Gum-Gum FINALE?!? | One Piece Ep 1x8 Reaction & Review | Netflix 

The joy of all this is that Oda came on RU-vid himself, less than 2 weeks after One Piece launched on Netflix, and announced that season 2 was happening.

14:45 “This is a family of psychopaths.” Just wait until you meet the rest of Luffy’s family.

Chew: “Who would be stupid to attack us?” Me: “WE ARE!!!”

The funny thing is Usop pulled the one ranged fighter the Fishmen had and kited him away from Sanji and Zoro who would be weak at range. Without him they might have failed.

Fun fact. The smoker tease wasn't originally planned. A writer pitched it and then the writer's strike happened and he had no idea if they used it or not. Getting to see it first along with everyone else watching the series. I think one of the biggest strengths of this adaptation is that most, if not all, people working on it are fans of the source material.

If I had to sum up what made me love this series, it was its sincerity. It was not afraid to wear its heart on its sleeve, it did not try to undercut the heartfelt moments with cynicism to make it "more real", it did not try crack jokes at its own expense out of insecurity. It just was unabashedly itself. This and Arcane are easily some of my favorite recent shows and its for the same reason, they are wildly different in tone yet they are unafraid to tell the story they want to tell.

As someone who just never got into the One Piece Manga or anime, this series is exactly what I needed to get into the universe and story. Can't wait for more.

I believe Koby mentioned that the mouse/rat Marine Capt. Nezumi set the bounty on Luffy as revenge.

That look of total astonishment when he let down the gum gum battle axe was just perfect.

When the literal prologue is more than 1 season long.

E8 06:23 Raid on arlong park 08:50 11:50 Garp arrives on cocoyashi village 16:00 Bounty, reactions 19:20 Mihawk-Shanks, Barrel scene, Smoker tease

Emily Rudd was amazing. This show was excellently done and I love how such an iconic show set the bar so high for adaptations going forward.

As one who doesn't watch anime (had I not set that boundary, I would have no life outside consuming entertainment) this show has been amazing! And Nerdy is very correct, worldbuilding is my jam!

There are some strong parental figures in One Piece - they're just not great all round parents, they have clear flaws but are more believable for it. There's two very strong contenders for best dad in anime.

Cool tidbit, that last scene with the flashbacks wasn't planned. An editor just got the idea, made it, and showed the show runner.

Many people think that acting is about pretending, but it's not. Pretending is when you become a tree or a mouse as a kid while playing games. Meanwhile an actor forgets who he is, his actual self dies, and he is then inhabited by the soul of the character he is playing. He IS that character, for as long as he is on the stage. And the cast for One Piece nailed that.

I get that they had the scene with Arlong's building falling to pieces, but it would have been great to see the scene of Luffy throwing Nami's desk out the window. That really brought the feels in the anime.

The problem with smoker is he's Not the "villain" you wanna end the series on. You wanna end the series with arlong as the last villain. If Loguetown is chapter one of season 2 then you're off to a really good start.

Despite what he says, readers caught up know that Garp was holding back a *lot*

I think the biggest strength of this adaptation is that Oda had creative oversight. Not a single change went through without his approval, and he made some scenes be shot again or said no to aspects (like a romance between Zoro and Nami) that don't match his vision for the series. This isn't a soulless Hollywood adaptation - this is an Oda adaptation, starring cast and crew who love the series. For people asking, Steven Maeda talked in an interview that you can find at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_0WkkX1_Wm0.htmlsi=ljmT4elCQ570W606 about how involved Oda was.

This live action is such a huge success. Really hyped for Season 2, I guarantee the next villain is gonna be more interesting.

Koby wasn't reintroduced that much later, it's an illusion caused by the anime putting their cover story way later than it started and actually happenwd. Canonically the Coby/Helmeppo cover story happened just after syrup villiage.

The CGI when Arlong grow his teeth back looked really good , i cant wait to see how they are going to improve it in season 2 , considering that we are going to see more devil fruit user’s beside Luffy and Buggy.

The decision to move Loguetown to season 2 works very well because Smoker plays such a huge part of the following saga that Loguetown feels like a part of the following saga.

Honestly, considering all the parental figures, Zeff and Sanji's relationship is pretty damn healthy.

