09-06-2023, 10:46 PM
Still watching. Still entertained. There’s some fine world building, engaging characters, and good fights, as long as you can buy into that tongue-in-cheek anime vibe. Luffy is nailing the lead, so innocent and full of optimism. It’s all about following your dream. Kitchy but it’s working for this. It’s got to be one of the best translations of anime to live action yet. I know I sorta said that last time but my assertion is more convinced now.
E4 is about an heiress to a shipyard (pirates need a ship) and Zoro’s backstory which explains the three katana thing. Plus they pick up another crew member - like the classic tale of the peach boy (or Wozard of Oz) this has that theme of assembling the squad while on the quest. It also echos Journey to the West as Monkey D. Luffy is parallel to Sun Wukong in acquiring powers by eating a stolen magic fruit, shape shifting, cockiness, and general attitude.
E5 has the best swordfight so far - Zoro v Mihawk - it’s delightful. My fav ep so far. If you’re only going to watch one ep, this is the one. Won’t make a lick of sense out of context, but it might not matter.
E6 goes on an obtuse tangent to introduce the backstory of new character and it had a heartfelt gruesome twist I didn’t see coming at all. Then there’s a major betrayal
2 more eps to go. Maybe tomorrow night. I’m sure it’ll end with a cliffhanger. Every ep so far has ended so. They won’t change the formula for the season finale. If anything, they’ll up the cliffhanger ante for s2.
This has been an international smash hit for Netflix. I’ll have to watch some of the original anime after I finish s1.
E4 is about an heiress to a shipyard (pirates need a ship) and Zoro’s backstory which explains the three katana thing. Plus they pick up another crew member - like the classic tale of the peach boy (or Wozard of Oz) this has that theme of assembling the squad while on the quest. It also echos Journey to the West as Monkey D. Luffy is parallel to Sun Wukong in acquiring powers by eating a stolen magic fruit, shape shifting, cockiness, and general attitude.
E5 has the best swordfight so far - Zoro v Mihawk - it’s delightful. My fav ep so far. If you’re only going to watch one ep, this is the one. Won’t make a lick of sense out of context, but it might not matter.
E6 goes on an obtuse tangent to introduce the backstory of new character and it had a heartfelt gruesome twist I didn’t see coming at all. Then there’s a major betrayal
2 more eps to go. Maybe tomorrow night. I’m sure it’ll end with a cliffhanger. Every ep so far has ended so. They won’t change the formula for the season finale. If anything, they’ll up the cliffhanger ante for s2.
This has been an international smash hit for Netflix. I’ll have to watch some of the original anime after I finish s1.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse