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I'm going to take the very brave and controversial opinion that One Piece Live Action Is Good, Actually
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I'm sure this is a surprise to everyone
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live action one piece set such an intensely high standard for live action anime from this point forward
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But I must be true to my heart
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SO fucking good
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I had a few VERY minor gripes but like
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overall
Doctor Ansem
I need to uh, finish watching it
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it perfectly captures the feel of the manga
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this is what happens when you get a cast AND crew who clearly love what they're working on and want it to be good
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AND
Friendpatine
I liked the part where Luffy says "it's time to stop Monkey D. Luffying around" and then gum gums over all those guys
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You get the original creator involved
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YEAH
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Friendpatine
: yeah that part was good
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Okay my one MINOR gripe
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There's a bit in the manga in the arlong arc
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honestly i feel like even if oda didn't have his hands in it, it'd still be REALLY good. bc again, you can tell everyone working on the show loves one piece
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yeah
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where Nami confront Arlong directly about how he sent the marine captain to steal all the money she'd been saving up
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And she's like "You lied to me!"
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And Arlong says something like
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"How dare you accuse me of lying!"
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"Our deal is still good!"
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"As soon as you have 100 million berri, you can buy your town back"
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"YOUR the one who lied, telling me you had 100 million when you DONT
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"
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ANd like
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It's just SUCH a good bastard moment
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That we didn't get
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OTHER THAN THAT NO COMPLAINTS
You're Quinner
there's a few arlong and baratie arc moments I missed
You're Quinner
but overall it's great
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God there's SO much wild shit upcoming though
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Cannot WAIT to see Ennel in live action
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or just some of the fuckin' WEIRD devil fruits
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GOD IMAGINE
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THE GIRAFFE GUY IN LIVE ACTION
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i've said it before and i'll say it again: netflix BETTER let jamie lee curtis live her anime dreams and play doctor kureha
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IF NOT I'M FLYING OUT TO THROW EGGS AT THEIR HQ
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she wants to play her how can you say no to jamie lee curtis
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God she'd be great for that
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I think that Chopper is gonna be like
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a kid with furry makeup/prosthetics
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they aren't gonna make him shaped like he is in the manga
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a kid or a little person or even just a short person they use a lot of forced perspective with
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yeah with everything else they've done i feel like they could pull off some good prosthetic use
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right
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point is not ACTUALLY shaped like this 
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if they DO go the CGI route, honestly i have faith in them? like all the animals and stuff look super realistic but still just, like..... i don't wanna say uncanny valley bc that kind of has a negative note to it
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but they still look a bit cartoony while also looking realistic enough to be believable in this adaptation
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Chopper's a central character though
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he's gonna be on screen a LOT
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I imagine it'd be a lot more expensive to have him be a CG character all the time
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yeah that's the only thing stopping me from being fully on board them going CGI route. obvs they'll need it for at least his more "normal" reindeer form but
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yeah
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And you've gotta make sacrifices for the things that don't matter
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either route, fuck yeah i'm sure i'll be on board with it!!
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right!
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so you can go all in on the things that DO matter
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esp since there's also like. WAY more devil fruit users coming in
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better to do as much practical effects on chopper so they can go all in on their powers
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yeah there was only like 2 in season 1
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Luffy and Buggy
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alvida will be easy enough to just use practical effects/tricks but then you've got smoker and crocodile and robin, even putting aside the minor baroque works ones
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other thought:
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Arlong regrowing his teeth was SO much grodier in LA than in the manga
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I was all 
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I had to look away from the teeth
dragon time
I was honestly under the impression that the Black Cat pirates were devil fruiters but I looked it up and no they're just regular furries
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I think the Usopp intro arc was the weakest
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but then, like
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I thought that was the weakest arc of the manga too
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of what we've seen so far
EsperBot
Yeah SYrup Village has always been the weakest part of East BLue by far
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the LA version def had the one-up of being like
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"okay i know y'all are here for the pirates but let's turn this into a slasher movie real quick"
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tbh i think that worked WAY better for kuro
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def still the weakest of the saga but honestly it was better than the manga im
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imo*
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yea
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the locked-up mansion was a much cooler fight setting too
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than the fucking empty beach
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yeah if they weren't gonna do the whole "watch him slaughter his entire pirate crew" it was a REALLY good switch up to show how dangerous and sadistic he was
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just turn him into Pirate Freddy Kreuger!
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I think there are some ways the Kuro arc is improved on the manga and osme ways it's weaker
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Like obviously they had to cut Django, there's no way they could have a walking Michael Jackson expy for....several reasons, but the fact that he doesn't exist means Usopp kind of doesn't have anything to do after The Reveal, which makes it weaker as an introduction to him
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But also yes the mansion is a much stronger setting than Nothing Beach
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Swings and roundabouts
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...
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that skull
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is winking
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it sure is
BattroidBattery
I felt like the kuro stuff suffered from trying to exactly fill two episodes, there was a bit too much going on to cram it all into one ep but a full two hours was too much and dragged.
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Yeah