Normie Reviews: One Piece Season 1 

The reason why you need a map to the Grand Line is because it is bordered on both sides by what are called Calm Belts. There is no wind so a ship can't move and it is filled with giant sea beasts. Venturing into a Calm Belt is essentially a death sentence. It's something they really should have explained in the show because the Calm Belts are why the Grand Line is how it is. You just can't go a direction and get to it. There are specific points it has to be entered. I'm hoping they go into this in Season 2 with Loguetown and Reverse Mountain. But yeah, in the live action it is a plot hole because they left out the information on the Calm Belts.

The seawater kind of affected buggy, he crawls to the map instead of walking

As someone who has zero faith in live adaptations of cartoons, I was actually shocked at how good this was.

It's not really explained in the show, but when Arlong splashes Luffy it's meant to feel like a shotgun blast, because Arlong can manipulate water to such an extent. So a viewer who isn't familiar with the source material would guess it's because of Luffy's weakness.

6:39 “slightly” is an understatement 😂 imagine the most obnoxious drooling over women you can and then turn it up to 11. He’s still a great character, but live action Sanji is so much better in regard to flirting.

About Garp and Mihawk there is another power system in One Piece that basically allow non devil fruit users to fight devil fruit users on the same ground. But it remains a mystery for a long time and is not explored/explained before like the 400th episode of the anime. So be patient (or watch the anime) because the world of One piece is insanely complexe and deep thanks to more than 25 years of writing.

Not sure if it was a pro youtuber move or not but i'm having to watch the video twice because I would get so engrossed at the cooking scenes that I wouldn't notice what you said about the show. Well played sir...

For the magic system: the sea water did affect buggy, but the show didn't do a good enough job showing it, so to me, I let it slide. As for Mihawk and Garp, it is a case of not explaining the power system well, but I took it as a prelude of what to expect when the straw hats get to the grand line.

At this point in the show Zoro is like lvl 5 and Mohawk is lvl 75. Also, the power/magic system really hasn't been explained yet. Although I would say sometimes in the anime it isn't always consistent.

I agree with you on the devil fruit rules, but NOT the other superhuman abilities rules. The show plants little easter eggs throughout the season to make you more and more curious about how the world operates: the warlords, the snails, baroque works, the fish men, even the grand line...it's not really meant to be explained right off the bat, but to invoke your curiosity and make you continuously question what you think you know. SPOILER ALERT: There is indeed a whole other "magic system" apart from the devil fruits, but it doesn't really get explained until much later in the story. Unlike devil fruits, this particular system is actually achievable by anyone through hard work and training; it's the same one that allows Garp to beat up Luffy, Mihawk to slice ships in half, and Shanks to make sea monsters go away with a stare. It's important because it establishes that devil fruit users, despite being legitimate threats, are not invincible or all-powerful. In fact, those devil fruit users that become overly arrogant with their abilities are often the first ones to get annihilated in the grand line for that reason!

Greg, you are killing it. Can't heap enough praise on your review insights, organization, enthusiasm, etc etc. Please keep doing what you do. And I cannot wait for you to finish eviscerating WoT season 2 (no matter how painful it is for you). Also, ditto your overall take on Ome Piece. My sons got me into it, and I ended up enjoying it more than I expected.

I honestly don’t know how they’re going to adapt the rest of the manga. The powers and characters get even stranger and the action scenes more extravagant. How are they going to adapt that without ballooning the budget to unsustainable levels.

The magic systems and the world is unraveled slowly. There is a reason why the manga is almost 1100 chapters. What you got in the manga is a bit less than a 100 chapters. The way they did the world and magic in the show is completely consistent with the manga. The "inconsistencies" or plot holes are there for you to theorise on and you will get the answers eventually

You'll find out about the reason sailing south doesn't work in the next season. About devil fruits, it feels like the directors didn't really understand the water thing. In the source material, getting splashed does nothing, it's getting submerged in any water that takes away the power user's strength.

Finished the show, now onto the anime!

As a long time fan I absolutely loved it and the access it gives to people who don't have time/ want for the manga/anime. It's an amazing story and I just want as many people to know that as possible. As for some of the "plot-holes", a lot of explanation was cut out for time or will be explained in future seasons. A reason why One Piece is so great is because the story builds on itself over a long period of time and results in great and greater pay-offs down the line. Thanks for the review!

Sanji is my favorite character too! I'm SO happy the direction they took his character in this show rather than his over the top womanizer personality he has in the manga and show. I'm glad he's more of a suave speaker and can easily solve problems with a friendly conversation or homemade meal. I'm so excited to see where they take this show and I couldn't be happier they did One Piece justice! You can tell Oda was heavily involved to make sure of it.

the answer is the map for the Grandline is EXCLUSIVELY controlled by the Marines

Ngl the map thing wasn't that prevalent in the anime/manga it was a little side story for Nami's introduction and that's it.. About the rest of the power systems build up in the world (Mihawk and Garp), we follow the ride of a kids group of starter area pirates that don't know how the real world works, in the anime these things are all explained but slowly and drop by drop as the series progresses so later in hindsight you go 'oww damn that was that!' sometimes Oda's payoff would be hundreds of chapters later. One Piece is a slow burn, not a high octane flame.

