And then they proceed to knock zoro out and just drag him outside, USOPP also gets away and Luffy is saved by Marines. The last fight was also really bad
@@burstyandgreedy nah, it made every conflict meaningless, anigashima war had no stakes, you know no one you care about is gonna die so you just get bored every fight, i bet you could not tell me the two characters from our side that actually died
I liked Mr Morj perspective better than yours because I can agree and relate with his more. Not to say yours was bad but I agree with more of his points.
Using Kaya to give Nami her first big worldview shake was quite smart. You could almost feel the slaps Nami was subconsciously getting in that episode.
An interaction between Garp and Zeff is something I didn't know we needed, but I am so happy we got it. What an amazing scene though. I'm glad that Zeff got so much screentime, he was portrayed exceptionally well.
Among the actors, I think Emily Rudd deserves her flowers, she did a good job and really anchored the main cast and had good chemistry and rapport with everyone. Buggy's actor and Helmeppo's actor were both excellent and big surprises too. I think Arlong Park was not as well done as it could be, unfortunately. I feel like the inclusion and emphasis on Garp took a lot of time away from focusing the arc on Nami's past, as well as the villagers. I prefer the villagers knowing her plan, and Luffy not knowing her backstory etc. But overall, I had fun with it.
Blankly staring in every scene and monotone deliveries outside of the few times where she does the bare minimum as a actor to communicate emotions and slightly changes her tone. Helmeppo peaked in his first scene at the bar(he's fine the rest of the season) where he's mean toward the little girl, like unironically that particular little bit is Anthony Starr/Bryan Cranston level acting where he just absolutely embodies the character, like he IS helmeppo in those like 10 seconds or whatever
i said the same thing cause that made the anime more emotional.. the whole live action was enjoyable but the anime kill it in emotional content. nami finding out her village knew all long and was pretending not to know so she wouldn't be burden with their hopes was powerful. then genzo rally the villegers for playing with nami feelings. they prepare to fight to the death cause now it clear no hope is left. and nami begging not to be hasty. she doesn't want anyone to die anymore. that whole scene so powerful. and nami breakdown cause she know the villagers will die. Emily was good but when nami was stabbing herself in the anime she look deranged.. i felt it more in the anime. just like i felt zoro declaration he make his name known to the heavens when he crying .. the only time we see him cry. as he declare he be the greatest swordsman.. these moments was done better in anime. sanji goodbye where he bow down to zeff and say i owe alot. but i enjoy the live action. alot of the comedy was missing also. luffy putting arlong teeth in his mouth..
@@Mike4pf I disagree entirely. I thought Emily Rudd was great and was one of the only actors who wasn't monotone. She delivered her lines well and actually had more range of emotion than the others by quite a lot.
@@blakex2699Obviously the anime is so much better when it comes to emotional moments and story beats. The disappointing thing is if the director and script let the actors do their jobs, they could replicate the anime emotion. Just look at Alice in Borderland s1 ep3 ending or Kenshin movies. Especially the one with Enishi. Like I am sorry Hollywood but I want my Robin shouting from her hearts out and bowling like a deranged girl "I want to live, take me to the sea!" Like we still have time to give those feedback to the Netflix team.
@@blakex2699right, this Arlong Arc its just like telling story, its not Bad. But for many fans, Arlong Arc is experiencing the story, and its need more time to do it, they could really cut garp and marine screen time for Coco Village story, this is really the editor mistake.
I just wish they would have taken like one minute extra to show Usopp's inner conflict during his fight with Chu. Like maybe after he tricks him with the ketchup trick and Chu walks off, Usopp tries to get away but then decides to engage Chu again. Similar to Zoro in Ep 1.
Yes! What was missing was a moment of regret from usopp for running from a fight, literally just a few seconds lingering on usopp face as he pretends he's dead, he's relieved and then regrets the relief, I was just looking for something like that
Could even have gone with something in the form of "What am I even doing here? I should go back to Syrup village... like the coward that I am [trembling face, close to tears] ... NO, I'm the great captain Usopp, and I will show that fish face!" showing some more genuine doubts and fears even if still not thinking about the crew. But inner monologues are always tough in western shows, so he would have to say that to Chu's face.
One potential benefit for having Koby, Helmeppo and Garp sharing screen time with the SHs, it will give Marineford even more weight since we have gotten to know them better than we had in the manga. If they continue to show them throughout, it'll make Garps struggle at Marineford even bigger. Mihawk and Garps interactions also helped explain Mihawks sandbagging in Marineford as well.
I watched this with my fiancee over three sittings (I do wish it had been released two episodes at a time, but I also admit we couldn't wait for Arlong Park after seeing Baratie). The moment I realized I'd really made her a convert was when she burst into tears watching Sanji say goodbye to Zeff. For every fault I found, I saw ten original things that delighted me, so I'm extremely happy with season one, and more than ready for the actors and writers to get their fair share so we can get to season two.
@dhimankalita1690 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 I've watched xorno movies with better emotional scenes. Nice comeback tho lmfaoooo even if u don't watch cartoons u still a bithc
The one change that genuinely made me upset is the fact that NOBODY in Kokoyashi village realised that something was wrong with Nami's recruitment into Arlong pirates story. Basically, this small girl whose mom just got killed by pirates proceeds to join said pirates in a matter of like a day after they enslaved her and her entire village (and KILLED HER MOM). And yet these people who supposedly love and know this girl just accept that she's suddenly a manipulative sociopath who'll do whatever she wants. Like, the entire point of Nojiko's tattoos in the original was to make Nami feel better about being branded by Arlong. They kept the tattoos in the live action but here they are just tattoos I guess? Why even change that? Nojiko says at the end to Nami: "you will always have home to come back to". Well, unless she does one bad action one day, and god forbid she doesn't explain it to them or they will turn on her in an instant
I agree but remember that Nami was in chains until she was 12. That’s 4 years! By then, I bet she came to the conclusion that if she shared what she was going through then the town would rebel and get wiped out. That’s why she probably played it off
@@DatOnePieceFan i think you are right, I forgot about the chains. But also in the original she only ever told Nojiko, and the rest of the village caught on on their own. It was very nice bit of emotional intelligence, where the people of the village loved her and wanted the best for her, so they pretended to hate her in order to make it easier for her to abandon them if one day she finds happiness outside the village. Here they literally go "we hated you for the last 10 years but this girl just told us a nice story about you and now we like you again". In the grand scheme of things it's not important, but I feel like in the original I understood the bond Nami had with these people and why she was willing to die for them. Meanwhile here they are just some guys who lived nearby for a bit when she was a child
They majorly fked up Nami's character. They didn't understand her at all. They ruined everything relating to her plot line. And Arlong Park was the worst out of the entire show like why did they spend so much time in Surup village and not enough time in Arlong Park. That was really shitty how they treated Nami.
