Why This One Piece Problem Can't Be Fixed 

They removed hachi who is a huge plot point in 2 future arcs

"You don't look at a brick and go 'heh, that's a house'." Truly one of the quotes of all time.

It's a true Crime we will never see jango and full body's bromance in action 😔

Doesn’t zeff literally tell sanji to watch luffy fight for the very reason that luffy will show him how to truly go after your dream?

One of the things I have enjoyed about the live action is the number of people who decided to watch the anime afterwards and were pleasantly surprised at how good it is.

They totally took the "I'll pay you with future treasure" thing from the first One Piece movie, where Luffy gave the owner of the traveling Oden restaurant an I.O.U. written on a rock.

Not having Sanji witness Zoro's fight with Mihawk was the one change to the series that I can't get over; it's important to Sanji's development, and it would have been so simple (and inexpensive) to have Sanji standing there watching.

I just want to see a live action Condoriano cameo.

I feel like this problem was even more obvious in Arlong Arc. first by cutting hatchan which is important later on in shabondy . and also how they cut out that Nojiko, gonzo and the rest of the villager actually knew the truth about Nami and cut all their involvement in the fight. there is also that scene when Nojiko explains Nami's backstory. while anime Luffy refuses to listen ,in Livaaction he listens to the story, which is why it comes off strange when Nami asks him you know nothing and he says I do. this goes against Luffy's character as he doesn't really care about someone's past only his present this is shown again later on in Fishman Island when he sleeps when Jinbe starts talking about his backstory.

I really hope they take their time for future arcs like alabasta. Many minor characters really add to the impact of the story

Alright so i'm gonna put this here and feel free to fight me about it: despite all the issues and cut stuff, the live action is still really good

Shame that Fullbody was reduced to a cameo and Jango never showed up. Hopefully Season 2 will rectify that issue.

I think the live action is leaning more towards the children going on a pirate adventure and then facing their first real roadblock with Arlong and Mihawk. Whereas in the manga, luffy and to a certain extent Zoro were kind of already overpowered and a little bit more mature. I mean look at Luffy's intro. He beats the monster that bit off shank's arm. Then shruggs off being shot at and kind of one-shotting all of alvida's crew. For all of east blue, I felt that he was a superman like figure who can basically overcome anything thrown at him. And he is responsible for his decisions and Shows that he understands his crew on an innate level. Whereas live-action luffy is a mere kid in a pirate cosplay out to make his dream come true. In baratie, Luffy has to learn a little bit about responsibility when Zoro is knocked out, something that manga Luffy kind of already knew. So, live action Luffy is much less, oh this captain who I want to follow to the earth's end but first he must learn some valuable lessons and more this audacious kid who hopes to dream. He is a little more Naruto-esque in that way. So, he has a lot more room to grow. I think that it's a different interpretation of Luffy and not necessarily a worse version.

Honestly, I agree with everything you said, but I also think I’m okay with Luffy maybe growing from “maybe I can’t beat you” to the anime “I’ll kick your ass no matter what” mentality he is known for over the next couple seasons of the LA. Luffy is primarily a static character in the manga, which works perfectly, but if they are trying to give a bit of character development where he goes from being less confident to gaining the confidence he has in the manga; I wouldn’t be against it if they do it right. They also may take these criticisms well in season 2 and tweak his quirks a bit to make him feel more like his usual confidence. Hope to see improvement in all these areas

This sucks. Sanjis recruitment and all the early crew stories were all paramount to the one piece world building. I still recall the Sanji fried rice scene after so many years because of how strongly it introduces his values. That entire arc was so good, one of the best early OP arcs.

