also-manga

[pulsar path]

Kaido is boring AF

[leaden rivet]

Kaido doesn’t need a long backstory to be a strong villain

[haughty saddle]

I definitely liked the Beast Pirates more as villains than CP9 personally

[golden valley]

Onigashima had G5, more hype fights, more agendas (not a good thing) and I think really spiked the OP fandoms numbers

[pulsar path]

Lucci whole switch from good guy to bad guy

[leaden rivet]

Kaido on that rooftop was one of the most entertaining villains one piece has seen

[golden valley]

Also, Wano Anime was a massive jump in quality

[pulsar path]

Huh beats pirates are like the weakest group

[charred flower]

Omfg this killed me

[haughty saddle]

I disagree heavily

[shell scroll]

I think it’s cuz cp9 just don’t have much presence as a who they are

[tranquil blade]

Kaido hate is a symptom of people thinking if their expectations about a villain are wrong that it means a villain is automatically bad

[pulsar path]

Water 7/enis lobby didn't need a jump in quality

[ashen perch]

He said he doesn't mind if people are struggling from chapter to chapter every week, as long as the big highlight scenes manage to land for them. That's all that would matter at the end of the day and its definitely the case with Onigashima.

[haughty saddle]

Yeah dude fucking Jabra and Chipapapa and YO-YOY were incredibly compelling

Nero??? Hell yeah

[pulsar path]

Nero wasn't in enis lobby

[haughty saddle]

Batman alone got more community love than Nero

[pulsar path]

Technically

[haughty saddle]

I said CP9 and Beast Pirates

[leaden rivet]

And then you take a look at the individual fights like Sanji vs Queen and King vs Zoro and it’s just imo much better than the Enies lobby fights

IMO

[dense haven]

kumadori is the goat

[tranquil blade]

I honestly forgot most of the Enies Lobby fights outside of Blueno, Lucci, Jabra, Kaku and Kalifa

[ashen perch]

Lucci himself was incredibly boring too

[leaden rivet]

Wano’s fights were very flashy but they also meant a lot to each character

[haughty saddle]

Kumadori is really funny tbf yeah

[pulsar path]

Dude idk what your smoking but hook me up

[haughty saddle]

the English dub translation of his speech pattern was really really good

[tranquil blade]

I only remember how Kumadori's fight ends

[leaden rivet]

You’re acting like I’m saying outlandish things

[shell scroll]

Sanjis fight was good cuz he became serious in winning at his own morals being broken

[pulsar path]

You really are tho

Kaku vs Zoro is like Zoro best fight

[ashen perch]

Now thats a bit

[shell scroll]

Bro he keep saying In my Opinion

[haughty saddle]

Heavily heavily disagree there

[ashen perch]

Silly

[pulsar path]

Honestly enis lobby as the best fights for most straw hats

[leaden rivet]

Kaku vs Zoro is better than king vs Zoro?

[tranquil blade]

It is not Zoro's best fight

[haughty saddle]

Kaku vs Zoro is like 80% jokes

[pulsar path]

You guys gotta go back and rewatch

[haughty saddle]

Kaku vs Zoro is like 80% Ussop being attached to Zoro arm gags

I have rewatched that fight dozens of times

[pulsar path]

It's really not

[tranquil blade]

Zoro vs Mr. 1 is better

[haughty saddle]

It’s a boring ass fight

[golden valley]

I think Enies Lobby fights clears in choreography, Wano fights were more targeted for the characters themselves

[ashen perch]

Ryuma v Zoro clears, Zoro v Mihawk clears, Zoro v Pica even clears, Zoro v Mr.1 obviously clears, Zoro v Whiskey Peak Baroque Works workers clears

[pulsar path]

I'm out peace this community is on something this week

[hot cairn]

Zoro vs Kaku is NOT better than Zoro vs King cmon now

[leaden rivet]

Sanji vs Queen is also far better than Sanji vs Jabra

[ashen perch]

Kaku v Zoro is quite low on the Zoro fight list for me

[tranquil blade]

Zoro vs Mr 1 might still be the best Zoro fight

[haughty saddle]

I think the choreography in both are rather boring, so I mostly go off of pacing and character moments

[pulsar path]

It really is

[leaden rivet]

You’re acting like we’re saying Enies lobby is garbage

[indigo yacht]

its one piece highest highs but also lowest lows

[charred flower]

If an arc like Wano aired at the time of Ennies Lobby it would be considered one of the best of all time. IMO wano is great, but ennies lobby is considered superior because it was the first time Oda made the 1v1 system so clear and essential to the plot (besides arabasta, that had the war subplot in the middle). Also nostalgia

[haughty saddle]

But I think OP’s fight choreography is incredibly weak in general

[tranquil blade]

Zoro vs King was solid

[golden valley]

Really? EL easily had the best choreography fights

[haughty saddle]

A turd with or without flies, sir

ah I’ll have the without, please

Certainly sir

[ashen perch]

Alabasta did

[pulsar path]

Exactly

[golden valley]

fuh no

[haughty saddle]

The last time that I can remember looking at a fight in OP and saying “wow this looks good” is honest to god like Alabasta

[golden valley]

Alabasta is close though

[haughty saddle]

Alabasta had awesome paneling and choreography for the fights

[leaden rivet]

Alabasta is also my favorite arc

[shell scroll]

Same

[haughty saddle]

I read too many other shonen to praise OP’s choreography

[leaden rivet]

I think it’s as close to coming to be a perfect arc with some slight pacing issues in the middle

[pulsar path]

That's enis lobby and water 7

[indigo yacht]

its weak when Oda doesn't focus on the fights. When he puts his all into a fight they're pretty well choreographed

[haughty saddle]

Ennies Lobby’s pacing is horrible from the moment we actually arrive in Ennies Lobby

[hot cairn]

I dont really mind that OP has weak choreography so I dont factor that on why some fights are good or bad

[pulsar path]

Smh

[haughty saddle]

Not horrible, but

[shell scroll]

I think many of us just enjoy when the fights have meaning how the characters moments are portrayed and whether it was good or not

[charred flower]

Arabasta is like the template for most one piece arcs

[haughty saddle]

Not good

[ashen perch]

I am trying to think of these peak EL fight choreography moments and mostly drawing a blank outside of the very incredible Lucci v Luffy fight

[haughty saddle]

Fuck yesssss dude the three headed judge gets 3 chapters yessssss

[charred flower]

But that template has been improved

[haughty saddle]

Yesss dude this judge guy is so funny and cool dude yesssss three chapters pleasseeee

[leaden rivet]

[shell scroll]

Uhm chopper maybe

[haughty saddle]

I can’t agree, I’m sorry

[indigo yacht]

Franky vs Fukurou and chopper vs kumadori

[haughty saddle]

They’re flat and muddy most of the time

[leaden rivet]

I think like in general 99% of swordsman fights in op are just pretty bad

[tranquil blade]

Really good moment but the emote you used is killing me

[hot cairn]

chopper vs kumadori is heavilyyy carried by the monster chopper moment

[charred flower]

For me Arabasta was like the first draft for Oda on how to handle a "big" arc. Improved in dressrosa and again in Wano

[tranquil blade]

They're a little boring yeah

[tawny panther]

that’s why it’s hilarious when people say zoro vs mihawk got the potential to be the best fight in one piece .. like not at all 😂

[dense haven]

which one is the 1%

[leaden rivet]

Alabasta just had peak Luffy

[tawny panther]

i’ve seen enough sword fights from Oda to know that isn’t true lol

[charred flower]

Agreed

[hot cairn]

in what arc do you guys think Luffy peaked?

[leaden rivet]

Sword vs sword honestly can’t think of one I praise that much

[shell scroll]

Man u making wanna rewatch and reread

[tawny panther]

Toei when it’s time to adapt the sword fights Oda draws in the manga

they competently changed how i viewed king vs zoro

[brittle basin]

"People die." - Luffy as Vegapunk gets no-diffed by Kizaru

[ashen perch]

eh their finishers were great but the fights themselves in general werent all too special

[golden valley]

Franky vs Fukuro is a fight with good choreography

[ashen perch]

pulled out a random volume of Alabasta and wow

[hot cairn]

I dont read the manga for the fights but I do watch the anime for the fights

[brittle basin]

Look at those clean lines, LOOK at those clean lines!

