We NEED To Talk About Live Action One Piece! (THIS IS HUGE)

[@TheWarmachine375]

Buggy's Devil Fruit in live action is really unsettling and it goes to show why the users of Devil Fruits were seen as freaks by the civilians of the One Piece world.

[@thatdelta]

They aren't really, just in some remote islands but in the grandline it's extremely common to see devil fruit users

[@GSSAGE7]

​@@thatdeltaTo be fair, despite almost the entire series taking place there, most of the world is NOT the Grand Line.

[@jrbbbb2145]

@@thatdeltathe grandline citizen are minority of the one piece world tho. So op is still true

[@griddycheese]

How does buggy even drown or breathe?

[@piput8533]

Buggy and TDK is like that manga vs comic meme,in a sense the exact same power but manga just put on the steroid and make it cooler overall

[@panjamysy]

What I love about Koby is that they chose to develop him at the same time as Luffy instead of flashing back. It lets us see the two of them growing at the same time in their separate dreams. Very good writing choice.

[@e1901]

Right!!!! I loved this seeing the Live!!!

[@geevee3012]

I loved that!!!!!

[@yohanrasslan3473]

A writing choice that unfortunately robbed us of developing the relationships in Cocoyasi at a better pace, making for a more satisfying conclusion to the show. Coby, Helmeppo and even Garp overstayed their welcome with pointless nuisance and reduced the show's precious minutes, by extension diluting other plots.

[@dynamo_star]

​@@yohanrasslan3473disagree hard

[@dafihale7139]

​@@yohanrasslan3473im on your side i dont think the fact that they kept coming back to show how's koby doing is unecessary i keep thinking when will it stop

[@JoJo-mj8wr]

For Shanks, I believe he nailed it. In the manga, most of the time, Shanks wasn't the type who radiated charisma and commanded respect just by walking. Instead, he seemed more like an approachable, normal guy. This is why he was bullied by the mountain bandits in the first place, and it's also why his moments of seriousness are so epic.

[@WhoIsYaMinko]

I completely agree with this. Charismatic Shanks doesn't happen until he's properly introduced as a Yonko. And even then, a lot of it ends up coming from us now knowing how powerful he actually is, and him performing certain fits. In the early stages of anime/manga, he looks very unimpressive.

[@s5low738]

they did ben beckmann dirty tho

[@DanilloMagalhaes]

exactly, specially when flashback shanks has to carry most of the weight with acting due to young luffy. the roughest part of live action adaptation is that its really easy for an adult to write a child that has a great way of performing exactly what you want them to perform. now in real life u can't expect a kid to actually perform smth. so in shanks shoes on the flash back he had to be the ground between his character, his crew, the bandits, what was going on, protecting, lecturing and inspiring luffy while also leaving him, prob forever, and heading out knowing his big treasure was eaten by a stray kid with a marine for a grandfather, and he prob knew it was the nika fruit. in the end of the series when mihawk goes visit shanks we get to perfectly see his charisma and good humour

[@Krystalmyth]

As a non One-Piece anime watcher (can't say I'm not a fan anymore) I feel they did a good job expressing that Shanks is cool because Luffy feels he's good. So therefore he's very likeable. He feels like a favorite uncle that's never around until the Summer.

[@Mrsakamoto-s5j]

@@s5low738 💀 I'm understand

[@Kwigs_kun]

One aspect of the show which I don't think is getting enough credit is the live action original scenes (Nami pleading with Zoro not to fight, Garp and Zeff talking etc.) They really added some emotional depth with these and it made the show feel more dramatic and believable

[@AfroX-StayLegendary]

Zeff felt like Garp and Garp felt like Akainu.

[@Lothiril]

Agreed in regards to Zoro and Nami, disagree with Garp and Zeff. Garp took up too much time and it was kinda weird how ge got involved in every storyline there. I wanted to spend more time with the crew, and less time with Garp, who personality-wise and story-wise makes the least sense in this live action.

[@DeeDolp]

@@AfroX-StayLegendaryBecause Garp is more serious in the live action and Zeff was having fun telling stories to a man his age

[@raider_reaper_4194]

When they are all eating dinner for the first time on The Barotie and are all laughing at Sanji flirting with Nami and Luffy looks at them all and gives that look.. man that look of happiness and acceptance of the crew wasn't captured that well in the manga or anime. Cudos 👏🏻

[@IsaacRDolan]

Half of y’all missed the point being Garp was testing Luffy, not actually hunting him down. He was seeing if he was set in his ways like he knew he was. I don’t care for it myself but the writing along the 8 episodes supports the fight vs. Garp at the end.

[@sanhou8401]

Not only this is the #1 show in 84 countries, but also rated a deservingly high 8.5/10 in IMDB. Shows how much the watchers enjoy the Show.

[@patrickgrant6389]

My mom and step dad watched it and enjoyed it

[@y0sh_]

it also got 95% audience score and 83% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes

[@darkdraconis]

​@@y0sh_If you still look at Rotten tomatoes ratings, you've lost control over your live lmao

[@kingcheerio8558]

I have been seeing One Piece detractors clinging to the IGN review as the one true unbiased non-paid review, seeing the meltdown from them when these figures were revealed has been legitimately popcorn viewing level entertainment.

[@y0sh_]

@@darkdraconisI just saw it on their Instagram account

[@justafidemyself]

I'm just so happy that One Piece is finally getting recognition with *mainstream* audiences outside of the manga / anime sphere. People who never watched a single episode of anime or read any manga or checking this show out. Even my parents of all people, who know what One Piece is through years of me collecting the manga decided to check it out and finally understand why I have liked it for so many years. People are LOVING this show and the world and *that* to me is exciting. Just imagine the possibilities and expanding fandom what they can do with a potential bigger budget for Season 2. This is a win in my book.

[@JIGWIGPIG]

Same with my wife who hates anime. Loves the live action

[@pattongilbert]

I mean, the budget was literally $18 million per episode. I doubt they’ll get more than that.

[@justafidemyself]

@@pattongilbert They can absolutely get more than that.

[@JIGWIGPIG]

@@pattongilbert they need at least 50, especially for set design, and to keep easter eggs going. It needs to go game of thrones level but without the bad ending

[@cemafer]

@@pattongilbert It's Netflix. They have enough money.

[@FoundingKaren]

I’m so glad to see a show based on an anime get this huge. It will for sure get more people in to the anime of one piece.

[@crashh9270]

I’ve convinced my brother to watch the anime after he hated the live action so yeah I agree.

[@RaffyART1995]

Stop the cap@@crashh9270

[@jetye1934]

i dont want more people in to it. More people means more trouble makers like the feminists and woke people who will complain about things not being politically correct enough

[@BlackLotus30]

based on the Manga not anime.

[@roronoadzoro9429]

manga and anime are mostly the same this made huge changes@@BlackLotus30

[@mibber121]

See i really liked this season's shanks. I liked how relaxed and down to earth the actor played him. It plays into the stoic nature of the character. Shanks isnt the kind of man to grandstand. He just wants to sit down and have a drink with his boys. The scene where he mopped the floor and everyone laughed afterwards was just perfect to me.

[@QKnight45]

Exactly. This is how he was shown to be early in the anime. He only became scary and fearsome after marineford. People complain about him being goofy. Like wtf?!

[@How.LovelyTV]

Yep, it is necessary for shanks not to look that High in status since one piece LA just started, the new watchers need to be in left in the shadows when it comes to how important his character is + I love how comedic the Shanks crew is, in both the bar + the Epilogue scene my only regret is that they changed the scene where he tells the Pirates at the bar ** Guns are for killing not for showing off*** then lucky Roo blasts the guy in the head, that would have been way way better than what they did with Shanks pointing his finger

[@stolidfox7528]

I agree. I thought Shanks here was fine. Maybe not quite perfect, but pretty good. Ben Beckman on the other hand definitely didn't land for me. Loved Lucky Roux.

[@mibber121]

@@How.LovelyTV YEAH ME TOO IM REALLY MAD THAT THEY CHANGED THE CONFRONTATION SCENE!!!!! I would have loved to see a scene shot in the same way as that iconic panel. "im saying these arent for threatening people."

[@mibber121]

@@stolidfox7528 I loved benn beckmann too to be honest. Dont get the hate at all. Looks like a proper scallywag.

[@tbhgodrick6120]

I do think it’s earned the Season 2. Plus I would absolutely love to see Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr Kureha. She had said that she would love to do it and her granddaughter is a huge One Piece fan that has always told her she would be the perfect Kureha (and I obviously agree).