My son had seen all of the original mangas and the whole S1 of the live action series. He was very excited to re-watch S1 with his parents, which is like gold to parents of a teenager like us. We all enjoyed the first season and will probably rewatch it before S2 comes out.

I really hope you read the manga after this. It's such a beautiful story with amazing artwork. One piece is a full blown epic.

Calm belts and Red Line are why people cannot sail into the Grand Line using common sense and knowledge in this world.

I hope you didn't put oregano into this dish 😂

We live in a great timeline where we get a live action adaptation of probably the best manga/anime that even normies love

In episode 2 after the tank broke buggy was indeed affected by the sea water… it’s just that he recovered faster than Luffy cause Luffy was in it for a longer period of time. Buggy was on the floor and crawling towards the map after the tank broke

Usopp is the most underrated. I still have faith he will have his biggest moment in elbaf

For the Map, it'll get clarified during Season 2. But for geographical reasons that have yet to be explained (it was teased very subtly though), you physically can't just go to the grandline. You'll die immediately. The map shows you where the entrance is, and how to navigate it. Once we get to season 2 and you see how they get into the grandline you'll be like ahhhhh It see why you needed a map.

the map is necessary but they didn't explain the geography of the world very well..maybe in season 2.. you can't access the grand line by sailing to the ecuator , but by only travelling through a specific point

The devil fruit rules were explained a little messy. Basically the deeper you are in STANDING water the weaker you will be. Up to your ankles you can feel it, knees you are getting real weak, anything past the waist and most of your energy is taken from you. This does not mean you cant use your devil fruit, it just means you cant move. This can be any liquid too i believe. Lemonade, pool water, hot springs. The splash that arlong tossed at luffy was supposed to show a fishman karate technique where a few drops of water become powerful projectiles. It doesnt weaken luffy, Probably just surprises him. That scene was a bit odd with how things happened though it did look like that, ill just chock it up to luffy not being all that there because he was still in shock from zoro. But could've definitely been written a little better to explain those things.

So, the seawater issue is not a huge thing in the anime/manga. One little splash does not weaken the DF user. They have to be exposed to a lot of sea water for it to weaken them. The other power issue, well, One Piece is a 1000+ episode anime/manga. The second power system is hinted at quite early, but isn't fully introduced until around episode 400 of the anime, and I'm not sure what chapter that is in the manga. I'll tell you if you want to know, but be warned for spoilers. SPOILERS BELOW!!! The second power system is called Haki, and it doesn't become prevalent until much later on, but for the most part it's purpose is to give non DF users a way to keep up with DF users. It makes them much stronger, increases awareness, can negate some DF powers.

The map to the Grand Line is not a big deal in the original if I remember right. But seems like they wanted a plot element that would streamline things plotwise. In the original every island had multiple chapters/episodes to build up what was going on there so the map plot seemed to be a convenient way to put the ball rolling. Also the devil fruit powers don't instantly disappear from splashes of water, you need to be submerged. The author has said something like "the water needs to be waist deep" or something for it to sap your energy. When Arlong splashed water to Luffy I think it was supposed to be that the strength of the fast and thereby sharp water droplets actally made some damage on impact. Though in live action it seems that it actually took his energy. In the original the fishmen shoot water like that but they're a bit more like sharp projectiles.

My cat doesn’t like scraps either. On the bright side I have a dog that will eat anything 😂

In anime, super strength moves (other than devil fruit) aren't begun to be explained until DEEP into the series. Early on, they just are what they are and those are the rules--no real rules.

There IS no map in the anime. (Okay fine there's a brief scene when Nami's looking or one and finds a note foreshadowing Buggy instead and never mentions it again.) The grand line map is what is called a MacGuffin, it's a narrative tool to tie events together and explain why characters move from A to B if you start thinking about it for sec, but it barely even matters for the story.

Some clarification of a few of your questions: It’s less a map to the Grand Line and more a map to the *entrance* of the Grand Line. Yes it circles the globe, but it can’t be entered from the side because it’s sandwiched between the “Calm Belts” which are strips of still sea where wind doesn’t blow and a nest for the Sea Beasts. That mountain Nami pointed out at the end where the river flows upward is the only entrance to the Grand Line, it’s where they need to go. How much a Devil Fruit user is weakened by water depends on how much water they’re submerged in. They’re not significantly weakened until the water gets up to their knees. It’s also not explained but important to note that only standing water weakens them, not moving water like rain or waves, so despite how it looks, splashing them doesn’t actually do anything. That thing with Arlong was one of his moves from the manga “Water Shot” where he flings water from his hand with the force of a bullet, which is why Luffy flew back like that. And at this point in the story, you don’t know how non-Devil Fruit users can do what they do, but there is more than one power system in this world. For the sake of spoilers I won’t go into one of them, but it explain things like Shanks’s glare and Garp’s strength. Another power system is swordsmanship, which in the world of one piece is a lot more than swinging around blades. Skilled swordsman can send “flying slashes” like the one Mihawk used to cut Krieg’s ship in half. There’s also another power system that involves training the body to achieve superhuman feats, it’s normally taught to marines but characters like Kuro seem to have taken advantage of it, which is where his speed comes from. You’ll also learn about that one later on in the story. Sorry for the long read.

