…and some other small, insignificant groupies.
Title: ''Commence the Counterattack! Luffy and Law's Great Escape''
Chapters Covered: 677
New Characters: None
Animation Director: Yusuke Isochi (***1/2)
Time: 8:30PM EST
Watch It: www.onepieceofficial.com
This should be a pretty decent episode, me thinks.
! Some more shots of the brokers, and the formation of the Kid/Apoo/Hawkins alliance, and Smoker and Tashigi getting their bodies back.
! Let's hope the spread of the Counter Attack Group at the end of the chapter is done justice. Hopefully it won't be another "Friends or Foes".
I like how the guy who livestreams One Piece is one of them pervy japanese people. lol
Edit: livestream offline?
@Galaxy:
it seems to be offline, or atleast not airing Toriko as it usually does at this time.
it seems to be offline, or atleast not airing Toriko as it usually does at this time.
It's back online now.
Lol, spoilers right after the op.
Really good episode this week!!!
I liked it overall, but a few of the shots were poorly done.
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Really great ep, it was fun, had nice Art/Animation. As always, Komaki Aya didn't disappoint, He did a great job directing the ep.
I'm surprised that the pacing didn't bother me.
The animation looks great for next week's episode
Omg.. this was comedy gold! That Franky Coup de Boo when he jumped out of the cage. I had to pause and laugh my ass of for awhile. I really enjoyed this one. 
"The only thing I can fire is Coop De Boo from my ass."
Best line in the entire episode period.
Is 604 going to cover more than chapter 678? Caesar, Vergo and Monet dont appear until chapter 679. Its could be filler but by the looks of Caesar's and Vergo's expressions it looks like its the first few pages of 679. Seems like a better cliffhanger to end the episode with than the actual ending of 678.
If every episode were like this, this anime series would be as golden as the manga.
10/10 Animation
10/10 Pacing
10/10 Comedy
10/10 Would watch again.
Good episode. Some of the shading on the closeups was Kawamura-esque.
I only wish that they'd expanded a bit on how Law got free, because even if he swapped some of the chains there's no guarantee the fakes would be used to bind him in particular, and he wouldn't be able to swap them then without anyone noticing.
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Is 604 going to cover more than chapter 678? Caesar, Vergo and Monet dont appear until chapter 679. Its could be filler but by the looks of Caesar's and Vergo's expressions it looks like its the first few pages of 679. Seems like a better cliffhanger to end the episode with than the actual ending of 678.
It'll probably have a few pages from 679, which isn't very unusual (1.1-1.2 chapter pacing).
But going by the titles, 605 seems to focus on the majority of 679, so I wouldn't expect too much of it.
I thought this episode was handled very well.
You don't know how happy it makes me feel to hear Apoo's voice again. Kid, Apoo, and Hawkins' banter was very good also.
Art:B-
Animation: B+
Pacing: B+
Content: B
Overall Rating: B+
Law had a very wonky face early on in the episode. And a few other random art oddities.
Anyway, this episode had so much hilarity to it. We get Smoker and Tashigi's swap-back, Franky propelling himself with Coup de Boo, Luffy messing around, the entire chase scene (especially poor Brownbeard) and everyone being pissed over the broken shutter.
An epic moment with the triple alliance looming over the others after opening the shutter. And Kidpookins.
Is 604 going to cover more than chapter 678? Caesar, Vergo and Monet dont appear until chapter 679. Its could be filler but by the looks of Caesar's and Vergo's expressions it looks like its the first few pages of 679. Seems like a better cliffhanger to end the episode with than the actual ending of 678.
@Galaxy:
It'll probably have a few pages from 679, which isn't very unusual (1.1-1.2 chapter pacing).
But going by the titles, 605 seems to focus on the majority of 679, so I wouldn't expect too much of it.
The first 6 pages of Chapter #678 are worth 2-3 minutes of animation, and since Shida is doing it, I imagine it to end sooner. I can see them ending Ep #604 with chapter #679 p6, it would be a cool cliffhanger.
There is a lot of room for filler fighting in #605, So I don't think they will use pages from chap#680 for Ep#605. I hope they take their chance.
Great episode. Best part was Franky just casually farting away. Loved the way they animated that shot. The scenes with Kidd and the others were also great, as it gave our eyes a rest from the constant metal/snow that we're seeing every episode.
That scene with Franky flying off into the distance was hilariously unexpected. Lost it when that happened, and then Luffy's comment right after only made me lose it more.
Am I the only one questioning how Sanji could instantly tell that that was Nami in his body?
