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| eh whole episode is a flashback of Luffy's past. |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| Great xP the flashback came really in it's right time! since I almost forgot about the past of everyone already! Next ep is gonna be about Zoro and Usopp's past, so I can guess the one after it is gonna be about Nami and Sanji's? xP 4/5! |
 When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. |
| Yeah i forgot about it. But i think they've showed it like 5 times already :( get on with saving robin! Oh and nice how they're slowly incorporating widescreen format in with the standard definition recaps. |
  "What happens when we die?" I know that the ones who love us will miss us. |
| Shanks. Enough said. 5/5 |
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| We Are remix I guess, see im probably reading too much into this considering this is all the way in the beginning but Shanks was swimming when he saved him right so he cant be a Devil Fruit user, unless he has a special power that gives him that loophole like Aokiji. |
| Kind of a nostalgic episode showing the back stories of the characters in this mini filler arc. Although its pretty unnecessary. As there is no new content in this filler arc. Best part of these episodes i have to say is the remix of the "we are" song showing the actual crew members singing. |
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| Okay.. to be honest.. When i played to watch episode 279.. I really thought i download the wrong episode! haha I didn't expect to see another backstory of the past.. i got confused but it was refreshing to watch :-) |
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| Yeah, it was great to have a flashback for Luffy considering Shanks himself hasn't even been a factor in god knows how long. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Recap. Never forgot any of this. Skipped the entire episode. |
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| looks like the next 3 episodes are recap....I just watched 3 episodes in 2 second..cool!! |
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| I have never skipped a one piece episode so why start here? ill watch these fillers btw there is an important bit at the end of 283 which advances the plot. so if anyone skips the fillers.. SHAME ON THEM LOL |
| Well I guess it wasn't bad, but luffy's past is a hella more bland than the others. |
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SkyFade said: We Are remix I guess, see im probably reading too much into this considering this is all the way in the beginning but Shanks was swimming when he saved him right so he cant be a Devil Fruit user, unless he has a special power that gives him that loophole like Aokiji. Shanks is not a devil fruit user, I don't think it's ever been said that he was one, just that he was super powerful, I mean he told that monster fish hardcore! |
| This was really useful, I forgot some key details, I can barely remember anything about Sanji's past either, so that will be useful when his backstory is shown during one of the next 3 eps (all flashbacks apparently) |
Rahdip said: Never skipped an episode and don't plan to. I was wondering why those episodes are fillers but now I know... Well, well... |
| Dat OP though One Piece no Budget!! (using old OP animation) One Piece no Recaps xD Lol @ Luffybomber's motto |
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| Waste of an episode, but the Chopperman thing was pretty great. |
| What the hell,this was pointless... |
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| I remembered everything so it was kinda of pointless for me to watch |
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VARIAchan said: eh whole episode is a flashback of Luffy's past. they showed it already 400 times and I remember everything really good -.- |
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| It makes me remember that third episode maybe? When they were just Luffy & Zoro Ahhhh now I feel nostalgic T-T |
| The first of five reap episodes, I watched it for the original content and skimmed through the recap bits that are fresh in my mind. |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| What the heck was the point of flashing back to this stuff if they aren't gonna reanimate it in HD? This stuff is important enough that it should warrant such treatment... the pillarboxed content is really distracting, especially when they cut back & forth between it and the new stuff. The Chopperman short was pretty funny, though. xD |
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| I am very grateful for canonical flashbacks coming through like this, but I do understand that this is coming from someone who can watch them all in a somewhat high frequency and some people waited a week for possibly numerous episodes which have like 5% new content at most. I had stated I wanted to find a time to catch up on their pasts and now seems like the best time. :D The recap of Luffy shooting the flag reminded me of how much I love that scene and I wanted to say it again. It's so meaningful for Luffy to do that because of Robin's situation. Robin is waiting to become a burden and be betrayed by those she loves like she always has, and Luffy declares war on the entire world to ensure her that they'd fight the literal entire world before betraying their nakama like that. It's really moving and powerful and I love how they did it with no hesitation. It was a good scene to transition to the Shanks backstory with too since it's very related. The flashback itself was a great reminder to just how formative Shanks was to Luffy. I truly love how you can see both Luffy's childhood personality lingering with him to this day as well as his influence from Shanks. And Shanks himself has always been such an incredible character! I've never forgotten his speech that was repeated once again here, starting from him telling the mountain bandits that a gun isn't for threatening people before his comrade domed the bandit in the head, and what followed about how "one can make fun of