#Gol.D Roger

[randompersion]

WUTHERING WAVES SPOILER ALERT!

Proceed with caution for the new playerss!

"You want my Research? You can have it! I left everything I gathered in the Court of Savantae's Lab. Now you'll just have to find it... "

"You want my treasure? If you want it, I'll let you have it. Go look for it. I left it all at that place! "

ONE PIECE REFERENCE GRAHHHH!!!! 💥💥💥⚡⚡💥

[littlemisspipebomb]

oh I for sure had the one piece rap in my mind at all times during opla! you are not alone. also I was dramatically disappointed that gold roger didnt say "my fortune is yours for the taking. but you'll have to find it first. i left everything i own in ONE PIECE" (I wasnt actually upset but my brain really expected him to say it from watching those openings so often haha)

OH GOD SAAAAME

I had to rewatch that scene cause I was legit so disappointed he didn't say the line. Like I know a lot of people aren't fans of the pirate rap and I get it. The quality is questionable at best, but that line fucks actually and I won't hear any otherwise.

It's like how Super Sentai fans react to power rangers. Like yeah it's an inferior American version but THE THEME SONG

[loudestcloud]

I like to think that the first picture is how propaganda drew / sees him and the flashbacks are how he really was. One person may tell a story in words but the visuals always tell the truth. The first picture is from when the narrator is telling the story audbally and we paint a picture based on his words so it's angry, dark and macho, someone to fear, telling you to cower under the ruler of the merciless tyrant of the seas! The second is when Gol.d is telling it visually, he's the loving little fruity guy, little man who had big adventures, only knew 3 women in his whole life, a trusting idiot, a captain of love and joy, a freedom chaser, a child like soul with a heart... of gold. He tries to lie to us by saying things like 'The king of the pirates crew don't shed tears' but it doesn't work because its his memories we see, not the story everyone knows.

so glad Oda wasn't afraid of changing him

[gale-gentlepenguin]

If I was in One Piece I wouldn’t last a week.

Not because I’m a weakling, but because I’d have been killing Celestial Dragons left and right to the point where the World Government would give me a bounty higher than Gol.D Roger.

[kandy-sticks-zaza-blogs]

🍻Bacardi✨

Bacardi goes by He/Him pronouns,he’s mute,Bisexual and Transmasc.

His nickname that everyone calls him ‘Silent Star’

He is a West Blue Bartender and the captain sailor.

His favourite food and drink is:Bacardi & Fried Rice his least favourite is liquorice.

He loves stars and listening to sea shanty all the time.

Uses ASL sign Language and notes for writing what he said.

He is 28 years old born during August 8 since I created during 2022.

He lives on the farm with his adoptive dad who used to be a pirate and adoptive sister name Stella.

He is an orphan who have no parents since his mother died from giving birth since the Marine killed the mothers for Gol.D Roger son.

Bacardi have been born without a voice when he is born everybody doesn't understand why he never talk as they spread negative rumours about him being quiet,rude and mysterious.

Scars on his arm from his Captain bites,Buggy bomb on his shoulders,neck scar from his pirate who terrorised his hometown being choked by Barb wire chains and nose scar scratch from the rock.

[fagcrisis]

i keep annoying my sister by calling gol.d roger gol bc thats literally his name someone out there gave birth to a baby and named it gol in the world of one piece

[tigerforce89]

ONE PIECE TREASURE CRUISE - L 'IMMENSO POTERE DI GOL.D😱 ROGER - IL RE ...

