Kaido, Monkey D. Dragon, Vinsmoke Judge, and Yasopp with 5 submissions
Axe-Hand Morgan with 4 submissions
Monkey D. Garp, Diez Barrels, and Donquixote Doflamingo with 3 submissions
Shimotsuki Koshiro and Red-Hair Shanks with 2 submissions
Gol D. Roger, Franky's bio dad, Chopper's bio dad, Saint Roswald, Senor Pink, Spandine, Donquixote Rosinante, Nefertari Cobra, Kozuki Oden, Robin's bio dad, and Big Mom's dad with 1 submission each.
I finally got to sit down and finish episode one, and i've got some thoughts!!
I think that introducing garp as a big player right from the get go is a really great idea. His presence at the execution made sense, and his dynamic with roger did well to help establish both of their characterisations
Roger's actor did a phenomenal job with the eerie laugh and his complete irreverance in the face of his own death. I love how he delivered the wealth fame power speech!
It was a bit surprising to me that they showed roger actually getting killed, but honestly i'm in total approval of this direction they're taking with the live action. I really like the more brutal approach, especially because oda's refusal to kill anyone outside of flashbacks pre-marineford is one of the biggest complaints i tend to hear from people. Seeing zoro dragging around the top half mr 7's corpse was so jarring, but it was a good choice
Ilia's perfrmance as alvida was absolutely amazing. I like that they changed her catchphrase from the most beautiful woman on the seas to the most powerful
Overall, i really like the different transitions between plot points, and how this episode set things up in future arcs. All the different things that go on in shells town feel so much more better interconnected than they did in the manga. I'll go into this more in another post, but like one example of what i'm talking about is how the reason zoro allowed himself to be tied to the post was because morgan threatened that if he didn't agree to it, he wouldn't be able to collect any more bounties from any marine bases. It also gives zoro mire of a reason to join luffy - he knows that at this point there's no eay he can continue being a bounty hunter now that morgan has it out for him. So how else is he going to meet other strong swordsmen? By joining a pirate crew of course.
The shanks flashback was awesome! His dynamic with luffy was really endearing, and again i do like that they didn't have higuma attack shanks. That's one thing that never really made sense to me in the manga - i get thst yoy don't have to solve everything with violence, but there's no reason for shanks not to have fought back against someone who was attacking him, even if he did know they couldn't possibly hurt him
Also on shanks' flashback - the scene where he found out luffy had eaten the devil fruit was AMAZING. What a fantastic idea to have little luffy framed in sunlight! And the utter heartbreak on shanks' face as he realizes that there's no way luffy will ever be able to have a normal life now...
Of course, we gotta mention the snippet of Binks' Sake we heard in the scene where shanks is stitching up luffy's cut. I recognized it instantly and it made me really emotional. Love all these little easter eggs they have for long time fans of the series. In addition to this there was alsp the cavendish, foxy, and bellamy wanted posters which we knew about from the trailer
Speaking of wanted posters - what a COOL way to introduce the other pirates!
Morgan going on his monologue about capturing kuro is SO funny know what's gonna happen on a few episodes. Oda played it a lot more subtle in the manga but i like that they came right out and said it here.
And while we're talking about foreshadowing, it was a fantastic idea to include the mr 7 fight in this season! I really hope we get a season 2, just sp we can get the payoff for this great setup.
I'm a little sad that we didn't get to see the luffy and koby hug that was shown in the behind the scenes video (i think that was the one?). I really hope that wasn't cut because i loved that little scene. Maybe it'll happen later in the season?
Buggy's introduction at the end of the episode was SO good. I loved his whole vibe, with him lounging so confidently in his chair, his creepy laugh, everything. I'm excited to see the next episode! They better not have cut chouchou out 😭
So I’ve been looking into the blood types of one piece characters the past two days. If I get something wrong or whatever let me know. This is kinda just for fun for me tbh.
