BNUY MAN 💖

Okayyyy pokemon multishipping ramble time!! First, some parallels that I really enjoy are:

Contest, pallet, and appeal - rivals to lovers go brr!! appeal is friendlier ofc but zoey is still positioned as more skilled, coolheaded and critical, compared to the more klutzy and inexperienced dawn

Pallet and shigegou - "wahh but they just copied gary's rivalry with ash!!" okay and it worked. bitchboys on each other's nerves pretending they don't care about each other. let me have funnnnn

Poke and negai - annoyances to lovers who care for each other deep down! bickering and sass to mutual respect and admiration as they become stronger together, just yes :D

Poke and pallet - the above, but both are mentors/inspirations to ash. both swear that they detest ash, and vice versa (lies).

Contest and satogou - hear me out. drew and goh are more introspective, reserved, insecure (arguably) and have the brain cells in the relationship. if u get it u get it

Contest and crimsonvelvet - drew and serena - both coordinators who value romance and would woo may!

Pallet and respect - if i had a nickel for every time ag ash had an unexplained telepathic mind link with a male rival- (even tho drew wasn't even his rival but i digress)

Now some fun contrasts!!! (these go into some nevermets/characters with like two interactions so bear with me)

Dawn ships: appeal and kohahika - to zoey, dawn is a newcomer with potential. to chloe, dawn is a mentor! although dawn is always the more outgoing one :')

Goh ships: satogou and shigegou - from the get-go, ash is overwhelmingly kind and supportive to goh, almost to the point of coddling at times. meanwhile, gary's encouragement and feelings are initially hidden under taunts and (constructive) criticisms. they support his growth in different ways!

Ash ships: poke/pallet/negai and satogou - I tend to ship ash with snarkier ppl (it's just fun to me). not that goh doesn't have his snarky moments or conflict with ash, but their overall dynamic is just wholesome best friends and I love it!

*Insert Gary ship here* and oakshipping - in most ship dynamics, gary is a lovable asshole. now, he still definitely teases tracey, but tracey's overwhelming kindness and sincerity just brings out a certain softness to him that's *chef's kiss*

Drew ships: contest and respect - drew gets on may's every last nerve, but ash is actually pretty consistently friendly to him from the start, even when drew is kinda rude back? fascinating

"But what if they kissed instead" ships that I enjoy (bc forced love triangles are boringgg):

May ships: contest and sapphirepearl - with drew, there's a rougher "rivals to lovers" start but they balance each other out. with dawn, it's a lot of sharing the brain cell and bestie vibes!

*Insert Brock ship here* and opticshipping - brock? bisexual? it's more likely than you think!!!

Champselyseeshipping (Misty/Serena)

Respectshipping (Ash/Drew)

Serefeui (Serena/Miette)

Zoey/Chloe tbh 👀

okay but curry can we PLEASE talk about how fucking PHENOMENAL like action Mihawk is. Had me on the brink of mental collapse 24/7 bc I kept thinking about his magnificence- he knocked it out of the PARK GODDAMNIT!!! Who's your fave from the live action cast and what are your thoughts?? Personally I think it's very good, I just wish Sanji's arc hadn't been cut (tho Don Krieg sucks as a villain, ngl, kinda happy Mihawk got rid of that bitchboy so easily ☠️☠️☠️), but other than that I'm SO proud of everyone involved, they really put in lov and dedication and respect for the series, I'm looking forward to more!!! How about you??🌸🌼🍀

ok full disclosure lest anyone think i have read the manga or seen the anime: i haven't, it's way long and i've never felt particularly drawn to it. HOWEVER i've seen my fair share of (shounen) anime and when i saw they were doing a live action of one piece i really thought it was going to suck bc the live actions always suck. boy was i wrong. everyone working on this from screenwriters to cinematographers to costume department to the actors themselves clearly love the source material and knew exactly what they were doing, and the vibe is Exactly Right. it's camp and fun and a little stupid like shounen anime tend to be and it fully embraces it and so it feels completely natural. of course the cat-themed pirate crew hiss and wear knife-gloves. of course there's characters with blue and green and whatever colour hair. of course the officers in the marines have personal Themes. we don't need any explanation, the world is just like this. and it's balanced exactly right so the more emotional, serious aspects of the story carry the weight that they need to without feeling out of place.

also, as a someone who hasn't engaged with the manga/anime, i think the series cut away/kept enough of the original material to come out of it feeling well-paced, understandable to newcomers and filled with fun recognisable bits for long-time fans. perhaps this meant, as you say, cutting out some pieces of character development/background that might have been enjoyable, but it's a well-made sacrifice bc it prevented the story from feeling too bloated. i think it was just right like this: gave us background on everyone and simultaneously left room for the story to process, without too many things at once to focus on. you could still sense that it was based on a manga bc of its little arcs - usually two eps with a minor boss to beat each time, and a bigger, badder boss at the end of the season. so i feel like keeping that theme in a narrative sense also really helped to make it reminiscent of the material it draws from and made it well-rounded and well-structured overall.

ANYWAY. mihawk. oh my god. i rewatched his scenes. multiple times. he was gorgeous. effervescent. insert the lady gaga meme. again i haven't engaged with the og material but i know these kinds of manga characters and there's so many ways to do them wrong but steven john ward really said 'i was made for this role actually' and he served absolute cunt. definitely up there among my favourite characters in the show - and that's saying a LOT bc im obsessed with almost everyone in it fr. they made me like the fucking clown (i hate clowns) buggy is genuinely incredible. the main cast? what the hell dude. they just found luffy living irl like... genuinely what the fuck. iñaki was born to play him and he did it so wonderfully - guy who is fatally optimistic but also insane and it works. nami's really cool as well - i've heard/read some stuff abt the writing of women especially in the earlier parts of the manga (woman in shounen main character group syndrome) but i think she was solid here and her interactions with the rest of the cast were great. also usopp! is so cute! so much potential to not have that kind of character work out in a real life adaptation but he's so lovable

and on that note the fucking. interactions amongst the main cast? im sobbing screaming crying they're everything to me. the way they're so supportive and proud and protective of each other and yet they talk shit the whole time too. there's so much chemistry among them and they truly do feel like people from different backgrounds who (sometimes reluctantly) come together and would do anything for each other. like real friends who have fun and make fun of each other too, it's a great dynamic and they really hit the mark there.

as to who's my favourite, well, as i said, mihawk's definitely up there, and im a simple hoe - i love zoro. but i think i enjoyed sanji's scenes the most and not just bc of his ass. heard he's kind of pervy in the og material? well the direction they took him in the live action where they kept the 'imprints on woman' but is overall sweet about it and generally less moody than he is in the anime/manga was a great direction i think. he's supremely enjoyable as a character. the accent? the facial expressions? the smiles? the jokes? im on my bed swooning and giggling and kicking my feet he is so fucking funny and i want him so bad. 'apologies madam i didn't see you there.' 'oooh back for seconds must have liked it' i literally re-watched every scene he was in at least once. his kicks were so nicely choreographed too it was really satisfying to look at, very clean (taz did god's work on his training). sometimes at home ill be doing nothing in particular like ill be standing in the living room and i'll mutter to myself 'cotelette. collier. epaulé. poitrine.' and go on with my day he lives in my brain rent free.

so uhm yea i think the series is really good and 1) sanji 2) mihawk 3) zoro if i had to put them in order i think lmaooo

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