[bee-ingquinn]

Qui a scuola c’è sempre chi si occupa delle creature. (16/09)

(...) Le fa cenno di seguirlo, dirigendosi alla porta alla destra delle sue stanze. L’interno decisamente più grande del previsto e lì una serie di recinti tutti diversi, con habitat diversi al proprio interno - tipo quello dei Mooncalf dove un cielo stellato spicca, insieme a una miniluna piena - ospitano quelle creature che ormai fanno parte del castello da anni e di cui gli studenti imparano a prendersi cura. C’è un tavolone in legno appena si entra, contro la parete sinistra, sormontato da mensole spesse con sopra una serie di boccette piene di erbe, pozioni e altre cose utili per un pronto intervento e per la cura delle creature, mentre sulla destra c’è il recinto di quello che deve essere Snasobeso. Un cumulo di oro, al centro del quale è stata scavata una tana dalla quale spunta il pelo di un sederone enorme. Nemmeno si accorge dell’arrivo di Devon, considerando che ha già mangiato. Subito accanto, il perimetro delimitato magicamente, un’altra distesa di galeoni che sono pronti per accogliere Gol.D e permettergli di crearsi una tana bella quanto quella di Snasobeso (e magari se è meno pigro, anche più bella.) « Può metterlo lì, questi recinti sono fatti apposta per non fare uscire le creature » le cupole utilizzate anche alla Tulange.

Non appena Devon decide di farle strada, lei non perde tempo a seguirlo e momentaneamente puntargli gli occhi addosso che vanno a sgranarsi nel sentire il resto. Annuendo con espressione rassicurata nel sapere che Gol.D non mancherà di cure anche quando lei non sarà a scuola (...) Sobbalza leggermente quando il docente le rivolge la parola, tornando sul pianeta presente e annuendo con foga nel guardare il recinto. « Okay » sospira, nonostante tutto dispiaciuta dal separarsi dallo Snaso mentre tenta di farlo staccare con delicatezza dalla propria tunica. Ma prima di metterlo nel recinto, a cui comunque si avvicina per farglielo studiare, è d’obbligo portarselo davanti al viso per permettere ad entrambi di guardarsi. « Ascolta, Goldie. Qui dentro starai al sicuro, avrai il tuo posticino e noi due ci vedremo ogni mattina e pomeriggio per raccontarci com’è andata la giornata » cos « Nessuno ti prenderà nulla e c’è pure Snasobeso con cui fare amicizia, quindi direi che è meglio del dormire fuori, no? » un sorriso felice viene dedicato tutto alla creaturina, prima di cercare di posargli un bacetto sulla fronte e farlo entrare nel recinto con delicata determinazione. « Allora, che te ne pare? » rimarrebbe lì davanti con le mani sui fianchi, il sorriso ancora sulle labbra, per vedere come si abitua lo Snaso.

Resta appeso di peso - quel poco peso - tra le mani di Blythe senza opporre resistenza ma piegandosi appena per lanciare uno sguardo confuso a Devon, giusto appena all’indietro, senza capire a che sia dovuto quell’entusiasmo agrodolce. E, dal rifugio che si è andato a riprendere appena ha capito che era il momento di andare, scruta tutto attorno i vari ambienti, tenendosi stretto al mantello per non cadere fino a… un ‘GULP’ molto sonoro arriva quando i suoi occhioni inquadrano quei montarozzi di galeoni lucenti, strappandogli un sospiro sognante e... un stendere di becco in una smorfia innamorata, come potrà vedere la tassorosso quando se lo metterà davanti per dargli le ultime raccomandazioni da NonnaB. Un annuire frenetico, con il corpo che si contorce per tornare a guardare il montarozzo lucido salvo poi fermarsi e allungare le zampine contro le guanciotte della ragazzina, guardarla per un tempo indefinito dopo quel baciozzo, iniziando poi a picchiettare sulle mani per invitarla a farlo scendere… e raggiunta la giusta quota è lui stesso a lanciarsi senza timori per sparire sotto le tintinnanti monete, riemergendo dopo qualche secondo… per iniziare a mettere da parte qualche moneta, a discapito di quelle rassicurazioni, che non si può mai sapere con i tempi di magra.

[sweetokies-fan]

When Young Pedro met Gol. D. Rogers: King of PiratesFor more check out https://www.sweetokiesanimecafe.com/

[the-dormant-ocean]

Now that I have an idea around what age Buggy and Shanks joined Gol.D Roger's crew I'm even sadder that Roger was executed. I mean they look so young so they probably joined when they were almost babies so the Roger's Pirate probably were their only family. Losing Roger when they were teens must have been so painful.