"How does Mihawk have superhuman reflexes and strength, how does Garp have superhuman reflexes and strength?" They don't. It's just the nature of this world that the upper limits of human potential are much greater. Still very difficult to reach, but not a superpower in itself. That said, more things may still be explained later, potentially much later. Thing about One Piece is set ups and pay offs can be separated by more than a decade sometimes.

The Explanation as to why Mihawk and Garp have Superhuman Strength and Reflexes and why Shanks is able to shoo away the Sea Beast in the beginning is not on the first season. It happens way later.

@Greg Owen When the water tank broke and the sea water splashes on buggy, it did weaken buggy which is why he was crawling to the grand line map when luffy was also crawling to his straw hat.

When buggy was splashed it did effect him. Thats why he was breathing heavily. Just getting wet will make you realy tired but it won't actuapy stop you from doing things. It also dosent last that long once your just damp your mostly fine.

I'm new to OP and I quickly fell in love with the live action because of word of mouth.

One thing that may help to explain the devil fruit + water things is that moving water (and splatter/spray) has **less** of an effect on fruit-users, and that fishmen have a kind of hydrokinesis, though the live-action didn't really go into that much

Arlong was a slave who became a slave runner when he got the chance. One Piece is full of other characters who were also slaves yet they did the right thing given the chance. Almost like real world. Some do the right thing. Others don’t.

I see you've responded to someone else who explains why you can't sail straight to the Grand Line, when we get to the Grand Line itself though we'll get into additional reasons why it's not well charted. Suffice to say it's very, very, VERY hard to navigate.

I have read a couple of one piece mangas (like 30) and I really enjoyed watching the show. There was so much to enjoy, the music was really good, like you said how every episode felt like it’s own story felt really satisfying, I really like how whenever we see someone’s wanted poster the person that is wanted gets rid of it somehow. I think it works really well compared to the mangas and I would say work really well if you have or haven’t read them (or seen the manga, and of course don’t know for sure but it seemed like that). And yeah most of my complains were just with the devil fruit system and how it works with the ocean, in the manga I’m pretty sure the rules are: You lose the powers of the devil fruit while being wet You sink like a rock in the ocean (and thereby you can’t swim) (it was a while ago I read mangas so might not be 100% correct with the rules, but they are something like that) Great show, really recommended for both anime/manga fans and those who has seen nothing of it :D

There is the devil fruit magic system, and there’s another magic system. The live action show changed the weakness for the devil fruit a little bit. In the original comic you have to be submerged a certain amount to be weakened. Like you could be in a shower and rain but not a tub. It also applies to all bodies of water, not just the “Mother Ocean” In the live action version it looks like splashes can affect you. So it was fully a live action mistake that Buggy wasn’t effected by the splash much in episode 2.

Good job on the review and the cooking.

It’s important to keep in mind is that Oda, the creator of one piece, likes to keep the fans in the dark. The idea is that you are basically on this journey with the strawhats so if they are unaware of something then as the reader or viewer so will you. This is why venturing the world is so important because every island will unlock a portion of knowledge. The fandom loves engaging in theories of what things could be and their meaning. Creating your own head-canon is part of what makes one piece so fun and engaging.

Yeah Usopp suffers the most from the cutting room floor. The time compression in the show really leaves out a lot of his best character moments and the set up for the "brave warrior of the sea" vow that did exist in the source material.

If I’m remembering correctly,in the manga and the anime the devil fruit rules only apply if you’re submerged. The splashing thing was only added to the live action version.

So happy you enjoyed it! Did you tear up with the Nami reveal, when she's stabbing herself and Luffy steps in? The things you thought were inconsistent are explained and the anime progresses, so expect it will as the show does, too. The Grand Line (equator) is awash in their planets magnetic field so navigating it is impossible without both a map and a Log Pose (the plot of the next season). If you enter the Grand Line in the wrong place, the currents will destroy your ship. Also, around the meridian of the planet is a circular land mass, so to find entry to the other seas, you need the map to cross it. (Hence you get to see rivers flowing up mountains, as Nami hinted at.) We'll also find out in Season Two that the other characters are using, in effect, what is Chi (Haki in the story). They can do some crazy shit with it, you got a taste with Mihawk. You should look up Toni Toni Chopper and Nico Robin (my personal favorite character) as they'll drive season two. :)

I loved it, my wife who is not in any capacity also loved it. My daughter (8 yr) liked it up until Arlong who was a tad too scary for her. Sadly I agree that this success is will be difficult to replicate. 😢

the cooking segment was a nice touch

In the manga and anime sanji’s bit is that he’s a straight up perv who goes crazy about every woman. It’s funny at some points but it is really overdone, so I’m happy they made him a lady’s man in OPLA

I watched the anime up until episode 960 or so, and by what I've seen from clips and reviews it looks esthetically decent. I wonder how they are working out the pacing of the story and delivery of the lines.