[hot cairn]

I dont know if that makes any sense

[golden valley]

Luffy vs Crocodile is the best fight in Alabasta tho

[dense haven]

arsal pick one from post ts

[ashen perch]

thats just round one too

[leaden rivet]

Pre timeskip Luffy is just peak in general but I also love him in Skypeia

[indigo yacht]

thats what I said. When Oda doesn't focus on a fight because he wants to move the story along they're whatever. When he locks in they're good (see Luffy vs Lucci or Luffy vs Katakuri)

[hot cairn]

peak

[shell scroll]

It takes some visualising which is hard cuz when it’s animated it usually different

[hot cairn]

but post time skip luffy is still peak I would say

[pulsar path]

Idk Kaku vs Zoro panales look just as good

[leaden rivet]

Nami and Usopp would go on to be pathetic every arc after but it’s a nice panel

[brittle basin]

someone show Oda this

[charred flower]

It's like reading early Dragon Ball the style and flow are amazing. Now with the powers and everything it becomes more saturated

[ashen perch]

Dressrosa has plenty of good action choreo actually I am sure I could find peak in there

[hot cairn]

yeah

[brittle basin]

Oda sadly does cram panels nowadays by comparison

[charred flower]

I'm only seeing Kaku farming, his style is amazing

[ashen perch]

this is the only good part of the fight

[tawny panther]

this may be why he stopped , he did say that he didn’t want to try to compete with Toriyama & Dragon Ball when it came to drawing fights cause he wouldn’t even come close to it

[golden valley]

So peak

[pulsar path]

The whole fight is peak

[ashen perch]

base Kaku v Zoro is excellent no doubt, and one of Oda's best swordfight sequences

[pulsar path]

This is way better than kaido vs Luffy by leagues and I love me joy boy

[wraith mantle]

Yoo is five guys still great

[hot cairn]

but yeah ennies lobby and wano have both one piece's highest highs tbf

[leaden rivet]

Enies lobby sneak

[pulsar path]

Personally I feel oda was trying. To recreate the magic of enis lobby fight but I guess that's just me

[charred flower]

Love this, now days ppl wouldn't even care and would complain about rhe girth of the second lightning of the third panel so they can call it ACoC

[ashen perch]

yea, back in Alabasta he was still being extremely generous with his usage of Panel space, cramming started back in Enies Lobby and has gotten gradually worse

[hot cairn]

Luffy vs Kaido is peak af tho

[golden valley]

Luffy vs Kaido choreography isn’t allat, it could’ve been, but it dropped very quickly

G5 vs Kaido i think was genuinely wack

[brittle basin]

"What if I gave myself more stuff to ink?" - Oda

[golden valley]

Maybe not the giant G5 vs dragon kaido bit though

[pulsar path]

I extremely dislike punching piece with kaido and Luffy but I do really love kaido vs gear 5th

I do prefer gear 4th vs doffy tho

[dense haven]

I hate punching piece

[ashen perch]

Kaido v Luffy has a ton of great sequences lol, its one of Oda's best fights ever

[leaden rivet]

lol

[digital spear]

Genuinely find Baskervilles gag funny and recite it sometimes irl but I know im the only one so...

[pulsar path]

For me it would go Lucci vs Luffy doffy vs gear 4th than gear 5th vs kaido

[ashen perch]

leagues better is just ridiculous

[hot cairn]

yeah for real

[tranquil blade]

"Punching piece" Now what does Luffy primarily do?

Quickly now

[pulsar path]

He stretches

[dense haven]

now he can summon baseball bats whats stopping him from summoning a cannon

[charred flower]

Ugh... imagine enjoying a gag how you powerscale that?

[dense haven]

postg5 there is no excuse

[golden valley]

Chapter 1037 is the peak of the fights choreography

[digital spear]

I failed my shonenbros pls strike me down

[leaden rivet]

We’re in the conquerors piece era of things now

So we’ll get deeper into shitty choreography and big haki punches

[pulsar path]

Not really

[golden valley]

Clears

[frigid gulch]

Cramda

[pulsar path]

Didn't work on imin

Imu

[indigo yacht]

It’s not long but I do think this is a pretty good fight

[leaden rivet]

Just need more coc

[brittle basin]

This was literally just "with our powers combined."

[golden valley]

These aint even the best panels

[brittle basin]

Haki Piece 🙁

[leaden rivet]

I really hate how Roger looks in that panel

[golden valley]

In the fight

[leaden rivet]

He looks weird

[pulsar path]

It's soooo good I feel every impact of the punches !

[leaden rivet]

He looks like a shitty mix of Ace and Garp

[frigid gulch]

Haki clones soon

[charred flower]

A hunter has been sent to your location

[digital spear]

He looks NPC

[pulsar path]

Always need more coc!

[frigid gulch]

[indigo yacht]

maybe but just wanted to post these ones since i'm just going through these chapters rn lmfao

this fight also leads directly into chopper vs kumadori too

[pulsar path]

You lucky son of a!

All so enis lobby is the best so

[leaden rivet]

We have ancient haki, haki ropes and coc armor. All we’re missing is haki clones and haki healing and then we’re full final arc shonen.

[ashen perch]

clears tbh

[charred flower]

For me Katakuri vs Luffy was peak

[tranquil blade]

In a way I do kinda hope Oda goes bi-weekly, it always feels like his art is on a slight decline and part of it is the weekly crunch

[brittle basin]

Gear Haki next

[pulsar path]

Don't forget haki wifi

[tranquil blade]

Especially since he's pretty old now

[brittle basin]

it's been like this since like late Wano I think?

[digital spear]

Smh Cam shat on One Piece fights and my goat Baskerville and then just dipped

[ashen perch]

I wasnt saying that Enies Lobby doesnt have good fights per se, but Alabasta is his peak in terms of being consistently great at it

[tranquil blade]

Yeah late Wano is where it became much more noticeable

[leaden rivet]

He left to read some actual good manga fights

[pulsar path]

Very gagy fight tho

[hot cairn]

his art this arc has been an improvement tho

it's really good

[charred flower]

Still gives me chills

[pulsar path]

Personally find most alabasta fights kinda boring other than croc vs Luffy

[golden valley]

Went from this

[brittle basin]

In my ideal world, Oda sketches everything still but has a young hotshot inker who really knows his style to finish the pages. But I'm sure trying to clean up someone else's chicken scratch is probably really hard.

[golden valley]

To this

[ashen perch]

the shift was Covid, his eyesight was really poor and he had less assistants to work with for a while

[indigo yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/one-peak-one-piece-one-piece-cry-its-so-peak-gif-13413926760013023520

[brittle basin]

I remember this, but things are back to normal now and even with eye surgery, it's clear age is catching up. or he's inking way too fast.

[ashen perch]

Elbaf has been Oda's big recovery I feel, the art quality is somewhere around Pre Onigashima levels

[pulsar path]

Color looks so good for the gear 5th fight

[indigo yacht]

I believe it's mainly age at this point

[digital spear]

Honestly if Oda handled the way how Luffy was actually able to beat Katakuri a little better, that fight would be nothing short but one of the greatest duels in shonen

[indigo yacht]

with how rigorous the deadlines are for WSJ + his age he has to cut corners somewhere

[ashen perch]

well speaking of now, You dont think Elbaf's looked good? aside from some panels here and there, I have definitely noticed a significant improvement

[pulsar path]

People really love this fight tho. I didn t like snake man much 😔

[haughty saddle]

Those are so few and far between. I would say Oda is capable of penning compelling and interesting choreography, but it is not a feature of the series. It’s like, an every 8 years treat.

[charred flower]

I reeeeally want to see Katakuri (upgraded now that BM is gone) interacting with G5, not necessarily fighting, but Luffy in that form could use Kata as an example for lots of stuff

[haughty saddle]

And OP doesn’t have to have great choreography. It makes up for it in spades in other areas.