[sandpumpkin]

Birthday King

Happy Birthday dear Tulip!!! 

Selfship ahoy. 

Under the cut because it’s a little long.

The moment Hana learnt of Kid’s birthday, she knew exactly what to make for it. Sure it could have been for Christmas but she held birthdays in higher regard. Locking herself in her sewing room, she sketched up her ideas. Needs a hat too..yes..and..some chains?..spikes?...Red..what shade..what fabric?

Once she was happy with the design she hurried to find the one person that knew Kid the best.

“Killer,” she found Killer in the kitchen as usual. He was in the middle of preparing the marinade the beef for cooking later, “sorry..I can come back later-”

“Did you need something?” he asked, noticing the drawing pad she was holding at her chest protectively.

“Yes..I just need your advice on something for Kid’s birthday.” she explained, shuffling nervously on the spot. Maybe this is a bad idea..maybe I should do something less extravagant? 

“His birthday? You’ve got a while for that-” Killer hummed, setting a bottle of soy sauce down.

“Oh well..I need to start it soon or I won’t finish it,” walking towards Killer opening the book and showing him it “Sorry about the terrible drawing but..what do you think?” she asked, Killer cleaned his hands and took hold of the sketch pad.

“Isn’t this similar to Roger’s coat?” Killer stated, Hana jolted and panicked.

“Is it too similar? I wanted it to be Pirate king but Kid’s theme..if that makes sense..” she rambled “Oh! This is too much isn’t it?” Killer rested a hand on her head as if he were stopping an alarm clock ringing.

“It's fine, but why? If you don’t mind me asking.”

“Well. He’s going to be King of the pirates eventually right?” Killer nodded “So King needs his robes..or coat in this case. Do you think he’ll like it?” she asked squirming on the spot.

Killer’s shoulders shuddered in a silent laugh and handed her the book back “he’ll love it. Don’t make it too red, a darker red would be better like his old coat, he won’t admit but he liked that coat.”Killer suggested.

“Duly noted! Thank you so much!” Hana smiled brightly and hurried on her way. She had much to do and time was of the essence. Oh...how do I get his measurements?!

“Just measure his current coat.” she replied to her own question out loud “I’m such an idiot.”

-

She made sure she collected the best fabrics for the coat and used the crew’s help smuggling large amounts of deep red fur and other elements onto the ship. Plaster after plaster was applied to her hands and fingers from her severe concentration. Each chain was clipped and twisted together to get the perfect drape and length. Killer had been roped in to test the width of the coat, since he was closest in shoulder size to the coat’s desired host and Hana’s mannequin lacked big shoulders. “It’s nowhere near finished but what do you think so far?” she asked nervously as Killer carefully set the coat onto the small mannequin best he could.

“It’s good. What are these bits for?” Killer asked, gesturing to the loops and pockets on the inside of the jacket.

“Oh, well you can never have too many pockets and well..maybe a hipflask, extra knives, compass, bullets? Treasure map.. Small stuff..” she rambled nervously, which made Killer uncharastically snort “bad idea?”

“Great idea. You got all bases covered it seems.” Killer ruffled her head and patted her shoulder proudly “keep up the good work. Don’t forget to sleep though.” he scolded.

Hana spent most of her free time toiling away on Kid’s new coat. sometimes losing track of time. It was a lot of new techniques and a good chance to practise her embroidery a little more. I can’t rush it. It has to be perfect!

Thankfully Kid was easily as absorbed in his work but he did start to notice her absence during the day when she would bring him lunch now it was Killer. Kid would grumble when Killer set his lunch on his workbench.

“She’s not your maid you know.” Killer chided, 

“I know that, where is she?” Kid asked, sourly shoveling cabbage rolls into his mouth

Killer shrugged “busy.” Killer’s short responses made Kid grumble more. 

Kid was not completely blind, he saw the plasters decorated most of her fingers and the weariness in her eyes when she finally shuffled into his cabin at night. But she was tight lipped as ever with her project. Kid had an inkling what she was making, he knew it was for him since everyone went to great lengths to keep him away from her sewing room, ushering him elsewhere with fake problems or promises of alcohol. 