[@Krystalmyth]

She REALLY would be perfect for the role. I hope they bring her in. She's apparently obsessed with the character, which fits the casting. Everyone is so passionate.

[@cogb.9451]

Why not, I personally think it’s been done well. A bit more adult in how it’s been done which makes it just add to what’s all ready out there I really hope they keep going with this

[@HarrisBoe]

Emily Rudd (Nami’s actor) also recently voiced her desire to have Jamie Lee Curtis play Kureha

[@cogb.9451]

who would you want to see as Chopper??

[@Zero-c5v]

a real life reindeer with a phd in doctorate@@cogb.9451

[@smokeybeefroarus1497]

When Koby told Usopp "I believe you" i literally teared up 😂 as silly as it is, it was so well built up, acted and just executed perfectly.. Koby was so well acted!

[@walk2break]

Koby stole the show

[@poisonkiss201]

Yeah I shed a tear or..... 100😂

[@anthonynegrete4806]

I disagree I think Koby missed it on this line. He was a good actor but this line in particular I thought would have sounded alot better if he used a slight pause. Like I feel like it didn't land as well as it could have. If he instead said "I *pause briefly* believe you"

[@baranlion7477]

​@@anthonynegrete4806 dude thats really specific and tiny thing

[@SirDobbsdaGr8]

@@baranlion7477it definitely feels nitpicky I agree with you. But it doesn’t mean that he’s wrong. Kobys actor still did a great job.

[@subezdo]

I love that Coby is getting a bigger spotlight in the live action, such an underrated character

[@javierhenriquez7927]

Garp died because of him

[@pn7600]

not confirmed @@javierhenriquez7927

[@MrGnarVar]

​@javierhenriquez7927 I think the good news at least is there isn't any important Garp stuff I can remember in what would be season 2. Maybe we get a break from Garp and if the show keeps going he can be reworked to be more Garpy when hes reintroduced, cuz I genuinely love manga/anime garp

[@yuzuhibiki]

​@@javierhenriquez7927 Well whitebeard died because of Ace, and Ace died because of luffy so what were you implying

[@moisesfreire6408]

Yeah but he literally had more screen time than Sanji and Usopp lol. I get they're trying to show more of the Marine side, but they really could have put Coby away for a bit to at least put more scenes of Sanji learning about not giving up with Luffy and all that like in the manga. He decided to go with Luffy and crew way to fast for me.

[@Takisan111]

Sanji having names for his moves and thinking that makes him cool was just so adorable and really sells how much he and Luffy have in common as the crazy dreamers of the team. Also, while this Luffy has little in common with the anime/manga version, he's still precious and I'd follow him to the grand line.

[@rutherfordmylerang5278]

Zoro will follow that trend too 😂

[@sirtetris]

@@rutherfordmylerang5278 ...the problem with that is that his best moves always involve having a sword in his mouth

[@rutherfordmylerang5278]

@@sirtetris yeah, though he still says in the anime... Harder in live action i guess

[@richardm5448]

​@@rutherfordmylerang5278they may be able to dub over when the swords are in his mouth..maybe it wouldn't sound horrible hah

[@talesofgore9424]

I got chills when I heard "MOUTON SHOT!"

[@SchokoladeamKamin]

Just imagine the hype if a second season happens and they adapt the first big Arc with Alabasta!! 🔥

[@dybixs1400]

I just wonder how the hell are they going to work with Chopper. Full CGI? A kid in a custom looking reindeer/racoon? Brook is easy to think about but Chopper is a big deal since everything can go so wrong easily

[@nastikx_luffy]

​@@dybixs1400 I think if they made it like rocket from gardians of galaxy then it will be good

[@AGuyWithDice]

My guess is practical effect suit to save money. But you're right, its quite jarring to think about.@@dybixs1400

[@G4KW]

​@@nastikx_luffyabsolutely

[@vinnyclegg]

I honestly think they would push alabasta back to series 3, and series 2 have everything from them leaving arlong park/getting to logue town up to the end of drum island...

[@ryanerickson3063]

The production crew and the cast all put in a huge effort. This is well deserved. Extra hat off for the set makers and makeup artists. They are every bit the stars as the amazing cast

[@demontferrat]

Extra Straw Hat.

[@ali-volcano]

I've been watching One Piece for over 10 years, and I've forgotten about all the moments missing from the manga, such as Nami's village being aware from the start and other details. but, I believe that some fans remember these details so well that when they watch the live-action adaptation, they tend to catch every discrepancy and make the show feel rushed to them, with significant parts missing. For most people, these missing parts might go unnoticed.

[@Krystalmyth]

As a non One-Piece watcher, I felt the pacing was perfect. If anything I wish the season had one or two more episodes.

[@CorwinTheOneAndOnly]

Pretty much this yeah. The only people who have this much issue are usually people who treat every single line of dialogue or panel decision oda made in the original as straight up religion. Time was one of the major things *keeping* people from reading/watching one piece, or at the very least, remembering minor details from less important parts like in your case. Analyzing this one piece live action via direct comparison to the manga using the manga as a baseline is a mistake imo. You can especially tell that he did this because he not ONCE said any change made was actually better than in the manga, which is highly unlikely to be the case. Thus he most likely views the manga as perfection, thus any change will be sacrilege

[@lostvayne9146]

@@CorwinTheOneAndOnly "Analyzing this one piece live action via direct comparison to the manga using the manga as a baseline is a mistake imo." you get old enough, you'll wise up to the idea that live action is a different medium than comics/manga/cartoons and that what works in those mediums do not work when you have real people interacting with each other. with animation or just drawings, Exaggeration is possible to create ideas in stories not possible with real people while in live action, there is an umbrella of reality or "being grounded" that needs to happen. fights can't last 20 episodes. People aren't doing poses. Pacing needs to change to fit a tv show format. A lot of exaggerations need to be reined in. Which is why translating 1 to 1 is quite literally a red flag. What needs to be translated is the heart of the original IP. The essence of one piece. That freedom, heart and adventure. That charm. And that is the reason why OPLA was successful. Not because it is following every panel and every line and every story beat. They were allowed to stray and be creative while maintaining what OP is.

[@samzheng5803]

I personally loved Peter Gadiot’s gentle energy as Shanks. And I also like that the Red Hair Pirates are a bunch of bums and not these chads that we know in the anime and manga. They feel more piratey like that 😂

[@LPTheGas]

I mean, that's how they always came across in East Blue. It's not til much later that they seem like world-class badasses and not "just good enough to take down some scrub-ass bandits".

[@jackroberts2704]

Right, plus we're not supposed to know Shanks is a Yonko yet. To act like he's the biggest, strongest pirate right now would be weird.

[@thestarkster9940]

I liked how Peter conveyed two different energy during his scenes with young Luffy compared to his later scene with Mihawk. He was deliberately subdued in the flashbacks with Luffy, but you could clearly see a flash of that Yonko vibe when he responded to Mihawk's condescending tone.

[@dragonloli7938]

This is what happens when the author helps into making a live action adaptation. Also, the fact that some of the staff are also fans is a plus 👍

[@GabeSweetMan]

It's less the author involvement and more that the author, production staff, writers, crew, and actors were in sync and operating on the same overall wavelength. Everyone involved respects the source material, which helped capture the core spirit of the original even if individual beats must by necessity be altered for the format.

[@mntrnjcy]

I would even brag just being a helper in that set!!!

[@TheQuickyouknow]

Oda probably had more of a sign off than actual showrunning based on the credits. Which means it was the show staff and cast who brought it together and Oda had the right to say no this doesn't work. He's more focused on the manga then running a Hollywood production.

[@dango437]

Definitely need a Season 2. Even people I know who have never seen or read One Piece but watched this live action wants a Season 2. With the critical success and its great reception worldwide, I think we're definitely going to get it.

[@bleeem]

I would prefer people just watching the anime at this point, are people so obssesed with Netflix and tv shows to the point where they would wait for 1000 chapters to be adapted? Because in my humble opinion, no matter how good your live action is, its never more interesting than the anime/manga, animation has way more personality to it, pecially OP style its so wacky and all over the place i cant see how they are going to make those giants like Whitebeard work, is he going ot be a buff dude? What about black beard, Bigmama e and those characters with werid bodies? And to me no fight in the live action will ever be as dynamic as a animated one, the animated fights are the hypest parts of one piece, so why would i or anybody watch the lesser version? Most live action and action movies that get released have some boring ass fights, pseudo jiujitsu/mma/boxing/tatical gun-fu with 1000 cuts per second, and dont even get me started on sword fights and 'ive doubt they are going to have a mind blowing chorepgraphy to make it work.

