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| Yeah, sucks that next episode will air in three weeks. There are probably going to be specials of other shows, not to mention they probably want to put some distance between the anime and manga stories, considering Oda took a break this week. Anyway, all build-up for what's to come. Should be fun to watch. |
| Well it seems they will be stuck on TB for a wile ( until they are defeated by that other Shishibukai) |
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| Build up is to be expected. Though the preview looked pretty bad animation wise. I do hope they shape up before the grand finale of Thriller Bark |
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| Build up slow?!?! wtf they just defeated Moria after fighting nonstop for so long and taking countless wounds. Now they get half an episode of rest, which is like a few minutes in their time only to be confronted by a shichibukai that Moria was scared of?? Fuck, I mean least you can do is give them a break since the writers aren't. |
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| This was a pretty good episode, but the thing that stood out the most to me was... HOLY SH*T, THE RECAP WAS ONLY 20 SECONDS LONG! Like, when was the last time we got a recap that short? Apart from that, the animation was decent, and while they dragged out Kuma getting ready to attack for way too long, the pacing in the rest of the episode was pretty good. |
| I really didn't mind the pacing of this episode. It kinda set the mood for the situation they are in now. Everyone seriously hurt, but finally feeling save. Only to get confronted by another Shichibukai. Uncertain of what is going to happen, only knowing they have yet another insanely powerful enemy to fight, they pick up arms to fight again. Knowing full well that shit is gonna go down, since Kuma kindly showed them near the end. But please don't let them fuck up you know what (manga readers) |
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| I gotta admit that I'm SO not looking forward to having to wait for three whole weeks before we can watch the next episode. And even when we do get on with it, it's still going to take a while before the TB arc ends. At least another six or so. Maybe that'll be our Christmas gift; TB ending. Decent episode, lots of unnecessary building up because we're not going to see the next episode anyways, but still decent. |
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| mulderman I disagree with u in the animation of the next week's finale, zoro looked pretty awesome in it....and by the way an awesome episode, almost crapped my pants in how they did the music for kuma.....XD |
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| http://www.forumsigs.com/users/crossbones/New_One_Piece_Misc/OP-375-preview.jpg ya sure about that? |
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| last episode wasnt slow enough, they had to drag this one too and then guess what? SURPRISE SURPRISE !! Next episode is on 9/11 -__- that's the same as dragging out this one shitty episode for 3 weeks |
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| Aww, shucks. We have to wait till November, not that it's that far away but still ... |
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Peralisc said: last episode wasnt slow enough, they had to drag this one too and then guess what? SURPRISE SURPRISE !! Next episode is on 9/11 -__- that's the same as dragging out this one shitty episode for 3 weeks Newsflash: The anime has been dragged out for OVER TWO YEARS NOW. Please stop acting as if it's something new. |
| I agree. And we still get at least 1 chapter per episode. Which is pretty much the standard for most long running series. |
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mulderman said: http://www.forumsigs.com/users/crossbones/New_One_Piece_Misc/OP-375-preview.jpg ya sure about that? mulderman said: http://www.forumsigs.com/users/crossbones/New_One_Piece_Misc/OP-375-preview.jpg ya sure about that? wow, u went throught all the trouble to show me the pics, but anyway thanks and u proved your point......but so what, its still one piece and its still entertain us....XP |
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| Can't argue there ;) Its just something I noticed. But I still can't wait for the next episode. And I can't wait to see the finale animated. |
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| That is one huge Bible. I could probably sleep on it if Kuma'd let me. . . . Gosh, isn't Zoro just awesome? Stepping up to protect the crew like that when his Captain is down. Now I'm going to have to make a countdown until the ninth or marathon some old episodes to ease the wait. |
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| I can't wait until Luffy fights one of the Four Emperors. |