@@iamdivan7368 I think that plot point is important because those stories are a major part of Oda's writing style. One Piece isn't that type of cynical story but one that is full of deep bonds of love. Imagine if Iceberg just actually hated Franky and didn't understand Franky was the one that couldn't forgive himself or if Whitebeard didn't hug squard.
yeah them not understanding nami and not going to attack arlong park because she got betrayed by arlong was an ass change lol. i guess they couldn't include it because of time and budget and the fact that they don't have johnny and yasoku to stop them but not including that really makes the luffy help me scene so much more mid rather than the best moment of east blue alongside sanji's farewell.
I think I mostly agree with your takes on the Marine plotline, but there is one thing about it that I think it does do better than the manga and anime at. And that's solidifying Luffy and Koby's friendship. As they cross roads multiple times here over the course of Luffy starting out his crew and well Koby working on the first steps of his own dream. I also love the idea that Luffy complaining at the lack of a bounty early in the show, later ending up with Koby delivering Luffy's first bounty to him before they go their separate ways. Like I am actually more genuinely feel their friendship here for sure and look forward to the Koby glow up in Water 7 more if the live action gets there.
Your point on the dialogue is actually my main complaint and specifically with Luffy. It felt like the writers were afraid to let Luffy's characterization be too subtle. A lot of things get spelled out way too much with him. Like in the manga Luffy's response to Arlong saying he uses Nami conveys the same thing without being so on the nose. It's clear they genuinely understand Luffy but it felt like they were afraid the audience wouldn't.
I love the live action. I just really hope that they'll have like 10-12 episodes to cover the Alabasta saga so they can have more time to devote to the quieter and slower moments to really let the material breathe
Personally I'm hoping on 12,cause now that they've shot themselves in the foot by leaving out Logue Town they'll have to catch up to even more stuff (not to mention alabasta saga is longer than east blue)
Then u love piece of shii writing, cinematography, and bad casting. "oMg tHeY lOoK jUsT LiKe dA cHaRaCtEr" lmaoo they should've worked on gettin ppl who act good then finding ppl who look like the characters they horribly played
@@Animely0 I do feel that Loguetown would of been a very weird place to end season 1. If only because in a show where we go by seasons, instead of the manga/anime which are week to week, Loguetown would of been a big step down from the climax of Arlong Park. I think Logue Town would make a great kickoff for season 2. I think they could get through alabasta in probably 10 episodes, 8 would mean they realistically only get 3 episodes for Alabasta. I would say 4-5 episodes is a safe bet for Alabasta since fights chapters tend to be faster paced compared to other chapters.
@@rh0dr1 finally someone who agrees with me I’ve been saying for the longest time that it was smart for them to leave off before loguetown, because we have Zorro getting his new swords, the introduction of dragon and logias, and Luffy being able to visit the execution platform where gold Roger was executed
This was extremely well put Morj. I never comment on any of your videos, but this time around, I had to come here to applaud you for your incredibly structured and well-thought-out take on this live-action. It made me rethink how I feel about the entire show as well. Straw hats off to you!
Yeah, those were pivotal moments that captivated fans initially. The acting wasn't good enough to capture those moments. Those are human moments that do not rely on animation or the realness of live action. You can only capture that with good acting or good voice acting.
@@arthurmorita2228The Zoro scene happened. Except it was completely lifeless compared to the original. The "you're my captain from now until the end" bit was in his cool demeanor as opposed to an emotional performance befitting a man who just had his dream crushed in a loss.
There was so much I loved about the LA, you had the right idea about judging it by separating two lenses. I actually liked a lot of the Garp stuff, especially because the conversation he had with Zeff. Another great thing about episode 6 was the vow Zoro made to Luffy was worded similarly to his vow to Kuina. Overall I also can’t believe how much I liked the show, it made me laugh cry and smile so much.
I really enjoyed the show, but as a OP fan I will add two other changes which just did not sit well with me. First was like with Usopp, the Sanji recruitment was lacking a lot and I wish Sanji was at least present to see Zoro vs Mihawk. It felt Sanji just joined too easily. Also, I really did not like the change to Nami's relationship with Nojiko and Genzo. There wasn't any real need to change that. At best it added nothing extra of value and for me it took away meaning behind Nami's tattoo and from the help me scene as well.
Yeah, personally I think it was too weird that in this version Nojiko and the village don't know anything about Nami trying to help them. It is also really weird that Nami didn't tell Nojiko about anything at all whereas in the manga in happened really fast. I can't understand why she was afraid to lose her.
I think their reasoning to the change of Coco village story is to avoid the weird implication that the village just let a 10? yrs old girl essentially be sold into slavery in the hope that she, one day can buy their freedom back. If you view the actions of the villager that way, it might come a cross as somewhat problematic in hindsight. However, I think a quick rewrite in the LA can fix both issues, by revealing that the villagers did not discover Nami's plan until about a year before the show happened. That absolved them of the weird "whole village of adult depended on a little girl selling herself into slavery to save themselves" and still hit all the emotional beats of the manga
@@woodhawk109 There are a lot of ways I think you can write it while keeping the relationship more accurate. You honestly don't even need the whole village to know at the end, just Genzo and Nojiko is enough. If they can have Zoro getting knocked out with 1 bottle to the head to get him into a well they can do anything lol
@@woodhawk109 I've only ever really heard this interpretation as a hypothetical defense for this adaption so I still find it weird. And the Live action version has it's own issue of family and friends just turning on Nami and never considering she isn't just a complete monster.
This really was a genuinely entertaining show to watch. The moment I told myself to view this more as like an Alternative Universe of the canon, I enjoyed myself immensely. It kept the most important story beats and hit them satisfactorily in some cases, amazingly well in others, the settings were so well done, the costumes were on point, and the actors did a _great_ job. Iñaki in particular, he's such a great Luffy- they _did_ get very lucky with him ❤ glad Oda found himself so happy with him as well.
I disagree that cutting the Krieg storyline from Baratie was a good choice. I understand it was for consolidation for an 8 episode season, but the Krieg conflict is necessary because it gives Sanji and Zeff a reason to like Luffy. As it stands in the Netflix adaptation, it does not really make a whole lot of sense why Sanji is quick to join Luffy and why Luffy reminds Zeff of Gold Roger when the only thing that happened was Luffy gets beaten up in a one-sided fight against Arlong. And Luffy's debt to the Baratie seemingly gets forgotten.
But it will throw out mihawk introduction Because then he have to share the spotlight with krieg And i think mihawk is more important character than krieg
@@ameer6168wtf u mean the don criege story line is literally what introduces mihawk into the story it was a poor choice because in the the live action it seems like sanji just joins Luffy to quickly and for no reason just so he can make his own food
@@ameer6168 Not necessarily. It could have easily been rewritten for Mihawk to take in a defeated Don Krieg and hand over to the Marines to collect his bounty in lieu of apprehending Luffy under Garp's orders. Zoro still gets his duel, Mihawk is impressed by Luffy as an upstart pirate for defeating one of the major pirates in the East Blue, Zeff calls off Luffy's debt for saving the Baratie and Sanji is inspired to pursue his dreams again after witnessing Luffy's and Zoro's convictions. I understand that Krieg may not be an important character to the overarching narrative, and the fact it wouldn't have fit in a condensed 8 episode season, but the conflict he brings to the Baratie arc serves a particular purpose of furthering character motivations. The live action adaptation would have benefited from a 10 episode season.