[pulsar path]

Elbaf is fine but I do feel like it's messier than past arcs both story and art. Alot of retconing . I don't mind it's just noticable

[charred flower]

We have to remember Oda received surgery recently

[tranquil blade]

Elbaf looks fine but it still feels a little worse than pre-Wano to me, though there are standout panels like Loki's first real panel

[ashen perch]

left is good, right isnt really supposed to be a big action panel

[brittle basin]

It probably looks better, but there's still this looseness that either is coming with age or ultra confidence with his inking skills. I can draw and ink fast because of my confidence, as well, but there is a slight looseness that comes with that at times.

[pulsar path]

Without spoilers tho what are two or three other series with good choreography for fights

[charred flower]

Not sure if I see a lot of retcon... besides the design of certain characters to fit their ages

[digital spear]

Yeah imo Katakuri was kind of foreshadowing for Gear 5 or just gave Luffy an idea of how he could do more with the same fruit. I definitely want them to meet again too

[tranquil blade]

Like I cant deny Oda can still put out some really really great panels even now

[brittle basin]

i'm confident those chains were inked by an assistant , but i believe the rest is oda

[charred flower]

It's really stupid to take it as an example, but Baki (its extremely exagerated), Hajime No Ippo and Vagabond

[ashen perch]

I'd agree in terms of consistency because he's nowhere back to WCI levels yet, but its still been good

[pulsar path]

We have had timeline discrepancy and small things changed like the chests on God valley and Roger and Garp talking to rocks trying to stop him did not appear in the second flash back .Loki and lolla whole thing Seems to beeen forgotten and fisher tiger time line is kidna messed up now

[charred flower]

Not sure how the chest is a retcon, besides Roger's look. The other stuff seems like Oda filling up the gaps

[pulsar path]

I would think skamoyo days is the first to come to my mind but I see these too

[charred flower]

Lola yeah, hopefully hapoens

[golden valley]

It’s meh. This is the better of the action though

[pulsar path]

Roger having mustache before and it being changed but his jolly Roger still has it

[ashen perch]

Roger's look is a very minor retcon, we didnt really see what he looked like during GV outside of a silhouette where you can barely spot a moustache on him

[pulsar path]

We seen the full art version in film red tho base on his sketc

[indigo yacht]

thats always been a demerit to one piece and it's a major critique point but people say that its more focused on adventure/ character moments. Which it is. I wouldn't categorize one piece as a battle shonen (crazy I know) since it consistently off screen fights, shortens them or leaves it to reader interpretation (clashes, statements etc etc)

[ashen perch]

this and also 1045, thats an excellent showcase of G5

[hot cairn]

illmatic do you still believe the idea that elbaph wasnt planned at all?

[charred flower]

Can I send a couple of images of Hajime No ippo cutting the faces of the fighters so it's not a spoiler?

[pulsar path]

Just elbaf has been a lil messy getting all the pieces together it just blatantly shows he had to fit elbaf in that's all

[pulsar path]

100010 percent

[charred flower]

To show good paneling and choreography

[ashen perch]

you can discuss it in #other-series but with spoiler tags so you dont have to do all that, much easier lol

[pulsar path]

I would argue they make the anime into a battle shonen tho 😂

[charred flower]

Oh, since we are discussing it here I wanted to show it

But ok

[indigo yacht]

[brittle basin]

please remove this battle shonen from my Lore Piece

[indigo yacht]

AURA AURA AURA AURA

ROBIN PINK AURA

KINEMON HAKI BLASTS

[pulsar path]

Lol yes the Zoro fight comes to mind

With Lucci

I love it but recognize it was anime added

[indigo yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/zoro-vs-lucci-zoro-egghead-zoro-lucci-zoro-gif-17765298180286184170

[hot cairn]

still it doesnt make sense to me

[dense haven]

https://tenor.com/view/hihimaru-one-piece-gif-6326402862368782070

[charred flower]

I loved this and hated it at the same time

[indigo yacht]

they're giving anyone feats

[amber lark]

hihi guys

[golden valley]

Zoro vs Lucci anime >>>>>>>>>> Zoro vs Lucci manga

[pulsar path]

I love when Zoro catches his sword

[amber lark]

guys, I'm telling you right now that I will not accept Loki as a new crew member!!
I refuse!!

[pulsar path]

When I look at the over arcing story to me it just feels like Oda had a different plan but ended up combining that plan with elbaf ?

[frigid gulch]

Zoro vs Lucci hardly exists in the manga

[pulsar path]

Like two seconds lol

[dark nymph]

he WILL be replacing Usopp 🙏

[hot cairn]

he may had a different plan but that doesnt mean the arc wasnt meant to happen

[indigo yacht]

the anime just fills in the gap when 95% of the fight was offscreened

[pulsar path]

I get the feeling that Loki will give his kingship to his brother but take over as the new giant pirates leader.....maybe even the old one depending on what happens to our boys 😭

[amber lark]

It's cruel of you to say that, although Usopp would stay in Elbaf !!

[dark nymph]

zoro vs lucci manga is the worst fight in the series

[pulsar path]

I mean i actually think he never intended on going to elbaf tho till it seems like he couldn't avoid it

[indigo yacht]

I do wonder if a younger oda would have not offscreened lucci vs zoro

[brittle basin]

1998 Oda would've given you everything

[pulsar path]

This make me extremely upset but it's really funny lol

[amber lark]

yeah zoro should have defeated Lucci without any problems, or is he not strong enough?

[haughty saddle]

Sakamoto Days, Kagurabachi, Full Metal Alchemist, Record of Ragnarok, Vinland Saga

[charred flower]

I mean, that's good, I'm glad they are giving un "good filler" but it's 99% centered in Zoro, reaction shots or boobs (zoro's too). Where is the Robin/Franky/Sanji/Jimbe fighting glaze, Robin could've had a fight against a Seraphine... but nope

[indigo yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/that's-not-ridiculous-to-say-that's-not-ridiculous-chilltownhoops-playerschoice-unc-gif-17749542178366202764

[haughty saddle]

And keep in mind I’m only praising in this list the fight choreography depicted in the manga

Yes I know RoR is a pile of dogshit otherwise.

The fights are incredibly compelling tho

[pulsar path]

I mean I feel like this is all to do with what he said around dressrosaa where he wanted to give the anime staff more freedom or something? I feel like after this point we started seeing a lot of anime only extended fights

[amber lark]

full metal alchemist!! I like it

[haughty saddle]

FMA has incredible fight choreography

[sage temple]

What

Oh Rich was banned

[alpine trench]

started my FMA reread

convenient timing

[haughty saddle]

It’s been over for like forever now, but nobody brings it up when discussing the series and I think it’s really really good

[amber lark]

It's a classic!!

[sage temple]

What an eventful day

[indigo yacht]

I thought sanji fans were coping when they said that the anime straight up has a bias against him and biased for zoro but thats not crazy to say that

[haughty saddle]

For a series not entirely based around fighting

[indigo yacht]

i started nooticing how they treat zoro

[pulsar path]

I gotta read most of those .watches the animes but

Kagura I still gotta pick up

[dark nymph]

there's been too many weird instances, its undeniable atp

[indigo yacht]

1998 had a twinkle in his eye and a dream. He would've given me zoro vs lucci and sanji vs kaku

[haughty saddle]

Kagurabachi has some of the best choreography in any fighting manga I’ve ever read

[amber lark]

https://tenor.com/view/sanji-egghead-diable-jambe-fire-kick-gif-10645952047794718516

[haughty saddle]

Ragnarok isn’t worth the time

[hot cairn]

what makes you think that?

[amber lark]

2 vs 2? I'd like a team fight

[indigo yacht]

[leaden rivet]

Hes been unbanned

[indigo yacht]

that should've been king and queen vs zoro and sanji

[dark nymph]

cursed pepe

[fossil nimbus]

this is fan animation no?

