One Piece New World: Dressrosa arc discussion (anime-only)

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by Bigivel

The reason Fujitora isn't taking action against Doflamingo is misterious, but probably simple!

Do you remember Alabasta and Thriller Bark? In Alabasta the government said that Crocodile was defeated by Smoker instead of Strawhats. In Thriller Bark they didn't even announced that Moria was defeated.
Why did the government went for all the trouble of covering all that information? Ask yourself why, and there is the answer why Fujitora is letting Luffy and is crew do all the work.

Because it's a hassle when Shichibukai are defeated by other pirates, as it makes the Government look weak? All the more reason for Fujitora to stop slacking off.

[Assandra]

Hey comrades, new to the forum!

Anyway, just finished watching the latest episode yesterday (now I will have to wait for One Piece as well ).
Only last year in summer I started watching and it's really awesome!

-To me Fujitora does not make any sense at all but it's best to wait and see what happens and why he acted the way he did.

-A proper fight between Luffy and Doffy has not started yet and the Straw Hats are being continuously interrupted which pisses me off since I want the arc to move on.

- Nothing has happened to Sanji, Nami, Chopper etc.. meanwhile?

-Come to think of it, why did they want to kidnap Momonosuke (previous episodes)? Did I miss something?

-Doffy's family got to be the weirdest family ever on One Piece and would like to know more about his past.

- Which episodes does Koala appear? I don't remember anything about her. Did I miss something? Is she the salve girl Robin meets 2 years ago?

And I want to see more of Sabo!

[TheWatchman]

Originally Posted by Assandra

Hey comrades, new to the forum!

Anyway, just finished watching the latest episode yesterday (now I will have to wait for One Piece as well ).
Only last year in summer I started watching and it's really awesome!

-To me Fujitora does not make any sense at all but it's best to wait and see what happens and why he acted the why he did.

-A proper fight between Luffy and Doffy has not started yet and the Straw Hats are being continuously interrupted which pisses me off since I want the arc to move on.

- Nothing has happened to Sanji, Nami, Chopper etc.. meanwhile?

-Come to think of it, why did they want to kidnap Momonosuke (previous episodes)? Did I miss something?

-Doffy's family got to be the weirdest family ever on One Piece and would like to know more about his past.

- Which episodes does Koala appear? I don't remember anything about her. Did I miss something? Is she the salve girl Robin meets 2 years ago?

And I want to see more of Sabo!

Hey welcome to the forum (I am also quite new having started watching weekly almost a year ago).

The general feeling seems to be that we won't be seeing an update on Sanji's group until the next arc.

We don't know why Doflamingo wants to kidnap Momonosuke yet (unless we've both managed to miss it).

In regard to Koala she has featured previously but I'll put it in spoiler brackets as I sort of just blurted it out before without thinking that some may not want to know yet (which I apologise for).....

Spoiler for Koala's previous appearance.:

Koala featured as a former slave young girl who traveled with the Fishman Pirates under Fisher Tiger (seen in Jinbe's explanation of Fishman Island's past). It was in dropping Koala off at her home island that Fisher Tiger was ambushed resulting in his death.

[Assandra]

Originally Posted by TheWatchman

Hey welcome to the forum (I am also quite new having started watching weekly almost a year ago).

The general feeling seems to be that we won't be seeing an update on Sanji's group until the next arc.

We don't know why Doflamingo wants to kidnap Momonosuke yet (unless we've both managed to miss it).

In regard to Koala she has featured previously but I'll put it in spoiler brackets as I sort of just blurted it out before without thinking that some may not want to know yet (which I apologise for).....

Spoiler for Koala's previous appearance.:

Koala featured as a former slave young girl who traveled with the Fishman Pirates under Fisher Tiger (seen in Jinbe's explanation of Fishman Island's past). It was in dropping Koala off at her home island that Fisher Tiger was ambushed resulting in his death.

Thanks! I just rememberd who she is. I watched the video on youtube and cannot believe that I forgot about the slave girl.

[shoyo]

momonosuke is still a mystery.. id like to think he is a prince.. cant wait for the wano kuni arc..

[Gilly]

No anime today, no manga this Thursday either... what a terrible week

[thundrakkon]

Yeah, the anime is taking a week off. I'm guessing this is to help with not catching up to he manga. I heard there were some weeks Oda took off as well, so if the anime kept on going 1 manga chapter for 1 anime episode, it will be closing the gap.

One Piece will return next week, and it looks like uninterrupted schedule at least for this month.

[shoyo]

this is by far the longest arc to date.. doffy needs to die now lol i wanna see more of buggy post dr lol

[TheWatchman]

I heard the gap this week was due to the Nagoya women's marathon but I'm not sure. Looks like we'll probably be in for some lengthy filler time after this arc to let the manga pull ahead somewhat.

[Assandra]

Before I used to watch OP whenever I liked but now I have to wait 2 damn weeks as well.

[ookamigirl]

#684

Spoiler for plot:

Town in ruins. People in panic.
Luffy was funny. Law was not amused.
Cavendish overdid it..
Too many criminals on the loose.
Of course there had to be some trouble.
When the pirates unite amazing things get accomplished!

[Assandra]

Meh. Nothing much happened in this episode. I feel sorry for Pica. Poor him, but I can't stop laughing

Spoiler for Episode:

The Colosseum contestants join Luffy in order to take down Doffy. Nothing much happens, since they are just running and screaming on who will take down Doffy and who not.

