I really hope we see these characters again at some point in the manga, I could totally imagine the marine showing up at some point in the final saga to join luffy's side with other marines
Nice to hear Strawhat VAs voicing not only their chars, but cameos too: Luffy - Grandma Nami - Store owner Robin - Barkeep Chopper - Beetle (this is funny)
This is how some parts of egghead look. They can't do it every week, because it would be too much for weekly series, but basically all the important parts of wano and egghead are fluidly animated
The story of the 2 brothers is beautiful! How Luffy has such an impact on a random marine soldier just shows once again how alive the world of One Piece is and how many stories you are able to tell due to Odas amazing craft.
It reminds of how I felt when it was revealed Bartlomeo was there in Loguetown. Big worldbuilding is awesome but sometimes, it's little moments like this, showing how a character not just affects the world, but another person's life is what breathes new life into a world and makes it feel more real
-the girl doesnt recognize ussop since they dont know it (sogeking) -the woman in bookstore who hates the franky book doesnt know/care who is robin and chopper who visited her store since she only a fan of soulking (at this time brook is not know to be part of strawhat) - the guys in the bar doesnt recognize sanji also ( duval face wanted poster of sanji )
honestly, this is the kind of spin-off content i LOVE. i LOVE LOVE LOVE it. this was so beautiful, so heartwarming, so gorgeous....i cried almost from beginning to end, because I WAS THE LITTLE KID thinking nami is the coolest EVER. and the two brothers made me cry as well, though thats more bc my own older brother, whom i had a difficult relationship with too, died just over a month ago very suddenly and unexpectedly. so this hit me RIGHT in the fucking feels. and i think its just genius to show the perspective of just, normal fucking people living in this world. the kind of people you and me would be, if this was real. of course thered be fans of them! and the whole discussion about who the strongest swordsman is just felt REALLY targeted towards these types of powerscalers who for some reason find joy in hating each other over who can do sword better in a fantasy world lmao. also the sanji slander made me laugh so hard!!! i kinda wish this was 8 hours long, i mean just LOOKING at this artwork is worth it to me - ishitani really might just be a modern genius.
It truly shows that we can have other stories beyond the main narrative that would showcase other lives, tales, and humanity that speaks volumes of the emotions and characterizations. Truly an incredible anniversary special that reintroduces us to the updated Fishman Island arc.
why is it so addicting to watch this episode....... i watch like 5 or 6 times and still love watching it...... the story and animation beats all..... its an episodes that i never knew we need
I had to pretend to be sick today at work. Couldn't tell my boss that those red eyes, dark eye bags and dizziness were from crying all night because i watched this episode yesterday and it was SO BEAUTIFUL 😭😭😭
I always want to see more one piece :) and man.... the power of this show, of good story writing, the setting. like I'm way to invested in this characters and that random marine for a once off episode... give me 24 episodes of her journey and I'm happy hahah. this show have such amazing potential and with the animation being peak. the remakes , the live actions. this is the golden area of one piece, I want more spinoffs like this as long as its done with the same care and love like this....
They probably picked Fishman Island because that's where the pacing started to get real bad. And they're not gonna rework East Blue, with WIT just around the corner.
you know what they COULD do? among the episodes between islands/arcs they could make episodes like this. alabasta had a lot of people affected by the strawhats, Dressrosa, the "zombies" of thriller bark. I guess those wouldn't have a "crisis" like this story had - with the weapon that would dissolve a ships coating being a real threat to the strawhats.... but come on, who actually cared about that plot point watching this?
I think they chose fishman island bc Oda is specifically hinting for us to pay attention to what happens in this arc. The last time an arc got reanimated was skypiea i believe and that arc has a lot of subtle foreshadowing and hints about the future. I bet we all as a community missed something rly big in fishman island.
to the question in the chat of why the girl didnt recognize ussop, its cause his wanted poster is sogeking, he never had his real face shown until post dressrosa as god ussop
