Lame excuses not to like OP anime.

Myoti

I tried that, Caracal. I don't think he cares and he tends to be a bit… stubborn. He even got ticked off cuz I thought his "neko-jin" character was a Furry. o_o

Though, he just got to the Baratie Arc, I believe. He also said he was mad that Kuro got "killed" (I had to inform him it wasn't so, though he claimed the dilated eyes meant he was dead when I had to remind him this anime WASN'T REAL <_< ).

And then, the other day, he claimed I was bias because I like One Piece and claim it's better than all the other Shonen Jump series. o_O

The_green_samurai_ranger

I really don't like to bump ancient topics but after last night's discussion I had with a Naruto fanboy, I had to post this here.

Ok a guy that I go to college with is an anime fan, I just discovered this, so we started talking aboot anime in general and etc.

I brought up One Piece because he said that 4KIDS is ruining anime for america in general. BUT NO he was refering to Sonic X, Kirby, and Shaman King, not One Piece!

To quote almost exactly what he said, "I saw three episodes from One Piece, one from the dub and two from the original Japanese version. The two original episodes made me want to puke because the main character was fighting a gian shark with removable teeth and the fight just was that of a children's fight. No real depth in the fight like Naruto has. While the dub episode had the main character fighting a guy in a suit mainly kicking opponents around and he never used his hands at all. So that guy couldn't fight expect for kicking, no real depth at all to One Piece. Mainly it just seems like a little kids anime with blood and weapons thrown in."

Yea I told him my position on Naruto and he agree that after the two year time skip, the series went downhill, BUT he still hated that I liked One Piece.
Arg some people are too dense for there own good.

Anyways sorry for bumping an old topic.

Caracal

@The_green_samurai_ranger:

While the dub episode had the main character fighting a guy in a suit mainly kicking opponents around and he never used his hands at all. So that guy couldn't fight expect for kicking, no real depth at all to One Piece.

Yes, it is a shame when someone tries to find a way to make a martial artist unique, isn't it?

Kuso IX Kuso

Has "I don't watch One Piece because the main character is made out of rubber," been posted?

The stupid idiot still probably thinks like this today, but thats ok, hes got issues…like real issues.

Has "I don't watch One Piece because the main character is made out of rubber," been posted?

Sadly, a friend of mine in another forum doesn't even like it because of that reason and she's only seen the dub.

Plus, she wont even bother to watch the subs, even at least. Just one of the people who preffer Naruto or something..

UsoppKing

@Daisuke:

Sadly, a friend of mine in another forum doesn't even like it because of that reason and she's only seen the dub.

Plus, she wont even bother to watch the subs, even at least. Just one of the people who preffer Naruto or something..

I'm sorry your friend is a Narutard. But we've all got friends like that.

But I did manage to add one fan to One Piece recently.

Cr4zy

Yeah, I got one friend to watch the subbed OP. His face says "GAY!" But his brother's face says "OKAY!"BUt now him and his brother both read the manga. They don't have enough disk space for all 274 episodes.

HitsugayaToushiro1191

@Bohrokjedi:

People must realize that 99% of people do not have codecs on their computer or even know what a codec is. And many don't care what is happening in Japan. The dub is fine for the general public.

^There you have it, the second worst excuse, to
"It's Japanese anime, it's hentai" according to my friend.

Sakonosolo

@Kuso:

Has "I don't watch One Piece because the main character is made out of rubber," been posted?

Yes, that is the reason my brother doesn't like One Piece. Also, my brother says that the reason it has so many episodes is because no one likes it. That doesn't even make sence! Also, he's a Narutard.

ChewBaka

I have heard friends of mine say "oh its about pirates though" even when they
like Pirates of the Carribean or "isn't it a kids show" or "damn how long does it take to find some treasure?" This is from a few people who have not only never seen One Piece uncut, but have barely ever even seen the 4Kids version.

slippy

i got one friend into it just last week and now hes on epi 220. Another friend, im still trying to convert, saw the dubs and first didn't want to watch it but now he will soon after vacation. And I'm getting antoher into it shortly. Reasons i hear are its a kids show and yea the end.

@ChewBaka:

I have heard friends of mine say "oh its about pirates though" even when they
like Pirates of the Carribean or "isn't it a kids show" or "damn how long does it take to find some treasure?" This is from a few people who have not only never seen One Piece uncut, but have barely ever even seen the 4Kids version.

