Category: One Piece

  • I Was Wrong About Live Action One Piece

    I Was Wrong About Live Action One Piece

    Most people hate being wrong. Me? I love being wrong about things. Being a pessimist, only good things can come about of me being wrong. Netflix has a downright historic catalogue of failed live action anime adaptations. Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Cowboy Bebop just to name a few. People keep screaming at them to…

  • The Problems with Kaido (One Piece)

    The Problems with Kaido (One Piece)

    The mark of any good shounen is its villains. They often present the best dynamics of any given series. Goku and Freeza. Naruto and Pain. Itadori and Sukuna. In order to make the hero shine, they need a villain to cast a shadow. One Piece has had tons of fantastic villains over its extended run.…

  • One Piece Film: Z is (Mostly) Awesome

    One Piece Film: Z is (Mostly) Awesome

    So… do we have to talk about ‘that’ Sanji scene? I’d really rather not. Don’t care what you tell me, Sanji creeping on kid Nami is one billion percent not okay. Let’s just pretend that didn’t happen. Of the One Piece movies I’ve watched so far (which isn’t all that many, being honest), Z is…

  • One Piece Film: Strong World is Really Fun

    One Piece Film: Strong World is Really Fun

    I’m not going to do the movies in order. Mostly because this one and Z were on Netflix and none of the others were. So… sorry if that bothers you. When it comes to canon, the One Piece movies are strange. The events of the films themselves are not canon to the manga. But some…

  • The Great One Piece Journey (FINALE… For Now): Wano

    Heads up: this review of the Wano material will cover up until chapter 1049 of the manga. This means that my coverage of the arc will be incomplete, as it still hasn’t ended as of the writing of this article. And of course: spoilers! Here we are, ladies and gents. The most recent arc of…