Might I ask for some pandaman appreciation 🙏💖✨
You absolutely may!
Thanks for the suggestion :)
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One Piece 1093
//long post, manga spoilers ahead
Congratulations to Law for his second time trending as "Law's female form" and congrats to Kamiya Hiroshi too for trending alongside him!! (her?)
I have no doubt that Law's role would always be special to Kamiya. The way he strained his voice to raise his pitch to a new high made my throat sore on his behalf..... But I liked it more than I expected! I could feel in my bones that it was an uncomfortable transformation Law wanted to free himself from as soon as possible bwahahah
I like the anime original dialogue とにかく、ヤベぇ!(tonikaku, yabee!) Even with my crap japanese it was as hilarious as hearing him say "Anyway, I'm cooked!" I don't think Law uses the term "Yabee" a lot so that felt refreshing lol
It seems the more controversial quote was this one, the speech in Japanese would be literally translated to "my strength isn't coming out as usual". Personally, I didn't immediately associate it to weakness due to being woman but moreso as an additional side affect that came with it, after all, it's dubbed as a disease. I like to think Doc Q didn't only come up with it as a deranged fantasy but to impose a real handicap for the victim to have their body modified in a way that limits their ability to fight and use their usual powers, either due to magic or just out of discomfort. Unlike Ivankov's fruit that alters hormones, it's just a physical change, it makes sense why it's more unnatural and uncomfortable.
The female Law scene was animated by Yuu Yoshiyama, he also did Hancock's scene from Amazon Lilly invasion episode. The scene was fanservicey but thankfully not as over the top as the Bonney scene from few episode prior to this one. The episode didn't drag on even during the slower parts, the screentime was well spent. The obnoxious, repetitive closed up reaction shots weren't there.
Moving on to B part, nothing much to speak of Ishizuka's brilliant storyboard that hasn't been said. My favorite observation was this:
Some parts where characters didn't immediately follow up with a second attack was frustrating until I remembered Blackbeard and Law both put their lives on line when they use their fruit and so can't take risks. Cheaper trick shots and silly gimmicks that people blame Law for not using more frequently were probably never the best option. That said, unfortunately, Law lost the moment he used both his strongest attacks onscreen and failed. I don't think the fight was longer than what we saw here. The anime just made it more obvious.
Another anime original dialogue I liked is Blackbeard saying "what a handy ability you've got!" right before their final clash. He was using Tremor fruit until that point and then he switched to his OG attacks, it was unsettling how he's not only fighting but looking at Law's abilities as something that he'll soon take away from him. Unlike Doflamingo, Teach had no pre-decided plan involving Law's fruit and considered selling the fruit as appealing alternate as using it for its abilities. Honestly, we can't underestimate Doflamingo's knowledge. There's no way he stays in prison during the final arc.
And finally the Kuzan scene,,
rightfully the most praised section and probably my favorite part of the episode too. According to his tweet, Henry Thurlow animated the Kuzan scene traditionally on paper. Let's give Toei credit where it's due; they let their animators take time, be creative and love their work. Otherwise we wouldn't get scenes like this.
And that's it! The first (and the last?) time we see Heart pirates in proper action. Ch. 1081 is only ~17 chapters away. Hopefully we'll see it animated around the middle of this year. Hopefully Law's current condition in the manga is updated by then, otherwise it'll be very painful.
Twice already. Petition to let Pandaman become an official member of heart pirates.
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The options Navigator, Doctor, and Helmsman were excluded from the poll since those roles have already been taken by Bepo, Law, and Hakugan respectively. And as this didn't exactly leave many roles left, I did my best to come up with ideas for more based on the Straw Hats' own skills, as well as other talents that I just thought might come in handy.
(Botanist: Robin & Usopp, Treasurer: Nami, Chemist: Chopper & Franky, Spy: Robin & Nami, Negotiator & Strategist: Help Wanted Robin, maybe? Storyteller and Artist used to be on the list too, but the limit was twelve and I wanted to save space for the more practical roles...Hm.)
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Pandaman lack of love in fandom
My question to the one piece fandom is how has no one made a single fanfic for this character, I know he's a gag character but people have written stuff for less interesting looking characters. Also his design goes so hard.
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It's February 29th
Happy birthday, Pandaman!
And an additional happy birthday to the even more elusive Pandawoman!
Keep safe from the Tomato Gang, you two!
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PANDAMAN dang I’m on a roll
It's cute that Luffy thinks of Koby here. To Luffy it hasn't been that long since they parted - maybe a couple of weeks at most - but it's a nice reminder for readers.
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february 29th - pandaman
debut chapter: 44
recent chapter: 1090
current age: unknown
affiliation: unknown
bounty: 3,333,333 berries
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