Can we fucken talk about Shachi and Penguins strength in the fucken sea??? Like I read it in the manga and was like โalright cool thereโs probably something going on thereโ and then this episode comes out and the explanation is straight up theyโre from a cold port in the north blue????? Like no further strength building?? All they did was swim in cold ass water and got like that??? Not even talking bout their lung capacity.
Like thatโs why both of yโall have amazing swimming abilities and essentially bullets of water from your mouth???? Amazing. I love my aquatic animal themed boys.
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Sora: Warrior Of The Sea
Random Trivia!
Sora & Sora: Future
The manga ran for over 40 years. Meaning, yes, it was around before Law could even read it, and yet was still being written when he was in high school. A second run, acting as a wrap up to many of the incomplete plotlines, was started some 12 years after the original creator's death, taken up by his adopted daughter with her wife acting as the artist. Though the story picked up right where the original manga run had suddenly cut off, it also flashes to some undated time when Sora was much older, earning it the fan nickname "Sora: Future".
The (Non Destroyed) Novelizations
While the main storyline of Sora takes place in the manga, there are four or five - depending on the source - novellas that act as either prequels or simply companions to the main plot. The most well known of which is simply "Sora!" A novelized version of the first three manga arcs, written by his aforementioned daughter and published prior to the 8th arc as a sort of promotional event. Two of the other novels - "Poison: A Study In Pink" and "Blackest Heart: The Story of Santeki Vinreykur" - were written in a similar fashion, though in this case both of them told the events from major arcs through the perspective of Germa 66, with Blackest Heart often considered to be not only the best of the novels but a must read for fans of the White Lake arc.
Then there is the prequel novel, or novels depending on who you ask. You see, while the Sora manga is obviously not based on real events - that would be ridiculous, I mean, have you read them, they are pure fantasy! - there are certain aspects that borrow from real life. For instance, the hero is a marine, and the depiction of the Marines in the manga is largely taken from real life, including the presence of characters from outside the North such as Vice Admiral Umiko (Calm Belt) and her assistant (West blue) as well as Daichi (East Blue) due to the location of a major naval school in the North. Also, you know, a kingdom of evil technological mercenaries on an island that moved around the sea. Who, for whatever reason, seem to take issue with certain depictions of their kingdom in the manga (in general, they saw the fear instilled in Northern youth by the work to be a good thing, but every now and again the anonymous author who published the comics appeared to cross an unknown line and when Germa took issue with something, they made their displeasure very, very clear).
The first prequel, "The BoX Of Pandora" was widely panned as an unnecessary money grab from the author's estate; it was written between when the Sora comics had stopped being produced and the future manga. It took a true fan to appreciate the work and how it informed Pandora's character (quote Trafalgar Law every single time the issue came up). The story itself is the first Sora property to be female dominated, centering around Pandora's childhood, her becoming a pirate, and her eventual rise to being named a Titan (a title somewhat between to shichibukai and yonko but only within the North Blue). The other novel was written about Daichi and is something between a prequel and retelling, in that the climax of the novel retells the story of Sora first stealing the raid suit from Germa 66, but leading up to that is mostly new material exploring Daichi first arriving to North Blue and his time at the naval academy, meeting Sora as well as Doctor Hart (at the time still merely a marine doctor) and how these friendships would end up shaping him and the path he took after academy.
If you are wondering why there is no title it's because, well, anything sold under the original title simply doesn't exist anymore. Who can say which part of the book set off Germa 66: was it information about their base revealed during Sora's breakin that was absent from the manga but strangely detailed in the novelization or the multiple discussions of the raid suits abilities including having certain elements explored by more scientifically minded characters such as when Dr. Hart is allowed to inspect what he is told are scraps of a shot down Germa drone - to inspect the life support capabilities of the suit. It could have been something as meaningless as when Stealth Black allows Daichi to go in one of the later chapters, with the narration heavily implying this is due not so much to his inherent mercy (though that is a trait we have seen Stealth Black/Santeki show many times and that Germa has taken some issue with in the past) but more his.... Interest in Daichi (no, it all but right out states that if Daichi were not as attractive and likable as he was, he would be dead). Then again, it could be something as small as when it's revealed that outside of the North Germa's name holds no power. It's impossible to tell with a group like Germa, but regardless of the cause, the first printing of the book went nowhere, due in large part to the explosion of multiple publishing houses. These days, the only way to acquire a copy is on the black market, and you always run the risk of buying one of the many falsified editions that people have put out over the years.
(Law despises the people that would put out what is basically fanfiction, getting true fans hopes up by claiming it to be actual copies of the original Daichi novel. He has also read 8 different versions of the book.)
Sora! Panto!