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Peralisc said: last episode wasnt slow enough, they had to drag this one too and then guess what? SURPRISE SURPRISE !! Next episode is on 9/11 -__- that's the same as dragging out this one shitty episode for 3 weeks I didn't know I'll have to wait 3 weeks for the next episode, but I'm glad since I'm busy next three weeks. This was an average episode... |
| VERY Cool! How will the Mugiwaras be to go of this? Now, to wait two weeks! |
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| NO Two Weeks is too much!! I can't Wait |
| "Every man shall reap what he has sown, from the highest lord to the lowest gutter rat. And some will lose more than the tips off their fingers, I promise you. They have made my kingdom bleed, and I do not forget that" |
| Awesomemememememe. |
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| ...Are you kidding me. The crew has not recovered yet... |
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| Dum dum dum~ *dramatic music* Zoro, fighto~ |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| I liked the episode and didn't mind the pacing contrary to some of the early thriller bark episodes. This guy has looks to be a toughie and it seems Zoro will be getting some... No rest for the srawhats =/ |
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| The first half was just there usual celebration over there victory. Kind of dull cause we already saw enough of that in the last episode. The 2nd half of the episode Kuma finally makes his move. I loved the kuma theme. Finally some new epic music for a change. This guy looks like bad news. Now he has orders to obliterate everyone on the island. How in the hell are they going to get out of this mess, especially now that the straw hat crews are so exhausted from the fight with Oz lol not moria (joke) |
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| What the fuck, no rest for the wicked I suppose. How the hell are they going to get out of this? |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Omg just after they finished and could take a break the other Shichibukai comes and attack the.... and Luffy isn't even conscious yet! :( Come on, hurry up, wake up and help your nakama Zoro, Luffy! |
| Ohhh the excitement is killing me! Its like a treat having to see another Shichibukai in action.. I wonder how the Straw hats going to pull off this one :-D |
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| i really don't see a way they can get out of this. i'd think they'd get captured (there has to be a prison arc somewhere, one piece breaches all fronts) but kuma's orders were to eliminate. anyways, from a random start, this arc is just getting more involved and better and better! i feel terrible for the straw hats, but my personal viewing enjoyment is a+. |
| They are all fucked unless they get some help.. |
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link9us said: The first half was just there usual celebration over there victory. Kind of dull cause we already saw enough of that in the last episode. Really? Because it didn't feel like a celebration for me at all. I mean, many people were getting their shadows back, but the Straw Hats were fatigued and a bit down, as if they were starting to become aware of the difficulty of their objectives and felt absolutely overwhelmed by it. For an after battle scene, it was surprisingly depressing. And I think this is what made the episode for me. This and the appearance of Kuma, who looks like a tough guy with a horrible and unexplored Devil Fruit power. Really, the level of Thriller Bark enemies is insane, and they just keep appearing. |
| Sigh, just when we thought it was all over.. I really like Kuma's voice actor/seiyuu though. He sounds really smooth. |
| kind of a boring episode. mostly everyone celebrating getting their shadows back and bartholomew kuma getting ready to beat some ass. even zoro won't be able to beat him in all honesty :( |
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| How on earth is Zoro gonna fight??? He is exhausted and injured! Well it would have been out of character if he didn't but still :( I am curious about Kuma's power. I am wondering if he has any weak spots... |
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| One thing after another. I remember being so perplexed as to how they were going to get away from this one. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
RedRoseFring said: One thing after another. I remember being so perplexed as to how they were going to get away from this one. This. |
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TechDragon said: ...Are you kidding me. The crew has not recovered yet... first thing that came into my head |
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| This was a shitty episode, I don't care about all these nameless mob characters! Stop giving them screentime already! Stupid baseless threats and overly obvious information sharing. Sometimes I feel insulted watching this series In other news, finally 375/750 episodes down, halfway through!! |
