@All:
Yeah, gacha mobage especially is a hell of a drug. Fate series actually just very recently dethroned One Piece in revenue thanks to Grand Order.
It doesn't help that any OP mobile game after Treasure Cruise just flops, and Treasure Cruise is already getting pretty stale with how shitty Bamco is becoming with the new events.
@All:
The second part of this post is exactly why I'm so excited about what is to come after Wano. It might allow a soft reset button since this whole Smile/Alliance storyline that started since Punk Hazard will be wrapped up in Wano, and potentially to an extent, wrapping up the whole beef with Big Mom too that started since Fishman Island which also involves Jinbei joining. After this, the Straw Hats will finally continue their voyage without any freeloaders like Wano natives, the minks, Law etc who have been riding along with the Straw Hats for the last couple arcs. Oda can finally focus on the Straw Hats and their interaction again. I see Wano as the culmination of everything that the Straw Hats started since post time-skip/New World, giving the series a sense of fresh start.
I'd be down for this like you would'nt believe, but Oda being in the habit of writing highly interconnected arcs for 300+ chapters makes me doubtful. I fully expect Big Moms presence on Wano facilitating a beeline to Elbaf (which has the last poneglyph (and is also a Vegapunk research outpost (and also Blackbeard and the revolutionaries show up)))
@All:
The second part of this post is exactly why I'm so excited about what is to come after Wano. It might allow a soft reset button since this whole Smile/Alliance storyline that started since Punk Hazard will be wrapped up in Wano, and potentially to an extent, wrapping up the whole beef with Big Mom too that started since Fishman Island which also involves Jinbei joining. After this, the Straw Hats will finally continue their voyage without any freeloaders like Wano natives, the minks, Law etc who have been riding along with the Straw Hats for the last couple arcs. Oda can finally focus on the Straw Hats and their interaction again. I see Wano as the culmination of everything that the Straw Hats started since post time-skip/New World, giving the series a sense of fresh start.
This post make me so sad as I have the feeling the after Wano would be a huge wrap up on Elbaf and then Raftel, with really few "adventure-like story" and just huge main plot steps. I can see Oda doing just a couple of arcs more with the whole "alliance/war/big battle/huge cast" going on until the very end.
Stampede: 3 billion yen in japan box office (9 Days) !
Stampede: 3 billion yen in japan box office (9 Days) !
Official movie twitter retweeted a tweet that says it surpassed 3.5 billion yen 
I think this a believable and logical thing for an author to do. At the end of the day, there's just no way that a crew of 9 people can be influencing the world as much as the SH were doing, especially if you take into account that most of their enemies are part of really large organizations/crews.
At some point, it would not be believable to have the SH be the sole reasons for change.
Yeah but if you really look at it, it's mostly Luffy that's influencing everyone and the narrative seems to be framing as some sort of inevitable saviour.
Not that he could have done it without his crew but it's not entirely each straw hat doing that part of influencing the world.
It's reasonable for him to take that step since he has the goal of weaving an epic(my assumption) but I had hopes that he can build his own path in the sense that the essence of One Piece is never lost while the story gets richer.
Let me put it this way, before this gigantic world building thing he is focused on weaving, the straw hats were jumping here and there towards each island and events with this element of surprise.
Now it's "everything I write must be weaved together, so it's a whole checklist" and before it is "I dropped foreshadow here and there and it is important to my worldbuilding but the fun of the adventure will always be my focus".
Basically now that is being lost.
@All:
The second part of this post is exactly why I'm so excited about what is to come after Wano. It might allow a soft reset button since this whole Smile/Alliance storyline that started since Punk Hazard will be wrapped up in Wano, and potentially to an extent, wrapping up the whole beef with Big Mom too that started since Fishman Island which also involves Jinbei joining. After this, the Straw Hats will finally continue their voyage without any freeloaders like Wano natives, the minks, Law etc who have been riding along with the Straw Hats for the last couple arcs. Oda can finally focus on the Straw Hats and their interaction again. I see Wano as the culmination of everything that the Straw Hats started since post time-skip/New World, giving the series a sense of fresh start.
You are pretty optimistic. I beg to differ and believe that there will probably be a chapter(or if we are lucky, two) of straw hat time only.
The entire Reverie arc was set up for the pre-end game arc and I have no doubt that is where the story is going after Wano.