I heard that the post credit scene was filmed very late into production, so when the main cast saw it they were just as surprised and excited as we are 😂

The barrel scene at the end gets everyone …. All the reactions, no one has escaped crying or getting emotional at that scene. A genius touch, kudos to the editor who made that happen!!

They didn't explain it but each fish man has unique characteristics, Chuu is an archer fish fishman, so like just like the one in real life, he can shoot liquid from his mouth with accuracy

Crazy to know that this season ended while they're still in the tutorial stage.

Fun fact: Both the Luffy and Zoro actors dubbed themselves in the Latin American Spanish localization. Iñaki Godoy (Luffy) was evem coach by the old Luffy's VA in the anime: Mireya Mendoza. The latter is also one of the directors and translators of the live-action dub in my language.

For reasons I can't say at this point in your watch-through, I found it touching that you chose the Going Merry as your algorithm goddess for the episode. 😊

Gum-Gum Finale is a title. Imagine the last chapter of One Piece will be titled Gum-Gum The End!!

“He spent a lot of money on his face” Had me dead 💀 😂 that was golden

14:55 “Parental figures in One Piece are not great.” True for most, not true for all of them. The most recent manga chapters gave us an amazing parental figure who sacrificed everything for his daughter.

I was waiting for you to tear up at the end the whole episode. So glad you loved it!

I think it was really smart for season 1 to end with Arlong Park. That arc is pretty much the narrative climax of the saga, where (almost) all of the loose plot strands of East Blue get tied up and resolved. It also means that the season ends at the emotional peak of this section of the story, which is satisfying and leaves a good impression of the show in the audience's minds. This also means that we'll be starting off season two from a REALLY great jumping off point. The next arc will give lots of opportunity not only to touch back on the core story of the series but also serve to re-establish what is baseline "normal" for this world before going into the insanity of the Grand Line. It also means that two characters that will be very important will be introduced in episode 1 of that season instead of the final episode of last season, which narratively works extremely well.

The final kick move from Luffy was his (Gomu gomu no, ONO) which roughly translate to Gum Gum axe, but he said Gum Gum Battle axe, which is more fitting since the reach really :P

"So a sharp bullet would hurt him" Yes. The reason bullets don't do anything to Luffy is that the world of One piece has older guns with round bullets. I don't think the decision to end it here was a writing decision. I think it was a covid decision. The series was supposed to have two more episodes originally. And the barrel scene takes place at the end of the saga in the manga but they had to move it because they had no end point after the cut. I'm just speculating though, I have no proof. As for the writing, despite my overall love for this adaptation it was a mixed bag. The writing of the plot overall is pretty good beside some hiccup with Garp (his motivation is nonsensical, not only does his change in episode 6 mean nothing, but the reveal of his motive here makes no sense. You don't send Mihawk at your grandson because you wanted to make sure "he knew his worth/determination". That's not a test, that's just nonsense. But overall the addition of Garp as a reccuring antagonist and the reveal is good. My main issue is that the dialogue writing is very bad in a lot of key points. "I'll be the greatest swordsman in the world that ever was" is such a horrible line. I know it's a combination of two lines hence why it's so clunky but why they decided to combine them is weird. Luffy also has a lot of weak dialogue imo. Casting is impeccable though.

Fun Fact: Bellemere means “Beautiful Mother” ❤

There is so many little easter eggs for the anime watchers who are caught up… I would suggest watching the live action over again and realizing the little easter eggs that they planted so early on. There is a little nod in the episode where Mihawk meets luffy saying “I do like your hat” referencing the fact that by the last episode you find out that Mihawk knows Shanks. The opening scene of Roger’s execution shows Mihawk’s ship, young Mihawk, young Shanks, and two more young characters if you’re paying close enough attention.

Love this duo. Nerdy posits "I don't know if they could have done a better job than this", and where I, as a huge One Piece fan *could* make some highly subjective criticisms, I simply conclude that this production went way above my expectations in the first place. Then Clarooooo comes off the top rope with the astute observation that this is unapologetically One Piece, without even experiencing any other medium of One Piece. This show was obviously created by people who know and love the intellectual property. Well... That, and Oda himself was given a say in his own story. That is a LOT more than *some* other adaptions around, today. Anyway, great stuff. As soon as I stop being lazy, I'm going to get the Patreon, and watch the whole thing again. Nerdy's OP reactions are my current favorites in currently in the 1st half (QueenBlaze is killing it, too!). I want to be there for Avatar, because word is that much of the same production crew is working on that show, as well. Quality stuff.

If you like Mihawk design, there is a video of the actor getting out into full make up and gear.

They already signed off on a season 2 months ago. Oda, the creator of one piece, filmed a cool announcement and uploaded it onto youtube.

I love that this adaptation, unlike so many others that lean towards a dark adaptation or being edgy and cool, is just sincere, wears its heart on its sleeve and is full of goofiness and leaning into the silliness and colorfulness of this world!

I'm fairly new fan of One Piece myself. I actually started the anime after watching the awesome Netflix live action series! I had no complaints about the live action, but after watching the anime the ONLY thing I wish they added was the fishman Hachi. I understand it would've been a difficult task to recreate him, but the Arlong Park fight scene is known for each Straw Hat member squaring up with a different Fishman. Usopp and Sanji had their moments, but if they recreated Zoro taking on the Six Sword style to live action that would've been the cherry on top to the final episode. I've enjoyed watching your reactions to this series, definitely excited for Season 2! Looking forward to the "Believe in Wonderland" OST.

The Going Merry being the finale algorithm goddess choked me up a little.

"He spent a lot of money on that face!" Daaaaamn gierl ! Clarus! 💯 Spot on! 🤣🤣🤣 that was hilarious!

Nerdy please show *The Breathtaking World of One Piece* vídeo to Clarus and if you dont watch it yet would be way better, its a vídeo that shows places and Islands without context spoilers

Nerdy went absolutely feral this episode

That was so good to watch you guys reaction, wish Clarus was at the anime reactions as well

Oh, also Garp in the manga stops wearing his hat as soon as you get the grandad reveal. He only wore it to stop people who read the one-shot pilot manga from realisimg he was Luffy's grandfather.

he technically isn't bulletproof, he is capable of defending against old school ball bearing rounds but a modern round would kill him

the showrunners initially had 2 more episodes planned out, but their budget ran out, so Smoker and Loguetown were cut/pushed back.

One Pieces ability to get people to reach the suspension of belief is top notch and the Live Actions commitment to that is what makes it work.

Loved your reactions. ❤❤❤ loved the changes, more screentime for the marines especially coby and helmeppo. ❤

yep smoker could have been easily cut since he is only a small part of the series. I am just really happy they decided to include him with such a small role in the actual anime

33:45 - "I'm ahead of this by quite a bit." People who have watched the whole thing: "Oh you sweet, sweet summer child." 😂

I’m not much of one for anime or manga. Seen Akira about 50 times, but that’s it lol. Didn’t think I’d enjoy this live action series. But gawd damn… this show is fucking awesome. Great story, awesome score, perfectly cast and amazing sets.

This was so great to binge-watch. I'm happy you guys enjoyed the show so much.

A little Spoiler for the manga: when you say "parental figures in one piece are not great" i can only think wait until you met kuma

Did you see Breathtaking World of One Piece already? The true One Piece trailer :)

It's possible to watch all of the anime in a year if one watches 3 episodes in a day. The actual episodes without recap are 20 min long so that would be an hour per day. It takes dedication for sure.

Aside from all the technicals, writing, and performances, the tone of the show is delightful. I love me some grim-dark or super-serious stuff but it’s just as nice when the fare is joyful and hopeful.

I love this series. I’m caught up to the latest chapters of the manga and I’ve been at it for a while. My biggest concern about the show was whether they would embrace the goofiness of the characters and the interactions they have but they really went all in. The cuts they made to side characters was understandable even tho I love Patty’s character and I wish we could have gotten more of him but they twisted the story in a way that made it easy to understand for people that had no idea what the world was about because looking back at the early story, it is a bit overwhelming at first and compressing almost the entire first arc into eight episodes is actually insane because there is so much to it but they did it brilliantly. Can’t wait for Smoker and season 2.

My dad, who hasn't watched an episode of any anime in his life, liked this season so much he considered watching One Piece to get more content! He didn't yet and he can't stand the "weird" voices, so i don't think he will, but the fact he considered it at all shows me how great this season was! Can't wait for season 2! I'm waiting for news on casts and stuff every day lol

Would love to see you both react to “The Breathtaking World of One Piece” loved the LA reaction and of course love the anime reactions on the other channel! ❤️

the choreographers for Yu Yu Hakusho live action should win something too if this is already up there

Love from Belgium 🇧🇪 ❤ Great Finally ❤❤

I'm so excited for season 2 because I bet we are going to meet Smoker and Chopper and ROBIN! Woooooooo!