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| Am I the only one who didn't think the build-up was slow- I loved the atmosphere...intense to say the least although this is coming from a person who had no qualms at all with the build-up in HxH Chimera Ant, so I think I'm pretty much immune on that front. Just when they finished things with Moria, Kuma pops up immediately to finish them off! Ofc Zoro jumps in to protect everyone, but I'm not so sure he's gonna cut it. I'd have my doubts even if he was at full power, which he clearly isn't...I think this is the first time I'm worried/unsure about the outcome of a battle. I wonder if Luffy's gonna wake up...it'd be pretty horrible if he just wakes up to find his entire crew obliterated :/ |
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| What an intense episode. That was probably one of my favorite in the series. I have, like, chills. I couldn't believe what I was watching..... WHERE DO I EVEN START!!?! To go against the post about nameless mob characters, they really made the episode for me. As they were thanking the Straw Hats and we got that montage of everyone getting their shadows back(plus that dialogue about Kaido being an emperor!) I was thinking to myself that I hope Lola and her crew come back in future arcs. Lola is a really strong lady and I seriously like her a lot and her crew represents dirty people who do good things and I find that charming. I was hoping we'd have them pay off their debt to the Straw Hats one day and then they said they'd never forget their debts and I was all :D. This was wonderful at least to me because I started to really care about Lola and appreciate her pirates and that's when Kuma appeared and was ordered to kill everyone. The world government is so messed up. Just like with Ohara, to create their "justice" they are willing to slaughter innocents. It makes me so uncomfortable. And I know they are willing to do that and that the order was not a threat or a bluff, that Kuma is going to slaughter everyone there. Everyone... All the people who Oda just tricked me into expecting to come back into the show to save the day later. The way Zoro walked up to fight him with no hesitation was so Zoro. He is Bushido as af! He walks into every battle, even ones that seem unwinnable or definite losses, with open arms accepting and seeking death. It's really manly... So when he walked up to the second warlord of the night already gasping for breath I knew we were in for something special... This situation is just so messed up! Luffy is out and everyone is nearly dead and they were interrupted celebrating with another fight this time even more serious than the one with Moria... I don't think we've had a moment this intense since the Aokiji fight where he froze Luffy and Robin and had the chance to shatter Luffy into pieces, he had the ability to kill Luffy and if not to pay the debt of taking out Crocodile he would have. Here it feels even more hopeless... It's what makes Zoro approaching Kuma like this so freaking cool but also sad... He must know there is a 0.1% chance he could win. Kuma was so freaking well done from the way he agreed to annihilate every witness and Straw Hat and then how he teleported into the crowd and then behind Zoro. Not only has he already been built up as incredibly scary with his contrast to Moria earlier but this was perfect, especially the shot of him warping behind Zoro. It reminded me of when Blueno used his door door fruit to get behind Sanji. So how can this go? I see no way Zoro can win but hopefully he can at least do some damage in the state he's in. The only way I can see them getting out of this is if: 1. Someone comes in and saves them in some way. Someone like Ace who would show he survived the fight with Blackbeard and was just brought up by Kuma which to be fair doesn't sound too likely, or maybe someone like Garp who caught wind of what was going on from within the World Government. That said, I don't think either are too likely... 2. The Lola pirates pay their debts now and create a distraction and let the Straw Hats escape. Either way I cannot see them taking down Kuma here and now.... To touch on two smaller scenes I loved, the Hogback and Absalom scene was great and I liked the worry over Luffy pushing himself. Hogback and Absalom showed they commited years here with Moria and it's not that easy to get up and move on, what else do they have? We could see with Perona that she could leave no strings attached, she was the newest phantom, but for the older phantoms it's not so easy. So I enjoyed seeing them ask each other what they were going to do now. At least they formed some kind of a bond here. :) As for the Luffy pushing himself, I loved the silent agreement among the Straw Hats that they will need to get strong enough as to allow Luffy to stop pushing himself to the point of suicide! |
