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EP. REVIEW: One Piece

chex mix wrote:

Snakebit1995 wrote: I'm also really interested to see if the Anime expands on spoiler[ X-Drake and his small part in Law's backstory] That's not even confirmed, though. If Toei starts running wild left and right with fan theories they might as well just do a proper filler arc instead, as it would make far more sense.

Oda just confirmed in the last volume. Also it was pretty obvious and in your face.



This is the translation of the question and answer:

Reader: The boy called Dorry who was with the pirate Barrels, is actually the captain of the Drake pirates, X Drake, right!? The name Diez, and the maxilla wound , they come from the North Blue, as I noticed. So Barrels is Drake's father?

Oda: Yes, that's right!! As you noticed correctly, Drake put new life into the world, as one of the young pirates of the “worst generation“ along with Luffy and the others. His father Barrels is a former marine officer, and Drake, who was admitting and respecting his father, had the dream to become a marine himself. But something happened, and his father became a cruel pirate who even used violence against his own son. Drake believed in the father he was before, and followed him. At that time, 13 ½ years before today, he was 19 years old. He was tall for a boy, but he looked very young as he was weak and feared his father. Then, he had a fateful meeting with Law, and was protected by the marine, and finally become one himself. Yet he dropped his career when he already was a rear-admiral, and became a pirate!! What happened!? What do you think!? Hey, you!! ––Nah~~. I'm curious which steps X Drake will take from now on!!

bigivel wrote:

Also it was nothing big, given that Arlong saved the kids.

Actually it kinda was, being that the whole point of the Hody-reveal was that he had never had any kind of bad experience with humans and his hatred of them stemmed entirely from stories he had been told. Adding a flashback showing a traumatizing event where he and his friends were almost captured and sold into slavery is about as big a contradiction of his character as you can get.

Never dismiss anything in One Piece, no matter how small. You never know what's going to become important later.

(Admittedly, Toei has been pretty good about that, despite accidental contradictions, given the series's length and ridiculous attention to detail. Would've helped to consult Oda about any filler material, but I don't know how feasible that can be.)

D: Odacchi! I have a question. Do you come up with the Devil Fruit Powers that are original to the Anime show? Let me know.

O: Basically, all that happens is that the anime's scriptwriters come up with powers that they want to use in the story, and I say "Yeah, that sounds good," or "No, sorry, I want to use that one in the future." That's all.

Oh, I knew about the Devil Fruits, but I meant that Toei should consult him more, as it's clear Oda has a lot of things planned that aren't related to Devil Fruits and is careful to avoid them until the time is right.

I don't pay attention to those, so I didn't know it had been confirmed. Great. I'm still wary of Toei adding anything though, because Toei is Toei.

Actually it kinda was, being that the whole point of the Hody-reveal was that he had never had any kind of bad experience with humans and his hatred of them stemmed entirely from stories he had been told. Adding a flashback showing a traumatizing event where he and his friends were almost captured and sold into slavery is about as big a contradiction of his character as you can get.

While I agree that its a problem for Hody, to be fair to Toei, we the viewers already had SEVERAL examples of fishmen being caught and sold into slavery. So if you WANTED to justify it, its an EASY hop to say that Hody had friends who had been sold into slavery and the previous flashback was really vivid dreams that he had, possibly even dreams that he believed to be true at one point. I mean, I agree that it kinda contradicts the main narrative, but lets be honest, Fishman Island kinda sucked as an arc anyway so who cares if Hody's actual story got distorted.

Oh, I knew about the Devil Fruits, but I meant that Toei should consult him more, as it's clear Oda has a lot of things planned that aren't related to Devil Fruits and is careful to avoid them until the time is right.