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| Obviously not every episode can be a high-priority one, that’s what makes the few that are stand out so much. But right from the start, you could tell this one was clearly a high-priority episode. If the amount of movement at the start compared to the last couple of episodes wasn’t enough proof, then the arrival of the Five Elders definitely sealed it. Because HOLY. SHIT. WAS THAT JUST THREE MINUTES OF STRAIGHT, UNFILTERED VINCENT CHANSARD I JUST WITNESSED??? NO SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. And oh my word, it did not stop there. Gandhi going in to attack one of the Pacifistas was EVEN CRAZIER. The dude was just aura farming the entire episode and just every time he showed up on screen. Honestly the whole episode was just so good I can’t even describe it. Even the little things, like that Usopp scene, weren’t really needed but added so much and were just plain cool. But yeah, the main event: Zoro vs. Lucci. Pretty obvious Chris handled this scene, and mannn... I’m telling you, this show makes everyone look cool except Sanji. They seriously went all out and made Lucci, YES LUCCI, look cool. And ending it with Dorry and Brogy saving Luffy just in time. Maybe he didn’t need the help and the timing was too convenient, but I still liked it. I never thought I’d see those two take on the Gorosei, but I'm fucking pumped to see more because just that little we saw at the end was insane. Glad to see the three reunited after so long, the nostalgia. Insane episode, no words. Totally worth sitting through the mediocre episodes these past couple weeks. Huhuva Spot Hunt/10  |
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| My jaw dropped at the gorosei entrance scene - they went all out making those goofy colorful designs feel horrifying, goddamn. And the music was peak! That moment where we see from inside Nusjuros skeleton as the elders slowly approach Luffy was great. Aside from being a swordsman, another thing that definitely makes Nusjuro a future Zoro opponent is that it's not the first time that a Zoro opponent has some obvious death symbolism in their design - Dracule Mihawk is obviously inspired by Dracula and is traveling in a floating coffin, Kaku wore a skull mask during betrayal at Water 7, Ryuma was literally a corpse, King had skulls on lapels of his suit and now Nusjuro is a horse skeleton. Makes sense with his backstory with Kuina that he constantly faces "death", there was even that vision of the grim reaper in Wano. Dory and Brogy were absolute menaces this episode, loved to see it. Zoro vs Lucci conclusion was incredibly well animated. I really liked how they incorporated those brief pauses where they sensed/heard Mars into the fight, those moments were kinda chilling cause in the grand scheme of everything happening on Egghead right now their fight is quite a small event (which is crazy looking at the insane visuals displayed here, really puts things into perspective). There was A LOT happening in this EP visually but can I just say that hand drawn bit with Usopp was super cute? |
| The Five Elders 🖐 Shepherd Ju Peter = orthworm Worm Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro = Horse Topman Warcury = Boar Marcus Mars = Henry Henderson from Spy x Family Bird Jaygarcia Saturn = Spider  |
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| We know this will be peak and it surpass anything i ever dream lol. |
| Absolute garbage. Why can't these animators at Toei just do their job and replicate the manga? They think they're doing a Tiktok edit. Is it really that hard to just do a normal looking animation? I was so excited for the Gorosei summoning but it end up looking extra goofy. I hate Toei and I hate Chansard. |
Reply to Nori25
@lalindu If it sounded like ragebait then the community might be screwed too.
There was not a single moment in this whole episode that outperformed this single still page of the manga:
There was not a single moment in this whole episode that outperformed this single still page of the manga:
| @Nori25 you're genuinely just wrong. the amount of effort it takes to create a single scene of animation is immense.. it needs a director, storyboarder, cinematographers, key frame animators, regular animators, productors, and many more positions to create just a scene in anime. not to discredit ODA, he has amazing art.. but one clearly has more effort put into it. maybe not when its a regular anime scene, but what we saw in the anime is just incredible, using some of the most famous, big names in anime. |
Nori25 said: @lalindu If it sounded like ragebait then the community might be screwed too. There was not a single moment in this whole episode that outperformed this single still page of the manga: blud is comparing a single page with animation 🤡 Anime episode was way better than the manga and action scenes are always better in anime than manga for 1pis |
| This was just peak, every moment of this episode was incredible. From start to finish, I couldn’t believe what I was watching. Let’s be real, the animation was outstanding; it honestly couldn’t have been better. I don’t even mind if Toei takes more breaks, their breaks are absolutely worth it. I still can’t wrap my head around how the animators are pulling this off. There’s so much happening in every single frame, How do you even begin to imagine and plan all that? The only thing that kind of annoys me is that Sanji feels pretty useless in this arc. But that’s not Toei’s fault, Oda just didn’t cook enoughwith Sanji in this Arc. But I’m not complaining, I believe in GODA, I’m sure he’s going to cook up something great for Sanji in the future… maybe.  |
