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| Damn, the opening is full hype with the visuals(Naruto Shippuden 4th Great Nina War openings vibe) Almost 100% story related and foreshadowing/teasing ( don't watch if you don’t want to see the match ups, zoan Tobi Roppo, hybrid Kaido and other stuff). The very first sequence with Whitebeard, Roger, Rocks and Shanks Towards the end we had the Straw Hats goofing around as usual. Welcome to the crew Jinbe xD In DREAMIN' ON Kid and Law still tried to get ahead of Luffy and here they launched him. Nice touch, really liked that. My only gripes are that the visual direction felt a bit samey to the previous two openings. Last group shot looked derpy/cheapand why was Brook riding Komachiyo as well? Episode was on the slower side, even tho it almost adapted an entire chapter this time(the fact that this stands out as positive says a lot about the state of things xD) The content was just not really hype, more of a transition chapter after Akazaya vs dragon Kaido. Too much time was spent on Ice Onis and Briscola(I swear Toei loves to push the Headliner) The fire festival part was rather nice. I also liked to hear two of the best OST's The Very Very Very Strongest (right at the beginning) and Luffy's Fierce Attack(after the break for Jinbe's entrance) And at last Kaido started to mean business. RIP Kiku's arm. |
FMmatronJan 8, 2022 6:41 PM
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| A pretty good opening song with beautiful visuals. It was time for a new opening and it delivered pretty well. I've listened to a few songs from I Don't Like Monday and their vocals are just AMAZING. A perfectly balanced and beautiful opening. The music video for the opening is out in 9 minutes :D |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Man I loves that new op, Nami and Robin lil' dance is so cute.. Can't wait for rooftop and |
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| It's quick refreshing not seeing Dreaming on as the opening anymore. I like the new opening and I like the part where it shows Whitebeard, Roger, Rocks and Shanks at the start. The last part was pretty crazy and I love what they did with the animation |
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| yay! the start of 2022 with a new opening...! visuals were awesome....not a big fan of the song but it'll grow on me as I hear it more times. The Very Very Very Strongest right at the beginning of the episode gave me chills! Peaceful festival is going in wano and Minamoto the carpenter Franky was working for is just chilling there....the festival ost was great....Yes Luffy seven seconds is a big difference XD The ending of the episode was great! Kiku joining Shanks,Kid,Crocodile and Nekomamushi's one armed squad |
| A strong new opening. I enjoyed the visuals more than the song tho. It should've been obvious that Kaidou was never going down that easily. RIP Kiku's arm. |
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| The new opening is so great! I love everything in it. Sanji making Jimbei feel guilty and say sorry lol. Kiku's arm rip :( |
   » [The World's Continuation【世界のつづき】- UTA/Ado ♪] « 0:00 〇────── 4:55 ↺ |◁ II ▷| ♡ ✦ Come and Join us! ✦ Evil Club ψ FuwaFuwa Sanctuary ✿ ✿ DeaD Blossoms ✿ |
| This is a nice change of tone to give it more of an emotional vibe and even some what somber theme. Its perfectly suited for upcoming events in this arc as things really take a dramatic turn. Its not all about Hyper intensive adrenline or excitement any more like the previous openings have been, the battle against the emperors will not be an easy one. |
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| Wow this is like the first time that Luffy and Sanji started fighting o_O Ashura didn't even make a comment, jeez Ah figures, because hes not letting his guard down, BUT OH MY GOD THAT ENDING THOUGH?!?! KIKU!??! |
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| typical toei with the recap and slow pacing/boring scenes but wow... the opening was something I didn't expect but something most one piece fans needed. Dreaming on every week definitely was life draining but the new opening is beautiful and I love the song. I have high hopes for the next episode especially after the last scene |
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| The visuals to the new opening are pretty damn strong, and looks like it also spoils a lot of future fights but oh well. The song though, I think it hasn't grown on me just yet, remains to be seen if it will. The terror of the Plague Rounds continued with the new infectious Ice Onis, seems like the perfect enemy for Chopper. The gorilla was pretty funny too, along with Jinbe, Sanji and Luffy's interactions. Kind of wholesome to see the people in the capital celebrating, knowing its the only day they have freedom and the Ebisu people being happy in even just clean water and air.. damn that hits. And then boom, back to battle, Kaido is fine and goddamn chops off Kiku's arm! Felt like a really great episode with a lot of things happening and pace not bothering. |
Julianhenry said: Why is the pacing so bad. I felt like nothing at all happened again That's how most episodes have felt ever since Luffy and the others arrived on Onigashima. Episode was trash as expected. It actually makes me laugh that despite the anime going on a 2 week break, the pacing didn't improve even by a small percentage. In fact, it was actually worse than some of last year's slowest episodes. Also I'm sorry but that opening is awful. The song is too calm and would've worked better as an ending theme song instead. Also the animation itself looked nice but god damn they spoiled a lot of major plot points. What's with the most recent OP openings spoiling so much stuff? Toei's tripping. |