Damn good episode overall. I'd say we're just over the halfway point of this arc now and there's some good fights coming up that I can't wait to see. I dread a few of the next episodes, though, in how the anime could stretch them out. But we'll see.
I can die happy now.
Those first few minutes were perfection, and well worth the wait.
I can't staaaaaaaaaahp.
! Resistanceisfutile. MUST. REOPEN. APOO. ASK. ACCOUNT.
MUUUUSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. [/floppus]
Butyisss… got the rest to watch yet
Am I the only one questioning how Sanji could instantly tell that that was Nami in his body?
I noticed that too, i guess it's possible if he heard her shouting "Brook!".
I only wish that they'd expanded a bit on how Law got free, because even if he swapped some of the chains there's no guarantee the fakes would be used to bind him in particular, and he wouldn't be able to swap them then without anyone noticing.
That's just seriously contrived writing. All i can picture is Law asking them "hey, can you good people use THAT chain on me, please?". That is, assuming he wasn't passed out anymore. Urgh.
Anyway, another great episode in a row.
Man was Tashigi cute in this episode. :wub: It's also nice to realize that even tough she always has to live in Smoker's shadow, she still has her own strengths, like being more flexible with her principles.
Other than that the episode was just golden. No real complaints here. Tough I'm not a big fan of fart jokes…
Okay, I wasn't expecting that Coup de Boo 
. The episode was good overall, and the pacing was alright for a change. By the way, it feels like it has been a while since I last heard the track at the end of the episode.
Didn't know where to post this and it's somewhat relevant so FLY INTO THE WORLD MY PRETTY FLY FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY~!
It's funny, they never did explain how Franky split up from the group in the manga, so apparently he just farted over all the poisonous gas? Was this Oda's initial idea or just a lazy plot hole?
I loved this episode! it was awesome!
I loved the part when Luffy is having fun after breaking free from the cage, it felt so fluid. This episode had amazing camera angles and the frame rate was insane (for OP standards) but the art was a little wacky in some shots (specially Law's and Robin's). I loved it though.
Very fun episode. The animation was decidedly meh with some widely inconsistent art throughout. The manga chapter was pretty hectic in parts and the anime tries to flesh out those scenes with mixed success.
As far as filler, everything with Brownbeard was gold. The extra scene of the dragon biting Brownbeard's tail to give him a speed boost with everyone cheering Brownbeard with him responding "You people are horrible!" was a personal highlight.
I don't feel the same way about the Franky farting filler, but seeing Franky fly away on his farts like an ass-powered jetpack is bizarrely satisfying. Strangely, Franky's fart clouds are one of the best animated things in this episode.
It's funny, they never did explain how Franky split up from the group in the manga, so apparently he just farted over all the poisonous gas? Was this Oda's initial idea or just a lazy plot hole?
There were a lot of things not shown in the manga in this chapter that was merely alluded to. Very hectic. We do learn in the manga that Franky can still use his Coup de Burst/Boo techniques, so I guess were were suppose to connect the dots there. Same with the dragon biting Brownbeards tail giving him a speed boost and where/how Brownbeard got a battering ram right before reaching the door. There's probably more.
That's just seriously contrived writing. All i can picture is Law asking them "hey, can you good people use THAT chain on me, please?". That is, assuming he wasn't passed out anymore. Urgh.
Not really disagreeing about the contrivance there, but I'm guessing that he ended up with those cuffs by chance and they could have ended up on the Strawhats, Smoker, or Thashigi. As you say, there's no way he could somehow guarantee to have those particular cuffs put on his wrists while captured. Unless he purposely got captured and managed a switcheroo when no one was looking or …. something. Certainly could have used more elaboration there.
It's funny, they never did explain how Franky split up from the group in the manga, so apparently he just farted over all the poisonous gas? Was this Oda's initial idea or just a lazy plot hole?
The poisonous gas hadn't reached the lab yet.
the rest is explained on this page, bottom panel.
http://www.batoto.net/read/_/155401/one-piece_ch698_by_mangarule/10
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@Mr.:
The extra scene of the dragon biting Brownbeard's tail to give him a speed boost with everyone cheering Brownbeard with him responding "You people are horrible!" was a personal highlight.
Actually we did see the dragon biting his tail in the manga, the rest of the scene was indeed added.
http://www.batoto.net/read/_/124872/one-piece_ch677_by_mangarule/15 http://www.batoto.net/read/_/124872/one-piece_ch677_by_mangarule/16
Why would they change how kid used his power vs apoo in the anime?