Whatever happened during Reverie will set up the events that needs almost immediate attention after Wano and from there, the momentum will build to another huge saga that proceeds over to the finale.
There's no rest on this train.
By the way, Grand Order is real fun. I love fate franchise too and I'm proud to say that I contributed to it being the top franchise.
Official movie twitter retweeted a tweet that says it surpassed 3.5 billion yen
3.05 billion yen.
Anyway, Stampede total seats: 2.31 million (9 Days).
Curious how well Stampede is doing compared to Strong World, which was released the time of One Piece hype peak.
@.access:
So the longed waited consequences of the Level 6 escape ended up here. I won't lie, at this point in OP I thought it was a bit too late to bring that on the manga anymore (I can't even see how Weevil can be included as a threat after Wano), so instead of disliking the plotline to end up apparently being developed on a movie I feel more like "well, at least we got something out of it".
Not sure if I like the idea of a member of Roger crew being non-canon, though (even though he basically ripped off Ace early years as a WBP).ooh, boy
Jeez.
Crocodile was really strong back in the day…..
Oda lost his touch in that aspect. What made One Piece great is more than the adventure and the world building, it was the chemistry and the dynamics of the Straw Hats, along with how they were utilized each arc.
Now you can remove certain strawhats in certain arcs and nothing changes.
Maybe it's an ego thing when your franchise gets so big and everyone just praise you like some kind of god, you're never really stuck in writing because everything you write is automatically really good now without even trying.
Thing is, the straw hats besides the selected few has become caricatures of themselves and how Oda has been handling them now is many times worse than before.In return, he uses the panel time to hype up stuff that will sell and to as much as possible cram complicated plotlines and side character arcs(not strawhats) into one island.
There's possibly two reasons why he has been doing this so often and why it is so apparent now, mainly because he doesn't think he can do wrong or that he can ever be flawed in handling characters.
I mostly agree with your post, but I was giving some more thought to it before my response. Your analysis says a lot about how I feel, but feeling are always a little confusing.
That said, your two highlighted reasons aren't the same thing?? haha
Anyway, I think your reasoning is completely plausible, although I wouldn't exclude other hypothetical reasons for Oda's current handling of things. Maybe it's something as simple as the author losing his fire, or at least losing his interest in some aspects and characters of his life-long work. Or maybe he just believes that characters that were in the spotlight for so long (the strawhats) should go to the background for new things to be explored in their place.
That said, I think Oda has become an author corrupted by a lot of writing vices. He takes too many shortcuts and pander to some easy hype and he already knows what pleases the people.
Which is why he cram so many of them and tie all of them up in one island. It's more of a checklist that lacks the heart and soul it used to have and because he is so used to doing it, characters become one liners or a list of traits to him instead of feeling more like real actual personalities. That also carries over to how he handles the straw hats.
He has this granduer vision of his storyline and his world building that he has to(or perhaps forgotten) sacrifice character writing in return.But he's also sharp, in the sense that he knows its human nature to enjoy emotional drama. So now occasionally he drops a backstory or two or create an emotional chapter to balance things out.
I'm not saying he is failing at his grand story but I'm just saying I'm having a ton more fun reading the pre-timeskip arcs with the rich interactions than the flashiness of the new world arcs.
Yes, I agree… but in my opinion WCI was a step in the right direction.
I mostly agree with your post, but I was giving some more thought to it before my response. Your analysis says a lot about how I feel, but feeling are always a little confusing.
That said, your two highlighted reasons aren't the same thing?? haha
Anyway, I think your reasoning is completely plausible, although I wouldn't exclude other hypothetical reasons for Oda's current handling of things. Maybe it's something as simple as the author losing his fire, or at least losing his interest in some aspects and characters of his life-long work. Or maybe he just believes that characters that were in the spotlight for so long (the strawhats) should go to the background for new things to be explored in their place.
That said, I think Oda has become an author corrupted by a lot of writing vices. He takes too many shortcuts and pander to some easy hype and he already knows what pleases the people.
Yes, I agree… but in my opinion WCI was a step in the right direction.
Oh yeah I think I left it out. The other reason I was going for was partially pandering I would guess.
But compared to others, I would say he has a clearer vision and it's not his style anyway.
Hypothetical reason or not, we are all humans. The only constant is change and it takes a lot of willpower to stick to something.
Not that change is bad or anything, it's just that it's not hypothetical at all to say that societal environment impacts a writer.
