Almost forgot there was an episode today, wonder why…?
Title: ''Unyielding Soul - Brook vs. Big Mom''
Chapters Covered: rest of 851
Episode Director: Tetsuya Endo ()
Animation Directors: Kenji Yokoyama () and Yasuko Fukumoto (new)
Time: 7:30PM EST
Watch It: www.crunchyroll.com/one-piece
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well i knew they will butcher the filler fight with BM and Brook
The brook fight was a good addition, I dont see any adding on as bad in and of itself a ton of fights were expanded in the early anime but people didnt know which ones where because they werent already caught up with the manga, I think this did a good job at not trivializing big mom and making brook not look like a chump
The first half was rather forgettable IMO (even Miyuki Sawashiro's performance wasn't as crazy as last week), but the second half was an improvement. Fukumoto's art was more detailed than Yokoyama's, so I wouldn't mind her sticking around in some capacity as long as she doesn't replace someone more skilled, and the directing for Brook's big speech was decent. Proper use of "Overtaken" always improves a scene's letter grade. My favorite part of the episode though was when Napoleon (I wonder how Yu Mizushima felt, voicing three different characters having an argument with each other at the same time?) smacked Brook down since I was not expecting that as they moved the reveal of it being a sword up a bit.
My secret favorite part of the episode was that we no longer have to listen to Luffy tearing his arms apart!
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This episode definitely delivered on the Brook vs. Big Mom fight. Brook's performance was amazing and his delivery of the one line that was actually in the manga was spectacular.
! Doesn't seem like we'll get to see him injure Prometheus, though, which is unfortunate
The other scenes were good and had their moments but weren't great. Opera's deadpan lines were funny. Only criticisms are that Pudding fucked around with her hand in Reiju's head too long and Jinbe's attack didn't really have any impact.
My secret favorite part of the episode was that we no longer have to listen to Luffy tearing his arms apart!
God bless. Never have I been happier to see that fat blue potato man show up.
They really went overboard with, uh.. Luffy's enthusiasm which bordered on the gruesome.
Also, I really wished that when Big Mom told Brook "you've got some balls", he would respond with "yeah…even though I don't have any balls! Yohohoho!"