Glad you enjoyed Battle Axe!

"They're going full fantasy, they're not trying to explain anything..." IOW, no Midi-chlorians, right?

I'm in my 30s I watched the early one piece episodes when they came out why do I only now realize : Shanks can't unrole the wanted poster himself BECAUSE HE ONLY HAS ONE ARM

great commentary, loved the reactions

Also, it's never shown that mail is delivered by Seagull, the newspapers are. Spoilers here, but that's because the person that writes the newspaper is a giant Seagull

“Luffy does not understand the three cheers thing” PLEASE IM DEAD I never even noticed

I'd love to see you two as Garp and his second in command

Someone said : Everyone watching One Piece gets baptized with their own tears.

I'm not in love with all the changes they made, but I still think they did a great job with the LA, especially when considering the limitations of live action and available time. I'm looking forward to next season. The LA cast off ceremony, showing them as kids, that was _better_ than the anime, IMO.

The Going Merry is the Goddess in the hearts of the fandom. If you know, you know. (Btw, does reverse psychology work on Clarus? I think she might be afraid of the emotional abuse the anime could could throw at her if she dared to watch it... Hint hint.)

The finale!!! Such a great show

Going to guess this won’t be the last time Merry is the algorithm goddess

One piece has great parents! They just get killed off....

Great show and adaptation,hope we get season 2 fast :)

On Alvida: look at the actress's social media, they won't *need* to recast her if you know what I mean...

Also one point many people don't know, Oda already said the main strawhats are Luffy, Nami and Zoro, those 2 are the right and left hand of Luffy, you will notice that every important moment in the anime, it's always one of the two that is with luffy at the time, so the show with limited time decided to focus on those 3, that's one of the reasons, sanji and usopp had less screen time.

Helmeppo x Koby MENTIONED!!!

Just think, there's an alternate reality where Oda made Luffy a marine and the anime involved him climbing the ranks in the marines dreaming of capturing the king of the pirates.

I rewatch it so many times already and you can rewatch it in Japanese dub by your own. This season was supposed to be 10 episodes but was cut short due to lack of budget...

You could ask her if she'll watch the anime when the re-adaption comes out

Sad this is the last! Cant wait for season 2

That's pretty much what Nazumi wears in the anime... I mean, the ball cap is a hoodie type thing, you've seen it.. but the way i remember him his hat does have ears on top exactly like those, right..?

I think the worst mistake season 2 can make is slowing down. We have so much source material that there is no reason to take the foot off the gas and continue to hit story beat after story beat ever episode.

karate vs savat actually and an interesting fact, modern karate style kicks actually come from savat so sanji technically is using older kicking techniques

Fishman Karate / Cobra Koi.

he said gum gum battle axe, because he has the gum gum fruit and because he used an Axe kick

Nezumis "hat" are his actual ears.

They definitely did a great job! What i think is lacking, due to the style and time, is all the introspection the characters go trough during some scenes, i.e., here usopp is more of a goofy friend than a coward, he has his own internal battle while fighting the fishmen which gives him more depth to his victory in the anime, while here, he came up with a witty plan, so newcomers don't see him becoming that brave warrior he tries to be

Really loving your TV show and movie reactions. I really do hope you guys will be able to do K-drama reactions. I'd love to see you guys check out either The Glory or Moving. :) 2 of the best recent K-dramas I've seen although my all-time favorite is Signal which is an older drama

Apparently this season was actually at first going to be like 10-12 episodes and they filmed a bit more but had Netflix get at them to do 8 instead for some reason so they had to wrap it up with sailing off, I think the original plan was to get them to Logue Town and end it there. This really is the best representation of when you get showrunners who love the source material and having the creator in the room with a gun (metaphorically). And with what Nerdy said; for some media we really should not be scared of wild fantasy stuff, for a time back when Batman Begins came out it was the age of Really pushing that direction of taking goofy silly comic book stuff to be adapted to REALISTIC ADULT SO GRITTY style. Nowadays because of superhero bloat and so many shows/movies that do this it's refreshing to now go the Other way and instead embrace the goofy fiction.

They went Full Scott Pilgrim .