Here's how I define irony:

1. Naruto- not about ninjas
2. Bleach- not about detergents.
3. One Piece- not about pirates.

dazze01

the sig explains it all and many prefer land than sea..

Usopp with a Pushpop

"The animation looks too cartoon-ish."

Pants-eater

1. Naruto- not about ninjas

Correction!

Naruto- Not about fish cake you put in Ramen.

But really, Green-Smaurai's friend is a bloody, hopeless idiot from what I can tell. Give them a piece of my mind and whenever (if) he bugs you, yell in his face:

DO YER RESEARCH

You don't know how much satisfaction it gives me in real life.

God_Eneru

This is what my friend said "One Piece is a piece of shit,all of the villians are stupid and have stupid names,I mean seriously a clown?* He even mocked the sub,an example of something he said "Wtf..? Why does that guy have long earlobes,this arc has no point to it,Naruto can pwn any of these noobs!" Well he isn't really my friend,just some guy I know..

Aethos

@God_Eneru:

This is what my friend said "One Piece is a piece of shit,all of the villians are stupid and have stupid names,I mean seriously a clown?* He even mocked the sub,an example of something he said "Wtf..? Why does that guy have long earlobes,this arc has no point to it,Naruto can pwn any of these noobs!" Well he isn't really my friend,just some guy I know..

Heh too bad that NaruTard doesn't realize that any One Piece character… Heck even Koby could take out all the Naruto characters.

Also I hate it how people claim that One Piece is childish but yet Naruto isn't? Yeah like a anime about a wannabe ninja who won one of his fights by FARTING is NOT childish?

Oh and the Naruto fans talk about Realism? Naruto friggin' healed a punctured lung with the Kyuubi and that's REALISTIC?!

MC RaZaR

@God_Eneru:

This is what my friend said "One Piece is a piece of shit,all of the villians are stupid and have stupid names,I mean seriously a clown?* He even mocked the sub,an example of something he said "Wtf..? Why does that guy have long earlobes,this arc has no point to it,Naruto can pwn any of these noobs!" Well he isn't really my friend,just some guy I know..

I know the villains don't look all that great, but they are still cool. Not all villains are weird. Look at Arlong and Crocodile. I guess it is all a matter of opinion.

Caracal

Seriously, what is wrong with making a clown a villain? While I'm not afraid of clowns, an evil clown can still look scary.

Oh a side note, how can a Naruto character beat someone if their attacks go through them, i.e. Logia users?

The_green_samurai_ranger

Why is it that it's always just Naruto and One Piece as enemies? Hell to be honest, wouldn't you think that there would be another anime that would challenge One Piece and Naruto to dominance in Japan/america?

Caracal

I supose Bleach can be viewed as a rival to Naruto in the US.

I guess it's because they're two of Shonen Jump's biggest manga's, they've both been inspired by Akira's work and they have opposite elements - One Piece works on developing plotlines and reasons for battling the enemy for that arc where as Naruto is more focused on the heroes fighting the enemy as many times as possible through out the course of the arc.

One Piece is so under-rated, I think I woulnd't like at first with a rubber man, but dam, its the best anime going right now. Naurto is crap ferking year of fillers. Let us cool people watch One peice nod

Parz

The villains in One Piece are all superb and original. "Orochimaru" should have died ages ago. I admit that I like Itachi from Naruto as a bad guy, but why make someone as typical and boring as Orochimaru the main villain? He pisses me off everytime I see him now, and those Narutards say that the villains in One Piece suck?!

game2005

I heard another complaint is that the main character (Luffy) is too powerful and gets even stronger without an explanation and without training at all. This person who complained prefers series like Naruto and Shaman King where the main character is seen training to become stronger.

Caracal

But is there any proof that Luffy is indeed stronger as the series goes on? Not all enemies are stronger than the last. Enel and Crocodile may be able to rival each other, but I doubt Bellamy or Foxy would, and they come after Enel and/or Crocodile.

Part of me wonders how "Narutards" would react if we perhaps started to bash Naruto for minor and what they would consider to be petty reasons.

crossbowgurl

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davybackfight

I remember someone on another forum saying they hated One Piece because it had a horrible art style. Wtf?! It has a better art style than alot of Mangas and Animes.