Sweet_Escape said: honestly they animated all off 993 so thats an entire chapter, yeah that's not great at all and says about the state of things but imo its a step up and it only gets better from here. I mean there's a movie coming out in August so its kinda confirmed that the arc has to end by that time cus movies always release after arcs end( film gold after dressrosa and stampede after whole cake) but for this to happen they need to adapt atleast 2 chapters per episode, now theyve animated 1 chapter which is clearly a step up from the 3/4 chapters per episode so its very possible to have pretty decent pacing from here on out.Julianhenry said: Why is the pacing so bad. I felt like nothing at all happened again That's how most episodes have felt ever since Luffy and the others arrived on Onigashima. Episode was trash as expected. It actually makes me laugh that despite the anime going on a 2 week break, the pacing didn't improve even by a small percentage. In fact, it was actually worse than some of last year's slowest episodes. Also I'm sorry but that opening is awful. The song is too calm and would've worked better as an ending theme song instead. Also the animation itself looked nice but god damn they spoiled a lot of major plot points. What's with the most recent OP openings spoiling so much stuff? Toei's tripping. |
| The new OP is a jammer for sure. Kaido was down for good. Luffy and the others were still fighting but as expected, Kaido wasn't defeated that easily and he got back up and we also got to see that he regrets the fact that someone got between his and Oden's fight. Looks like things are once again gonna get interesting and Kiku also got slashed. I hope she's alright. |
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| A new opening! having jinbe on the team really balances out their immaturity lmao. sanji and luffy just bickering about for the 7 second difference of beating the gorilla was funny F for kiku's arm |
606cypherineJan 8, 2022 9:57 PM
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| New OP is pretty cool, specially the visuals. Queen with his virus again, things are becoming a mess. |
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Ardi8 said: yeah but theres also the manga thats gonna go ahead so its very possible. Im atleast hoping for 1 and a half chapter and sometimes 2 chapters per episode i just do not want to see less than a chapter per episode again lmaodegenerocity said: If 2 chapters adapted for each episode, the manga will be catched up for just 5 months, that's risky game right there.honestly they animated all off 993 so thats an entire chapter, yeah that's not great at all and says about the state of things but imo its a step up and it only gets better from here. I mean there's a movie coming out in August so its kinda confirmed that the arc has to end by that time cus movies always release after arcs end( film gold after dressrosa and stampede after whole cake) but for this to happen they need to adapt atleast 2 chapters per episode, now theyve animated 1 chapter which is clearly a step up from the 3/4 chapters per episode so its very possible to have pretty decent pacing from here on out. |
FMmatron said: How do you guys know when to make the new episode released discussion thread ?Damn, the opening is full hype with the visuals(Naruto Shippuden 4th Great Nina War openings vibe) Almost 100% story related and foreshadowing/teasing ( don't watch if you don’t want to see the match ups, zoan Tobi Roppo, hybrid Kaido and other stuff). The very first sequence with Whitebeard, Roger, Rocks and Shanks Towards the end we had the Straw Hats goofing around as usual. Welcome to the crew Jinbe xD In DREAMIN' ON Kid and Law still tried to get ahead of Luffy and here they launched him. Nice touch, really liked that. My only gripes are that the visual direction felt a bit samey to the previous two openings. Last group shot looked derpy/cheapand why was Brook riding Komachiyo as well? Episode was on the slower side, even tho it almost adapted an entire chapter this time(the fact that this stands out as positive says a lot about the state of things xD) The content was just not really hype, more of a transition chapter after Akazaya vs dragon Kaido. Too much time was spent on Ice Onis and Briscola(I swear Toei loves to push the Headliner) The fire festival part was rather nice. I also liked to hear two of the best OST's The Very Very Very Strongest (right at the beginning) and Luffy's Fierce Attack(after the break for Jinbe's entrance) And at last Kaido started to mean business. RIP Kiku's arm. |
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| I always skip 4minutes ahead whenever I watch one piece so I didn't know there's a new opening if not for every single person here talking about it, I went back and it's nothing special. What's special is Kinemon and his gang being able to knockout Kaido even for a just a bit though I'm sensing an arm is the least of the sacrifices they will have to give up just fighting him. |
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| New OP has many spoilers as usual but |
| Excellent a new OP to usher in the first episode of the New Year the visuals were fantastic as always (although I imagine a bit spoiler heavy so will probably have to touch on those later on) and the song itself while a slow burn really had this underlying energy of perseverance and hopeful strength as it went on. So will be interested to hearing it more in the episodes going forward and how much it will grow on me. Ice Oni virus is spreading like crazy and Queen orders that floor sealed off hopefully a cure can be fashioned in the future and the non infected forces on that floor can advance upwards. Jinbe joins Luffy and Sanji in moving forward in the upper levels and he can be reminded just how impulsive his Captain can be XD Gorilla fist and Sanji's reaction was pretty funny as well. Spirits are high in the Flower Capital as they are able to cut loose and relax during the festival helps to ease their