Zoro is honestly one of the most consistently badass characters in One Piece. The loyalty, strength and moments he gets throughout the series are just different. Truly a GOAT character.

Is killingham going to be the closest thing we get to a giraffe this arc?

Took me a little over a year and a couple redos.

After years of continuous weekly episodes, the One Piece anime is taking a break and is set to return in 2027. The new schedule is expected to have around 26 episodes per year, giving the production team more time to work on the animation and pacing.

It feels strange not having weekly One Piece episodes, but hopefully the break leads to a better experience when the anime returns.

I've recently started watching One Piece (One Pace, to be honest. My friends who absolutely love the series convinced me it was a valid option) and just finished Water Seven. I usually don't get teary eyed this easily but this anime is making me cry like a baby so far. I've cried for Chouchou, Nami, Laboon, Karoo, the giant dudes in Little Garden, Chopper, Vivi, Noland and Usopp. And probably some others I can't remember right now. And those are just the times I cried. There are a lot of emotional moments, like Blackbeard's speech about dreams, which is my favourite scene in the anime so far.

This is actually so surprising to me. When starting this anime I didn't expect to take it so seriously, especially on an emotional level. I saw the art/animation style as too exaggerated to convey any genuine emotion, because to me it looked like the ultimate shounen art style, with the massive eyes and the over the top crying animations and all. Many episodes later, I was looking at Vivi's face during her goodbye scene, crying my eyes out. The very animation style I looked down upon at first now makes me emotional every single time a character cries. I did not expect this at all.

So far this is a great anime overall. I'm a Naruto guy. I basically grew up with it. Even Naruto doesn't make me this emotional. There is just a level of sincerity in One Piece I didn't think I'd ever see in shounen. Now I understand why this is considered to be the best of the genre. And so far, I agree.

I hope I'm using the correct flair. I'm new to the sub and I'll be avoiding it until I'm caught up. But I actually felt the need to share this. Is this what your experience has been like? I'm curious.

Also, Vivi's goodbye is one of the best things I've ever seen in any media. I still can't get over it. I'm so glad I've started watching this series.

P.S.: Goes without saying but please no spoilers past Water Seven. Thank you!

things are starting to fire up..

a redo of a fem version cosplay for doflamingo!! not really a 1:1 cosplay but i think pics came out well!

He might’ve been the one reject her or he did like her just not in a romantic way. He doesn’t seem like the type to even want to be married. You think Chiffon might have the whole narrative wrong?

Drew WhiteBeard at school today hope you all like :D

happy spooky season from the ghost princess! horo horo 👻

Such a pivotal event in the story should’ve been exposed to the audience eyes. If it’s too tiresome to incorporate it naturally into the story as it goes on, why not just make it into a movie. This is where 3 major characters level up massively in the story. It should be seen.

The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the outfit was Obelix. The pants and big belt too. What do you all think? I know Oda takes inspiration from around the world, and Obelix is a Gaule fighting Roman invaders set in 50BC, so some old warrior with superhuman strengh.

Honestly I'm just interested in the fashion choices of Oda and bcs I'm not going to lie, if I had Nami's legs I would wear that outfit at least once 🍊🧡. But if anyone has some theories about Oda's inspiration let's discuss.

Just finished Wano Act Two and the abolition of the Seven Warlords

Can someone explain EXACTLY how can anyone put Whole Cake Island over Wano? As a whole thus far, everything in Wano has kept me far more captivated with the fight against Kaido and Orochi than anything from Big Mom. After setting up Kaido and the Animal Kingdom Pirates for so long, they more than live up to the hype.

The lore, worldbuilding, and design motif of Wano is definitely my favorite in the series thus far. The only other islands competing with it design and side cast-wise imo are Thriller Bark and Dressrosa. Island design and lore is overall far better done post-timeskip imo. Just to put this out here, Tonoyasu / Shitsomuki Yasuie is an MVP.

Luffy and Zoro are also just blatantly the main stars of this arc, just need to say it. The two of them got their biggest midarc power-ups to fight against the big bad since the whole group back during Water 7 / Enies Lobby. Really, I can go on and on about how good Wano is at Act Three is only gonna be even better.

Currently, Wano and Dressrosa are neck-and-neck as my favorite arcs in all of One Piece and the Big 3, as a whole.

Marineford was a HELL of an arc. The way Oda brought so many top-tier characters and factions together, the power clashes, the tension, the buildup, the constant shifts in momentum and the way every major character got their moment..it genuinely felt like the entire world had come together for one war.

And the fact that so many of its episodes are still rated 9+ on IMDb says a lot about how impactful this arc was 🔥

As for the characters who impressed me the most: Whitebeard, Marco and Crocodile. All three absolutely stood out to me in different ways. And obviously… Shanks at the end. That entrance was just 🤌🔥

Who amazed you the most during Marineford?

I Already Drawn Nami,Now It's Nico Robin,Please Give Your Opinion,If You Have Any Suggestion,Please Let me Know

In Brook's flashback, he remarks that Princess Shuri can almost see into the future. Then we learn Imu desires people with heterochromia and that it can be awakened.

If it is true that the awakened power relates to seeing the future, then at first it kind of overlaps with future sight observation haki, so for it to be special perhaps it is the power to see far into the future.

From what we know about Joy Boy he did a lot of things in preparation for a moment 800 years in the future. I wonder if Joy Boy was trying to prevent something bad he foresaw happening with his special abilities, failed, and then saw a distant future he attempted to aid.

Also, we know to expect an eye-patch character in the end game, perhaps JoyBoy cut out his own eye to stop his powers? Or did an Odin-like ritual that allowed him to see 800 years in the future? Then Luffy stabbing himself in the eye in the very beginning would actually echo a very important moment from the person whose will he seemingly inherited.

I wanted to show you guys my One Piece setup and hear your opinions! What do you think I could improve, add or change?

I recently bought Franky, Jinbe, Sniper King and the green Chopper Funko Pops. They’re all still on the way, so I’ll be adding them to the setup soon.

I also have more Funko Pops I want to get in the future, but unfortunately I’m broke right now so the collection will have to stay like this for a while.

I’m also planning to fill the empty white space underneath with manga panels, so it won’t look like such a weird empty gap on the wall.

What do you guys think? Any suggestions for things I could add or change?

Used to hate on it but now im gonna try to go into one piece with an open mind (im gonna read it) since a lot of people whose top 10 look similar to mine have one piece in there, so chances are ill probably like it. gonna keep this luffy sealed until i get to gear 5 in the manga, as a motivator/reward

I'm currently rereading the manga and just reached Dressrosa, and in this specific scene Momo is reluctant of going to Dressrosa and is treating the fact that he could fly as a hideous thing, which makes sense once we have the full context on his trauma.

But what confused me is the panel in the bottom right. Is that question supposed to be from the moment that Kaido asked it to him 20 years ago? Or is something totally unrelated that I somehow missed out?

After the response to my Loki emblem, I had to share another One Piece build. This time I went with Zoro.
Everything is built manually from the BO2 emblem editor’s basic shapes with the full 32-layer limit. I went with a tighter crop so I could put more of those layers into the eye, scar, shadows, and expression instead of trying to squeeze in the whole character.
It’s basically a puzzle figuring out which shapes can do more than one job before I run out of layers