[charred flower]

A bit old, but good

[haughty saddle]

Yeah I agree with this

[amber lark]

Rich is a classic here!!
they shouldn't ban him!! 😢

[indigo yacht]

"toei i need feats"

[amber lark]

yeah, it is

[urban lodge]

Very fast unban

[amber lark]

sanji and zoro vs king, or Zoro, Sanji and luffy vs Kaido

[haughty saddle]

Insane that Atlas landing a punch on that VA had more care put into it than this actual scene

[charred flower]

Wtf is that, you know how we (Toei) like Sanji

[indigo yacht]

zoro and sanji vs king and queen

[amber lark]

hahah

[amber lark]

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-wano-country-arc-sanji-vinsmoke-vs-king-the-conflagration-gif-23706680

[indigo yacht]

there was some scene recently that they made FRANKY SAVE BONNEY by moving fast. Moving fast, the thing sanji apparently doesn't do

[amber lark]

yeah, it looks better in anime than in manga!

[pulsar path]

Well one the whole YouTubeer who worked for toei you can look up GLR video or I can send it if you want the info and two oda saying. He didn't plan on it but decided they would go to it. It seems cheeky but I think he's being legit. And like I said the amount to messy retcons and changes he has had to do to make it fit right. Like before this we already had an elbaf flash back to and it seems very different than current elbaf

Like I feel if Harold was a thing. Than we would have seen him

[haughty saddle]

That shit was absurd lmao

They could have done it so much more… sensibly too

[dark nymph]

that shit was hilarious

[indigo yacht]

dude i was flabbergasted

stream chat was going bonkers

[dark nymph]

Wranky

[haughty saddle]

Why not have a cool ass scene of him shooting a strong right, bank it off the ground to grab Bonney, bank upwards, hit the VA, and then retract back, or something?

That’s so much room for impact and motion

[indigo yacht]

we need to make sanji look bad

[hot cairn]

I saw that video but I dont know if we can believe that guys' word, it's just a "I heard it from this guy that heard it from this other guy" think

[haughty saddle]

We can make Sanji look bad while making Franky make sense though I’m fine with Sanji looking bad

Just don’t make Franky look stupid while we’re doing it

[hearty gorge]

I think shanks solos aizen in iq

Y'all agree

[indigo yacht]

pre timeskip sanji how much I miss you

#other-series

[haughty saddle]

!os

[tropic nova]

#other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series #other-series

[dense haven]

shanks is HIM

[indigo yacht]

has sanji does something as cool as mr prince since alabasta?

[haughty saddle]

The train car in Water 7

[indigo yacht]

true true

[haughty saddle]

Was the last time Sanji was a cool suave kickboxing James Bond chef

[hearty gorge]

Yes

[amber lark]

hi koya

[indigo yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-ishowspeed-yeah-right-ishowspeed-yeah-ishowspeed-right-ishowspeed-stream-gif-2870397197282141259

[haughty saddle]

But hear me out…

[dense haven]

sanji peaked in wci

[pulsar path]

I mean he was staff at toei and he had to take the video down that's a pretty big indication usually something. Was said that shouldn't been

[haughty saddle]

What if he was super horny and didn’t just have a rivalry with Zoro, but such a staunch hatred for him that it became an obnoxious character trait?

[pulsar path]

He was a podcaster YouTuber but still was working close with the peeps

[hot cairn]

idk man, how is that reliable?

[haughty saddle]

What if he was just like a horny guy who hated the coolest guy on the crew

The audience will love it

[pulsar path]

I mean why would the dude just lie and possibly lose his job

[indigo yacht]

he doesn;t hate brook tho

[distant vine]

Sanji still peaked at Mr. Prince and his Sea Train mission

[pulsar path]

And than on top of what oda said this was before Oda message

[hot cairn]

he was just being cheeky

[dark nymph]

Oda was locked the fuck in that entire arc

[pulsar path]

That's an assumption

[pulsar path]

The facts kinda say the opposite

[hot cairn]

can you send that message? @ashen perch

[haughty saddle]

It won’t let me send the gif of Sanji in Fishman island

When he told Jinbei to k*LL himself

[pulsar path]

My favorite Sanji moment

[haughty saddle]

1984

[haughty saddle]

Water 7 is the best arc in the series yeah

Ennies Lobby is pretty good too

[dark nymph]

fuuuck that opening

[haughty saddle]

Crazy Rainbow Star was too good. They had to get it to us fast.

[indigo yacht]

they stopped using color spreads for openings is the worst thing that happened

[pulsar path]

I think this is the most popular onepiece opening other than maybe we are

[indigo yacht]

i hope witpiece uses color spreads for openings again

[pulsar path]

I hope they do cover stories too

[haughty saddle]

I bet Us! is up there for popularity

[pulsar path]

I mean og anime did the first three?

[haughty saddle]

Us! Is a banger of an OP though

[indigo yacht]

yea it did coby, buggy and uh....

[pulsar path]

I do love US!

[haughty saddle]

I love us, too, Ill ☺️

[bleak plover]

I miss Ishitani Megumi.

[dark nymph]

cover stories would be decent eps instead of usual filler

[alpine trench]

man i'm gonna rewatch last episode, shishido cinema

[pulsar path]

It just kinda depletes the reason for filler lol

[bleak plover]

[looks at Yamato's cover story]
Yeah... I dunno.

[alpine trench]

made me tear up

[pulsar path]

Cus they gotta work on the cover stories

[haughty saddle]

It was genuinely incredible wasn’t it

[distant vine]

Get Naotoshi on Tama vs Holdem Round 2

🔥

[pulsar path]

Filler usually is a low effort rehash

[hot cairn]

that episode was so good

[alpine trench]

fucked me up guys

[haughty saddle]

Like every single scene was beautiful. There was no waste or fluff, everything felt important

[alpine trench]

it fucked me up good

[pulsar path]

Tbh this whole group of episodes has been amazing

[dark nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/bonney-gear-5-one-piece-egghead-sakuga-gif-18339998320192531111

[haughty saddle]

I cried like a bitch when Bonney had the image of Ginny and Kuma

[alpine trench]

only 2 episodes left (??) i think

[pulsar path]

First half of egghead was kinda slow

[hot cairn]

how good the anime can be when it adapts more than one chapter

[alpine trench]

yeah that image of kuma and ginney

[haughty saddle]

2 Sundays left this year so yeah

Wait 3

[alpine trench]

luffy defeats kaido theme blasting when she does the punch, kuma smiling at the end

AHHHHHH

what an episode

[pulsar path]

They did it twice this season right? Yeah they didn't really start doing 1-1 episodes till like thriller bark 😔

[haughty saddle]

I bet we end the season with the Great Erik group waking up to see the Sunny is gone

[alpine trench]

pouring honey on nozomi shishido

[hot cairn]

yeah they've done it a lot with the last batch of episodes

it's amazing

[haughty saddle]

Next episode is gonna be crazy too

[fallen meteor]

Its the knot?

[pulsar path]

Let's see if the next group will keep it up maybe we will see xebec sooner rather than later

[haughty saddle]

The “Those of you who bear the name D.” speech ender and the knot

[pulsar path]

We do already know xebecs English voice actor

[haughty saddle]

Idc if it’s lame or cliche, any fucking time someone makes a grand speech in this series and mentions the one piece I get goosebumps

[pulsar path]

Xebec peace will break us

Piece

[hot cairn]

the d stuff already happened, we'll get the "whoever gets the one piece" spread and the knot

[alpine trench]

look man that fuckin vegapunk speech went hard

[hot cairn]

we'll see yeah

[haughty saddle]

The D stuff has not happened yet

[alpine trench]

in the manga

shit rocked

[hot cairn]

yes it did

[haughty saddle]

?????

When???

