The human part is totally sacrificed to serve the Monster part. I don't have a problem with that because the monster scenes are all that I care XD. I go to a cinema only because I want to experience the fantastic visual and audio effects rather than to watch a story. It was perfect for me! Michael Dougherty manages to serve the fans well.
Posts made by Laffitte Doflamingo
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RE: Oh no, there goes Tokyo. It's a Godzilla thread!
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RE: New MANGA Plus service from Shueisha (global, legal, simul, free, English releases)
@CCC:
Nope! Different, separate services for different demos.
The Viz territories get the full "vault" (backlog) for sub ($2/month), and three latest chapters for free.
Shueisha's MANGA Plus gets first + latest chapters for free, and digital volumes for purchase. Not a subscription. Money comes from ads.People in Viz territories can use one or the other (or both); rest of the world can (legally) use MANGA Plus.
Well explained, thank you!
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RE: New MANGA Plus service from Shueisha (global, legal, simul, free, English releases)
Then where will Viz go? Will it eventually be merged / absorbed into this new shonen jump plus service and disappear?
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RE: Top-Selling Manga 2018 in Japan (One Piece 1st again!!)
YO GUYS. ORICON started releasing manga sales in 2008. Any info you guys find about prior to 2008 is not from ORICON. Just saying.
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RE: Oda's Interviews
Since IORI_17 brought it up, there's this "rumor" about Oda betraying the readers' predictions that has always bugged me.
I very vaguely remember Oda mentioned that if he happened to hear some prediction then he would intentionally develop the story to let the prediction miss what turned out to be. Does anyone know a definite source where Oda said things like that?
Also my understanding is that Oda would do it only if he happened to hear some prediction (by accident). BUT by no means would Oda purposely go to fan sites on a regular basis to browse what people predicts, right?
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RE: Vivre Card: One Piece Visual Dictionary
Eiichiro Oda's message about Vivre Card launch!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmO6l5JU0AAKNJP.jpg:orig
A lot of japanese fans complained about Fake Straw Hat Crew file exclusive only in some japanese shops, so Shueisha clarifies and it seems they will add that card in one of the November booster sets.
Sounds like they made the launch strategy without Oda involved. Makes sense, Oda san is too busy to have hands on the business. But it seems Oda san is somewhat pissed about the "mistake". Who is Oda san blaming? Editor Naito?
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RE: Volume 89 Predictions/Discussion
Sure, sure. While the decreasing sales exists, I believe the source for that is based on volumes sold to retailers not actual volumes sold, no?
That was the case when OP was breaking initial print sales at least. They do the same things for video game hardware here.
And retailers ordering fewer copies may very well be due to the series popularity 'decreasing' (I use the term relatively) due to its age, length and lack of a boom from GOLD.
At any rate, of the many problems One Piece has from time to time, this wasn't something to worry about. Just another thing to remember about how sad haters can be over here.
Maybe. I'm not sure how ORICON actually comes up with the numbers, but I heard that they are not the actual/exact statistics (I imagine it would be impossible to count every single one sold). I also heard, maybe a year ago or so, that ORICON changed its algorithm. That being said, I never take the numbers too seriously, but instead pay more attention to the trends and make relative comparisons between different series.
Anyway, haters' minds never worth guessing.
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RE: Volume 89 Predictions/Discussion
It was a blip on the radar.
People that care about this aren't usually people that buy the comic and if anything, have a chip on their shoulder regarding the series.
It's a non-issue and there has been nothing about it after the apology.
I agree with what you said but I've also seen people blaming it for the big decrease in sales (looks like it may be 250 thousand less copies sold than Vol. 88 for the same amount of period, before its ranking falls below No.50 on ORICON weekly charts).
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RE: Volume 89 Predictions/Discussion
Do Japanese also give a shit about political correctness as people here in the US do? :blink:
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RE: Chapter 891: Believing in me
Sanji safe from the cops…... for now.
It's amazing how badly the first few readers(staff, editors etc.) underestimate the rest of OP fans.
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RE: Warning: "MangaStream" is using mining script in their page
if you're gonna quote me then atleast don't butcher my comment to make it fit your narrative please.
