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Waiting for Luffy to punch the poo poo out of a Gorosei.
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Nodosaur posted:Luffy punching Charlos may be the most satisfying moment in the manga thus far. Hell yeah man.
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Oct 6, 2023 18:28
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ChaseSP posted:Waiting for Luffy to punch the poo poo out of a Gorosei.
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Oct 6, 2023 18:31
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Nodosaur posted:Luffy punching Charlos may be the most satisfying moment in the manga. Almost, at least.
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Oct 6, 2023 18:32
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Nodosaur posted:Luffy punching Charlos may be the most satisfying moment in the manga thus far. It’s probably my favorite Luffy Punch, but don’t worry there’s tons more good ones ahead of you Edit watch the anime scene for it https://youtu.be/IX2EfnTc_Eg?si=r3UwCEukeg303CjA
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Oct 6, 2023 18:36
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Wii Spawn Camper posted:It’s probably my favorite Luffy Punch, but don’t worry there’s tons more good ones ahead of you Hm. I like the build up, but I also liked how sudden it was in the manga. Both are good in different ways.
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Oct 6, 2023 18:48
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I think the reason it works so well even in retrospect is he does the brave thing and everyone panics and there are immediate insane consequences. I never really cared all that much about the EL flag burning because it didnt actually change anything.
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Oct 6, 2023 18:53
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Nodosaur posted:Hm. I like the build up, but I also liked how sudden it was in the manga. Both are good in different ways. A victim of the anime pacing unfortunately, for future viewings just skip right to the punch
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Oct 6, 2023 18:55
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Nodosaur posted:Luffy punching Charlos may be the most satisfying moment in the manga thus far. 
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Oct 6, 2023 19:01
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Nodosaur posted:Hm. I like the build up, but I also liked how sudden it was in the manga. Both are good in different ways. the anime is always stretching out luffys punches so the impact lasts like ten seconds. the windup and ghe follow through can be long but the impact should always be sudden. its frustrating
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Oct 6, 2023 19:36
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scary ghost dog posted:the anime is always stretching out luffys punches so the impact lasts like ten seconds. the windup and ghe follow through can be long but the impact should always be sudden. its frustrating The anime's portrayal of Luffy's punches and kicks runs into a weird problem where it looks like Luffy is always giving his opponents openings that they aren't taking. Though really this is just part of the way action scenes in anime directly adapted from manga are; you can't take the passage of time too literally.
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Oct 6, 2023 19:49
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The decisive punches turning into episode-long beam battles is one of the anime's worst transgressions
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Oct 6, 2023 21:00
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No Wave posted:I think the reason it works so well even in retrospect is he does the brave thing and everyone panics and there are immediate insane consequences. I never really cared all that much about the EL flag burning because it didnt actually change anything. Honestly, I always forget about burning the flag. It's just some action that flips the switch so Robin can believe in friendship. In the greater context though it makes no sense. Pirates are already enemies of the world government, and ones that get nearly every bounty increase because of loving with some Marine or The WG's system are even more so. Simply by breaking into Enies Lobby, Luffy and the Crew have proven that they won't betray her.
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Oct 6, 2023 22:42
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scary ghost dog posted:the anime is always stretching out luffys punches so the impact lasts like ten seconds. the windup and ghe follow through can be long but the impact should always be sudden. its frustrating Always reminded of the egregious back and forth between Luffy/Doffy at the climax of that fight, but I did feel like they really nailed it with Luffy/Katakuri.
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Oct 6, 2023 23:12
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rewatching the mihawk scenes from the live action and on first watch i was too shocked to notice this: when we first see him on the baratie, mihawk perks up slightly when usopp mentions luffy, then immediately asks about him. he was just chilling with usopp at the bar having a conversation before that lmao
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Oct 6, 2023 23:38
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Wii Spawn Camper posted:It’s probably my favorite Luffy Punch, but don’t worry there’s tons more good ones ahead of you Punching Bellamy for the first time is my personal favorite (second is good but tragic)
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Oct 7, 2023 00:35
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Hear me out here. Hear me out for a minute. Nurturer's Haki. You are forever locked out of overriding the will of other people for the sake of your own ambition (no conqueror's haki), but you can bolster them to follow their own dreams, and can heal others. Sanji Has it. Brook has it. Portgas D. Rouge had it. Chopper never gets it because lol. Desumaytah fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Oct 7, 2023 |
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Oct 7, 2023 00:35
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Oct 7, 2023 00:48
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wow is right. I'm bad at this.
