One Piece Episode 635 Discussion

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Jul 29, 2014 4:52 AM

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Aozure

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This pacing man..even a marathon doesn't help. ;_;
Been waiting to see a fight since 632...

Dec 15, 2014 10:29 PM

#52

Avenger-senpai

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This Bartolomeo fella seems pretty interesting.

Dec 22, 2015 2:57 AM

#53

Light-Yagami-God

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pretty good ep.

Aug 5, 2016 2:05 AM

#54

nickehhhhhh

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Wow CP-0 looks interesting

I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats.

Aug 5, 2016 2:25 AM

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Kokoro_Kotashima

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Still in awe about how fucking handsome Zoro looks in a suit. ZAYUMMMMMM.

Apr 26, 2017 2:43 PM

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Strawberrycake48

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I loved this episode- there were some great moments!
I know a lot of people probably hate it when we flit around to different groups and scenes, but it really worked for the episode imo

I just feel like we needed to see what everyone else is up to!

Love Robin's look- she has the most stylish disguise!
CP-0 showed up too, which is interesting...wonder if/how they'll play a role in Dressrosa in later episodes.

Idc what anyone says, but those scenes with Violet and Sanji will never get old...I mean, it's so obvious she's got some shady plans but he's so oblivious to it XD
However, if she wasn't leading him up the garden path, they would make an awesome "you hang up, no you hang up" kinda couple.

Bartolomeo has been around for like half an episode, but I already want him in the Straw Hats...I just like the guy and I don't know why. It prolly has something to do with Shoutaro Morikubo's voice and also his pants bc they're snazzy af

Anyways, looks like this arc has some of the most colourful side characters we've had in a long while- Violet, Cavendish, Rebecca and now Bartolomeo.
Bellamy made a reappearance, a new Admiral showed up and Doffy is the villain.

I don't care how long this arc is!

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Dec 3, 2017 9:19 AM

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LeMasta

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I have 2 finals, a research paper and an oral presentation upcoming this week but I can't stop watching... rip

Nov 25, 2019 4:08 PM

#58

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The “scene” format of this episode gives it an incredibly easy format to speak about, but it feels as if it suggests something insidious. It makes the characters feel as though they are in a play, as if everything they are doing is planned or anticipated. It started to make me feel more suspicion of Violet and it started to make me feel worried that everything the Straw Hats do play into Doflamingo’s hands. To have the panic of the populous turn into tranquility despite their king being dethroned only adds to this unsettling feeling, like every individual in Dressrosa is playing their part as well.

Since this post ended up unexpectedly huge I've put it in spoiler tags for organization's sake with an actual spoiler-prediction based off of fanart I've seen last.

Apr 13, 2020 8:39 PM

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For the first time EVER, One Piece is actually metaphysically acknowledging just how crazy things can get when the crew is a part by literally breaking it down into scenes. Instead of nonchalantly switching or transitioning from character moments, there's actual "Scenes" or "Acts" -- I think 6 to be exact -- broken into where the group all is. That was so strange and surreal. Was there a directional change or something? I think we're all forgetting about -- how in the past -- there was a narrator and/or a map that plotted character location. But this episode was extremely different, breaking from a more fluid plot and taking an episodic approach, literally separating the characters' situations as if they're completely unrelated. And honestly, it seems that way. So much strange unrelated sh*t has happened in all six acts that the other characters are oblivious to. The episode is like six different spin-off shows in a single 20 minutes timeframe. Again, One Piece has never done anything like this, so 635 episodes in, I was shook by the change. And I'm intrigued.