What a little troublemaker.

-

The day of Kid’s birthday came around sooner than she’d realised but it was done. She was proud of it. I hope Kid likes it...maybe I shouldn’t have made the hat. She held the large tricorn with Kid’s pirate logo embroidered on the front with a large feather and golden chain hanging between two of the points in her hands. It’s fine..it looks good.. I just hope he likes it...

-

Kid was a party person, he loved a good excuse to celebrate and drink and what better excuse than his birthday. Killer had made a huge feast, including his personal favourite: cabbage rolls. The crew often gifted Kid alcohol for his birthday or sometimes they enjoyed giving him prank gifts like: an udon bowl one year. Courtesy of Killer’s mentioning he later found out. 

This year was different. This year there was a new addition to the crew. Hana had dressed up especially for this ‘little’ party wearing her best tartan dress and she was smiling and laughing with everyone, enjoying the atmosphere. 

Childish as it was, Kid waited expectantly for her gift to be presented but everyone elses gifts were brought round in rotation. Once the last gift had been brought forward, Hana pushed her chair out “excuse me a moment.” she said, resting a hand on his arm and kissing his cheek softly.

Kid slumped in his chair and watched as she left the mess hall with Killer in tow. He grumbled reaching for one of the bottles of whiskey. The crew quickly set to entertaining Kid with various card games.

It felt like an eternity until three sharp knocks at the kitchen door. Everyone stopped what they were doing. “Oh, they're done.” 

Kid frowned and watched them all rise looking at him expectantly. Some of the crew have huge grins across their faces: terrible poker faces these idiots.

Wire went first, his tall stature hiding the scene in front of them. They part as they get on deck, Kid still feeling salty about being ditched on his birthday but those feelings are quickly swept away by the crisp sea air when he spotted Hana shuffling nervously.

Once Kid was properly on deck, she stepped aside revealing the mass behind her. She..what a woman.. Kid closed his eyes and chuckled deeply. He recognized the gift before him.

“Happy birthday Kid..” she smiled, watching him stare at the coat taking in all the intricate detail. He almost didn’t watch to touch it. It was a coat that rivaled the great Gol.D Roger. No..this is better. His hand reached for the spiked pauldrons on one side of the side, trailing down to gold chains that formed an elaborate design down the front, the soft short pile fur and on the back his pirate flag carefully embroidered in gold. 

“Kid..”

He didn’t reply, pulling his coat off his shoulders, chucking it to one of the crew to catch before he picked up the new coat and threw it over his shoulders, putting his good arm through the sleeve. It was heavy from the fabric and the metal accents but the love that had been woven into the jacket made him feel light as a feather. On one of the inside pockets he noticed a little pumpkin stitched there, he smiled softly, she too shared his dream. One day he would be pirate king and this coat was proof of it. He finally turned to face her with a faux stern look on his face.

"well..Pirate King needs a coat...and I couldn't resist a hat too,” She said, holding out the hat to him. Kid blinked and pulled his goggles around his neck, kneeling slightly to allow her to place the hat upon his head. “Happy Birthday my king." She smiled brightly, cupping his face and kissing him boldly in front of the whole crew. 

Kid grinned, scooping her up in his metal arm “guess that makes you my queen then.” Hana blushed and threw her arms around his neck “well then you idiots, let's party and get back to conquering this damn ocean!” The crew cheered around him. “I am going to be Pirate King!” he declared loudly, which made them cheer again. The feel of pride swelling in his chest, how could he fail now with such high hopes resting upon his shoulders as well as such a splendid coat. He was invincible.

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Gale Reviews: Live Action One Piece

(Thanks @knightsweeties for this awesome penguin version of Mihawk)

Now Live action adaptations often had the appeal of Durian Smoothies and the last Live action adaptation of anything I remotely liked was Aladdin (and even I admit the bar was Low on that)

So hearing that there was an Adaptation of ONE PIECE of all things, covering the East Blue arc. My hopes were in the ground. But hearing Oda himself have direct involvement from Casting to Writing made me a lot more optimistic. Did this adaptation live up to my expectations?

