The Controversial 12th/11th One Piece Opening.

You know the one.

If you dont let me refresh your memory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNT8gPX_hwU&feature=player_embedded

So? What do you think.

All I can say is... Mood Whiplash. Seriously.

Uhm what's controversial about it again? The worst I can see is them aping the X-Men X at the end, but that isn't very hard to do.

I dont know. I really would have preferred a darker and or more fitting song, but I like it fine.

However, Arlong Park...

Oh God.

Link failure there.

I feel this'd be better off as an ending...or in Pretty Cure.

Too actiony in my eyes as an ending. Most endings are more relaxed than the OP.

This is controversial? Huh.

Well, I like how much of the imagery is taken from the manga's colour two-page spreads.

Oh yeah, I was wondering why those scenes looked familiar...

Im really getting worried of the backlash against Pretty Cure....

Not even them would have this as an opening.

It's only controversial because apparently every OP has to be full of MANLINESS.

Its more because apparently this song is "Puri Kyua" shit that belongs on equally shitty NHK Edutainment Kodomo Anime.

Way to overreact.

If anything, my only beef with the OP is how long it is.

Right. And Character Derailment: do you think Luffy would wait for his hat instead of just reaching for it?

...How does that count as Character Derailment? What?

Also, OP openings are always that long, aren't they?

More along the lines of a minute and a half as opposed to two and a half minutes.

Sure the OP song is probably longer, but what is broadcast isn't generally longer than two minutes.

I remember Jungle P being around 3 min.

If anything, my only beef with the OP is how long it is.

It's been that way for a while now, the ending songs were sacrificed.

Wait, wait, are we talking O Ps in general or One Piece OPs? Because if it is the latter I have no idea since I don't watch One Piece.

It just reminds me of how much I can't stand the art style of One Piece. *shudders*

Listen, Luffy making those worried, delicate, bishojo faces instead of his usual trademark Obsfucating Smiley is just plain disturbing. And coming from a guy who, despite being unable to swim, will cast his arm across several hundred meters of water to catch the mast of his ship and drag himself to it in an almost horizontal trajectory without touching the water, acting like a teenage girl whose fancy precious hat was blown by the wind and worriedly waiting for it to come back is just plain disturbing. It's absolutely out of character: couts therefore as Character Derailment, because of how detailed, well-known and durable Luffy's [[barred:character]] schtick is.

To give you an idea, it would be as worrying as seeing Naruto going back on his word, or Shinji Ikari pulling an In the Name of the Moon speech, or Jack Rakan being afraid (that happened once, and with reason).

Even SPEEDWAGON is afraid!

I'm gonna have to agree, that was utter crap. Spoiltastic, just like the last one, but even worse: mood whiplash, OOC moments, more saccharine than usual, too long, and really just disinteresting.

This reminds me exactly why I hate One Piece so much. Crappy art and nonsensical plot points. Seriously, what was that zombie-thing?

edited 16th Nov '09 2:41:55 PM by K*SPAM

What.