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Was anyone else weirded out by how long Nami & Robin’s legs were on the cover?
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Just reposting the link to the US Jump translation of chapter 929 due to page bottom
https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/one-piece-chapter-929/chapter/17611
Let memes die. Kill them, if you have to.
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I thought I was the only one who noticed.
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I was hoping for someone to point it out.
Seriously I like women with a bit of leg on them but this is ridiculous.
The perspective shot combined with the barely there kunochi outfits makes them look like they are apart of the long-leg tribe.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Body contains a Human Soul.
dear god, yeah. I love this cover, but holy shit, even for the exaggerated extent of the art styling in One Piece, that is beyond ridiculous and into mildly horrific. jesus
It only sticks out here because they're not usually drawn like that. Maybe a perspective thing or something?
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
Yeah, that's really extreme and weird. I think this was an artistic error on Oda's part. Like, he sketched out the composition of the cover, where each character was going to go, and he knew that he wanted Nami and Robin's legs to go below the bottom of the page, but while drawing the top half of the picture, he accidentally drew their bodies too small, so it didn't really work with the legs.
Body contains a Human Soul.
Yeah, I agree with that — it feels like it was meant to be a low-angle shot, and it just wasn't properly compensated for. It probably wasn't feasible to do so by the time it was noticed... When you're working on a deadline, especially with as much work as you have to do in such an insanely limited time as someone like Oda and his crew, it does just happen, unfortunately.
So what does Kaido gain out of helping this idiot, anyway?
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Whatever running Wano gives him.
There’s clearly a mutual benefit here, we just don’t know what’s exactly in it for Kaido.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
If Wano's resources were all he wanted you'd think he could just usurp Orochi and formally take over himself rather than running things from the shadows. He's certainly powerful enough.
I'm not sure how much a shadow ruler Kaido is supposed to be, though. Everyone in the slums knows things are the way they are because of him, and apparently he's painted as a hero to the people who have it relatively okay.
Which is kind of weird, Kaido caring about good publicity seems to go against a lot of what we know about him.
It could be as simple as Kaido not wanting to run the day to day of Wano, so he lets Orochi, who actually does, handle the job.
Oh, bother.
Kaido probably spends most of his time getting drunk on jugs of sake.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Huh, so all the big players in this little scuffle (except Page One, who we know nothing about) are from the North Blue. Neat.
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Huh how many episodes has Luffy been fighting Katakuri now?
Oh shit wait its ending next week.
Edited by slimcoder on Jan 6th 2019 at 9:26:23 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Good for nothing
I think it's just Orochi caring about publicity, and Kaido just want Wano's resources (like sea stone stuff) without ruling it so he can get drunk and attempt suicide
Regarding the cover, one of the rules of perspective is that shots from below have "longer legs" (though, yeah, in this case it was ridiculous) while shots from above have "shorter legs"
There isn't an impossible dream, there are only people who give up
Good for nothing
Hey, this guy, the same that made the whole cake islan arc's and One Piece fight's analysis, made a new video about Dressrosa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrBlJGBd0DQ
It bugs me that Luffy is the only Straw Hat to have had a full-length, even fight since the skip. Yeah there was Zoro vs. Pica and Franky vs. Pink, but keep in mind for the first the challenge was finding his real body, not actually defeating him, and for the latter Franky had been drained to minimum beforehand and he still won.
Good for nothing
Well, almost everyone had small fights and some moments of spotlight non-fights but as much, if not moreso, important; mostly connected to their abilities (i.e. Brook vs Big Mom, Chopper saving the children in PH and the minks, Sanji's... everything in WCI, and Usopp that admits being a liar for the first time in Dressrosa, followed by his epic "I am the sniper" moment, just to name a few)
Edited by fishysaur on Jan 8th 2019 at 1:44:07 AM
There isn't an impossible dream, there are only people who give up
Oh for God's sake!
I'm starting to think that there might be something massive hidden in Marijeous. Considering we saw the vault with the Straw Hat there's definitely secrets in there, but I'm wondering if aside from the literal symbolism of power in the Holy Land (high above the clouds in the centre of the world), I wonder if there's a weapon hidden there. One that allowed them to beat the kingdom 800 years ago which had WM Ds, and they keep it there not just the symbolism of their power but its the best place to protect it. Marijuous is hard enough to get to if you don't into account that Marina HQ is next door.
Also check these vids by Mr Morj they're great analysis of the symbolism and forshadowing of One Piece
Edited by Archivist10 on Jan 9th 2019 at 11:25:47 AM
I'd imagine the Deep Dark Secret of Mariejois is simply the existence of Ym-sama himself. As a sidetone, he's also the only character who I wouldn't be surprised if he's explicitly stronger than the Emperors.