Sorry Hanz. I should have quoted your entire comment and highlight the point I want to discuss, maybe that's more acceptable?
I see the point Greg made. Yup, unfortunately we live in the real world. Well then, let's do our best and hope for the best.
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RE: Warning: "MangaStream" is using mining script in their page
I've made my arguments, Greg and Robby have defended themselves, and other people have made their comments. That's good. I will stop on that and leave it there for whoever sees it to judge. Time to move on.
Thank ya'll for baring with me. I must say sorry for driving the thread off the topic.
Just to compensate for that, I'd like to share some constructive ideas.
What about ONE-PIECE.com (or viz.com) opens up an official forum for OP fans?
Quoting Hanz's opinion:
@Hanz:what about the big portion who support it and read it legally? what other legit-readers-only forum should he go to? they don't have nearly as much as AP legal readers.
An official fan forum is the perfect place for legal readers to hang out. Right now there is no such option. But if such option becomes available, legal readers should be happy to go.
They can advertise the forum as a "spoiler free" community for fans. Then those who don't want spoilers will have a place.
Making the forum "spoiler free" is certainly difficult but not impossible. I see the problem Robby mentioned
they'd come in here and blurt everything out anyway.
it'd create a mess. Especially when big things happen like "Kuma shows up at Thriller Bark!" or "Ace dies!" or "Sanji is getting married!", those kinds of things are extremely hard to contain.
How about suspending the user account and blocking the IP address whenever someone releases spoiler info in any form?
The majority of the people go there because they want a "spoiler free" place. And therefore they would hate spoilers and would be happy to report any spoiler as long as there is a report portal/function. These majority people certainly will take care of such a precious place.
It won't be easy at the beginning, as Robby said:
We tried having "only official release day" discussion in the Viz thread for a while and it had no traffic whatsoever. Almost no one was willing to wait for the better, legal, version to talk about it at the cost of being half a week behind everyone else.
But I believe ONE PIECE has at least 10 more years to go. At some critical point, it may take off and in the long run, it can form a good shape.
If such an official spoiler-free forum exists, then popular people including Greg can start an initiative to call for people whoever don't want spoilers. They can advertise it with their social media tool etc. That can speed things up.
Aaaand, they can offer some perks to promote the forum, things that are exclusively available on the forum which only logged-in users can access. So then people will see the value in their user accounts and back off from trying to post spoilers.
For example, some ideas:- They can move Oda sensei's Rakugaki corner and "Greg sensei's super ONE PIECE course" to the forum, one needs to log in to see them
- The manga editors can have interactions with fans. and they can call for SBS questions and then start a pool, the top rated questions will be collected and presented to Oda sensei and could appear in future SBS.
- Offer some games or competition. For example, a ONE PIECE knowledge competition etc. Those who win will get a signed drawing from Oda sensei.
Of course you can't stop people who read scans from visiting the official forum but at least you can stop people from posting spoilers.
It will face the problem that people read spoilers have already had discussions so therefor won't even go there. True, but, those popular people start the initiative can have their discussion exclusively within the forum. That way those people who want to discuss with the popular people, like Greg, will still go. That's a way to attract traffic.
It is hard but where there's a will there's a way.
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RE: Warning: "MangaStream" is using mining script in their page
Thanks for following up Robby.
Again, you have to be specific about things you say, simply to avoid being confusing (intentionally or unintentionally).
He's printed in actual licensed magazines and books as well as the website.
But then it seems you weren't even aware of the print edition
Which "licensed magazine" are you talking about? And which Greg's work is printed?
"Greg sensei's super ONE PIECE course" printed on magazine? Excuse me? Not that I know of.
Are you talking about the "GRELOG" corner printed on V Jump magazine? Surely I know that.