Edit: upon a second look, that entire kid,apoo,Hawkins scene was pretty bad.
But… (Manga SPOILERS)
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! Really? Isn't that curly thing his hair? Isn't he the same as here?
But… (Manga SPOILERS)
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! Really? Isn't that curly thing his hair? Isn't he the same as here?
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They can't tell fur from Curley hair, I wouldn't be surprised if they just speed read the manga.
It actually kind of does look like fur in the manga too.
No sure way to know of course, but this is no reason to say "Toei doesn't read the manga!"
! People wouldn't complain if they didn't think it was Lucci.
@Galaxy:
It actually kind of does look like fur in the manga too.
No sure way to know of course, but this is no reason to say "Toei doesn't read the manga!"
! People wouldn't complain if they didn't think it was Lucci.
Naw just joking. But still the hair/fur isn't even spikey and it seems to just be behind his head.
@Galaxy:
! People wouldn't complain if they didn't think it was Lucci.
! I don't care if it's Lucci or not. I just thought it was his hair since I saw that panel in the manga chapter.
! Probably the problem is mine.
Am I the only one questioning how Sanji could instantly tell that that was Nami in his body?
It's Sanji. He used his Color of Ob-Perv-ation to sense Nami's soul. 
But… (Manga SPOILERS)
! http://i43.tinypic.com/k0khvq.jpg
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! Really? Isn't that curly thing his hair? Isn't he the same as here?
http://i39.tinypic.com/52n3q.jpg
hhhhHHHHHAAAAA HAHAHA!
I didn't even notice that. It's hilarious. Joke's on the people who thought it was him. And if it DOES turn out to be him, joke's on Toei.
Either way, I end up winning.
It's really unfair when some people talk like Toei buys Jump in a convenience store, someone glances over it and they're done. It's like there's no idea how close they are to Oda, especially these days.
The manga pages they receive are originals full of author notes and warnings. That's how we hear first in the anime, for instance, names that weren't revealed in the manga at that point, like happened with Shu and his devil fruit, or lots of side characters from the Whitebeard alliance. So i'm pretty sure they know what they're doing there. Of course, Oda can't tell them things he didn't think of doing yet (and he says he gets new ideas all the time), which may create trouble here and there - but then again, Oda messes up on his own manga quite often, like post-timeskip Chopper eating a Rumble Ball to go Guard Point, which turned out to be a mistake later.
That scene when Tashigi returned to her own body, the bounce sound effect made me think, well, welcome to your role in One Piece, for now, for the rest of the series sis-v-;;.
Not a bad episode. Dat Zoro and Kin'emon! >;D
It's really unfair when some people talk like Toei buys Jump in a convenience store, someone glances over it and they're done. It's like there's no idea how close they are to Oda, especially these days.
The manga pages they receive are originals full of author notes and warnings. That's how we hear first in the anime, for instance, names that weren't revealed in the manga at that point, like happened with Shu and his devil fruit, or lots of side characters from the Whitebeard alliance. So i'm pretty sure they know what they're doing there. Of course, Oda can't tell them things he didn't think of doing yet (and he says he gets new ideas all the time), which may create trouble here and there - but then again, Oda messes up on his own manga quite often, like post-timeskip Chopper eating a Rumble Ball to go Guard Point, which turned out to be a mistake later.
Thanks for sharing that information, I've always wondered how they handled production between the manga and anime, quite a relief to hear, pretty surprised about that Chopper fact!
I still thing that Franky farting above the gas to make his way across the island is too ridiculous, even for Franky!
Good episode. Some of the shading on the closeups was Kawamura-esque.
I only wish that they'd expanded a bit on how Law got free, because even if he swapped some of the chains there's no guarantee the fakes would be used to bind him in particular, and he wouldn't be able to swap them then without anyone noticing.
Simply a discussion of probability. If he switched most chains that they thought was sea stone then odds are that one of the multiple devil fruit users in the cage would get regular chains as opposed to sea stone.
@Light:
Man was Tashigi cute in this episode. :wub: It's also nice to realize that even tough she always has to live in Smoker's shadow, she still has her own strengths, like being more flexible with her principles.
Other than that the episode was just golden. No real complaints here. Tough I'm not a big fan of fart jokes…
Tashigi looks so cute when her face was all puffed up and slightly grumpy.
Anyways, loved the beginning scene, finally getting to see some of the Supernovas!
I'm finally caught up! The only sad thing is, I was so into it, I was ready to see what happens next. I might just pick up the manga if my anticipation becomes too great.