My least favorite change was rewritting Nami's backstory, the impact is suppose to be that the villagers were carrying the weight of her secret with her the entire time. Instead we got that they think she actually betrayed them. It made for her connection with Cocoashi Village non-existent. I felt nothing for the villagers or Nojiko, they just happened to be Nami's past and not an integral part of the arc.
That’s one way to see to but i disagree. I think knowing that she was working to free them while they hated her for all those years made me empathise with her and how lonely she must have felt even more. It also showed Nani’s inner strength and resolve, like her fight was that much harder because she was truly alone. I think they just needed to do something to give the scene where the village all realised and decided to fight for her more oomph. A better apology to nami. But I think the overall change was actually pretty good and fit the streamlining of the narrative pretty well.
@@keeleysexton Actually, the change wasn't needed for what you're saying. Nami told Nojiko, so you could argue that's one person who knows ergo she's not lonely in her struggle anymore. But that's not the case. Yes, she might have someone who can emphatise with her, but Nojiko can't help her collect the hundred million because the people can't leave the island. It makes her knowing a bittersweet comfort for Nami. The hate from the villagers? It was already there in the original story. Since they pretended to hate her and still alienated her to try and not give her more weight on her shoulders, she DID think she was hated. And that adds a _lot_ to her breakdown, since she's on this frantic train of thought of "Don't you worry! I'll do this, I just have to start again, I've got this-!" And Genzo cuts her off saying that they won't let her do this to herself any longer. That they were sitting back out of respect for her resolve but that it was too late to keep doing that. So, while I'd say they did a great job with the time they had, and my best friend actually enjoyed the heck out of the show (as a non OP fan) so I'm alright with how they presented things... I just think it's fundamentally wrong to say this particular change doesn't affect the impact. I like that you say they could've sold the reveal a bit more, I do agree that would've made the change more acceptable. But, I think it felt too sudden, and that they didn't have enough time to process things to make their change of heart believable with what we got.
If they knew it all along. They also knew nami as a kid was chained by arlong in his basement or whatever its called. Yet the villagers, never you know. 😂 Or am I missing something? It has been a long time.
I fully agree that the Garp/Coby storyline added nothing to Luffy's character and completely negates the build up of tension over the pursuit of him. But I think it served a lot of use for Garp and Coby's characters in themselves and where they fit in to the broader story. The actors are just so good that they may well have been given a bigger slice of screen time in order to capitalize on their talent. It was also a neat way of introducing the Navy and their relationship to the Warlords rather than trying to tell it through the manga's endless Naval characters that come and go. Also, the scene with Zeph and Garp was another nice way of hammering in the idea of the new age of pirates. Everything in their dialogue fit the world neatly.
I think having "Garp" and Coby around kinda takes away from the idea that the Navy isn't the over all good force in the world. as you watch OP you learn that the Navy is actually very corrupt and doesn't help the people. Coby wants to help people, so it makes sense when later in the anime we learn that he is working with Saber. The way the Navy is portrayed in the LA just erases all of the negative. It shows that Garp is apparently the one to take down Morgan, not Luffy. It sends a totally different message.
My complain is the Nami backstory. It lacks sense that a 8-year old kid that has seen her mother killed by someone, goes and offers herself to help that assassin. Moreover, there's no sense for Nojiko's tattoos and the pinwheel loses it's strength.
The Garp storyline was more for Coby's character development than for Luffy's. They devised a smart way to tie Coby and Luffy together rather than ignoring what happens to Coby in the early arcs like Oda did in the manga.
Agreed it was less about Garp and his relation to Luffy and more about Coby and his development from Luffy's friend to adversary. Something the manga definitely completely glosses over. And Luffy and Cody's friendship felt way more real in the live action. Which will make the stakes higher later on. When Coby opposed Luffy at Marine Fort later I literally felt two shits couse their relationship, and Coby's arc has not been covered at all.
In an interview they said the main thing they were trying to add to the story by adding the Garp sub-plot is a sense of urgency for the strawhats. That they are being pursued and can't really take things at their own pace. Also, Oda did not ignore it. It's a cover story that starts during Arlong Park and ends in Little Garden. It's a different story for Koby and Helmeppo, but the same result.
10/10 review and analysis. You completely explained my issue with the dialogue being too on the nose, which is one of my biggest gripes with the live action.
The change they made that I liked the most was the convo between Garp and Zeff. I felt that helped give weight to the world and gave a bit of history feel. I would have preferred much much less Garp overall, and less Koby, Helmeppo and Marines stuff too, to a lesser extent.. But I liked this part a lot
The dumb dialog - I'm 99.9% certain that it is being added due to audience / screen testing. It's a trend in a lot of series. A lot of people don't understand the subtle dialog so they need to dumb it down. We usually call it 'Americanisation'.
Yet. YET. The original One Piece with its subtle genius is the #1 Best Selling in the World Sucks but Matt Owens either could only do so much or another idiot stepped in
lol dont fanboy so hard #1 selling in the world means nothing when it has smaller pop culture relevance than naruto or bleach one piece bombed outside of japan in terms of popularity compared to a lot of rival manga (ty 4kids anime) and as a dumb american i am 50/50 on changing subtle dialogue to obvious dialogue since as radicalbyte said americans are dumb as shit@@ryojs4286
@@ryojs4286or maybe, just maybe matt owens and steven maeda are that idiot. The guys are fans sure, but its clear since the LA dropped how many fans arent that bright themselves
I'm hopeful for more Sanji and Usopp moments in season 2. There seemed to be a bigger focus on the OG trio which kind of makes sense given their arcs in the show. I feel in season 2 Sanji and Usopp will get their chances to shine unlike season 1, giving them more focus. This could be done through Sanji's "Mr Prince" gimmick and my all-time favourite scene of Usopp standing for Luffy's dream during the Alabasta War, alongside the Little Garden stuff- they could also use Daddy Masterson for him too, especially since he doesn't have his iconic goggles in the show yet. To me we didn't get enough of Sanji and his dynamic with the crew because he joined so late, and not enough Usopp moments. But I am hopeful we will, if we get a season 2.
I agree. We could get some great Sanji moments in season 2. I also really hope we get the Ms.Merry Christmas and Mr.4 fight too because that's a great moment for Usopp. I wonder if the crew will take more of a beating because they didn't get all that injured in Season 1 asides from Zoro.
One scene I was surprised was changed was ussop's fake death. It was in my opinion the second most powerful ussop scene in all of east blue, but instead of confronting his fears it's just played as a gotcha moment.