But "GRELOG" on V Jump is not the same thing as "Greg sensei's super ONE PIECE course" on ONE-PIECE.com
I can say a few words about "GRELOG" because as a matter of fact, I happen to have a back issue here at this place. (the other copies may be at my other places or may simply been thrown away)
The one I have here is V Jump issue 2015-03, which has "GRELOG" volume 10 in it. The few things Greg covered in this "GRELOG" volume (which is not very long) are not covered in any of the lectures of "Greg sensei's super ONE PIECE course" on ONE-PIECE.com
As I see it, "GRELOG" and "Greg sensei's super ONE PIECE course" do not overlap with each other, they are two different things. So don't confuse the two.
The discussion is a couple weeks behind the current chapter, in both print and digital forms, but its produced and written much earlier.
I do believe that the printed "GRELOG" is produced and written much earlier.
"GRELOG" volume 10, published Jan 21st 2015, has a touch of chapter 767. That is as far as it goes about the manga. Now chapter 767, on WSJ issue 2014-51, was officially released on Nov. 17th 2014, which is 2 months ahead. Even if "GRELOG" volume 10 is finalized a month before the release of V Jump 2015-03, he still has at least a month from the official release of Ch 767 to prepare. That does not justify that he has to see Ch767 before the official release.
However, I doubt that the online "Greg sensei's super ONE PIECE course" has to be finalized much earlier. Simply because every time his touch on the latest chapter is short. See how many ideas can emerge within a day in either the spoiler or the chapter discussion thread. As soon as Greg comes up with some idea on the latest chapter, he can write a few hundred words and get a clip from the chapter within a day, not challenging at all. And adding that to the already finished major part of the lecture doesn't take long either.
And publishing online is fast. Electronic publication has templates one can use, unlike the printed work, you don't need much help from a professional editor to get format check etc. See how many theories, analyses and videos come out within a day from the chapter leakage. Some of them are long and well organized as well.
Therefore, he doesn't need to see the latest chapter well ahead of the release to prepare the online "Greg sensei's super ONE PIECE course".
the chapter of One Piece we just got at the end of November, 887, was probably finished by Oda in mid October
As a matter of fact, quoting Greg's prediction in lecture 93 of "Greg sensei's super ONE PIECE course" based on the Ideo and Blue Gilly title page story of Ch885:
Ideo and Blue Gilly seem to be setting the example for longlegs and longarms getting along as they can clearly be seen working together on this ship. If the two king-like figures can work out their differences, could this be the start of peace between the two tribes?
Imagine that, Luffy putting an end to a 1000-year war just by inspiring Ideo and Blue Gilly! Could these two tribes find themselves fighting for Luffy in the future?the prediction has been proven to be wrong by chapter 887 in which Ideo et al. don't even give a shit about the conflict between the two tribes. Greg's prediction makes sense to normal people, but Oda sensei simply surprises everybody and this kind of surprises is one of the many aspects of the charm of ONE PIECE.
Had Greg seen Ch 877 in mid October, he wouldn't have made that mistaken prediction in lecture 93 of "Greg sensei's super ONE PIECE course" published 11/24/2017, almost 40 days later. Even if he had to finalize the lecture by 10/31/2017, that was still 2 weeks later than the creation of Ch 887.
This really makes me believe that actually Greg does not see the chapter ahead of bootleg.
Editors, proofreaders,factcheckers, layout people all look at that.
First, V Jump and Weekly Shonen Jump are two different magazines and have separate staffs/editorial boards. Don't confuse the two.
The staff (Editors, proofreaders,fact checkers, layout people etc.) working for WSJ editorial board do see the chapter ahead of release to be able to put together the issue. However, V Jump staff do not see ONE PIECE chapters (or WSJ issues) ahead of release as ONE PIECE is not published in V Jump.
Second, Greg works as a columnist rather than a staff of the V Jump editorial board. Just like other mangakas, all they need to worry about is their own manuscript but not the secret chapter of other mangaka's work. Two manga editors responsible for two different manga series are not even supposed to communicate about their respective not-yet-released manga contents, even if they work for the same magazine; not to mention a columnist and a manga editor who work for two different magazines.
Greg has been on national television interacting with all the editors at least twice in competition
signatures
I say exactly twice in competition. I watched both episodes. The first time it was 3 fans including Greg, they lost but each of the 3 got a signed drawing of Luffy by Oda. The second time 7 fans including Greg teamed up and they won. Each of the 7 got a singed drawing by Oda. Greg got the Franky one which he uses as his Avatar.
The editors competing against the fans were the past editors (at that time), not the active editor responsible for ONE PIECE at that time. And that kind of interactions did not involve discussing the not-yet-released ONE PIECE chapters with the active editor.
Besides those two episodes, I don't know of any other occasion when Greg and any ONE PIECE editor were together on TV or radio broadcast etc.
photos and videos from Jump Festa
Greg is a columnist under Shueisha. Accessing the backstage during Jump Festa and taking photos and videos as a worker of Shueisha, how surprising can that be? Even meeting Oda sensei, exchanging a cigarette or taking a photo at the backstage wouldn't be any surprising.
Personal communications about already-released chapters, or about anything but ONE PIECE are understandable, not surprising.
But that doesn't mean that ONE PIECE editor/staff are supposed to talk about not-yet-released chapters with Greg. Not within Jump Festa, not outside Jump Festa, nowhere.
Not sure how much more proof you want?
Not much more but none of your arguments so far is a proof. Your arguments still do not justify either "Greg sees the chapter long before bootleg" or "Greg discusses the chapter with ONE PIECE manga editors/staff before the official release".
Simply posting a bunch of red herrings won't get you anywhere.
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RE: Warning: "MangaStream" is using mining script in their page
The funniest part is Greg sees the chapters in legit"I am an employee of the company" fashion long before the bootleggers put it out at this point.
I'd like to comment on that, since you brought it up again Robby.
Also quoting what you said previously
Greg officially works with Shueisha at this point and writes a OP column and communicates with OP editors and staff.
He doesn't need to read spoilers, he sees the full chapters well before we do.
The fact that I know:
-Greg works for ONE-PIECE.com . Specifically, Greg writes a column, making comments on ONE PIECE manga and anime, on ONE-PIECE.com.However this fact does not prove/justify what you said.
A. It does not prove that Greg has serious interaction with ONE PIECE editors or staff who are directly related to the creation of the manga.
B. It does not justify that Greg can or does see the Chapter "long before bootleggers".A.
First you have to be specific about "I am an employee of the company" and "communicates with OP editors and staff". (I'm sure you are aware of this, so don't be confusing, just a suggestion.)ONE-PIECE.com and Weekly Shonen Jump (magazine) are two different entities. By "the company" you mean ONE-PIECE.com rather than Weekly Shonen Jump (magazine/editorial board).
(They even have separate twitter accounts, one being @OPcom_info, the other being @jump_henshubu.)ONE-PIECE.com has its own staff (management, technicians, editors etc.). Greg may have his editor, the "column editor", for his column on ONE-PIECE.com. But this staff is separate/different from the staff working for the WSJ magazine. To be specific, the "column editor" is not the "manga editors" responsible for ONE PIECE manga. The current manga editor is Naito who manages a 3rd twitter account @Eiichiro_Staff.
I have not seen any evidence proving that Greg has communications with the current ONE PIECE manga editors or the staff (Oda sensei's assistants etc.) who literally work for ONE PIECE manga itself. Especially, in this context, there is no evidence proving that Greg communicates with these people talking about manga chapters before the official release.
B.
Simply working for ONE-PIECE.com (or Shueisha) does not make the worker authorized to see the ONE PIECE manga chapter before the official release.Writing a column on ONE-PIECE.com is a totally different story from drawing the manga for Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
Making comments on the manga is a totally different story from creating the manga itself.
There is no reason for the manga editors or staff to show Greg the chapter before the official release.
As a matter of fact, there is no need for him to see the chapter before the official release, because Greg's columns are always published a few days (no less than 2, sometimes more than 10 days) later than the latest official release. So you can not prove whether Greg writes the lecture based on the official release or the so-called early "see" (or bootleg).
To take one step further. Technically speaking, Greg should not see the Chapter "long before the bootleggers put it out". Because if he did, then his "predictions" would have been "cheating" and what he wrote could have spoiled the future contents, which could have degraded the surprises when the contents is officially released.