Will you check out the anime as a comparison, even if it's just the east blue saga?

I'm not big on asparagus, but man that does look good. Addressing some of your points in no particular order: -In the manga, Sanji's attitude towards women is actually his main and only flaw. It's played for laughs, and sometimes it does hit the mark, but more often than not you're just gonna sigh through his shenanigans. On the other hand, if he didn't have that, he would almost be too perfect. -There is indeed a very good reason you can't just sail directly into the Grand Line, imo they should've have taken the time to let Nami explain it. -The show is adapted from a manga that was created in a time in which words like "woke" or "twitter" didn't exist. It does get suprisingly political at times, but I never got the feeling the author was trying to force his ideals onto his readers. -For Garp or Mihawk's strength, yeah that was one of my main concerns for a live adaptation. It reminds me of the first time I watched the movie Watchmen and got hella confused, not knowing that it was adapted from a comic book. In this universe, even regular humans with no special powers can get crazy, ridiculously strong. You get used to it, but it's definitely easier to digest in an anime / comic format than in live action.

It's on my holiday binge list so I didn't watch the video but I left a like and a comment to feed the algorithm

Aw man, good review. the map bit tho, ill just say that it was stated in passing that there is a world government. Governments usually try to control the masses by withholding information from them. So it makes sense that grand lines maps are only found in naval bases. I debated on whether on or not to type this but I don't think the show will outright talk about government censorship of the grand line since it was mostly a show dont tell thing in this case and probably wont be covered going forward.

The map they were after wasn’t a map TO the Grand Line. It was a map OF the Grand Line. In the Grand Line compasses don’t work, and a lot of weird anime shit goes on, so it’s impossible to navigate without a map, but there are also very few maps, because the place is so dangerous. Very few people ever return with accurate maps, which is why the map was under guard by the marines.

The fish-man slavery (and human slavery for that matter) in One Piece is part of the original source material. The complaint I hear about it, which I think is valid, is that they introduce that element too early. We didn't get that in Arlong Park, we got that information in a later arc that retroactively changes the context of Arlong Park and adds dimensions to it, as well as altering relationships with characters we haven't even introduced yet. It mostly, in the source, gets explored 20 or so arcs from where we're at and should we get that far, it threatens to undermine that arc a bit.

With your problem about the map and how mihawk is so strong, the reason it wasn’t talked about in the show is mainly since, they really haven’t gotten to a point in the story where they could give an explanation yet, for the map you’d have to see the calm belt, which would get explained around the next arc if season 2 comes out, as for mihawk’s and garp’s absurd strength, that’d be around season 6 or so...maybe read the manga, that way you’ll get a lot answered before season 2 shows up One piece is a great manga and someone who seems to enjoy great storytelling you’ll love it

I'm so glad you liked it! Its awesome for me to see One Piece get this much attention! It's hilarious that you also made onigiri considering that's one of Zoro's signature moves. and using the leftovers to make it was very Sanji of you (Shoutout G8). So about the Grand Line map just know any knowledge that allows you to travel freely especially the Grand Line is highly restricted by the world government, so much so that you actually get their approval to travel there. also maps aren't super common in the One Piece world the sea is extremely dangerous, an average person is going to live their entire life on one island so pretty much only the Marines are going to have them since the Strawhat crew is the only pirate crew that I can think of that has a cartographer (Nami). Don't get me wrong every crew has a navigator, but once you get to the grand line you don't really use maps to travel island to island (this will be explained in season 2). About Garp and Mihawk there is another "magic system" so don't worry it didn't break any in universe rules it was just meant to be a mystery for new viewer just like in the source material where it didn't get explained for hundreds of chapters/episodes, and get ready for more mysteries because Oda never answers a mystery without introducing more. One Piece is like a hydra of mysteries, every answer creates more questions.

HUGE SPOILERS The magic system. Ah, the magic system. Here's the problem, up until Roguetown (which is the next arc) we knew very little about devil fruits and even less about the other magic systems that come into play later. Mihawk is boosted by one of these systems, which is called Haki, which is better explained much later on in the series. The thing that's good about that is that Mihawk doesn't really show up much, so he just is the mysterious powerful swordsman that works as a mentor/rival for Zoro. Garp also uses Haki, but really he's just incredibly strong, to the point of just being superhuman. Neither have a devil fruit, though

There is a sanji's cookbook you can check it out

The map wasn't the main plot device in the source material and not nearly as rare as portrayed in the live action. They never got kidnapped or attacked 3 times over it. I didn't like that change for the following reasons (MILD SPOILERS)... 1. A regular compass works in the East Blue so finding the entrance to the Grandline should be anything but impossible. A map should just make it a lot easier. 2. Maps become obsolete very soon. 3. Buggy and Arlong both come from there so they should already know where it is. It's to the very south. Southwest from Loguetown to be exact. Maybe Buggy forgot or sucks at navigating but surely not Arlong. 4. Arlong was loaded and had connections to the marines. How was he not able to get his hands on the map? (He wasn't after it in the anime/manga).