They had him lay down for LITERALLY no reason lol like it doesn’t buy him any time and he doesn’t have the internal conflict they just had him play dead to play dead 💀
yea that was very strange. The setup was there and they just needed to devote like an extra minute of screen time for that inner monologue to play out and ends with him overcoming his fear and his opponent. You would think with oda being involved in this adaptation he would be adamant about that being a critical character building moment that needs to be included. Makes me wonder how much sway he really has in this production or maybe he was just cool with it? idk
Netflix Really Did A Good Job In Adapting One Piece Man The Cast, Acting, Soundtrack They Have Really Exceeded My Expectation I Hope We Will Get Season 2
I agree, the Garp reveal as Luffy’s grandpa should have been revealed at episode 8, and cut out most of Garp and Koby interactions in discussing about Luffy. Garp was great as a mentor for Koby and Helmeppo and as a “good marine” that Koby aspired to be, but when it was revealed that Garp was the grandpa, the weight did fall. Instead, when Garp’s ship was chasing Luffy’s, that ship should have completely overwhelmed the Straw Hats to the point where Luffy couldn’t have registered that it was Garp and was too focused on the barrage of cannonballs. Garp laughing would have been questionable, but intriguing at that time then. And of course the harder Garp pushes Luffy, the closer it is to the source material, because Garp is the kind of guy who does not hold back. Everything should have been all or nothing for him. He should have been a looming force of nature that was built up to be a strong threat. Then the “testing” thing could have made a bit more since, since it wouldn’t have been too wishy washy
And like Koby should have gotten in the way of Garp to show that he mastered “decisiveness” at the end, because he knew the Straw Hats did nothing wrong at Coco Village
im so glad this live action was so successful, these actors and the crew that worked on this all deserve this success for how much love and hard work went into the one piece live action❤
The Garp story line also develops Coby and Helmeppo, I suspect we will check up on them more frequently than in the manga and they wanted us to be more invested in them earlier.
Mid ahh story line. They just knew they couldn't come up with better writing so they decided to include side quests cuz focusing on the SH would've been too much for these bum ahh writers
@@shliuuhbiuuhh5458 well.. Oda liked it, and it’s not a one to one recreation, it’s an adaptation that is meant to capture not just anime fans but the general public into the world, I think it’s gonna help the pacing of the show cause the live action will and should have fewer episodes, while also fixing the beginning because Oda didn’t initially plan for One Piece to go longer than 5 years so it includes nods/hints that Oda couldn’t add cause it was planned at first.
@vicenzagiraldo9044 lmaoo oda just knows how much of a cash cow this show is. So ofc he's gonna like this abominable show. Ppl r gonna glaze it no matter what
@@vicenzagiraldo9044Imagine thinking what someone like a manga author has to say about a hollywood adaptation is sincere and relevant at all and not a PR statement. LOL couldn't be me.
One of my main issues was with Mihawk. His introduction was really cool and all, but didn't really make sense to me. I thought it was an honourable thing for Mihawk to even have to use Yoru to fight someone as we saw with Zoro, yet he mindlessly slashes every fodder pirate in the way up until Don Krieg. And because of Don Krieg dying so early, we didn't get the proper Gin story line with Sanji being the chef that Luffy wanted. The list can go on with what I had a problem with, but I don't want to whine about every single detail etc.
He uses yoru to attack their ships in the Grandline in the manga and to deflect bullets when the krieg pirates shoot at him. it's his primary weapon when he's killing time, but when he's in a 1 on 1 Duel he doesn't use it on rabbits. The rest I absolutely agree with
This is probably the best objective analisis I have seen on any video so far. As a fan i must say I enjoyed most of the scenes, especially the Garp - Zeff and the Mihawk - Shanks & Red Haired scenes, in my opinion the ladder is heavily underrated, this interactions with "old timers" gives us a new but enjoyable way to deepen this characters but also in the eyes of a non fan, we get this perspective of depth and "elderly" power to them, we know Mihawk can slice a FREAKING BOAT in Half, WITH LIKE AIR OR SOMETHING (No seriously, i watched this with my Girlfriend she does not watch anime, and she was terrified and speechless, in a good way) Shanks did this hypnotize thing to a freaking Sea MONSTER, we had seen by that point Garp just yeet a fucking cannonball like its a baseball (and the final fight with luffy where he utterly destroyed him effortlessly). The Garp and Zeff scene where Garp remarks the "terrifying red boot Zeff" is awesome, makes us wonder how awesome this man is, and again as a One Piece fan, I LOVE THIS SHOW, Its not perfect and to me the Luffy lines where the most "weird" thing to digest but as you said, Objectively speaking, this was amazingly done and produced, and to me it is also a NEW One Piece that i very much wish to keep following, hopefully a long time, yall give your love to the Cast, they did a great thing here!
I disagree that most of the changes improved the story. As much as people love to hate on Don Krieg, replacing his role as Baratie’s villain with Arlong completely undermined a crucial character moment for Sanji. That being when he feeds the survivors of Don Krieg’s armada. In the show it was just one survivor who was no threat, while in the manga/anime it was an entire battalion who was a rather large threat. Sanji choosing to feed them anyways actually had consequences since he was doing so even knowing they could prove a danger to the Baratie. Without that aspect in the show, Luffy admiring Sanji and wanting him to join his crew doesn’t have any real substance since Sanji wasn’t risking anything by choosing to feed them. This is a problem with a lot of the show. In trying to tie together the entire East Blue Saga instead of treating it like a disconnected series of events, the show often cuts out important characterization and set up in the interest of trying to make everything interconnected. Beyond the Sanji and Don Krieg example, the show also failed by not including Chouchou. Completely skipping over Luffy and Nami coming to an understanding about what “treasure” really means which thereby undercuts the moment when Luffy puts his hat on her. Trusting her with his “treasure” in the same was she’s trusting him with hers. But without the Chouchou conflict being included in the show, the placing the hat on her head moment isn’t as meaningful. All in all, trading in proper set up and characterization to tighten up the plot so that main stream audiences don’t get bored is a cheap and hollow. While I can understand where the show is coming from in trying to do this, they went too far and cut out too much. Had they had like two more episodes they could have tightened things up without removing the spirit underlying all the powerful payoffs.
