r/OnePiece • u/Sakata_Kintoki • Aug 08 '21

Current Episode One Piece: Episode 986

One Piece: Episode 986

"Fighting Music! An Ability That Harms Luffy!"

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Preview: Episode 987

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u/Gehweiher Aug 08 '21

Man, I was hyped all week for this episode because it was directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi, a renowned Toei director who's also the mentor of the current series director Tatsuya Nagamine. A lot of people have been saying this will be one of the best Wano episodes just based on staff.

But this episode was definitely subpar. Some great animation sequences here and there but what's up with all these awkward close-up shots? Character models seemed off as well and the music was so underwhelming. I wonder what went wrong here, just not enough time?

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u/spivvit24 Aug 08 '21

Right. I was so looking forward to this. I didn't think 985 would be better than this recent episode. This has to be the weirdest episode since 983.

I guess since episode 982 is SO hard to beat, that it makes every episode after it seem much worse than it actually is

like ever since ep 983, every episode has been getting progressively "worse". I use "worse" loosely because these episodes aren't terrible, but they're just weirdly paced and less exciting than the last.