Without any proof, either "Greg communicates with OP editors and staff" or "Greg sees the full chapters well before we do" sounds nothing more than a brag to me.
Of course I know they are hard to prove. I'm not asking for any proof, nor am I interested. But simply stop making arguments that can't be proven. They really sound silly.
Some people on this forum, honestly. Greg could say hi to you and the street and you'd try to call him out for interacting with scanlations through you. Give the guy a break. Considering how piracy (heh) driven this forum is, we're lucky to have people like him and Stephen posting at all.
Greg, as a ONE PIECE fan has a lot of accomplishments, which he can be proud of. He may be a better fan, but he is simply a fan, not the author(s) of ONE PIECE. Greg has no contribution to ONE PIECE manga itself. Then don't make oneself sound as if he/she were the author(s), as if he/she were always right about things. There are plenty of instances, people walk on the street discussing, Greg walks by and asserts somebody being wrong simply because the opinion beding different than his.
Why do people call Greg out? Why nobody calls Sandman out? (Not mean to drag Sandman into this at all, just for example.) Think about it.
Don't be so harsh or appear like a tough guy. Greg should give himself a break.
Like in this case on the piracy issue, Greg could have been a little humbler and far more constructive. Quoting what Robby said below as an example, which is very honest and encouraging
There's a legit high quality official english version released at the same time as the Japanese release, translated by one of our forum's own, that's like 50 cents an issue. (And it not only includes OP but a bunch of other titles.) If you're in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, etc, there is very little legit reason to not support and go for that version, or at the very least buy the trades.
This forum has a worldwide community so not everyone actually can access that version, and there's just no realistic way to police scans for the three days between the bootleg release and the official, or the spoilers for a week, so we can't and don't enforce that, but we would if it was at all feasible to get everyone to read and discuss the chapters on Monday when it officially released.
If nothing else and you have to read the bootleg scan, also at least support the official release in some way?
If Greg does not discuss the chapter before the official release, or he does not take the moral high ground while judging other people, then nobody can strike him on this issue, nor does Robby have to make such and such arguments for him.
People can say I call Greg out wanting to harass him or trying to kick him out here or simply out of jealousy. That's not true but it doesn't matter.
There's no point to debate nor am I going to.
I make serous comments and put them out here for people to judge using their own wisdom.
That's all I do and this is it.
#doublestandards
That's the word!
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RE: Warning: "MangaStream" is using mining script in their page
Greg, thanks for your response.
From a legal standpoint, what you just said is correct and what you have been doing is legal. But that was not my point/focus.
I would like to focus on this discussion from a moral standpoint. That's my real interest.
The rest of this post, you probably won't agree with, nor do you have to.
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Discussion itself is not damaging. Even discussion with people who reads scans/spoilers is not damaging. However, participating in discussions on arlongpark.net adds fame, which attracts more people to this site, which in turn makes the illegal contents/links/information exposed to more people and thereby potentially causes a decrease in the number of legal content buyers. That is damaging. If one knows this and still participates in the discussion, then he/she is guilty, at least from a moral standpoint.
As for following someone on twitter, or subscribing someone on YouTube, Similar arguments apply. The actions themselves are not damaging but from a moral standpoint nobody can walk away without guilt by simply ignoring the damaging side effects.
That being said, nobody is 100% innocent, from a moral standpoint.
That's not the problem, as we are all human beings.
The problem is that a guilty person takes the moral high ground.
so, speaking of you, Greg,
It is free and legal for you to have discussions on arlongpark.net. It is also free and legal for you to advertise yourself here so as to expand your fan base, making use of the resource and popularity of arlongpark.net which "is in the wrong". Although consider that as morally guilty, I wouldn't have a problem with that and I would treat you the same as those big shots YouTubers.
Or, if the one and the ONLY kind of activities you have here is talking people out of illegal contents, I wouldn't have a problem with you taking the moral high ground. But unfortunately that's not the case.
Being morally guilty and taking the moral high ground, they are not compatible, they simply can't go together.
That is the problem.
By showing off the fact that you officially works for one-piece.com and the claim that you have a fair amount of interaction with the editors and even the author(s), you are simply making the problem worse.