[@doggotango1232]

@@bleeemso you would rather watch Velma than the live action scooby doo

[@shelltearr]

​@@bleeembecause not everyone willing to watch that much of episodes. the netflix show does a great job to introduce one piece to everyone who doesn't want to try to watch a series with more than 1000 episodes.

[@dango437]

​@@bleeem of course I would rather have people read the manga or just watch the anime. But they won't. Please understand that some people just refuse to do so. But an 8-episode Netflix show? They might be more open to that. If doing that gets more people into the story of One Piece, whether they stick to this Netflix adaptation or maybe get interested enough to watch the anime, either way it's a good thing.

[@cemafer]

@@bleeem The point of live action is to appeal to a broader audience. My sister and mother for example aren't into Anime/Manga and they absolutely loved the live action. You have your anime, and they'll wait for their live action.

[@bplatinumpaladin]

Kuro and Mihawk were the best nearly 1:1 adaptions of their characters. Kuro had the look, the voice, and the personality as did Mihawk. Krieg was Amazing for all 3 seconds he was on screen.

[@animesoulful3574]

lmaooo factz

[@iliketrains263]

kuro was always one of my fave villains in the series, i was so happy with way he did it i was squeeling like a school girl when he pushed his glasses up with his palm hitting my gf like "babe! babe! he did the thing!!! HE DID THE THINGG!!!!!!!"

[@ImAviex]

My only thing is how they handled Kuro's ability, in the source material Kuro was flash stepping or whatever he called it and was slashing while moving that fast. To the point where he was going so fast he would attack indiscriminantly where his own crew was getting cut up. I get that he didn't have a crew here, but when fighting Luffy he never flash stepped and slashed like at all. He would just dance around the room and hide behind shit, and then when they do the final scrap Kuro is just fighting at regular speed. Where in the source material Luffy had to grab him twice while he was moving at that speed and it made it feel way more impressive then the anticlimatic fight we got on Netflix.

[@bplatinumpaladin]

@@ImAviex I agree.

[@BlackHedgehog]

I definitely want a season 2 but it MUST be more than 8 episodes. I did not feel as much of a connection to Usopp and Sanji as I did with the rest because of how little time we spend with them (especially since Zoro and Sanji are my favourites from the source material). I imagine a season 2 will fix that but it still needs more episodes.

[@grazontv7164]

Bro 1 episode costed 18 Million dollars....so😅......It's not soo easy....

[@Amaling]

@@grazontv7164 a lot of those were upfront costs. Obviously the effects and settings and recordings of each episode were expensive, but you only have to make the Going Merry and Baratie once. Feels pretty crazy that all that work and money on Baratie went to two hours of screentime at best. I think those working behind the series as well would want the chance to shoot more episodes. And judging by the success of the debut so far, hopefully the will have it

[@ange1210]

That's true but with the budget that they have this is really the best they can do honestly

[@grazontv7164]

@@Amaling Don't worry if it gets enough support then there are high hopes for Season 2.

[@Tupadre97]

i want season 2 just so they can kill pell if they do that then that shit will be a 10/10

[@tulip135]

If they do a season 2 (which they totally should), I hope it'll be with a higher budget + more episodes, given that those two factors were the main constraints for this season.

[@willyjacobs5418]

More episodes would be nice, but besides that I really don’t think they need more budget

[@lilzyky]

@@willyjacobs5418more episodes means bigger budget

[@michelegrena927]

higher budget? it was the highest budget tv show of all time, higher than Game of thrones

[@BobbieTheFish]

I imagine filming around covid probably was a major constraint for this season as well

[@johnmeehan7884]

​@@michelegrena927And it was great.

[@kevinglusing3797]

Favorite moment for me was the subtle nod to Zoro’s lack of any directional sense at all. When he saves Luffy and says he only did hit because he thought he was going back to the house. HE WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF IT IN THE WELL. Easily the best Zoro moment for me in the season.

[@FigureForm45]

Agree. I also loved that.

[@blackgreninja1]

Luffy vs Arlong makes perfect sense. First fight was with water everywhere while second fight had no water around and had the building coming down as a hazard that hurts Arlong only

[@jonathanfrancesco3305]

And to be fair, it's not as if the manga/anime doesn't also have the heroes being easily trounced until they somehow come up with the move that defeats the villain.

[@toreneighdough8345]

The fact that buggys fruit is no longer restricted to a certain radius of where his feet are, actually nade his DF way more broken than in the anime. The feet thing was a good restriction you find out about in impel down that gives buggy a bit of a nerf, with that being gone he really could be OP AF

[@lexinime]

He can't control parts of his body that are so far from his feet and head especially when it comes to flight. As we saw in buggy's adventures, he couldn't control parts of his body that were so far away from him, though he could feel it if they got closer

[@CapObv]

@@lexinime exactly, that's why he wasn't able to free himself until he got close enough

[@Krystalmyth]

He's dangerous, even just from a logistics pov, because he could very well be anywhere.

[@toreneighdough8345]

It's still a bit early to really tell, but the whole "ear in luffys hate" that gave away where they were, while an island away, kinda shows he still has somewhat function with his parts when far away. Only time can really tell how it'll play out in the LA, but who knows

[@lexinime]

@@toreneighdough8345 he feels when something happens to his body regardless how far it is.

[@Wade_N]

For a first season and realistically the first successful attempt at a live-action anime adaptation, it's good enough to warrant a second season to deliver on more of what was great about the show and have the opportunity to improve upon what didn’t work. I’m hoping that everyone who worked hard on this show feels proud of what they achieved and takes constructive criticism into account as they develop the second season.

[@russelljconquerslifehawkey]

I pray we get a new season

[@mstrikerwildrift]

​@800mEricexactly. These one piece simps are nuts if they think they had the best adaptation

[@shuhei9571]

​@@mstrikerwildriftno need to be aggressive about it

[@frostthrone334]

​@@mstrikerwildriftstill, I don't think its fair to compare rurouni kenshin to OP in terms of adaptation- the former is essentially an old school samurai story, so it lacks a lot of the difficulties a story like OP has to adapt

[@VarietyArc]

At least our adaption isnt of the work of a predator@@mstrikerwildrift

[@Gr3gLMAO]

I like how Nami hugged Usopp and Zoro and not Sanji, it helps heal the lack of Sanji's live action character development. It feels nice because it's like the directors saying "we know, we know trust us"

[@emsa7esm203]

oh you mean his character didn't develop enough to warrant a hug from nami or because he is a pervert and she doesn't hug him?

[@adoniscreed4031]

They focused on his relationshp with Zeff which is the main focus of Baratie... you only really get to see Sanji interacting with the crew during Arlong Park and he still is a bit of an outsider until he gets his main fight in the manga... give them time 😁

[@y0sh_]

​@@adoniscreed4031It's not really the main focus of Baratie, the reason he joined the crew in the first place was because he watched Zoro's fight, realised that Zoro wasn't going to give up on his dream even in the face of death, and got motivated because of it. Also he watched Luffy's fight saw that similar passion in Luffy and decided that following Luffy was his best chance to find the All Blue. Yes his relationship with Zeff was a major point but he did miss out on A LOT of character interactions with the crew in the live action Baratie arc

[@Mrsakamoto-s5j]

@@emsa7esm203 💀you doesn't know what they meant?

[@philliplevine9167]

Just finished it, honestly I’m pretty happy with most of it but my one major gripe is the fact that they made Nami’s sister and the village not know she was always working towards buying the village. It was such a bummer because it was so much more impactful for them to finally decide to fight back after her gold was stolen when they had to treat her badly for years

[@hobogray6385]

That was my main gripe as well, but I'm guessing they changed it to save time. Totally agree with you, though.

[@DolchiO07]

Once Nami told her what was going on I assumed that Nojiko told the rest of the village off screen and that this knowledge, along with the attack on the village, made them decide to fight back.

[@dannysanchez3525]

I'm surprised about your reaction to shanks. I felt like this shanks gave me the excitement and wonder of romance dawn shanks. He was so cool and fun to be around. He didn't really have that compelling aura to be until the day he walked on whitebeards ship.

[@nathanrcb4066]

Ye I think people seem to forget Shanks wasn't this chad like figure until we see him with Whitebeard or any of his post-time skip scenes like you said

[@TheOneAndOnlyNAB]

I think the straw hat in live action just didn't suit the actor and was almost distracting, because Shanks during the bounty reveal really sold me. Perfect mix of intimidating and goofy.