Buggy is affected by it, he crawls towards the map. Of course, he's just a little bit wet, he's not soaked in water, but he does struggle to get to the map. Funny, because I saw another reactor complaining about Buggy going for the map in all four being too goofy XD Well, he goes in all four towards the map because he's been weakened.

So seawater doesn't take away your devil fruit powers. It saps away your strength which is why you can't swim. Buggy's power doesn't really so much on strength as Luffy's does, so a little flash doesn't really affect him as much as luffy. Also, a splash isn't that big a deal as being partially/completely submerged. The other stuff you mentioned (power system etc.) are all explained at different points when they matter. Essentially you are on a journey with Luffy who himself is learning all this as he goes so you learn as he learns about them. Just know everything you have pointed out will eventually be explained and there's payoffs attached to most/all of them so knowing too soon kind of makes things a little less impactful.

Idk if you're going to read this but I'll just say it anyway. One Piece World as already explained to you by many people is divided into 4 quadrants called Blues(North, South, West, East). The thing that divides this spherical world into 4 are the *Red Line* (Super Continent) and the *Grand Line* (band of sea, split into two parts because the Red Line cuts it in half). Surrounding the Grand Line on both sides are the *Calm Belts.* They're called the Calm Belts because of how usually calm they are. No wind and water currents. Because of this, they are where Sea Kings(Sea Beasts like the one that ate Shanks' arm) usually dwell and breed. Getting past the Calm Belt is usually impossible in an age where majority of boats still uses sails and along with the threat of Sea Kings, only an idiot or somebody confident in their strength would even try. As for the magic system. Devil Fruits Users are weak to standing/still water. Getting submerged usually weakens them to the point of being incapable to even move. Moving water like rain or splash usually don't weaken them at all. Other than the standard weakness to water(any water not just seawater) they're also either immune or weak to certain things because of their devil fruit. Like Luffy being basically immune to blunt damage but very vulnerable to piercing and slashing which in contrast Buggy is immune to piercing and slashing but blunt damage is good against him. As for the unusual feats of strength for certain characters, this is because of another power system but also because the vast difference of the capability and physical limits of the humans in the One Piece world compared to ours. There's legit human characters(no fruits or other power) that are just physically gigantic, strong and unusually tough. In fact humans of this world are weirder in that there's many that you would consider to be subspecies that has weird traits like long arms, long legs, third eyes etc. Anyway as I mention, there's another power system, it's called Haki. This is a power system that is used by majority of the characters especially the strongest ones. Mihawk and Garp are representative of the "strongest" characters in the story so it makes sense that they know of and use it. It's also a hint that Shanks who could use it is just as strong or stronger.

The way I see politics in fiction is like this: Politics to serve the story - art (good worldbuilding / contains politics) Story there to serve politics - propaganda / political (see the conversation surrounding the last few years of Star Trek) An excellent example of this - see 'Hello Future Me' and his videos on writing revolutions in fantasy - revolutions are very political, but they make for excellent worldbuilding. Also just finished the first book of 'The Hierarchy' by James Islington (fantasy book) and it contains a protagonist who experiences colonialism by an oppressive empire - a very political subject, but it wasn't a commentary on real-world politics, it just made the story so much better.

Look to not be that one piece fan. I'm gonna spare you the spoilers that I was going to say because if I did talk about them. It would make your points about the grandline map. And the devil fruit system make more sense as to Why the show showed it the way it did But instead, I'll just say this oda has been writing one piece for 20 plus years. We all literally went through the same thing you did with wondering why certain things were the way they were, and why more people weren't going into the grand line, but oda elaborates on that, and he makes sure to let you know as the story continues. He doesn't like to shove it in your face, he's a person who likes to do exposition by showing you the world and having it shown through action as well. You're just gonna have to be a little bit patient but I swear it all makes sense Everything that you see as new is something that's been part of everyone's lives since they grown up in that world, so just randomly talking about, it wouldn't make sense, unlike when koby didn't know about the warlord system or mihawk, or when luffy didn't know about devil fruits, then that was a good way to explain it, you see what i'm trying to say?

And there technically is another system in play that's not explained until a MUCH later point in the story and has to do with a person's willpower.