Asami-chan

my friends intreduced the series to me back in 1999 XD my reaction was " OMG NO WAY !! THE ART IS FREAKY!!" I didn't become afan untill early 2004 XD (all thanks to my university projects)..ofocurse now I totally change my mind <333333333

Myoti

"It's about fighting." >_>

My sister's response to One Piece was that she didnt think it was for her… I thought that was OK even f all she saw was the dub because she's 9... but i was watching the Drum Kingdom arc and my sister saw the part where after the Avalanche, Luffy pulls one of the man eating rabbits (i forget their actual name) out of the snow... and my sister saw that and loved it... she watched the rest of it with me from there and she is pretty much hooked...

A friend of mine also was a little iffy about it considering the bad rapore it gets around our school... but he was pretty open minded and loved anime and when i asked if he wanted to see a One Piece movie he didnt decline... he saw the second movie the whole way through and got hooked from there, hes read most of the manga but doesnt have the capability to get the anime unfortunately... it is however still one of his favourite series though

Aethos

@Myoti:

"It's about fighting." >_>

The funny thing is that anyone who says that probably liked DBZ back in the day. So that kinda shoots down their credibility. XD

Caracal

@Aethos:

The funny thing is that anyone who says that probably liked DBZ back in the day. So that kinda shoots down their credibility. XD

Agreed, or they're a fan of Naruto and/or Bleach.

I once heard someone comment that "The battles are to simular. In the Kuro arc, Luffy is taken ou of the fight for a bit and the same thing happens in the Arlong arc". Alas I didn't reply, but (I should point out the forum was DBZonPS2), the exact same thing happens in all of the DB fights. For one reason or another, from the Demon King Piccolo fight onwards Goku is unable to make it to the fight until all hope is lost. And I bet Naruto and Bleach use a simular system. Didn't Naruto once state that a hero needs to come in to save the day at the last second?

Aethos

@Caracal:

Agreed, or they're a fan of Naruto and/or Bleach.

I once heard someone comment that "The battles are to simular. In the Kuro arc, Luffy is taken ou of the fight for a bit and the same thing happens in the Arlong arc". Alas I didn't reply, but (I should point out the forum was DBZonPS2), the exact same thing happens in all of the DB fights. For one reason or another, from the Demon King Piccolo fight onwards Goku is unable to make it to the fight until all hope is lost. And I bet Naruto and Bleach use a simular system. Didn't Naruto once state that a hero needs to come in to save the day at the last second?

or in the case of DBZ… Goku arrives at the fight after everyone but Gohan and either Krillian or Piccolo are dead.

and yeah Naruto did say that.

Sure Luffy get's taken out of the fight for a while but it's not like he's wasting time like Goku or Naruto does.

Caracal

Often when I say "DB", I'm actually refering to the idea of classify DB and DBZ as one series, which is how it's published in Japan.

Exactly. Often when Luffy is out of the fight he's been KOed or disabled one way or another. Besides, unlike DB and Naruto, it allows the other characters to shine by actually beating their opponent. Plus it removes the annoying "everyone but the hero fights the main bad guy and looses", which, to the best of my knowledge has only happened in Arlong and Skypeia (I wouldn't count the recent clash between Lucci and Franky as one).

Aethos

@Caracal:

Often when I say "DB", I'm actually refering to the idea of classify DB and DBZ as one series, which is how it's published in Japan.

Exactly. Often when Luffy is out of the fight he's been KOed or disabled one way or another. Besides, unlike DB and Naruto, it allows the other characters to shine by actually beating their opponent. Plus it removes the annoying "everyone but the hero fights the main bad guy and looses", which, to the best of my knowledge has only happened in Arlong and Skypeia (I wouldn't count the recent clash between Lucci and Franky as one).

Actually Zoro and Robin were the only one's who had the chance to fight Enel. Usopp, Sanji, and Chopper were taken out instantly and Nami tried to keep from being killed.

and well I know Zoro fought Arlong but just to give Sanji time to save Luffy.

So really you're right One Piece doesn't follow that formula that all the characters fight the main bad guy at once and looses.

As for DB. I separate the series into the great Dragonball series and the supbar Dragonball Z series. If you notice the fights in Dragonball are a little more… great and not a power fest.

In DBZ it was basically "ZOMG WILL GOKU MAKE IT IN TIME!" Only to arrive when everyone's dead and then it turns into a power battle, but when I think of it the power battles aren't all that bad now since I think Toriyama turned Goku into more of a Superman type character in DBZ compared to what Goku was in DB.