That’s like literally the next thing to happen

[alpine trench]

about 2 episodes ago

[hot cairn]

like 2 episodes ago

[haughty saddle]

No way really

[indigo yacht]

whenever the "one piece" gets namedropped its always peak man. I'm glad oda doesn't overdo it with how it gets brought up so that it always hits every time he does

[hot cairn]

no it's not

[haughty saddle]

Damn they must have dropped the fuckin ball on it then

[alpine trench]

next is the haki knot

[haughty saddle]

Because I don’t even remember it

And it’s literally my favorite part of the arc lmfao

[alpine trench]

and then elbaf

[hot cairn]

this is what's next + the haki knot

[haughty saddle]

It’s a nice reminder that we’ve been waiting 30 years

[haughty saddle]

This is what I meant

Okay

[fallen meteor]

Lmao

[haughty saddle]

I thought I was fucking going insane dude

[hot cairn]

remember people were hating on it smh

[haughty saddle]

I was like no shot

Because it sucked cock weekly lmao

All in one go? Incredibly compelling

[pulsar path]

I watch Roger naming laught tale like once a month cand can't help but tear up with he music playing 😭 as a kid i never stopped searching for the treasure!! Memories omg makes me cry

[dark nymph]

the breaks made it rough

[pulsar path]

"Laught tale"

[haughty saddle]

The Vega coffee for 2 months…

[alpine trench]

oh yeah this is next episode too

[haughty saddle]

2 months……

2 breaks…. 2 months of brewing that fucking coffee….

[pulsar path]

https://youtu.be/eISeERPgmZ4?si=sjN_KlLUe6Fx8dfr

[hot cairn]

it sucked weekly because of the many breaks we had

but it's a great moment in the series

[haughty saddle]

And because how the speech itself was delayed initially

It felt bad imo

Once we got rolling everything felt better

But then we had break weeks

[bleak plover]

I sometimes sing Memories when I'm alone. It's nice, comforting, and melancholic.

[haughty saddle]

All in one go, it feels awesome

[bleak plover]

I really hope it's used at the end.

[haughty saddle]

I have the second to most recent ED on my Spotify because it’s just a solid ass song

[distant vine]

Wow I've been with this series for at least eight years...

[pulsar path]

They better

[haughty saddle]

Muque is just that good

[alpine trench]

now that the endings are back

[dark nymph]

this was so peak both manga and anime

[haughty saddle]

The Chili Beans ending at the end of Wano was also a really good song

[hot cairn]

true

[pulsar path]

The lyrics are really interesting

[pulsar path]

I love it so much

[alpine trench]

we might just have a reprisal of the original memories ED like with the reprisal of we are for ep 1000

[indigo yacht]

that imu panel lowkey has the most detail we've seen on their face

[bleak plover]

You're never getting all that time back. My condolences.

[haughty saddle]

They reprised memories between Wano and Egghead, right?

After Chili Beans before the first Egghead ED

[alpine trench]

they played it during "roger laughed"

that's it

[distant vine]

Looking back, I probably could have saved a lot of pain just reading the manga

LMAO

[indigo yacht]

still waiting on those arc reviews

[bleak plover]

No, but they did bring Maki for another ED next to Us! in Egghead.

[hot cairn]

I'm always thankful that my first expirience with OP was the manga and not the anime

[haughty saddle]

Thattttts what I’m remembering

[pulsar path]

I think this is Nika or joy boy "If the world ever changes
Take me to myself that never knew a thing
Making sure that memories won't fade away"

[indigo yacht]

[alpine trench]

i will always love my binge of the anime

fuck all this noise

it was wonderful watching through the anime and not being spoiled at all

[dark nymph]

ong

when my attention span wasn't cooked so the pacing never bothered me until dressrosa when I caught up

[haughty saddle]

the early watercolor backgrounds that the anime used endeared me to it a lot when I was younger

[alpine trench]

i'm glad my attention span is still intact

[pulsar path]

Dressrossa just has bad pacing

[haughty saddle]

It had a certain vibe to it that was really something special

[alpine trench]

51 books #read this year

[distant vine]

The good news is that Im done reading Drum Island

[pulsar path]

Almost fell off at drum island cus the mangas weren't out in the us yet

[tranquil blade]

51?? Jeez I dont think I read more than 5 in a year

[alpine trench]

60 manga read too

i was a fiend this year

[prisma yacht]

Hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby

[dark nymph]

yeah it was rough, I caught up at the worst time period in the anime

[pulsar path]

Yeah lol I cought up on pink hazard but pink hazard was kinda fun week to week

[indigo yacht]

don't worry the average one piece fan reads less

[pulsar path]

Oh wait no I remember when I got all caught up in the anime it was around when they showed up in the fishman island

[prisma yacht]

I binged dressrosa it was a peak experience for me

[pulsar path]

I was reading punk and the anime was on fishmen

[distant vine]

I've been so focused on gaming I havent made time to read much.

[indigo osprey]

dressrosa is genuinely the 2nd best arc

[pulsar path]

I started reading manga again other than weeklys..making my way through zatch bell right now

[prisma yacht]

Yeah well it's up there

[bleak plover]

I haven't read a thing this year.

[pulsar path]

Sabo showing up made me BALL!

[indigo yacht]

every one piece arc be like: this is the worst arc i've read in my life the pacing is so slow Oda is washed

binges the arc this is the greatest arc of all time. I miss old piece. [new arc here] is the worst arc i've read in my life the pacing is so slow Oda is washed

[bleak plover]

I don't want to read digital though, and I'm still working the kinks out about potentially buying the apartment I'm living in, so I don't want to get ahead of myself and get a lot of stuff I'm gonna have to move eventually.

[indigo osprey]

frrr

[dark nymph]

that one video should be a command tbh

[pulsar path]

Yeah weekly kills the onepiece fan lol

[indigo yacht]

it is i just forget the command name

[pulsar path]

I started monthly so I was conditioned

[indigo yacht]

!arc

[shell scroll]

W restraint

[indigo yacht]

no idea

[shell scroll]

Does it?

[pulsar path]

It does

[shell scroll]

I’ve been weekly anime for 8 years

[bleak plover]

It took me 6 months to give in and finally buy a dining table set.

[pulsar path]

Every one always complains when they catch up

[indigo yacht]

weekly manga*

[pulsar path]

I was reading monthly USA tho 😂

[bleak plover]

I have been smoking and squatting in the living room all this time.

[shell scroll]

Are you correcting me?

[prisma yacht]

fuji's you must have a kind face strawhat
had me in tears

[prisma yacht]

not me

[pulsar path]

That is an amazing moment as well and Zoro cutting pica

[bleak plover]

I have been tearing up for a lot of stuff in OP lately.

[pulsar path]

I shouldn't say every one but alot of people always hate the first arc they catch up on

[prisma yacht]

Im super biased for one piece

[shell scroll]

I understand why but one piece isn’t supposed to be consumed like other media imo

[pulsar path]

I mean the amount of moments that's get me is crazy and omg Loki and Ida really hit me soooo hard 😭

[olive sigil]

I loved enies lobby

[prisma yacht]

What are u suggesting

[alpine trench]

"consumed"

[pine ridge]

really? shouldn't it be the opposite as once you catch up you get to participate in the community and have fun with theories and discussions

[prisma yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/kirby-hungry-famished-starving-eating-gif-17203120126493562641

Me consuming media

[pulsar path]

Well you just caught up at peak rock man! ( New Megaman announced in Japan he's known as rock man and you are the rock man 😎)

[bleak plover]

Consume.

https://tenor.com/view/ウマ娘-ヴィブロス-ワキワキ-サングラス-グラサン-gif-2254241277827564151

Consume it all.

[pulsar path]

Na binging one-piece is like the best experience you can have and although I love the community you get some negatives too with discussions 😂😂😂😂

[prisma yacht]

Pls my tummy is full

[bleak plover]

Until even the light departs from this barren land.

Annihilate all that is holy in the eyes of god and tear their authority down through the profane consumption of their mighty creation.

Leave not a trace of divinity behind and instead permeate the world with the foul slop of sin in your wake.

Consume.

[pulsar path]

Rpg plot

Kill God

[prisma yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/big-tummy-bonus-gif-15387768

[pine ridge]

ig the whole agenda piece thing also makes the community not as appealing

[mighty shell]

also the plot of the average kirby game

[prisma yacht]

Ihave consumed enough media now pls stop

[pulsar path]

Very true. Kirby is a god killer/eater

[bleak plover]

Kirby is the answer to the question "if god is so good why isn't there god 2?"

