#lo watches opla

[thus-spoke-lo]

HELP I’M SIMPING FOR THE CLOWN

"Want to see what else I can do?" YES please

OPLA is doing something to me

Anyways, what is your opinion so far?

I especially like how it’s not a carbon copy of the anime, gives you something refreshing whilst still sticking to the overall storyline.

Please 😭 I’m obsessed with Buggy and that line had me sliding off the sofa. Jeff Ward is bringing the energy I wanted from Buggy (pathetic and desperate) but also…sexy in a confusing way.

I’m only 3 episodes in but I have some thoughts! (Nothing too spoilery but still sticking below a cut.)

Okay so.

Jacob is killing it as Usopp. He’s sooo charming, and I would happily let him tell me outlandish tales of sea adventures any day.

Emily as Nami is totally stealing the show for me in a good way. I’d watch 8 episodes of Nami having adventures tbh.

I’m slightly underwhelmed with Zoro so far, I feel like they leaned very heavily on the cool/collected swordsman image, when even early Zoro is a little goofy. The acting/delivery isn’t bad in any way, I think it’s just the writing and direction. But my feelings may change as the season progresses. His fight choreography is excellent though!

The sets and the costumes and the props are *chefs kiss.* I’m a huge fucking nerd for special effects and prop design, and the level of detail they put into this show is incredible.

I’m satisfied with the story changes they made to accelerate everyone meeting and advance the plot enough that this arc can be crammed into just 8 episodes. I’m viewing it as more of an interpretation/companion piece than feeling like it should be a literal 1-1 translation into live action.

Overall I’m really enjoying it so far, and can’t wait to see the rest!

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Currently Watching: Dr. Stone, opla, and the anime! we just finally rounded back up to whole cake, where we started watching. just a few more eps in zou and then i'll be caught all the way up 😵

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Belleeee happy Sanji Day!!!🥳🩵💛✨

He vuelto pero en llanto JAJAJAJAJA AAAAA ISDJIFNEIFKE

no fr I sometimes rewatch something to start connecting the plot points that I probably didn’t notice the first time just to see how everything was developed from the beginning, or just to enjoy it and then I notice random little things lol

has escuchado ese audio que dice “buenos días y que dios bendiga a los hombres✨”?? yo con Law cuando apareció en Marineford JAJAJAJAJAJAJJ I see it and I get it and now I confirm it🫶🏽

no pero literalmente soy yo con todas las películas y series que digo que quiero ver y no termino viendo JAJAJAJAJA for some reason the moment I sat down or have time to watch it I don’t feel like I’m in the mood for them (even tho I want to watch them) y termino volviendo a ver algo que ya vi o ver op JAJAJA

I mean yeah what were people expecting from og merch from his brand?? o sea yo sé que para mí es mentira que voy a comprar algo porque no tengo el dinero para eso pero, son productos oficiales de calidad how can they not cost that much?? and yeeees the hoodies are so cool!!! cuando digo que quisiera merch de las cosas que me gustan pero con estilo, that is what I’m expecting lol and the logos are so creative and cute!! I wonder if he’ll come up with new ones after opla season 2 🫶🏽✨

ahí vamos a ver dijo el ciego (y ojalá vea algo😭 JAJSJAJAJA) ya llevo un mes y creo que voy bien así que ojalá de verdad me ayude🫡

it’s going to sound funny/simple/cliché but I just fucking love friendship and its dynamics JAJAJAJAJA y en serio amo cómo desarrollan estas relaciones para cada uno and it makes me a little insane too bc I just love them all and want them to see each other so bad rn😭

si no lo mantienen humilde, fuera el primero en perder la cabeza JAJAJAJA but it does make me wonder if the poster would ever change to an actual picture tho porque (al menos parece) cambian la recompensa y foto cada vez que hacen algo peor y aunque aún no se reúnen, si me da curiosidad que tendrán qué hacer/qué pasará para que actualicen los posters