i mean they got to adapt and condense yeah they removed some substance with luffy recruiting sanji but they added substance with luffy recruiting zoro since he saw zoro In the bar fight Also yeah removing the chouchou scene takes away some substance from nami but luffy did talk about how his hat is a treasure to him which adds substance to nami things balance out personally
completely agree with the Krieg and Chouchou points. I would also add the Usopp's pirates, Gaimon's island and the lack of Nami's village nuance to the things they cut that, even if not completely necessary, were incredibly important to the original story nuance and hearth. I just think they had to work in a specific timeframes, probably adding a few more episodes wasn't a possibility and that's a pity. I'm still extremely happy for what they were able to accomplish though
@@mmeister8582 no he's not that important, I agree. But it's one of those little touches the made the world more colorful and the theme of what a treasure is a bit more impactful. I didn't expect him to be there to be fair, I'm just stating that by eliminating all those "not that important" details the story lost quite a bit
Yeah, I think Garp is necessary not only for why you mention it, but for Coby's and Helmeppo's growth as they are Luffy's foils in the Marines (and apparently Zoro's too!). And I think we're gonna keep getting Luffy's struggles as a captain in future seasons, I don't think they want us to think that's over yet so they wanted to put a bow on the idea of him being ready. *shrug*
I also feel that it sends the msg of yes his time is done. And the new generation time is now. to me this is impactful coming from Japanese writer because age hierarchy is still a thing in Asian culture. So this shows how Oda has a wide view and sending a msg of not letting others dictate your life as it is common for Asians to listen to their parents wish for what career they should pursue etc. also we can see that it is true there are bad marines and good marines. So it establishes the fact that audiences shouldnt be bias towards pirates because Marines also not corrupt and they do help people from bad pirates and it is not all just a conspiracy
@@choux7746 I didn't think of that, but you're right. And that's a theme in the manga through Wano. Garp's attitude threw me at first, but sitting and thinking about it made me realize that this isn't the Garp of Water 7 we see, but the Garp in Marineford standing between Luffy and Ace telling Luffy he has to kill his own grandfather to save his brother, and will make his actions during that arc more believable. I get why people might not like that part of the story, but I think it ended up being important for the story the writer's wanted to tell.
This is the best review I've came across. Logical and grounded. So many kept complaining about Garp or even Zoro because of differences with the anime when the show it's supposed to have its own flavour not a copy paste of the anime.
I think the Marine storyline was also a chance to showcase Koby’s growth from needing to be saved constantly to gradually becoming the future hero of the Marines. There were even parallels in the way Garp and Luffy talked about following/destroying dreams. The literal heavy handed pats to Koby had me cracking up with the tough love. lol Their talks about overcoming limitations had me seeing the similarities in confidence between gramps and straw hat
Yeah, the Marine storyline is not just about Garp chasing Luffy but to develop Koby and Helmeppo character also. Mainly Koby in term of how he discover himself on which side he should pick as a Marine. I wish Mr Morj would elaborate more about that.
Yes. And also I feel like Luffy’s friendship with Koby is similar to Garp and Gold roger. Seems like hinting Koby future Garp and Lufy future Gold roger
@lordyeezusberry3968 For me they really need to recast Coby cause the actress they got wouldn’t be able to look like post training Coby at all they need a MALE ACTOR who can stand side by side with Helmepo’s actor who would actually fit water 7 helmepo perfectly With Helmepo’s actor they actually thought of the long term and casted him perfectly I don’t know why they didn’t think of the same thing with Coby I don’t know what they were thinking with that casting
i need more people, especially one piece fans, to see this review. this is the best i've watched out of all reviews and thoughts of one piece youtubers released up to now.
One of the things Which I don't like as Manga reader and Anime Watcher is that Luffy is so insist of being a "Good Pirate", where as in Manga Luffy never says or mean That. He do what he feels to do(No good or Evil)
This was such a good review Morj, you made me change my mind on a lot of think I was critical of! My favorite parts of the liveaction was probably them developing Zoro and Nami's friendship even moreso than the manga, so that when Zoro says theyre not friends or something along those lines it cut that much harder.
I agree with your points 100%, this season needed A LOT less Garp, we really only needed the scenes with Koby and Helmeppo. Garp letting Luffy escape by the end is basically nepotism, if it was literally any other strong marine the story would've ended there but Luffy gets a pass because it's his grandfather. Now, someone might say this happens in Water 7 too but... not really, since Garp immediately changes his mind in Water 7 and tries to sink Luffy's ship and then we get the feel-good end to the arc with the Sunny flying away and thus making Luffy's escape actually earned instead of nepotism. Without Garp's storyline taking so much screen time we could've gotten more time for certain parts that felt too rushed. I'm glad a probable season 2 won't have the issue of making up problematic storylines like Garp's to cut away to, since the plot will naturally be more dense with the addition of the Baroque Works and Smoker. I really only disagree with your evaluation of Sanji. He is often one of the happy goofy characters too, just maybe not in the Baratie arc (where he really only smiles and opens up by the end when he talks about All Blue with Luffy). But honestly? I felt like Taz Skylar's Sanji was the most well adapted character of the main 5 and he managed to nail the womanizer aspect that people were really worried about. The scene where he treats the guys rudely while offering many options for Nami's glass of water is possibly one of my favorites.
Why did Sanji join the Straw Hats in the live action? What did Luffy or the Straw Hats show to make Sanji say, "Yeah, that's my captain!" because in the source material he watches Zoro fight Mihawk and sees how far he's willing to go for his dream Sanji even yelling at Zoro that it's easy to quit your dream. And then he sees Luffy fighting Don Kreig and how far he went to defend Baratie and his friends. In the live action, he doesn't watch Zoro and Mihawk fight, he sees Arlong pull up and slap Luffy around and then sets sail with them. LOL
Honestly, that's why I would've liked for them to have Don Krieg as an antagonist (and maybe get slaughtered by Mihawk) and have sanji watch the Zoro's duel so he can get close to the Straw Hats.
The krieg story line was so big for sanji character and the reason he decided to give up who he was for who he could become the man the gave dream for his dream to find the all blue It’s was luffy vs krieg And Zoro vs mihawk That showed sanji your dreams are worth rising it all
Something I would like to point out for the early Garp scenes: It gives us early Koby and Garp build up as the manga gave us little to see his full training up to the "Future of the Marines"
I thought the “Help Me.” Scene was adapted incredibly. Definitely got me just as much as the manga and anime did. The backstories were also done really well imo. Emily Rudd as Nami was definitely the stand out of the season imo. She was phenomenal.
The problem wasn’t just Garp and Mihawk acting out of character. It was the fact that it contradicted his own motivations which is to test Luffy. Mihawk isn’t a test. That’s like testing a brand new college student taking medical classes by having him perform open heart surgery.
Garp probably knew mihawks personality, and that mihawk wouldn't kill him, so yes it would've just been testing him, considering a canon version of garp dropped luffy into ravines. Just toughening him up, like usual
@@sneakymongoose8703 thats only because he knew about luffy through shanks which garp wouldn't have known. he literally could have killed him just because from garps point of view so really it didn't make much sense.
I think this was the best you could ask for from a western live action adaptation. Like they made it feel like a show digestable by a wide audience, but most the changes fealt good and even though we lost stuff they made sure too add some stuff as well to make up for it like like Nami begging Zoro not to do the duel and Luffy worrying about Zoro's death. Its proof too me that this writer knows what he's doing and how to do it.