[haughty saddle]

Shonen Jump Year in review just dropped for everyone who has a Viz/Jump subscription!

[bleak plover]

I don't wanna be reminded of the mid I read this year (One Piece).

Actually I don't know what's new in Jump.

[haughty saddle]

OP hit #2 for me. I’m fake as hell.

[olive sigil]

I don’t know if I’d be here if I caught up an arc earlier

[runic dock]

My personal top 5 read on the app

[olive sigil]

Shame shame shame shame

[tranquil blade]

I'm seeing 2 sneaks but the rest are good

[runic dock]

One piece is that bad huh?

[prisma yacht]

Notice how there are only 4 shames

[runic dock]

Non shame must be for kagurabachi I assume

[tranquil blade]

Actually it's just 1 sneak

[olive sigil]

They’re all for Dan Dan Dan Dan

[prisma yacht]

Lmao

[olive sigil]

How do I see my top 5?

[haughty saddle]

I reread bleach this year entirely so it topped my charts

[runic dock]

I guess op is number 2 because I already read most chapters thru tcb

Otherwise it would be 1

[olive sigil]

This is quite sad

[haughty saddle]

Sanjuan shut the hell up lmfaooo

[olive sigil]

Woah

[runic dock]

I also read a lot of opm but not thru that site

[mighty shell]

this is so based

[olive sigil]

Stop using that type of language when you talk to me

[prisma yacht]

😭

[olive sigil]

This is the second time in 2 days

[haughty saddle]

Stop deserving it

I know man, you gotta bring it down a notch!!

[tranquil blade]

I miss when I used to throw out sakadays strays

[runic dock]

My overall manga read this year would probably be like OP number 1, the rest of that list , and then add kingdom and HxH and opm

[olive sigil]

I’ve always been respectful to you so please do the same

[haughty saddle]

wtf you want me reading Sanjuan? One Punch?? The Summer I turned pretty??? Rent a girlfriend???

[mighty shell]

i reread op this year so that's probably still my number one

[olive sigil]

I just want one piece to be top 1

And for you to be respectful towards me

[runic dock]

Blame tcb

Not us

[haughty saddle]

it’s light hearted man it ain’t like that lol

[olive sigil]

[tranquil blade]

Respect Sanjuan 💔 Respect Speed 💔

[runic dock]

W speed

[tranquil blade]

https://tenor.com/view/w-speed-ishowspeed-please-speed-i-need-this-my-mom-is-kind-of-homeless-speed-respect-gif-2468087313805501337

[bleak plover]

https://tenor.com/view/uma-uma-musume-buena-buena-vista-vista-gif-5556835289971138903

[haughty saddle]

sanjuan works 14 hours a day to put that food on my table and this is how I repay him

[bleak plover]

Don't fight frens.

[haughty saddle]

it’s an evil world….

[mighty shell]

has someone kirkified speed yet

[iron oriole]

All that matters

[tranquil blade]

Yeah

[haughty saddle]

Sorry I was busy reading a series with good paneling

Jk

[runic dock]

https://tenor.com/view/miyagi-karatekid-waxonwaxoff-gif-5350095930686779037

[haughty saddle]

The reread did massively weigh it to the top for me

I wish I knew what my 6th is

If it isn’t CSM I owe someone an apology

[iron oriole]

I've barely read manga this year tbh so OP easily takes up like 95% of it for me

[tranquil blade]

I've only read op demon slayer and like maybe one other manga

[haughty saddle]

I read like 8 ongoing series this year. Only one got axed. We take it as a W.

[tranquil blade]

This has been a bad year of reading for me

[mighty shell]

damn i really did not read manga this year i think iruma-kun was my second longest manga read this year and that's only 400 chapters or so

[brittle basin]

I've read, uh, One Piece this year. And a handful of JJK (regret). Maybe a couple chapters of Undead Unluck.

[iron oriole]

I only really keep up with OP & OPM

[pine ridge]

same

[mighty shell]

get on bachi

[iron oriole]

Kagurabachi?

I need to catch up on that at some point, got like 60+ chapters to read

[mighty shell]

kaguragoatchi

[haughty saddle]

OP, Bachi, Ruri, Akane Baneshi, Ichi, SakaDays, CSM, DDD, Kaedegami, Marshal King, Vinland Saga for me (and Modulo 🙄)

Dropped Marshal King, Kaedegamj got axed, and Vinland wrapped perfectly 💜

[pine ridge]

I only really started reading other mangas besides op like 4 months ago

op was my first and only manga for almost 2 years

[hazy turret]

https://tenor.com/view/drake-gif-6665374807950023687

My top 5 is
ONE PIECE
ONE PIECE
ONE PIECE
ONE PIECE
ONE PIECE

[wraith mantle]

Peak piece

[mighty shell]

still mad about kaedegami

it wasn't amazing but they could've let it cook

[haughty saddle]

It was bad bro. But, it had a fresh twist on a classic trope that I genuinely was excited to see play out.

But god, it was bad

[strong wadi]

I am free 🧘‍♂️

[mighty shell]

ok it was not bad it was mid at worst

i've seen some baaad out of shonen jump this year

[iron oriole]

Value yourself more smh

[haughty saddle]

Gorgon and Otr and Nice Prison and

[strong wadi]

Dw I already touched some grass today but it was 50F/10C so I went inside

[mighty shell]

nice prison might have the single worst first chapter shonen jump has ever published

[haughty saddle]

I wanna give Roboco a genuine shot but I usually hate comedy manga since it usually doesn’t translate well

[iron oriole]

I need to read Dandadan

The anime was great

[haughty saddle]

The manga is also incredible

Tatsu is a very very talented artist

[iron oriole]

Yeah a friend of mine reads it, he hypes it up

[haughty saddle]

Probably the best double spreads in any Jump manga that’s ongoing rn

[iron oriole]

Might take the time while i'm off work for christmas to read it

[haughty saddle]

Also insane fight choreography

And depiction of anatomy in fights

[runic dock]

All of this but it’s applied to Kagaurabachi right now

Everything you just said

[bleak plover]

Mid, should be Kagurabachi.

[haughty saddle]

I agree entirely

I will say

Tatsu’s depiction of anatomy is a hair above Hokazono’s

It’s insane how well he draws musculature in motion and impact

[iron oriole]

It'll be my best chance to read it, once i'm back in work i'll barely get a chance to again, only read during my breaks & for the past like 6 months i think i've had like 2

[runic dock]

That’s fair , they’ve also had more time to flex that muscle

[haughty saddle]

Yeah certainly

And KGB has much less dressed down characters to depict that with

As far as how well thought out the fights are, and how the motion of combat is portrayed, Hokazono’s probably the best in Jump atm

[runic dock]

Send in the KGB agents

https://tenor.com/view/russia-march-soldier-gif-18115796347065266849

[haughty saddle]

You, me, and Johto?

[bleak plover]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-hardy-the-drop-mo-too-ivebeenthere-me-gif-9348768

[haughty saddle]

There’s dozens of us

[hot cairn]

I tried reading Kagurabachi but the first two chapters were so boring

[fallen meteor]

I liked what I was reading but legit forgot I was reading so I stopped

[haughty saddle]

It’s forward momentum literally never stops once it starts improving is the thing

[olive sigil]

Now this is someone I can respect

[haughty saddle]

It is kinda boring on its face for the first 10-20 chapters. But then it hits a stride a bit and it’s like oh okay, that’s improved in like, real time. And then the following chapter is like oh, okay, this is even better.

Repeat that every single week since like, chapter 40, and it’s somehow still outdoing itself every week

[olive sigil]

How do I check my top 5?

[haughty saddle]

It’s in your email and on the homepage of the WSJ viz app

[olive sigil]

This one?

[haughty saddle]

Yez

[olive sigil]

Can you show me where in the app?

[haughty saddle]

When you open the app, you should get a pop up that’s like wanna see it?

