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Post by Kamina on Aug 6, 2009 1:29:16 GMT -5
Alright, so I want to know why this thread doesn't already exist. Seriously, One Piece is awesome! In my opinion, it's better than Naruto and Bleach combined, although I'm a fan for both of the others.
For those of you who don't know (although I don't know why you wouldn't), One Piece is a Shonen manga/anime about a pirate, named Monkey D. Luffy, and his ever-growing crew, who wants to reach One Piece (the treasure at the end of the Grand Line). Luffy ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi (Rubber Rubber Fruit) and is made of rubber. He's the kinda guy who's naive, gullible, and just silly, but can turn serious in a flash when the situation calls for it. The manga has been going on since 1997 (I think), and is still ongoing. In other words, it's been going on for about 11 years (was released in December of '97 I think), and is long.
But it's definitely worth your time reading/watching all of it! It's unpredictable for the most part (no one ever dies, so that's predictable), and is bound to keep you on your toes. My One Piece-maniac friend got me into it last summer, and I've been a fan ever since!
(For those of you curious, 4Kids butchered the anime in the beginning. It was later saved by Funimation, thank goodness. If you're really curious, you could probably Google it or look up videos on Youtube.)
So after I caught up with the anime, I talked to my friend a bit, and she helped me find what chapter I was on in the manga. I instantly started reading and caught up to the latest chapter, awaiting the next one (they come out every Friday).
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Post by Fay on Aug 6, 2009 14:54:19 GMT -5
Alright, so I want to know why this thread doesn't already exist. Seriously, One Piece is awesome! In my opinion, it's better than Naruto and Bleach combined, although I'm a fan for both of the others. lol. I love One Piece and was actually thinking about making this thread. Thanks, you saved me from the extra work. And I also, too, like it better than Naruto and Bleach. I'm not sure how good both of them combined would be but.......yeah. But it's definitely worth your time reading/watching all of it! It's unpredictable for the most part (no one ever dies, so that's predictable), and is bound to keep you on your toes. My One Piece-maniac friend got me into it last summer, and I've been a fan ever since! Well, some people do die. But they usually aren't anyone important. But I think even Bleach has a bigger death count than One Piece. So after I caught up with the anime, I talked to my friend a bit, and she helped me find what chapter I was on in the manga. I instantly started reading and caught up to the latest chapter, awaiting the next one (they come out every Friday). I actually started out reading the manga, I've watched a couple episodes of the anime but I'm not sure if I'll ever watch it all the way through. Okay, so One Piece is my 4th favorite manga of all time. Here's a few reasons: 1.) I love pirates. Even though these pirates are kind of "weird" compared to the norm, I still like the concept. 2.) The characters are all different and very "unique," I guess. 3.) The story telling arcs: There's lots of them and it truly lives up to it's genre as an adventure manga. Pretty epic also. 4.) And last but not least: All the different variety of powers. It's truly astounding. Seriously. Oda finds a way to make a power out of everything and makes it go together so nicely. A power out of soap? And look at how far Luffy took his rubber powers. And even though a lot of powers have been done before he still finds a way to make it his own by exploring all of the different ways to use the power. He's simply a genius for the powers that he created alone. Not to mention creating the rest of the manga. Also, the way some powers match up together is quite great as well. For example, there was this one guy kicking everyone's ass, but then this other guy who was kinda "weak" in comparison could actually stand up to him (somewhat, not for long) because of his power. So yeah, that's cool too. My favorite characters are: Mihawk, mainly because, as far as we know, he doesn't have a devil fruit. Yet he's still strong as hell. He's very calm and cool. Very serious. And I like his sword/outfit. My second favorite is Crocodile, mainly because of his devil fruit power, but overall he's pretty cool. His outfit, and seriousness. And my third favorite is Aokiji. I like his powers, looks, and his personality. Choosing a favorite arc would be hard. I like the Buggy arc, Fishmen arc, Skypedia arc, Thriller Bark arc, and the current one. And as of the current chapters, Whitebeard, is offically a beast.
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Post by Oka Ace on Aug 6, 2009 16:19:10 GMT -5
I heard theres a character called Ace in this manga.
It's really long, 400 chapters? I don't think I got that far actually. I can't remember where I was. It would take me a long time to catch up on everything, thats whats holding me up.
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Post by Fay on Aug 6, 2009 16:58:34 GMT -5
Yeah, he's pretty cool actually. Want me to tell you his power?
And I keep a spare text file via notepad that has the last volume/chapter I read of every manga. To avoid stuff like that. Same with anime. But before I never did that and I had to catch up on everything to remind myself which chapters I was on. Same as you're doing now, I guess.
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Post by Kamina on Aug 7, 2009 22:58:02 GMT -5
Monkey D Dragon.
And you need to read it Ace. All of you should.
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Post by Haloninjaman808 on Aug 10, 2009 3:59:36 GMT -5
one piece was meh for me untill the brought in sanji. and ace. and smoker, now i love the series.
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Post by Fay on Oct 4, 2009 13:44:25 GMT -5
I really want to see more character development when regarding him. Anyway, here's a One Piece AMV that I did a while ago on the character Ace. Figured I should post in on this thread just for fun. FYI, Ace is the fire one. Oh, and one correction to something I already said: Okay, so One Piece is my 8th favorite manga of all time.
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Post by Oka Ace on Oct 4, 2009 14:46:11 GMT -5
This Ace guy sounds/looks pretty coolio. Giving me the boost I need to try read One Piece again.
I believe I was on the part where they were fighting the number 3 person or something.
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Post by Fay on Oct 11, 2009 9:59:02 GMT -5
Oh, yeah you're on Crocodile's arc. That's my favorite character. Speaking of which, I found some cool pictures of him:
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Post by Artieboy on Jan 19, 2010 6:21:57 GMT -5
OP is currently my favorite shonen. its so fun to read on a weekly basis
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Post by βeηrγ on Jan 19, 2010 9:15:16 GMT -5
one piece is my favourite manga. It surpasses bleach and naruto in every way, be it for story, character development, plot and awesome battles (especially in the current chapters where all the big shots are fighting it out), not to mention the awesome humor of the characters and the very different places they go. Its a must read, absolutely.
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Post by Fay on Feb 13, 2010 21:47:55 GMT -5
i mean damn oda surprised me again! I never excpected that he would kill ace ! In one piece no good character ever died, unless he was a flashback of someone else, bur really that left me shocked... tell me what u guys think. I know, I was surprised too. That's the one advantage about having a show that hardly ever kills people; It'll be a very good twist when someone actually does die. Also, it being someone awesome like Ace makes it all the more better. Now, if only more people would die, this might actually become close to the greatest Shounen in my book.
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Post by Haloninjaman808 on Feb 14, 2010 2:56:11 GMT -5
when i heard *blank* died i felt sad.
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Post by Kamina on Apr 5, 2010 22:06:44 GMT -5
As did I.
Who's pumped up for War?
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Post by calcus on Apr 6, 2010 0:29:14 GMT -5
Same here, OP is definitely in my top 5. I'm kind of upset that they've ditched the original cast though >_<
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