[@kadbenson7540]

I'm just glad Oda-Sama gets to be proud and happy, he looked like such an anxious dad in the picture where he was watching everyone watching it. I hope it fills him with a new creative vigor and energy and gives him the wind in his sails to carry us all the way to the end of this once in a lifetime adventure

[@Axiqor]

I absolutely want a season 2, but I also think that a season 2 is exactly what this adaptation needs. Baroque Works saga is just naturally better suited than East Blue to be a season-long arc. Things like having a single villain to gradually build to with Crocodile, plenty of time for the crew to interact and bond, and a much more focused story. East Blue is an anthology, and most of the arcs are somewhat disconnected feeling. Trying to make a season-long throughline was nearly impossible, as seen with the weird way Arlong is used. Also, despite each arc being quite short, they all do a ton of world-building and each establish tons of new concepts and characters to the story. However, a lot of that introduction is finished now, so we can focus more on the story and characters instead of having to dump so much exposition. Going from EB to BW, the audience already knows how Devil Fruits, bounties, Den Den Mushi, the Grand Line, the Warlords, the Marines, and pirate crews all work. They've seen how the world is both extremely silly and weird yet simultaneously dark and twisted. So a season 2 doesn't need to explain all that. We can just show characters like Chopper, Wapol, Robin, and Ace and immediately understand their powers. We can hear about Log Poses and seasonal islands and BW and make connections to how the Grand Line was described in Season 1. I don't just want a second season, I NEED one.

[@mattattack442]

I agree that alabasta saga is better for a full season but I doubt they'll get enough episodes in season 2 to explore fully. I think it will probably end with defeating wapol and recruiting chopper, since that's the most natural cutoff point before alabasta.

[@gjermundnorumbugge7373]

I AM SO HAPPY for all the people that worked on the project! To see it find this level of success makes me so happy for the entire OP community and the people that worked on it. This pretty much guarantees season 2, and I hope they keep this level up in that season, and even improve upon some things

[@8baller10]

I would love to see a season 2. I hope they get an even bigger budget.

[@andreiiiksavvv6054]

Lol this was one of tge most expensive tv shows ever made

[@Kaptime]

It needs to be 10 episodes, any more would be bloated, but right now we're moving a little too fast.

[@pairot01]

@@Kaptime From Logue Town to Alabasta could be a couple more that 10 tbh.

[@abduking.]

@@Kaptime bloated? my friend you must not know how long the alabasta arc lasts. it literally has nearly double the content of the east blue and with logdetown and twin capes added to its saga i think its actually more than double now...10 episodes is nowhere near enough.

[@Kaptime]

@@abduking. I meant the season we just got. Next season I guess will be more episodes -if you think we are getting all the way till the end of Alabasta. I think some of the adaptation can be much quicker than either the anime or the manga as the fight scenes take a couple of minutes in a live action vs multiple episodes in the anime and 4 chapters in the manga but I still think the episodes will have the current fast pace in the next season as well. Loguetown will be a great opener, but I think we might have to wait a while because of the writers strike.

[@ryanjayesonga5134]

You nailed the most important thing: it also targets non-anime and manga fans because it is on Netflix. There are parts that if you adapt to the faithful the anime, it will not make sense on the live action. It is a product to please all people. Inaki’s positive energy, MacKenyu’s attractive and manly features, Emily’s great physique, Garp and Morgan’s bulking presence, all of this stuff. On a side note, a really think Taz is the MVP, least amount of screentime yet great impact. It deserves season 2 but they need to make sure it is not bloated.

[@hiimtua7942]

I hope they give season 2 around 10 episodes. This way we could spread out the arcs: Episode 1 - Lougetown Episode 2 - Reverse Mountain & Wisky Peak Episode 3 & 4 - Little Garden Episode 5 & 6 - Drum Island Episode 7 - 10 - Alabasta

[@alfimate3712]

I agree, if we get alabasta, we need 10 episodes at least

[@Lothiril]

If they don't get 10 episodes I think they may scratch Little Garden and combine it with Whiskey Peak. Nothing on the island is absolutely relevant to the Alabasta arc that couldn't be integrated in the Whiskey Peak or Drum Island storyline. Skipping it would mean more time to for the other parts that are more important to me he overall arc.

[@KeinNiemand]

@@Lothiril But the giants are important.

[@hiimtua7942]

@@Lothiril that's true but then there are things like Elbaf, Crocodile not knowing Sanji, and Mr 3 who become bigger later on

[@Lothiril]

@@KeinNiemand They aren't important enough to be considered essential to the story.

[@TOPA808]

I definitely want to see a season 2, but I do hope Netflix and Tomorrow Studios will make some of the changes you have suggested and allow for more episodes and more creative freedom.

[@nunnayorz5836]

They had creative freedom. This wasn't ever supposed to be a 1:1 copy of the anime or manga. They added the whole plot about Garp. I hope they make better creative choices because the Garp stuff didn't move the story. It was just a bunch of him going "Oh that darn Luffy! Imma get 'em!"

[@ImAviex]

@@nunnayorz5836 It boggled my mind that they thought we needed these scenes of Garp and Koby playing Shogi or whatever the fuck when we had to breakneck speed the Straw Hat parts especially in the first episode. Like yes I get it Koby overthinks and Garp is trying to help him grow. But I felt that same experience in the animanga without ever seeing scenes like that lol. Like we couldn't cut half the Garp scenes and give us more Straw Hats?

[@damianmendez3118]

The HUGE success of this show will give them a HUGE budget increase for the next season! I have faith!!!

[@selwyntan4014]

I loved the shanks mihawk meet up scene. So great! Perfectly shows the dynamics between the 2 powerhouses - straddling rivalry, friendship and how differently similar they are.

[@mikayrose2]

They deserve it. The casts were amazing! We just finished 8 episodes today and hoping there's season 2🙏

[@salamanderthegr8630]

If Netflix cancels this show we should all band together and jump the executives and shareholders.

[@Lostit777]

My big issue with Nami and Arlong pirates is they show her joining willingly as opposed to them forcing her to join because of her sea charts. Had they somehow incorporated her "stabbing" Usopp then it would have had more impact. Other than that I would love to see a season 2

[@adiba2254]

Yeah but the show tells us the reason why Amy willingly joins the Arlong pirates

[@shark20069]

@@adiba2254 Amy💀

[@cvjmon]

I actually loved the Sanji vs Kurobi fight. But that maybe because I wasn't paying much attention to the fight itself, but Sanji calling out his moves and the interaction between Sanji and Zoro afterwards was so satisfying. As for Sanji's finishing kick, I really didn't feel it was lacking. I felt it was taken straight out of the manga panel.

[@nazimbahrin3638]

Yeah, I think people are being nitpicky, in the anime they have underwater fights and all, how do you expect live action to match that, I remember reading one piece a long time ago and how I felt about the fights, the live action captured it so well in it's own style, I even play this fight on repeat because i love it so much!

[@devilkicksanji2]

Sanji is and has always been my fav, so I really wanted some great things from the Kurobi fight (especially since we couldn't get a Gin VS), and while I was overall satisfied, I do think they could've added more oomph to Mouton Shot than just Kurobi being knocked into a stall. At this point, it seemed a tad too weak-looking. Anime version had him blowing through the bottom level of AP with a nice explosion of debris, the Ep of East Blue version even added the extra flair of multi-hits during Mouton Shot that harkened to the manga panel, but LA just seemed like they watched the anime Absolam fight and took a page from the lackluster start of that onslaught (attacking the camera with separate reactions from the enemy). I REALLY hope they give my boi some nice flair in a S2. Cause Zoro was definitely the standout here, with his fight with Mr. 7 (LA exclusive) having nice anime-isms, like the candles sequentially going out or the whole slice and delay reaction, to the bar fight being a fun use-the-environment brawl. I hope they release this show on bluray cause regardless of its growing pains for a S1, it deserves a spot next to my OP anime dvds and blurays lol. XD

[@Igivegdparent]

@@devilkicksanji2 i was disappointed that we didnt get his party table kick or his summersaults

[@devilkicksanji2]

@Igivegdparent I'm hoping they throw more work into incorporating them in S2, depending if they can with the arcs we should be getting.

[@Igivegdparent]

@@devilkicksanji2 they have to because S2 has the best sanji fight ever his fight vs bon clay with the breakdance fighting

[@mibber121]

I love the zosan dynamic too. The fact that "mosshead" doesnt feel like a forced nickname in the way that so many japanese-translated-to-english-nicknames do was just the cherry on top. The baratie episode was ny favourite. Zoro v mihawk was absolutely perfect

[@MrHealingmonk]

As a new watcher I enjoy everyone's performance. It does feel like the show would benefit with 12 episodes. The choreography has been done well from a film student perspective and love the animatronics used throughout the series. Keep it up Netflix!