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Oct 7, 2023 01:04
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I'll forever love that from Law's point of view, Luffy gatecrashes the slaver's auction, frees a mermaid, and punches out a Celestial Dragon. This is AFTER Law has probably already heard about Luffy assaulting Enies Lobby and declaring war on the World Government. Next thing he knows, Luffy disappears for two years and then shows up on Punk Hazard right in the heart of the scientific force being used by Doflamingo to maintain a relationship/protective status from Kaido. CLEARLY this Luffy is a strategist, a disrupter, somebody who can read the scene and with surgical precision tear it all apart. THIS is a guy he can consider an equal, and it is better to have him as a temporary ally before their inevitable rivalry as they both aim for the same top dog status in the world. 30 seconds later, he's got Chopper tied to his head and Luffy is openly declaring their strategy/plans down a random Den Den Mushi he got his hands on.  scary ghost dog posted:rewatching the mihawk scenes from the live action and on first watch i was too shocked to notice this: when we first see him on the baratie, mihawk perks up slightly when usopp mentions luffy, then immediately asks about him. he was just chilling with usopp at the bar having a conversation before that lmao That's loving awesome 
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Oct 7, 2023 01:15
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One of my favorite things about One Piece's power scaling is that it does a good job of making you look back on moments and realize that a super impressive thing was a character not even trying. It's clear as we go on that Mihawk and the Admirals are probably on Four-Emperors-level power, but we've only seen them barely trying in the grand scheme of things. At the same time, we've also seen how similar ranks don't mean similar abilities, as the Seven Warlords were of vastly different capabilities.
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Oct 7, 2023 01:36
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*gets to the end of the second Kuma fight in Sabaody* Well. gently caress.
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Oct 7, 2023 01:47
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Oct 7, 2023 02:11
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Nodosaur posted:*gets to the end of the second Kuma fight in Sabaody*
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Oct 7, 2023 02:17
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Jerusalem posted:I'll forever love that from Law's point of view, Luffy gatecrashes the slaver's auction, frees a mermaid, and punches out a Celestial Dragon. This is AFTER Law has probably already heard about Luffy assaulting Enies Lobby and declaring war on the World Government. Next thing he knows, Luffy disappears for two years and then shows up on Punk Hazard right in the heart of the scientific force being used by Doflamingo to maintain a relationship/protective status from Kaido. CLEARLY this Luffy is a strategist, a disrupter, somebody who can read the scene and with surgical precision tear it all apart. THIS is a guy he can consider an equal, and it is better to have him as a temporary ally before their inevitable rivalry as they both aim for the same top dog status in the world. Law and Kidd definitely know about Luffy, I think Kidd even remarks "this guy is just as crazy as the rumors say!" after he punches out a Celestial Dragon and getting to see him go wild is the main reason they aren't even pissed that he just brought down an admiral on their head. One correction tho: Law is still chilling at Sabaody when the Summit War was going on and decides to head over there (presumably to help against the marines?) and is the one who rescues the unconscious Luffy and treats him then takes him to Amazon Lily. So actually more than any of the other supernovas he probably had a bit of inside info to know that Luffy was going to lay low with Raleigh for awhile, while the rest are just baffled that this guy was last seen hanging out with Dark King Rayleigh then vanished from the news for 2 full years. (but still, based on the allies that he headed into Marineford with, surviving the war and being connected to all these insanely powerful people, it was still probably a big turnaround to realize Luffy is largely an idiot who is winging it all the time)
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Oct 7, 2023 02:28
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Guy A. Person posted:One correction tho: Law is still chilling at Sabaody when the Summit War was going on and decides to head over there (presumably to help against the marines?) and is the one who rescues the unconscious Luffy and treats him then takes him to Amazon Lily. So actually more than any of the other supernovas he probably had a bit of inside info to know that Luffy was going to lay low with Raleigh for awhile, while the rest are just baffled that this guy was last seen hanging out with Dark King Rayleigh then vanished from the news for 2 full years. Oh yeah, I did straight up forget that Law is there at the end of Marineford. Though again it probably plays into him thinking Luffy is a bit more of a planner than he is, given Luffy institutes a prison breakout and is apparently working on the level of some of the heaviest hitters in the One Piece world. Guy A. Person posted:(but still, based on the allies that he headed into Marineford with, surviving the war and being connected to all these insanely powerful people, it was still probably a big turnaround to realize Luffy is largely an idiot who is winging it all the time) Yep! And God it's loving hilarious when it really sinks in for him that Luffy's a gigantic (beautiful) moron.
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Oct 7, 2023 03:54
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Nodosaur posted:*gets to the end of the second Kuma fight in Sabaody* The end, no moral.
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Oct 7, 2023 04:04
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No Wave posted:Enjoy the next fifty chapters, because you'll never read them for the first time again! I wish I could experience it for the first time all over again. What a crazy ride that was
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Oct 7, 2023 05:12
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Impel Down was such a goddamn awesome arc and I hope we see Magellan again now that someone with demon horns that aren't glued on has shown up.
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Oct 7, 2023 06:21
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Hiro Protagonist posted:One of my favorite things about One Piece's power scaling is that it does a good job of making you look back on moments and realize that a super impressive thing was a character not even trying. It's clear as we go on that Mihawk and the Admirals are probably on Four-Emperors-level power, but we've only seen them barely trying in the grand scheme of things. At the same time, we've also seen how similar ranks don't mean similar abilities, as the Seven Warlords were of vastly different capabilities. Absolutely. Will continue to attest that OP's greatest strength is that it sets it's power scale early with Mihawk and has deviated surprisingly little since then! Actual rankings are ultimately dumb as hell, but by establishing a ceiling early on, Oda's managed to really make every development feel like progress. Re-read Sabody and Marineford, and you have the Admiral's only being actually matched by Whitebead's captains and circumstance. Kizaru is playing with toys in his first appearance, until he's going against Roger's first mate. Whitebeard gets to show his poo poo, but is immediately called out by multiple characters as suffering from being old and sickness as to why he's taking so many hits. & Luffy only does as well as he does because of all the assists he gets. It's remarkable, and unparalleled in a comic series for my money. Nodosaur posted:*gets to the end of the second Kuma fight in Sabaody* You're on the freefall my man. So excited for the next few days of you reading this.