gfsdfgsdgsdfgs said: What an intense episode. That was probably one of my favorite in the series. I have, like, chills. I couldn't believe what I was watching..... WHERE DO I EVEN START!!?! To go against the post about nameless mob characters, they really made the episode for me. As they were thanking the Straw Hats and we got that montage of everyone getting their shadows back(plus that dialogue about Kaido being an emperor!) I was thinking to myself that I hope Lola and her crew come back in future arcs. Lola is a really strong lady and I seriously like her a lot and her crew represents dirty people who do good things and I find that charming. I was hoping we'd have them pay off their debt to the Straw Hats one day and then they said they'd never forget their debts and I was all :D. This was wonderful at least to me because I started to really care about Lola and appreciate her pirates and that's when Kuma appeared and was ordered to kill everyone. The world government is so messed up. Just like with Ohara, to create their "justice" they are willing to slaughter innocents. It makes me so uncomfortable. And I know they are willing to do that and that the order was not a threat or a bluff, that Kuma is going to slaughter everyone there. Everyone... All the people who Oda just tricked me into expecting to come back into the show to save the day later. The way Zoro walked up to fight him with no hesitation was so Zoro. He is Bushido as af! He walks into every battle, even ones that seem unwinnable or definite losses, with open arms accepting and seeking death. It's really manly... So when he walked up to the second warlord of the night already gasping for breath I knew we were in for something special... This situation is just so messed up! Luffy is out and everyone is nearly dead and they were interrupted celebrating with another fight this time even more serious than the one with Moria... I don't think we've had a moment this intense since the Aokiji fight where he froze Luffy and Robin and had the chance to shatter Luffy into pieces, he had the ability to kill Luffy and if not to pay the debt of taking out Crocodile he would have. Here it feels even more hopeless... It's what makes Zoro approaching Kuma like this so freaking cool but also sad... He must know there is a 0.1% chance he could win. Kuma was so freaking well done from the way he agreed to annihilate every witness and Straw Hat and then how he teleported into the crowd and then behind Zoro. Not only has he already been built up as incredibly scary with his contrast to Moria earlier but this was perfect, especially the shot of him warping behind Zoro. It reminded me of when Blueno used his door door fruit to get behind Sanji. So how can this go? I see no way Zoro can win but hopefully he can at least do some damage in the state he's in. The only way I can see them getting out of this is if: 1. Someone comes in and saves them in some way. Someone like Ace who would show he survived the fight with Blackbeard and was just brought up by Kuma which to be fair doesn't sound too likely, or maybe someone like Garp who caught wind of what was going on from within the World Government. That said, I don't think either are too likely... 2. The Lola pirates pay their debts now and create a distraction and let the Straw Hats escape. Either way I cannot see them taking down Kuma here and now.... To touch on two smaller scenes I loved, the Hogback and Absalom scene was great and I liked the worry over Luffy pushing himself. Hogback and Absalom showed they commited years here with Moria and it's not that easy to get up and move on, what else do they have? We could see with Perona that she could leave no strings attached, she was the newest phantom, but for the older phantoms it's not so easy. So I enjoyed seeing them ask each other what they were going to do now. At least they formed some kind of a bond here. :) As for the Luffy pushing himself, I loved the silent agreement among the Straw Hats that they will need to get strong enough as to allow Luffy to stop pushing himself to the point of suicide! Waiting for your essay on 377, the most fan favorite moment of the arc is in there. |
SuperRed said: Waiting for your essay on 377, the most fan favorite moment of the arc is in there. My friend tried to pressure me into watching it right away and another told me their favorite moment was coming up so I'm under the impression I'm in for quite the episode! |
gfsdfgsdgsdfgs said: SuperRed said: Waiting for your essay on 377, the most fan favorite moment of the arc is in there. My friend tried to pressure me into watching it right away and another told me their favorite moment was coming up so I'm under the impression I'm in for quite the episode! Take your friends advice. |
| It's great that everyone was able to get their shadows back including the ones who started to get vaporized by the sun but they're in a deadlier situation now and in such short time too... Bartholomew Kuma really gives off a terrifying vibe that surpasses even that of Moria's by a long-shot and that's saying something. It's very hard to see them escape this situation unless someone really powerful comes to help them. |
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