#and Luffy Zorro Sanji and Usopp

[inkling0121]

I know I've said this before but Im much farther in one piece now that I must reiterate: everyone on the strawhat crew is so aro/ace coded and at the same time theyre all dating each other

[iamnot-crazy]

Here is the orange piece for my one-piece monochrome series. I took a different approach to this one. Should I make prints of these? I also posted a video on Instagram if you wanna see the process.

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[mokneydloaf]

[beyond-far-horizons]

SANJI! I've been low-key waiting for him since the start. His beautiful lips, his beautiful smile! Wasn't sure about the accent at first, but the actor is so great. I laughed so hard when he saw Nami, then Zoro made fun of her (he is lowkey jealous - I love their growing bond), then Luffy pretended to get it. I LOVE them all you guys. This is the adaptation I've been waiting for.

Love how they make it realistic, but also faithful to OPs utter weirdness. And the undercurrent critique of governmental and military power. So happy to have OP back in my life . Now I need Law and Doffy...

[ijustgotherebro]

One Piece 4kids Rap (FULLY ANIMATED)

[19eyebrows]

I won't judge the One Piece live action series by now.

I'm currently just super excited for more One Piece content (and the trailer looks promising actually) and I want to stay in high mood until I watched the whole show <3

(the obvious changes they did don't bother me tbh)

[softness-and-shattering]

Why are all the men on one piece so hot?! help

[bleachanimefan1]

King and Queen of the Pirates Part 64

Island Where the Snow Lives! Climb the Drum Rockies!,

As Luffy and Ichi continued to head towards the mountain they heard a low rumbling sound. They saw Wapol, with his two henchmen, riding a large woolly hippo and they came to a screeching halt as they stopped in front of the two Straw hats. "Halt!" Wapol shouted, furiously. "Boy, your impertinence is unpardonable!"

"Get out of my way! I don't have time for you! Move!" Luffy shouted.

"Move? Wa ha ha ha ha. Why should I move!?" Wapol laughed. "Your three friends there are more dead than alive!" Luffy and Ichi ignored them and started to walk away. "I said stop!"

"Aha! I just thought of a new law!" Wapol shouted. "Chess! Write this down!"

"Yes, sire!"

"ANYONE WHO IGNORES THE KING, DIES!" Wapol smirked and laughed evilly. "START BY KILLING THOSE THREE THE SICK AND THE INJURED ONES!"

"Yes, sire!" The second henchman jumped at Luffy, holding a mace, trying to attack him. 

"What!?" Luffy dodged and Wapol's henchman tried to attack Luffy again.

"You dirty-!" Luffy growled about to throw a punch at him before he stopped. "If you mix it up with them. Every blow you take, Nami will feel it!"

 "Ichi, run!" Luffy and Ichi ran and Wapol and his two men chased after them.

"Get back here!" Wapol shouted.

"I'LL REMEMBER THIS, YOU JERKS!" Luffy shouted, angrily.

"Running won't save you, coward!" The jester henchman pulled out a bow and started to shoot arrows at them. Luffy and Ichi continued to run while they tried to dodge the flying projectiles. But when they looked behind them, Luffy and Ichi saw that the two men had disappeared.

"Where'd they go?" Ichi asked.

"Did they give up?" Luffy wondered as well. Suddenly, the ground began to shake behind them while their backs were turned and a large mouth came out. It was about to chomp down on Luffy and Ichi. Luffy quickly pushed Ichi out of the way and jumped into the air as Wapol snapped is teeth down. Wapol's two henchmen jumped out of the snow surrounding Luffy and Ichi on both sides, attacking them.

"This is snow country combat! The white mantle! Snow powder makeup!"

"In their weakened states they'll be killed instantly!"

"Checkmate!" Wapol smirked. Luffy's eyes widened when he saw the jester aiming his arrow at him. 

"DON'T!" Luffy screamed. Suddenly, large white rabbits emerged from the snow and jumped into the air, smacking the two henchmen away with their claws.

"Polar bears?" Luffy blinked in surprise.

"Lapins!?" Wapol cried out, shocked.

"Hey, it's those rabbit things!" Ichi shouted.

"They're protecting them!" One of the henchmen shouted.

