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Ch. 331 is out! Its a pretty crazy chapter...some shit's going to go down.
Needless to say, Oda has thrown another curveball at us.
But its a pretty sad one, too. 
Basically, some stuff happens with Iceberg having "something" that Corgi wants. Then the focus shifts back to the Going Merry where Usopp finally comes around after getting the crap beat out of him by the Frankies. Luffy basically breaks the news to him, that the Going Merry cannot be repaired, and Usopp doesn't believe him. Usopp says he can fix it (as he always has) and gets mad that Luffy would take the shipwrights' word over his. He's also pretty bummed about losing the money to Frankie and Nami is, as usual, pissed about this. Luffy and Usopp get in a shouting match which Sanji is forced to break up. This all kind of builds up to Usopp saying that if Luffy doesn't need any weak crew members anymore (since the Merry is considered nakama), the Usopp is going to leave, too, because he's obviously not as strong as the others. At the end of the chapter, Usopp is walking away from the GM, then turns around and challenges Luffy to a duel for possession of the Merry.
Needless to say, Oda has thrown another curveball at us.
But its a pretty sad one, too. Crazymoogle
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Belfast said:Needless to say, Oda has thrown another curveball at us.
This actually seems to line up with something Oda was quoted as saying a long time ago...hmmm....
Ch. 332 is out
And yeah, 103 needs to come out....like soon.
God damn, not much of a summary for this one. Its basically Usopp unloading the shitstorm on Luffy. I honestly can't tell whether or not Luffy was holding back, because Usopp did some Grade-A fighting and he honestly seemed caught off guard by the sharpshooter's strength. First he tricks Luffy by coughing up blood (still pretty beat up after the Franky incident) and then exploding a flash dial in his face. Then, while he's blinded, he shoots a rotten egg at Luffy followed by a Tabasco Star into Luffy's mouth which explodes and sends him flying onto a bunch of caltrops. Then Usopp throws some shurikens at him and finishes off the chapter by unleashing an absolutely HUGE kaenboshi on him. It would seem that Usopp's speed and cunning may really have thrown Luffy off. In a rather saddening touch, there's a close-up of the Going Merry "crying" (in reality its probably just the water which got splashed onto the head after the kaenboshi shook things up), but its obviously trying to symbolize that the Merry itself doesn't want the two crew members fighting.
And yeah, 103 needs to come out....like soon.
Luscious LeftFoot
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They're saying 103 should be out tomorrow...
the only knowledge that he used against Luffy seemed to be his sympathy(lame) and the fact that Luffy opens his wide mouth a lot. that's it.
ugh. Usopp is such a child.
I hope this act ends up with Luffy becoming a better captain - leading the pirates and standing his ground even through this time of change
ugh. Usopp is such a child.
I hope this act ends up with Luffy becoming a better captain - leading the pirates and standing his ground even through this time of change
Crazymoogle
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GG-Duo said:
That he might have to cut one of the core five. Of course, he still plans on having a full ten crewmembers, so how much truth there was to that, I don't know.
The complaints have more to do with the community than K-F in particular. Obviously, other series get multiple groups subbing them, or subbing them on a weekly basis or so. K-F is the only one (for various reasons, discussed before....so yes, I'm aware of them), so when you don't have any other options, things can get frustrating if there's a long time to wait between releases. Its a double-edged sword, really. We get OP, but we have to wait a long time for it.
Hopefully when the gap between the K-F subs and the TV airings becomes around 26 episodes (if it ever happens 
) other groups might pick it up.
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They just confirmed 103 will be out tonight... this is from their site:
I do appreciate K-F's hard work but I'm sure the fans would not mind ONE line that we won't even notice if it means getting the episode early and more time for K-F to devote for later episodes.
) other groups might pick it up.edit
They just confirmed 103 will be out tonight... this is from their site:
I do appreciate K-F's hard work but I'm sure the fans would not mind ONE line that we won't even notice if it means getting the episode early and more time for K-F to devote for later episodes.
I think there's a group of japanese people who scan the weekly Jump magazine and puts it online (newsgroup?)
then some people translate 'em. and others edit the text into the scans.
The Chinese scanlations that I read are produced this way.
I'm sure there are english ones out there that are produced like this as well.
then some people translate 'em. and others edit the text into the scans.
The Chinese scanlations that I read are produced this way.
I'm sure there are english ones out there that are produced like this as well.
Trevelyon said:
Arlong Park usually posts up the scanned raws every Friday or so. Then they usually get a summary of what happened up as soon as they can (usually from CaptainPanda). That, combined with the chatter in the comments from people who can read Japanese, you can usually figure out pretty well what's happened. A couple days following a raw release, somebody puts out a script for it, then the true scanlations are done whenever they get around to it.
