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Not bad, tranlation and englsh seems fine, its good how they have the translations for the moves as well at the bottom instead of the top. I didnt like that the subs were in yellow, but not a big deal. But the acctually video quality is really good, its HD Widescreen, so better than ADC and Kaizoku there.
Chopper is freakin' AWESOME. AWEESOEMOMEOSSOMEM. Chopper is my second new fav character. Godlike Chopper ftw.
Luffy always brings a tear to my eyes too. His "Robin" screams are just down right tear jerkers. The producers do it on purpose damnit, they know it's emotional 'cause Robin is a messed up kid and Luffy's her savior.
Kalifa in the bath tub...umm...wow. Ecchi one piece ftw!
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Chopper is freakin' AWESOME. AWEESOEMOMEOSSOMEM. Chopper is my second new fav character. Godlike Chopper ftw.
Luffy always brings a tear to my eyes too. His "Robin" screams are just down right tear jerkers. The producers do it on purpose damnit, they know it's emotional 'cause Robin is a messed up kid and Luffy's her savior.
Kalifa in the bath tub...umm...wow. Ecchi one piece ftw!
I agree Chopper is Awesome!
I also agree about Kalifa seriously Ecchi ftw.
Ever since the episodes 80s that Chopper has been my favorite character and this fight shows just how an amazing character he is, not to mention a force to be reckoned with within Luffy's crew.
Wow chopper = Win. If he was able to actually harness and control that beastly power, he could probably take out all the CP9 him self. Ever think of that?
To bad will never get to see cause he changed back.
omg chopper's scary but amazing. i'm so proud of him though it's not pleasant seeing him soul-less, but he's suddenly a tank and just asserted himself among the likes of sanji, franky and robin. it's especially gratifying because normal chopper is so scared and not at all confident in his own strength - now look at him go!
I liked robins look as she looked back, and lucci so wanted to fight.
Behold of my awesomeness~
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But my feels.
-That annoying Kumadori guy gets a lot of punches and flies away.
-Chopper's forbidden form. I actually hope that he doesn't manage to take control of it, that would make the things more interesting because he will probably feel forced to use it more times as the series goes on.
-Kalifa going ecchi and her really interesting Devil Fruit power.
-Nami being Nami ("Do you think I'm only a pretty girl?" lol) and her so smart, barely explored fighting style.
-Robin's face when she knows Luffy is going to rescue her.
-And Luffy found Lucci.
man... chopper's monster form is really strong but also really scary..
and kalifa didn't have a logia fruit? her devils fruit powers seem really tough to get around.
and looks like our main even starts sooon!!!
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Chopper the one piece Hulk XD At this form he is unbeatable! Too bad he can't control it.
Two very interesting fights on the way. Nami vs Kalifa and Luffy vs Lucci!
I like it how the new two devil fruits' powers look so lame at the beginning but have secret super strength.
Jesus Christmas, this episode gave me chills. I think the Chopper Kumadori fight is one of my favorites in this arc, however, Fukurou and Blueno were also quite amazing in their own ways.
Chopper's fight was already awesome despite me not liking Kumadori as a character or a fighter because it showed his heroic resolve and willingness to die for his friends. He gambled some dangerous odds because it was his only chance to win and it was heartbreaking to see him get hurt over and over. It's exactly the thing that he doesn't believe he's capable of until push comes to shove and he acts without worrying about it. That's already awesome. But, Chopper transforming like he did was really well done in my opinion. The fact that it makes sense that he could even do it and the fact that, at least I think it was foreshadowed with Lucci's transformation and the reasonable assumption that too much rumble ball sends his system out of control. It's as if everything about it feels satisfying and built up to. But moreover from that, I love the entire presentation of the fight after that. The way it starts with a monstrous scream signifying that Chopper is not there anymore, reminiscent of a berserk Evangelion Unit. The burning room setting the tone, the tanking of hits like an iron wall to set up the overwhelming strength and fear that monster Chopper takes with him, and the absolute brutal pummeling of Kumadori who's iron body doesn't do a thing. It was scary to watch Chopper behave like an absolute monster in a burning room at that. And it was amazing. I think all the pieces came together for it and, although I did mention it reminds me of Dragon Ball with
Goku's monkey transformation
I honestly think this example here was better than any example in Dragon Ball for the reasons I described. The send-off for the scene with Franky coming face to face with a giant monster Chopper gripping the mangled body of Kumadori before tossing him off the building into a crowd of navy men who can't believe what's happening was the perfect send-off. It was just as chilling as everything else, and I love it.