You're so right about the action. Zoro actor killed it. The novelty of Luffy stretching. How gr8 it looks and the actors can fight and are athletic. Spot on
Really good breakdown. You can see clearly how good Oda writing is when it come to the characters backstory. It is god tier. Live Action did really well and I glad they did right for most of the source materials.
A problem I noticed and heard other people talk about Usop is that they practically removed the reason for him to leave the island, it looked like they developed Kaya, Nami and Zoro much more during Usop's arc than Usop himself, they didn't show him wanting to being a pirate only his father was mentioned but he disappeared in the same conversation and they created a much greater connection between him and Kaya and with Merry's death, it doesn't make sense for him to leave the island, it looks like he left just because he exists on the island crew in the manga and anime, and that feeling counts just as much for new people as for people who've already seen the anime. 9:05
One of my favorite scenes was when Luffy’s hat and the map are on the ground and he and buggy are covered with seawater. Buggy desperately crawls to the map while Luffy desperately crawls to his hat. That’s strong, visual storytelling that shows, not tells, Luffy’s character - his priority is to keep a promise, cherish his mentor, and to have gratitude for what he was already given. Buggy is also shown to be something of a power and fame obsessed for reasons of insecurity whackado but that was already established. It helped serve as a contrast to Luffy beyond him.
My issue with cutting Don Kreig is that it does not make sense for the crew to be so dedicated to Luffy and belief in his strength when he didn’t win a single solo battle in the live action until Arlong
I feel like the highs were lower and the lowers were higher. The live action never quite reached the same emotional highs as in the anime but it was more consistent overall.
@@_eRuDiT0_ Not gonna lie that made me laugh out lout. Imo some characters from the manga/anime were actually better in the live action like Helmeppo, Kuro, Koby, Buggy. The pacing is way too fast especially in the second half(Baratie and Arlong Park) and also the acting wasn't the best so the peaks felt either unearned or badly acted. But at least the show feels like one piece and if that makes people start reading the manga I'm all for it.
@@geogeo3733 The characters were not better at all. Only helmeppo was better than the manga counterpart. The rest were no better at all. None of these guys can act at all and everything felt like a cliche Disney movie. I understand you want to like this show, I did too, but there's way too many faults. If this show wasn't one piece and didn't have the prenotions of characters that you love, nobody would watch it and nearly everyone would call it cringe. Can you elaborate as to how any of these characters beside helmeppo and buggy is better than their manga/Anime counterpart. That statement you said is so blasphemous that it's borderline insane to say it. It's like taboo. To reiterate the biggest downfall of this is garo and koby. The additions of buggy were good cause it was faithful to the manga and Anime. Garp is the worst live action character in any show ever. He's practically a Disney villain with ZERO purpose and with zero reasons to even be there. Luffy doesn't even have a bounty. And the acting of the show felt so half-hazard.
@@_eRuDiT0_ We can both agree on Helmeppo, he was a great actor. Kuro(also Sham and Buchi) and Buggy were just way more fun to see on the screen than in the manga so that elevated the Orange town and Syrup village arcs which were pretty meh in the original story anyway(even though Usopp didn't get a triumphant moment in the live action in his own arc). Koby is just less annoying. All the strawhats are great. They captured the one piece feeling which was the most important part. So yeah overall I enjoyed the first half more than in the manga because I didn't have any expectations for it. I agree with the Garp stuff, its pretty bad, but it doesn't make the whole show unwatchable. The second half though is way better in the manga because of the breakneck pacing and not that great acting. Something they really messed up was not having Sanji see Zoro's fight with Mihawk which was a huge moment for him. Also Sanji's farewell could be better. Zoro's declaration to become the world's greatest swordsman wasn't that good because of the stiff acting. Felt the same way about Nami's "Help me" scene although it was better than Zoro's scene at least. Mihawk and Arlong were pretty good though. The jokes were great and not corny usually. Also, the fighting scenes were way better than I expected. In conclusion, the manga for east blue was like a 7-10 and the Live action was a constant 7.5-8/10. It was more than enough for any non manga readers to get interested in the world and characters and want to start reading the source material. So that's a win in my book. Also, who knows, maybe they will learn something from their fails in season 1 and make season 2 even better although I am scared that they will have to cut even more content since the Alabasta saga is so huge.
@@geogeo3733 Maybe they will learn something from their faults, and improve upon it. However, I really doubt thats the case, with Netflix's track record, Steve Maeda is also notorious to never ever complete a show, and all of the stuff he has worked on always has gotten cancelled. Not to say they can't improve. But the budget expense would be way too high down the line. And thus, I can't see it going past 2 seasons. All the actors would get too old by the time they get to enies lobby and stuff and they'd have to change actors. I respect your opinion, however you cannot deny that syrup village was butchered. Usopp had far too less screen time, which didn't hit the beat when usopp was called a liar by the village when he tried to warn them about kuro. And luffy had no screen time in that episode cause he was sick. Koby had way too much presence in that episode even compared to usopp, when it should have been an episode to flesh out the character.
I talked with people who weren't exposed to one piece. They are put off by the hair colors and wigs and also that hat of Garp. And because they had to cut off so many things it doesn't flow naturally.
the Nami scene where she was screaming being held down while they stole her all her money actually hit me harder than it did in the anime/manga and the 'Luffy, help me' scene.
Great stuff sir. However I'm surprised i haven't seen you or anyone hit Baratie's changes harder, specifically Mihawk's intro and interactions with the SHs. I really think skipping the Krieg fight hurt the story overall--Krieg himself isn't important, but the reactions of Sanji and Zeff to Luffy and Zoro's relentless nature, the importance of WITNESSES seeing Luffy and Zoro being great and almost superhuman in their resolve, the intensity of the moment where Baratie is under attack, Mihawk shows up and wrecks Zoro, Nami steals the Merry...all that happens within basically no time, resulting imo in a much more intense and narratively rich situation that accomplishes sooo many things, and imo the LA just glossed over all that. What's so special about Luffy in the LA that Sanji is willing to join him after years of not leaving Zeff? What's so special about Luffy in the LA that Mihawk decides not to bring him to Garp? Why does Zoro wake up and vow to stay with Luffy? Because he let him duel Mihawk? But he could've done that without Luffy. I also missed having the audience of the villagers of Cocoyashi witnessing the fall of Arlong Park. Oda has citizen witnesses to almost every major battle for a reason. Luffy is freeing them as he frees himself and his friends, and this is how his legend grows.... not trying to sound overly negative here, overall i still loved it and am so grateful opla exists .
Don't... Just speak your mind ffs and leave it at that! The show has lots of issues and they should be brought forward. I don't understand this need for this damage control shite "But I absolutely love it though" every time, like no, you just brought up big valid complaints that exist for every other arc as well. Don't write all that off like it's whatever.
@@Sekooma but i did absolutely love it. It's possible to both love a thing and see how it could be better. In fact it's kinda fundamental to the human experience.