Belle, quedé 🤡 por creer que no iba a poder llorar más cómo me hizo llorar el arco de sabaody JAJAJAJAJA desde Bon Clay hasta la estúpida guerra empecé a considerar ver la serie con kleenex y botella de agua a la par JAJAJAJ SIDKEJ I have so many thoughts and so many things to say y este throwback the ASL fue como una curita y sal en la herida a la vez 😂😭🫶🏽

más que, casi nada que ver, pero después de terminar Marineford yo toda tristita y cuando me meto a insta me sale un reel de cuándo Ace aparece en Alabasta pero con la canción de “mami soy tu vaquero” al fondo y yo😭😭💀 “no hay respeto para los que están sufriendo” pero me dio risa JAJAJAAJ

wtf JAJAJAJAJAJA o sea con respeto pero qué les pasa 💀 maybe bc just based on animation you can’t tell their ages?? idk but that just a big no for me, que siga de delulu y que le ayude pero hasta ahí amiga por favor busca terapia JAJAJA

y si la verdad es que me encantan las islas en que terminaron porque ya con los snippets que han mostrado se nota que van a tener que superar retos o aprovechar oportunidades que se les presentan para crecer cómo no iban a poder hacerlo si seguían juntos, like yes you can improve with support from family and friends pero creo que este momento demuestra que a veces hay cosas que te toca aprender por tu cuenta. I also thought the drag queens depiction was kinda mocking them :// pero también me da risa por Sanji la verdad es que se lo merece JAJAJAJAJA

HAPPY SANJI DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! i should celebrate it somehow and yet all i've done today was ride a car for 10 hours LMFAO (me esperaba la vuelta en llanto cuando dijiste q ibas a empezar impel down AJAJAJ no hay manera de terminar digna viendo esos arcos)

i'm soooooo sure when i take the time to rewatch one piece i'm gonna be like OMG WAAAAIT because i Know oda has been constantly cooking and you don't notice it until you go back to it LMAO

AJAJAJ NO ESE AUDIO PA LAAAAW pero honestamente mi misma reacción cuando apareció de nuevo, por un segundo sospecha por el resto law por favor salva a este hombre no sería nada sin ti

rip a todas esas series y películas q alguna vez dijimos q íbamos a ver y simplemente no lo hicimos JAJAJA nooo te juro q había gente despotricando cuático contra él y yo como ???? son ustedes estúpidos dígamelo por favor. i hope he comes up with more for season 2!!! like imagine the chopper and robin ones they would be soooo cute mackenyu don't fail us with this LMAO

NO BUT SAME like do i get a little insane sometimes and i'm like ok but this in a romantic way? sure, but mainly i just Love Friendships and how different they can all be and i just love how they're depicted on one piece, none of them are the same and yet they're all just as important ode fucking Gets It

👁👁 no diré nada al respecto jiji pero pronto verás q sucede con los posters

everything after sabaody is just mean and cruel and for What, i think i was literally crying every other episode because they simply do Not stop hitting you with things and you're like please give me one second to get my shit back together and they're like NO have a throwback about how happy luffy was with his brothers and now Cry about it and there's nothing you can do

NO EL VIDEO DE ACE CON ESA CANCIÓN AJAJAJAJAJAJ mejor video peor momento para verlo, tu instagram te escuchó decir ace y dijo oooh? quiere ver el mejor video de ace de la vida? le daremos el mejor video de ace de la vida AJAJAJ

creo q son los fans japoneses sobre todo, también aman la idea de nami y luffy juntos (y zoro y perona) y yo como ???? todos ellos son Hermanos dejen q los hombres y las mujeres tengan relaciones importantes sin ser románticas ajajaj

siii la separación fue dura pero necesaria pa todos ellos pq literal la única manera q se van a poder hacer más fuertes sin el miedo, o no miedo, pero sin el peligro constante de otros piratas y la marina y todo. uno de los arcos q viene mucha gente dice q es el peor arco de sanji y yo como nada va a ser peor q la manera q este anime trata a las drag queens (y no era peor tal vez es pq crecí viendo anime de los 90 pero yo estaba como ?? esto es lo peor q pasa? ok AJAJAJ)

[thus-spoke-lo]

Favorite scene(s) from the One Piece live action? (Just save this for when you've watched all of it, if you haven't already.)

i JUST watched the last episode and I have...so many. So I will try to keep it short lol. In no particular order:

Pretty much any scene between Garp and Koby--Garp teaching Koby (and the audience) about strategy and his philosophies

The whole Buggy sequence--god I wanna [redacted] that clown.