"Impossible! Lapins hate humans!" The second shouted, surprised as well. Luffy noticed two of the Lapins looked familiar. It was the one he helped, pulling them out of the snow.

"THANKS LAPINS! YOU SAVED US!" Luffy grinned. Luffy and Ichi ran while the Lapins stayed back to fend off Wapol and his men.

"DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY!" Wapol cried out.

Finally, Luffy and Ichi had made it to the base of the mountain. "D-Doctor...Doctor....Doctor..." Luffy shivered. Luffy and Ichi stopped and looked up to see the tall mountain in front of them. The wind was blowing the snow around wildly, making it hard to see above. "Can't see the top."

"Are you sure you're alright, captain?" Ichi asked Luffy, worried, shaking a little from the cold. He saw that Luffy's skin was a little blue and had frost on it. Luffy shivered.

"We're almost there." Luffy said then he looked back to Nami and Sanji who were tied to his back.

"Just hang on a little longer, guys." Luffy said and he began to slowly climb up, carrying Nami on his back and Sanji with his mouth. Ichi followed Luffy as he climbed up beside him.

"L, we're almost there."

About halfway up the mountain, Luffy and L stopped as they felt their fingers were starting to get numb. "It's so c-cold." The wind picked up even more blowing harder. Suddenly, Luffy's hand slipped on a sharp piece of rock, cutting his fingers. "Ow!"

Luffy cried out in pain and Sanji was now plummeting down to the ground. "Ahh! Sanji!" Luffy quickly stretched his neck, grabbing Sanji by his mouth again. Luffy pulled himself back up, holding onto Sanji. Luffy and Ichi continued to climb up the mountain. Luffy's hands and fingers were bleeding, getting more cut up as they headed up. Ichi's fingers were getting scratched as well. Ichi stopped to catch his breath for a moment. As he glanced over at Luffy, Ichi's eyes widened in horror when he saw Luffy falling as he lost consciousness.

"Captain!" Ichi cried out. He immediately released his grip and dove down towards Luffy, trying to grab him. The two were plummeting fast towards the ground. He was not a crybaby anymore! He was a man!

"LUFFY!"

Luffy groaned as he heard Ichi's voice calling out to him. His whole body felt completely numb and cold. Luffy was drifting in and out of consciousness as he saw himself going back up the mountain. It strangely felt like he was floating.

"Captain..."

"Captain..." Luffy groaned hearing Ichi's voice calling out to him.

"Captain, wake up!"

Luffy slowly opened his eyes seeing Ichi looking over him in worry. "We made it."

In front of them was a large castle.

"That's a pretty castle..." Luffy murmured, tiredly, and he collapsed into the snow. 

"Captain!" Ichi cried out until he saw something heading towards them. He squinted his eyes trying to see through the blizzard, shouting at them.

"Help us!!!"

Aya groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. She saw darkness all around her and realized that she was buried in the snow. Before the avalanche, Aya felt Usopp wrapping his arms around her as he tried to shield himself and her from the falling snow. Aya's eyes widened.

Usopp! Where was he!? And where was Vivi? Aya tried to move her arms and legs until she dug herself out of the snow. She saw Vivi frantically shouting and crawling around in the snow, calling for them. Vivi quickly turned to Aya when she saw her.

"Aya! You're okay! Help me! I can't find Usopp!" She cried out. Aya crawled out of the hole and began to search and dig around the snow with Vivi until Vivi saw a large stalk sticking out of the snow. She quickly called Aya over and Aya immediately recognized it. Usopp's nose!

"Usopp!" Aya shouted and helped Vivi dig the sniper out of the snow. Usopp laid motionless.

"Wake up, Usopp!" Vivi patted Usopp's cheek, trying to wake him up. The sniper groaned a little, slowly opening his eyes.

"What? Vivi, let me sleep. I was having the nicest dream! I was in a garden filled with beautiful flowers and little streams. It was almost out of this world." He smiled before losing consciousness.

"YOU'RE ALMOST OUT OF THIS WORLD!" Vivi screamed and started to violently shake him.

"Usopp! Wake up! Don't fall asleep!" Aya shouted.

"No! Usopp, wake up! Don't die!" Vivi began to punch Usopp, repeatedly pelting him in the face. "Usopp!"

