11/2/2023 0 Comments One piece netflix![]() Characters who look like they’ve just come from an Old Navy sale hang out with characters who look like they might have stepped off the Black Pearl. I can say I was tickled by the quirky details of a world that borrows equally from modern reality, period drama and pure fantasy. The Netflix adaptation can’t claim full credit for the originality of its universe, and as a relative newbie to this franchise, I can’t say how faithfully it’s been translated. The collective warmth of the Straw Hat Pirates (as they become known thanks to Luffy’s signature accessory) is winning enough to paper over some of the series’ weaker elements, like its underdeveloped Marine characters or its halfhearted handling of social issues like class, oppression and (species-based) racism.īut what One Piece lacks in sophistication, it makes up for in sheer fun. Like Max’s Our Flag Means Death, One Piece rests on a rosy vision of piracy that’s less about looting and plundering than it is about chasing freedom with a found family - often to the bafflement of other pirates within the universe, who care very much about looting and plundering. In between clashes with colorful pirates, like the mad clown Buggy (Jeff Ward) or the megalomaniacal fish-man Arlong (McKinley Belcher III), he dodges the Marines, led by the dogged vice admiral Garp (Vincent Regan).Īlong the way, Luffy collects crewmates: mysterious thief Nami (Emily Rudd), stoic swordsman Zoro (Mackenyu), boastful sharpshooter Usopp (Jacob Romero) and smooth-talking chef Sanji (Taz Skylar), whose backstories are revealed to us in flashbacks to their childhoods. Luffy sails from one adventure to the next, typically spending about two chapters on each one. But with the basics established, One Piece settles into a bouncy rhythm by its second or third episode. Perhaps owing to the fact that creators Matt Owens and Steven Maeda are adapting from literal decades of lore - the still-ongoing manga launched in the 1990s, and has since spawned a beloved anime, films, games, books and more - the premiere episode feels bogged down with set-up. (Well, that plus the Mister Fantastic-style elasticity he possesses thanks to the magical “Devil Fruit” he consumed years ago.) The first season charts his course from total joke to true leader, as he and his lovably ragtag team make a name for themselves in the occasionally cutthroat seas. When we meet Luffy, he has no ship, no crew, no map - just the unyielding conviction that he will be the pirate captain to find the One Piece, a legendary hidden treasure that thousands of others have already died seeking. To be fair, there’s plenty of reason to be skeptical at first that the young man drifting alone in a run-down sailboat has what it takes. One Piece is a celebration of the power of childlike wonder that itself feels like the delightful product of a kid’s imagination.Ĭast: Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Morgan Davies, Jacob Romero, Taz Skylar, Vincent Regan But over eight hour-long episodes, that youthful pluck starts to seem less like a reason to doubt him than a reason to believe in him. It sounds like a little boy’s fantasy the first time we hear it - and the second, and the third, and probably the hundredth too. “I’m going to be king of the pirates,” he declares, always with a bright smile that never seems to have known even a shade of self-doubt. ![]() Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), the irrepressible hero of Netflix’s One Piece, to announce his grand plan to everyone.
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