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| Damn, the animation was intense and really trippy at some points. I both like and a part of me feels it’s a little overdone but hey, it definitely rises the stakes! Elbaph leaders have finally made it to Luffy and saved him in the pinch of the moment. I thought Luffy was going to try and keep the bird gorousei at least from wandering off but that’s easier than done when there’s the other three in charge against you, I suppose. Zoro and Lucci’s fight better end soon. Both feel the presence and time is really running short here. Online sources say a few eps until the end of the arc so I’m curious to see what will go down until then… |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
| There's always gonna be someone whining that adaptations aren't 1:1 to the source material, but anime would genuinely be so boring if animators didn't take creative liberties. That's the whole point of animation, to be able to do shit freely; there are some action series I can think of whose action in their anime adaptations would be boring as fuck if animators didn't add some flair to it. Not everything has to just be a copy paste of the manga 🤷 Anyway, nothing could ever make me hate episodes like this 🤷 I don't care how "over-animated" it may be, this is some gas. The Five Elders' entrance, Nusjuro aura farming like crazy, Zoro vs. Lucci, all of it was fire. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. Take me back to the days before MAL became infested with Twitter's favorite buzzwords. |
Reply to lalindu
@thebrentinator24 some people just want moving manga panels
| @lalindu then read the manga, do you realize they are totally two different mediums with different storytelling aproaches in order to convey the story in the medium staff works with. No matter how loyal and accurate adaptations will be, there will be always changes added anime original scenes, cut content, extended scenes because once again they are two different mediums and things will always translate differently. I am not surprised about most of the one piece community anymore...  |
Reply to jacobPOL
@lalindu then read the manga, do you realize they are totally two different mediums with different storytelling aproaches in order to convey the story in the medium staff works with.
No matter how loyal and accurate adaptations will be, there will be always changes added anime original scenes, cut content, extended scenes because once again they are two different mediums and things will always translate differently.
I am not surprised about most of the one piece community anymore...
No matter how loyal and accurate adaptations will be, there will be always changes added anime original scenes, cut content, extended scenes because once again they are two different mediums and things will always translate differently.
I am not surprised about most of the one piece community anymore...
| @jacobPOL I am not defending them,I am also fed up with them,when we got one of the best episodes of one piece and says it was not like in the manga |
Reply to IkemenSenpai
This was just peak, every moment of this episode was incredible. From start to finish, I couldn’t believe what I was watching. Let’s be real, the animation was outstanding; it honestly couldn’t have been better. I don’t even mind if Toei takes more breaks, their breaks are absolutely worth it.
I still can’t wrap my head around how the animators are pulling this off. There’s so much happening in every single frame, How do you even begin to imagine and plan all that?
The only thing that kind of annoys me is that Sanji feels pretty useless in this arc. But that’s not Toei’s fault, Oda just didn’t cook enoughwith Sanji in this Arc. But I’m not complaining, I believe in GODA, I’m sure he’s going to cook up something great for Sanji in the future… maybe.
I still can’t wrap my head around how the animators are pulling this off. There’s so much happening in every single frame, How do you even begin to imagine and plan all that?
The only thing that kind of annoys me is that Sanji feels pretty useless in this arc. But that’s not Toei’s fault, Oda just didn’t cook enoughwith Sanji in this Arc. But I’m not complaining, I believe in GODA, I’m sure he’s going to cook up something great for Sanji in the future… maybe.
| @IkemenSenpai sanji cooked this arc,zoro was the one that was taken a backseat |
| Good lord, the animation for this episode was just absolutely amazing! Huge kudos to the animators! |
IkemenSenpai said: This was just peak, every moment of this episode was incredible. From start to finish, I couldn’t believe what I was watching. Let’s be real, the animation was outstanding; it honestly couldn’t have been better. I don’t even mind if Toei takes more breaks, their breaks are absolutely worth it. I still can’t wrap my head around how the animators are pulling this off. There’s so much happening in every single frame, How do you even begin to imagine and plan all that? The only thing that kind of annoys me is that Sanji feels pretty useless in this arc. But that’s not Toei’s fault, Oda just didn’t cook enoughwith Sanji in this Arc. But I’m not complaining, I believe in GODA, I’m sure he’s going to cook up something great for Sanji in the future… maybe. Saying Sanji is useless in this arc is like saying Zoro is garbage in this arc… One actually was in the midst of the problems, while the other was wasting time. |
Reply to Nori25
@lalindu If it sounded like ragebait then the community might be screwed too.