"Vivi, stop!" Aya shouted, trying to pull her away. Usopp groaned and sat up, seeing the two girls. Aya's eyes widen as she saw Usopp's face was completely swollen.

"Are you okay?" she asked him, trying not to laugh.

"I thought I was a goner." Usopp replied. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Just cold. It was Vivi who actually managed to wake you up." Aya told him. Usopp looked at Vivi.

"Phew, you saved me, Vivi." He said in relief. "But is it my imagination, or is my face swollen?"

"It's frostbite! Yeah, frostbite! It's terrible in snow countries. But never mind that. We've got to figure out where we are and what's going on." Vivi smiled sheepishly and got up and walked away. Usopp and Aya followed as they tried to find a village or come across someone. Suddenly, something lunged out of the snow in front of them, startling them.

"What's that!?" Usopp screamed. Aya blinked in surprise, seeing that it was Zoro, who was completely shirtless.

"Rats! I'm freezing and I got caught in an avalanche! What rotten luck."

"Zoro!?" Aya exclaimed. The swordsman turned around confused until his eyes widen when he saw her and Vivi.

"Huh? Aya. Vivi." Zoro shivered before he narrowed his eyes at Usopp, barely recognizing him, seeing his swelled-up face. "And..Usopp. What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here!?" Usopp questioned.

"I thought you were back with the ship?" Aya asked him.

"I went for a midwinter swim." Zoro answered.

"A midwinter swim!?" Vivi blinked in disbelief.

"That's right. But there was a fish in the river, and I was surprised to see a fish in such cold water, so I chased after it. But I got out on the wrong side of the river and got lost in the woods." Zoro explained.

"You idiot!" Aya shouted at him.

"What were you thinking walking around half naked in the cold!?" Usopp shouted at him as well.

"Never mind that. Usopp, give me your coat!" Zoro shivered.

"No way!" Usopp shook his head.

"I can't believe you went out in this cold." Aya told him.

"Then give me your coat!" Zoro asked her.

"N-No way!" 

Vivi watched in disbelief at the three of them bickering back and forth. "I wonder if putting up with these lunatics is what made Nami sick."

[sleepdeprived-idiot]

FRIEND THAT STARTED ONE PIECE IS AT EPISODE 45 I REPEAT FRIEND THAT STARTED ONE PIECE IS AT EPISODE 45

[staratie]

Do you mind writing a Zoro touch expansion headcanon?

touch starved zoro

i don’t mind! i hope you enjoy it (:

sfw-ish. some angst, sensual touching, a little spice at the end but nothing too graphic wc: 703 summary: luffy and usopp couldn’t help but playfully make fun of zoro after they overheard his interaction with you at the harbor. extra info: zoro x f!reader, you are a waitress with sword fighting skills.

“I missed you...” Luffy laughed jokingly, imitating Zoro’s tone. “I wish you went with us soooo badly ’cause we were gone for soooo long.”

“Y’know that’s not how it went.” Usopp corrected. “You forgot the big heart eyes he had when we were at the harbor. Zoro’s in looovvve.”

Zoro rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest. “You two are overdoing it.” He neither denied or agreed to Usopp’s last statement, so that left the two male Straw Hat Pirates wondering exactly how he felt about you.

“So correct them!” Nami exclaimed. “They’ve been doing nothing but this for the past hour.” She rolled her eyes and slumped against her chair.

“He doesn’t owe any of us an explanation, my friends.” Sanji replied. He and Zoro exchanged nods. “Now, let’s order from this restaurant and act like adults for the sake of our visit.”

“Welcome to—” the waitress started.

“You’re new.” Zoro observed, giving her a judging stare.

“Um. Yes…how can I serve you all today?” She asked quietly.

“Does a waitress that carries a sword still work here?” Sanji inquired.

“Yeah! And she likes to hang out at the harbor?” Usopp added.

“Stop interrogating her.” Nami defended. “We’ll take one of everything.”

The poor thing nodded her head and hurried away from their table. Nami gave Sanji and Zorro her typical “what the hell” stare. Usopp shrugged his shoulders when he wasn’t acknowledged. At least he wasn’t in trouble.

- - -

Dinner was delicious. The Straw Hats had full stomachs as they walked back to their ship. Zoro walked slowly, hoping to find a glimpse of you in the crowd.

