One Piece: Parallel Works is a 2011 One Piece fanfic by Oxenstierna D. Yuki-Rin. As of April or May of 2011, the original fourteen chapters were taken down, and a noticeable re-write begun.The story is set two years after the Whitebeard War. Even though the Capricorn Pirates have been sailing since before the story began, the story begins when the captain of the Capricorn Pirates, Yuki-Rin, finds a wandering boy named Kazuma Miyafuji on the side of the road. She takes him into the crew, which is the catalyst for this fic.Currently, this story is on the Airship Island Arc, where the Capricorns end up on a sky island with a friend of Yuki-Rin's and The Stockholm Syndrome Pirates. This fanfic contains examples of:
Tropes:
Arranged Marriage: Yuki-Rin found herself in one with Roscoe. Fortunately, Kazuma defeats Roscoe and Yuki-Rin stays with her crew. A much major one is Aki's, which serves as a Chekhov's Gun later on.
Beauty Brains and Brawn: Aki is beauty, Hana is brains, and Yuki-Rin is brawn. For the males, Heathcliffe is beauty, Kartik is brains, and Kazuma is brawn.
In the former arrangements of Cipher Pol 5, Karin is beauty, Drusilla is brains, and Z.G. is brawn.
Dark and Troubled Past: In the vein of One Piece and its many fanfics, about half of the Capricorns have depressing pasts, with Heathcliffe, Molly, Isabella, Drusilla, Yulia, Daisuke, Sebastian, Enlai, and Cho Inaba having the most depressing backstories.
High Class Call Girl: The Capricorns disguise themselves as these to infiltrate the Dragon Lady's brothel in the Triad Arc.
La Résistance: Aria leads one in the Tequila Wolf Arc for the autonomy of Tequila Wolf. Aria manages to gain the autonomy of the island just through diplomacy.
Land of Dragons: Xinjin Island, the island where the Triad Arc is set, is based off of Hong Kong or Guanzhou, according to Word of God.
Leitmotif: According to Word of God, each Capricorn has their own theme song that reflects their personalities, styles, and interests.
Loads and Loads of Characters: So much so, that the authoress of the fic has posted a section on her profile explaining who's who in the fic.
Mood Whiplash: Chapter 56. It starts off as a light-hearted chapter where we meet supporting characters of the Capricorns, and then It Got Worse when it's revealed what Prince Pollux is doing to the island and that Cho Inaba wants the Capricorns to murder him.
Oireland: Molly came from an Oireland-type island.
Pressure Point: Yuki-Rin uses one to defeat Kuro in the Appenzell Island Arc.
Rescue Arc: The Ghost Ship Arc, the Baba Yaga Arc, and, now, the Noblesse Oblige Arc.
Shout Out: During the Tequila Wolf Arc, when the residents of Tequila Wolf are about to face the Tenryuubito, Molly says, "Let's go out there and raise what's left of the island's flag!" This line is a refrence to the Flogging Molly song "What's Left of the Flag", which has a line that goes "Wipe that golden tear from your mother, dear, and raise what's left of the flag from me." Word of God states that the authoress is a big fan of Flogging Molly.
Four out of the five Sarutobi family members on Yuki-Rin's crew. Holden is named after Holden Caufield and Heathcliffe and Isabella are named after Wuthering Heights characters.
The Restaurant Row Arc appears to have some shout-outs to Toriko. The noodle chef that Kazuma battles is named Sun-Ni, which sounds like "Sunny", one of the characters of Toriko.
In the omake at the end of chapter fourteen, Roscoe mentions that he could go for some chicken or waffles, which refrences Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles in L.A.
Chapter thirty's title is " Exit Shikari", a reference to the band Enter Shikari.
Sibling Team: Yuki-Rin and Molly, Hana and Aria, and Heathcliffe, Holden, and Soren.
Those Two Guys: Yuno and Teinosuke, Aki's friends from her home island and two of Yuriko's crew mates a bit later on in the story.
Vampire Bites Suck: Aki gets bitten by Kaoru during the fight on the Ghost Ship in chapter 19. Fortunately, she survives the attack and doesn't get turned into a vampire.
Daisuke also gets bitten by Kaoru in chapter 24, because he got poisoned and Kaoru was trying to prevent the poison from killing him.
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