Luffy: A happy go lucky, truthful, simple-minded guy who does what he wants. Zoro: A serious looking, faithful, honorable guy who cuts what he wants. Sanji: A deep-minded, thoughtful, knowledgeable, intelligent, calm and well-mannered guy who kicks what he thinks should be kicked and maintains chivalry everytime. Guess who's development they cut the most🥲. I swear Sanji just gets hated or put in the back for normal reason. Dude is the Clutch MVP. He has more clutches than any character. He knows what's important, does it, expects no praise from his captain (expects only from nami and Robin lol) and is chill as hell. If they cut his clutch in Alabasta Saga, there's gonna be cancellations

I wonder if Ian McShane will appear in One Piece live action show's Season 2 by cameoing in his costume of Blackbeard from Pirates of the Caribbean among the crowd of people and pirates.

Huh.. didn't even relieze that WAS fullbody at bartie, its been at least a decade since i read or watched east blue stuff and i geuinely forgot he was a character

Where are those 2 friends of zoro THATS IMPORTANT THEY ARE LIKE THE GOAT

I wish the reduced the carp/coby storyline in half and worked more on the main strawhats arcs. It was a cool idea but it took so much time away from the main cast.

for me the live action gave me an idea of what one piece is as i first watched the live action and then started the anime and caught up in 6 months

Wait Gally has a bounty of 5m? Doesn't the mountain bandit that got shanks eaten by a sea beast had a bounty of 8m? How does a mountain bandit that sticks to one island have a higher bounty then a actual pirate?

Plot Twist: Live action follows the bad timeline.

It's important to note that the live action characters deviate a lot to their manga characters to begin with: Manga Luffy went nearly unchallenged in the east blue as far as fair fights go, whereas live action Luffy met a match in Arlong same goes for the other Straw Hats more or less, different from the manga doesn't necessarily mean bad.

Send this vid straight to the showrunner

Every character except Kuro. Even Morgan came back for a cover story.

Fullbody and Django in thumbnail= I must watch the video

Love to see your videos The break ends this week 🎉

I just rewatched the Sanji and Gin scene from the anime and realised that when Luffy decided to have Sanji join his crew, it's after Sanji helps Gin with a big smile on his face. Luffy responds with that classic Joyboy giggle and asks Sanji to join because he fits the role of cook on the crew of Joyboy perfectly, helping the less fortunate with a smile

I wasn't expecting a video but i ain't complaining

Keep up the awesome work and videos Liam love the video

this is a fascinating study on just how important even minor characters are to One Piece as a story

Thank you for all the videos getting me thru the break, much love ❤

loved the blood splash at 10:08 hahaha

Lesss Go New video 🔥🔥🔥

I always thought of that episode as a bus stop lol

The only thing you got incorrect in this video was that Johnny and Yosaku were actually introduced before Fullbody in the Baratie arc.

I need a 3 episode long backstory for that fly fullbody put in the soup. Just imagine how strong he got during the timeskip

With the insane success of the first season. Hopefully the budget will be higher so cuts like these will be reduce

This was super well done imo. I strongly agree that time limits the LA story. I also feel budget and effects do too. The power lv is much much lower, and probably needs to be. Budget and time are OP

But seriously was it so hard to maybe quickly do something like full body saying there’s a bug in his soup or at least the thing about the wine

I guess i'll just treat Live Action One Piece as a Demo Version of One Piece. This way i won't boil like a lava while watching all the changed scenes.

Hmmm... get a feeling that Little Garden will either be skipped or very brief. I reckon, they might play catch up with characters supposed to appear earlier. So Hatchan will appear in Sabaody but either was never part of Arlong's crew or left it some time before.

Man this three week break sucks huh love that ya got stuff in the meantime though

Chore boy almost rhinest with joy boy

What I do love though is how the Live Action is consistent in showing that LA Luffy is a very different (and arguably weaker) version of him. The way he fights, the way he acts, the learns, and the way he acquires his crew are all vastly different. One of the main takeaways that I got after watching the Live Action was that "this Luffy is INEPT". That may not be a bad thing if they gradually build him up throughout the Grand Line. All the points of the video are still valid though. Luffy definitely got off too easy considering how he got his crew into deep shit.

