One Piece - I'm Gonna Be the Pirate King!

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I just can’t wait for Joy Boy’s take on this. One thing to say is Big Mom is quite a hypocrite talking about morales...

Man, if only her children besides Perospero were here... Prometheus at least doesn’t like this situation.
 
Pentex said:
Hawkins is a pussy. Take his Worst Generation member card.
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I suspect he did not do well in the popularity polls, hence why he's one of those out of focus. As with Scratchman it's a shame because I liked both characters but I think Kaidou's underlings is going to be much of their development. Though given how much Senor Pink got in his fight I might be wrong.

Also Hawkins never got a chance to shine since unlike most of the supernovas he did not get to play with Pacifista, he got used to demonstrate that Kizaru is a near unstoppable beast.
 
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TrippinKahlua said:
One thing to say is Big Mom is quite a hypocrite talking about morales...
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BM has always been nice to young children. Add in the hospitality Tama showed her and her love of food and its not a conflict at all. She's an impulsive child at heart and has never been rational.

I think we should wait for the official translations because 'mothering mode' is what makes this situation sound stupider than it is.
 
There's been an interesting development with Chapter 1011:
When I was reading through Chapter 1011's early translation/scan from TCB, I was wondering why Luffy responded to Kaido's statement about him enjoying precarious situations with "?", since right after that they had a big CoC clash. It didn't seem like anything out of the ordinary happened, or like Kaido was trying or showing anything strange at all. However the official release of the Viz translation did not do anything to make me less confused, so I kinda just forgot about it for a few days.

But I just saw on Twitter that apparently there was a mistake with the official translation, what Kaido really said would've been closer to "...The more precarious the situation, the more you laugh, and the more you laugh, you..." and Kaido doesn't finish the sentence. This is what causes Luffy's confusion.

The Twitter user goes on to suggest that this may mean if Luffy (or potentially someone else with the Will of D) continues to laugh, something might happen. This may also mean that one of the reasons Kaido's been so focused on Luffy rather than his peers who also defied him and escaped his wrath is that he has the Will of D. At the very least, this vastly changes how many will interpret that little scene in the chapter, and has apparently sprung tons of theories and discussion among Japanese fans already.

Link to original Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/sandman_AP/status/1386490646396080133
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So if laughter is the key...

...Luffy is just such a naturally happy character that he laughs in the face of danger and new excitement. So is Oda suggesting that whenever Luffy laughs, it ends up causing a chain reaction on the island he's on?

I've been holding off on my read-through (haven't read the manga fully yet) and I kinda forgot where I last left off. I gotta test this theory out.
 
So I read the first 80 chapters finally.

I was one of those people there at the start of the US run of Shonen Jump. I remember reading One Piece, even naming my water pokemon in ruby and sapphire "Helmeppo," but for whatever reason I just never kept reading it. I'd get to when that annoying long nosed guy appears and when the butler with the cats claws "kills" (horribly harms, a running theme I'm noticing) some girls butler, I usually started to tune out.

I think the hardcore violence done in cute art with the fake out deaths and all the tears is what turned me off, and in a way still kind of do. Constant cry faces from everyone, ugh.

HAVING SAID THAT:

I'm kind of into it. Maybe 80 chapters in an hour and a half makes it easier to see the repitition and I'm sure it'll go away eventually, but I like the world and want to see more of it. It's able to keep me more hooked than my attempt to get through Naruto, which my tries end exactly where they did when I read it in SJ (mist nation).

I do like seeing what this guy can do with high contrast black and white art, but I have found myself sometimes confused and requiring to read characters explaining what happened then going back and going "ah."

It took me getting past the opening arc of Hunter x Hunter to really enjoy it (in fact, I thought the chimera ant arc was so good I didn't want to continue after thinking it couldn't get better. glad I did lol), and I think it's picked up with this Don Krieg guy.
 
Megaroad 2012 said:
So I read the first 80 chapters finally.

I was one of those people there at the start of the US run of Shonen Jump. I remember reading One Piece, even naming my water pokemon in ruby and sapphire "Helmeppo," but for whatever reason I just never kept reading it. I'd get to when that annoying long nosed guy appears and when the butler with the cats claws "kills" (horribly harms, a running theme I'm noticing) some girls butler, I usually started to tune out.

I think the hardcore violence done in cute art with the fake out deaths and all the tears is what turned me off, and in a way still kind of do. Constant cry faces from everyone, ugh.

HAVING SAID THAT:

I'm kind of into it. Maybe 80 chapters in an hour and a half makes it easier to see the repitition and I'm sure it'll go away eventually, but I like the world and want to see more of it. It's able to keep me more hooked than my attempt to get through Naruto, which my tries end exactly where they did when I read it in SJ (mist nation).

