I read through the original theory but I wanted to point out something I didn’t see in the post. Maybe I just missed it, but
does anyone notice how the moon peoples headwear is the same shape as the straw hat. Maybe the straw hat was a carry
over from the moon peoples ancestors.
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RE: A One Piece Rabbit Hole of Theories - The Straw Hat Under Marie Geoise
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RE: Official Totland Thread
@Kaido:
I do wonder what people who don't like the cake plot would want this arc to end on. No matter how much you boil it down, they have to escape. A quick escape makes the Big Mom Pirates actually look incompetent, especially since it was made clear they only got onto WCI because Big Mom wanted to trap them. Big Mom wouldn't be saying anything profound if she was chasing the Straw Hats in her right mind. It even greatly decreases the likelihood of escaping because right now the BMPs also have to deal with keeping tabs on Big Mom and she wouldn't have stopped the chase to attack Nuts Island if she was in her right mind. Her craving disorder was introduced at the beginning of the arc, played a very big role in her flashback, and the current one she has was hinted at as early as Chapter 863. This arc has been Sanji's arc and since the beginning it has been building up to him saving the day with his cooking skills. So I really can't see this arc ending more naturally than by the chef satiating the hungry monster.
this, exactly this. Took the words out of my mouth.
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RE: Love and Loathe: Story Arc Edition
@Kaido:
I don't know, honestly. My schedule is a mess and I don't really know how active this would be after so long. I wouldn't have an issue if anyone wanted to take over, and might try to get going again in the future, just not the near future.
I probably wouldn't be the one to take over, but I'm definitely interested to see it continue. I've enjoyed the discussions in this thread and would gladly contribute in the future.
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RE: Dragonball Discussion Kai: Broly but this time it's not Broly
The Red Ribbon Army Arc is still the best thing to come out of Dragon Ball and I think it's as good of quality as other Shonen's best arcs. I was so surprised when I watched Mistare Fusions retrospective of the series when he mentioned it also being his favorite, it's weird seeing others share that opinion.
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RE: Dragonball Discussion Kai: Broly but this time it's not Broly
It blows my mind that there's a whole group of people that thinks GT is better than Super. Like I understand that Super is mediocre and the animation is for the most part pretty bad, but GT is a series of great ideas executed as poorly as they possibly could, a complete failure. Super is just okay ideas exexuted okay. The mostly okay is still superior to the mostly failure. The Super Manga is better than both but that's a whole other conversation.
The episode with Krillin training with Goku before the Tournament alone is better than anything that came out of GT.
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RE: Notions That Don't Deserve Their Own Threads
@Count:
While I'm sure that Oda's a Disney fan, I'm more inclined to believe that Alabasta and Skypiea are moreso inspired by Egyptian/Arabian and Native Culture respectively than Aladdin and Peter Pan. I mean, the whole Skypiean versus Shandian conflict SCREAMS being based on Native American territory conflicts in America's history. Especially since Oda takes inspiration from real life locations for arc settings all of the time, like Water 7 being inspired by Venice's water canals, Dressrosa being inspired by Spain's architecture and romantic ambiance, and Gray Terminal being based off of mountains of garbage populated by the impoverished in Manila. Oda absorbs so much inspiration from so much media, so much history, so many real world locations and people, that it's absolutely insane yet so inspiring as well.
You're definitely right about the latter three examples though, and Whole Cake inspired by a whole bunch of fairy tales and likely Disney movies (Big Mom's design and crooked deals strongly remind me of Ursula from The Little Mermaid and Daifuku has a lamp Devil Fruit that is probably inspired by Aladdin). And Oda has gone on record saying that one of the songs he listened to for inspiration when conceptualizing Whole Cake Island is This Is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas. And believe it or not, I always sort of felt like Kingdom Hearts shared adventure vibes with One Piece too lol. Especially when both main casts often don different types of attire suited for each location.
excellent post. Again I'm not saying it's a definite thing just that I can see him taking influence from all of the things you mentioned as well as the films. Like you said, it's incredible how much he's able to draw from so much and make it his own.
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RE: Notions That Don't Deserve Their Own Threads
Could you explain more about the similarities between Skypiea and Neverland? As I can't really see what you mean when you said that. Just trying to understand! ^^
I'm talking about more so aesthetics. The native tribes that occupy the outskirts of the main island, Treasure in the eye of the skull, both locations being based on western/American folklore, Christian mythology, and the childlike fantasy of their designs. "Pirates and Indians" as a little kid in the late 1800's/early 1900's would have fantasied about. The sky and flying is also a large part of both locations backgrounds. You have to fly to a specific star to reach Neverland for example. Take a side by side photo of Neverland and Spypiea and I just see visual similarities. I'm not saying it's a definite thing, just that I can easily see Oda taken inspiration.
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RE: Notions That Don't Deserve Their Own Threads
I've noticed Oda seems to take a lot of influence from Classic Disney animation. I seem to see a lot of Pinocchio era Disney in his animation style. I've noticed aesthetic similarities between stuff like Alabasta and Agrabah (Aladdin), Skypiea and Neverland (Peter Pan), Thriller Bark and Halloween Town (Nightmare Before Christmas), and of course Whole Cake with Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland). I've always loved that feeling, it's probably why the first Kingdom Hearts game reminds me so much of One Piece with its sense of adventure and progression of narrative and world building from location to location.
It's probably why none of the sequels to that series ever seemed to recapture that same vibe and sense of explorative adventure for me. Still excited for the 3rd game tho, it seems to be trying to bring that feeling back.
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RE: Notions That Don't Deserve Their Own Threads
Interesting. Try some of this! It's essential reading 'round these parts!
I get the sarcasm of that thread and the dismissal of said observations but I would never go into extreme detail or imply it's all some master plan. I do however believe that the parallels are intentional if only surface level connections.