Can you please do a video with Ohara?

It could be that Garp actually called Mihawk a week before the Straw Hats reached the Baratie, but they placed the scene out of chronological order for a better flow of the plot.

I can agree. While I liked the live-action series and things got shifted from the manga into television to fit,the arc that felt rushed the most was Baratie which was one of the arcs that really got me fully involved when I started watching the anime which affected the next one. Hopefully that will not be too much of a problem in season 2

Not to mention the long term repercussions from not having Hachi lol

While you make some good points, as far as Luffy being ready for the Grand Line, I would counter that even in the manga we can't be sure he is at that point. Yes, he beat Don Kreig, but all that shows is that he is more ready to face the adversity ahead than Kreig was. Kreig washed out after a week on the Grand Line, so it is entirely possible that someone could be at him yet still not be ready for the Grand Line itself. That was my takeaway after reading Baratie. The only thing that finally proved to me that Luffy was indeed ready for the Grand Line was actually reaching the Grand Line and seeing Luffy not only survive but actually thrive and grow as he progressed through it. I mean, Kreig was put down by Mihawk and forced to run back to the East Blue with his tail between his legs. For Luffy to truly demonstrate at this point that he is ready for the Grand Line would have been NOT beating the failure (Kreig), but beating the one who caused him to fail (Mihawk), and that doesn't happen, even in the manga. I think that is what the live action was going for. The only way to prove you're able to survive the Grand Line is to survive the Grand Line (or at least to take down one of the major threats that makes the Grand Line so dangerous). Kreig WAS a major threat to Luffy at that point in the story, but he was most decidedly NOT a Grand Line level threat. So, in my mind, the audience SHOULD be left questioning whether Luffy is up to the challenge ahead, and the omission of the fight against Don Kreig helps set that up. The key point of Baratie as it relates to the Grand Line is that Mihawk singlehandedly destroyed a whole fleet that tried to enter the Grand Line prematurely and the Strawhats were unable to beat him. That is still our big takeaway in the live action. The manga muddies the waters by throwing Kreig into the mix so some people see Luffy beat him and suddenly believe, "Oh wow! Luffy beat that guy so he MUST be ready for the challenges of the Grand Line!" In reality, that's like saying Joe challenged a chess grand master and lost, I beat Joe, so I would definitely be able to beat the grand master. It doesn't work that way. If I beat the guy that BEAT the grand master, THEN you could pretty safely infer that I could probably beat the grand master, but beating someone that lost to them doesn't tell you anything about how ready I am to face the grand master, especially if my victory over that failed challenger was a very narrow one. That just says I'm BARELY better than this guy that lost to the grand master.

Unfortunately even if you like the live action it will always be lesser because it simply can’t contain the same amount of information as the manga/anime.

I’m only 3 1/2 minutes in so I might be jumping the gun… But certain Easter egg characters are worth more screen time than minor actual characters and I think most would agree. Gyari being the antagonist in one of the One Piece pilot chapters definitely deserves a nod, and if we have to make cuts, cutting Gaimon and Fullbody just makes sense. Very interested to find out if the rest of this video changes my mind. After finishing the video, I agree that there are building blocks that were unfortunately left out, but did not need to be accomplished using the characters that were cut. In my opinion, there is no problem with cutting or reducing characters, but clearly there were subtle and not so subtle plot points that they still should have found a way to write in.

*_still_* can't believe they removed hachi from the series... so, *_now_* who's gonna apologize to nami and cause luffy punching a celestial dragon in the face?

They traded sanji's development for the having coby and helmeppo's journey with the marines. The real problem is that the network limits the series to 8 episodes max. If they had 10 episodes they could've fit more baratie without spending much more because the entire set was already built and also make the arlong appearance have more development and substance too by using the se physical set more. This series really needed 10 episodes to be just perfect with their desicions to focus so much on garp

What If? Live action one piece is an alternate universe where things don't go the same way 😮 and that's the reason why all of their facial features and suits don't match??