[@jennasmith1590]

I did like that in this version Usopp was genuinely upset at learning that his father who abandoned him was closer with Luffy than him, as opposed to the original where it didn't really matter and he was like "cool!"

[@Sqwivig]

AGREED!!

[@PapaBear0114]

Yeah, in the manga and anime, that was a little weird. Like I get the fact that you’re proud your dad’s a pirate, but at the same time, he basically just abandon you and your mom to go party with Shanks. I will add that maybe the should’ve left in that Luffy knew who he was though. To show that Yassop did care about his son enough to brag about him to Luffy. Like maybe after hearing his name he wonders why it sounds familiar until Ussop mentions his dad. Then it hits like “Yassop? Wait! That’s where I knew your name from!” “You know my dad?” “Yeah he is apart of Shanks’ crew. He talked about you a lot!” Would have given Ussop mixed feelings but as for Luffy it can be a thing where he already likes him and wants him for his crew but then the feeling like it was also fate as well

[@voidnoidoid]

YESSS that was such a good moment we could feel usopp's sadness and disbelief like all this time his dad was a few islands away hanging out with another kid instead of his own

[@siddhantchauhan1975]

I liked syrup village because it made kuro actually threatening by making it feel like a horror movie. In the manga kuro was a joke but here he was scary with him soruing around

[@espensrensen8318]

Hello. A theory of mine about the wierd inclusion of Garp is that in the anime there seem to be a piece of Garps character development that is missing. He goes from hunting pirates, capturing Roger, and training Luffy to be a Marine, to just sleep through his job and cheering Luffy as a pirate. I think that they wanted to capture this moment on screen instead of off-screen. So we see that he emotionally goes from angry to super happy when luffy deflects that canonball. He is starting to root for Luffy, even if he is a pirate. We also have Koby's dialoge about letting Luffy be a pirate that might pay off later. And the inclusion of Garp at the execution of Roger shows what fate he fears for Luffy if he becomes a Pirate. Other than that i agree that the whole marine plot and Garp seems off.

[@AG-ym6iw]

Absolutely agree!

[@wishblade1]

This is my take as well. I felt like they just gave Garp (and Coby and Helmeppo) a character arc to get them to where we first see them in the original. The inclusion of a B plot itself felt like the writers just needed a main antagonistic force chasing the crew throughout this first season, but choosing Garp, Coby, and Helmeppo to do that B plot seems like a safe choice by the writers because they know they can neatly wrap up the B plot with these characters ending up at the exact place where their manga story starts.

[@m1g4s]

One thing I want to see is better writing. I don't mean plot-wise (though no more Garp-like debacles would be welcome), but sometimes the dialogues feel very fake. For example, the Sanji flashback was nearly perfect, except right at the end, where they decided to out-loud explain that Zeff ate his own leg and gave all the food to Sanji. Show don't tell, people, show don't tell!

[@Zilegil]

When he said "you ate your leg" I actually laughed. It just broke the tension so much. They could have just cut that line and the scene would have been so harrowing and dramatic for me, and it still was kinda tbh

[@bate_0o7]

I agree. There were a lot of scenes that were tell not show. Like the sanji flashback and the Nami scene with the marines taking her loot. Both could've been easily inferred by the viewer and the characters explaining what is happening really took me out of it.

[@yusrinnaovan1959]

Yeah, but you can argue that's how children reacts. Children usually just tell what they see or think spontaneously.

[@Zilegil]

They've added some really nice interactions between the Straw Hats which you don't see in the Manga. But Oda is the master of characterisation which goes on in the background, subtle motivations behind actions which are implied, certain ways of standing or dressing which indicate something which happened in their past. The show often doesn't include this subtlety. I'm glad we're seeing these interactions which weren't in the more action focussed Manga, but they tend to be a little more explicit than Oda

[@홍길동-q7m2e]

Matt owens and maeda did make the show worse writer Is not needed when the manga is perfect

[@acorgiwithamouth2106]

I think live action buggy is awsome. The chop chop fruit seems so much more intimidating in real life. I would never had chose it as my devil fruit but after seeing it in "real life" I can see the appel.

[@realmsofreading]

The live action show pushed me to start reading the manga just over a month ago, and I’m now just past the time skip. I’m so grateful for the show opening up this absolutely astounding world for me.

[@adrianchorolez5013]

I really want a season 2. Hopefully with 10 or more episodes, since it would have to cover a lot of ground

[@Zistheone2]

If I had to guess, season 2 will probably cover everything from Logue Town to Alabasta

[@mlmf2012]

I really hope for season 2 they bring back the jolly old garp that we all love from the anime/manga. Also fun fact, garp has never seen the going merry, like at all. When garp finally caught up and met the strawhats, franky was already busy building the thousand sunny and merry was at the bottom of the ocean

[@Pangora2]

Yeah, one of my issues was we're seeing too much of the wrong Garp.

[@brodris3729]

I think they just wanted to portray Garp as the vicious old man that luffy saw him as during his childhood. We got a few garp laughters but I fully believe the idea is to show what a fierce vice admiral he is, just like when the strawhats first met him in water 7

[@Agitatedform]

I like Shanks in this. I also think the conquerors haki scene was done better in the live action than in the anime. It conveyed a greater sense of powers beyond what people know rather than just being a stern look.

[@Johnywang1]

If u remember in the anime when shanks first used it it was shown very similar to how its seen in the show. Conq only became real post time skip if I'm correct

[@EclipsePheniox]

I agree. The main problem that they had was the 8 episode limit which, as we can see, caused major issues for the plot and pacing. Hopefully, we can get more episodes for the next season

[@HExtraordinaire]

I wouldn't say major issues, they did a genuinely good job pacing the whole season with the episode limit they were given

[@miramaxcinemax5512]

people throw around the word ''major'' like it's candy :D

[@y2craze]

Again this is an adaptation issue, if you look at other adaptations even the greatest ones such as V for Vendetta, Jurassic Park, The Green Mile, Sin City, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, 2001 A Space Odyssey etc. all aren’t as good as they’re original counterparts because of time restraint again these are the greatest films ever made but they still pale in comparison to the source material because it’s still an adaptation, and adaptations have to take liberties or it doesn’t work, look at Lion King 2019 it took zero liberties and was a 1 to 1 copy paste of the original and failed in every way, but because we’re dealing with real settings you have to take into account how that’s portrayed you can’t have Luffy being stuck between two buildings for 3 episodes or Zoro getting lost for 5 episodes without audiences who our used to watching shows like the Crown or Better Call Saul shutting off their devices and watching something else.

[@shenzu393]

@@y2craze2001 a space odyssey is really good as its own movie. The sequel however focuses more on the story the book provides.

[@y2craze]

@@shenzu393 I stated that it was one of the greatest movies ever made it still doesn’t match up to the source material even my favourite book to movie adaptation The Time Machine which inspired Doctor Who is still not as good as the original source material, my point here is GrandLineReveiw means well in his criticism of the LA but he’s acting like it’s the fault of the series itself when it’s really just a LA problem as a whole.

[@Neratil]

I really hope for a season 2 maybe with 10 or 12 episodes spanning over the same amount of story. I did enjoy season one a lot.

[@lionchris4165]

Yeah 8 eps is not enouugghhh

[@jeremycards]

I think 10 episodes is realistic, i heard they originally wanted to do 10 this season, but cut it short so it could end with the fight at Arlong Park, since it was a bigger hype than ending it at Loguetown. But in season 2 they would definetly end at Alabasta with the goodbye at Vivi, wich is... as hype as you can possibly get, so 10 episodes would be amazing! would give more time to flesh out all of Alabasta or even give an extra episode to Drum Island or Loguetown.

[@wyattb20]

I think they could probably do from here to drum in about 8 - 12 episodes, but I think they will have to either wait to implement Alabasta into season 3 or give at least 16 ep to season 2.

[@stoneoceaaan1439]

@@wyattb20i agree, there’s no way the next season ends at the ending of Alabasta unless they are really rushing the story lmfao

[@Lanceolson4586]

​@wyattb20 I don't really see how you would need 16 episodes for the alabasta saga . The saga is only 17 more chapters than the east blue. 10 would be more than enough to let things breathe.