For this review I will be going about things differently. then my usual reviews. I will be trying to keep things as direct as possible as there is a LOT to talk about

Here are the categories:

The Plot (How faithful was it to the manga, what changed? What was consistent? Did the changes work?)

The Characters (Did they capture the spirit of the character? Did the character get some changes? Did those changes work?)

Fight Choreography (How did they adapt the fights to live action?)

Cinematography: How were the scenes shot? How were the backgrounds? The Atmosphere?

Does it grasp the spirit of the Manga?

Final Thoughts

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The Plot

As mentioned before this season covers the entirety of East Blue, from Romance Dawn to Arlong Park. Our story begins with the Pirate king Gol.D Roger being executed after revealing to the world that his treasure is out there and that it belongs to who ever finds it. Cut to 22 years later with our protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy setting sail to find the one piece and become King of the Pirates.

On his adventures, he rescues Koby, a kid that wants to be a Marine, from the nasty Alvida. He ends up meeting up with the Pirate Hunter Zoro, a swordsman with dreams of becoming the world's greatest swordsman, and Nami, a Cat Burglar that has a love of money and is very interested in the Grand line map. Recruiting them both despite their protests, and they get the grandline map from Axe Hand Morgan, a nasty marine with a spoiled brat son.

After escaping with the map, they end up getting captured By Buggy the Clown and Luffy must fight his way out of the circus (while having flashbacks of how he got his rubber powers and met Shanks). They beat buggy and free the captives of the village that the mad jester destroyed.

The crew finds themselves on Syrup village in search of a boat and Meet Usopp, a liar with a gift for sniping with his slingshot. There they fight Kuro, a pirate pretending to be a butler in order to steal the money from an orphan rich girl and retire. And through figuring this out the crew. save the girl and recruit Usopp.

Their next adventure involves them at Baratie, a floating restaurant where they meet the ladies man and amazing cook Sanji, and this is where the first big deviation occurs. Instead of having to deal with Don Krieg, Mihawk (the one Zoro wants to beat to be the best) wiped them out already, shifting the story to focus more on the main villain, Arlong. Who shows up after Zoro tries to fight Mihawk (and as you can imagine Zoro didnt win)

Arlong and his crew have been a LOT more active in this plot, intimidating Buggy and using him to track down the map.

Eventually Arlong fights Luffy and Nami gets Arlong to leave as she got the map and reveals to everyone she is Arlong's crew the whole time.

Sanji joins the crew and off to rescue Nami.

Nami finds out that all her years of saving up money to buy back her town from Arlong was for nothing as Arlong told the marine he's bribing where the stash is. Nami breaks down and Luffy is there to assure her that they will save the villaige, mirroring that iconic scene in the manga and anime.

And the fight with Arlong's crew commences, ending with Luffy destroying Arlong park and slaming that fishman supremacist into the ground.

But instead of ending there with the crew sailing into the grand line, Garp, the vice Admiral who captured Gol.D Roger. had been chasing the strawhats the whole time shows up and he aint letting them get away this time. Forcing Luffy to fight his Grandpa. Luffy proved himself to his grandpa who let him go this time, but next time they met it would be much more serious.

I think the plot is actually well paced considering it only had 8 episodes and it was relatively consistant with the arcs, it does have some pacing issues in the syrup village arc and in the last episode but I overall enjoyed the plot and think its enjoyable

7/10

Now that I got that out of the way. Its time to list all the Big changes that were made in the plot. (That I remember) and how I rate those changes out of 10:

-Garp shows up much earlier in the plot and is chasing Luffy and his crew since the events of Axe hand Morgan (7/10)

-Koby being an ally to luffy isnt resolved right away (8/10)

-Luffy meets Nami trying to steal the Grand line map from Axe hand morgan, instead of when she is stealing stuff in Orange town (8/10)

-We see Zoro kill Mr.6 in a fight on screen (10/10)

-Luffy sees Zoro get arrested and put in the Yard. (7/10)