The fact that you being a teacher (not sure if you still are), puts an even darker shade on this. Kids are watching.
That is why I disrespect you.
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RE: Warning: "MangaStream" is using mining script in their page
Your point being…?
I simply want to get an answer. I want Greg's opinion on this since he brought it up himself.
Visiting scanlation sites or spoiler sites isn't the right thing, no matter whether the site carries ads or not. I totally agree.
But, visiting forums/communities like this where spoilers are shared, links to (or the names of) scanlation sites are shared and even screen caps of digital manga are directly shared, is it right?
Even though one may not read spoilers nor click on the scanlation links, is it right to visit such a forum/community? Especially when he or she clearly knows that there are such things shared on the sites where he/she is going to visit.Not to say Greg, who officially works for one-piece.com, just for us, just for an ordinary ONE PIECE fan like you and me, is it right?
As a ONE PIECE fan, I legally support ONE PIECE in a number of ways. But still, as a ONE PIECE fan, I can't stop myself discussing the manga with other fans, I can't stop myself listening to other fans' ideas about the manga, nor do I want to miss out those interesting news/interviews/contributions etc.. That's why I visit forums. And yet, I know that among these other fans, a lot of them read spoilers and scanlations. So I've been constantly wondering whether it is right. I'm confused.
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RE: Warning: "MangaStream" is using mining script in their page
The warning is good to know. So thank you.
But here's why it doesn't matter.
Any scan site that you visit is benfitting from your access by virtue of you accessing it.
So nobody should have a problem with this.
It's accepted that you are literally contributing to someone's wealth by accessing that material.
Even if there was a location w/o ads or mining, you are thereby adding fame which can easily be monetized in this age.
So, good on ya HTC. It's important info. But visiting scan sites is having the same result one way or another.
How about visiting arlongpark.net or orojackson.com and thereby adding fame to these sites which can easily be monetized in this age?
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RE: Top-Selling Manga 2017 in Japan (One Piece 1st again!!)
@Sibersk:
Bit of a dip from last year but that's to be expected given the state of the market (other long runners decreased as well).
Vol 87 just came out so I expect it to finish at around 11.5-11.6. I wonder what gave Vol 83 a half million sales. It was the last volume of 2016 but it came out in November, and you don't really see a volume doing half a million that late in the game.
That was because the counting ended November 20th-ish and thus on the 2016 record Vol 83 sold 2.2~2.3 million copies. The rest half a million of Vol 83 simply got rolled over to 2017.
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
Interesting, thanks.
So the drawing on the no. 18 2016 cover and the one on the card is the first time with BB's iris actually drawn.
Yes I believe so.
And, it came to me this morning, actually, there is one more place that BB appeared. That was in Chapter 824 in Luffy's memory when they heard the news about Revolutionary headquarter being assaulted by BB pirates. BB's iris was also drawn. But since it was Luffy's memory of BB (before the time skip), the appearance still had the short beard rather than the true long black beard after the skip.
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
Don't forget the all-stars panel in Chapter 801.
Right. that one as well. that one is not very different from the appearance before the skip.
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
No problem.
I think when that cover came out it was the first time we've seen blackbeard's face since the time skip but I thought it was a little weird of Oda showing his face on a cover and not in the manga itself…. and now we got to see a clearer picture of the drawing...
It's been a while...I could be wrong though
far from an expert as Greg, but according to my record, since the time skip, Black Beard appeared in
Chapter 650 - Jinbe's explanation
Chapter 693 - color spread
Chapter 820 - Robin's explanationbut I missed out that Jump cover, of No.18 2016, which corresponds to Chapter 821. I believe that's all after the time skip.
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
I don't think these particular two pictures of Kaido (Jack of Spades) and Black Beard (Joker) appeared before. Are they newly drawn by Oday simply for this deck?
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
There are 52 weeks in a year.
52×7=364 < 365 or 366 . Thus every once in a while, there is an issue 53 of the Weekley Shonen Jump. For example, in the "Jump year" of 2004, 2009 and 2015.
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
so this is the end, no #53 for 2017 eh?