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Oct 7, 2023 09:01
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Nodosaur posted:*gets to the end of the second Kuma fight in Sabaody* That was the then current chapter when I decided to see what this One Piece thingy was about, and I immediately stopped everything to read from the start. Even without context it was clearly a bold story choice.
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Oct 7, 2023 11:06
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:That was the then current chapter when I decided to see what this One Piece thingy was about, and I immediately stopped everything to read from the start. Even without context it was clearly a bold story choice. Spoilers for first timers: making the choice to have the crew separated from each other for two years of the manga’s run, so that the protagonist can risk life and limb, ad generally get put through the wringer, only for him to fail at the finish line, is probably one of the most ballsey things any shonen author has done.
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Oct 7, 2023 11:45
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Jerusalem posted:I'll forever love that from Law's point of view, Luffy gatecrashes the slaver's auction, frees a mermaid, and punches out a Celestial Dragon. This is AFTER Law has probably already heard about Luffy assaulting Enies Lobby and declaring war on the World Government. Next thing he knows, Luffy disappears for two years and then shows up on Punk Hazard right in the heart of the scientific force being used by Doflamingo to maintain a relationship/protective status from Kaido. CLEARLY this Luffy is a strategist, a disrupter, somebody who can read the scene and with surgical precision tear it all apart. THIS is a guy he can consider an equal, and it is better to have him as a temporary ally before their inevitable rivalry as they both aim for the same top dog status in the world. Jimbei had a similar thing where he pretty much only saw Luffy through the lens of a guy going against all odds to save his brother, and only realizes how loving stupid Luffy is after the events of Fishman Island is over. And he still doesn't understand that it's not just Luffy, it's Zoro too, cause in Wano he lets Zoro go after Luffy cause he thinks, "Yeah, Zoro can probably keep Luffy in line" not understanding the Zoro is the second dumbest member of the crew.
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I think in the second instance it was an aggressively stupid move because really, you’re sending Zoro to find someone? Mr “I literally got lost walking in a straight line once” Bushido? But also it ended up being dumb because Zoro ended up finding Luffy and just telling him “drat those fuckers wasted the red bean soup? You’re right Luffy they need to die”
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Oct 7, 2023 12:18
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Zoro being 110% ride or die with Luffy is easily his best character trait imo.
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Oct 7, 2023 12:36
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Jimbei had a similar thing where he pretty much only saw Luffy through the lens of a guy going against all odds to save his brother, and only realizes how loving stupid Luffy is after the events of Fishman Island is over. This in turn reminds me of Zou, before Jimbei had joined, and you get the "adults" of the Straw Hats sitting up to wait for Kinemon, Raizou and Kanjuro to make the climb, because it's important they warn them not to make themselves known to the inhabitants. They all congratulate each other on being the reliable, sensible ones of the groups... then all fall asleep and completely gently caress up the one job they were trying to do 
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Oct 7, 2023 12:37
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Jerusalem posted:This in turn reminds me of Zou, before Jimbei had joined, and you get the "adults" of the Straw Hats sitting up to wait for Kinemon, Raizou and Kanjuro to make the climb, because it's important they warn them not to make themselves known to the inhabitants. They all congratulate each other on being the reliable, sensible ones of the groups... then all fall asleep and completely gently caress up the one job they were trying to do Yeah that was a cute moment too.
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Oct 7, 2023 12:44
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The only person in the entire run of the manga who has managed to reign Luffy in was Vivi. Everyone else has at one point or another spectacularly failed at being the adult in the room. Like, remember when Sanji and Nami specifically went with Luffy to check his crazy, and he still asked the Skeleton Man to join the crew? The only difference between sending Zoro or Chopper after Luffy, aside from one of them actually finding him, is that Zoro is the one guy even more likely than Luffy to get into a fight. Admittedly there's a pretty good chance that Robin could actually get him to listen, but Robin has never shown any inclination that she'd want to try.
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Oct 7, 2023 13:28
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Hiro Protagonist posted:One of my favorite things about One Piece's power scaling is that it does a good job of making you look back on moments and realize that a super impressive thing was a character not even trying. It's clear as we go on that Mihawk and the Admirals are probably on Four-Emperors-level power, but we've only seen them barely trying in the grand scheme of things. At the same time, we've also seen how similar ranks don't mean similar abilities, as the Seven Warlords were of vastly different capabilities. Mifraud is NOT on Yonko level and only demonstrated his power against absolute fodder and struggled against a subordinate of Whitebeard's who might not even be on his top 5
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I’m flattered y’all are so invested in my read through
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