That’s how I saw

[iron oriole]

Its sent to your email

[olive sigil]

It’s my friend’s email

[hot cairn]

this break week has been LONG

[olive sigil]

It ends soon

[dense haven]

you read the entirety of east blue you can do this

[brittle basin]

East Blue has Krieg. Sounds like a win in my book.

[olive sigil]

Oh I should go do my rankings for Baratie

[hot cairn]

east blue is actually a good prologue tho

[olive sigil]

Btw today is the final day if someone wants to join the one piece survivors game

[olive sigil]

You want in?

[hot cairn]

on what? if it's the OP survival game I thought I was in already

I'm on the list

[olive sigil]

Should I allow you to play?

[ashen perch]

If Luffy and crew manage to make it out of Egghead safe and sound...do you think they might go to...THAT island? I mean, I thought up a route for them that doesn't involve it but...I'm not sure I could stop Luffy, even if I wanted to.

this right? I dont think people need to take it seriously, I am sure Oda briefly thought about it while he was trying to collect all his ideas for the final saga during that month long break but then he changed his mind.

[hot cairn]

@pulsar path

[hot cairn]

wait why wouldnt I be allowed?

what did I do

[olive sigil]

Maybe too many people in the game

[hot cairn]

but why me?

[bleak plover]

It really does feel like a debut manga.

[olive sigil]

You don’t seem as interested in the game as others

[ashen perch]

Oda considering "hmm maybe I can end the series without doing Elbaf as a whole arc" is just him thinking efficiently for a bit because he wants to the end the series as soon as he can. Him ultimately deciding against it is the only thing that matters

[iron oriole]

Damn did i miss the survival games starting

[bleak plover]

The work improves because the mangaka is literally learning how to write it as he does.

[hot cairn]

exactly, he was just being cheeky

[olive sigil]

You can still join

[iron oriole]

[hot cairn]

what, but I'm the one who's always asking you about it

[iron oriole]

Where do i sign up

Do i need to give you my kidney

[hot cairn]

that decision guarantees that OP isnt ending anytime soon

[grand flower]

I doubt he was

I’m pretty sure the cheeky element here is that he’s saying the story wouldn’t be able to avoid Elbaph even if he tried or wanted to

0% chance Oda was ever considering skipping Elbaph’s

[shell scroll]

Some people like to watch shows intensely and critique it which is why I think people hate when they catch up, but when u watch something routinely it becomes comfortable and u just enjoy it

[olive sigil]

Fine you’re in

[haughty saddle]

Have you seen the comment made by the HxH mangaka about how Hokazono’s started implementing some drawing technique that has to do with perspective, and when he talked to Hokazono about it to praise him, Zono was like “Oh, is it? I just thought it looked good that way”

[grand flower]

It’s literally the first big arc/island ever hyped in the story

The longest running hype train

[haughty saddle]

He’s generational, Steph

[hot cairn]

yeah I dont get where does that idea come from

[grand flower]

Oda was never serious about skulking it

Skipping

[haughty saddle]

Genuinely a generational talent

[ashen perch]

I do doubt it too, but just saying that if he was considering it, it was a brief thing at best

[digital spear]

@haughty saddle @rokaya wanna watch fanletter?

[haughty saddle]

The answer is always yes

[stray prism]

rokaya is banned pog

[digital spear]

@grand flower its finally time

[grand flower]

I still haven’t seen it

[digital spear]

I just noticed you turned the share into Sharon youre genius

[grand flower]

They kept flaking on me

[grand flower]

It wasn’t my idea unfortunately

[olive sigil]

It was a genius idea

[haughty saddle]

It’s like the best piece of OP media ever made

It’s better than OP

[hazy turret]

When

[ashen perch]

With how the arc has played out honestly, it kinda is impossible to picture Oda skipping it, its clear that this is a major arc on par with the likes of Wano and Oda has been waiting for a long time to draw it.

[olive sigil]

It’s like the only one piece episode I’ve watched from beginning to end

[hot cairn]

I feel like he has some ideas on what he wants per arcs and elbaph has been floating around his mind for a while before even getting there

[haughty saddle]

The scoring is insanely good

The title track goes fucking nuts

[hot cairn]

exactly

[grand flower]

Typa blasphemy that would have got you stoned in a different time

[digital spear]

I dont know, I set the reminder as a joke a year ago when Shuron kept asking you both. But Shuron still hasnt seen it so

[hot cairn]

what elements about elbaph would make you think he didnt plan for it

[grand flower]

I been waiting on them

[olive sigil]

I don’t like anime in general. But I was forced to watch that one

[digital spear]

Dang they had you waiting for a YEAR

[grand flower]

Oh wrong reply

[hearty shore]

Is the fanletter special that good?

[grand flower]

Ikr

[olive sigil]

Oh I thought you were judging me for not liking anime

[stray prism]

its pretty nice

[grand flower]

Typa blasphemy that would have got you sacrificed in a different time

[ashen perch]

The way I see it, at worst, he had a plan for the arc and he tried to see if he can write his way around it without making it a full arc and just realized that its impossible. Thats all.

[grand flower]

Hell naw I hate the OP anime

[haughty saddle]

Things said by someone who’s never tried it

[olive sigil]

[haughty saddle]

“Okra shouldn’t be in gumbo” have a spoonful and say it again

[hazy turret]

I wonder if we can watch it in the server

[ashen perch]

Fan Letter IS actually that good

[digital spear]

For sure

[hazy turret]

Arsal can we?

[haughty saddle]

Ill take the ban for streaming it

💀

[hazy turret]

Let’s GOOOO

[ashen perch]

we do stream the episodes, it should be fine

[digital spear]

I dont think it would put anyone in trouble

[hot cairn]

exactly, this is it @pulsar path

[haughty saddle]

When are we doing this

[hazy turret]

Okay who wants to watch fan letter later

[ashen perch]

like I went in to watch it in a full cranky mood, thinking no way its that good and still thought it was THAT good

[haughty saddle]

I’m watching the CSM movie with friends tomorrow

[hot cairn]

I'm down

[hazy turret]

Is 6 or 7 hours from now good?

[bleak plover]

https://tenor.com/view/its-peak-its-peak-its-so-peak-uma-musume-gif-1991042725498184181

[haughty saddle]

Ma’am yes ma’am!!!!

[hazy turret]

Hell yeahhhh

[bleak plover]

Imagine being so good you impress Togashi by going through vibes alone.

[leaden rivet]

🧍

[bleak plover]

Is it a date?

[grand flower]

I hate okra

[haughty saddle]

Togashi, Oda, and Toriyama were the judges the year he won the Mangaka Awards with Enten iirc

That’s a fucking absurd lineup of talent

I don’t even like HxH but goddamn. Praise from 3 of the most talented people to ever be in your line of work.

[haughty saddle]

pussy

[tropic nova]

When are you down to watch (choose all that apply) Fan Letter today

1️⃣ in 3-4 hours

2️⃣ in 5-6 hours

3️⃣ in 6-7 hours

4️⃣ in 8-9 hours

rokaya · Dec 12, 2025, 7:17 PM

[grand flower]

You are what you

[haughty saddle]

you’re a dick too, dw

[hearty shore]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-67-scp-67-funyuns-funny-gif-75413186200073602

[ashen perch]

yeah I am not sure why people interpret that statement as "he wasnt going to do Elbaf at first", when at worst its "He utterly failed to proceed further in the story without doing Elbaf because it is that important"

[brittle basin]

I could stream Fan Letter for y'all. I won't. But I could.

[olive sigil]

Coming after me is ok but don’t be mean to Sharon

[haughty saddle]

Next you’re gonna tell me I have to play nice with Rokaya

[hazy turret]

You are evil, you have a heart full of darkness just like Ida

[olive sigil]

It’s ok with rokaya

[haughty saddle]

LMAO

[leaden rivet]

Rip ida

[hazy turret]

@grand flower I hate you

[brittle basin]

https://tenor.com/view/beaver-shock-shocked-surprised-drop-gif-12475524430757828058

[bleak plover]

Dang Rokaya ignored me.