[@strayargus9382]

Actor who plays shank is amazing and he has the charisma especially at the end when he passed the hat to luffy. He is how I exactly imagine a real life shank

[@garett2813]

I didn't really see Luffy being "destroyed" that much by Arlong on Baratie. After being thrown out of the restaurant and getting kicked several times, he clearly started seeing through Arlong's moves and by the end managed to land a series of blows that shook Arlong. And at this point Arlong pretty much won only thanks to the terrain advantage - i.e. using water against Luffy and hitting him with a wave (because in the "Live Action universe" getting the sea water splashed on you is enough to weaken you).

[@TheOneAndOnlyNAB]

Yeah, there's a reaction shot of Arlong's guys that shows that Luffy was making them nervous for a moment before Arlong decided to throw seawater at him. And the LA universe did present Luffy already feeling drained and weakened just from having seawater up to his ankles when Buggy trapped him.

[@kevinglusing3797]

I’m okay with the being doused weakens you, and they can explain it away later as slowly growing to the point where only submersion does it. Also, Luff even tells Arlong he knows he can’t beat him physically so he’s going to destroy everything he built and brings the building down on them both.

[@salamanderthegr8630]

​@@kevinglusing3797 I was really wondering during the fight if luffy was gonna put along's teeth in his mouth or use his teeth to fight him and I'm glad they didn't because it'd be so weird in live action.

[@glumdrop4672]

Don't forget that when Fishmen throw water, it actually hurts. I think Arlong even did it to Sanji and Zoro in the main series.

[@mugsby7962]

I would like to see a season 2. It should be only Alabasta though. They can even cut out an arc or two, but really give a lot of attention to Vivi, Robin and Crocodile, as well as Smoker who they teased already

[@justafidemyself]

Agree , if it is a 10 episode season 2 you can do easily do loguetown and chopper / baroque works in the first two episodes and the remaining 8 be Alabasta.

[@Stinger45]

I think season 2 should end just before Alabasta. Have season 3 be almost entirely Alabasta to give a lot more time with luffy and ace also. because no way they could cut whisky peak and little garden, luffy vs zoro is way too fire and we need to the giants.

[@lolathepeanut9755]

@@justafidemyself ehhhhhhh i mean u got Reverse Mountain, wiskey peak, Little Garden, and drum island before Alabasta... I wouldn't be shocked if they did those 4 arcs in s2 and alabasta s3... tho if they did like 10 eps for s2 then yes they could do it with like 4-6 ratio in my oppinon

[@justafidemyself]

@@lolathepeanut9755 You can easily condense and combind the ones you mentioned. They've done that for tv specials as well. The main focus should be Alabasta.

[@suzeray87]

Miss All Sunday barely had any attention in the manga/anime. Other then, nodding to us she’s not as evil as crocodile. Her remaining a mystery through skypeia to the introduction to Aokiji and CP-9 is what made enies lobby so special.

[@MrHealingmonk]

The effort this show has shown in its quality is evident. I'm loving every second of it as a new coming fan.

[@corarodgers948]

It’s so good. Glad that people are willing to stick to Oda’s work.

[@roronoadzoro9429]

but they didnt stick to it

[@makl593]

The underrated scene for me is when Zeff and Garp had a drink and talked about Roger and Luffy. We don't see a lot of scenes of the Old generation of marines and pirates interacting each other in the anime.

[@patricknez7258]

I agree I loved that scene. That was my favorite part w Garp. I did not like the B plot and could have done w much less Garp.. But the convo w Zeff was perfect 💯 I felt it really helped establish the weight and some of the history of the world. The convo between Garp and Zeff was awesome decision imo. I agree 👍

[@Jeomjeomjubjub]

I've never watched the anime or read the manga but I decided to give the Live Action a chance. And to me, it was brilliant. I love how optimistic Luffy is, I loved how other characters interact with eachother, I loved that they used physical sets for some scenes, and the make up for the fishmen is amazing imho. You can feel that this show was made with love. I genuinely enjoyed it, felt like I was transported into another world. Now I want to start watching the anime! Wish me luck 😂

[@TheSmokingMustache]

I watched the first 90 episodes of the anime, i personally enjoyed the live action way more which surprised me, the casting is really good and the writing/acting is so much better than i expected. I am annoyed that they coped out on Usopps nose lol

[@Jeomjeomjubjub]

@@TheSmokingMustache I was shocked that Usopp had a nose like that! 🤣🤣

[@TheSmokingMustache]

@@Jeomjeomjubjub Right? And the actor even has a relatively small nose XD

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

I think Garp's scene help us connect his bond with Koby, while showing Garp's different side, and how he is able to train Koby to be such a strong fighter we know today

[@stoplyingmrinternet7837]

Yep I feel like oda was thinking if he was the writer today this is definitely what he would do because garp is literally a big character in one piece

[@QKnight45]

Exactly, I hope everyone was thinking like this. This is Oda's doing. It is great character building for both garp and Coby!

[@ayakashiamori8068]

I think the best way to watch this series is to not overthink about what should or shouldn't be done and just enjoy the positive energy that it's giving 😊😊 personally I can't wait for season 2

[@SleeplessPufo]

Comparison is the thief of joy

[@WazzupNigga]

My dad is picky with everything lol. He pretty much hate how they made nami's sister black or how this woman is not as beautiful as the dadadada or how this guy isn't fst enough. Like, please let me just watch 🤣

[@lingkangrui3958]

I dont know ppl who havent watched OP watch this, so cant judge. But OP fans are so annoying when they nitpick shit like luffy not in sandals or other irrelevant things then judge based on that

[@ayakashiamori8068]

@lingkangrui3958 I actually convinced my friend to watch it (even if he doesn't want to watch anime because it's to long) and honestly he loved it, and didn't see anything wrong with the plot line 😄

[@davidcelestino6461]

Out of all the live action animes in the past, this is by far the best one. You gotta understand that they probably had limitations which is probably why they could not get into more depth of the characters. Even though, I feel that they were still able to explain all of the characters’ background very well.

[@g00gle5ucks5]

I take it you have not watched many japanese live actions? When the metric is set after the Cowboy Bebop live action there is only up.

[@bleeem]

To be fair, the bar for live action anime was LOW, low like, in the deepest parts of hell low. The only good adaptation i remember seeing was of Ruroni Kenshin( samurai X in my country), but its just a samurai movie with some characters with weird hair sometimes, it was """easy""" to dapt because there is already a lot of Asian action cinema with this kinda dynamic.

[@g00gle5ucks5]

@@bleeem Aye that was a fairly good one. That's the thing you're touching on though, I think some things translate better to reality than others. Sometimes certain elements to a story or character traits need to be toned down. But there are shows that also somehow manage to shrug it off whenever something is incredibly out of order. An example of this is Great Teacher Onizuka live action where the protagonist does super human feats on a regular basis but the show simply never lingers on it and brishes it aside. It somehow works. BUT, why did we ever need a GTO Live action? I don't know if we did. Did we need a One Piece live action? Nah. Probably best off to rewatch the original series.

[@jewellchastain4244]

I really want a season two,I love that they hinted at Smoker at the end and he is one of my favorite characters so I’m interested to see how they use him in the show and there is a Jango wanted poster in episode 1 it’s just kind of behind another poster so he is in the world somewhere,I wonder if they’re going to introduce him some other way.

[@SloneStudios]

I just wanted to say for posterity, I've never watched or read one piece and decided to binge watch this last night and this morning, and gotta say it was actually quite captivating. I always fear the campiness of bringing something wacky like an anime to life will really take me out of a production, but I was really invested in these characters So while im sure a lot is left out, or even changed from its source material, I thoroughly enjoyed this live action and hope we get more! :)

[@DrizzealLyguard]

It's actually amazing. I had so much doubt with how live actions were going recently. They hit this one out the park

[@TheWarmachine375]

When Mihawk goes for a walk, he asked Don Krieg and his crew how's their health plan. Apparently it was great.

[@MizuHime07]

My dad who has never watched the One Piece anime ever, binged all 8 episodes and he told me he really enjoyed it. Since he knows that I’m currently going through the anime, he finally understands why I’m going through the One Piece gauntlet lol He said he really loved all the Straw hat crew, but he genuinely liked Luffy the most. I will say they really made Luffy really lovable in the live action. Iñaki is definitely the right choice for Luffy since he gives this really nice wholesome vibe to him. I’m currently on episode 3 on the LA, trying to hold back since my partner wants to watch it with me xD

[@dl2839]

Shanks was fantastic, the guy had a fantastic performace that brought out a lot of depth to Shanks character.