“Damn it.” He murmured quietly.

“What?” Luffy asked curiously.

“She had today off.”

“So?”

“We agreed to meet at the fountain. And I missed it.” Zoro replied, irritated at his forgetfulness.

“And…?” Luffy motioned for him to continue.

“I told her I wanted her to join the crew.”

“Well, she is very skilled. Probably the world’s second greatest swordswoman.” Luffy felt tension between him and his first mate. He had never seen Zoro like this. “Why did she say no?”

“Because she didn’t want to.” Zoro replied defensively. He clutched the hilt of his katana tightly.

“Want to? Or couldn’t?” Luffy suggested.

Zoro pushed him aside and trudged to the Go Merry. He went to his cabin, shut the door, and grumbled a string of negative self talk. When he turned around, he was surprised to see you on his bed.

“You’re here?” He whispered. You playfully nodded your head, hopped off, and walked to him, gently taking his hands in yours.

“Yes, Zoro, I am.” You replied, looking into his eyes.

“Why?” He asked, leaning his forehead on yours. You slowly kissed his lips, making him stiffen. It was gentle, but sent intense feelings of desire in him. He crushed his lips against yours and wrapped his arms around your waist, holding you closer. You led him to his bed, giving him the choice of how to handle the situation. He plopped you on the mattress and hovered over you, meeting your intense gaze. “Why?” He asked again.

“Because, Zoro,” you said, dancing your fingers down his face. They went down his cheeks, neck, chest, and stopped in front his pants. “I want to give you a proper goodbye.”

“So it is a no…” he closed his eyes as he felt you run your fingers up and down his bulge.

“But not yet.” You added, slowly removing his pants down. “Not tonight.”

Zoro grabbed your wrists and held them on the sides of your face. He gave out an animalistic growl and started to kiss the side of your neck, slowly going down until he reached the neckline of your top.

“You’re the captain tonight.” You whispered as he took off your shirt. You sat up and sighed as he greedily kissed you and brought his hands under your skirt to rub you right there, right where it felt so good.

You positioned yourself where he can easily slide in, and he does.

“Would a captain really do this?” He asked hoarsely, readying to enter. You closed your eyes and let him take you.

“The one in this cabin does.”

[clovermarigold]

One Piece and a Sweet Tooth Reader

Luffy

Luffy learned of your particular obsession with all things sweet when he bumped into you in the middle of the night in his own kitchen raid, scooping Spoonfuls of sugar directly into your mouth. Luffy doesn't judge, as a matter of fact he's excited that he finally has someone to raid the kitchen with. Just keep in mind to let each of you have your own half of the kitchen because you have and will start fighting over food.

One night the two of you were playing tug of war with a pastry when Zoro, visibly upset, bed head and all, threw the two of you onto the crow's nest and didn't let you come down till the next day. To make things worse, he had Sanji start locking up at night, marking the end of you and Luffy's night raids.

Sanji

Sanji didn't realize the extent of your obsessive sweet tooth until he found out about yours and Luffy's nightly escapades. You had made a point to gush and praise nearly everything he made, though looking back on it, you were particularly adamant on the desert side of things.

After taking away your unsupervised kitchen access, it was apparent to the rest of the crew you were going through withdrawal symptoms. Sanji once found you passed out on the front of the deck from a particularly strong sugar crash.

Sanji makes sure to add sweet fruits and healthy alternatives so that you can enjoy your food and still eat healthy.

Nami

Nami is pretty concerned about the amount of sugar you put into your body on the daily. She has and will continue to police your diet. Once for dinner Sanji made a vegetable casserole. You of course were having none of it claiming to not be hungry. Nami pulled the ultimate mom move, not letting you leave the table until you ate your food.

Easy to say you were having none of it and acted like a child the entire time. Eventually you caved, eating a third of it, begrudgingly finding it delicious, 'damn you Sanji and your amazing ability to make garbage taste like heaven'.

Through a bit more gentle approaches and teamwork with Sanji, the two were able to get you on a more sustainable diet.

Usopp

Usopp the absolute bane of the crew's existence when it comes to fixing your eating habits. He can't help it! Just give him a small pout and he'll cave and either sneak you one of Sanji's baked goods or conveniently forget to lock the kitchen door.