-Axe hand morgan has the map to the grand line instead of buggy (5/10)

-Luffy, Zoro and Nami end up getting captured by Buggy. (8/10)

-Buggy trying to kill Luffy with Sea water instead of a canon (9/10)

-No lion fight (1/10)

-The Plot around the dog was cut (5/10)

-No Jango in the Syrup village arc (0/10)

-Kuro kills merry (10/10 great change)

-Kuro being more of a threat and only having 2 of his crew left (7/10)

-Kaya being poisoned instead of being sick from depression (8/10)

-Kaya kissing Usopp (9/10)

-Luffy's sea battle with Garp before escaping to Baratie (7/10)

-Mihawk kills Don Krieg and nearly all of his armada thus removing his attack on Baratie (10/10)

-Mihawk being told by Garp to capture Luffy (7/10)

-Zoro's injuries are treated as much more serious.

-Gin being the only survivor of Don krieg's armada and NOT betraying Sanji's kindness (6/10, we lose an arc but it still does the job)

-Arlong kidnapping buggy and using him to find the strawhats. (9/10)

-Nami betraying the crew at Baratie

-No Hatchan (0/10 the best part of the crew)

-Luffy doesnt use Arlong's teeth to bite him. (0/10)

-Coco Village didnt understand why Nami worked with Arlong until after Arlong had the Marine's steal her money. (4/10)

-Garp fights Luffy to test his resolve before the grand line (8/10)

Overall those are just the big changes that were noticed and for the most part I enjoyed them. Most of it was likely for time constraint and overall I give the changes made 7/10

like the plot.

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The Characters

(I am only going to discuss the strawhats in length)

Monkey D Luffy: Played by Inaki Godoy:

Did He capture the spirit of the character? This actor is Luffy in Human form. I cant see anyone else as live action luffy. I would say his casting is on the level of Hugh Jackman as wolverine

Did the character get some changes? Aside from being a bit more sorrowful when his crew is in danger he is relatively the same. And maybe calming him down a touch to work with the tone works.

Did those changes work? Yes

10/10 casting

Roronoa Zoro: Played by Mackenyu Arata

Did they capture the spirit of the character? Yes, I think Mackenyu captured Zoro's seriousness and loyalty perfectly. Yes he is edgier but I think it works for the adaptation.

Did the character get some changes? Edgier and more serious than his manga counterpart at this time, but it never seen as TOO out of character

9.5/10 casting. He's good and I think he deserves credit where its due

Nami: Played by Emily Rudd

Did they capture the spirit of the character? Emily captured Nami's focus and how she is the level headed one of the group, she also got how its clear she is looking at all the angles and her emotional breakdown is phenominal.

Did the character get some changes? Nami is not as peppy in this, she is usually more playful and would use her wiles to get things. This iteration still will use her charm in some aspects but its usually more subdued and she doesnt try to scam free meals which I feel is a bit out of character for her.

Did those changes work?) Yes and no. I think they could have made Nami have more of a dichonomy, hiding her true self with fake optimism and scheming. She betrays the group a LOT in the original, but I can also see how with the time constraints it wouldnt have worked as well

8.5/10. She does it well but sometimes it didnt feel like Nami, but when she is on, its very convincing

Usopp: Played by Jacob Romero Gibson

Did they capture the spirit of the character? I think they nailed Usopp's Lying nature perfectly. Jacob also nails the secret insecurity that can be shown in his character. I think he suffers from the limited screen time and constraints of the show.

Did the character get some changes? Aside from physical features and removing his kid crew. They also give him a back story where he is shown WHY he lies so much and its cause of his mom who we see basically die. (Yassop you a$$)

Did those changes work? Yes to an extent. Usopp feels less useful until the end of the show where he finally clutches a win, but it feels minuscule in comparison

9/10. Jacob just needs a bit more screen time to flesh out his Usopp

Sanji: Played by Taz Skylar

Did they capture the spirit of the character?