MIHAWK'S INTRO SCENE OMG HE WAS SOOOO BITCHY I WAS IN LOVE FROM THE TIME HE OPENED HIS MOUTH

The dinner party at Kaya's--it felt like a really good summary of everyone's personalities, and Kuro being a rat bastard

Sanji's introduction!! We immediately know that he's a little pretentious, a huge flirt, and has a love-hate relationship with his mentor but that there's clearly respect and understanding there.

"Luffy--help me." Emily Rudd slayed that delivery.

And of course, the Jolly Roger reveal in the last sequence of the final episode 😭

[thus-spoke-lo]

Thoughts on opla Sanji? 👀 (Sorry if you already answered this, I've been away for a bit.)

I think Taz has done an awesome job with making Sanji feel like a real person and not playing him like a caricature of the anime Sanji. They wrote him really well I think, and made him suave and charming! I’m only up to ep. 6 but I do hope they kept him a little cringefail (Buggy can’t be my only soggy wet man)—that’s part of anime Sanji’s charm is he can be smooth and sweet, but also kind of a loser at times.

Also, he’s hot. He’s so hot. He’s so pretty and his smile is so sweet and every time he smirks I blush.

[thus-spoke-lo]

Alright so, I'm so fucking glad they toned Sanji's horny bullshit down in the live action. Like, he still flirts, but it's not nearly as obnoxious. He's actually quite charming, imo! Much better than in the anime. (I love anime Sanji to bits, but there are some Problems.) I love that he was actually able to diffuse a situation by offering to cook for someone. That was so nice.

And he's so fucking sweet to Luffy and his crew too! And, God, its probably just Taz's smile (his acting skills, too, credit where it is die), but he looks so fucking tender, sometimes. He looks so cute! I just wanna smooch his cute, pretty face! And pet his hair! And give him hugs! He's a sweetie pie 😘 I wanna take him home with me for dinner (so long as he's the one cooking) and we can hang out afterwards. It'd be great 💖

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I’ve watched enough I can answer this too!

Anime Sanji is sometimes so chivalrous that it horseshoes around to misogyny (disclaimer: I’m not trying to start discourse yall I promise, it’s just an observation and it doesn’t detract from my enjoyment of his character or his character arc/development…the simpery just feels excessive and annoying at times), so it was fun to see him be flirty without going full nosebleed. He’s so charming! If I went to a restaurant and had him as my waiter, I’d go back all the time 😭 Taz played Sanji in a way that like, I’d feel at ease around him. And he’s so handsome lakslfkshavah.

[thus-spoke-lo]

We got a Sanji shirtless scene in the live action, and that was nice, but my one complaint is that Taz looked too tense when he was sitting on the dock, after he pulled Luffy out of the water. Like, tense where you could see his abs and his muscles were probably clinched. I know that's a trend in media and tbh I didn't expect OPla to be the one to break it, it just kinda surprised me how much it bugged me. Mostly because I saw an interview thing where Taz was shirtless but relaxed/not posing, and it made me absolutely FERAL. I wanted to climb that man like a tree. Seeing him shirtless but posed in the live action was still nice, but it didn't QUITE hit the same note.

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OKAY I WATCHED EP. 6 NOW CAN FINALLY ANSWER THIS ONE.

I was a little bothered by that very tense pose tbh. It felt like it was an intentional thirst moment, which, you know, I’m not complaining, but also it looked unnatural. He’s got an excellent body that he clearly worked hard for no matter how he’s posed so it just seemed off to have him like, flexing but idk. Standards for men in media are weird.

[thus-spoke-lo]

Also 👀 live action Zeff and Garp were hot 👀 Like, I am sorry, but those two looked like finely aged wine, and I can't help but admire them. They look very handsome 💕

I’ve seen a few more clips of Garp today and like…damn that man is a GILF. And the Scottish accent has me feeling some type of way…. The person that did the casting understood that every OP man is a hottie, including the old men, and hired accordingly.

[thus-spoke-lo]

I won’t be watching it til later but I’ll be tagging any One Piece live action posts with opla spoilers and any reactions/ramblings with lo watches opla.

And for anyone following me for non-OP related reasons: I love you and I’m sorry.

[thus-spoke-lo]

I can’t watch OPLA until after work tomorrow and I want to cry. But it’s fine. It’s fine. It’s whatever.

I’m gonna go to the Japanese market by my apartment after work and get snackies and then sit Mr. Lo’s ass down and we’re gonna watch until one or both of us fall asleep (we’re old, ok).