@Ivotas said in Chapter 1059: The Matter Involving Captain Koby:

But worrying about falling for her while is doing the exact opposite is the textbook definition of a self contradiction.

I didn't understand it quite like that. I would say Blackbeard is troubled by the beauty of Hancock, which is why he assumes himself to be vulnerable to her petrifying powers. Nevertheless, it doesn't go any deeper and certainly doesn't reach Sanji levels of stupid where he'd be head over heels for her, all drooly and not daring to raise a hand.

@access-timeco said in Greg: Teacher of SUPER " OP " course !:

But when Kaido said that Haki is above all, I couldn’t help but think a deeper meaning was lost due to that.

This. Compare with the very early series, all the way back to when Zeff commented that Krieg never stood a chance against Luffy: because it wasn't weapons but guts that mattered in a fight.
Kaido's haki comment is essentially this a thousand chapters later, except it's now wrapped in this abstract concept we mostly see as a different brand of magic these days. Which makes it easy to forget that he should really be saying "if you have an unbreakable will/spirit/ambition, nothing on this earth can stop you".

Finished watching yesterday. My biggest gripe possibly is that live action adaptations are simply not for me ? All along I kinda felt disconnected and could never quite experience the series as a separate work, always mentally comparing with what I enjoy in the manga format. Which does not do it justice, as some things just don't translate well in a realistic motion picture. Fishmen, Luffy's over-the-top facial expressions, hair color... Negative points also for the overdone color filters. Too much gray on marine ship scenes, bleached colors on some occasions. It could have been more vivid.

There are some good elements, mind. All the winks and easter eggs (pretty sure I missed half of them), the Nami-Zoro-Sanji dynamic which carries the crew on screen, Buggy and Arlong, some well-made locations that really bring the One Piece world to life...

However, Luffy and Garp were never quite there for me. The only time Garp felt true to himself was when he angrily threw a canonball at the Merry then laughed at their escape, plus that curry house side comment by Borsalino. Otherwise he felt too serious on most occasions. I did not mind seeing more of Garp (and Coby), but it was not the character I had in my mind and I was never able to distanciate myself enough from the source material to tell whether his part the the story is genuinely interesting.
As for Luffy...At times he didn't feel carefree enough and there were only a very few scenes where I felt immersed, but I'm not sure the fault lies with Inaki. Mainly I guess manga Luffy is etched too strongly in my mind for any flesh and blood person to act as a convincing substitute.

Heh. The full chapter name was originally going to be "The Emperor's Crew, the Red-Haired Pirates, are a bunch of useless wusses who are fortunate to have Shanks as their boss", alas that didn't fit on the page.

@andre said in Greg: Teacher of SUPER " OP " course !:

A dragon with talking legs attached was our formal introduction to the New World. I salute you, Kinemon

Legs that talked by farting, if you please. I happened to re-read parts of Punk Hazard recently and indeed, it was glorious.
After a decade we may not have seen much of the madness the New World geography had promised, but Punk Hazard was one hell of a start.

@T It's quite a stretch to say so. All they have in common is being partly bald and able to float.

The line across the shipwright's forehead is a tied headband/rope like this : https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X1sZRwkYx-w/UIUJ7FO2cFI/AAAAAAAALBQ/mIsOmYjR2_k/s1600/hachimaki+japan.jpg

As for the mouth, shipwright has thick fish lips, nothing to do with Vegapunk's moustache.

I'll agree with Alfiere, there are simply different schools of thought whom I don't think can ever see eye to eye.

To me it will always be a case of "There was no haki system or concept at the beginning of the series, just cool feats of willpower and martial prowess". But later on, when Oda decided he needed a more structured approach, he picked up the pieces he had previously dropped on the board and built haki from them. And because he is a skilled writer, the result was such that looking at it under a specific light readers can convince themselves it had always been there. Doing the mental acrobatics required to retcon pre-timeskip story beats into deliberate proto-haki hints just ruins the fun for me and until the man himself says otherwise, or someone close to him like Greg, I don't think any amount of analysis can change my mind.

I loved the cat thing.