We all go through different stages of life and our viewpoint changes accordingly so there's that.
While I won't use the term corrupted, One Piece is a franchise after all. Take that as you will, it's a large business that can be affected or shaken up by the actions of him and his editors.
So yeah, it's a very different beast than when he first started out.
I agree, I really enjoyed WCI and it was the best one out of the new world arcs.
Still slightly annoyed that Chopper was there for cutesy time and comedic relief though but eh that's more towards nitpicking.
Got today my special Volume "Kan-Banpaku" and official One Piece Stampede pamphlet with a limited OST CD!!!
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Still do not like the Bullet backstory because of Scopper
Non canon or not people will always see Bullet as the equal to Rayleigh and the good old theory about Scopper being the third is destroyed
Dunno if it was a smart move if Oda intends to show Scopper in the manga
Still do not like the Bullet backstory because of Scopper
Non canon or not people will always see Bullet as the equal to Rayleigh and the good old theory about Scopper being the third is destroyed
Dunno if it was a smart move if Oda intends to show Scopper in the manga
I mean, unless people lack the ability to read or do math, they would know that Bullet was equal to Rayleigh a few years before they actually achieved their goals and reached the height of their notoriety. Bullet wasn't with Roger when he became pirate king, he left a few years earlier.
Listened to the OPP review. Anyone else giving a good spoiler free review? Sounds like it’s a more light-hearted fun action romp. My favorite is Strong World, so more of that OP adventure fun-ness sounds great to me.
Still do not like the Bullet backstory because of Scopper
Non canon or not people will always see Bullet as the equal to Rayleigh and the good old theory about Scopper being the third is destroyed
Dunno if it was a smart move if Oda intends to show Scopper in the manga
Well is like saying that Sanji is not anymore in the monster trio because Jimbei is going to join the Strawhats.
Well is like saying that Sanji is not anymore in the monster trio because Jimbei is going to join the Strawhats.
That’s okay then they can call themselves the monster quattro
Stampede: exceeded 4 billion yen, and 3 million seats.
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Stampede: Over 4.1 Billion Yen, and 3,117,929 seats (17 Days).
Hm… so what about the 10 days record? Did Stampede break Z's record?
Sounds like a lot in real money.
Got today my special Volume "Kan-Banpaku" and official One Piece Stampede pamphlet with a limited OST CD!!!
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Nice! does the OST include the Wano Shamisen intro?
Back up again? What's going on?
Anyone expecting an announcement at Crunchyroll Expo?
Went to see it while in Japan over the last few days. Was incredible. So much fun. Had a thing for just about every part of the fandom down to the little things we come to expect from the main cast
! Zoro and Sanji fighting, Nami being Nami over money, Brook Poop jokes, Cute Robin and Chopper stuff, Usopp being MVP and the side cast were largely done well save for a few that were advertised
! Tashigi did nothing compared to Hina but was advertised a ton. Sabo, just like Sabo as a whole felt he was shoehorned in as an afterthought for no reason and still only exists as fanservice for 5 minutes. The final team up being kinda eh.
The spot the character moments will make me wanna rewatch it a ton and despite not knowing any japanese it was incredibly easy and fun to follow assuming you A: Like One Piece and B: Know a chunk of the characters
Back up again? What's going on?
Anyone expecting an announcement at Crunchyroll Expo?
No since there's no FUNi Industry Panel at the convention but an announcement should be in the coming days I would think
Pictures of "Laugh Tale" english romanization in the movie (Stampede spoilers, obviously).
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I'm never going to get used to laugh tale…
If this becomes the official name, how will the dub (assuming it continues) make the adjustment? Maybe the crew will see it in writing, and be like, "That's weird, always thought it was Raftel."
If this becomes the official name, how will the dub (assuming it continues) make the adjustment? Maybe the crew will see it in writing, and be like, "That's weird, always thought it was Raftel."
The dub is just a translation; they don’t make up their own lines. So they wouldn’t comment on it or they’d pronounce it that way.
Jeez.
Crocodile was really strong back in the day…..
This is the thing with crocodile, his power got exploited by Luffy with water. But I assume for anyone else, he's a menace. He did get redeemed in Marineford. Crocodile stops Mihawks slash not even scared and isn't afraid to cut Akainu in half. Crocodile is a true beast.