The brooding height of him alone is enough to be scary. the fact that he's gripping the head of a mangled superhuman was enough to make me shiver.
And akin to Dragon Ball
I had speculated that Franky would actually see Chopper in the act and have to try and fight him back to his former self while keeping it a secret from the others and Chopper himself, similar to how Yamcha, or Roshi do it to Goku all while keeping him in the dark.
Another thing that I ADORE about this arc is the unpredictability of it. The way it falls out of formula is great. Sanji and Nami lost a fight. The fight it showed in the opening of Sanji vs Khalifa hardly occurred subverting our expectations. Chopper and Franky both are now in play and have been to help other people in their fights. Characters have swapped their opponents such as Nami and Kumadori turning into Chopper and Kumadori, likewise Sanji and Khalifa turned into Nami and Khalifa. And the episode itself ends with Luffy running into Lucci and nearly catching up to them and, of course this could go as follows- Luffy loses and has to come back to save the day at the actual last second- but it's still unexpected for the potential main fight to be starting before the others are done. I love the fact that we don't know who will fight who, who will help who, who will win, or how things will go with characters like Sanji out of play but not dead, Franky wandering to help others, and Chopper in his monster form. It's one of the most gripping arcs in all of One Piece for this, it feels natural and not artificial or formulaic, and despite some sillier stuff I've mentioned, with supports like Iceberg, Frankies, Shipwrights, Kokoro, Chimney and Gonbe, and two godtier backstories and character development on the level of Arlong that I won't recap again, this entire arc is so incredible!!!
I kinda wish Khalifa's bubble powers weren't strength zapping powers because, although I can't say scientifically it doesn't hold any truth at all, it's not satisfying to me. I'd rather say "oh that's a cool way to use bubbles as an attack", rather than "oh, I guess you can do that..?"
Lastly, I love how the Straw Hats always call the villains dumb names. It's one of my favorite recurrent gags. "HEY PIGEON GUY!", "Spanda!!!".
Super great episode! Definitely one of my favorites of the arc.
Chopper's essentially become a terrifying late-game boss from Bloodborne you'd accidentally run into while you're underleveled and Kumadori got the shortest end of the stick. It wouldn't even be a surprise if the guy actually died from injuries like that. I hope that Franky will be able to get out of that situation with as little dents as possible.
Kalifa's a bombshell and as strange as her Bubble Bubble powers are, she really knows how to make them both effective and deadly. Even Nami was tempted by this sexy witch!
Luffy and Lucci finally confronted one another once again and this will be a really good one~
Franky's already defeated one CP9 member. I think it's fine if he'd just stay put. Then again, Zoro and Usopp urgently need that key badly. Franky better find Nami asap; since we can't rely on Chopper as of this moment.
Lucci's nefarious look is actually charming!🤣
She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did!
I got chills LITERAL chills from this Chopper form. Kind of brings me back to aot (Chopper's eyes and voice) ._.
I thought it was just an artistic choice to portray Sanji looking all strange after the fight with Kalifa, but it turns out it's actually her power! I wonder how the power will revert itself... Will it disappear over time or will they need to do something?
Damn, no wonder Sanji didn’t stand a chance against Kalifa. Sexy women are his biggest weakness after all. Will be interesting to see what Nami can do against her.
Chopper’s forbidden form was absolutely monstrous. Mr Yoyoi won’t be saying yoyoi for a while xD
First chopper went from the cutest thing in one piece to legit the most scary. I bet he might save Nami.
Then Nami and security girl. Sanji would have passed out. One the more pg-13 scenes I’ve seen in one piece…
The finally it was so satisfying to see robin smile and ugly guy scared. Though Luci smile was creepy. Luci obviously the big bad of this arc for Luffy. Both crocodile and enru took some time for Luffy to win. As hype as I am to see it. Idk if it will go good for Luffy at first.
Really great episode. This arc already my favorite.