I just finished reading Bound Together by Romirola (if you haven't read it yet please do, I know I'm way late to the party) it was so freaking enjoyable! I love a good disney/fairytale au and their Sweetheart x Milo Tangeled Au was just freaking perfect!
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THE ONE PIECE LIVE ACTION IS GREAT!
As someone who, since Disney ran it into the ground along with so many companies currently struggling with creativity, generally dislikes live-action adaptations of shows/movies, I was very, VERY sceptical if not downright abhorred when I heard they were making a live-action version of one of my all-time favourite anime/manga series. Not even the involvement of Oda himself could convince me.
Fast forward a few years since the announcement, and we get a first look at the cast. I was impressed and pleased by what I saw, and cautiously optimistic. Then the first trailer dropped, along with my jaw, because suddenly I was 100% onboard (no pun intended) with the show.
As of writing this, I've just finished watching the entire 8 Episode season. And when I tell you, as a long-time One Piece fan, I loved EVERY MINUTE of it. It managed to condense dozens of my favourite episodes and moments into just 8 1 hour episodes. And yes, some things were a liiittle rushed, and some things got somewhat brushed over which I was a little disappointed about, but the good so far outweighs the bad that even the 'bad' I would hardly consider 'bad'. Just could've been done better.
The characters and casting. It's. SO GOOD. You can tell this cast and crew LOVED this story, the set pieces and the music, the lines and camera work, the ACTION, the drama and the humour--It ALL hit. You feel EVERYTHING with and for these characters. And the humour isn't FORCED like it is so often in modern media. It stays within the bounds of the world, no wink-wink-nudge-nudge 'reference to popular thing right now' to horribly date it. It's the same way I felt about watching the Avatar movies; while not outstanding storywise, there's a genuine-ness about it with the lack of forced humour and stupid references.
There's so many references to the source material, and yet so many NEW things that I NEVER would've thought would fit with the One Piece world or characters, but here, the new things WORK. The way they tell this story WORKS. And by god, I'm so happy to see something REAL, and made WITH LOVE, rather than another stupid, passionless, desperate cash-grab from a multibillion-dollar corporation. I've not been this moved since watching Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles last year. Spider-Verse moved me with its rule-breaking, breathtaking animation and compelling storytelling of course, but it just. MEANS something to me when a Live-Action adaptation can move me the way animation has ever since i was a child.
I LOVED this show. i love this crew, this cast, this story and all its characters. As of writing this review, I have no idea if we'll ever get a Season 2 or beyond, but I pray we do. I want more projects like this than another Disney knock-off, a passionless regurgitation of beloved classics. At the same time, I do acknowledge what's currently going on with the strikes, so these CEO's or whoever better wake up and pay up what creators like these DESERVE.
TL;DR: The live-action One Piece is freaking AMAZING, please watch it, and I pray for more genuine projects made with love in the future!
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I don't know if this is objectum culture but I've been thinking about it a lot and have no one to talk to about it
When you lose your beloved hat at a cousin's bouse but you only realize it after you left the country so it's not possible to get them back right away and you miss them a lot :(
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Was anyone gonna tell me Fire Punch has good trans male representation or am I just supposed to live knowing that I could have missed it by not reading Fire Punch ?
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Now that I’ve had time to gather myself, I feel that I can give proper tribute.
It’s not an exaggeration when I say I love Dragon Ball Z. I have loved it since I was 4 years old and caught it on late night tv. I have grown up with the series. Even my parents who knew absolutely NOTHING about anime could recognize Goku and DBZ on sight simply because of how crazy about I was as a kid. DBZ made up a huge bulk of my birthday gifts when I was younger. I remember watching the cell saga as it aired on TV. I remember how hype I was for the finale battle between Cell and Gohan, how it was all the kids at school could talk about the next day. I made some of my few friendships from talking about DBZ. On dark days when I felt alone, just popping open weekly shonen jump and reading a chapter or loading up a tape or DVD could brighten my mood.
And I owe all of that to Akira Toriyama.
I don’t get too choked up with celebrity deaths but this actually fucking hurts. Like it legit gutted me.
It’s unbelievable that he’s gone. I can’t even begin to express the change this one man made.
One Piece, the manga that has also owned my heart for 20 years probably wouldn’t exist without Toriyama. As would many others. He was the Grandfather of Anime. So many owe so much to him.
So, thank you Akira Toriyama. Thank you for creating Goku for me and many other kids who needed a hero to look up to. Thanks for all the awesome birthdays. Thanks for the friendships I made. Thanks for the memories I still cherish to this day.
Rest in Peace and fly high.
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Words will never be able to describe the feelings i felt in march when i saw the archer, tolerate it and my tears ricochet were on the set list
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