One Piece Episode 940 - Zoro's Fury - The Truth About the SMILE!
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@MonsterZoro What if Zoro dying in 944 was foreshadowing the anime episode 944 instead of chapter 944? Maybe Oda wanted to trick us and he will go back and edit the manga to remove Zoro after his death scene
Aside from that OST before the mid credits, everything was pretty on point this episode.
Although the storyboard wasn't as strong as last episode, Nakashima made sure there were plenty of tricks to create visual appeal. The transitions were also really well done. My personal favourite was Yasu remembering things through his tears.
Overall, a great episode. Probably the best "sad" One Piece death episode since Pedro. Really great stuff.
Although the storyboard wasn't as strong as last episode, Nakashima made sure there were plenty of tricks to create visual appeal. The transitions were also really well done. My personal favourite was Yasu remembering things through his tears.
Overall, a great episode. Probably the best "sad" One Piece death episode since Pedro. Really great stuff.
Oh no swordbois, hide!!
someone send a flaming attack!!
- Episode's name is SMILE but they only touch on that in the final 3 minutes. Always funny how they do that.
- Toei messed up their anime canon here. Ashura abandoned his mountain and left Holdem behind immediately telling his men to ride toward Bakura town, and you're telling me the whole time he went there to just to find Holdem, who beat him back to town somewhere along the way, all just fight him again when he was right there outside Atamayama?
Bro, if you're going to rewrite manga scenes, at least stick to your story. - Oden and Yasu dueling by the moonlight like they're Zoro and Kuina. But Yasu won't grab his chest and complain that some men grow up to be three times his size lol.
- Young Scabbards looking a little cute. I like how Izo can be confused for Kiku here, so most anime-only like many readers won't catch it. Also like Kin'emon's dyed hair look.
- Yasu taking dozens of bullets like he's mini-Whitebeard. I expected the narrator to give us the final count
- The last sight he gets to see is his own daughter
- Zoro showing some genuine anger here. Zoro getting emotional is great and the SMILE'd laughter was done well in a very creepy manner.
- Episode's name is SMILE but they only touch on that in the final 3 minutes. Always funny how they do that.
- Toei messed up their anime canon here. Ashura abandoned his mountain and left Holdem behind immediately telling his men to ride toward Bakura town, and you're telling me the whole time he went there to just to find Holdem, who beat him back to town somewhere along the way, all just fight him again when he was right there outside Atamayama? Bro, if you're going to rewrite manga scenes, at least stick to your story.
- Oden and Yasu dueling by the moonlight like they're Zoro and Kuina. But Yasu won't grab his chest and complain that some men grow up to be three times his size lol.
- Young Scabbards looking a little cute. I like how Izo can be confused for Kiku here, so most anime-only like many readers won't catch it. Also like Kin'emon's dyed hair look.
- Yasu taking dozens of bullets like he's mini-Whitebeard. I expected the narrator to give us the final count
- The last sight he gets to see is his own daughter
- Zoro showing some genuine anger here. Zoro getting emotional is great and the SMILE'd laughter was done well in a very creepy manner.
it was a very sad episode i liked yasu it sucks for toko that she can only laugh at her fathers death at least we know the fate if that trash can orochi
i’m hyped to see kyoshiro and x drake i want to see what the anime will do kyoshiro
but what i’m hyped for even more is sanji and zoro meeting
as for sanji attacks first it was shooting star now a flaming rankyaku are they spoiling us or just coming up with attacks cuz i never heard of the anime making up attacks
i’m hyped to see kyoshiro and x drake i want to see what the anime will do kyoshiro
but what i’m hyped for even more is sanji and zoro meeting
as for sanji attacks first it was shooting star now a flaming rankyaku are they spoiling us or just coming up with attacks cuz i never heard of the anime making up attacks
It's probably a schedule related issue or the directors not communicating with each other.
Episode 938 - They rewrite Atamayama going up in flames by having Holdem do it himself instead of sending a goon while he remains in Bakura town. They still need Ashura to run to Bakura town when Holdem is right in his face, so they don't tell us what his reason for running away is.
Episode 939 and 940. They don't even acknowledge the scene above. They pretend Holdem never left Bakura, Ashura is on his way to take revenge just like it happened in the manga.
If the schedule is so tight that these directors really can't coordinate their small changes to keep things consistent, they should stick to doing anime-original for one-off scenes. Scenes that do not continue a week later, scenes that won't bite them in the ass. It's a small scene at the end of the day so it doesn't really hurt the episodes in the grand scheme of things. But if they get ambitious and start rewriting much more important events, then we're in trouble here.
Episode 938 - They rewrite Atamayama going up in flames by having Holdem do it himself instead of sending a goon while he remains in Bakura town. They still need Ashura to run to Bakura town when Holdem is right in his face, so they don't tell us what his reason for running away is.
Episode 939 and 940. They don't even acknowledge the scene above. They pretend Holdem never left Bakura, Ashura is on his way to take revenge just like it happened in the manga.
If the schedule is so tight that these directors really can't coordinate their small changes to keep things consistent, they should stick to doing anime-original for one-off scenes. Scenes that do not continue a week later, scenes that won't bite them in the ass. It's a small scene at the end of the day so it doesn't really hurt the episodes in the grand scheme of things. But if they get ambitious and start rewriting much more important events, then we're in trouble here.
I thought the general idea was that Ashura was regrouping after abandoning Atayama so he could confront Holdem in Bakura town, since he was aware of the fact that Holdem was heading back there, and fighting him on a burning mountain was disadvantageous.
Its sort of implied that he falls back to try and safe Atayama(since Atayama is their base), and once its apparent thats not an option, goes after Holdem, who he knows will head back to Bakura town, since he isn't pursuing them currently.
Its sort of implied that he falls back to try and safe Atayama(since Atayama is their base), and once its apparent thats not an option, goes after Holdem, who he knows will head back to Bakura town, since he isn't pursuing them currently.
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