The Syrup Village arc will probably never be my favorite, but I like Usopp a lot more in written form – where we can’t hear his yelling! Usopp gets his name from “Aesop”, plus the Japanese term for “liar”…and he IS a boastful teller of lies, but generally for good purposes: either to make someone else smile, or to gas himself up enough that he can overcome his cowardice and get the job done. Which he virtually always does, in some form! On the other hand, the anime has the advantage of knowing where the story is going to a greater extent than probably either Oda or the translators did at the time. It was initially baffling to see Roronoa Zoro called "Zolo". The dude is a master swordsman who wears a dark bandana on his head - OBVIOUSLY a Zorro reference, so why would you spell his name like that? BUT, then I realized that in the chapter where his name is first mentioned, we (and presumably the translators) were not presented with either of those facts, nor would the number of references to other adventure stories have been obvious. Likewise, the anime adds in a bunch of fun little cameos of Nami stealing stuff and ALMOST crossing paths with Luffy before the moment where she actually officially enters the story. Long, long ago, I read volume one of this manga, thought it was decent, then never continued with the series. I've watched the anime as far as the Alabasta arc - which is still only about 10% in to the total story that exists to date - and am OBSESSED. So I wanted to see how the manga compared, since I'd seen commentary that it is A) faster to get through and B) has more detailed art, including shading that makes characters like clown-themed pirate Buggy more genuinely scary-looking.

By contrast, I loved the Baratie arc in the anime, and I love it here! A fish-shaped restaurant in the middle of the ocean staffed by fighting cooks is such a cool idea. And it gives us our first look at Sanji.Translated in various ways (friends, family, crew) in the manga and anime, but almost never in the dictionary-suggested translation that seems most appropriate to me on various levels: comrades. (The Straw Hats ARE a fantastic found-family too! But that’s apparently not one of the things the word means.) A priča mi je baš simpa. Luffy je klinac koji želi postati pirat i uzor mu je kapetan Shanks, koji mu jednom prilikom spasi život. Deset godina kasnije Luffy kreće u potragu za posadom jer želi postati kralj pirata, pronaći Shanksa (koji je otad nestao) i usput pronaći One Piece, legendarno blago najpoznatijeg pirata Old Rogera. Na svom putovanju skuplja zanimljive likove i susreće se sa svakakvim opasnim, čudnim, zločestim personama. Kroz priču se provlači i dosta zabavnih fora, a i nosi divne poruke kao recimo: tvoja obitelj i prijatelji su tvoje blago, trebaš ih čuvati i braniti. Ili, trebaš pomoći onome tko je u nevolji. I uvijek pronađi nešto pozitivno u svakoj situaciji, koliko god bila teška. Također, čuko Chouchou mi je bio divan i voljela bih da je postao dio Luffyjeve posade. Baš sam uživala u čitanju i na jesen ću zamoliti to dijete može li mi posuditi idući svezak. Također, jedva čekam da iskomentiram ovaj dio s njim.

No is more surprised than me to say I actually really enjoyed the first three volumes of One Piece. I've had my eye on it for a while, and with it fitting one of the readathon prompts, I thought why not? This collection (volumes 4-6) introduce us to three key members of the Straw Hat team: Usopp, Sanji, and the Going Merry. Yes, the world’s friendliest-looking pirate ship is a character - Or will be! Zaista, zaista nisam htjela započinjati novi serijal. Zaista. Ale eto, ovo je bilo jače od mene. Posebno kad mi je knjiga ponuđena na pladnju.

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People say give one piece like 100 episodes before it gets good, but I disagree. Right off the bat the series has so much spunk and excitement. It's cute, it's funny, it can be super serious and pull on those heartstrings at times, and the fights are always exciting. I think One Piece is the most sold manga of all time for a reason, because it's so damn well crafted.