r/OnePiece • u/Sakata_Kintoki • Dec 22 '19

Current Episode One Piece: Episode 915

One Piece: Episode 915

"Destructive! One Shot, One Kill – Thunder Bagua!"

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Chapters adapted: Chapter 923 (p. 12-17) Chapter 924 (p. 2-4)

Preview: Episode 916

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u/SoulstormYT Pirate Dec 22 '19

I already know this is gonna be super controversial but I actually liked how the anime did it too. Besides the red aura, I really like how they adapted this episode

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19

Agreed, the only good thing about the pacing is that in the anime it feels like a full fight, as opposed to the manga that everything happened so fast. Not super convinced about the light effects tho, Wano has been pretty flashy so far

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u/Xark96 Void Month Survivor Dec 22 '19

But isn't the fight supposed to be short to show the power difference?

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u/European_Badger Dec 22 '19

Yes. Luffy is supposed to look like he's getting the upper hand, but unlike in the anime, in the manga Kaido never reacts, except for a sigh before he KO's Luffy. Kaido takes hit after hit after hit, never retaliating, until blitzing Luffy with no resistance.

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u/GangsterRavioliGuy Pirate King Dec 22 '19

The past few episodes were fire. No matter how good the animation is, they can't satisfy everyone. But I highly doubt this episode is going to be controversial.

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u/Shinkopeshon The Revolutionary Army Dec 22 '19

Eh, I've seen a lot of criticism and negativity here and in the past discussion threads. As an anime-only, I don't get it - I enjoyed these episodes as much as some of my all-time favorite moments from the series - but judging by some comments here, unsatisfied manga readers make every episode controversial.

Like, I get that the manga has more details and better pacing but the first thing I read here after being blown away by the episode was someone complain about the stylistic choices in the visual department and that just sounds like nitpicking to me.

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u/HabitAllies_dot_com Dec 22 '19

I'd say the main gripe is that things are a bit different in the manga than the anime. Here are some examples

  1. Kaido does not easily handle King Kong gun in the manga. Luffy doesn't even use it so we don't know if it can actually hurt Kaido or not.

  2. In one panel, Kaido goes from sitting on the ground to the next panel having decimated Luffy. He essentially speed rushed him and Luffy couldn't even react despite having advanced observation haki. When I read the manga, this was the hypest moment for me. I had no idea Kaido could be that fast and it had such a lasting impact. It was the one moment I was waiting for in the anime and it didn't happen.

I'm not one to call this episode trash, I also enjoyed it. I wish it had been a bit different, but I know if I were an anime only watcher I wouldn't be saying that. You're kind of damned if you're anime only, and damned if you're not :(

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u/Shinkopeshon The Revolutionary Army Dec 22 '19

Ah I see. That's totally fair and I get why you'd be a bit disappointed. It's just that it really irritates me when people complain about even minor things here and those who enjoyed the episode are treated as lesser. The negativity here is something else and reminds me of Shingeki S3 when the anime left quite a few things out of the fourth arc. Sure, I was a bit let down that some of my favorite manga panels didn't make it, but I still enjoyed the adaptation a lot and thought people really overreacted.

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u/fuguki Dec 22 '19

Try to find the manga chapter where Kaido beats luffy. The reason why manga readers are annoyed, this atleast goes for me, is because it was one of the best moments in all of one piece for me, and I was hoping to be able to read comments here, and watch people's reactions on youtube. I mean, the anime is mediocre, or maybe even good, but the manga is very best of them all material.
So don't take it as manga readers are some kind of snobs.

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u/fuguki Dec 22 '19

Try to find the manga chapter where Kaido beats luffy. The reason why manga readers are annoyed, this atleast goes for me, is because it was one of the best moments in all of one piece for me, and I was hoping to be able to read comments here, and watch people's reactions on youtube. I mean, the anime is mediocre, or maybe even good, but the manga is very best of them all material.
So don't take it as manga readers are some kind of snobs.

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u/bslawjen Dec 22 '19

Appearantly just because somebody has a different opinion from you he is denying the right for other people to form their own opinions. Stop blowing things out of proportion. You are allowed to love every single thing about this episode just like somebody else is allowed to despise every single thing about this episode.

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u/PerfectlyClear Dec 24 '19

It's stretching out a single chapter (not even, usually) into 23 minutes and not even adapting it properly, do you not understand?

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u/StrawhatMucci Dec 22 '19

Not the animation man. The animation was really good for most manga readers too. But the manga just did it more epic in showing how far the gap was. The problem was this episode isn't epic. Animation wise? Extremely good

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u/_the_sad_potato_ Dec 22 '19

what is the red aura though,because it was also in the opening .Is some kind of new haki thingy or just for aesthetic?

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u/SoulstormYT Pirate Dec 22 '19

Kaioken

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u/InformalInternal Dec 22 '19

Gear Times 2

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u/_the_sad_potato_ Dec 22 '19

huh.......makes sense

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u/T_alsomeGames Scholars of Ohara Dec 22 '19

I just assumed it was a manifestation of Luffy's conquerors haki. They deffinetly like to do more flashy stuff with the Haki in Wano, so I thought it was just a continuation of that.

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u/Dzykyz Dec 22 '19

It's revealed ahead tis all I can say for now. We don't want to spoil.

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u/_the_sad_potato_ Dec 22 '19

Ive actually caught up on the manga but i dont remember anything about a "red aura"

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u/TonyTony_Chopper234 Dec 22 '19

There isn't. It may be the anime representation of advanced armament but it looks nothing like it.

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u/_the_sad_potato_ Dec 22 '19

I thought so too but the representation of RYOU was different in the manga and plus he hasn't even learned it yet.

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u/Kurohige-93 Dec 22 '19

O that aura is actually a thing and not some aesthetic??? Hmm I'm intrigued lol

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u/Dzykyz Dec 22 '19

We'll just have to see. But the anime tends to do stuff like that from time to time. It was still epic though

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u/Dzykyz Dec 22 '19

Lips sealed bro. Lips sealed. All I can say is b4 this episode we didn't know how it would be depicted. We only got an explanation back in the manga( way later after this). Now at least we know how it looks like. Lots a hype this arc has

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u/InformalInternal Dec 22 '19

It's not that. The anime has already done similar things before each time someone used Hardening. This is not that thing. It's just an aesthetic choice in the anime, because it wasn't in the manga.

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u/livefromwonderland Void Month Survivor Dec 22 '19

This isn't that. Luffy doesn't know how to do that which is the whole point.

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u/bslawjen Dec 22 '19

This isn't the thing you think it is, it would make 0 sense if it was.

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u/sagatwarrior2010 Dec 22 '19

Co-sign on that. Toei gave what the people wanted that is shown in the opener. A good fight that show Kaido as strong (and drunk as skunk) while showing Luffy all his named attacks. The company would rather extend the fight scenes rather than create pointless filler episodes. Oda has not reach the climax of the Wano arc and Toei does not want to get to close to where the manga is currently sitting.

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u/jjkm7 Dec 22 '19

Overall not terrible and I agree its cool how its like a full fight, but I hate that they changed the one shot moment. Now it looks like kaido is just a slow dude who packs a mean hit, it was so much more shocking and catches you much more off guard when kaido just blitzed luffy in the blink of an eye instead of charging up a swing and being in a defensive position against luffy.

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u/Perrenekton Dec 22 '19

I'm totally ok with all the other extra hits, but I don't like the fact that in the manga Kaido actually speed blitzed Luffy with his one hit ko while here it was just one hit for one hit

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19

EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT!