One Piece

So I know JACK FUCKING SHIT about One Piece (it could be great, I dunno, I'm just never gonna even try to get into a 1000+ episode show; life is too short), but this seems fun enough so far. Embraces wild and wacky anime aesthetics, settings, costumes, physics etc and balances single-episode adventures with overarching narrative pretty good. Is it cringe? Oh yes. Most certainly. But I think in a more or less calculated and intentional way.

This has come highly recommended from some niche sources for a while now. I don't get it - I don't connect with it - I don't want to. It's a farfatched pirate adventure mashed up with a goofy tone and bizarre atmosphere. It's visual style is off-putting, and saccereinly vibrant. It's almost campy approach to storytelling leaves me rolling my eyes every time. Made it 2 episodes deep and forgot about it. I think that was the right move, and will be mine going forward.

I'm not enamored with it like most everone else seems to be, just because it doesn't suck. It's fine. Some parts hit home, some parts are...:/ The lack of punch and brutality due to the shortened fights makes the villains less threatening, which weakens the drama, sadly. Same with the rewriting, especially Aarlong Park. Also the visual language of this show. Being way too close to everyone face so they look weird and wonky? What is that? Doesn't do most of them, and the show, many favors.

I WANNA TAKE THE CAST ALL AT ONCE (not in a fight)

Set photos looked like trash and even the trailers looked a little wonky. Also, I'm no fan of the manga or the anime (mainly deterred by their length). But lo and behold, in context and with some good-willed suspense of disbelief, the show works. It's a great action adventure for all ages, with a dose of heart and care to it. I hope all studio executives take heed – don't force wokeness, and include original creators in the execution. No wonder this is breaking records at Netflix.

Dropped after episode 4. Now I understand why live action adaptation for anime doesn't work lmao. Our brain's evolution is trained to see what is real and what isn't real. There're some good moments... of rhythm. But when the rhythm is off, it's really easy to catch that. Buggy is de best actor... his tone and acting is very convincing. Luffy is so weak in the live action. Fights isn't really impactful/interesting except for zoro scenes.

Ook vooral childhood memories doet het wel

the god has the one piece

The protagonists are all wrong, and not in a sense they're not faithful to anime — they're not, but that's not what I mean. I mean in a sense that they're all a bunch of irritating, arrogant superheroes. The only sympathetic chracter in this whole show is Koby — he is actually written like a protagonist: a flawed but decent human being with relatable character arch. The others' backstories are contrived and don't justify their present behavior, which makes them not likable.

I've been reading One Piece for over two decades now. This live action rendition isn't bad at all. Some pretty good casting choices. Stays true enough to the manga's plot. Not sure how they're going to keep making seasons of this, but I guess we'll see. Not a huge fan of all the added stuff with Colby and Garp, to be honest. Did like the added stuff foreshadowing Arlong.