![]() Nami and Luffy arrive at the map room and see the chains on the ground - which Nami says she was allowed to stop wearing when she was 12 as a birthday present. They unfortunately get tricked into freeing Buggy under the pretext of extra help, but all the clown does is run away the moment his body’s put back together. They are hilarious together, arguing to see which one of them Luffy likes best, while still being badass warriors. ![]() Meanwhile, Sanji and Zoro steal the spotlight, their constant bickering in the middle of combat reminiscent of Legolas and Gimli - which is the highest praise I can give the character work on this show. Sadly, the one time Usopp actually does something heroic, no one’s around to see him. Of course, Usopp runs away, chased by a fishman, but he actually manages to trick him by playing dead, using the distraction to prepare his latest ultimate move, the “Exploding Star,” and burn the fishman alive. The Straw Hats march on Arlong Park (in broad daylight!) and start fighting. If you were unfamiliar with the property before the series, this gives a great look at why it is so popular, providing an epic, funny, heartfelt story of piracy and friendship while teasing an even grander adventure.īut before we get there, there’s still a fishmen problem to deal with. If you’re a fan of One Piece, this is the best love letter to the manga we could ask for. The actors behind the Straw Hats perfectly capture what makes the characters so memorable and, through them, the essence of the story Eiichiro Oda created over a quarter of a century ago. That can be forgiven when compared to all the things One Piece does right, and the biggest strength of this adaptation is and always has been its cast. While One Piece mostly nails adapting the character designs, the fishmen in Arlong’s crew look rough. One Piece is not the first great live-action adaptation, but it’s definitely one of the better adaptations, and it does make up for Netflix’s dodgy history with live-action adaptations. Some American adaptations like Speed Racer and Alita Battle Angel do justice to their source materials, too. On the Japanese side, great adaptations like Alice in Borderland, Tokyo Revengers, and Rurouni Kenshin manage to translate original manga without losing their essence. Usually the translation of the character designs and costumes looks horrendous, and usually the story gets changed and messed up so much that it’s unrecognizable from the original. And sometimes with the help of aliens.Live-action adaptations of anime and manga have a bad rep, and there tends to be two main reasons. In the end, no one will save you, but yourself. Brynn has been an outcast for a large chunk of her life, and the aliens are an outside force that’s learning about Earth and every creature that walks it. The aliens, once they see her past and pain, think she’s done her time of suffering alone and give her a second chance - forgiving her and letting her back into society the way she would’ve been treated had she been forgiven much earlier.Īfter all, Brynn and the aliens have something in common: well, being aliens. Brynn, the outcasted murderer who never got forgiveness from the townspeople, carries immense guilt and grief for years. ![]() ![]() As we see the bigger picture, the alien’s aircraft are still hovering over the town, abducting and controlling people the same way we saw earlier. She’s happily dancing and living side by side with the townspeople, seemingly having a better relationship with them than before. Brynn returns to her life in town on a more positive note than before all the aliens craze.
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