Luffy Appreciation Thread

[DMR]

luffy with haki now

 

[acri1]

When Akainu gets murked it will go down as one of the greatest one piece shonen moments. But the thing is Luffy probably won't be the one to do it. I think the guy that finally gets him will be

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Luffy's Grandpa, Garp.

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I don't know about that, I'll be disappointed if we don't get an epic Luffy vs. Akainu fight near the end. That said, I'm sure Garp will play some kind of role. Same with the ex-Whitebeard pirates.

 

[storyteller]

Luffy vs Akainu is gonna be epic, just seeing

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the damage Aokiji vs Akainu did to an island

...it's a foregone conclusion that the fight will be INSANE!

Right now I'm hype for the moment Doflamingo gets into it with the Strawhats...Bout to challenge Crocodile for the crown of best villain when he starts doing work.

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

WHAT REALLY GOOD WITH THIS ONE PIECE STUFF? WHAT'S THIS shyt EVEN ABOUT? IS IT GOOD FROM THE START OR SHOULD I START AT A CERTAIN POINT?

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

Luffy vs Akainu is gonna be epic, just seeing

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the damage Aokiji vs Akainu did to an island

...it's a foregone conclusion that the fight will be INSANE!

Right now I'm hype for the moment Doflamingo gets into it with the Strawhats...Bout to challenge Crocodile for the crown of best villain when he starts doing work.

and we still don't know what that guy's special power is. I'm guessing its telekinesis on some X-men shyt

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I don't know about that, I'll be disappointed if we don't get an epic Luffy vs. Akainu fight near the end. That said, I'm sure Garp will play some kind of role. Same with the ex-Whitebeard pirates.

See to me it just feels like an old man fight. Like two men should throw down like when whitebeard was putting in work he wasn't fighting kids, just grown folks.

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For me I just feel like Garp should be the one to at least finish off Akainu to make up for the fact that he was willing to just stand there and watch while his grandson was executed. (He was willing to put his reputation as a marine over his own grandson's life ) and also to get back at Akainu for being so dirty with the way he murked ace

 

[He Who Posts Well]

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[wise prophet]

WHAT REALLY GOOD WITH THIS ONE PIECE STUFF? WHAT'S THIS shyt EVEN ABOUT? IS IT GOOD FROM THE START OR SHOULD I START AT A CERTAIN POINT?

One Piece is basically a shonen manga that works in a similar fashion to early Dragonball. Essentially, heavy emphasis on action, exploration and humor. The story starts out showing that the world is filled with pirates and that many years before the current story timeline a man named Gold Roger was the King of Pirates. He was caught and executed. Before he was killed he proclaimed that he left some treasure and dares everyone to find "One Piece". This sets off a golden age of pirates who are determined to find One Piece.

The main character is Monkey D. Luffy. His dream his to find One Piece and become the next Pirate King. He winds up eating something called a "Devil Fruit" by mistake which gives him a rubber body (think Mr. Fantastic). Devil Fruits are able to give you super powers, some rarer and offer more powerful abilities than others, but if you eat one you will become paralyzed if you're ever submerged in water. He eventually sails from home to recruit crew members. Along the way we (the audience) see more of the world as Luffy and his crew travel the world, see the powerful pirates who hold significance, the Marines who are the main lawful force who combat the pirates, the World Government who somehow controls everything (including the Marines) and sinister undertones of how they came to power, glimpses of factions who oppose the World Government, and glimpses of the significance of the middle initial "D" that Luffy and other characters hold.

Where should you start? I would say start at the beginning regardless but you should keep in mind a couple of things:

-The first 70 something chapters focus on Luffy recruiting crew members. It's still good but the meat of the interesting plot doesn't happen until after. I wouldn't skip all this though since the series does a lot of call backs and characters Luffy and his crew met early on become somewhat prominent. There's also a lot of development that happens between the crew.

-The art style may be considered wacky or "childish" by some. This series has a lot of over-exaggerated premises, from the powers, humor, expressions, outbursts of anger or sadness, character design, to the world itself. It's pretty basic but also gets a lot better later on when it comes to environment. And although it's generally light-hearted there are plenty of serious and fairly mature moments.

-It's long. There are more than 600 chapters and still only halfway done

-The story will always revolve around Luffy and his crew. The world itself, as interesting as it is, is secondary to them and only comes to prominence when it pertains to the crew. So basically, if you like the crew and the environments they travel to, you will immensely enjoy this. If you're more of a fan of the world and other characters yet don't like the crew it will be struggle to get through this.




Hopefully this will help some.

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

One Piece is basically a shonen manga that works in a similar fashion to early Dragonball. Essentially, heavy emphasis on action, exploration and humor. The story starts out showing that the world is filled with pirates and that many years before the current story timeline a man named Gold Roger was the King of Pirates. He was caught and executed. Before he was killed he proclaimed that he left some treasure and dares everyone to find "One Piece". This sets off a golden age of pirates who are determined to find One Piece.