@@nomarnomad8405 Okay, I'm thinking love as in really enjoyed, like a 10/10. Not human connection. If you got many complaints it wouldn't be "love it 10/10" but that's how that came across. We need more negativity in here goddarn it, feels like everyone's fronting a little bit lol.
As a neutral viewer, it was quirky, fun, interesting, and well done. Solid intro for new fans and older audience. As a fan, I enjoyed it and appreciated their passion and effort. It was way way better than I expected and than I feel anyone could have realistically hoped for. As adaptation it was gr8, I was cool w a lot of changes, but I definitely prefer original story. I felt cast did amazing. Changes I didn't like the most were villagers really hating Nami, and cutting Don Krieg(not complaining, just liked original w him in it 😭) and changes to Baratie, and cutting Hatchan and Momoo(which I completely understand why, I just really loved those 2, and the change of the windmill theme 😢). But just imo.. Luffy and Zoro were my favorites, just like manga and anime.
Absolutely agreed, I dont understand people's hate boner for one of the most chaotic villains that really set the tone back in the day for the insanity of the Grandline And they made him a one note It made me facepalm super hard
*I'd give it a solid 7/10 (for context The Dark Knight would be a 9), but there are some things I think the team can improve on for Season 2:* -->1. More emotional impact in the fights (and smoother fight choreography-->black cat pirates wtf was that) FOR EXAMPLE... In the map room scene where Luffy is fighting Arlong there could've been more emphasis on the pain/memories that Nami experienced being forced to draw for Arlong. It makes it feel like the focus of Luffy destroying Arlong Park was for the sake of physically defeating Arlong ("maybe I can't beat you, but I can destroy everything you've built"), versus focusing on the suffering of Nami in that room, or in other words seeing the maps and chain and then destroying the room as portrayed in the Manga. It's a subtle, but huge difference because it shifts the emphasis to freeing Nami from her past traumas by destroying the room vs just besting Arlong. -->2. The use of silence and sub-text Maybe this is just a nitpick from me, but I HATE IT when characters state things like "so you were sacrificing/doing it for us all along" 😯😯😯 Yes, we ALL know that already, you don't need to say it again. Some form of acknowledgement is needed, but it doesn't need to be this obvious. More time could also be given for silence in scenes to fully bring out the emotional tension ex. the bellamere scene, and the part where Luffy comes out from the rubble after destroying Arlong park. -->3. More stylized color-grading, aka not just marvel color tones. I'd love to see something more like Wes Anderson and Hero (Movie). One more nit pick - although the live version wasn't bad, I prefer Sanji's goodbye to Zeff MILES better in the Manga. It felt a little rushed in the live, and I wished they would give more time for things to flesh out (but I get it, they have to squish everything into 8 episodes), as well as them changing the dialogue - the original hits way harder, fight me 👊 They also don't need the constant BG music, this isn't family guy+subway surfers on tiktok - give scenes the silence they need to create more tension. But even with all that said, cutting/rearrangement of the plot worked out really well, and I still really enjoyed the adaptation. Matt did a great job 👍👍
Aside from how they handled some Sanji scenes i loved it , but a little mad that my boy got overshadowed by Zoro/Nami in his own arc. Sanji and Usopp felt like side characters and i did not like that. - Gin scene ,Luffy asking Sanji to join etc - Very little screen time , him joining didn't even feel like a big moment. - Nami , Zoro get better moments even in his "arc" - Feels like a side character to 3 main one in Luffy/Zoro/nami. - There was no real motivation for Sanji to join the crew , he just did and felt like he did it because of a tanturm.
This was an excellent analysis! People often forget that you have to greatly turn down the attachment to the original manga in a lot of respects and remember that it's going to be it's own translation of the source material. Plus Oda himself oversaw and approved every single change that was made. There will never be a perfect adaptation of anything, but from what I saw, I give the show an easy 9/10. Just you said, it is a new VERSION of one piece that still has all the the important story elements and concepts from the manga/anime
If there's one thing I wish they kept, it would be the Usopp pirates. It would've been cute and endearing to see Usopp as this big brother figure and help build the Captain Usopp stuff. I still really liked Syrup Village regardless.
i couldnt AGREE more with the points about writing some lines and interacting were so good but and the lines about dreams sometimes made me cringe. Another thing (i cant really get mad at cuz i get it u dont know when Netflix is gonna pull the plug but) some mysterious and payoffs were jus done too early like garp being luffys grandpa was such a left hook cause we were so deep if they keep garp as a looming danger instead of a recurring “villain” it would have been cooler.
I don’t think luffy earns the same respect through action he does in the anime manga that makes his crew trust him, we don’t get the same emotion from Nami watching him destroy her room throwing it out the window as a symbol of her slavery, he says he can’t beat Arlong to Arlong which is way off, it’s not a better plot the drop the ball on the short stories all representing “what is your treasure” Chu Chu was not a throw away story it was a very purposeful story to represent treasure is unique to each person, they didn’t define how important Luffys hat is, jango isn’t around and usopp doesn’t do the same intensity that earns the crews respect, the marine storyline doesn’t add to it ruins a good late surprise and takes up time that could have been spent on other things and it does not build the same intensity to “the walk” at Arlong park which is one of two shots in that arc that sold me on the series and not including hachi takes away from the story and Zoro is so much less fun. Usopp is far less likable than in the manga.
Saying I don't wanna hear complains about skipping Krieg, completely misses how much of an eye opening experience the fight was for Sanji. Together with Zoro vs Mihawk, Luffy vs Arlong was what made Sanji realise he can too follow his dream, and be relentless about it, just like them. It also completely undermines Luffy saving Baratie, since Arlong just left. But more importantly, Sanji feeding even his enemies is completely gone. Same problems with Ussop's moements in his village. He fought against pirates to make the village have another boring day. He didn't care about the villagers finding out that he wasn't lying this time that pirates are coming. He was ok with defeating them and the villagers thinking it was just another lie. He wanted no glory, no way out of his lies, just to protect. Huge Ussop moments just competely missed. Also, the villagers actually liking Ussop was a nice touch that was again gone for no reason. Kuro's plan was also stupid in live action (no covering the murder with a pirate raid, just murder Kaya when she turns 18, nobody will question it right...?) With Nami, the changes to the villagers was again bad. Why not make them know about her sacrifice all these years? Actually hating her makes them all look like dumbasses. Hachi is very obviously missing because he would need CGI and money. Finallly, the real reason for the Garp storyline is to revisit old sets. They spent most of the money there, so they had to have somebody return there to shot a few more stuff there for "free". It was budget.
This have to be the most compelling review of the One Piece Live Action. We fans will always have pushbacks and nicpics you explain why those changes were made.
I want to say that the Garp storyline did serve one other very important purpose: it was a very efficient way to deliver worldbuilding that in the manga/anime you would have gotten over a very long period of time.