It's T. M. Opera Over, chat.

[olive sigil]

Hi gle… WHO ALLOWED YOU TO SEND THAT GIF

[brittle basin]

I stole it fair and square!

[hazy turret]

It’s a group date

[brittle basin]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/164970986284777473/1118973870947450980/1118883755336151180.gif

[hazy turret]

The #also-manga polycule

[haughty saddle]

the also manga polycule is gathering

[tranquil blade]

Hi guys

[haughty saddle]

LMAO

[tranquil blade]

Okay

[bleak plover]

I'll take you on a date one day.

[haughty saddle]

Okay whatever Rokaya

[olive sigil]

Rip Stephy

[stray prism]

https://tenor.com/view/sombrero-simpsons-the-simpsons-bart-simpsons-hat-just-got-home-gif-16969004

[haughty saddle]

Don’t fucking snail me!!!!

[hazy turret]

Hi Avery

[grand flower]

What I do? ||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​|| _ _ _ _ _ _ @hazy turret

[hazy turret]

Shut up

[olive sigil]

Don’t be mean to Sharon

[grand flower]

??? ||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​|| _ _ _ _ _ _ @hazy turret

[pseudo gulch]

Who hurt you shuron

I will avenge you

[grand flower]

Rokaya

She’s being mean today

[pseudo gulch]

She's DONE

[hazy turret]

Once we figure out how to ban ghost pings…

[olive sigil]

And camsmas

[bleak plover]

https://tenor.com/view/change-da-world-frog-disappearing-peace-sign-gif-27285835

[pseudo gulch]

Just today?

[tranquil blade]

https://tenor.com/view/essica-monthly-seal-12th-gif-5751584908203366921

[grand flower]

You’re right

[hazy turret]

Evil….

[tranquil blade]

What's this talk about a polycule I've been hearing

[haughty saddle]

I never thought I’d die fighting side by side with Roland Kayak…

[grand flower]

This punishment is years in the making

[olive sigil]

Classic johto

[tranquil blade]

NOT EVIL!!

[grand flower]

https://tenor.com/view/monster-versus-vs-alien-monster-vs-alien-gif-16037253809360562033

[digital spear]

Finally I see one of these gifs on the right day

[pseudo gulch]

Is that her full name

[haughty saddle]

Yeah, Roland Kayak

[bleak plover]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitty-post-this-cat-16-gif-4627200050814604888

[pseudo gulch]

I'd turn the brightness up a little bit more

[grand flower]

You’ll never succeed

[mighty shell]

which greek hero is polycules and why do i keep seeing him

[haughty saddle]

Did you know Buffy’s full name is Queen Buffalo Sauce

[hazy turret]

When bro wants to join the polycule but is nonchalant 😭🥀

[olive sigil]

Is your full name Joao tomato?

[digital spear]

Greek heroes would be in polycules

[mighty shell]

well yes they would but who is he

[grand flower]

Cam is short for “I like some of the Gaga songs what the fuck does she know about cameras”

[hot cairn]

what about me?

[haughty saddle]

Yeah because they have no morals

[hazy turret]

Stop doxxing me

[pseudo gulch]

That's my portuguese cousin's name

[tranquil blade]

Okay

[digital spear]

Ancient greece invented polycules (I have no idea if this is true)

[tranquil blade]

Stop that

[olive sigil]

You think I’m going to believe you’re cousins with Joao Felix

[grand flower]

Probably

[pseudo gulch]

That's my nephew

[tranquil blade]

Idk I feel like it goes back to like neolithic times

[grand flower]

Greeks were some freaky fucks

[haughty saddle]

They were just called immediate families back then

[olive sigil]

What’s a polycule?

[grand flower]

You stop that

[grand flower]

A relationship with features

[haughty saddle]

Then we conquered them and they started doing it with people they weren’t related to

[mighty shell]

grug think grugina and gorg both hot what grug do :(

[grand flower]

Guest appearances

[haughty saddle]

🥁

[hazy turret]

Relationship dlc

[bleak plover]

tfw I'll never be in a Greek hero polycule that meets their tragic demise one by one in their brobdingnagian quest to save the world from eternal damnation
why live

[tranquil blade]

This definitely happened too

[olive sigil]

Like scooper and Ripley?

[grand flower]

I wanted dragon, Kuma and Ginny to be a polycule

[bleak plover]

I'll take you on a date too.

[digital spear]

this happened to my buddy grug

[pseudo gulch]

What are you trying to say

[grand flower]

Scopper doesn’t seem to step out these days

[olive sigil]

But she does

[grand flower]

She does?

[hot cairn]

[grand flower]

Well that’s more an open relationship

[haughty saddle]

Unless Gaban… you know…

[mighty shell]

grug think relationship boundaries more complex than the heteronormative nuclear family

[tranquil blade]

Gaban is not a cuck

[grand flower]

A polycule would be if Gaban and Ripley have a partner they both share

[hazy turret]

Why is every caveman in the mainstream named grug

[pine ridge]

a type of math expression

[grand flower]

Cuck is bastardized tbh

[haughty saddle]

I’m not saying that

[grand flower]

Cuck means you don’t know your partner is stepping out

[haughty saddle]

Nevermind

[grand flower]

Or they’re stepping out against your wishes

[hazy turret]

Bro is defending cuck honor

[pseudo gulch]

grug has some very interesting and complex thoughts

[hazy turret]

Stolen cuck valor 😭

[grand flower]

It’s not cuckint if youre into it

[grand flower]

Tbh naw

[digital spear]

What is it then

[grand flower]

Except for women

For women it’s okay

[digital spear]

Oh okay

[grand flower]

If you’re a man and you’re a cuck, end it all

[hazy turret]

This conversation has gone off the deep end

[pseudo gulch]

Isn't a cuck someone who likes to see their partner having intercourse with other people

[grand flower]

Unless I’m the one doint it

[hazy turret]

We gotta reel it back in

[grand flower]

Then you just deserve it

[mighty shell]

no no you're think of a polynomial. a polycule is that one cyclops from the odyssey

[haughty saddle]

Isn’t it explicitly that if you DO enjoy it

[hazy turret]

Nah nah nah

[pseudo gulch]

Break week

[grand flower]

Nope!

That’s what it’s become

[digital spear]

Shuron just thinking loud atp

[ashen perch]

so uh what is going on

[hazy turret]

ENOUGH CUCK TALK

[pseudo gulch]

Are you the cuck connisseur

[haughty saddle]

Break week!!!

[grand flower]

But it’s supposed to mean someone who’s being cheated on

[vestal mural]

[pseudo gulch]

We got the cuck council over here

[grand flower]

I’ve been known to cuck

[digital spear]

The fact this has to be said

[ashen perch]

One Piece One Piece One Piece One Piece One Piece One Piece One Piece One Piece

dont we love One Piece folks

[grand flower]

That’s true

[vestal mural]

You should do a better job as a mod

[haughty saddle]

Otherwise you’re just a victim dawg

[pseudo gulch]

Yeah same cam

[digital spear]

I love it more when someone else reads One Piece in front of me tbh

[ashen perch]

we're almost there yknow

[tranquil blade]

I blame Sanjuan for this

[grand flower]

Idk about them things tbh

[ashen perch]

the break week is almost over

[grand flower]

I just make em

[ashen perch]

you guys dont have to do this

[vestal mural]

Tell these fuckers to move on from cuck talk or you’ll ban them

[olive sigil]

What did I do?

[ashen perch]

you really really dont have to do this now, just wait a few days

the chapter will come

[pseudo gulch]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-gif-2583399619372591816

[haughty saddle]

Okay fine, monkeys paw curls, we’re back to fucking Xebec discourse

[tranquil blade]

Talking about Gaban's wife stepping out you know what you did

[grand flower]

Arsal didjt even try to stop me in action

[mighty shell]

we're back to WHAT

[latent hamlet]

Rocks beating children discussion lets goooo

[olive sigil]

I’m not allowed to say what happens in the story?

[grand flower]

He won’t stop us now