There are two systems in One piece we are introduced with devil fruits then we have Haki that was cameod when shanks confronts the sea monster. For the devil fruits weakness as far as I remember it should be enough volume of sea water or flowing water. The truths is most of the power system is set in such a way that i fu know how to use ur devil fruits then it can however powerful of needed and hakis proper intoduction is just beforearineford arc and that will be either season 3 ending or season 4 if they happen. The fishmen will later be introduced with a power system of their own which u could say is water bending, martial arts

Great video, and while a little late I want to explain/comment in some of your points (map, woke, devil fruit) trying to keep it spoiler free. - Map: this will be explained better in the end of the 1st or start of the 2nd episode of the next season, but there is only one entry to the grand line and it is kinda dangerous. One cant just travel directly into it due to the calm belt, an area paralel to the grand line with no wind and full of monsters. That is why the map is necessary. Also people going from one sea to another is rare due to it Power: for now understand that training and willpower can make you superhuman in this world. For devil fruits I dislike how Buggy commented on sea water since its more that it drains one of their strenght, so being in the water with your feet for example is not enough to take away your power, but once submerged a devil fruit user is hopeless. For the Arlong scene, in the original he was an attack that he trown water qith the strenght of a shotgun shot, so that scene would be a combination of being splashed and taking a massive hit Woke: I agree with your comments here. One Piece as a story will talk about these themes, even the racism and slavery will be explored further - but Oda does show the bad on both sides, for example Arlong is part of the cycle of hate and instead of just bashing on those in power Oda show that is important to break that cycle, that being just as hategul dont make you better or justified, just make you the same as the one you hate. And on that note there will be an Okama (slang for gay person that uses woman clothes) in the next season that is a fan favorite, very importsnt in the future and that will be divisive for people that dont know the source material but its not there to shove a message down our throates, they are there because they ate a good character that makes sense (plus created in 2000 way before all this political discourse)

The confusing world stays as such until they are actually close to entering the grandline. You will know just as much as the crew knows. They might explain it in season 2. Or you can keep reading this comment. Large maps in one piece are not very common, theres maps that outline some islands and part of the seas but nothing as grand a map of the entire east blue perse. The grandline is in between whats called the calm belt where there is no wind and is infested with sea kings. The entrance to the grandline is a one way river. Hence, "no one comes back from the grandline". Think of the grandline as a long strip of ocean that goes around the whole world filled with islands and civilizations that are disconnected from the rest of the world outside the grandline. How mihawk enters and exits the grandline is up for you to imagine. Given his godlike strength, it shouldnt be too hard to get creative.

One Piece doesn't need a WOKE 😂. They already have all humanity issue in their stories

About Garp and Mihawk having super human strength there IS a magic system for that but It is supposed to be showed later. Note: Garp is not supposed to show up fully till many many chapters later but the show shows him immediately. So about when you will know is a mystery to even us readers cause they changed stuff about when they want to tell.

The map thing will be clearly explained season 2 if it follows the manga/anime. As for the second issue, it’s intentionally shown that way to make the viewer guess. Yet, it is also theorized that we are seeing the story from Luffy’s perspective.

Best way to explian the sea water is a scene that was cut/ changed in the LA. In the original Arlong Park, Luffy gets trapped underwater, so his crew actually stretches his neck till he is above water so he doesn't drown till he can get freed. Sea water exhausts devil fruit users, but does not shut down their powers and they cannot swim, period.

The other magic systems that say Garp and Hawkeye use are not explained in the Manga, either until much later. And Sanji is a hound dog😂

I didn't even know that Coby's actor was trans, and I've been following the production since the beginning. But I have to say that it was the perfect Coby, regardless of gender, that was one of the best casting choices in the entire show. And he's a great actor.

Regarding your criticism towards the show: 1 - In the Manga/Anime, the map is just a small plot point introduced and resolved in the Orange Town arc (not the holy grail of the season) 2 - Lets go step by step: A) As a devil fruit user, you must be submerged to a certain point to not move (they can also feel a little "debilitated" if body parts such as arms are submerged but they can still fight and use their powers) B) Unlike the Manga/Anime where it is explained crystal clear that Arlong is throwing water so fast that it feels like small knives/needles, the LA version just has him throwing water at Luffy resulting in him feeling weak (breaking the rules in the process) 3) Garp and Mihawk's "capabilities" are fully explained later on (no spoilers from me but just make sure to pay attention until it happens 😉) These are sadly the consequences of trying to condense 95 chapters into 8 episodes

mihawk and garp is an example just pure powerful man without devil fruit, it's demonstrate how powerful pirate is in the grand line, especially warlords of the sea. well the people say the grandline is the pirate graveyard. cuz it's ruled by super powerful notorious pirate (White beard pirate, Red Hair pirate, the warlords, Big Mom & Kaidou ).

There's two ways to obtain powers in this world, it's either through Devil Fruits or powers that Garp, Shanks and Mihawk have demonstrated, can't say what it's called or how it functions since you might not like being spoiled.