Nami’s sister and the other villagers not knowing her sacrifice and and actually hate her rather than “pretending” to hate her was a weird choice imo. The changes in Arlong Park were the worst changes tbh ( was still good though)
@@AegeanOliveher sacrifice was always meaningful, regardless. The townspeople on the other hand don't seem admirable like in the original source material. And if people remember, it was because of a few reasons but definitely for Nami's sake if she ever wanted to leave, they wanted her to not feel attached or guilty for leaving the village behind.
Tbh it works in the source, but a whole villiage pretending to hate Nami as some long con is a bit convoluted. At least the villiagers would need way more screentime to line up the emotional gut punch. The meandering nature of One Piece's pace actually benefits it when it comes to setting these kind of moments up, but a medium that demands tighter pacing would almost always cut these kind of moments
Yeah they really should have developed the relationship between her and Nojiko and/or Genzo. Think they relied too heavily on the Belle Mere flashback but they also cut so much out of the flashback that it was also lacking
This was a really dope review. And I agree with quite a bit of what you said here. Though I definitely had my qualms with a few writing choices, this is just the first season. And I think it’s best to allow room for improvements that can be made in hopefully what’s to come. These SH actors are excellent imo and because of that, I can’t help but get excited when imagining how more incredible they can one day be with more time.
my main problem with the series wasn't major, but it really affected my perception of the straw hats through the lense of live-action, and action in general. In the manga, luffy is very clearly powerful. He's introduced as a young adult by beating the sea king, then he immediately is able to dispatch alvida with no trouble. subsequently he completely obliterates large groups of enemies, the black cat crew for example. I understand that in a live-action setting it's harder to translate massive scale battles like that, but the thing that bothered me the most was his ability in contrast to nami. Nami isn't an extremely weak character in the manga, but she definitely perceives herself as one, which is a large part of her character and dynamic with the other straw hats. In ep1 she is immediately established as a competent combatant in the battle against the marines, I would argue that she's actually on a similar level to luffy at that point. There's also a large power imbalance between luffy and zoro initially portrayed. In the manga, both are massive powerhouses with similar combat styles with strength taking priority. Both are shown to have mastery over their style, but ultimately luffy is evidently a little bit stronger just because his lack of reliance on tools. In the show, zoro initially seems leagues above luffy in terms of ability and discipline shown by his introduction with mr. 7, the bar fight, and ultimately the brawl with the marines.This is rectified somewhat by luffy's battle with arlong, but the shift between him having trouble with a small group of marines and him literally kicking through a several story high building vertically throws off his consistency. ultimately i think the show was good from a critical perspective, and although i did appreciate the consistency with the story of the manga, I feel like the trend of anime not being well translated to live-action stays consistant with this. I did immensely enjoy it though and am looking forward to s2.
This was seriously the best fair review of One Piece Live Action I've seen on RU-vid. Massive kudos to you, bro. This was really well-made, concise, and made with as little bias as possible. I especially loved how you analyzed the show in multiple aspects (story, acting, direction etc). I'm very glad the algorithm brought me here :>>
Nami was just worried about her village and trying to save it while Robin was worried about the crew and was willing to sacrifice her own life to try and keep them safe. It’s so much deeper than just simply saying they both left the crew and needed to be saved. Arlong wasn’t going to kill Nami he needed her and stealing from the initial scare that CP9 showed the readers and viewers either tells me that they don’t plan on going that far or it will cheapen their story arc whenever they are introduced. Nami and robin’s situation’s are nothing alike and if it’s that simple then every crew members joining for the most part is the exact same and that’s just not true
Great analisis! I would say that the garp plotline helped to see the marine view of pirates, and exposition. It could have been made different, sure, but it gives viewers the side anime and manga readers get to know later
Fantastic analysis all around. Something that I've heard but might not be confirmed is that the B plot line with Garp makes a lot of sense for budget reasons : ie it's very cost efficient to show Marines talking and re-using the sets of the Strawhats; so that's a reason why they gave it so much screen-time. I think it was a good change overall, but they could have executed it a little bit better by having more variety, ie show the marines with more action: training, arresting pirates ... That being said I don't think fans would have an issue with it if we had gotten 20min ish more screentime for Usopp/Sanji/Arlong Park who get the short-end of the stick screen-time wise (compared to the manga).
I love the aspect that they did with Episode 6. Like you said, it really mirrored Robin and I definitely felt Water 7 vibes there and I loved it. Water 7 and Enies Lobby are my favorite arcs ever, so I loved it. Although I disagree with the Garp stuff. I feel like it ignores a lot of Garp here and what it represents for multiple characters since we get more stuff with Helmeppo and Coby and really shows us more to Garp, Coby and Helmeppo. It also shows off just how powerful Garp is and that Luffy still has SOO much growth to be doing. But I do like Morj's review/analysis on a developmental and formulaic way. Because he's right. There is a very basic formula being used. 16:10 oof! Yeah, gotta agree there. That IS in fact NOT valid criticism. Nailed it on the head there. 27:32 I understand his point, but all the things that he points out, Luffy has literally said in the manga as well. The one with Kuro and Arlong. Also, how could you not mention Mihawk's actor Stephen Ward. Smh. XD
One thing I really liked is that they made it explicit that Zoro is the First Mate rather than the original story making it so that he only fills that role unofficially even if other crews assume he's the official first mate
Awesome review Morj, best one I've seen yet by far. I disagree with some of your points, like about Garp I think the possibility of him locking up Luffy's crew and keeping him from chasing his dream was still a credible threat, but regardless all your points are reasonable and thorough. How amazing is it to get a live-action adaptation so fun to watch that we even enjoy talking about the flaws!
This is a very good objective analysis and I agree with mostly everything here. Especially on the scene direction bit. You even convinced me on the plot changes as a whole being improvements. But what I strongly disagree with though is the neutral take on Usopp's role in episode's 3 and 4. You compared it to other live actions having characters not as developed in their respective first season but this is different, because Usopp meets the team then merits joining the team. As opposed to a show like Breaking Bad where a character like Skyler or Marie in the first season aren't very developed but are already familiar with the main characters. Skyler and Marie are married to Walter and Hank by episode one so its ok for them not to have development early on. However Jesse becomes a main character halfway through the first episode because he has a believable reason to partner up with Walter White Usopp on the other hand, as handled in the live action contributes 0 reason on why Luffy should bring him on the team, even from a neutral perspective as someone who doesn't know anything about Usopp or One Piece. From a basic story telling perspective, Usopp should have at least helped Luffy defeat Kuro in some sense. Removing Django in turn, removed a lot of Usopp's agency as a character. And to cement this point further, I watched this with a handful of people who do not read or watch One Piece and they thought episodes 3 and 4 were awful and felt that Usopp had as much reason to join the strawhats as Kaya because he didn’t do anything compared to Zoro and Nami. With that being said, another great analysis as always, Morj! I did enjoy the show. I dunno if I'll binge it again if not for revisiting actions scenes. But Im happy to say this is a great adaption save for the minor things that bother me a lot. Season 2 should undoubtedly be better.