There was not a single moment in this whole episode that outperformed this single still page of the manga:
There was not a single moment in this whole episode that outperformed this single still page of the manga:
| @Nori25 I liked the Animation & Fluid movement, but the Color scheme Gorosei form so colorful and not scaryness like's in Manga. I'm know what you feel.. |
Confused_100 said: IkemenSenpai said: This was just peak, every moment of this episode was incredible. From start to finish, I couldn’t believe what I was watching. Let’s be real, the animation was outstanding; it honestly couldn’t have been better. I don’t even mind if Toei takes more breaks, their breaks are absolutely worth it. I still can’t wrap my head around how the animators are pulling this off. There’s so much happening in every single frame, How do you even begin to imagine and plan all that? The only thing that kind of annoys me is that Sanji feels pretty useless in this arc. But that’s not Toei’s fault, Oda just didn’t cook enoughwith Sanji in this Arc. But I’m not complaining, I believe in GODA, I’m sure he’s going to cook up something great for Sanji in the future… maybe. Saying Sanji is useless in this arc is like saying Zoro is garbage in this arc… One actually was in the midst of the problems, while the other was wasting time. Let me be clear, I’m not saying Sanji is useless in this arc. What I mean is that he feels kind of under-used, especially considering he’s one of the main fighters among the Straw Hats besides Luffy and Zoro. Sanji hasn’t had a proper one-on-one fight since the start of this arc. Yeah, Zoro’s was wasting time fighting Lucci, but at least he has had a couple of decent fights. Sanji, on the other hand, has mostly been running around handling support stuff for the crew, which is really different from previous arcs where he’d face off against strong opponents head-on. To be fair, outside of Luffy, none of the Straw Hats have had a major fight or role in this arc. But since Sanji’s main role in the crew is as a top-tier fighter, and I think he’s as strong as Zoro, it feels weird not seeing him get a proper big fight like usual. |
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Reply to kumadababy
@Nori25 you're genuinely just wrong. the amount of effort it takes to create a single scene of animation is immense.. it needs a director, storyboarder, cinematographers, key frame animators, regular animators, productors, and many more positions to create just a scene in anime. not to discredit ODA, he has amazing art.. but one clearly has more effort put into it. maybe not when its a regular anime scene, but what we saw in the anime is just incredible, using some of the most famous, big names in anime.
| @kumadababy I am not wrong, you just poorly interpreted my comment. More effort does not necessarily mean better. "Overanimation" is objectively bad. When the camerawork is all over the place and you can't understand what's happening but there are cool special effects everywhere, that's shit animation, no matter how fluid it is. That's like sticking a banana on a museum wall and watching people praise it. |
IkemenSenpai said: Confused_100 said: Saying Sanji is useless in this arc is like saying Zoro is garbage in this arc… One actually was in the midst of the problems, while the other was wasting time. Let me be clear, I’m not saying Sanji is useless in this arc. What I mean is that he feels kind of under-used, especially considering he’s one of the main fighters among the Straw Hats besides Luffy and Zoro. Sanji hasn’t had a proper one-on-one fight since the start of this arc. Yeah, Zoro’s was wasting time fighting Lucci, but at least he has had a couple of decent fights. Sanji, on the other hand, has mostly been running around handling support stuff for the crew, which is really different from previous arcs where he’d face off against strong opponents head-on. To be fair, outside of Luffy, none of the Straw Hats have had a major fight or role in this arc. But since Sanji’s main role in the crew is as a top-tier fighter, and I think he’s as strong as Zoro, it feels weird not seeing him get a proper big fight like usual. Egghead was never about the fights, that’s the thing. If we take it by that, then zoro technically didn’t even fight or do anything since luffy fought lucci already. Sanji’s role is that of a leader who has crucial decisions. He is the shield not the sword, if that makes sense. Plus in the final stretches of this arc, they are fighting the gorsei… You know the ones below Imu, the ones who control the world government. Even Zoro wouldn’t be doing anything to them. Oda knew that and made zoro go fight lucci at the other end of the island on purpose. As time goes on if you watch the event from beginning, Sanji saved Bonney a lot of times. He saved Kuma also one time. There is so much more than just fighting and Sanji was never the fighter of the group. Zoro is the fighter of the group. Luffy is like 100x stronger than zoro and sanji combined even right now. I believe the criticism of Sanji being under used in this arc is weird since we would apply it to Zoro in a worse way. I don’t know if I delivered what I wanted to say correctly though lol |
| Fancy 5/5 episode |
No, this isn't my signature. |
| Yeah, I've been complaining about the awful pacing as much as anyone, but I'm a fair man and I thought this was a solid episode. Sure there were a few drawn out moments, but nothing too egregious by One Piece standards and lots of cool looking sequences. The second half I liked in particular and where the episode left off. |
| Unreal It's just unreal Unmatched power of animation Speechless. While the community complains and demands the anime from before the break, the artists are working hard and doing wonders. It's been like this for years, so let's at least make the most of these moments. Thank you to the staff for their hard work. |
| Only Luffy pauses mid-fight to wonder if he's delicious. Zoro vs. Lucci. Peak. Even Jinbe was like this muthafuka got stronger again?! Oh, and id the animators have to do that to my man Usopp? He saved Lillith, Brook, and the Sunny (not to mention Nami & Chopper). Why'd they'd use panel animation that looked like I drew them back in 2nd grade? That's just wrong. Meanwhile Sanji is fully animated running around with a possibly dead guy on his shoulder. |
dragynfaerieSep 21, 2:53 PM
| damn animators went crazy with this episode it really feels like toei style with all the crazy lights. Very hype chapter, very well made. |
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