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I really liked Kuro, because his fight was situated in such a way that Cat out of the Bag looks really loving radical when he starts tearing up the shore side with his claws. He also just did not give a drat after a certain point and just wantonly killed his own men, it was pretty stellar.
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Baal posted:I really liked Kuro, because his fight was situated in such a way that Cat out of the Bag looks really loving radical when he starts tearing up the shore side with his claws. He also just did not give a drat after a certain point and just wantonly killed his own men, it was pretty stellar. it was a cool fight because it was sort of like an allusion to how fast people could get, and proved that zipping around like a shithead was possible, but he just wasnt good enough to have complete control over it
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I'd also say one of Kuro's strengths is that he poses the first real "Serious" threat in the story. Morgan's physically imposing but not much to write home about, Buggy's a buffoon, and people forget Alvida exists. Then Kuro shows up calm and collected with murder on his mind and everyone on his hit list. Also, this is a little thing, but I really liked the weird way he pushed up his glasses. Having a character constantly adjusting their glasses is such a well-worn trait in Japanese comics and animation that it's almost invisible, even when you do it the way Kuro does. Even with the reveal it still just seems like an odd quirk of his until he puts on the gloves and then it all clicks.
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Sep 22, 2015 00:50
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that was the first moment where you could tell oda put more thought into his characters and their motivations than like, any other shounen author
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Sep 22, 2015 00:51
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Kuro was such a good fuckin villain and then Arlong happened and it was just kept getting better.
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anime was right posted:that was the first moment where you could tell oda put more thought into his characters and their motivations than like, any other shounen author I get what you're saying though. Amongst his immediate peers it isn't even a contest.
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Bad Seafood posted:I'd also say one of Kuro's strengths is that he poses the first real "Serious" threat in the story. Morgan's physically imposing but not much to write home about, Buggy's a buffoon, and people forget Alvida exists. Then Kuro shows up calm and collected with murder on his mind and everyone on his hit list. Kuro is arguably the scariest character in the whole series ignoring scale of threat and abilities. Being the only guy without a comedic quirk must have something to do with it. The balls on Usopp to stand up to him alone must be huge. anime was right posted:that was the first moment where you could tell oda put more thought into his characters and their motivations than like, any other shounen author Yeah the other big 3 just have generic overpowered crazy mans. Baal posted:Kuro was such a good fuckin villain and then Arlong happened and it was just kept getting better. When Luffy breaks his nose 
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Kuro and his fight with Luffy was cool as poo poo. Luffy stopping Kuro by ripping up a huge rock was great. However, I despise the name "Cat out of the Bag Attack." I mean, "Death Scoop" isn't much better, but the former is just exceedingly lame. Probably worse since it ties it to the 4kids dub too.
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Idk, Cat Out of the Bag always felt One Piece enough to me. It's not a particularly threatening name but neither is Black Cat Pirates and that's why Kuro is really great. Amorphous Blob posted:Kuro is arguably the scariest character in the whole series ignoring scale of threat and abilities. Being the only guy without a comedic quirk must have something to do with it. God, I love East Blue so much. It is still one of my favorite parts of the series only beaten by like Alabasta and CP9.
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i hope kuro comes back but only as a subordinate under buggy and hes very angry about it and is plotting to steal all of buggys money but is a failure at that too theres my one piece fanfic for the week
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Oda decides to run with a Where Are They Now cover arc for everybody in East Blue and Kuro opens a barber shop. His first customer is that guy with the afro who got stuck in a treasure chest.
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TheFallenEvincar posted:These are clearly terrible scans, but if it's even close to the kernel of truth of the original then uhhhhhhhhh I don't have my manga copy to hand, but basically Ussop is just talking about Afros in reference to some old famous Japanese boxer. There's no racial element at all and that "power of the blacks" thing is just some loving bizarre-rear end fan translation thing.
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I mean, Killer Bee is better than this
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I hope the next arc involves Luffy fighting on a loving boat. I miss when water was a threat.
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Baal posted:end of the day the new big character they introduce just ends up being kind of flat. You all there chief? Cuz she aint.
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Veskit posted:I hope the next arc involves Luffy fighting on a loving boat. I miss when water was a threat. You mean like during the Fishmen Island arc? Where he was literally surrounded by water.
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I never liked all any of the peril with water at the beginning. Luffy's getting his dick stuck under a rock in a pool at Arlong Park reminded me too much of Superman and kryptonite
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Rigged Death Trap posted:You all there chief? How? KoB posted:You mean like during the Fishmen Island arc? Where he was literally surrounded by water. Oh man, I forgot that the water was more of a threat than the actual villains of Fishman Island.
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Prison Warden posted:I don't have my manga copy to hand, but basically Ussop is just talking about Afros in reference to some old famous Japanese boxer. There's no racial element at all and that "power of the blacks" thing is just some loving bizarre-rear end fan translation thing. Yeah. It's literally in reference to this dude and has absolutely nothing to do with black people. The scanlator was racist, not Oda.  I Love Annie May posted:I still can't believe they made you a mod.