Also skinning someone alive with a swipe of a chainsaw is one hell of a feat.
(I thought that was what happened at first, then realized on a second glance that it was merely the skinless cokroach devil smashing bat devil to death)

@wolfwood wholeheartedly agreed.
Especially hurst if you compare with "Drat, I forgot to do Kaido's flashback. Nevermind, here is 2 pages worth of content lolz". Or any other plot left hanging after act 3 that would have benefitted from a little more screentime.

Wano at large suffers from this. Oda badly wanted to do his samurai story and I've got to hand it to him, the Wano setting is successful in that aspect. But, he dedicated so much panel time to it that I can't help but think he burned himself on bloated acts and we got the messed-up fights and rushed ending as a result.

@Greg said in Greg: Teacher of SUPER " OP " course !:

Does Tama not deserve to blaze a new path?

Wait, you've mentioned this twice now. Is Tama officially a Kurozumi and I missed the information hidden somewhere, or is her lineage hypothetic ? (I do admit Kurozumi Tama would work very well to mend both ends in the future, regardless)

Unrelated sidenote: the unfortunate Kurozumi line will really be received differently based on your country and culture. I checked the official french translation and it goes straight "Kurozumis (plural) are meant to burn" without so much as hinting that there's a pun. Speak of lost in translation...

Damn. Surely there's a way out for them, but that attack on the village reeks of possible tragedy and could test Thorfinn's beliefs more than ever before. Author-san sure knows how to create great stakes

Cool chapter, I'll take highschool antics (with a pinch of goofy occult) over large-scale alien invasion any day.
The dialog in the first few pages seemed weird, though. I can't quite tell whether it's a quirk of Sanjome's speech pattern; a sign that he is asserting is domination on the group (or trying to) or if some things got lost in translation.

Gotta face it, One Piece is switching to an effectively bi-weekly format

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1018659

Back in full force at last - how I missed the group antics ! Rugby match / family jewel restoration ritual is pure gold, and so is the group dynamic as they're contemplating a school club.

So it has ended. One of my top 3 series these past few years, I will be looking forward to her next work - or the continuation of this specific world.

For sure. I can't remember when we last saw Kafka and the focus on this specific fight was honestly starting to feel long, but the dynamic with #10 more than makes up for it.

@desa Makes sense. I had also overlooked the southpaw aspect and only realized this chapter that it was something Ippo needed to learn.

As for me I'm enjoying this latest arc. I will probably be disappointed later on when Ippo stays retired a bit longer and doesn't do anything with his newly -gained skills, but for now it's fun to watch him train (and how hardcore he is about it)

So much tension! You can tell at a glance that D is on his last leg ^^

Finished watching yesterday. My biggest gripe possibly is that live action adaptations are simply not for me ? All along I kinda felt disconnected and could never quite experience the series as a separate work, always mentally comparing with what I enjoy in the manga format. Which does not do it justice, as some things just don't translate well in a realistic motion picture. Fishmen, Luffy's over-the-top facial expressions, hair color... Negative points also for the overdone color filters. Too much gray on marine ship scenes, bleached colors on some occasions. It could have been more vivid.

There are some good elements, mind. All the winks and easter eggs (pretty sure I missed half of them), the Nami-Zoro-Sanji dynamic which carries the crew on screen, Buggy and Arlong, some well-made locations that really bring the One Piece world to life...

However, Luffy and Garp were never quite there for me. The only time Garp felt true to himself was when he angrily threw a canonball at the Merry then laughed at their escape, plus that curry house side comment by Borsalino. Otherwise he felt too serious on most occasions. I did not mind seeing more of Garp (and Coby), but it was not the character I had in my mind and I was never able to distanciate myself enough from the source material to tell whether his part the the story is genuinely interesting.
As for Luffy...At times he didn't feel carefree enough and there were only a very few scenes where I felt immersed, but I'm not sure the fault lies with Inaki. Mainly I guess manga Luffy is etched too strongly in my mind for any flesh and blood person to act as a convincing substitute.

Hey, we're sailing interesting waters once again. I enjoyed the kids just hanging together, plus it's nice to have the Yokai become relevant again. Bonus points if Reiko Kashima remains hostile in the long run (while aggressively pushing Okarun and Momo towards each other. This much could be entertaining)