Water 7 Arc discussion (Anime Only)

[marvelB]

I still find it wierd that Luffy caught up with Lucci so soon... usually Luffy reaches the final boss once all the others finish their fights first...


And Kalifa.... yeah, she's a hot one, all right. It truly is no wonder that Sanji lost against her earlier. But I find it rather ironic that a chick who has a feminist attitude like her used such a method to beat the love-chef...


But Chopzilla was still the highlight for me. I loved seeing how easily he smacked around Kumadori like that. You don't mess with Chopper when he's trippin' on Rumble!

[Chuixupu]

Edit: nah, I better not say anything, just watch. ^^

[hi no ken Jebus]

Spoiler for ep 294:

Hmm this was okay felt a little dragged out in the middle when Spandam screwed up big time. The Luffy/Lucci fight was a horrid tease. At least next time looks like some of the fights will end since the buster call is now in effect.

[Prolific]

I have a question about episode 243.

Spoiler:

If Kaku and the other guys are in Iceburg's room who's the beaten up Kaku outside the room? Clones? Twins? Dummies?

[Chuixupu]

Spoiler:

Right after they revealed who they were in the room, they showed a close-up of the beat up people outside, they were just random people dressed up to look like them

[monir]

This was a pretty "Bleh!" episode, but my alarm bell should have gone off as soon as I saw HiNo starts his input on the episode with a "Hmm."

The animators are back to old trickeries as the episode 294 starts at 6:27. The rest of the episode is pretty much stretching a miniscule amount of story. There were even a few flashback squeezed into the episode. I suppose those tricks were necessary to give it a sense of "development." The episode, then, goes back and forth to show what is all the other characters are doing. In a couple of scene,

Spoiler:

Chopper just stopped climbing after the camera shifted its focus on him for 4-5 times in several occasion to show him climb. The back and forth scene changes to so many characters, that it really put a dent to focusing on any character in particular. When we do get some focus on Robin and the guy who presses the den den mushi for Buster Call, this thing is just s--t--r--e--t--c--h--e--d. When the episode does becomes entertaining, the entertainment last about 30 seconds, and then the episode ends.

I think it's about time One Piece takes another break, for the animators probably have run out of animated material. Not looking forward to next week episode...... is what I want to say, but the preview promises an end to

Spoiler for episode preview for 295:

Nami-chan and Calipha's fight!

There is no way I can miss the episode even if it turns out to be another stretchy-feely kind.

[Chuixupu]

The storyarc is finished in the manga, so they shouldn't be hurting too bad for stretching the story, I mean, now they can start working on that long ass filler arc after Enies Lobby. I bet that's where all the animators are.

[Forever]

Damn it Sanji was soaped everywhere isnt it! Even his crotch is shiny! For him, pain and pleasure do come together. Too bad the soap film looks quite tight, subdueing the growth in his crotch. That is so going to hurt....

[Chuixupu]

lol, there's something new I didn't need to think about. XD

[monir]

I suppose you didn't get the inclination when I was referring Sanji as a pervert!

[Chuixupu]

Well we all know Sanji is a pervert, I just wasn't thinking of such specifics as what kind of adverse effects Califa's soapy shell would have on his manhood XD

[monir]

Calipha subdues her opponent by her soapy caress! That info alone should have automatically fired up all the darkest of imagination, including why Sanji might have wanted to get beat up by Calipha. I said it before and will say it again, the manga readers tend to miss a lot of the nuances just by browsing! Don't kill me.

[Chuixupu]

Anime or manga isn't the culprit here, some people just have a more active imagination while looking at them.
But see, I was just thinking of all the positive aspects of Sanji getting rubbed down from your post, but Forever reminded me of the possible bad side effects...other than the usual feeling "blue" from the rejection. Poor Sanji.

[Forever]

Ouch 294 animation seems poorer. Super long time-wasting tactics applied as well... Oh well at least lucci and luffy finally started fighting.

Is it just me or is Robin's breasts are more revealed in this ep? Did I got so bored in between that I went to think of some less important stuff...

[hi no ken Jebus]

This was leaps and bounds better than last week's

Spoiler for ep 295:

The luffy/lucci thing was done much better. The stuff with sogeking and zoro was funny, but overall I liked the nami fight way more. Kalifa is just too cute when she thought nami turned into monster chopper along with the times she was being ignored. Only bad part was it ends just when nami uses her mirage tempo to split into 5 versions of her. The preview for the next one looks great.

[Tommy]

Well I finally got around to watching 294 and looks like I was spot on the money of the animation going to complete shit for this episode. But from the screens of 295 things thankfully look much better.

[monir]

Aside from episode 295 also starts around 6:00, there are no other resemblance to the last week's episode. The materials are funny, infuriating, exciting, and invigorating.

Funnies are the dialogues between Calipaha and Nami-chwan. As HiNo said, Calipha is so cute when she mistook Nami for Chopper. Not to mention, she is dashing. Actually, they are both dreamy.



More hilarity ensues when Zoro's talking sword presses it's nose on Zoro's cheek. Zoro deserves the scolding from his sword. How dare he misleads his sword!?





My only nagging problem with OP's action are those sound bytes from DBZ Toei brought over. Every time I hear them in occasions such as when they disappear, or when a punch connects, one just can't help but think about DBZ. Some of the familiar action doesn't help either. While I would like to enjoy Luffy and Lucci's duking it out, the limitation of the animation just pains me. Those faimiliar sound bytes just add to the misery. Bleh. At least, the comedy is constantly rich.

Btw, finally some relief for Sanji is on it's way he so sorely needs. Thank you chopper for sending down that tub full of cold water. You are a true nakama even when you are a 3-beast-sounding Gorrila. I'm also eagerly waiting for those moments when this ass gets a beating, preferebly in the hands of Robin. I'm talking about the buffon who pressed the den den mushi for the Buster Call whose I can't never remember.

[Chuixupu]

Spandam!

[Climhazard]

Originally Posted by Chuixupu

Spandam!

Director of CP9 Spandam! as he likes to call himself

[monir]

Originally Posted by Chuixupu

Spandam!

Yeah, well, I don't want to remember his name. When will Robin become the wiser that whatever leverage this joker had on her, are no more as soon as he pressed that den den mushi. Give him a head butt or something since you can't use your power due to those special handcuffs. How much more can you take of this rolling-down-the-stairs as he kicks you, then steps on your head as you lie down wheezing and coughing, and taunts you about your silly ideas about the nakamas' coming to your rescue. Wise up girl! Don't let Toei/Oda milk your misery.

Infuriating, I tell you.