The problem when it comes to Naruto and Bleach though is that they don't follow the examples of Dragonball like One Piece did. They instead follow the examples of DBZ where fights are all about power and no strategy. Sure Naruto tries to be strategic at times, but usually it always comes out to who's chakra level is higher... or in Super Kyuubi Naruto's case how many tails he's got.

and as for Bleach well... that tends to be the same thing. What with Ichigo's whole "My spirit level is higher than yours and I can make huge explosions" thing whenever he goes Bankai. I mean seriously some have speculated Ichigo will create something that goes beyond Bankai like how the saiyans achieved the advanced super saiyan stages.

Caracal

@Aethos:

Actually Zoro and Robin were the only one's who had the chance to fight Enel. Usopp, Sanji, and Chopper were taken out instantly and Nami tried to keep from being killed.

Actually I've not watched past Zoro's fight with Ohm. I was under the impression everyone had some form of battle against Enel, even if it's just:
Character: I will now fight you.
Enel zaps the character
Character: I've been beaten by one move x_x

and well I know Zoro fought Arlong but just to give Sanji time to save Luffy.

So really you're right One Piece doesn't follow that formula that all the characters fight the main bad guy at once and looses.

True. It's hard to call Zoro vs Arlong a fight when Zoro was "loosing" because 1. he was mearly stalling Arlong and 2. he was suffering from a combination of his battle with Mihawk and Hachi.

As for DB. I separate the series into the great Dragonball series and the supbar Dragonball Z series. If you notice the fights in Dragonball are a little more… great and not a power fest.

In DBZ it was basically "ZOMG WILL GOKU MAKE IT IN TIME!" Only to arrive when everyone's dead and then it turns into a power battle, but when I think of it the power battles aren't all that bad now since I think Toriyama turned Goku into more of a Superman type character in DBZ compared to what Goku was in DB.

I agree that DB > DBZ, and the only good things about DBZ was Gohan (my favourite character) and SOME of the SSj scenes. However, in Japan the series was published as a 42 tanko series called "DragonBall", which is what I was refering to.

The problem when it comes to Naruto and Bleach though is that they don't follow the examples of Dragonball like One Piece did. They instead follow the examples of DBZ where fights are all about power and no strategy. Sure Naruto tries to be strategic at times, but usually it always comes out to who's chakra level is higher… or in Super Kyuubi Naruto's case how many tails he's got.

and as for Bleach well... that tends to be the same thing. What with Ichigo's whole "My spirit level is higher than yours and I can make huge explosions" thing whenever he goes Bankai. I mean seriously some have speculated Ichigo will create something that goes beyond Bankai like how the saiyans achieved the advanced super saiyan stages.

I've not seen enough of either to make a fair comment, but based off what I've heard, that sounds about right. In fact, I once heard someone say they disliked One Piece because it didn't follow the cliche formulas:

Everyone battles the villain and looses
The hero comes in last second and wins
The hero has to tap into the next level of their power to be able to tip the fight in their favour
The hero is contantly training, oven to lift their power level or tap into the next level.

Heaven forbid that the idea of someone being original is gulp good.

Aethos

@Caracal:

Actually I've not watched past Zoro's fight with Ohm. I was under the impression everyone had some form of battle against Enel, even if it's just:
Character: I will now fight you.
Enel zaps the character
Character: I've been beaten by one move x_x

Yeah that was just Zoro and Robin… Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper didn't even get the chance to challenge Enel. He just blasted them right away, and Nami was too scared to try and fight him because she knew she couldn't win.

@Caracal:

True. It's hard to call Zoro vs Arlong a fight when Zoro was "loosing" because 1. he was mearly stalling Arlong and 2. he was suffering from a combination of his battle with Mihawk and Hachi.

Not to mention Arlong just agitated Zoro's wound then threw him away. It wasn't too much of a fight.

@Caracal:

I agree that DB > DBZ, and the only good things about DBZ was Gohan (my favourite character) and SOME of the SSj scenes. However, in Japan the series was published as a 42 tanko series called "DragonBall", which is what I was refering to.

Except the only good thing about Gohan was The Great Saiyaman. XD

But yeah I know the manga was all supposed to be one series but I feel it's better to split it in two since DBZ goes a different direction compared to it's predecessor.

Oh well the good thing about DBZ though is that it didn't pull a Digimon Frontier and make all but Goku and Vegeta useless.

@Caracal:

I've not seen enough of either to make a fair comment, but based off what I've heard, that sounds about right. In fact, I once heard someone say they disliked One Piece because it didn't follow the cliche formulas:

Everyone battles the villain and looses

The hero comes in last second and wins

The hero has to tap into the next level of their power to be able to tip the fight in their favour

The hero is contantly training, oven to lift their power level or tap into the next level.

