ONE PIECE Live Action - Episodes Discussion Thread

Garp was (for some reason) presented as way more villainous than he ever was in the manga

Even when we didn't know his identity, he was never presented as some sort of ruthless, ends-justify-the-means type of guy.

Granted, I've yet to watch the last two episodes, so I don't know how his arc is resolved in this Season. But from what I've seen he's far removed from the unhinged but jolly manga and anime Garp
Yeah, thats the thing it was rushed. And fealt unearned. We also saw that Morgan seemed to actually care about protecting civilians and do his duty. So the “what else could he be witholding” line of thought doesnt hold much weight atleast in the eyes of the viewer.

Basically the randoms who are watching this and know nothing about OP will be left wondering why Morgan was so harshly punished and also think of Garp as someone more sinister then he really is.
I liked this version of Garp better.

Don't think they realized what they wanted to do with Garp after having him take an overly active role though.
He sent Mihawk after Luffy and then after fighting Luffy he says it's just a test.

My guess for entirety of the show:
They were doing Cowboy Bebop 2.0
Oda stepped in and complained.
So they redone a lot of the scenes and patched it up and this is the result.
 
My wishes for Season 2:
Episode 1 - Loguetown. Smoker and Tashigi intro. Dragon intro. Reverse Mountain. Episode ends either with us seeing Laboon or him swallowing the Merry.
Episode 2 - Laboon and Crocus story. Probably a small tease for the Rumbar Pirates and Brook, an Easter Egg. Vivi and Mr# intro and plot. Whiskey Peak arrival. Small tease of Crocodile and Robin.
Episode 3 - Whiskey Peak arc in full. Maybe a tease for more Baroque Works agents, including Mr 3. Smoker and Tashigi whereabouts.
Episode 4 - Little Garden arc in full. Some additional scenes with Croco and Robin, and small teases of Alabasta and the situation there to prepare us for the next half of the season.
Episode 5 - Maybe some additional scenes of Smoker and Tashigi. Wapol. Drum Island arrival and looking for a doctor. Chopper intro. Luffy, Nami and Sanji are healed. Start of Chopper flashback.
Episode 6 - Ace and Blackbeard info. Wapol comes back. Chopper flashback continues. Wapol fight. End of arc.
Episode 7 - Some Alabasta scenes - general populace as well as Cobra and co. Crew arrives. Smoker and Tashigi arrive. Smoker, Luffy, Ace scene and chase. Rebel army plot.
Eoisode 8 - Dance Powder plot. More Alabasta politics. Yuba. Arriving at Rainbase and the whole cage plot. Ends with them escaping the cage and going towards Alubarna, Luffy challenging Crocodile the first time.
Episode 9 - Luffy vs Crocodile. Luffy loses, Robin saves him. Strawhats at Alubarna vs BW. Crocodile and Cobra plot. Here I would make a change and omitt Round 2. Have Croc take Cobra to the tombs and Pell drop Luffy off there). Ends with Luffy arriving at the tomb and punching/challenging Croc for a rematch.
Episode 10 - finale of the fight. Bounties. Farewell to Vivi. More Warlords introduced. Robin joins the crew. Maybe Tease the Sky Islands with a log pose/map whatever
 
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