One Piece Thread

[Vaspinne]

I feel like he had a start point and an end point pre-planned, and the middle is more or less half made up on the spot and the second half building off of the first half lol. Lots of room for change and deviation, but at the end of the story it'll be the ending he envisioned all along.

But what's so amazing is that he draws from stuff he's written years ago and either eludes to it or directly connects to it in the story much later on. Like the Noland stuff with the dwarves for example, or Hatchen after the Arlong fight going off to open a takoyaki stand with Keimi in the cover stories only for them to become a major story piece later on. I'm sure he has a catalog or an archive he uses to keep track of all that shit.

At least, watching a series like Bakuman makes me think this is what's happening anyway. If Bakuman is an accurate representation of what a mangaka has to go through (and I like to pretend it's somewhat accurate), then I'm sure stuff that's as annoying as a character/story's popularity has to play a factor.

And then there are moments where other people (like the voice actors) dictate how his characters act and the things they like lol:

[Lucavi]

This is how I feel about Hajime no Ippo lol. But that manga has been going for like 20 years and I feel like the Mangaka will kick the bucket before Ippo finally finishes

Christ, how long has Hajime no Ippo been around? Its been forever now.

[Lebzile]

berserk

I don't want Miura to go before Berserk ends. BibleThump

[Vaspinne]

Raw babble:

Spoiler: show

Super badass! Franky opens the factory for the dwarves to take out. And Kyros is a beast against Diamante. Surprisingly good fight that seemingly has a conclusion and doesn't look like it'll be drawn out :D!!!

[Not Kuno]

Chapters out

Spoiler: show

Surpisingly good chapter. I feel like this is the chapter we needed considering we had a break last week. Good stuff. So which admins are left? Just donflamingo and slime man?

[Vaspinne]

Chapters out

Spoiler: show

Surpisingly good chapter. I feel like this is the chapter we needed considering we had a break last week. Good stuff. So which admins are left? Just donflamingo and slime man?

Spoiler: show

Pica against Zoro still too! 1 semi-major fight and then the big final boss. Zoro and Pica have been going back and forth for a few chapters now. I can see Oda finally finishing it off in just 1 chapter.

[Not Kuno]

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Pica against Zoro still too! 1 semi-major fight and then the big final boss. Zoro and Pica have been going back and forth for a few chapters now. I can see Oda finally finishing it off in just 1 chapter.

I personally dont mind if Zoros fight goes for more than one chapter since his fights rarely disappoint. But it will probably end in one.

[Lucavi]

More Senor Pink, please! ;-;

[BadKarma]

Excellent chapter.

Oda has been on a roll lately

[Vaspinne]

There's been so much build up and considering how many characters Oda involved in this arc, I'm really kind of impressed that he's not only getting through all the fights at a quick pace, but also keeping the fight quality really good too!

[Lucavi]

^ And while drawing his obscenely detailed backgrounds each time. The dude's got a killer arm.

[Not Kuno]

More Senor Pink, please! ;-;

I'm hoping he has some appearance later on.

[Vaspinne]

While Doflamingo will more than likely be finished, I can see his crew getting the CP9 treatment and getting some sort of cover story arc down the line.

[Vaspinne]

Apparently these are all confirmed things (mostly) about the new One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 game:

Characters

Fully playable and new:

1. Sabo

2. Doflamingo

3. Issho aka. Fujitora

4.Tashigi

5. Rob Lucci

6. Gecko Moria

7. Emporio Ivankov

8. Magellan

New, but of unconfirmed status (possibly support)

1. Alvida

2. Captain Morgan

3. Captain Kuro

4. Bellamy the Hyena

5. Jesus Burgess (also: Pirate captain enemy of Burgess' fighting style, Wrestler pirate)

6. Wiper

7. Mr. 1 Daz Bones

8. Oars

9. Hody Jones

10. Halfgiants

Updated Gameplay and Attacks:

1. Usopp

2. Zoro

3. Sanji

4. Nami

5. Luffy

6. Law

and possibly alot more to come.

Confirmed Story Arcs (check brackets for character introductions)

1. Orange Town (Zoro/Captain Morgan)

2. Syrup Village (Usopp/Captain Kuro)

3. Baratie (Sanji/Don Krieg/Mihawk)

4. Arlong Park (Nami/Arlong)

5. Loguetown (Ace/Tashigi/Smoker)

6. Drum Island (Chopper/Wapol)

7. Alabasta (Vivi[?]/Crocodile/Nico Robin)

8. Jaya (Bellamy/Burgess/Blackbeard)

9. Skypiea (Wiper/Enel)

10. Water 7 (Franky/Lucci) and 11. Enies Lobby (Robin)

12. Thriller Bark (Moria/Kuma/Oars/Perona[Preskip?]/Brook)

13. Sabaody Archipelago (Law [preskip?], Kidd [?], Kizaru)

14. Impel Down (Magellan/Jimbei/Ivankov)

15. Marineford (Whitebeard/Akainu/Shanks/Aokiji/Doflamingo [maybe])

16. Fishman Island (Hody Jones)

17. Dressrosa (Sabo/Doflamingo/Fujitora)

Punk Hazard and Amazon Lily have not been reached by the progression of scans, going chronologically [currently at Thriller Bark]. They haven't been teased in any way but are a possibility.


Gameplaywise:

-All final hits of a combo previously only possible during style action mode are now fully integrated into the standard moveset of every character.

-Kizuna Rush replaces the Style Action mode: similar gauge and look upon activation, but you are now able to call up to 4 support characters in for attacks. Having them tag in for you as was the case in PW2 is not possible and has been replaced with a comic-esque combination attack between you and your supports.

-Boss battle cutscenes return. Whether they will feature Quicktime-events or not is unknown as of now.

-It looks amazing so far. No lag, more enemies onscreen, smooth textures. PS4 and PC have really done this game a favor.

According to the website I got it from (the same site I get my manga spoilers from), there are new scans coming soon too that just need to get translated first

I plan on getting a PS4 in March. What better way to celebrate my purchase then with a new Musou game? :3 No idea when this is coming out though lol

Edit: Okay, there's actually tons of videos and scans and shit. I just stumbled upon all of this now. Check it out for yourselves if you're interested:

http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp.../pc/movie.html
http://apforums.net/showthread.php?t=41669&page=46

[Vaspinne]

New chapter is out:

Spoiler: show

Only a bridge chapter but ZORO PUT ON HIS FUCKING BANDANA AT THE END!!!!!!!!! FUCKING SHIT IS GOING TO GO DOWN NEXT CHAPTER!!!! HE'S FINALLY GOING TO GET SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edit:

Spoiler: show

Robin was pretty badass too! She had a good moment. And fucking Pica, what a dick lol

[Not Kuno]

Good stuff this week. Excited for the next one.

[Pharaun]

I'm excited for next week, Zoro is about to go ham on Pica.

[BadKarma]

This is the first time Zoro has used his bandanna post time skip right?


Time to go hard as fuck.

[Vaspinne]

Yes it is. Didn't even break a sweat for Fishmen Island or Punk Hazard

[Stilzkin]

He's put his bandanna on post time-skip before.