Heaven forbid that the idea of someone being original is gulp good.

Heck to be honest I like the change. I mean heck I'd be all for changes like the main character not having to fight the main villain in every arc or the whole training thing. I mean training scenes are usually boring and pointless anyways. We don't need to see Luffy train. We know he's strong and he's gonna make it to the end so why would we need a billion training sequences?

If anything leaving out the training sequences gives more room for character and plot development.

Also I'm glad that not all shounen's follow the cliched "My power level is higher than yours!" battle routine. It's nice to have a series like One Piece that spices it up a little. In One Piece there IS actual skill in the fights it isn't just power blasting everything.

GearSecond

Here's your funniest excuse ever:

"Why should I watch One Piece? No Magic Ninjas!:ninja: "

Noone said that but it's true, peopel like Naruto because they do magic and stuff(I realize there isn't magic but it sure looks like it)

I had someone say "nothings etter than Naruto, the can like replace themeselve sand stuff and did you see Sasuke throw that BIG throwing spike thingy?!?!?!"

Of course, he meant Shuriken, but noone ever remembers what they are called no matter how often I remind them.

Taleran

the only invalid reason I can think of for not liking something is because its popular

Timur Lane

The worst reason for turning One Piece down is something my friend said to me sometime ago: One Piece what kind of name is that? Sounds awfully boring.
But he,s kinda shallow when it comes to those things.

Caracal

@Aethos:

Not to mention Arlong just agitated Zoro's wound then threw him away. It wasn't too much of a fight.

Exactly.

Except the only good thing about Gohan was The Great Saiyaman. XD

I disagree but that's down to a matter of opinion.

Oh well the good thing about DBZ though is that it didn't pull a Digimon Frontier and make all but Goku and Vegeta useless.

But wasn't the final battle Goku and Vegeta vs Kid Buu?

Heck to be honest I like the change. I mean heck I'd be all for changes like the main character not having to fight the main villain in every arc or the whole training thing. I mean training scenes are usually boring and pointless anyways. We don't need to see Luffy train. We know he's strong and he's gonna make it to the end so why would we need a billion training sequences?

If anything leaving out the training sequences gives more room for character and plot development.

Also I'm glad that not all shounen's follow the cliched "My power level is higher than yours!" battle routine. It's nice to have a series like One Piece that spices it up a little. In One Piece there IS actual skill in the fights it isn't just power blasting everything.

I agree. While I don't mind the cliches being used, the more originality a series has the better in my eyes.

Myoti

Actually I've not watched past Zoro's fight with Ohm. I was under the impression everyone had some form of battle against Enel, even if it's just:
Character: I will now fight you.
Enel zaps the character
Character: I've been beaten by one move x_x

That's actually something I've been thinking about, and it's really rather interesting (and totally smashes in the shonen 'law').

If you think about it, Enel is pretty much THE most powerful character in the series. After what he did to Wiper's Burn Bazooka, he could probably even wipe out the other Logia in the series.

Only one person could beat him: Luffy. HOWEVER, that does not automatically make Luffy "the most powerful." In fact, he's far from it (still can't touch Aokiji or Smoker). He's already taken out the "most powerful character" and the story itself still manages to go on strong.

Heaven forbid that the idea of someone being original is gulp good.

Indeed. =p

Noone said that but it's true, peopel like Naruto because they do magic and stuff(I realize there isn't magic but it sure looks like it)

Naruto is about fast-moving magicians, not ninja. >_>

I agree. While I don't mind the cliches being used, the more originality a series has the better in my eyes.

Or using a cliche and making it better. As Barnum once said:
"Genius is being able to find what is already there, but no else noticed."

Taleran

@Myoti:

That's actually something I've been thinking about, and it's really rather interesting (and totally smashes in the shonen 'law').

If you think about it, Enel is pretty much THE most powerful character in the series. After what he did to Wiper's Burn Bazooka, he could probably even wipe out the other Logia in the series.

Only one person could beat him: Luffy. HOWEVER, that does not automatically make Luffy "the most powerful." In fact, he's far from it (still can't touch Aokiji or Smoker). He's already taken out the "most powerful character" and the story itself still manages to go on strong.

Indeed. =p

Naruto is about fast-moving magicians, not ninja. >_>

Or using a cliche and making it better. As Barnum once said:
"Genius is being able to find what is already there, but no else noticed."

actually Naruto is much more Ninja than it is Magic much more

Aethos

@Caracal:

I disagree but that's down to a matter of opinion.