Every year, around the start of winter, North Blue holds a big celebration. Other blues see it as a sort of holiday before their big hibernation, mistakenly believing that in the past, Northerns simply SLEPT the entire winter, since certain areas of the North barely even see sunlight for those months. That's pure nonsense, of course, Northerns simply respect nature and the power it has over their lives. Or at least they used to, way back when, and from those days the celebration of Yule Eve came with a whole feast of different celebrations of festivities. One of which is the art of the pantomime.
While Sora: Warrior of the Sea is comparatively rather new, that hasn't stopped people from incorporating the sea wide famous manga into various forms of entertainment. The first adaptation of Sora ever created was not, as many believe, of the Saturday morning cartoon - and don't make the mistake of implying this around Law, not unless you are ready for a four hour lecture on the history of Sora and North Blue culture - but was a den den radio play called "Sora of the North Sea" and simply due down to the production company and the actors who worked there, the part of Daichi was played by a female actor (though the character was still male). For whatever reason, this carried over to the stage, where it became something of a popular meme to have Poison Pink played by a younger male cast member, while Daichi was played by a woman.
In fact, in his first year on the cast, Zoro was invited by his best friend/rival to a Northern pantomime based on Sora. Kuina, a fellow stunt actor who had recently had a small burst of fame in the North as one of the few performers able to properly pull off Santoryu (well she better be able to after beating Zoro so much when they were younger, right!) Being cast in a few minor action movie roles and subsequently asked to perform in a major panto product of Sora where she was cast as Daichi.
Zoro isn't sure he got it. Kuina was awesome, no doubt, though most of the sword work was pretty cheap and uninspired. Still, she did some amazing flips, stage dives, even some cool wire work in a scene where she had to jump into the sea to save Sora. He was just confused why everyone seemed so amused whenever they made it obvious she was a girl. They obviously knew that when they cast her, what was the big deal? He also didn't quite understand why the actor who played Sora kept giving Kuina these LOOKS. The audience found it hilarious but Zoro just didn't get it. What he did take from the play was that he was never kissing Perona. NEVER.
Northern culture is weird sometimes.
[Edit: Apologies to @devilfruitsaladfordinner who wanted Sora content and instead of anything, like, decent gets this random one off about how most Daichi's wear skirts.]
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Do you guys think Zoro secretly thinks that the people from the North Blue are from sky islands? Like...my man canonically thinks north means up so in his fucked up logic for directions it would track that he thinks the sea where Sanji and Law are from are somehow above the other seas.ย
If Sanji found out about this he would bully Zoro mercilessly. Zoro would never hear the end of it gjsklfg
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โพSphere's OP Masterlistโฝ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต! ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ! ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ข๐บ? ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ! ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ!โ -๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐น๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ
"๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ-๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ" -๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต
โ๏ธ - ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต
โ๏ธ - ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ต
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๏ธ - ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ง๐ง
๐ฎNorth Blue
โฝ Trafalgar D. Water Law
โฝ Vinsmoke Sora
โฝ Vinsmoke Reiju
โฝ Vinsmoke Sanji
โฝ Donquixote Doflamingo
โฝ Baby 5
โฝ Monet
โฝ Basil Hawkins
โฝ Donquixote Rosinante
๐ฎSouth Blue
โฝ Portgas D. Ace
โฝ Jewelry Bonney
โฝ Eustass Kid
โฝ Inazuma
๐ฎEast Blue
โฝ Monkey D. Luffy
โฝ Sabo
โฝ Makino
โฝ Koby
โฝ Roronoa Zoro
โฝ Saga
โฝ Kaya
โฝ Kuro
โฝ Nami
โฝ Bell-merฬe
โฝ Nojiko
โฝ Johnny
โฝ Yosaku
โฝ Gol D. Roger
โฝ Smoker
โฝ Tashigi
โฝ Daddy Masterson
โฝ Carina
โฝ Shanks
โฝ Uta
โฝ Buggy
โฝ Masked Deuce
โฝ Belo Betty
โฝ Desire
๐ฎWest Blue
โฝ Nico Robin
โฝ Yorki
โฝ Perona
โฝ Hina
๐ฎGrandline
โฝ Nefertari Vivi
โฝ Pell
โฝ Crocodile
โฝ Enel
โฝ Conis
โฝ Raki
โฝ Kalgara
โฝ Paulie
โฝ Kaku
โฝ Kalifa
โฝ Dracule Mihawk
โฝ Kozuki Toki
โฝ Kozuki Hiyori
โฝ Kikunojo
โฝ Shinobu
โฝ Shimotsuki Ushimaru
โฝ Ulti
โฝ Black Maria
โฝ Yamato
โฝ Scarlett
โฝ Rebecca
โฝ Charlotte Smoothie
โฝ Charlotte Galette
โฝ Charlotte Pudding
โฝ Lilith
โฝ Boa Hancock
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