#opla liveblog

[skygemspeaks]

Oh we're KILLING people in this show. Damn. Good for them. Robin's gonna be unfuckingstoppable when she's introduced. I want to see my queen snapping spines left right and center please

[lostsometime]

Thinking about it, the fact that Kuina's death was such a senseless, pointless tragedy really explains a lot about the way Zoro treats death.

If death could claim the strongest, most skilled girl he knew from something as stupid and ordinary as an accidental fall, then it doesn't matter if you live a safe, cautious life or an extraordinarily dangerous, violent one. It's arbitrary, it doesn't care how tough or how careful you are - it's a constant, looming threat and nothing you do is going to change that. So you might as well live like you're invincible, right? Death will wait, and it'll come when it comes, and in the meantime, you've got shit to do.

"You really don't fear death."

"No, I just don't fear you."

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

One of the many things that I now think is brilliant about one piece is just. Everything about zoro basically. SO fucking funny to take the trope of the badass swordmaster who uses an extra sword when he’s Seriously fighting, except he’s already a dual wielder all the time because rule of cool, so how does he hold the extra sword? In his mouth of course.

The sword comes with tragic backstory and he Holds It In His Mouth.

[merciganimard]

The face of a man who is. so deeply confused about what just happened

[cuntyglam]

luffy’s curls in opla >>>>>

i love brown boys i love brown boys i love brown boys (i’m a brown boy)

[ethercollective]

ZORO AND NAMI NO HESITATION "WE'RE NOT A CREW" HELP

[sunshinethena]

if anime nami is as insufferable as she is in the live action i dont think i’ll ever like her

[xiaofiaan]

I'm gonna cry they all love each other so much

[chwengie]

SANJI!!

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

As of episode 2, my description of the characters from Netflix One Piece (as a non-fan who has never consumed any One Piece media):

1) Monkey D. Luffy: Stretchy happy boy with daddy issues

2) Nami: Red-haired Catwoman

3) Roronoa Zoro: Green-haired, Japanese Frank Castle

4) Koby: Pink-haired Will Byers

5) Axe-Hand Morgan: The inspiration for rum

6) Helmeppo: A goofy ass Targaryen who accidentally wandered into the show from Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon

7) Buggy: Pennywise the Dancing Pirate

8) Shanks: Badass backstory dad

[skygemspeaks]

okay let's do this again, for the last time this season, and what a way to end it!

i like that nami got to be included in the walk to arlong park, it was really nice!

the banter between zoro and sanji is already quite funny. i like that sanji is just earnestly trying to be part of the crew, but zoro's being a little bit bitchy because he feels like his place as the first mate is being threatened. later on in the episode when sanji starts calling out his move names, and zoro makes fun of him for it...how much do you wanna bet that the reason zoro starts calling out his attack names because his thought process is like "oh no, the shitty cook is also calling out his attack names what if luffy starts liking him better than me because i don't do it?"

as someone with dental trauma, seeing arlong's teeth fall out one by one was horrifying, thank you very much. it was well done

the fights in this arc were well choreographed, and i'm actually really happy that they all finished by around halfway through the episode because then we got a good amount of time to wrap everything up

it was really sweet when nami went running up to tackle usopp and zoro in a hug. i did feel a bit bad for sanji, but ehh it's understandable. she's been sailing with usopp and zoro for a while now! those are her boys!!!! and she didn't think she'd ever be able to sail with them again! she barely even knows sanji at this point

the scene after the tower comes crashing down and the straw hats are all waiting to see if luffy made it is great. nami looks like her whole world is ending again, because first she lost her mother, and now she might have lost her captain. and then everyone's relief when they see luffy come out is palpable! sanji doesn't even try to hide his relief! he's become so emotionally invested in this crew already and he's known them for just a few days

sanji's smugness when zoro comes back for seconds was cute, and i love their banter afterwards!

koby and helmeppo standing up to garp when they disagree with his orders was a good scene, and i liked their conversation about it afterwards at the end of the episode. each marine's personal code of justice is a big theme in the anime, and i like that they establish it here, and that it's what impresses garp enough to make him want to train them personally

we finally got the luffy vs garp confrontation! it was a good way to see just how small luffy is in the grand scheme of things, that he wasn't able to hurt garp at all. when luffy starts laughing and garp drops him and starts laughing as well, it was a good tension break. i really really wish that we got at least one grandpa hug before garp left...i know it never happened in the manga, but i crave that grandfatherly affection for luffy. but i know neither of these two idiots are like that. ace better fucking hug luffy at least once next season i s2g.

when nami is talking to bellemere's grave, and nojiko shows up wearing bellemere's shirt.....🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

the final conversation with luffy and koby was adorable! i loved the hug! also, i really like that koby was the first one to show luffy his bounty. a great way of coming full circle to the beginning of the season when he's standing next to luffy, looking at the notice board in shells town and luffy asks where his face is

the scenes where people see luffy's bounty!!!! makino grinning in pride!! kaya already looking healthier without kuro's poison! Zeff posting luffy's poster on the employee of the month board!!!!!!!! alvida and buggy meeting!!!! (if they make alvida lose weight or recast her next season i'm gonna kill someone)

helmeppo finally admitted that koby was his friend!!!! their little fistbump!! i've really come to like koby over the course of this season, and it's been great seeing his character arc

the mihawk and shanks conversation was great! shanks making jokes about his missing arm was hilarious, i love how irreverent he is

the redhair pirates are all SO proud when they see luffy's poster!!! and shanks' big, goofy, proud grin when as he stares at the poster just made my heart melt.

merry finally gets to fly the straw hat jolly roger again, i'm so happy for her!! luffy's absolute uncontainable joy at the sight of it, like he can't believe his eyes, was absolutely perfect!

the cast-off ceremony was fantastic! i really like the effect they did where their younger selves spoke in the voices of their older selves.

i could be wrong, but i think i heard we are in that last scene as they sailed off? which, amazing!

FUCK YEAH THAT LAST SHOT OF SMOKER!!! i can't wait to see more of him next season!!!

[lostsometime]

oh wait i JUST realized

luffy is wearing a black suit vest & no shirt

usopp is wearing a black suit jacket & no shirt

it is ENTIRELY POSSIBLE that they are wearing THE SAME SUIT

that they have simply SPLIT UP THE PIECES between them

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

I’m on episode three and I would kill and die for Monkey D. Luffy.

[merciganimard]

He's such a bitch. I love him deeply

[cuntyglam]

zoro and sanji are so cute in ep 8, even when they’re bickering and fighting their moves are still in sync

[treibholz-des-universums]

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