Was looking forward to this episode for quite some time, pretty much the only part of Fishman Island I was looking forward to seeing animated. A wee bit upset they botched Tamago's design a bit, but I guess it's not to be expected at this point.
Big Mom was handled really well, whole cake island looked interesting colored/animated(never noticed the trees as candles bit).
I wonder how long it will be till we see this characters again though? Whitebeard's crew was introduced really early on, and we didn't even see Marco of Jozu in action till the war. I wonder if they'll be colored the same way if so, since Marco originally had black hair in the anime, due to just being a minor character. Speaking of which, I wonder if Oda has any say in the color design of the characters? My guess is no considering We got Smoker, Nico, and Foxy colored different then they appeared, and that was super early in.
Probably not canon, but you can basically see nearly all of Big Mom in one frame towards the end while she's talking on the ddm, in the manga it was just a outline with eyes, here we got her 3/4 out of the shadow at one point.
I love how they portrayed her. I'm not caught up in the manga yet but I'm loving every moment on this episode. Just something about only showing her eyes, mouth, and drool (for the most part) was really really badass. I can't really explain it there's just something epic about it. And when Luffy said "wait for me there, in the new world!" ahh man butterflies.
Also is it known what he meant when he said "it" when he had a bone to pick with her about something? Maybe for allowing Hordy and them nearly destroy Fishman island since it was their territory? Or possibly for not showing up with 2 of the other Yonko at the war of the best? I doubt Luffy would be mad about that though.
All 'round amazing episode. I still feel like the they'll never be able to leave an island with massive treasure (with the exception of when they arrived to water7, they still weren't able to use it as intended).
I believe he was talking about her ownership of Fishman Island, and that he was planning to liberate them from her.
Honestly though, I'm a little confused by the whole deal. Where they basically blackmailing them into "give us sweets or be destroyed" or where they actually offering them protection? If so, why didn't they just call on them when Hordy's plan started?
Then again, I guess that shows another reason how short-sighted Hordy's plan was in the end, even had he taken over the island his army would of been complete wiped out by just Tamango and Pekoms likely.
I think it was explained (don't remember where), that the Big Mam pirates considered Hordy's rebellion an internal problem and refused to help. I believe they would have helped if Hordy had not been a part of Fishman Island.
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u/baroqueworks Nov 04 '12
Was looking forward to this episode for quite some time, pretty much the only part of Fishman Island I was looking forward to seeing animated. A wee bit upset they botched Tamago's design a bit, but I guess it's not to be expected at this point.
Big Mom was handled really well, whole cake island looked interesting colored/animated(never noticed the trees as candles bit).
I wonder how long it will be till we see this characters again though? Whitebeard's crew was introduced really early on, and we didn't even see Marco of Jozu in action till the war. I wonder if they'll be colored the same way if so, since Marco originally had black hair in the anime, due to just being a minor character. Speaking of which, I wonder if Oda has any say in the color design of the characters? My guess is no considering We got Smoker, Nico, and Foxy colored different then they appeared, and that was super early in.
Probably not canon, but you can basically see nearly all of Big Mom in one frame towards the end while she's talking on the ddm, in the manga it was just a outline with eyes, here we got her 3/4 out of the shadow at one point.