Moving on, I want to communicate an EPIPHANY I had. During the past few episodes:
* One Piece has gotten awfully silly. Mainly in terms of characters. The character designs have gotten extremely silly, as have the character demeanors. One-time, second-long characters have gotten significantly dumber not to mention, either by stating something completely obvious -- but more importantly, their f*cking MANNERISMS. Every single new character introduced (and there's a LOT in this arc) HAVE to have some kind of personality QUIRK. Something GOOFY. Whether it has to do with their speech or their interactions. Like that one guy who told Luffy not to thank him (for like 10 seconds)... I was like "Oh boy, another one of these guys."
* Now to acknowledge the past. Characters may have looked goofy but they retained better human proportions. Their character designs weren't overly simplified into shapes. Maybe the character wore a wacky outfit... but, hey, their personality was probabyl still relatively normal. Goofy but not cartoony like today's One Piece. During the first arcs, whether it be the one with Alvida and Morgan, to the Shanks scenes, even to Alabasta. And things feel different now.
*So what was my EPIPHANY? Well... it's that I'm being too high-strung. I'm an adult well into his 20's who is critiquing f*cking One Piece. ONE Piece. We all know what One Piece is, right? SHOUNEN. It's demographic is for BOYS. A younger male generation. The kinda kids who might watch Spongebob (in America). M'kay. I need to shut TF up and accept One Piece's digression over the years -- into more childish, less dramatic territory. I've finally realized I shouldn't be so uptight and critical of a show that was made for and continues to be aimed at younger audiences. So I'm done hoping things will stride more towards adult tastes. I'll accept Franky's constant, stupid hair changes ... and Chopper's digression into a non-reindeer looking blob ... and an island with sentient fuggin toys with awful character designs ... and how Zoro and Sanji are no longer cool, collected bada$$es but beings that have been consumed by the traits ... like how Sanji is no longer a smooth-talking rational human being and is just a fountain of hearts and passionate moans 70% of the time. Everyone's exaggerated now and I'll suck it up.
* I just WISH... I WISH that they would've just STARTED One Piece like this, though. Instead of starting One Piece as an amazingly universal show capable of appealing to adults and devolving into something silly, stupid, and lacking-depth -- why couldn't they just be simple-minded from the get-go. It's sad. It's like being nostalgic towards something that has no chance of reviving.

But yeah, these are my primary thoughts throughout this arc thus far.

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Apr 13, 2020 8:42 PM

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Despite all my frustrations in terms of post-time skip One Piece, I will say that Punk Hazard was (lightyears) better than (the damn) Fishman Island arc... AND, that the Dressrosa arc is already looking as if it'll be better than Punk Hazard. I don't know about this (future) Whole Cake arc, but people are absolutely RAVING about Wano. I'm hoping One Piece is on a steady incline.

But I totally digressed. What I really wanna communicate is how addicting the nature of the show is right now. There's so many concepts flying around and new characters being introduced. If one aspect doesn't interest you, there's bound to be another side plot that intrigues you. There's other stuff I wanna watch but my body won't bring myself to click on the "Soul Eater" tab because the next episode of OP beckons me.

So, for whatever reason, I'm hooked.

P.S.
Cavendish's (VA's) voice is quite distinctive and different from almost any other character scene on One Piece.
aaaaaand
Bartholomeo's (VA's) voice is quite distinctive and different from almost any other character scene on One Piece.

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Feb 22, 2021 9:10 AM

#61

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A lot of interesting stuff has happened in this episode since everyone's split up but this was more or less build-up for a lot of strange and exciting things to come later on~

I wonder what Bartolomeo's Devil Fruit power is like.

Aug 1, 2021 5:39 AM

#62

Pre_Yum

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I swear Momonosuke is the luckiest motherfucker...

Aug 25, 2021 3:04 AM

#63

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CP 0 near Robin's Group

Sanji Still living love life ~~ <3

Aug 18, 2022 2:14 AM

#64

StateofOhayo

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it's okay, but there is something to be said of the fact that the break comes in after 15 minutes of a 24 minute episode. i can comfortably skip 8 minutes and miss nothing. that's one quarter of an episode wasted on nonsense.

Aug 16, 2023 9:06 PM

#65

davidyodo24

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Oct 2019

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Yeahh Bellamy talk your shit lol

oh shit CP-0?

Sep 6, 2023 5:08 PM

#66

andrei_caca

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Sep 2023

one pice is real!!!

Sep 25, 2023 11:21 AM

#67

FedeMetal

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Que hermoso es el outfit de Robin. Hermoso vestido negro, con un gorro blanco esponjoso. Adorable.

Jun 29, 10:53 PM

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gannoncannon55

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CP0 introduced!
Scene 5 : Sanji in Love - *flamenco guitar plays* *hilarity ensues* man this arc is a blast as an anime, it just didn't have this charm and spark on black and white pages

3 hours ago

#69

TheAquilaSamurai

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Mar 2016

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A small bit of happenings from every group. So not too bad, but all too short as well which makes the pacing issue stand out a bit.

After all the build up of Kin'emon being the first living Wano Kingdom samurai the crew has encountered and his ability to keep up with Zoro in the few times we saw him; I'm disappointed in how easily the Doflamingo thugs seemed to have him cornered without him even getting started :(

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