Zorro has repeatedly had to scold him for being the 'weakest link'. In his defense, you never take too much advantage of him. Making sure to keep Luffy out of the kitchen when he leaves it open for you, and only ever asking when you can tell you're going to have a sugar crash.

With the exception of Sanji, who makes your delicious sweets, Usopp is your favorite person in the world.

Zoro

Zorro was fine with your unhealthy habits until it started to affect his sleep schedule. You and Luffy were not as sneaky as you thought you were, knocking pots and pans against each other in your quest for midnight munchies. Zorro slept closest to the kitchen, the only one close enough to hear your antics. It annoyed him, yes, but he put up with it, knowing in a few minutes the two of you would leave.

That was until the two of you started to argue and fight over some food. Finally losing his patients he threw the two of you in the crow's nest and slept leant up against the mast. The next morning, he told the others about your nightly ritual.

Having now explained his dwindling sugar rations, Sanji banned you and Luffy from the kitchen without Supervision. While Nami took it upon herself to fix your diet. You're still salty with Zoro about it to this day.

Shanks

Shanks has experience dealing with people with insatiable appetites. cough cough, Luffy. So, what's the difference besides a change in taste.

He doesn't police your eating habits like the others. Instead, making sure you consistently brush your teeth and eat the occasional fruit and drink lots of milk. That being said he doesn't always let you eat what you want.

"No that's quite enough" he says sliding the bowl of chocolates out of your reach. Cue, a five-hour long span of being passive aggressive. He's used to it though. And he knows the second he gives you a new treat you'll act like nothing ever happened.

Mihawk

Mihawk was never really one for candies and pestries. He prefers bitter chocolates and the occasional sweet wine, but not anywhere close to the extent of you. He isn't the biggest fan of your eating habits and will often chastise you for it. But it's never from spite or to be cruel, he just doesn't want you to get tooth rot. And considering how much you eat, it's a miracle you haven't yet.

Similarly, to Nami and Sanji, he will push you to eat healthier, but he does it differently. The other two find a middle ground in making healthy foods taste sweeter. Mihawk, for lack of a better way of saying it, dog trains you. Using sweets as a reward for eating healthy.

He will also use them to reward you in training. Hit your target dead on? Thats a sweet. He doesn't do it to be demeaning or condescending, it's just genuinely the only thing that works short of forcing the greens down your throat.

Buggy

There aren't many things capable of freaking out Buggy or catching him off guard. But the day he found out the extent of your sweet tooth was one of them.

You had a habit of eating the crew's caramel corn and cotton candy, which initially he had no problem with. All of the freaks skimmed off the top. But after a while he was running out of things to feed his audience... or, well... throw at. All he had left were peanuts and no one actually got the peanuts from the circus.

So, he took away your concession privileges.... This didn't end well. The term gremlin is best used to describe you when deprived of sugar.

Buggy's trying to enjoy peace and quiet? BAM you're there, leering at him from the shadows. Buggy's painting his makeup? BAM, you're in the mirrors reflection judging him.

Safe to say his circus is now renowned for their salted peanuts.... Someone send this man help.

[sometipsygnostalgic]

We finished one piece live action!

It was interesting how they made East Blue a lot more cohesive, and they made a lot of connections to future arcs which didn't exist originally. Aarlong's whole deal doesn't make sense to manga readers unless they have reached 500 chapters in, but he is way more connected to the sun pirates here. And Koby is a minor character in One Piece, but one of the main characters of OPLA, with Garp also having a presence. Both characters feel veeeery different to their canon selves, but I think they wrap around to being like how Koby and Garp are in Marineford.

Nami, Zorro. Sanji and Luffy were very charming. They have more dialogue between each other here. Overall the characters feel like they were put in a modern day AU, then those AU versions were put back into One Piece! They take things a lot more seriously, Luffy is a kinder but more serious character, Nami and Zorro get a lot of interaction, and Sanji is pleasant to watch, coming across as softer and happier than his canon counterpart.