Taz nails Sanji nearly perfectly. I would say he is just behind Inaki in terms of perfect casting. His presentation, his flair, his cool and flirty nature. He is the live action Sanji

Did the character get some changes? They made him less of a pervert and a bit more of a rebel. Changes I really enjoy because Sanji does suffer from the cliche perv trope. But they now made his interest in Women more flirty instead of out right perversion.

Did those changes work? It fits in quite well.

10/10

My only gripe is that Sanji joining the crew does feel a bit abrupt but thats time constraints and not Taz's fault

Now for the other characters the casting varies

Jeff ward's Buggy is nothing short of Inspired! They really upped the pirate clown by making him much more spotlight hungry and joker like antics. I loved how committed to the bit he was

Craig Fairbrass as Chef Zeff was basically Gordan Ramsey if he was a pirate and I LOVED it. His conversation with Garp is one of the best scenes in the show so far

Peter Gadiot as Shanks was serviceable but I never felt it was amazing

Morgan Davies was a solid Koby. Capturing that naive and cowardly nature mixed with a desire to do good no matter what.

Aiden Scott as Helmeppo was straight perfection.

Vincent Regan as Garp... Look wise he matches what I would expect but the direction they went with Garp is a mix for me. But overall I enjoyed it

McKinley Belcher III as Arlong. Im not gonna lie, I was so worried how Arlong would be handled but McKinley brought that aura of Menace to the role and I LOVE it

But let me tell you, out of all the side character, there was one that was such perfect casting and performance on par with Inaki's Luffy.

And its Steven Ward as Mihawk

LOOK AT THIS.

THE FLAIR! THE STERN LOOK. Even the aura of dominance. I dont know how the Live action did it, but they Made Mihawk EVEN COOLER.

Masterful performance and I was entranced every second he was on screen (GP is dressed like him for a reason)

His fight with Zoro was on the level of the Manga and for that I applaud

The rest of the casting was a mixed bag. The only child actors that I felt were good were child Sanji and Nami.

Overall solid casting 9/10

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Fight Choreography

I will say that for live action they do the best they can. Zoro's sword fights are always S tier. And I did like how creative they were without trying to mimic the manga one for one.

Kuro and Axe hand Morgan seemed like legit threats in this. And the fight with Buggy was creative.

Though the CGI was a mix in some places and some of it felt wacky for live action.

overall 8/10

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Cinematography:

How were the scenes shot? I think this show relied a bit TOO much on close ups. In some cases like in the Syrup Village arc, it worked as it added a level of suspence. But in the other cases its because they wanted to save on budget. When they go for the wide shots or shooting action scenes they do capture what they want and it is done quite well.

7/10

How were the backgrounds?

I felt that the stand out areas are the Baratie and Buggy's circus tent. Arlong park felt more like a lame carnival as opposed to a recreation of Sabody. But overall the shot of Logue town was phenominal.

7/10

The Atmosphere?

I think that the world was a bit more dark but it still did give off the air of freedom. In a way it felt like Pirates of the Caribbean. I give it a 7/10

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Does it grasp the spirit of the Manga?

Now this is what the live action really comes down to. Does this feel like one piece?

And to answer this, it needs to be discussed

Eiichiro oda himself oversaw every part of the live action remake, approving of Casting choices and the scripts.

And in that regard you can tell Oda called the shots, as this was adapting his baby.

Oda understood that making this a one for one would have been impossible, so he focused on capturing the Essence of One piece. And in that regard, this was successful.

Is the live action better than the Manga? No, but it has things that the manga doesnt have and in some regards the changes could be seen as improvements.

This one piece is just a piece of the One piece experience and I hope it does bring more people to watch it.

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My Final thoughts.

The show is good. I think it would be best to be a fan before going in, because this was made as a love letter to the fans. I think it could win over some new fans but its main focus is on the OG fans.

I can also understand why some fans didnt like the live action. Its not everyone's cup of tea.

But I think the acting is great, the plot is good and it is fun.

And thats what one piece is about, The fun of adventure.

Let it be free, and I give it my best rating of all live action

9/10

TLDR: If you like one piece, Give it a watch.

[sweetokies-fan]

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