Forum:Was it everything you dreamed it would be?

Was it everything you dreamed it would be?

( the enitre reunion of the stawhats )
There is NO denying it. The reunion arc was amazing! Each character is better than ever. Even Franky is starting to warm up to me with his new look. This is all for giving your honest opinion about any of the reunion. I loved the help everyone got from there islands. Everyone but Robin and Franky got it, but each was perfect. Did you love the way Sanji got so mad at Luffy for being with Handcock? Did you dislike the way any of the Strawhats changed looks? Did you love the Concert of Soul King Brook? Were you upset with the shortness of the arc? Give you honest and respectful opinions here. -- Jety Lefr

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I really liked Perona's new look. I was a fan of hers from the start, but now that she ditched the more lolita look, she's way cooler. It's also cool that she wasn't trying to kill the SH crew.

Agreed. I love her new look. And I also was fan of her from the start and I still am (save for her laugh, very annoying) I'am glad though she didn't go with the Straw Hats as some people would have wanted, it wouldn't have worked..Chopperdude 05:56, October 28, 2010 (UTC).

Been following the forums on the wiki for a while but only just got the courage to post (Never edited a wiki before), Must say i loved the Arc and can't wait to see more of the SH crew's new moves/abilities and hopefully more of Dragon after Fishman Island. Cannot wait till the next chapter! Mugiwara Fan 09:51, October 28, 2010 (UTC)

I mostly like the reunion arc, but some of the new looks work better for me then others. For the most part I like the redesigns, though. And my opinion on it so far is largely positive. I'm sitting on the fence about the whole issue of the SH's receiving help though.

It struck me a bit recently that the SH's actually get quite ALOT of help over the stories. Luffy especially seems to be related to alot of powerful important people, or has powerful important people taking a shine to him and going out of their way to help him. But it's not just Luffy. The SH crew seems to have alot of people like that actually. Zoro convinced Mihawk (the best swordsman) to train him, Franky was raised by Tom (the best shipwright), Sanji had Zeff go out of his way (and eat his leg) to save him and train him etc. And the reason I have mixed feelings about that is because on one hand it's a good thing to give the SH's all these connections to people related to the earlier age of piracy or mentor figures etc.... But there's a downside too.

When you think about it, the other pirate crews DON'T get all that help, and they still achieve alot of things to. And well... doesn't that kind of make the stuff that BB (who only got help from Shiryu once (and even then might have gotten Shiryu on his side prior to that anyway!) actually more impressive? BB doesn't NEED help. And you can bet that BB will reach Raftel himself too if you ask me. (I think Raftel will be the site of Luffy's epic showdown with BB (Probably not the end of the series though, I think it will go on past Raftel and One Piece (As One Piece is said that it would lead to massive changes in the world.) I dunno, maybe I'm wrong about that bit of speculation. But still the SH's DO get a ton of help.

I guess what made me realize that was the WB war especially. Luffy basically strikes me as being kind of bratty to WB when he says he does whatever he wants, only then he proceeds to need to be saved from Smoker, Mihawk, Akainu etc. And everyone from Hancock to (inexplicably) Trafalgar Law ends up doing so. Like, I think I'm supposed to admire Luffy's spirit there, but it actually struck me as Luffy not being able to back up his words at all there and getting in WAY over his head. (And without help he'd have been either captured by Smoker or killed (because Mihawk and Akainu where NOT taken prisoners.) Brave? Sure... understandible too even, considering Ace was going to be excecuted, but one could argue Luffy didn't really manage to help ultimately, and it might have actually gone better if he hadn't decided to try to. Luffy then chided himself for not being strong enough, but maybe it also has to do a bit more with picking your battles right. And again BB DOES do that. BB could potentially kill Akainu with his powers, but he knows Akainu could kill him too, so he doesn't want to fight him unless he has an overwhelming advantage, so he runs away. I mean you could argue about Ace, but WB was on that already, wasn't he?

Now this shouldn't read as to negative actually, I don't mean it like that. It's more kind of just an observation. Actually I really like what OP does with Luffy because it's kind of SUBVERSIVE. In japan they have this sort of 'doing your best' mantra, which means you should do the absolute best job you can in all circumstances. (Something quite a few Japanese people have done so fanatically they've got strokes from to much stress (and they even have a word for that! Karoshi) Now many animes just seem to blindly follow that 'do your best' idea. But OP puts a twist to it. Luffy does that, BUT... he also burns up his life doing it, which is lampshaded quite frequently. He overdoes it and hurts himself (in fact even loses 10 years of his life over it at one point with Magellan) And I would be very surprised if Luffy lives through an old age (I think they're setting him up as a messianic figure instead who'll go on to change the world after finding OP, and who will die at the end of it.) Which subverts the whole idea and sort of instead says 'If you overdo it, it may cost you, but it may also be worth it. Your decision.' Which is at least how *I* read it. And I find that nicely subversive. I find that quite often Oda seems to subtly spoof or twist typical cliche's often humourously. (Although I also feel it seems to go over alot of people's heads. (Like some people who'd say Sanji is a machoman player, where I'd say Sanji is a SPOOF of one (Since he fails so badly and comically with women in spite of his enthusiasm. (And gets into situations like being on the island of transvestites for two years.) Sure Sanji's a badass, and one of the best fighters in the SH crew, but that doesn't mean he can't spoof a few cliche's too. At least that's my view.

To long and rambly I guess.

Well said bro, thats one hell of an analysis. While it's completely true that Luffy does recieve an abundance of help I think Oda has made it clear through numerous instances that Luffy WILL survive, at least until he changes the world in the way he is supposed to. I mean the most blatant example of that is when Hawkins litterally says that no matter what situation he looks at Luffy never reaches a 100% chance of death during the WB war.