Aw but I liked the great Saiyaman…

@Caracal:

But wasn't the final battle Goku and Vegeta vs Kid Buu?

Well yeah but that was like the final battle… it wasn't like that the entire arc. That's what I was getting at.

@Caracal:

I agree. While I don't mind the cliches being used, the more originality a series has the better in my eyes.

True I mean a series can be cliche but the difference is how well they pull off those cliche's. So far out of the shounen trinity One Piece seems to be the only one delivering on that.

BabyCharmander

I recall one time during lunch hour at school, me and my friends were talking about stupid shows, and one of my friends mentioned that he had seen an episode of One Piece and talked about how horrible and stupid it was. Most of the stupid stuff he mentioned was because of the dub (except one thing–he said that it was stupid that one of the pirates wore a tuxedo. I think he might've been referring to Sanji, but I'm not sure. Anyway...), so I started yelling at him for judging the anime by its dub, since 4Kids was horrible at dubbing.

What's funny was that I ranted to him before I had even seen One Piece. All I knew about it at the time was that it was dubbed by 4Kids, and that it was an anime about pirates. :P

He hasn't seen the original yet, but I think it's impossible for him to, since I don't think his parents let him download massive files onto the computer. And plus, I don't think his parents would let him watch it due to all the swearing. >>; He has strict parents.

When I first watched One Piece myself I found the art to be kinda' weird, but I got used to it.

Taleran

Noone in One Piece actually swears thats just fansub interpretation

btw

BabyCharmander

@Taleran:

Noone in One Piece actually swears thats just fansub interpretation

btw

Well, there's no audible swearing of course, but there is in the subtitles, which is why my friend wouldn't be allowed to watch it.

shobuskywalker

Well i used to try and talk about one piece with one group of friends and they would all say things like: "oh that stupid kids show on in the morning after pokemon?"or "What with that guy who stretches like some try-hard fantastic four guy?" but recently i had smuggled a copy of volume four of the viz manga. Some classmates who i wasnt particularly fond of cause we barely spoke caught me reading it and got into a huge discussion about how funny and cool it was. One of them (a toughie) tried covering it up saying that he saw it once or twice of a morning and thinks that luffy is funny. Then we got it out of him that he taped all the episodes from foxtel for later play back! LOL! Another guy (practically popular) said out front that he would watch it on the holidays and occasional weekends. And the others were full on interested when i showed them the blood and swearing inside, instead of the dubbed, idiot version shown on tv. They were amazed and said they wanted to talk about it later. Thanks to that introduction to One Piece thread, i printed multiple-copies and handed them out, and now i have a band of fans lol. Still, as a muck around at lunchtimes, the friends who didnt watch the show (and 3 that did) banded together with me to make a mock pirate crew. We even got girls who liked the show to join! Twas awesome and now we have our own discussion group! Now i just need to teach them about CP9 XD

HitsugayaToushiro1191

@BabyCharmander:

I recall one time during lunch hour at school, me and my friends were talking about stupid shows, and one of my friends mentioned that he had seen an episode of One Piece and talked about how horrible and stupid it was. Most of the stupid stuff he mentioned was because of the dub (except one thing–he said that it was stupid that one of the pirates wore a tuxedo. I think he might've been referring to Sanji, but I'm not sure. Anyway...), so I started yelling at him for judging the anime by its dub, since 4Kids was horrible at dubbing.

What's funny was that I ranted to him before I had even seen One Piece. All I knew about it at the time was that it was dubbed by 4Kids, and that it was an anime about pirates. :P

He hasn't seen the original yet, but I think it's impossible for him to, since I don't think his parents let him download massive files onto the computer. And plus, I don't think his parents would let him watch it due to all the swearing. >>; He has strict parents.

When I first watched One Piece myself I found the art to be kinda' weird, but I got used to it.

I agree… The frickin new generation of parents are too paranoid -.-
BTW BC, why did you deny my buddy invite on YouTube?

BabyCharmander

@HitsugayaToushiro1191:

I agree… The frickin new generation of parents are too paranoid -.-
BTW BC, why did you deny my buddy invite on YouTube?

Well, at least his parents let him watch other anime, though. My older sister won't let her kids watch anime period, mur. oo; (…Although I did get away with showing them subs of the Kirby anime. HAH.)

And I didn't know who you were. XD; I don't usually accept buddy invites on ANY website unless it's someone I know. Sorry about that. >>;