| Hey all, I'm somewhat new to the boards, but not to One Piece. Haven't posted on the boards much, but have been a member for a while and had a thought that I thought was worth discussing with some other One Piece fans. Been a fan for a long time now....started watching One Piece when I was 18, and now I'm 25 and am caught up to the latest episodes. So the show has been a part of my life for a long time now; I absolutely love it. Its not just one of my favorite anime, but one of my favorite stories of all time. So, I want to be clear that I am not in any way calling into question the excellence of, or my love for this great show with this thread. I think this is an interesting issue worth discussing, though....*ahem* I feel the tone and style of One Piece remain largely the same as it always was, despite increases in art and animation quality (a good thing, of course), but one major change I've noticed in the show, that sort of gradually crept in over time, was the slowly-increasing amount of fan-service and sexualizing/objectifying of the female characters in the series. Again, its something that crept in VERY slowly over time, but if you look at the start of the show, there is pretty much nothing in the way of fan service, and then if you look at the latest episodes, nearly every female character is scantily-clad, and the show is often calling attention to it with fan-service shots of their boobs. Fan service is nearly non-existent for the first 50 or 60 episodes; you'd barely even see any cleavage; then there's a little more......and a little more.....and by Thriller Bark, Nami is getting undressed and groped. And then the most recent episodes, since the "time skip" are pretty much shameless about it (Nami greets Ussop by basically shoving her boobs in his face). Now, I'm not necessarily saying it all bothers me much. Its hardly anything that deters my love for the show or its excellent story and characters. After all, as I said, One Piece's story remains incredibly strong, and its tone and style still maintain the elements that made me love it in the first place in all its quirky, oddball glory. And I'll be the first to admit that, hey, Nami, Robin and Boa Hancock and pretty hot. But I also am somewhat torn on the issue, because I feel like one of the strengths of One Piece at its start, and something that lent an air of resolve, focus and respectability to the show, was its ability to keep such material to a minimum and maintain a kind of admirable innocence towards sexuality. Sure, there was the always-consistent silly Sanji humor, but even that felt cute and innocent the way it was handled. The only big issue I have with it is that it somewhat decreases the credibility of the female characters; I cared more about Nami and Robin as people, as opposed to objects, when they weren't always half-naked, and they were easier to take seriously when we were given a shot of their face when they were talking instead of their boobs. And it was a nice thing for a long while that the show seemed to treat its female characters with the same respect it did its male characters (which is sometimes a rarity in shonen anime); not reducing them to just a pair of talking breasts, which I fear is what is happening, especially with Nami. (Robin and Boa remained strong characters despite the fan service, I thought). So I'm a bit torn on the issue, and I'm sure its something any other long-time fan must have noticed, too. I was just wondering what other fan's opinions and/or thoughts on this steady increase in fan service and sexuality in One Piece were, and if others feel its changed the show itself much, for better or for worse. Looking forward to seeing what other people's thoughts are on this subject! |
| Oda got horny because he married a hot wife. That's the cause. |
| Yeah, I've heard that mentioned before by a lot of fans. Although I do wonder if there are more factors to it than just that, like pressure from publishers/studios/whatever (i.e. hot anime girls are marketable. just look at the increasing amount of merchandise there is of the One Piece girls as the show has gotten more fan-service-y) Not really what I was getting at, though; I was more talking about its effect on the show itself, if people think it affects the show, and what their opinions on it are. |
| yeah his wife played nami in the shounen jump fair or something like that, that's how he met her. I remember someone asked that in the sbs about the women's changes and other art changes and he says that he is drawing what he would like if he was a teenager, i don't know if there would be any pressure the manga is very popular. and i believe that sanji's life threatening nose bleeds have stopped since he has seen shirahoshi i think it was just a small repeatable joke that they could make for a little while after the time skip but it was already getting annoying to me by the time they stopped. I dont think the show will get any more fan-service-y than it has been, nami's boob size has been fluctuating during the show and skimpy outfits are common, but the girls change clothes every arc. I think that it will all change in a little while, i believe that they are just making it a little more showy since it started the second half and everybody changed. I have seen some spoilers from the next island, and nami isn't taken lightly. i dont think oda would make them stupid just because their appearance changed. |
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| His wife is actually Nami's voice actor. |
| He married Chiaki Inaba. Okamura, Akemi is namis voice actor. |
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| I didn't know that nice to know |
Juggernaut6 said: His wife is actually Nami's voice actor. He married a model that was cosplaying Nami |
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| Yea, it sucks. He should stop it. |
| Well he won't since that's what he wants to draw |
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Gurenn said: his wife is actually the voice actor for Nami, If I can remember he met her when the voice actors were at a conventionOda got horny because he married a hot wife. That's the cause. |
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Monkey__D__Luffy said: Gurenn said: his wife is actually the voice actor for Nami, If I can remember he met her when the voice actors were at a conventionOda got horny because he married a hot wife. That's the cause. Actually shes not, read the above posts |
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| Can´t help myself revive this old one. Hilarious how they thought back in 2011 that OP had too much fanservice, considering that Nami and Robin are wearing nothing but a thong these days. |
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