The main character is Monkey D. Luffy. His dream his to find One Piece and become the next Pirate King. He winds up eating something called a "Devil Fruit" by mistake which gives him a rubber body (think Mr. Fantastic). Devil Fruits are able to give you super powers, some rarer and offer more powerful abilities than others, but if you eat one you will become paralyzed if you're ever submerged in water. He eventually sails from home to recruit crew members. Along the way we (the audience) see more of the world as Luffy and his crew travel the world, see the powerful pirates who hold significance, the Marines who are the main lawful force who combat the pirates, the World Government who somehow controls everything (including the Marines) and sinister undertones of how they came to power, glimpses of factions who oppose the World Government, and glimpses of the significance of the middle initial "D" that Luffy and other characters hold.

Where should you start? I would say start at the beginning regardless but you should keep in mind a couple of things:

-The first 70 something chapters focus on Luffy recruiting crew members. It's still good but the meat of the interesting plot doesn't happen until after. I wouldn't skip all this though since the series does a lot of call backs and characters Luffy and his crew met early on become somewhat prominent. There's also a lot of development that happens between the crew.

-The art style may be considered wacky or "childish" by some. This series has a lot of over-exaggerated premises, from the powers, humor, expressions, outbursts of anger or sadness, character design, to the world itself. It's pretty basic but also gets a lot better later on when it comes to environment. And although it's generally light-hearted there are plenty of serious and fairly mature moments.

-It's long. There are more than 600 chapters and still only halfway done

-The story will always revolve around Luffy and his crew. The world itself, as interesting as it is, is secondary to them and only comes to prominence when it pertains to the crew. So basically, if you like the crew and the environments they travel to, you will immensely enjoy this. If you're more of a fan of the world and other characters yet don't like the crew it will be struggle to get through this.




Hopefully this will help some.

YEAH SEE THE ART KINDA THREW ME OFF A BIT. I THOUGHT IT WAS KINDA KIDDY SO I JUST DIDN'T GAIN ANY INTEREST. I SEE PEOPLE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IT AND WAS WONDERING IF I WAS MISSING SOMETHING.

I ONLY WATCH 1-2 HOURS OF TV A DAY SO I USUALLY KEEP UP WITH 1 REAL SHOW AND 1 ANIME AND FILL IN SPOTS AS THEY COME UP. I'LL GIVE IT A GO AND SEE WHAT'S UP.

OH AND +REP FOR THE TIME TO WRITE ALL THAT.

 

[inthebushes]

Luffy>>>>>>>>>>>>>Goku

 

[wise prophet]

YEAH SEE THE ART KINDA THREW ME OFF A BIT. I THOUGHT IT WAS KINDA KIDDY SO I JUST DIDN'T GAIN ANY INTEREST. I SEE PEOPLE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IT AND WAS WONDERING IF I WAS MISSING SOMETHING.

I ONLY WATCH 1-2 HOURS OF TV A DAY SO I USUALLY KEEP UP WITH 1 REAL SHOW AND 1 ANIME AND FILL IN SPOTS AS THEY COME UP. I'LL GIVE IT A GO AND SEE WHAT'S UP.

OH AND +REP FOR THE TIME TO WRITE ALL THAT.

Yeah when I first heard about One Piece I held off on reading/watching it for years because the style just looked too wacky to me and 4Kids carrying the series made me doubt it even more, but it really is a perfect fit for the type of series it is.

I would also recommend reading the manga instead. Anime is ok and has great music, but there is a lot of censorship in the anime and there are shots in the manga that look amazing but can look ugly in the anime. Also, there are certain story arcs that happen in manga chapter covers that the anime sometimes doesn't cover. One drawback tho is that early One Piece scans can be pretty terrible when it comes to translations.

But yeah just give a shot and see how it goes.

 

[Kalut]

Reading this in the manga was good , but seeing it animated....

One Piece - Gomu Gomu No Red Hawk - YouTube

 

[acri1]

Speaking of things that were good animated, this might be the best death scene in anime:

 

[Kalut]

Speaking of things that were good animated, this might be the best death scene in anime:

One Piece Whitebeard's Death HD - YouTube

shyts tough...makes me wanna re-watch the marineford arc. Im jus waiting on the next war to see what oda has planned. He said he's gonna make marineford "look like nothing". until then...expect more moments.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Gonna pick-up where I left-off in the manga, then D/L all the episodes to-date.

How much 'filler' do I have to wade through? That's what turned me off Naruto.​

 

[He Who Posts Well]

Gonna pick-up where I left-off in the manga, then D/L all the episodes to-date.

How much 'filler' do I have to wade through? That's what turned me off Naruto.​

Not much. One Piece "filler" actually supplements the overall series unlike Naruto's pointless filler episodes.