Unfortunately the same can't be said for everyone - Usopp is arguably my favourite strawhat and one of the best characters in the canon, but I feel like they missed the point of him in the live action. Like, every one of his important scenes was removed! Instead of the smart, cowardly guy who fights with himself to do brave things even if it's hopeless, he never has any moments of threat or skill and just falls into success. He comes across as a dimwitted joke character.

That is a shame, the character and actor deserve better imo.

[melonteee]

You know, as much as I enjoyed OPLA, I got to admit there were some strange and weird changes to the source material. Like Zorro is named Zolo now, Luffy sounds like Sean Connery, Buggy is from Outer Space and wants to be a doctor, Mohji has a spastic colon, Usopp tickles people's butts in their sleep, Kaya has a grudge against pillows, Kuro leads a pirate crew of cat sprayers, Gaimon is a snuff film director, Sanji farts in salads, Zeff is Santa Claus and his brother is Don Krieg, Pearl is renamed Anthony and is anti-porn, and Mihawk is Jesus Christ. Yeah, they really strayed far from the original manga and anime.

A universe where Zoro was FUCKING KIDDING!! GOD!!!

[drowninginblox]

Do you think the Straw Hats get touch-starved?

I’ve been getting into One Piece recently and the thought of getting isikaied into the show has been making its rounds in my head. Thinking of what I would do if allowed onboard has become my newest pastime so ima ramble about it.

Ofc I would do manual work and help out with the ship's cosmetics, maybe take on a little bit of everyone else’s work if they let me, but overall, what would be my role? Then I started thinking about how broken everyone is and I thought- what if I just played support?

And then the angst came rushing in-

So this is how touch-starved the straw hats are (in my POV ofc)

Luffy

I don’t think Luffy is a touch person

I mean yes the dude likes hugs and shit but I don’t think he’d die without them.

To me, Luffy comes off as someone who likes gifts or words of affirmation above everything else

Probably cus I see this guy as an aro/ace icon but that's just me

Usopp

Mans is starving but he wouldn’t realize it until literally the moment he gets crumbs

I think it’s made worse by the fact he’s thinking about Kaya almost as much as he is living in the moment (if that makes any sense)

If I were to offer him a cuddle sesh I think he’d legit think about it for a bit before turning me down out of respect for Kaya

But he be longing for physical affection bro I Mf know it

Sanji

Wants but won’t give in

As of right now, this man is a fucking s l a v e to Nami so I think that the same principle for Usopp would follow to Sanji. The only difference being his reaction would be more vocal and immediate.

“Absolutely not!”

That is to say, he definitely struggles with physical touch. I’m sure of it. There is something deep inside this boy that struggles when it comes to self-worth. I can’t place it yet but I can see it-

Zoro

I think he’d call me a whore? Idk why. But my mind is telling me that this man doesn’t need physical touch. What he needs is physical therapy for over-exerting himself.

Fr tho, if Zoro ever got the notion that he wants some hugs or platonic cuddles, I think it would be a struggle to come to terms with that.

Very much “I haven’t wanted/ needed this before, so why do I crave this now?” From that, I’d think he’d internalize that struggle until it’s something he can’t war over anymore.

He’d eventually get over himself and ask for a hug or putting his head on my lap when no one else is around/ when everyone else is asleep except us.

Nami

Oh Nami, my Nami. You do not trust easy.

You lie to yourself and strive in your own but I know that you will take anything you get girl

She’d only take side hugs if someone asked for a hug.

She doesn’t ask for one unless it’s after a life-or-death situation/something stressful. The same can be said for cuddles

I hope this bitch is pampered by someone she loves just as is not more than berries.

Honestly if it wasn't for the fact that he was a pervert, i'd put my money on Sanji but... i highly doubt that

Koby

He so is.

As soon as I offered, he would have his arms out. Always open for. a hug.

I think he'd make cuddling more than it is though.

But once he gets over it, if the free time presents itself, absolutely.

BONUS!!!

Spoilers for season 2 of OPLA or Alabasta for the new anime watchers/ manga readers!

Robin

No.

Physical touch is not on the menu for her

Not now at least.