Ayyyeeee new one piece content!!!

they removed a lot.. right from the getgo, they completely changed Alvida

Let's go! New vid ❤❤

The true purpose of One Piece Live Action is to attract new fans to the manga/anime (current and future retelling) and merchandising. One Piece Merchandise has increased considering 4Kids hurt One Piece to the point that even despite Funimation fixing the dub the show wasn't as mainstream to be located in stores. This Live Action is Oda's extra spending money due to royalties, not to mention the lesser known actors'/actresses' careers will surely launch to higher roles in the future.

Maybe there was actually a time skip somewhere in episode 6 of the live action, and Luffy had washed dishes for an year on the Baratie.

This is to be taken with a grain of salt.. right? Because I personally think the Live Action did really great capturing the feelings of the first arcs. Yeah, because of time constraints they had to mix up plot points, but for the general narrative, they did INSANELY well. I am caught up in One Piece, I’ve read the Manga AND watch the Anime, so I went into the show with a knowledgable mind. I see where you’re going, but like… yeah. Sorry for the paragraph and a half of stuff. (I be just ranting) ❤

As someone that hasn't watched all of one piece extensively, I really enjoy the live action! I think it's a good show in it's own right, rather than just a live action of an anime/manga.

I wouldn't exactly call them problems tho. Or at least privlems that need fixing. It is an adaptation. Some things are necessary to be changed, and so far i don't feel like anything is bad really. We have same spirit of the story following just slightly different events. Like alternative universe where a lot of things are different, but outcome is pretty similar because people involved are still themselves. It is difficult task, but I'm not worried yet. So far Live Action has proved they know what they're doing, even if they change things in significant way. Later down the line it might bite them in the ass (Imagine Oda suddenly deciding that Gaimon is now man marked by flames lmao), but i honestly feel like no one is honestly expecting this thing to last till the end of story, and everyone involved is just here to see how far they can go into adapting the behemoth of a tale that is One Piece before Netflix will inevitably can it for tax write off

Agreed with most of what u stated in the video concerning the OPLA short-comings mainly just due to the time and money needed to tell the real OP story. However just to highlight Sanji's decision to join Luffy in the LA some points i noticed weren't mentioned in the video: 1. Luffy encouraged Sanji to go after his dream 2. Sanji saw Luffy's dedication to being the chore boy where he cud have ups and left at anytime 3. Sanji saw Luffy's care and concern for Zoro wen he was severely injured 4. Sanji saw Luffy standing up for the Baratie (even tho Arlong did beat him) So while the manga had more substance to Sanji joining...the LA still did enough for me to make it believable that he did

Live Crocus "I don't have the time or money to answer you, go that way."

I heard that "money" from Caleb Hammer.

I wonder if Don Krieg will be at the beginning of season 2 to open it up with a bang

We got GrandLineReview saying „Schadenfreude“ before gta 6

'Seems significantly watered down' That's the entire LA One Piece, unfortunately.

Awesome points! I feel a lot of the soul of Baratie was lost, sadly. I think OPLA did an amazing job. And I'm sure a lot of the changes made perfect sense logistically or in terms of budget. But from a narrative standpoint, imo, some of the changes make future of the story difficult. OPLA may become a quite different story by season 4 or 5 I think, which isn't bad thing necessarily, could still be very interesting and well done. You make amazing points about how much was lost or changed, and how just reducing Full-body had a snowball effect. Some of the lines from Zeff to Sanji and about Luffy, were some of the strongest dialogue in the early story imo. I missed Hatchan and Momoo the most, but I'm sure they were cuts that made most sense for production, but sting narratively imo

It is possible that Mihawk was whittling down Krieg's Fleet for a week as he tracked down Krieg who was using his other ships in his fleet as shields from Mihawk. Ghin did act as a decoy in the manga/anime so it'd make sense he survived whilst buying Krieg a week but ultimately knows it's inevitable.