troubles and pains as they hope for the return and triumph of the Kozuki Samurai. Speaking of our Samurai their attack from the previous episode that managed to draw blood from Kaido was able to subdue him which raised their spirits but before they could finish him and take his head off Kaido was back on his feet. He gave our Samurai some recognition as he saw the will Oden instilled in them within their burning spirits but he says they still can't compare to Oden. As that battle many years ago still lingers on his mind and he wishes he could have fought Oden on even footing and still wonders what would have happened because he believes he will never come across another Samurai like him. With that Kaido launches a storm of slashes with such force he scatters our samurai and one completely cleaves through Kiku's sword and arm O-O damn so sudden and brutal (the direction for that scene with the close up of Kiku's eyes, broken sword, arm flying back and the shot of blood spurting out was very effective) what a way to end an episode! Overall a slower episode with a great closer but hearing they adapted almost a full chapter is a plus at least; hopefully they adapt at least a chapter or a bit more then that per episode going forward into this year. |
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| Good ep didn't really like the op compared to last one tbh... Oh well super excited for next ep tho |
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Jaytaro1 said: Really love the new opening, a nice way to start the new year. Also the ending scene had really good animation. The arm scene was done superbly. |
| Very hyper opening but the slow song feels out of place, still pretty nice. Improved animation going forward it seems. |
| God do I love the new OP. Visually absolute amazing, the best one we had so far imo and it's also a very catchy song, so great job. We definitely got some slower paced parts this episode. As I thought the ice Onis are a big problem. Hopefully Chopper can come up with an idea to at least keep them under control. Briscola and his Gorilla arm looked funny as hell. I don't remember that I saw anything like that before. Every time Jimbei fights it feels so god damn satisfying and I can't even tell what it is :D The visuals for flower capital were beautiful. It's nice to see that the people of Wano finally get some rest and time to relax with some sake. Imagine they knew about what happened to Orochi and what's still going on on Onigashima. Obviously the Akazaya's last attack wasn't enough to take down Kaido. Not even to reopen his wound he got from Oden. But what a shocking moment when Kiku lost her arm. I honestly didn't saw that coming. We can just hope she's alright. But that also means Kaido is getting more serious now. Definitely a nice start for the new year! |
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Jaytaro1 said: Really love the new opening, a nice way to start the new year. Also the ending scene had really good animation. Basically my standout thoughts from the Ep too. Shanks in the Op is fantastic, here’s to hoping he’ll have some kind of role later on. As for the rest, well, it’s kind of boring and slow like the usual lol. |
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| The whole style of the Episode and New OP feels different and I love it! |
degenerocity said: honestly they animated all off 993 so thats an entire chapter That's not technically true. They only adapted pages 2-9 and 14-17 from that chapter, so they skipped parts in the middle. It just irritates me that the whole episode can be summed up as "Kiku got her arm sliced off". That's basically all that happened in this episode that had actual impact or plot relevance. |
Early_MorningJan 9, 2022 11:07 AM
Sweet_Escape said: degenerocity said: honestly they animated all off 993 so thats an entire chapter That's not technically true. They only adapted pages 2-9 and 14-17 from that chapter, so they skipped parts in the middle. It just irritates me that the whole episode can be summed up as "Kiku got her arm sliced off". That's basically all that happened in this episode that had actual impact or plot relevance. This Really is not as much of a case of the pacing of the anime being the problem as it is the pacing of the manga as well. Some of these chapters are less plot heavy and instead focus more on some of the comedic banter between the newly recuited Jimbie and luffy and other crew members. Oda likes to take some time and explore the dynamics between the cast as well and some of the humor in one piece. Chopper for example has some pretty interesting moments in the upcoming episodes. Not every episode has to be packed with major plot developments. If you think about the pacing to the manga, it was actually decent for the episode. |
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| First and foremost, it was about time we saw a new opening!!! After 70 ep. (1005-935), which is the same opening for 1,5 years, it was about time. God damn, they are just getting greedier and greedier with new openings. Opening 21 has the record with most episodes and beat the Dressrosa opening. It was so strange that I actually thought it was an extra logo of Toei animation. xD And the opening were fine and beautifully animated. I really like the new animation of the Wano arc. I am glad we could start the new year with a great ep. that wasn't that dragged. The slash by the Akazaya samurai was just amazing, although we all knew it wouldn't kill Kaido. Even more amazing was the decapitation of Kiku's hand. It was so unexpected. And that blood flow scene. Just amazing. Lovely ep. I am mentally prepared for a more dragged ep. next week. |
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| The animation in this episode was poor, besides the opening, flashbacks, and the last 10 seconds of the episode. |
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