I do like seeing what this guy can do with high contrast black and white art, but I have found myself sometimes confused and requiring to read characters explaining what happened then going back and going "ah."

It took me getting past the opening arc of Hunter x Hunter to really enjoy it (in fact, I thought the chimera ant arc was so good I didn't want to continue after thinking it couldn't get better. glad I did lol), and I think it's picked up with this Don Krieg guy.
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The Baratie arc is pretty good. The next few are also great, so I recommend keeping with it.
 
Megaroad 2012 said:
So I read the first 80 chapters finally.

I was one of those people there at the start of the US run of Shonen Jump. I remember reading One Piece, even naming my water pokemon in ruby and sapphire "Helmeppo," but for whatever reason I just never kept reading it. I'd get to when that annoying long nosed guy appears and when the butler with the cats claws "kills" (horribly harms, a running theme I'm noticing) some girls butler, I usually started to tune out.

I think the hardcore violence done in cute art with the fake out deaths and all the tears is what turned me off, and in a way still kind of do. Constant cry faces from everyone, ugh.

HAVING SAID THAT:

I'm kind of into it. Maybe 80 chapters in an hour and a half makes it easier to see the repitition and I'm sure it'll go away eventually, but I like the world and want to see more of it. It's able to keep me more hooked than my attempt to get through Naruto, which my tries end exactly where they did when I read it in SJ (mist nation).

I do like seeing what this guy can do with high contrast black and white art, but I have found myself sometimes confused and requiring to read characters explaining what happened then going back and going "ah."

It took me getting past the opening arc of Hunter x Hunter to really enjoy it (in fact, I thought the chimera ant arc was so good I didn't want to continue after thinking it couldn't get better. glad I did lol), and I think it's picked up with this Don Krieg guy
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There are a lot of different opinions on when Usopp becomes the best character, but in reread I came to the conclusion he was always the best; I just didnt know it on my first read.

As daunting g a task as it may be, I would give at least the first 100 chapters a reread if you do ever catch up.
 
Megaroad 2012 said:
So I read the first 80 chapters finally.

I was one of those people there at the start of the US run of Shonen Jump. I remember reading One Piece, even naming my water pokemon in ruby and sapphire "Helmeppo," but for whatever reason I just never kept reading it. I'd get to when that annoying long nosed guy appears and when the butler with the cats claws "kills" (horribly harms, a running theme I'm noticing) some girls butler, I usually started to tune out.

I think the hardcore violence done in cute art with the fake out deaths and all the tears is what turned me off, and in a way still kind of do. Constant cry faces from everyone, ugh.

HAVING SAID THAT:

I'm kind of into it. Maybe 80 chapters in an hour and a half makes it easier to see the repitition and I'm sure it'll go away eventually, but I like the world and want to see more of it. It's able to keep me more hooked than my attempt to get through Naruto, which my tries end exactly where they did when I read it in SJ (mist nation).

I do like seeing what this guy can do with high contrast black and white art, but I have found myself sometimes confused and requiring to read characters explaining what happened then going back and going "ah."

It took me getting past the opening arc of Hunter x Hunter to really enjoy it (in fact, I thought the chimera ant arc was so good I didn't want to continue after thinking it couldn't get better. glad I did lol), and I think it's picked up with this Don Krieg guy.
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If it'll help my first every experience with One Piece was the 4Kids Dub.
I didn't go near it again till about 5 years later.

I do think Arlong Park makes things click together fairly well which you're not far off. And looking back/rewatching while I appreciate the various "Episode of" things and similar attempts to make it slightly easier for newcomers I am happy to have seen and read the original stuff too.

But did you have to mention HxH? We're never getting the end of that.
 
Stab You in the Back said:
Maybe you could spend more than one minute per chapter if you keep running into
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Lolno.

Stab You in the Back said:
this problem.
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Maybe if he used some screentone, dial back the busy artwork and focused more on conveying action better rather than relaying on characters to explain things, I wouldn't have to flip a page back.

It's rare I do that for manga, with Trigun Maximum being the only other time I have trouble reading the artwork I can think off the top of my head being an absolute mess to read.
 
Morethanabitfoolish said:
I do think Arlong Park makes things click together fairly well which you're not far off.
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In hindsight, I was actually a lot more invested in the show once I hit Arlong Park, but I came to really love One Piece and realize it was a special series once I was midway through Skypeia. I'm sure it was a pain in the ass to get through back in the day, but it's become much more relevant in recent years that the hatedom over that arc looks real silly.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
In hindsight, I was actually a lot more invested in the show once I hit Arlong Park, but I came to really love One Piece and realize it was a special series once I was midway through Skypeia. I'm sure it was a pain in the ass to get through back in the day, but it's become much more relevant in recent years that the hatedom over that arc looks real silly.
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I like Skypeia, but to be honest I've never gotten why its so highly regarded among fans. If it was Enies Lobby or Jaya, I'd see it, but I'm not sure what Skypeia's advantage is. What do you think?
 