[@solsson5696]

Yes, I do think a season 2 is warranted. If they do 8 episodes again. I hope they spend those 8 episode on everything from Loguetown to Drum Kingdom. If there are only 8 episodes then I think Alabasta should wait. If there are like 12 episodes. That'd be perfect. 8 episodes to go through 5 locations. And 4 episodes for Alabasta. Similar to how Garp was moved to season 1. I assume other things will be moved as well. My guess is Ace, I think he'll meet up elsewhere. Likely at Whiskey Peak or Little Garden. If I would have to guess. I do beg that they don't scrap the giants. I want Dorry and Broggy.

[@2freeIvX]

They aren't going to wait. They will want this act To be in it to generate hype and will condense the rest as needed.

[@zaryabK-vi8fh]

honestly logue town and drum kingdom don't have the pizzas so alabasta is necessary to really punch

[@keqingchan2549]

Yeah i Agree! 2 from lougetown arc 1 from reverse mountain arc 1 from whiskey peak arc 2 from little garden arc 3 or 2 from drum kingdom arc and 3 or 4 from alabasta arc total of 12 or 13 episodes

[@elfmonster1476]

Dorry and Brogy are too important to the overall plot to scrap.

[@tin.3308]

I think 8 episodes set up is too much in the Alabasta arc, especially at an hour each. At most you get 1 episode out of Loguetown, possibly only 1/2 and the other half being Reverse Mountain. Whiskey Peak I could seem them scrapping altogether and instead merging it with Little Garden. In Little Garden they'll probably scrap some of the Baroque agents and trim the action (too many expensive devil fruit moves). So possibly two episodes for LG, and then another 2, maybe 3 for Drum Island. That's 6 episodes. They could intercut Alabasta during the setup which would save them time to establish the situation once we actually reach Alabasta (like they did with Garp in s1), which could allow them to trim Alabasta down to 3 episodes. Otherwise I agree that 4 episodes would be best. I'll be pleasantly surprised if they get 12 episodes for s2. 10 is a reasonable ask though I do think they could do it in 8.

[@lordturtlemonk]

I really want to see a season 2. I am really hyped for a season 2. I think the series did what it could and did it wonderfully.

[@erikarmstrong7474]

I think the fact that they pulled even this much off is a miracle. I think the studio learned a lot from doing cowboy bebop and I expect that will continue.

[@parapuchi327]

I hope there is a season two and I hope they learn from their mistakes in this season and do even better

[@cesarkopp2]

Top views in 80+ countries... WHAT DO YOU THINK?

[@daxmasterix]

Mistakes such as..... ?

[@useless_tory]

​@@daxmasterix such as the ones that were listed in the video

[@parapuchi327]

@@daxmasterix That's subjective of course but for me it is mostly the Garp stuff. Mainly because even if for budget reasons they had to do that b-plotline, I still feel like it could've been more true to the original character

[@Raytheman581]

S2 is a sure thing unless the writers strike blocks it. The writers strike is why you have to worry about anything currently.

[@creativerealms]

We needed ten episodes. It being a bit too rushed was the only real problem I had. So I really hope they increase the episode count to ten from here on.

[@seraby7151]

Hopefully, Alabasta saga will have 10 eps.

[@kenworks15]

I really don't mind the rushing, aslong as they cover the best parts and more actions scenes. The faster they are the better so we can see live adaptation of the marine Ford war, the four emperors, and the ascend of luffy as an emperor.

[@mechasatsu6214]

I love how we get to see the side of the Marines in Koby's perspective. After Koby became the rank of a captain, I always thought that a One Piece spin off centered around him would work, And this Live Action kinda scratched the itch of that notion. Definitely need a season 2 or more, and more side plots centered on Koby the Hero.

[@Wakback17]

Season 2 is gonna happen, i have no doubt. and it's gonna go from Logtown all the way to the end of Alabasta and robin joining the crew. I will also say that even though it had the highest budget of any Netflix show, that was still only testing the waters. Now that they know that the show is a massive hit, they get a bigger budget and can do more! Maybe 10 or even 12 episodes, more action, less cut scenes, more devil fruit powers, less weird scene cuts with either the Marines or Flashback scenes.

[@whatthehell4917]

For me it was clear that Arlong defeated Ruffy at the Barratie because he splashed him with water AND kind of came out of the blue without a background story. After hearing what Arlong did to Nami Ruffy actually gets a good reason to beat him - Which makes him stronger, more focused and willing to fight him for real.

[@roronoadzoro9429]

who is ruffy ?

[@patrickgrant6389]

@@roronoadzoro9429 that's what Luffy is called in some countries due to language problems

[@fizzle7421]

I'd love a season 2. I'm gonna assume they'll work out all the kinks and hopefully Netflix will allow slightly more episodes. I like 10 to 12 episodes, myself.

[@Krystalmyth]

10-12 would be perfect.

[@jero3939]

I just love that other people who havent seen one piece are able to enjoy something like this. some people even want to watch the anime or read the manga after they’re done with season 1.

[@PeakSight-kv6wi]

I am so hyped about season 2, everything after arlong park is great it would be an amazing season.

[@snazzerific8833]

I actually liked the usage of the close up facial shots, it’s very reminiscent of how the anime frames conversation and reactions

[@TheWarmachine375]

I am surprised that Arlong in live action has control of the East Blue he rules over despite the fact Garp would have heard of him and put an end to his little empire in one punch.

[@scrollingthru45]

true

[@choux7746]

Its been explained that mouse dude forgot name is helping him to keep things under the radar hence why he said it is luffy who destroyed coco village rather than arlong

[@2freeIvX]

Did you not watch the show? He doesn't have control of the east Blue either. He was basically hidding.

[@coreosad2261]

that rat dude kept arlong under the radar in exchange for money

[@blahblahbear1429]

Arlong’s kind of like an underground leader. The other East Blue pirates probably know not to mess with him but he doesn’t necessarily “run” the East Blue.

[@christophersailer9326]

im so excited to see alabasta in live action. especially because i think crocodile as a character and with his powers would work sooo well. also alabasta as a city would look beautiful.

[@janleslielvaas3211]

Hatchan's absense is one of the 2 changes that frustrates me the most, partly due to his importance later in the manga, the second change is the removal of Luffy vs Don krieg, one of the reasons it bothers me is the fact that Luffy's victory over Don krieg was part of why his first bounty was so High.

[@Sciborg9]

I will definitely miss Hatchan. I understand that he probably would have been a nightmare to cgi/costume into a live action, but he was beautifully goofy.

[@talesofgore9424]

He's cited in the credits. I think it's the guy with yellow and purple hair playing cards with Nami.@@Sciborg9

[@jarosbodytko6462]

@@Sciborg9 if CGI and costuming was enough of an issue not to include him, what will they do about Chopper? It’s one thing to ignore a second banana side character, but Chopper is a crew member. They can’t just leave him out.

[@Sciborg9]

@@jarosbodytko6462 That's something season 2 will need to tackle and secure enough funding for.

[@Snoop_Dugg]

I think instead of the B plot, we could have benefit from longer character development, watching the crew sailing together rather than teleporting to each new island, even padding out the time with a sequence of a line of their journey on a map. We don’t mind shorter decisive battles, perhaps pace them to have some talking or exposition in between.

[@lefikamakubate673]

I don't actually mind it, I think it should have just have ended just before baratie

[@nunnayorz5836]

Agree. The parts with Garp didn't do anything for his character and they didn't move the story. Wasted screen time.

[@tin.3308]

The vast majority of the criticism fans of the original have essentially boil down to "it was better in the manga/anime", like your point about Luffy's flashback. And I'm part of that. Neither the loss of the arm nor the handover of the hat really hit with me. But seeing people who don't know One Piece watch these scenes they actually do hit if you're not familiar with the original. The scenes are good on their own, it's just in comparison to the original that they're lacking. I've come to think that many of not most of the issues with the LA are just fans not being able to separate themselves from the original. For Nojiko and the village not knowing about Nami's deal, I've done a 180 on how I feel about this. Originally I didn't like it, but I think it was the right decision for the LA. Child abuse hits a lot different when real children are part of the scene than in cartoonish 2D. If the village had known about the deal I would have really questioned how a village full of adults thought it was okay to leave a 10 year old child with a murderous psychopath who hated her just for her race and had already proven himself to be cruel and violent. Even if they didn't know that they kept Nami actually chained to the floor, that whole situation would hit a lot differently in live action especially without the time to really flesh it out. "Village sacrifices 10-year old girl to a monster to save themselves" is the plot twist of a horror film in live action. Ben Beckman is the only real issue I have which I can't get over (and I realise the hypocrisy to what I said above since new viewers couldn't care less). It wasn't just the casting, it was also the script and the design. It's like all departments collectively decided that they needed one instance were they all failed together to show people how bad things could have been.