One piece blood types: A = X, B = F, O = S, AB = XF
First up is that Axe Hand Morgan XF(AB) and Helmeppo S(O) are weird because AB blood types can’t typically have O blood type kids. Though there are a few rare ways that could happen. So either Morgan is not his bio dad, or he’s got something going on.
Sora, Sanji’s mom, doesn’t have a blood type. We can guess that it’s F(B) because that’s Reiju’s blood type, her brothers are S(O) Rh-, and Judge is S(O). O and B parents can only have O and B kids.
Newgate F(B) could very well be Weevil’s S(O) pops since Stussy is S(O). Though anyone who doesn’t have AB could be his dad too. so idk
But this also doesn’t disprove Newgate being Crocodile’s S(O) pops or Crocodad/mom. Luffy is F(B), and so is Dragon.
I see a couple times people theorizing that maybe Shakky and Rayleigh are Mihawk’s parents, but Mihawk is S(O) and Rayliegh is XF(AB) which means he ain’t the daddy.
It’s also interesting that Ace and Roger are the only S(O) types in the D Clan (minus Lili, Rocks, and Rouge who don’t have blood types). The rest are all F(B).
Idk how to end this, just wanted to make some observations. If anyone wants to add anything feel free to do so!
Koby followed after Luffy. He knew exactly where he was going and what he was doing. When he managed to climb over the wall, he stood in front of Zoro, Luffy no were in sight.
“Have you seen my friend Luffy?” He asked the alpha in front of him.
“He took off inside the base,”
“What?! Luffy is inside the back! That marine bace right thire!! Oh no, he's to hot headed! Here, let me get you down from there,” Koby began to untie the alpha.
“Oi! If you help me, you'll be killed! They don't care if you're an omega or not!” Zoro growled at him. He didn't use his alpha voice, so Koby was free to ignore him.
“You shouldn't be here! They never should have arrested you in the first place! I can't stand marines like that! They're supposed to serve and protect the people they serve! I'm going to become a real marine one day! Just like Luffy will become the king of the pirates!”
“What!?” Zoro sounded shocked as Koby worked on the knots. “p pirate king! You're joking. You just gotta be. The pirate king!”
“Yah, I thought the same thing. It's a surprise all right. But that's luffy for ya. He's a hundred percent serious!” All of a sudden, he felt a sharp staring pain in his shoulder, like a hot poker.
He found himself falling back, his glasses flying off his face, and he heard a loud popping sound. A gunshot. He had been shot. Was this the end?
“I'm gonna die!!” Koby screamed. “I'm gonna die a fuliaer!”
“Are you okay? You shuld try and run away thire coming,” Zoro warned him, Koby sat up, clutching his shulder.
“No! I've got to set you free as soon as possible before they get here!”
Thires no need to worry about me, I'll be fine. As long as I can make it a month, they will set me free,” Zoro tried to reaasre him. “Now hurry up and get out of here,”
“They won't let you go!! Helempo lied! He was just messing with you! He is gonna kill you in three days!”
“No! That's nonesse! That bastard promised me! We made a deal! If I could survive for a month, he'd let me go free and not kill Ririka and Rika!”
”He never intended to keep his promise! That's why Luffy punched when he found out! Because Helempo was just toying with you!”
“What? No, I should have listened to Curly,”
“Please after I untie you, help Luffy! I won't force you to become a prairie, but he saved my life. I know if you join forces with him, you'll be able to escape this town safely!” Koby begged of the swords men.
“That's enough! The two of you have betrayed Lieutenant Morgan! You will die here and now!” Lines of men and guns all pointed at the two of them stood in the way of thire freedom.
“Not on my watch!” A different voice came from behind the men as a familiar blonde omega began to kick at the marines.
If Roronoa Zoro was a demon, his husband was an angel. His blond hair was pulled up into a ponytail, and the sun had come out to shine brightly and created a halo around his head. The way he was kicking the marines' guns from their hands and to the ground, he could be nothing other than an avenging angel. Koby wanted to be as strong as the other omega.