him, spill food on him, even spit on him BUT.. [insert angry serious face even Luffy got from him] ANYONE WHO HURTS MY FRIENDS, NO MATTER THE REASON HAS TO PAY". He's such a calm, friendly person, he even offered the bandits the last of his alcohol. Later he intentionally made Luffy mad so he would stubbornly feel the need to follow through with his dream to be a pirate before entrusting him with his own straw hat to keep him going, something that reminded me of when Luffy made Coby so mad that he would hit him and not squander his dreams of being part of the navy. And when things get serious like when the mountain bandits take Luffy, he is mad, serious, and willing to stare down a sea king. Another massive thing Luffy took from Shanks outside of the carefree attitude and his ability to choose his battles very wisely, is Shank's ability to give it his all for those he cares about. He loses his arm and the first thing he does is say how glad he is for Luffy to be safe as if he isn't missing an arm! He knew that he wanted to protect his friend and he did everything it would take to do so with no regret in the slightest on his face. It's incredible and comparable to Luffy, here and now, trying to save his friend this time by not losing an arm but doing something comparably worse, declaring war on the entire world. I think the flashback was great to get us thinking like this. Luffy has become a man that I think Shanks will be proud of. What Shanks is to Luffy, Luffy is to me hahaha. The quality of the video getting worse was agreeably immersion breaking but I also found it kind of beautiful in a weird way. It was a reminder of just how far we've come, both literally in the shows universe, but also externally. The art, animation, and dimensions are completely different now as it's gone on for a long time at this point. It's easy to forget how far we've come and I like that I was reminded of that. P.S. If Shanks ever dies it will be the saddest mentor death ever. P.S.S. I liked the foreshadowing of child Luffy calling his punches pistols and the foreshadowing of Usopp's dad referring to his kid being around Luffy's age. :D |
| This was mostly just a recap episode of Luffy's past and it looks like they'll be revisiting the past of every other member but I'd say that it's very helpful for my little brother who just started watching with me around the beginning of the Skypiea~ We Are being sung by the Straw Hats made me feel nostalgic as hell ♡ |
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| We Are playing after so much time was too much for me to handle!!! This episode was hella a trip down the nostalgia lane! |
| They should have at least wait till it reached 300 episodes for a recap. What a drag. Good thing I still enjoyed it. I'm not sure for the next episodes of the other Straw Hat members though. |
 She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did! |
| The GOAT Shanks... that's it. |
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| seeing small luffy again makes me realize his and nami's outbursts are identical :P |
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| WHOO BOY I FUCKING LOVE 10 MINUTES OF OP AND ED AND FLASHBACKS AND STILL FRAMES AND REPETITIVE DIALOGUE WHOOOOOOO MAN WHAT A GREAT SHOW 24 MINUTES JUST FOR 2 MINUTES OF CONTENT ON AVERAGE YEAH MAN that's it. 1/10 |
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| alright so at first this just appeared to be a replay of Romance Dawn but then they did that Chopper Hero thing and it became a worthwhile episode ^_^ |
| What a good Flashback episode, i already forgot about it. WE ARE OPENING SONG!! CHOPPER MAN!! LMAO |
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| Mostly a recap of Luffy's past, but the Chopper Man story at the end was cute<3 Also the Straw Hats singing the opening was awesome! |
CirockuJul 11, 2023 8:02 AM
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| Actually quite enjoyed this recap. Usodaba and chopperman was well funny too. Definitely made me smile xD |
| Recap episode. Two things of note rewatching this scene. 1) Shanks is awesome and we need more of him. I feel like once every few arcs we will get a scene, but when Luffy meets up with him again it will be hyped. 2) Now that we know Luffy has a brother. I wonder were ace was when this was going on. Does ace know shanks as a kid or even in current day. A couple arcs ago shanks was trying to talk to whitebeard. Still nothing on that. Not a huge fan of recap episodes, bout it was good to watch this scene again 270+ episodes later. Also the ending with chopper was absolutely wild |
| OK so for the next couple of episodes it’s going to be recap episodes but that’s alright guess I don’t mind these personally. And honestly seeing the backstory of Luffy getting his Devil Fruit powers and having his interactions with Shanks just makes me think that if Shanks were with Luffy right now, he’d be plenty proud of him and what he’s accomplished since the days of him being a kid and dealing with the bandits in particular. Hell I’m convinced that there’s a little bit of Shanks in Luffy I reckon. I really would like to see more of him because as it stands, we’ve only had two actual physical appearances the scenes that were shown in this episode and the other appearance being Mihawk comes to see him on his island with his crew and shows him Luffy’s wanted poster and that’s about it. I bet they are keeping him for something big later on, you just wait, there’ll be a major arc and he’s the major focus, just you watch. Yeah the animation between the flashbacks and the present day events is a bit on the jarring side but it’s charming in a nostalgic sort of way for me. Also pretty awesome note here, we have the first opening make a return but we get a remix of We Are but it’s sung by THE STRAW HATS themselves. OK that’s pretty cool to me. And seeing as I’m not getting any new endings for awhile I’m now treated to some amusing shorts at the end before the preview of the next episode. One word, Chopperman. Bloody hilarious is all I can say about that. |
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