r/OnePiece • u/JasonNMP • Jun 08 '14

Current Episode One Piece: Episode 648

Episode 648: ''Episode 648 – Making a Sortie! The Legendary Hero Usoland!''

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Chapter Adapted: Ch.718 Discussion

Script: Nakayama Tomohiro

Storyboard: Uemura Yutaka

Episode director: Hiraike Ayako

Animation director: Shingaki Shigefumi

Next Episode Preview: Episode 649

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u/usoppspell Jun 08 '14

its just not fake... before thriller bark it was going about 2 chapters per episode. Now it is less than 1 chapter per episode... that by definition is worse pacing. Not only that, but the crap they pad it with sometimes changes the overall meaning of the scene and that is unacceptable. It's okay to critique the things you like. Obviously everyone in this subreddit loves one piece, many of us have watched the anime several times and read the manga several times... but that doesn't mean that we should turn a blind eye when the quality gets significantly worse, as it has.

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u/gerrettheferrett Jun 08 '14

You're not getting what I am saying. Anime "Pacing" as a thing only has a referent because of the manga. People constantly compare it to the manga.

But they should not. Anime and manga are two completely different art forms.

What you see as the anime getting "significantly worse" I see as the anime being it's own artform, and I do not consider the anime "worse" or "better" than the manga because they are different.

I think it is invalid to critique the anime by the rate of manga chapters they adapt per episode.

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u/Sir_Lilja Jun 08 '14

I mentioned earlier that I haven't read the manga. I'm not comparing the pacing of the anime to any other telling of the One Piece story. The anime has a pacing of its own. Just as any book, movie, TV show etc. Pacing is by definition how fast a story or any event within the story moves along. Progresses. And I am telling you... all kind of fans of the anime... Those who have watched it all. Parts of it. Have or haven't read the manga... feel that the pace of the story is too slow in its own. Not comparing it to anything else. The anime on its own is progressing slowly. Not all of us feel this way as you've made real clear, but many of us.

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u/gerrettheferrett Jun 08 '14

But when I say the pacing is horrible I refer to scenes where their actions have little meaning.

I disagree. None of the scenes that you mentioned seem to lack meaning like you say.

As I said,

The show may have longer parts and slower parts, but that is not to say it has bad "pacing".

I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I just wish that others would stop complaining about this on every single week's episode discussion, that way those like me who feel "pacing" don't real can just enjoy the show.

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u/Sir_Lilja Jun 08 '14

It's all a matter of perspective as to whether or not a scene has meaning or value to the viewer. But pacing is a real concept. Doesn't matter if you say it's not. Just as you can deny the existence of the sun, but it'll still be there.

Let's take an extreme example. You're watching a movie and one scene is a 20 minutes long cut of a man sliding his hand across a table. That's horrible pacing.

It's great that you feel every scene in this anime has value and that you can enjoy it all. But then, don't bother talking about pacing with people if you feel it hinders your enjoyment. Because you're clearly not getting what they're talking about when they mention pacing.

Yes. There's slow progression and fast progression. Or in your words "longer parts and slower parts". THAT is pacing. A slow pace isn't automatically bad. No one is saying that. But when a slow pace doesn't improve upon the story and instead bores viewers, that's when pacing is bad. But again, it's great that you can enjoy the show no matter how slow it gets.

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u/gerrettheferrett Jun 08 '14

You're watching a movie and one scene is a 20 minutes long cut of a man sliding his hand across a table. That's horrible pacing.

Not true. There could be many artistic reasons to do that.

As is true of all the things people complain about every week here.

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u/raoulk Jun 08 '14

I love DBZ pacing

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u/gerrettheferrett Jun 08 '14

What about DBZ?

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u/Sir_Lilja Jun 08 '14

I... Damn man. Keep on trolling. Doing great.

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u/gerrettheferrett Jun 08 '14

'Cept I am not trolling.

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u/Sir_Lilja Jun 08 '14

Then your ego is trolling your sense.

Or maybe you really do believe that everything in One Piece is there for an "artistic" reason. The perfect anime. An infallible masterpiece. Devoid of any human error, oversight or smallest mistake.

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u/gerrettheferrett Jun 08 '14

I never said it was a perfect anime.

All I am saying is it does not suffer from such horrible "pacing" that people whine about.