[@Arthur-ek7nd]

Uusopp is by far the best casting of an anime character I have ever seen. Idk about his acting, because I haven't watched it yet, but just looks wise. The hardest character to cast on paper because of his crazy exaggerated features, but somehow the actor just has the perfect face to convey his facial shape without it looking off or weird.

[@johnlindsay7301]

You mentioned Gene 7:23 and I hadn’t really thought about it before but he was the character that sold me One Piece. I walked into the TV room when my daughter was watching Baratie and the way Gene interacted with Sanji was incredible. I had never seen a character developed with so much maturity in an anime. I had seen a lot of anime at the time, so this isn’t as unusual as I thought it was, but back then I loved it. Gene was obviously on the bad guys side but he wasn’t a bad guy. In fact he was kind of a cool dude. Someone I’d want in my side. So now I’m thinking back I’m a bit disappointed that he was fleshed out more in the live action. But I’ll always have anime Gene to fill my character Gene needs.

[@GThunder_Gaming]

omg I thought that it's only me. Sanji's arc and character is what sold me to one piece sadly it was sanji's arc that was shortened as they cannot fit everything in one season

[@gjermundnorumbugge7373]

I really hope we get more episodes for future seasons

[@DarkflameEmperor]

Yeah this felt a little short, but at the same time, not too much felt left out. A couple more episodes would've done it. It's always better to get less of what you want than too much of it though.

[@jackjacques7495]

Wait, wait. I just watched it again and it did not seem like Luffy was getting "completely demolished" by Arlong in Baratie. He lost, but he landed several good hits that were hurting Arlong, and even had him on his knees at one point. There was even a part where Chu and Kuroobi looked at each other worried because Arlong was taking good damage. So I thought that was handled well. It made sense that Luffy was able to fight on par with him later on (when was even more motivated), precisely because he didn't do terribly in the first round. In Baratie, they were both beating each other until Arlong gained the edge.

[@albaouronovoa]

I think the fact that they changed that Cocoyashi village did NOT know about Nami is a huuuuuuge mistake. For me, manga/anime Nami has an amazing revelation when they tell her they knew alongside the lines of "we wanted you to be able to escape if you ever wanted to, not to be attached to us". Nami grew up alone and thinking she had no friends and no family anymore, and in the manga/anime she suddently realises, she's always, always had the whole village with her. Stripping live action's Nami of feeling that overwhelming love from her village... Just doesn't feel right. This is actually the change I hated THE MOST in the whole series :(

[@beemillo4741]

I almost wanted to drop the series because of this change tbh, Ep 7 was in my opinion the weakest of season 1.

[@MissAstoria19]

Yes. It gave the village another dimension and personality. That they were worth fighting for. That is the backbone of the whole Help Me scene and removing that made the live version weak. It’s like removing the narrative of the minks secretly keeping Raizo and never giving him up even if they died. The “Raizo is safe” wouldn’t be iconic without it.

[@theassortedhobbyist]

What aggravates me the most about this change is that it COULD’VE worked if there had been more time dedicated to flesh out Nami’s relationship with the villagers and show at least Nojiko and Genzo having some kind of confused doubt instead of fully believing Nami’s facade to a fault. On top of that, the scene at the village at the beginning of episode 8 falls flat for me because it’s trying to have an emotional resolution between Nami and everyone in Cocoyashi, but we don’t see their reaction over the revelation like we do for Nojiko and their revolution is clumsily shut down so that it’ll be only Luffy and the gang fighting the Arlong pirates. For as much as I think this adaptation succeeded in areas that exceeded my expectations, the Arlong Park episodes kind of drop the ball as a climax to this version of the East Blue Saga because there is a ton going on in terms of story detail and not enough episodes to execute them in a way that feels narratively satisfying for this version of One Piece.

[@yosos2]

I think that luffys character had to much screen time on that episode, and that time could have been used to develop nami's relationship with the village more. But i think on it's own, if I'm distancing myself a bit from the source material, it works for new audiences but i get it

[@middlethenerd]

Personally I loved it and absolutely want to see a season 2... But it would definitely need more episodes I think 10 could maybe work

[@7thlittleleopard7]

They probably won't up the amount of episodes, but making them a half hour longer could work out instead. That's a full extra 4 hours to include stuff in.

[@miyanagikosaki7808]

I think the next season must be atleast 12. Loguetown, laboon, whiskey peak, little garden, drum island and alabasta. Definitely gonna squeeze a lot and gonna look bad and terrible

[@7thlittleleopard7]

@@miyanagikosaki7808 I think they'll actually have alabasta as it's own season and second season cover everything from loguetown to drum island (the whole part of nami being sick and finding a doctor needs to be together, introducing miss wednesday and then vivi also need to be together...) That said, a neat stopping point would be partway through alabasta - the first encounter with sir crocodile that luffy had. hell of a cliffhanger to end a season on, great bait for a third season (which could easily cover end of alabasta, jaya and skypeia).

[@miyanagikosaki7808]

@@7thlittleleopard7 trust me, alabasta is not gonna have a whole season. This isnt anime, its a live adaptation. The profiting scheme here is much different

[@lingkangrui3958]

​@@miyanagikosaki7808i hope alabsta can be 3 episodes, considering its a big and important arc.

[@Power26Twister]

One thing that I was not particularly happy about is that Luffy knew about Nami’s backstory in the LA, whereas in the manga he never found out. When he saw Nami cry he didn’t need a reason to help her, he just went straight to Arlong (having 0 idea who he was) which for me is a big character moment for Luffy, that was lost in the LA.

[@RostelBantuKingu]

I love how GLR is explaining in 2 videos how it was a 50/50 for him but all the comments are overwhelming positive regarding the series. The contrast is very funny to me

[@maxm7881]

I want to see a 10 episode season 2 with five episodes on 2 arcs. I think this would give a substantial amount of time to cover much more of what needs to be and allow the stakes and emotion of each arc to really set in.

[@Welle-xw6kp]

I would take 10 episodes but I hope they give us at least 12 to 20

[@void8234]

@@Welle-xw6kp 12 to 20 ep will be overwhelming in my opinion

[@neltins5308]

Yeah, if they just do 10 episodes to cover Loguetown & Alabasta (The main next two massively important storylines, its fine if they skip everything else besides entering the grandline & having the content in these places happen). If they end season 2 with Alabasta I can see a lot of fans getting excited and wanting a season 3 (Although Skypeia and beyond CGI budget will be like making multiple blockbuster films in one)

[@heatth1474]

I think you greatly overstates how "destroyed" Luffy was in his first fight with Arlong. Admittedly, I think that fight was quite weak overall, but despite being thrown around Luffy was holding his own and at one point seemed to put Arlong on the back foot with a series of long range punches. He only definitionally loses when he got splashed with sea water (which has a greated effect in the LA than in the original). So, to me, the idea communicated is that Arlong is stronger but Luffy has more range and can hold his own. So in the rematch is not unbelievable to me. And Luffy was still loosing for most of the fight, to the point he more or less gave up on defeating Arlong directly. His victory came only after literally throwing a bulding over his opponent's head. He still seemed the weaker fighter who won due use of terrain and being more able to sustain having a building falling on you.

[@bj_cat103]

it's important to give a good adaptation more support so that they know that's the way to make the next ones. They need to understand they have to put some effort to get big revenue

[@nunnayorz5836]

The way the studio handled One Piece similar to Cowboy Bebop. Great casting and acting but some jarring writing choices. I head Oda was heavily involved and they even sought input some youtubers. I'm surprised those voices thought spending so much time watching Garp be angry about Luffy was a good idea. His stuff didn't move the plot and didn't develop the character. They could have used that time to expand the main story, do world building, or character building with the Strawhats.

[@AntiHero-mj5nx]

PLEASE GIVE US A SEASON 2, Nothing is perfect I just appreciate Matt Owens, Steve Maeda and the whole team for putting some HEART in this series. That’s what’s makes one piece amazing

[@mannyluke7566]

I like how they let people stay dead in the live action. I’m pretty sure we haven’t seen Merry at all since Syrup Village. So these characters who serve no purpose after they survive sure death cheapens the impact it’s supposed to have. In the live action it’s tragic because they’re actually dead, so I really like that change.

[@7thlittleleopard7]

I think it's fine to be a bit weaker in areas that we fans adore - because those coming in from the Live Action (and there are many, I'll be interested to see the sales in the next few months) are going to REALLY enjoy the changes.