Just_a_Bored_Guy said:
I like Skypeia, but to be honest I've never gotten why its so highly regarded among fans. If it was Enies Lobby or Jaya, I'd see it, but I'm not sure what Skypeia's advantage is. What do you think?
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Skypeia is just badass. Its mysterious, has fantastic side characters better than most in the series and a really memorable villain + location. The start of the arc where nami approaches upper yard on the waver and sees the dude get executed by lightning is amazing and it just gets cooler from there.
 
Just_a_Bored_Guy said:
I like Skypeia, but to be honest I've never gotten why its so highly regarded among fans. If it was Enies Lobby or Jaya, I'd see it, but I'm not sure what Skypeia's advantage is. What do you think?
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For me, personally, it was the lore. Introducing the Shandias, and showing in non-biased terms an explorer (Mont Blanc Noland) learning of this ancient culture and having good intentions in saving them but accidentally disrespecting them doing so (but still managed to leave in good faith with his friend whom he never saw again, my heart) just gave a sense of this world being lived in while also being forgotten. Alabasta showed us the Poneglyphs and that it has its own rich history, but Skypeia was able to be fantastical (sky islands are weird, yo) while still being historic in-series and it just blew my mind. And in a sense, it was kinda spiritual, of which I'm a sucker for those kinds of stories.

Also Enel was pretty cool, and I do hope we'll see him again one day. The stuff with the moon is crazy, and it's too damn bad Toei never animated that cover story. Or most other cover stories, for that matter.
 
Megaroad 2012 said:
So I read the first 80 chapters finally.

I was one of those people there at the start of the US run of Shonen Jump. I remember reading One Piece, even naming my water pokemon in ruby and sapphire "Helmeppo," but for whatever reason I just never kept reading it. I'd get to when that annoying long nosed guy appears and when the butler with the cats claws "kills" (horribly harms, a running theme I'm noticing) some girls butler, I usually started to tune out.

I think the hardcore violence done in cute art with the fake out deaths and all the tears is what turned me off, and in a way still kind of do. Constant cry faces from everyone, ugh.

HAVING SAID THAT:

I'm kind of into it. Maybe 80 chapters in an hour and a half makes it easier to see the repitition and I'm sure it'll go away eventually, but I like the world and want to see more of it. It's able to keep me more hooked than my attempt to get through Naruto, which my tries end exactly where they did when I read it in SJ (mist nation).

I do like seeing what this guy can do with high contrast black and white art, but I have found myself sometimes confused and requiring to read characters explaining what happened then going back and going "ah."

It took me getting past the opening arc of Hunter x Hunter to really enjoy it (in fact, I thought the chimera ant arc was so good I didn't want to continue after thinking it couldn't get better. glad I did lol), and I think it's picked up with this Don Krieg guy.
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Try the colored version, it’s nice. Dunno how far it goes up to, though.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
For me, personally, it was the lore. Introducing the Shandias, and showing in non-biased terms an explorer (Mont Blanc Noland) learning of this ancient culture and having good intentions in saving them but accidentally disrespecting them doing so (but still managed to leave in good faith with his friend whom he never saw again, my heart) just gave a sense of this world being lived in while also being forgotten. Alabasta showed us the Poneglyphs and that it has its own rich history, but Skypeia was able to be fantastical (sky islands are weird, yo) while still being historic in-series and it just blew my mind. And in a sense, it was kinda spiritual, of which I'm a sucker for those kinds of stories.

Also Enel was pretty cool, and I do hope we'll see him again one day. The stuff with the moon is crazy, and it's too damn bad Toei never animated that cover story. Or most other cover stories, for that matter.
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I too wish they did more of the cover stories. My favorites would probably be Django's Dance Paradise, Wapol's Omnivorous Hurrah, Operation: Meet Baroque Works, and CP9's Independent Report.
 
Just_a_Bored_Guy said:
I too wish they did more of the cover stories. My favorites would probably be Django's Dance Paradise, Wapol's Omnivorous Hurrah, Operation: Meet Baroque Works, and CP9's Independent Report.
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They did a quickie version of Wapols Omnivorous Rampage when the anime hit post-Dressrosa and were highlighting the Reverie lineup.
(I don't know where a version with English subs is, though I doubt they're necessary for this one).
 
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