Well, the source of Zoro's next powerup is now abundantly clear.
Feels like everyone but Zoro and Chopper got shortchanged on their storylines here.
I don't know why, but the way they animated Nico Robin's scenes in this ep felt kinda... surreal. I think maybe her eyes looked different?
The Robin scene definitely looked like it was done in a drastically different art style than the rest of the episode.
I haven't watched the anime in a while but it's not the first time that's happened right? I remember Robin's arc after the Straw Hats splitting up having quite an unique art style as well
Probably. Wouldn't surprise me if they were doing some meta shit where each of the strawhats sidestories has been done by a different studio or something.
Ooh sweet, getting some more Rayleigh next ep!
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I really would like longer arcs with the other Strawhats. The bulk of One Piece was more in balance with the other characters getting screentime, but now we have been having only Luffy for a really long time, and much of it was quite annoying Ace, Ace, Ace repeat. Maybe there's nothing from Oda save individual pics about the fates of the other members, but I'd even be willing to watch some filler material to get a break from Luffy... Quarter of an episode really isn't much time at all to get develoment of any sort.
I was REALLY hoping that all the arcs would be fleshed out for 4-5 episodes each as well, even that could take a couple of months and place us further from whats going on in the manga right now. Ill be pissed if they pass up this opertunity and then hit us with 6 months of filler down the line...
I'd rather just get to a point where the crew reunites so we don't HAVE to lean on Luffy anymore. I have zero interest in seeing the anime studio try and make entire story arcs revolving around individual Strawhat members.
One Piece hasn't had a filler arc in over 3 years. They generally don't cover multiple chapters per episode unlike most series. I don't think it's likely we're going to catch up anytime soon, if ever.
Last edited by DarthEnderX; Thu, 07-14-2011 at 03:23 PM.