.
That's impossible. The only way that could happen is if the manga was already finished. As I said already, I can understand complaining, even if I don't always agree, for changes that mess with the story of the manga, but this is such a minor change that it isn't even worth getting so heated over.
It was like 5 seconds of some ships arriving; I don't understand how anyone can get their blood pumping about that. That's coming from a person who usually scrutinizes small changes from manga to anime conversion.
I think I'm going to find the upcoming filler are relatively enjoyable. Sure it delays the arrival of Punk Hazard, but it's going to be new content that can't be compared to the manga, which should be interesting (as the anime threads are usually just people comparing it to the manga to begin with).
Solid stuff. Like my poo. Though not as smelly. Maybe.
Oda gives them a finger with Nami in the bathtub panel and they take the whole damn arm by basically shoving the camera up her butthole. But hey, we're no strangers to Toei's whorification of Nami and Robin by now. It's cool, really.
Brook's interaction with the whales made my eyes all tingly, so I guess they were doing something right. I remember that part touching me in the manga for some reason, as well.
I wish I could say I was surprised with the lack of fire oceans, but I saw this coming a mile away. It'd be illogical for it to be there. Now all that's left to hope is that this filler arc (much like G8) is worth the change in canon. Don't disappoint, you scrotum sniffers.
I didn't like this in the manga either its more fun to watch it though if yah ask me. They had plenty of Nami fan service and Robin, wheres my Luffy fan service :sad:
Luffy fan.
LuffyxHancock or LuffyxNami? I can't decide.
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Oda gives them a finger with Nami in the bathtub panel and they take the whole damn arm by basically shoving the camera up her butthole. But hey, we're no strangers to Toei's whorification of Nami and Robin by now. It's cool, really.
It really wasn't all that bad compared to some other episodes, honestly. Not gonna deny that they go crazy with fanservice compared to the manga, but take a look at some other episodes with Nami fanservice and this is pretty mild in comparison.