This arc is gonna take ages to come to an end I guess.

[thundrakkon]

LOL nothing happens for most episodes, and then we'll get one really good episode where a lot of plot moves on. This snail pace is really hurting the anime franchise, but there are really few options to move forward. They can stop the anime for a year or two, and then restart it as One Piece 2. They can add in a bunch of fillers. Or they can continuing going at a snail's pace by adapting 1 manga chapter for 1 anime episode.

All of the options are undesirable, but there is nothing that we can do about it. The author is only going to write as quickly as the manga is paced at.

it was a little funny how they were fighting over who gets to defeat Doflamingo. They should have just made it a competition to see who defeats Doflamingo first.

[Assandra]

Stopping One Piece for one or two years is very unlikely and would ruin OP popularity.
I mean, who wants to wait such a long time for an already long ass anime?

Im not sure if it's true but I read on several websites that the second half of One Piece is gonna be longer than the first half (New World). So it'll be another 10-15 years? Lol

[Slayerx]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

LOL nothing happens for most episodes, and then we'll get one really good episode where a lot of plot moves on. This snail pace is really hurting the anime franchise, but there are really few options to move forward. They can stop the anime for a year or two, and then restart it as One Piece 2. They can add in a bunch of fillers. Or they can continuing going at a snail's pace by adapting 1 manga chapter for 1 anime episode.

All of the options are undesirable, but there is nothing that we can do about it. The author is only going to write as quickly as the manga is paced at.

it was a little funny how they were fighting over who gets to defeat Doflamingo. They should have just made it a competition to see who defeats Doflamingo first.

Toei could just spend a little extra cash and bring on some talented writers of their own. If they did that, then they would be able to write filler that doesn't suck.

Naruto created a bad stigma for filler with its 100 episode long filler season, but that failed because the fillers were TERRIBLE. However, if we look at bleach we can actually find fillers that were actually pretty good; Only thing bad about Bleach's filler is the fact that they interrupted the story arc because of how long the main arc was (the anime was in danger of catching up and they had no idea how much longer the manga was gonna drag out the arc). If One Piece were had a writing staff with the talent to create good filler, then they could create all the filler they needed to let the manga pull ahead. Heck, considering how Oda actually does care about the anime adaption, i'm sure he'd be happy to toss them a few ideas that they could play with


Not to mention i feel like the anime gave up more than a few chances to make filler that would have felt relevant. For instance, their are the mini-cover-stories they could adapt and get a few episodes out of; they are canon and some of them are pretty entertaining. I also thought the crew splitting up was a golden chance for them... i mean during that split up, toei could have given each strawhat a small story arc. Imagine if each strawhat got like 3-6 episodes all to themselves; that's 6 months to a year's worth of filler.


Granted the idea of using filler becomes more painful the longer they drag things out. The closer they get, the longer the filler season would need to be in order to let the manga pull ahead.... however i do think filler would be healthier for the series as a whole. Well paced episodes would be A LOT more entertaining to watch

[thundrakkon]

Originally Posted by Assandra

Stopping One Piece for one or two years is very unlikely and would ruin OP popularity.
I mean, who wants to wait such a long time for an already long ass anime?

In Japan, a lot of the viewers read the manga as well. I don't think it will ruin its popularity since One Piece is so popular already. Fairy Tail and Gintama are examples of animes that took long breaks.

Originally Posted by Assandra

Im not sure if it's true but I read on several websites that the second half of One Piece is gonna be longer than the first half (New World). So it'll be another 10-15 years? Lol

It's actually supposed to be shorter, since Oda mentioned he was at the halfway point quite a few years ago. I think it was before Fishman Island, but I'm not sure. Considering how long this arc is, it might take a very long time to finish the second half.

@Slayerx

Oda did give some input on some of the past fillers, I think. Fillers should be fine, since One Piece fillers are usually entertaining.

[Mister Twit]

I don't have a problem with the current pace. I'm not sure why everyone is in such a rush to see whatever. And I like One Piece filler, usually. G-8 is still one of the best filler arcs I've ever seen in any anime.

I would never use Pierrot as an example of how to handle filler, considering what they're doing in Naruto right now.

[Slayerx]

Originally Posted by Mister Twit

I don't have a problem with the current pace. I'm not sure why everyone is in such a rush to see whatever.

Its not about the pace of the story, but the pacing of the individual episodes themselves. There are a lot of scenes and shots that drag out way longer than they should. It can kill the action and make episodes pretty boring to watch

[Assandra]

Already the episodes are very short and then you have such a long, unnecessary recap. By now everyone knows who Luffy is and what his dream is. I mean do we really need a recap? I can understand that it is essential for some episodes, where the plot moved a lot but for these it is unnecessary.

Never mind. Oda knows Best. We can only wait.

[Mister Twit]

Originally Posted by Slayerx

Its not about the pace of the story, but the pacing of the individual episodes themselves. There are a lot of scenes and shots that drag out way longer than they should. It can kill the action and make episodes pretty boring to watch

Then you might find it hard to believe, but I hardly ever noticed.

Of course I don't read the manga, so that might have some bearing on it. If you're constantly anticipating the next scene I can see why someone would get impatient.