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jnranime said: THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Till now we know Zoro would fight against Orochi's ninja, given the order to kill Hiyori and Toko. Maybe this would end in developing deeper love interest between Zoro and Hiyori, we would love to see how that entangles with Zoro's possible lineage from Wano and Ryuma. Zoro don't care about no romance. He loves his swords before all else. |
| Zoro been OP in Wano and I'm not complaining. |
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| Zoro fight scene was great. Law was caught and they're torturing him but ofc he won't sell out his friends. |
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| Next episode should be amazing |
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| Law being captured is definitely bad news for the alliance. I doubt he'll actually tell them anything but I'm still worried with what could happen to him. |
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| Zoro fight was fairly underwhelming, still waiting on him to get a serious challenger. Can't imagine Law talking unless his crew does something stupid and gets caught again. |
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| Ah yes, we got more of OP Zoro, though his opponents weren't worth it, we got some good animation at least :P Seems like Luffy and others have been cured of the infection too. Hope that Bepo doesn't fk up Kinemon's plan. I wonder why Drake is mad about Law being caught. |
| Law's bluff there of trying to take down Hawkins and his crewmates was pretty badass. Can't wait for the two monsters, Kaido and Big mom, to clash next episode |
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| The fight between Zoro and Fuijin was nice, expected more air attacks like the ninja did last time and maybe a demonstration of whatever his supposed specialty is (SBS claims him and Raijin specialties are "Slimey Grappling", whatever that exactly is) but still. Also was waiting for Raijin to show up, but I guess not now. The manga had Zoro cut him down to save Hiyori, but the anime changed it to him just getting pushed away and still up and ready and I thought that mean he'd join the fight this episode. Was neat seeing the ninja actually look tough and competent, found the ninja's underwhelming in the manga (though I admit their poor showing in direct combat then was more accurate for real ninja's). Maybe there will be more random scenes of Zoro fighting off random squads? I hope atleast. Either way next episode should be real fun. |
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| Law probably gonna die, I'm praying 4 my boi |
| This anime shit is addictive |
| Chopper was so cute. |
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| Bepo out here trying to loosen the tides |
| Drake's face makes me wonder if he is an ally too, he seems worried about Law. |
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| As one of the many annoying manga readers I just wanted to tell y'all, you ain't ready for episode 957/8 |
asapabriNov 22, 2020 7:38 AM
 It's not an anime, without a beach episode. - William Shakespeare |
| Zoro's part was the best bit of the episode. |
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zoro's fight was very good. |
| Nice animation again during the Zoro part. Given that Zoro is classified as a Super Nova it shouldn't be surprising that he has an easy time with the fodder that is sent against him. Meanwhile, Law once again shows why he is such a tit-on-a-bull. He needs to wear a dress so that he can totally be a maiden in distress... As far as Law's crew go - they ought to just march off singing "Yellow Submarine"... |
| Hiyori had managed to escape while he was with Zoro, but better be careful, now that Law has been caught and the whole gang has wanted posters. Fortunately Chopper made the antidote for the poison and Luffy is already recovered and very hungry. Looking forward to the meeting in the next episode. |
| "I don't want to achieve anything, I just think that the person who has the greatest freedom in the ocean is the king of pirates." - Monkey D. Luffy. "There is no one better than me when it comes to ending the expectations of others." - Natsuki Subaru |
| Any time Zoro's swords come out, you can bet the next scene will be great. They weren't anywhere near his level, but still always love seeing him teach someone a lesson. (Though one wonders why the "Don't piss off Zoro" lesson wasn't learned long ago.) The Big Mom/Kaido meeting ought to be interesting, to say the least, especially now that Big Mom has regained her memory. Somehow I don't quite think that she'll be taken down quite as easy as Queen just marching her up in chains. |
| Risk something, take back what's yours Say something they know they might attack you for. --Linkin Park, "Hands Held High" |
| I could never complain if I see anything of Zoro in a episode. Sure the Ninjas were absolute no match but I'm sure with the upcoming big fight that will change. I also enjoy the Zoro/Hiyori dynamic. They make such a good couple even if I know that romance isn't really a thing in One Piece. I was wondering what eventually happened to Law. His threat against Hawkins was such a good bluff. It's nice his crew got out but with him being caught I would say Luffy, Kinemon and Co have an even bigger problem. Also what's up with Drake? His reaction towards Law doesn't seem normal for someone who works for Kaido. One thing is certain, Law would never betray anyone. His smile at the end just confirmed it even more. |
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| Zoro fighting fodder and one average dude, meh... |
Gator said: Zoro fighting fodder and one average dude, meh... Most of the ninja of the samurai warrior alliance are actually not really front line fighters except Fukurokuju. They mostly deal in infiltration, espionage, and assasination. So that is mainly what their roles are. How ever Zoro is just to hard to pin down with an assasination attempt. Also you have to understand the straw hats are not weak little pirates any more, they have grown immensly over the course of the series and will continue to get even stronger. I think oda is slowly but surely showing us a more tipped balanced power scaling where the straw hats are able to be on equal grounds with many strong adversaries considering OP is ending soon i say its time for our heroes to grow and overcome the odds and if you still think this is the days of when luffy was running for his dear life during marinford, or the straw hats running from kumo, you are sadly missing the whole point of character development. They are so much more skilled and stronger then they were in pre time skip. These ninja's although weak compared to Zoro now is probably comparable to like fighting one of the CP9 from the early days. Think of how zoro looked when faced against Mihawk back in the early OP days. A similar situation here. How ever kaido's lackies are no slouches either, he has some pretty formidable forces that work under him. |
ArtimesGamerNov 23, 2020 2:54 AM
