#but it’s always funny to me that people make sanji a vampire and zoro a werewolf in aus

[winchester101]

They are vampire and werewolf coded

[jobroedchen-blog]

Thoughts on One Piece Live Action

UH I need to get this out of my system so I can work on my master thesis again and my friends weren't able to watch it at the moment, so I can not discuss anything with them jet y.y Beware of spoilers

I finished watching OPLA and I loved it. It made me laugh and I all my concerns washed away. Sure they changed stuff but they made it so good and it integrates wonderfully into the live-action pacing and world building. When I first heard about the live-action show I was concerned like everyone, but with more information dropped, the more exited I felt and knowing that Oda-Sensei was so heavily involved and had to give the OK, I was relieved.

So I watched the show in German (first language) and the voice actors form the Anime fit so perfectly with the actors. (If I have time I will watch it in English) There are no dialects in German dubbing or its very rare, but it would be funny to hear some in the background. (Somewhere in my head I want a Bavarian Garp and a Berlin Shanks) But even translated the jokes and emotional scenes were on point.

And holy this series is so ambiguous (is this the right word for "zweideutig" = you see one thing but has an underlying 2nd meaning) Like in the 2nd episode Makino comes from the other room with two drinks and a few moments later Shanks tumbles from that same room. Or Usopp's "does she like me, would you like me if you were her" scene and the scene were Zoro vowed to Luffy to stay by his side (they don't know but they are married now) Sanji is the walking zweideutig.

The acting is great, they gave some characters more seriousness. Like in the original Zoro in the East Blue was laughing more and Shanks was also a little bit more goofy-ish. They gave Makino a bit more of a badass vibes and Garp is not falling a sleep randomly. It works great but I would like more Zoro smiles.

The Corby, Helmeppo, Garp side story feels like a discussion a friend and I had. Like why did Garp do nothing about Arlong or Buggy or corrupted Navy members. Was he always on vacation when he visited Luffy and ignored the rest? Didn't he notice anything? And know in the Series it feels like a very good fan fiction taking on the problem and making Garp very protective of his grandson, chasing him around the East Blue and discovering all the shitty stuff that is happening around. And everybody who is like "Luffy is a heartless evil mastermind" signals Garp that they are the evil in the story. So Garp is kinda proud of his grandson, it's like Luffy is going the right path on the wrong way in his eyes. And they gave us more of Bogart. Usopp's Story to happen in the Mansion is also a great compromise. It also has a horror movie vibe. But Black and his subordinates for me don't really feel like cats or cat-ish they come of more like vampires, does anyone else got these vibes from them? And I thing more characters with severe injuries will die in the live action.

The only thing i don't really like is Arlong. I don't know what it is because I don't have a problem with his younger self in the flashback. Only his older self give me the something is off or doesn't fit right vibes. AAAND at last Buggy, he gives me nightmares. The Circus with chained innocent people who are forced to applause and laugh, god this is horror movie stuff. Buggy was in the original a feared and powerful enemy but he lost his seriousness a lot faster. In the series even as a head he gives me chills. It's not bad, the acting is great I just hate clowns.

I hope we get more and I hope they don't fuck the rest up. Wonderful day you all.