2:26 - hahahaha, i never noticed that guy in the background, just continuing his drink while the fight goes on around him :D 6:32 - As for Sanji in the manga; total ladies man, but a nice respectful ladies man that simply tries too hard, but always has the best intentions, and while he does absolutely love the girls, ALL the girls, he isn't a creep about it, more like a megasimp with a heart of gold. This is especially clear in how he interacts with his wife. (no, its not the kind of spoiler for season 8 that you think it is ^^) 13:48 - Oh boy, you are going to wanna sit down for this one, since Haki, the powers separate from devil fruits, that Mihawk, Shanks and Garp use, in the manga, isn't explained until the equivalent of season 6! After the timeskip.

Oh those extra magic bits youre on about? those come later, well, will be explained later.

"is it woke" reviewers when bon chan shows up in season 2:

You may not have meant to do this, but I like how you made onigiri beside the bluefin tuna with sauteed asparagus. Onigiri, while it is a name for a food, also meant "demon slashing," name for one of Zoro's moves in the anime and manga with the whole name being Santouryu: Onigiri meaning Three-Swords Style: Demon Slashing. Your dish reminds me of Zoro and Sanji bickering at each other.😂

Do you want to know about the magic system? there is another magic power system and Kuro (superhuman agility), Shanks(whatever he did with the sea monster), Garp(tossing cannonballs like nothing), Mihawk(splitting battleships in half) and the fishman(flipping houses with just their hands, also and fishman karate) did not eat a devil fruit, and they use these powers in various capacities. It will be explained way way way later, and it makes sense and it is pretty solid once you get there.

All your questions especially about Garp and Mihawk's strength is venturing to spoiler territory. In fact that will also explain Shank's "power" on how he scared off the Sea King. That is how Oda writes. He does alot oof forshadowing and he will never forget what he foreshadows hundreds of episodes later.

The reason Luffy was weakened by Arlong's splash was because he threw the water hard enough to make Luffy flip several times. Everybody would be, with or without Devil Fruit. Fishmen have a special fighting style called fishmen karate, which didn‘t really get established in the LA, but Arlong's splash can be considered a fishmen karate technique.

bro... you'll know the reason about the map when the grand line coming

The speech by Zorro's friend, about how as a man he will one day be swordsman superior to her because he will grow bigger, stronger, have a longer reach and there is nothing she can do to change that was an interesting and truthful moment....ask Andrew Klavan about that...

The major issue I have with the story is Baratie timeline. Strawhats fight Kuro at night, get Merry and set sail in the morning. They meet Garp immediately, and go into the fog. Garp calls Mihawk who is busy fighting Don Krieg online. And by the dawn Mihawk is on Baratie. And meanwhile Gin shows up telling that he was starwing for a WEEK, since his crew was annihilated on the GRAND LINE. Like, WHAT? Aren't you've been beaten today and in the vicinity of Baratie?

Superhuman strength / durability which are separate from devil fruits are never explained in the source material. This is a different universe that plays by different rules. Most people are normal people. However some people, even as children, have superhuman potential. In the source material, 1 was able to kick a tree down that was several feet wide. Another was able to survive being thrown out of a 2nd story window onto scrap metal. He was injured but he walked away from it. People like Nami and Usopp do not have superhuman abilities. How do you know if a person has powers? You just infer it.

13:45 yeah, there is no explanation for that beyond Shonen logic. Humans in One piece are stronger and more durable than humans in real life, and there are “regular humans” who have superpowers without a devil fruit through martial arts training and the like. For example, I don’t know if the show made this clear, but Kuro the butler didn’t have a devil fruit. He’s just really fast.