One day though

Chopper

An adorable little thing like him is always down for a hug I know it

Will ask for hugs and cuddles not for himself but for the person he's asking them from. Mostly from Nami, Zorro, and Robin

Chopper would prob get the same vibe for me lmao

[peaceshire]

Curious about your takes (if any) on ZoLu? (zoro/Luffy) it’s maybe the only strawhat ship I like outside of Franky and Robin

OMG I'm so upset right now because this ask reminded me of a specific Zolu doujin that I LOVED, and that basically formed all my headcanons for that ship ... and I CANNOT FIND IT !!! I should have saved it, nooo ... But to summarize it, basically Luffy just gets horny one day and looks at the crew like "Hey, one of you. Let's have sex." And of course everyone quickly finds a way out of it except for Zorro (its early crew, so I think only Nami, Usopp, Sanji and Zorro are present). Zorro is like ... what the hell why me? And Luffy is just too brutal, like he really does a number on Zorro. The rest of the crew is like ... dang, RIP ... thanks for your sacrifice LOL Then, some time later, it happens AGAIN and AGAIN everyone comes up with excuses and the job of working out their captain's sexual urges falls to Zorro again. (You can see where this is going!) Basically, it becomes Zorro's job. Its rough on his ass, so at first its a pain, but slowly he starts to REALLY enjoy it, and before he knows it he's really down bad for Luffy. He's fallen in love (and become a total slave to his dick, too.) ANYWAYS I don't remember how the doujin ended LOL But I really like that idea for how something may start up between the two of them. Basically just Luffy being very matter of fact about his sexual needs. He doesn't see it as a big deal. And it doesn't start like a big deal to Zorro, either- but eventually he catches feelings. I def think Zorro falls first, and probably for a LONG time its pretty one-sided (romantically, not sexually.) But I think eventually, they could end up on the same page! And Zorro will be so relieved and happy ... <3

[dasha-aibo]

Man, I watched modern One Piece with my bf

I watched it up to the end of the Alabasta arc back in, like, 2006 and the difference is staggering

Like, I won't even harp on the fights taking too long or the amount of recaps and reused footage. It's egregious, but that's shonen for you, I guess.

The fights are shit. None of the enemies have interesting abilities, everything devolves into beam spams, even for fucking ZORRO, who uses swords, but his big fight of the last arc is still somehow a beam spam. And the animation is either stiff, because they're saving up for big sakuga moments... Or big sakuga moments that are so chaotic and over-animated you can barely tell what the fuck is going on.

A lot of the time I couldn't gauge the stakes at all. Sanji VS Queen comes to mind, as it felt like the fucking dinosaur should've been defeated for at least six times before he actually went down.

Oda's quirk of drawing some characters really big for no good reason always looked cute from a distance but in the actual fights it just looks goofy compared to normal-size protags.

Was excited to see Brook and Franky, who weren't even introduced when I stopped watching and they did fuck all.

Chopper and Usopp felt like they were doing fuck all too.

Gear 5 is a mess. I get that they're trying to evoke the feeling of rubberhose cartoons / Looney Tunes shenanigans, but they're also trying to marry it with outrageous sakuga and it just ends up looking like animation vomit. The boring fight location and the very dull color palette aren't helping to distinguish WTF is going on on the screen either. And Luffy somehow acheiving it right after seemingly dying because he's a special chosen one boy with a very special fruit is just... So boring.

I understand that I started watching in the middle of an arc and I'm missing context, but it felt like most of the fights laked any personal emotional stakes too.

I compare it to the fight against Crocodile and his goons and not only was everyone involved, everyone had to think and improvise how to counter their enemies' abilities (except Zorro, lmao), the animation was a lot easier to read even if it was cheaper and everything just kind of felt more grounded and understandable. We knew our team's limitations and understood the powers of our enemies.

That said, I did like some of the fights in the new ark:

Sanji VS Queen at least had some emotional beats for Sanji, even if they spent way too long on them. Should've left the angst for after the fight.

Killer VS Straw Doll guy was a genuinely cool fight with a creative power set and solution. I didn't even know who those jobbers are, but they clearly had history and emotional stakes, I cared about what was going on. Best fight of the whole arc.

Trafalgar and Kid VS Big Momma was kinda cool. Interesting powers, the two had to learn how to fight together, shit was happening. Momma as a big stationary target was kind of meh, tho. Like, she was a glorified turret.

Overall, I was expecting more out of the modern One Piece. I adore the early arks and was planning to catch up, but now I'm unsure.