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link9us said: [Also you have to understand the straw hats are not weak little pirates any more, they have grown immensly over the course of the series and will continue to get even stronger. I think oda is slowly but surely showing us a more tipped balanced power scaling where the straw hats are able to be on equal grounds with many strong adversaries considering OP is ending soon i say its time for our heroes to grow and overcome the odds and if you still think this is the days of when luffy was running for his dear life during marinford, or the straw hats running from kumo, you are sadly missing the whole point of character development. They are so much more skilled and stronger then they were in pre time skip. These ninja's although weak compared to Zoro now is probably comparable to like fighting one of the CP9 from the early days. Think of how zoro looked when faced against Mihawk back in the early OP days. A similar situation here. Where did you get the impression from that I underestimate the strawhats? Luffy defeated Katakuri, an (in my opinion) admiral level fighter in a fair fight. The reason why I'm not impressed by these fodder fights is exactly because Luffy and Zoro need to fight at least one of the top three commanders of a yonko to make it any interesting. I'm afraid you missed my point entirely. |
Gator said: link9us said: [Also you have to understand the straw hats are not weak little pirates any more, they have grown immensly over the course of the series and will continue to get even stronger. I think oda is slowly but surely showing us a more tipped balanced power scaling where the straw hats are able to be on equal grounds with many strong adversaries considering OP is ending soon i say its time for our heroes to grow and overcome the odds and if you still think this is the days of when luffy was running for his dear life during marinford, or the straw hats running from kumo, you are sadly missing the whole point of character development. They are so much more skilled and stronger then they were in pre time skip. These ninja's although weak compared to Zoro now is probably comparable to like fighting one of the CP9 from the early days. Think of how zoro looked when faced against Mihawk back in the early OP days. A similar situation here. Where did you get the impression from that I underestimate the strawhats? Luffy defeated Katakuri, an (in my opinion) admiral level fighter in a fair fight. The reason why I'm not impressed by these fodder fights is exactly because Luffy and Zoro need to fight at least one of the top three commanders of a yonko to make it any interesting. I'm afraid you missed my point entirely. Its not that I missed the point. Its just that many characters who you consider fodder are actually skilled and still strong but yes compared to the development and growth of some of the straw hat members, it doesn't seem like so. The Oniwabanshu all have their specialities but yes I agree completly with your statement. I think in order to get a rather interesting fight zoro needs to fight some one much more powerful either one of the super nova's or one of kaido's top dogs. To make for a truly interesting battle. That being said, there are some inconsistencies with the anime only on how some of these characters are being protrayed. For example zoro never actually really had an extended fight with Kyoshiro, it was more like he blocked one of zoro's attacks head on and then one of the members of the oniwabanshu intervened, that was pretty much it. We never really got to see a full clash between these two like it was shown in the anime where zoro was able to go head to head against him. In reality in the manga kyoshiro was basically standing there with out moving an inch, blocking zoro's attacks with ease, much like how mihawk stood on the bridge with a knife and just completly blocked all of zoro's moves during the early parts of OP. That is kind of how it was supposed to be protrayed but i understand the studio is trying to extend some of these fights beacuse act 2 of the wano arc really doesn't focus much on the larger battles. So I do really hope the studio does not take to much free liberty and should just stick to what oda has written in the source material because there is a reason for that. I think its because the studio is not really looking at the full picture, this arc is pretty huge and it structured like a kabuki play where act 2 is basically considered the "expositional act" so the "real" action does not start until acts 3-4. Though we have alot more context now with the manga, so maybe things will be more accurate from here on in. |
ArtimesGamerNov 23, 2020 2:28 PM
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| Finally out of prison |
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| Moving onwards in the next episode, good stuff to come hopefully! |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| Uhhh wat? That blondie guy that I forgot the name of just let Bepo and the others go just like that? And he even gave up their lives back? Why? Cause he's afraid Law would kill him? Really? Even with 4 lives? And he didn't even try to betray Law? That's some weak ass reasoning man. Also really interrogating Law as if it's not obvious already why they're there lol. |
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| Pretty good episode, Law making a deal with Hawkins and instead sacrificing himself was just a great scene to see. Next episode for manga readers is gonna be oh boy... |
| Zoro's fight against the ninjas was actually not bad, though it was very short. It looks like he may be Orochi's opponent. It's going to be interesting to see the fight. Luffy's zombie face was funny to see. I don't know why they showed him as a dead man. It may have been a dream, but since he survived, it didn't serve any purpose. Nevertheless, it made him show some hilarious zombie faces So Traflaw Law sacrificed himself for his crew. That's so typical of him. He has a good heart. It's going to be interesting to see two yonkos meet in the next ep. |
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| That Traflgar smirk at end worth 5/5 |
| For a moment I thought that Zoro was going to struggle in that battle, but it looks like he really needs his third sword. So, Law is now in Orochi’s hands, Drake is not enjoying this. |
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| Alright so we're coming to the end of act two, Luffy and Momonosuke have conquered Udon for good, while the other members of the alliance have begun to resolve what they were planning to do. With 1 week to go, all the preparation now goes towards the fateful day while Luffy train to be able to use advanced busoshoku haki on command. |
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| I love Law so I was dying all the time I saw them torturing him. My poor baby I hope he'll be recue someway. |
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| I feel bad for Law. I hope he gets rescued soon. |
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| Wow we got normal looking Ninjas fighting Zoro this episode now. The running animation and sounds are good My god the way how Orochi squeal was so hilarious xD The Fire festival in the flower capital looks so pretty Mummify Luffy looks hilarious as he scares Tama away xD I wonder where Okiku found the dumplings Ahhh poor Bepo :I But Bepo cares so much about Law |
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| Law really took one for his team, kinda sad to see them so incompetent. |
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| Great episode, interested in seeing where this goes next. |
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