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RE: Oda's Interviews
Now that the Whole Cake Castle is destroyed, the rest will be "Another Cake"
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RE: Bounties after Whole Cake Island? lets discuss!!!
From Fishman Island to the end of Dressrosa was only a couple of days in the universe after all.
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
What about 600 million vs. Raftel?
When OP hit the world record back in 2015, people said:
One Piece is in the 3rd place in the world best seller comic ranking, following "Classics Illustrated" and "X-MEN".
The ranking and their total circulations are1. Classics Illustrated-1 billion
2. X-MEN-500 million
3. One Piece-380 millionSo I has always been waiting for the 500 milestone. But yesterday I saw this article: http://comicbook.com/anime/2017/10/16/one-piece-manga-sales-batman-430-million/
batman - 460 million
superman - 600+ millionI'm confused. Wondering whether there is any reliable reference for these numbers.
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
Hope he recovers soon.
Super Kabuki 2nd is One Piece. What is Super Kabuki 1st?
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RE: Oda's Interviews
To be fair, OP is one of those few popular series about which newcomers will often hear "wait 'till X and then form an opinion" or "it might be boring at the start, but once X happens…", when X (for OP) is usually Arlong Park (68 chapters in). So it's not like there was nothing in these editors' intuitions. I don't know when did it become a hit in Japan though.
That's literally what I say to people every time I recommend OP to them, Arlong Park ark, "quit after this ark if you don't like it".
I'm not sure if I should be asking this here ou if this had already been discussed, but I read somewhere that Oda first thought of Katakuri being logia, but now he's changed his mind to "Special Paramecia", during some of his interviews or something. It's that true? While I agree that mochi isn't a nature element, this is the only thing about his DF that keeps him off from logia. Sorry if I'm posting on the wrong place
Oda hasn't said anything about the classification for 'mochi mochi no mi' yet, not that I know of. We might see something in SBS later.
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
Thanks ScotchInformer. We have 8 more left.
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RE: New Logs announced
Interesting, that's very noticeable. Looks like the issue is due to some misalignment.
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RE: New Logs announced
However the cutting of the pages is a tiny bit different compared to the Weekly Shonen Jump issues.
Could you please show some examples?
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RE: One Piece Chapter 879:One of Big Mom's Three Sweet Commanders, Katakuri.
I assume that's where people got the idea from, but I always took it as being a specific weakness regarding Moria's DF.
I guess so. Strict rules are not necessary. General rules with allowance for exceptions are fine. Just accept and enjoy how the manga expresses itself, life is easy.
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Even then the weakness was salt. Sea water just happen to have salt in it.
One of the English versions I see translates Brooks explanation in chapter 456 as:
THE SOURCE OF THE ZOMBIE'S ABILITY TO MOVE IS ORIGINALLY THE DEVIL'S FRUIT. SINCE THE SALT HOLDS THE POWER OF THE SEA IT UNDOES THE BOND BETWEEN THE FALSE SOUL AND THE CORPSE.
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RE: One Piece Chapter 879:One of Big Mom's Three Sweet Commanders, Katakuri.
Seawater does not stop the devil fruit from working! If a person is in the water, they can't move. I am not sure where people got this idea from.
Not sure if anyone has brought this up already. Seawater did disable Moria's shadow zombies. See chapter 558 & 559.
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RE: New Logs announced
Off topic, but I'm just too curious to hesitate.
@shadyagent:Nowadays Oda "only" draws color spreads.
??? Seriously??
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
But it's 20th anniversary of ONE PIECE, one of the greatest manga series of all time in JUMP history. That being said, they've done such an unsatisfactory job.
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RE: One Piece digital-colored chapters by Shueisha v2
ONE PIECE VOLUME 79 FULL COLOR EDITION RAW
Thanks Redon
@Redon : the page 34 is missing :sad:
Quote it then he will see it immediately.
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
Any reason not to order two copies, Redon?
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RE: New Logs announced
Are the One Piece themed Shonen Jump covers included in the LOG's?
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RE: One Piece celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2017
Shonen Jump Issue 38 spine? Anybody?