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Baal posted:How?  I like Boa's haughtiness and it's a shame she became just another Luffy groupie.
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Prison Warden posted:I don't have my manga copy to hand, but basically Ussop is just talking about Afros in reference to some old famous Japanese boxer. There's no racial element at all and that "power of the blacks" thing is just some loving bizarre-rear end fan translation thing. i don't have the raws but i think they translated "afros" as "blacks"
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Amorphous Blob posted:
I agree and I really liked her design too.
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Amorphous Blob posted:Bobobo should be in OP.
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that guy wasn't wrong about the whole afro thing though.
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Baal posted:I agree and I really liked her design too. same TheKingofSprings fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Sep 22, 2015 |
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KoB posted:You mean like during the Fishmen Island arc? Where he was literally surrounded by water. He had bubbles, and wasn't on a boat the water was never a real threat. He owned Hodi through the loving water itself.
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anime was right posted:that was the first moment where you could tell oda put more thought into his characters and their motivations than like, any other shounen author Togashi does similar stuff when he actually sits down and draws stuff. I personally think those two are the best authors Shonen Jump have and I personally find it very interesting how they're basically the opposite of each other in terms of work ethic with one basically working himself into an early grave and the other coming out of hibernation every couple of years to put out a couple of amazing chapters and then making you wait even longer to get more ( you know if Togashis not sick or whatever, I don't even know why the reasons behind the hiatuses are kept so strictly under wraps).
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Luffy marching straight up to Arlong who he's never even seen before and decking him in the face without a word of explanation is the most satisfying thing.
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Asuron posted:(you know if Togashis not sick or whatever, I don't even know why the reasons behind the hiatuses are kept so strictly under wraps). I'm still amazed that in this day and age of leaks, no one knows whether Togashi is sick or not, and why he can get away with these ridiculous hiatuses.
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I think it's harder to get inside info from the manga industry because it seems more secretive and well-kept in general for whatever reason
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 I used to say the fights in One Piece didn't do much for me, but for the life of me I can't think why. I mean, I always thought Zoro's were kinda lame and that's still true, but otherwise this has been a pretty sweet trip.
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Zoro has some pretty cool moments coming up like Whiskey Peak and Mr 1's fight. But yeah his fights generally don't do it for me either. He always has to be handicapped in some way for the fight to even be considered even. It's kinda why I like Skypiea so much, he gets interesting fights with both the Ohm and Braham. In fact most of the fights in that arc are pretty entertaining. Hell even Eneru vs Luffy which you'd think would be completely predictable in how it plays out is actually pretty interesting because Eneru retains the advantage with Haki and because Luffy can't actually grab the weapon to close in and land the blow.
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Captain Invictus posted:Thanks for your drive-by snipe without contributing a single thing you worthless poo poo I aim to please. 
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Since this is by far the worst OP thread I've read so far, I gotta ask: What's the general thread consensus on D standing for Devil or some in-universe equivalent? Seems p. likely, IMO.
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Bad Seafood posted:
i got into one piece just a little bit after the naruto timeskip i think, which would be the peak of that series imo. there was actually a point where i thought naurto was really cool and one piece was another thing worth looking into. though tbf the first shonen jump issue i read had the naruto scene where kakashi shows off copy poo poo for the first time and then chakra training, and then the one piece chapter was the beginning of an arc so of course 12 y/o me thought naruto was cool for big battles or w/e quakster posted:Since this is by far the worst OP thread I've read so far, I gotta ask: What's the general thread consensus on D standing for Devil or some in-universe equivalent? Seems p. likely, IMO. Joyboy's gonna turn out to be the captain of the Devil Pirates or some poo poo
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One thing I do wish is that the payoff for the series big secrets like will of d, void century, joyboy, etc was a bit more paced throughout. I get it's mostly end game stuff but it'd be really cool to definitively learn things in the build up!
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tbp posted:One thing I do wish is that the payoff for the series big secrets like will of d, void century, joyboy, etc was a bit more paced throughout. I get it's mostly end game stuff but it'd be really cool to definitively learn things in the build up! Yeah stuff like devil fruit origins should've been known already imo.
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Asuron posted:Zoro has some pretty cool moments coming up like Whiskey Peak and Mr 1's fight. But yeah his fights generally don't do it for me either. He always has to be handicapped in some way for the fight to even be considered even. Bad Seafood posted:I mean, I always thought Zoro's were kinda lame and that's still true, but otherwise this has been a pretty sweet trip. Idk, I always liked Zoro fights. He does have to be handicapped but it leads to fun stuff, imo. I really like the Mr. 1 fight where he to be in tune with steel to cut it, the Ohm fight on skypiea was fantastic and a fight that used geography and the ruins in cool ways, the Kaku fight was also a ton of fun too I felt thanks in part to the Sniper King sword. Zoro fights are pretty simple, but I still think they're really neat for the most part. Wish there were more Usopp fights though, he's like Macguyver with his fights and it's great.
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zoro is on par with luffy and has been through most of the series. thats why he has to be handicapped if he isnt fighting luffy level opps.
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