OK. I agree that the show spent way too little time explaining the rules. Mostly it's because they had to cut out so much content. As a One Piece fan it didn't even register to me at first how bad the explanations were until I started watching reactions from people who are entering this world for the first time through this live action. The explanations of the world rules that we were shown and should know at this point are there but if you aren't familiar with the world they are kinda vague so here is more clear (hopefully) explanations of world rules that they have shown and (tried to) explain so far (typing on the phone so sorry for any spelling mistakes or autocorrecteisms): 1. Devil fruit user are all weak to sea water. They get really affected when they are submerged and the longer they are submerged. Time and amount of water and contact matters. The effect is stronger and faster the more of their body is in constant contact with standing or slowly moving sea water. The longer they are in contact with water the less their power will work but it will still work up to a point. The parts of the powers effecting the body of the user only will stay but those effecting the world outside their body will be canceled out by the sea water. Getting splashed with large amounts of water will have a very short term effect of slight weakness that can pass pretty quick. We can see this when Buggy gets splashed and instead of immediately standing up he is crawling for a little bit and yet both for him and Luffy the effect wears off quickly now that neither is submerged in standing sea water. Basically sea water takes away strength and energy and makes it hard to move and the more energy it takes the harder it becomes to move. It also makes the devil fruit users body heavy in water. Give it a few seconds while fully submerged and you basically become paralyzed and dragged down to the bottom like a rock (devil fruit users can't float. this hilariously means that you can drown them in something as shallow as a bathtub of sea water), but get splashed head to toe and you basically feel faint for half a minute and not much else. The effect from being submerged also gets worn off pretty quick once you are no longer submerged but does linger longer then just being splashed. The sea water also doesn't immediately cancel out devil fruit affects on the user's body as I mentioned above. In terms of powers in means for example that a submerged Luffy can't stretch himself (no strength) but someone else can stretch him. Actually we were supposed to see this in Arlong Park but they cut that part out. 2. The Grand Line is actually a separate ocean from East, West, North and South Oceans. It is not like the equator or something. It's a treacherous ocean which is hard to enter and hard to leave and it consists of 2 separate seas that are divided from each other by the Red Line. It is especially difficult because all the big name pirates go there to search for Gold Roger's treasure and the marines hide the secret of how to safely enter and leave that place partially by not making the map public knowledge in order to limit the amount of pirates who survive the trip there and survive the trip back. It is very good for marines that only they know safe passageways to and from the Grand Line and that so many pirates die trying to enter that ocean, die while there and then also have a hard time leaving so can easily die while trying to leave. There is a reason why a world that has just one large continent that splits the planet in half (the red line) is NOT divided into just 2 oceans. Instead we have 4 large oceans VERY separated from each other by the Red Line AND the Grand Line. Crossing from East Blue to South Blue will be just as hard as crossing from East Blue to North Blue. Why is it so hard to enter the Grand Line and why you need to have a map will probably be explained in the future. But who knows how much of that they will cut out just as they have cut out the explanations about the fact that this world has 5 oceans and just 1 large continent and is otherwise made up of small to large islands dotted across it. I will not count the explanation that Nami gave as she wasn't very clear about that. 3. Fishmen can use water to generate large amounts of deadly force by using their fishy water-based superpowers. It is a special power that only their race has that they can train up to be pretty powerful. You can see it both when the fishman (Kuroobi) knocked out Buggy to bring him to Arlong with a single hit and a few drops of water and when Arlong used it against Luffy on Baratie. In fact Kuroobi (the one with 2 small black ponytails/buns on his head) is somewhat good with this power and is better at it then Arlong ever was or will be but they cut the parts of him explaining and using those powers to their full extent. It's also the power that allowed Choo (the guy who chased Usopp and then was blown up) to spit out drops of liquid like they were bullets. Not every fishman is proficient in the use of this power (like a muscle it needs to be trained and not everyone is equally talented with it's use) so some of them don't even bother using it if they aren't very good. When Arlong attacked Luffy, the effect of seawater was very short term and Luffy was mostly effected by the force that was strong enough to hurt him even though he is rubber and most blunt damage should be nothing to him. They cut out such a large chunk of the fights against fishemen that would have explained that fishemen have water superpowers and it sucks because it would have shown yet another reason why fishmen like Arlong think themselves superior to humans. In a world mostly made up of oceans they can breath and live underwater and have water related superpowers basically. But they cut this out since the time was so limited and they had to cram a lot of story into just 8 episodes. Honestly, because of how much got cut out, a lot of One Piece fans think that the show could have used 1 more episode. Hope this is helpful as they really bungled those 3 explanations. I hope in the future they figure out how to get around the time constraints of a live action tv show and figure out how to explain things better to those completely unfamiliar with the world of One Piece. I think that because the writers and showrunners of the live action are all also long-term fans like me, they also probably didn't notice how little the explanations made sense if you have no previous context and that they cut out a bit too much story. Maybe they will fix it next season by giving more detailed explanations of these 3 things but that would probably also kinda suck since they already have such limited time and will have to cut out even more stuff and the places to explain the above 3 things in the story naturally have already passed. Only one of the 3 explanations will flow naturally in the bits of story that are coming up. Maybe they can cram the geography of the planet with why entering the Grand Line is so hard. But the fishmen water superpowers and devil fruit abilities' water weakness should have already been explained with more detail.

One Piece like many manga preach a lot. I like conservative preachy stuffs, I like liberal preachy stuffs. If they are told in a compelling manner. Nowsadays, sometimes it is the showrunners, sometimes it is the professional critics, sometimes it is the anti woke/anti sjw commenters that get so so so so so so so so so so boring, bias, and neck deep in the filth that is their worldview. They don't see what before them, a work. Just like it is sexism, racism everywhere. Now it is, wokism everywhere. Dante's Inferno was political. Huckleberry Finn was a political work. Studio Ghibli had political messages. The Ender's Game saga also show its author's values and how he saw the world. These works if come out now, the mouthpieces gonna focus on the irrelevant boring talkingpoints.

One piece is a tale of liberty; there's so much telling you to be yourself and fight for the things you care

Buggy was affected, that's why he and Luffy were crawling at the same speed after the thing they hold dearest. And there is more at work beyond Devil Fruits, but it isn't until we hit in the 400s of chapters and episodes before we see it explained. Mihawk, Garp, Shanks, they are shown as just ridiculously strong people til it gets explained

Most of your issues are sufficiently addressed later on in the series, except Buggy being splashed by seawater.