General & Others When was the last time One Piece felt like a pirate story ?

[Buusatan94]

When was the last time One Piece gave the impression of being a manga about pirates with some real pirate traits, acrivities or lore ?

 

[xiixixixixix]

Never. If it did, I wouldn't be reading it.

 

[Kumathegoat]

 

[OykotsTreasure]

...Maybe Skypiea when the Strawhats decided to take all the gold and run?

You might be able to make a case for Impel Down, since being in prison is sorta pirate-y?

 

[JDragon20]

Outside of the gold stealing in Skypiea these bastards are revos playing pirates.

 

[Yoho]

It's a sci-fi fantasy with a pirate mod activated

 

[kyejames316]

Last time really was when Nami, Luffy, and Zoro got in a boat to go rob their friends and break out a criminal
Real answer is never

 

[LogicoftheVI]

Pretty much anytime Blackbeard is making an appearance. He's menacing, conniving, and cunning. He makes moves on the sea, like when he attacked Law and when he first went after Luffy prior to sky island. He's a pirates pirate, he looks and acts the part

 

[ZenZu]

Law vs Blackbeard, so not too long ago.

-BB pirates attacked the Heart pirates on sea
- Law nearly drowns Teach if not for Van Augur.
- the Heart Pirates used their underwater submarine along with the ability to swim to their advantage by firing near the shore.
- finally the last thing Teach did was personally go down to sink the Polar Tang.

 

[NicoRobinIsQueen]

Buggy, he’s a pirate, he makes the story piratey, he’s the OG true pirate, I mean buggy had a cruel crew, he took over villages and caused terror and raided them, fought a bit eh but still, and I mean he could be more of a viking you could say, with Ross guild and them causing terror, plundering villages, and buggy having more of a Viking style then a piratey

 

[Xione]

One Piece since day 1 has never felt like a PIRATE manga if we're talking about pirates of the carribean style pirates and shi. It's always felt like a group of adventurers. I've always said it multiple times, Pirates to OP is what "ninjas" to Naruto are. They're gimmick terms.

 

[Dragountless]

Sabaody Arc; strawhats and their rivals have pirate'ish outfits (not that scifi/cartoonish bullshit), this arc's rivals are actual pirates/military, themes of this arc is reckless rebellion and freedom, ruthless plotline, adventurous vibe — etc. etc.
And the next arc is Amazon Lily, which feels like Fairy Tail fanfic lol. Next are "prison escape" and "shonen war arc", which also feels kinda out of place in pirate story, even tho i like 'em.

 

[Blax Blah]

I would say one piece is maybe the most pirate story there is, if you take into account that being a pirate is about freedom, not about acting a certain evil way

Like Luffy is a real pirate, because he is a outlaw on the sea

 

[kumae]

Outside events during egghead

 

[Rej]

The Shanks vs Kid section.
Was 100% viking vibes and vikings are the predecessors of pirates.

It's sprinkled across every few chapters.

 

[grey matter]

Marineford

 

[Kung-Fu Dugong]

About the last moments, it was pretty close to where we are now: Shanks vs. Kid and BB vs. Law (Blackbeard's crew especially are the ones who look the most like pirates in the whole story). However, it's indeed increasingly rare to see such things in One Piece. If we take into consideration only arcs, then I'd say it was probably Jaya... One Piece is looking less and less like a pirate story ever since they entered the Grand Line.

 

[kekaro]

skypia

 

[Loki D. Terror]

BB vs law