ALT: a picture of a conversation in Teams between two coworkers. One coworker says:

LOL You should read One Piece Its such a good story in such an easy to digest format Too much “good content” is locked behind like super serious overtones Shit gets too heavy too much

the other person responds:

not only will I not be reading it, I will not be watching it either if you contact me again about this, I will seek legal action

  • frigidaphelion@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I always scoffed at one piece as it looks completely absurd from the outside. However, once I started watching I couldnt stop. It IS absurd, but in a great and genuine way. Worldbuilding is awesome and the characters are hilariously idiosyncratic. Big thumbs up.

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      3 months ago

      that’s what this fucking guy keeps telling me. I’ll cave eventually and watch it

      • mrmacduggan@lemmy.ml
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        3 months ago

        If you do watch the anime version, check out the One Pace project, a fan-edit that removes all of the filler and stalling in the animation - it is the definitive way to watch!

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          Is there a place to watch this, or is this a uhh…I need to remember how to become a pirate myself kind of project to see?

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            3 months ago

            They have a website at onepace.net. Their actual site is not working currently, but at least it redirects to their Discord server where you can get the streaming and magnet links you are searching for!

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              I have begun my journey.

              I had been trying for awhile, mind you! I just uh…kept bouncing off. Easier getting into this though than my extremely vain attempts to understand or get into Homestuck.

              I think Homestuck has to stay as “Ah yes I heard about that and had a friend who used grey body paint a lot” area.

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          The end of Wano was such a slog because that was the point where One Pace is not finished yet. Egghead seems less slow (at least for now) but Toei can suck my balls, such a bad adaptation pacing-wise omg

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            3 months ago

            Yep. One Pace basically just uses the manga for the storyboards without the extra bloat (though some exclusive anime segments got kept if they added to the experience), and the whole thing ends up being 40% shorter overall - and more importantly, it’s more dynamic and exciting to watch.

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        Sometimes caving in and watching the popular thing helps you understand why it’s so popular, lol. I enjoy so many things that people view as having annoying fans. I’ve learned to just enjoy what I enjoy but sometimes it’s hard to recommend things like One Piece because of stereotypes about the fans.

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      This is the same experience I had. It really feels like the story is directly from the heart, even if it has some flaws. I particularly liked how the author seemed to gain a deeper understanding and respect for transgender people and reflected that in the series. He writes an island full of essentially awful trans stereotypes initially, but later goes on to write some really wonderful trans representation during the Wano arc. However the way he draws women in general is so bad to this day, all identical extreme hourglass figures, lol.

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          They eventually recontextualize them as more of drag queen stereotypes, as well, but it doesn’t feel hateful like when they’re introduced

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    It has that curse of It Gets Better Later™, I say this as a genuine fan of the anime.

    It goes into surprisingly poignant commentaries on social injustices like supremecist hate groups and slavery.

    But if you don’t like silly rubber guy doing silly things then it won’t be worth your trouble.

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      One Piece is a legitimately impressive work of art that I will not be consuming. I respect it from a distance and it is better for both of us this way I think. It is both silly and serious in a way that’s hard to balance.

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    3 months ago

    One of my boyfriends is in the middle of forcing me to watch all of Naruto, and honestly I hate it so far? Once you’re a couple seasons into Shipuden they interrupt every single episode of actual progress with like 5 episodes of unnecessary flashbacks. Also the message is terrible, it’s misogynistic as hell and damn near fascistic.

    For the One Piece fans here, I’m getting the impression that it’s like almost exactly the opposite. Is that true? If so we’re watching that next for sure.

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      The anime drags on at times, you can watch the One Pace project for a more streamlined anime experience, where stuff actually happens. Toei tends to insert flashbacks to extend the runtime too.

      As for the message of One Piece, being a pirate is cool, seeking adventure is neat, friendship is great, systems of power end up abusing their population under the pretense of protection while criminalizing any form of dissent, the usual.

      It’s honestly great. I wasn’t daunted by the length because I did like having something to watch and not having to think about what to watch(because there are always more OP episodes), but eventually you do catch up.

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      I like to read One Piece. I can’t stand to watch it. For me the episodes I’ve seen are way too long with not enough happening. I saw an episode of 22m that really just covered 1 single manga chapter. In most conversions, an episode would usually be several chapters.

    • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip
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      I hate Naruto. I finished the whole series and I cannot believe I did that to myself. The show does a great job setting up some great plot and villains, but just keep changing it. I am guessing the villains become popular and the writer just decides on a whim to make them a good guy. By the end of the show the main villain is just kind of a nobody that we have not much background in because I guess that’s the only way they could stick with having a villain.

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    Years ago, when I was super into manga and anime, I tried to get into One Piece because of how popular it was getting (it was still finding its footing in the US but it was huge in Japan). I read the first few volumes of the manga and watched the first dozen or so anime episodes. It was well made but nothing about it grabbed me in a way that made me the least bit excited to continue (or even understand its wild popularity), especially compared to other shonen series at the time. The plot didn’t immediately hook me, and I guess neither the characters nor the premise/setting were interesting enough to keep me going until it did. Given how long the series has gone on for, I’m relieved I never got into it.

    Anyone else struggle to find One Piece enjoyable?

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      I watched a solid chunk of the anime, downloading fan translations on IRC back in the day. I thought it was interesting, but at that point I had already experienced the “this is never going to end, is it?” type of anime with Naruto and Dragon Ball, so I gave up. Which is kind of funny since those runs actually did end, and One Piece soldiers on. No way I’d try and pick something like that up now.

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      It’s kind of a dumb question. “Anyone else who only read 5% of something struggle to like it as much as people who’ve read 100% of it?”

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        Eh, I wouldn’t say it’s so dumb a question when 5% of something as big as One Piece is a considerable investment. It’s basically another way of asking “Does this eventually get (genuinely) good or is it just sunk cost fallacy?”

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    I know it’s good, I just don’t feel like sitting to watch most shows, let alone that one. Maybe I’ll see it if I have someone to watch it with. Otherwise, I’m just not interested.

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      It is actually really fun, buuuuuut it’s like 26372672622662 episodes long.

      I happen to enjoy that fact even if it means the 2 times I’ve tried to watch it I never get past episode like 400ish lol

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        It is actually really fun, buuuuuut it’s like 26372672622662 episodes long.

        For real man, I just leave this for retirement age and my demetious ass will binge watch one piece then.

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      I would instead recommend just reading the manga. No filler, read at your own pace, it’s my favorite series ever

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    As a huge fan of One Piece, I’m confused by the co-worker. Are they indicating that One Piece lacks any serious overtones? because the world of One Piece is consistently shown to be a constant hell, where your only choice is whether to suffer on land at the hands of the government, or enter the endless struggle of the sea. It consistently has some of the most genuinely heartbreaking and miserable moments of any anime I’ve ever watched. I cry at least once an arc, typically a few times. I can’t think of an anime that gets any heavier more consistently.

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    I am guessing the second person already has seen it, otherwise the reaction would be “what’s it about”?