I don't know if this is serious.. but in the irc channel they're saying 104 will be out when FB's site hits 10 thousand hits.. FB is an editor on the fansubing team.
It would not hurt to hit refresh several times on her site so please help. Here's the link:
http://fb.deviantart.com/
It would not hurt to hit refresh several times on her site so please help. Here's the link:
http://fb.deviantart.com/
bjork said:
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*throws tomato*
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This won't be in the first episode but I bet they won't show Shanks' torn arm. Hell just scare off the sea king with his look and Luffy will cry for the trauma he caused him. I can't wait to see Hawkeyes' fight against Zorro. They better still have their swords. =\
I saw the first 10 episodes yesterday.
Some of my impressions.
The ugly:
Animation & overall design is awful, I hate the 70s style.
The bad:
Flashback mania.
No fan service
The good:
They somehow manage to mix stupid, funny, ugly and drama in a good way.
Even if I hate the 70s style it provides some interesting & amusing characters.
It has been entertaining right from the first episode.
Some of my impressions.
The ugly:
Animation & overall design is awful, I hate the 70s style.
The bad:
Flashback mania.
No fan service
The good:
They somehow manage to mix stupid, funny, ugly and drama in a good way.
Even if I hate the 70s style it provides some interesting & amusing characters.
It has been entertaining right from the first episode.
nubbe said:
I did not like the overall design at first too but now I LOVE it. I can't imagine One Piece any other way and feel ASHAMED that I did not embrace the style when I first watched it. Ok maybe not ashamed but you get the idea. Trust me. When the show gets whacky and the adventure kicks off you'll contemplate learning japanese just for One Piece.
The raw for episode 200 is out...
Yeah, at first I was like "ew, WTF is this?!" But the art really grows on you, and really it is damn near perfect for the show. I went from thinking the visuals sucked to thinking the show looked terrific. It's weird, but as the show gets more fantastical, the style fits it better and better.nubbe said:
And there is a little bit of fanservice later, but it doesn't really come in until Nami loosens up a bit and even when it does work its way into the show, it's minimal at best.
I dunno, I liked the look of it from the beginning. Its highly unique and I can't really see the "70s" style except for the fact that the I do remember the first few episodes I saw being somewhat washed-out/grainy. I don't know if that was because of poor work done on the early episodes or just the way the video had been captured. However, I'll admit that Oda does use some interesting conventions that do give the art a slightly older feel. Personally, I *love* it, though, because just about every other god damn anime out ther right now utilizes the same, computer-drawn/colored, manufactured look. Not to mention the extremely generic character designs. One Piece *is* inspired somewhat by an earlier time (earlier Toriyama stuff, for instance), but I still don't know if I'd call it "70s" style. Disagreements aside, like others have said, I'm sure you'll get used to it soon enough and you couldn't imagine the series without its unique artstyle.
Also....flashbacks? They're really not that often. They sometimes flash back for a few seconds or something, but you might be talking about the episode where Luffy flashes back to his "origin." Those events took place *first* in the manga, but they decided to run with Alvida first for some reason in the anime.
Oh well.
At least you seem to like it otherwise, and it gets better. It goes in a different direction from what the early characters like Coby and Alvida would make you think it does (i.e. a decidedly unannoying direction
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Also....flashbacks? They're really not that often. They sometimes flash back for a few seconds or something, but you might be talking about the episode where Luffy flashes back to his "origin." Those events took place *first* in the manga, but they decided to run with Alvida first for some reason in the anime.
Oh well.
At least you seem to like it otherwise, and it gets better. It goes in a different direction from what the early characters like Coby and Alvida would make you think it does (i.e. a decidedly unannoying direction
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The nightmare is true... the dub sounds vile in that clip.
Oh well, gotta vote for OP anyway!
Oh well, gotta vote for OP anyway!
They got Luffy just so wrong, it's almost unbearable to watch. I think any sort of enjoyment of the dub for me, hung on how well they did the VO of the Straw Hat crew & Luffy is absolutely horrid, like a mix between Krillin & a smurf. Zoro doesn't sound too bad, but then again, he sounds like so many other badly dubbed characters.
Seriously... do these dub companies just shuffle back & forth between voice talent, recycling the same group of people over & over again. I'm a little worried that 4kids will redo the music track, notice the slight change in the OP theme at the end.
Seriously... do these dub companies just shuffle back & forth between voice talent, recycling the same group of people over & over again. I'm a little worried that 4kids will redo the music track, notice the slight change in the OP theme at the end.
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