Who knows, maybe he's back to his old self now.
Got to watch an early screening here in Singapore. Thoughts below:
! It's definitely a very fanservicey movie, with tons of high profile characters just crammed into it and bare bones justification for them being there.
! I don't dislike that. I think it's pretty cool actually. I'd say this movie's kinda like Strong World in that it's a fun adventure through an isolated island with your favorite characters. Something you can show to One Piece newcomers and enjoy together.
It's pretty light on story and Bullet's motivation and character aren't really that interesting, but it's a good enough excuse to get everyone together I guess.
! I'd rewatch it.
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Without spoiling too much, just how strong is Bullet perhaps in relation to the other 4 Emperor's?
I read something how Buggy said he surpassed Rayleigh in his prime or something?
Dunno where to ask but what was the new thing about DF people.mentioned in the Stampede summary
Without spoiling too much, just how strong is Bullet perhaps in relation to the other 4 Emperor's?
I read something how Buggy said he surpassed Rayleigh in his prime or something?
I was watching with English subtitles, so what I know will be based on that translation.
! What Buggy said is that Bullet was as strong as Rayleigh was. In the movie, Bullet's demonstrated strength (to me) definitely seems comparable to an emperor, but only in physical power.
Dunno where to ask but what was the new thing about DF people.mentioned in the Stampede summary
! I've heard that was a mistranslation on the part of the summary. In the movie, there isn't anything new about Devil Fruits.
At most, Bullet just reiterated what we knew about Awakened Devil Fruit powers.
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@Bond:
I was watching with English subtitles, so what I know will be based on that translation.
! What Buggy said is that Bullet was as strong as Rayleigh was. In the movie, Bullet's demonstrated strength (to me) definitely seems comparable to an emperor, but only in physical power.
! I've heard that was a mistranslation on the part of the summary. In the movie, there isn't anything new about Devil Fruits.
At most, Bullet just reiterated what we knew about Awakened Devil Fruit powers.
Thanks for the info
I read on a certain site that Oda revealed Bullet's bounty set on 100 millions in an interview translated by Sandman_AP. It seems really odd to me. Any confirmation?
Stampede: 4.78 Billion yen (25 days).
One Piece Stampede earned more than 4,700,000,000¥ (more than 44 million $) from 3,580,000 ticket sales in 24 days!!!
One Piece Top 4 Films in Japanese cinemas
1. One Piece Film Z: 6,870,000,000¥ total.
2. One Piece Film Gold: 5,007,520,000¥ in 48 days.
3. One Piece Strong World: 4,800,000,000¥ total.
4. One Piece Stampede: 4,700,000,000¥ in 24 days.
All One Piece Films earned more than 35,000,000,000¥ (330 million $) in Japan!!
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@Bond:
Got to watch an early screening here in Singapore. Thoughts below:
! It's definitely a very fanservicey movie, with tons of high profile characters just crammed into it and bare bones justification for them being there.
! I don't dislike that. I think it's pretty cool actually. I'd say this movie's kinda like Strong World in that it's a fun adventure through an isolated island with your favorite characters. Something you can show to One Piece newcomers and enjoy together.
It's pretty light on story and Bullet's motivation and character aren't really that interesting, but it's a good enough excuse to get everyone together I guess.
! I'd rewatch it.
How was the movie version of Sankeman? Did they do something cool with it.
Also in general how was the action? Was the choreography good, or was it more like Film Gold where it was just short bursts of frenetic action?
Also, do the Straw Hats at least get 15 minutes together, with them just goofing off, similar to how Film Z started out?
HOW COME LUFFY NEVER KILLS AN ENEMY?
ODA:ITS BECAUSE IN THAT ERA EVERYONE USES THEIR LIVES TO FIGHT FOR THEIR DREAMS. FOR AN ENEMY WHEN THEIR DREAM HAS BEEN SHATTERED,IT IS AS PAINFUL AS DEATH,I BELIEVE FOR A PIRATE NOT TO KILL AN ENEMY , IT'S GIVING THEM A SECOND CHANCE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR DREAMS.
Stampede: 4.78 Billion yen (25 days).
I don't imagine it wil go higher than Broly, will probably top Film Z: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_anime_films
Some more insights: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_Japan
Where to watch stampede online
Where to watch stampede online
oh god grandpa, we are quite a long way from google you know?
The bots have evolved into pirates.