0:33 true, but that's different from existing for purpose. Also luffy doesn't say he can't beat arlong. He says maybe he can't beat him but he can destroy everything he's built.

Hope they didn’t remove Toto in SS2.

Time is readily just an excuse to be cheap and lazy. The live action was good but far from great. They had no reason to not include Kreig. If Garp wasn’t hogging so much of the screen time we would’ve saw everything

for a few i'm not too bummed out about them being shelved(compared to hachi where it really will need a huge change to handle that unless he's introduced early or arlong missing part of it's bite when he could've took the spot of krieg whose superfluous outside that & gin who they could've made a person that got ransacked.) but do think with how it's popularity gave it legs the live action takes it's time more now that it can breath.

Liam's back to ranting about the live action adaptation 😂😂😂

I cant bring myself to watch the live action for precisely these reasons, I am worried of being massively disappointed with the character developemenet they didn't work on😢

Yeah, basically what I've been saying is that I'm happy for those who enjoyed the live action series, but my thoughts on the series comes down to two things; A.) This is the best live action adaptation of any anime or manga B.) This is not One Piece, and I have no plans on watching season 2

i still dont see why would he recruit usop in live action as he havent done anything and why would sanji join him awell and zoro joining is also kinda weird but sure it makes a bit sense here :-)

One thing season 2 could improve is having 10 episodes like originally planned for season 1 instead of 8

Another thing I really missed was the cold/boring farewell between Sanji and the Baratie.

We do know how Luffy gets out of the debt to Baratie, he fights Arlong.

Still waiting for that. What if ivankov was straight video🎉 you know you've been getting so many comments and emails about it😂

Every time you break down the live action, it just reassures me that I made the right choice not to watch it. It would just piss me off.

I assume they cut out the don kreig thing because they thought sanji would have another character arc on whole cake to look into his past and so, if we absolutely have to remove a core arc, we'll remove the don kreig one

Speaking of cut characters, I wanna know what they're gonna do about Hachi. I understand _why_ they removed Hachi from the live-action, but I'm really curious and a bit worried for how they're gonna deal with his role in Sabaody Archipelago and Fishman Island.

Wait that image of full body was the live action I thought it was like 3D model or Ai art

I can't get to the your merch store marinara linked to the store

Honeslty the live action just feels like test ground for people to get into the anime/manga than something that can stand for itself

So... No one remembers that Hachi actually appeared in the live-action, as a cameo...

Best they could? The restaurant Fullbody and Gin scenes could have been done traditionally w/ little changes to the story w/o taking up that much time. Maybe cut the fly in the soup, and just have Fullbody dump it on the floor or something.

Everybody are talking about the end of Alabasta in season 2 but honestly I hope they end it at Drum Island. I think the conclusion of the Drum Island arc would be a good season ending and it mean we could have all of season 3 be the Alabasta Arc. If not that mean just rushing Loguetown, Reverse mountain, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, Drum Island AND Alabasta in one season and I want them to take their time with most of these arcs. The only thing I think they could do to cut corner without to much problem is combining the events of Reverse mountain and Whiskey Peak.

I really thought you were gonna talk about hachan

True, sad, illuminating. Thanks!

I wonder if Gin will return to story

In the same way but much quicker netflix destroyed witcher. At the end of first season there is a scene when Geralt and Ciri meet each other and fall into hug and its supose to be emotional etc. But it is not bc they never meet before. At this stage Geralt literally didnt know who dafaq it is. And Ciri who spend last few episode running away from armed men jump on to random armed man that she never saw before. And all of that bc they remove whole Geralt-Ciri arc in brokilon.

Now that I think about it, this was either early haki (even before Zoro), or Luffy's fruit doing it's thing. Can't believe Oda was this willing to break logic then, and we bought it.

seeing some manga panels in this video and then seeing the anime version makes me realize why i like the manga way more lmao

Bro really used Garling's silhouette for crescent