Not strictly One Piece related, but something I started listening to I thought would be fun to share.
https://m.soundcloud.com/wizbru/one-piece
It's an episode of a podcast, Wizard And The Bruiser, that discusses One Piece in their latest episode. A few of the comments I like are how there's so much work put into it that one guy said he was exhausted just watching, and on the flashbacks "Everyone gets flashbacks. The heroes get flashbacks, the villains get flashbacks, the goons get flashbacks, I got a flashback! I spent five minutes in kindergarten while I was watching."
Also, while the hosts know anime, neither has gotten into One Piece before now. It's easy to tell because one of the hosts keeps referring to Luffy as LUFF-ee, vs Loo-fee.
Episode is about an hour thirteen minutes. I've listened to a few of their episodes on other stuff, like Jojo and Skyrim, and they go into the history of the thing they're discussing and other details.
Edited by sgamer82 on Jan 9th 2019 at 6:46:06 AM
There's this scene I always liked. It's the one where Sanji competes against an entire naval culinary staff to make 100 dishes. He does it better, faster, and trolls the sh-t out of them.
But, the thing is, Sanji's full of sh-t. I could never properly express why, but I had a feeling.
Finally I feel vindicated as somebody who sounds like they know what they're talking about elaborated on why Sanji is full of sh-t in this scene and the breakdown got a chuckle out of me:
NEVER trust a chef that smokes
There are ways to avoid wasting these ingredients. Sanji wasted them by making trash unfit for consumption.
That's right. He could've turned the "wasted ingredients" into more high quality ingredients.
Broccoli stems are bland, but they do add texture, making them a good addition to a number of dishes (just not a dressing.)
Potato skins can be fermented with molasses into rum, alternatively, you can burn them on coals to produce smoke for smoked salmon.
Smoking cigarettes dulls your sense of taste, which may explain why he cooks something as bitter as fish offal; he can't taste how bad it is.
Typically, it also means chefs will overseason their food, making it salty, but in Sanji's case, it looked like he underseasoned it. (Didn't season the dumplings, the sauce, or the dressing, and didn't season the skins very hard.) Chefs season to taste, y'see, so most chefs season things extra hard. Sanji, however... That's another warning sign. NEVER trust a chef who doesn't taste as he cooks. Of course, he probably doesn't taste it because he can't, because he smokes.
Also depending on what other Foods would be served with the dish, perhaps it balances the bitterness well even if the dish is still bitter?
He served the dumplings fried, with a sauce made from broccoli stems. The sauce would be bland, and the breading would be umami. It wouldn't balance the nasty taste of the guts, nor the texture of the bones.
There are many ways to cook potatoes with the skins. Honestly, he probably could've gotten away with mashing some potatoes, and cutting the extra skins into it.
Point is, serving the skins alone gives you a nasty texture.
...and then this guy came in and wrote an essay on the topic, so, for those so curious:
TLDR: The fish would be incredibly bitter because of the nitrogenous molecules, amines, commonly found in fish guts and in the meat around fish bones and slightly sweet thanks to the fat+shellfish sauce. The potato skins would also be somewhat bitter because the sugars in potato skins can ferment meaning the older the potato the more bitter the skin will taste. Broccoli stems are not sweet.The starch and other sugars in broccoli are mostly stored in the florets.
Firstly, it's explained that the fish used here is a tuna, which is a type of bony fish. The infamous "fishy" flavor is normally due to a nitrogenous molecule called amines commonly found in fish that when presented to your gustatory receptors creates a bitter taste. This nitrogenous molecule isn't plentiful in fish meat so the bitterness isn't very overpowering. However, the meat closest to the bones and fish organs do contain high amounts of this molecule, so eating these parts would produce a bitter taste similar to drinking fish oil. It's sadly even worst that they were deep fried because deep frying traps flavor and aroma from escaping. The sauce made from fat and shellfish would have a sweet/savory (umami) flavor because fat is typically composed of triglycerides which have a relatively sweet taste thanks to glycerol. Shellfish are rich in Glutamate, which your taste receptors recognizes as the umami flavor.
Secondly, while it's true skins from root vegetables are the healthiest part. You still need to remember this is the skin of root vegetables, meaning they're also the dirtiest and riskiest to prepare as the skin of any root vegetable is meant to keep out nasty things like bacteria from entering. While washing your vegetables is good there are research that state simply washing vegetables won't make them safe to eat, more recently it's been observed that bacteria like E. Coli can still persist even if you wash vegetables. Also potato skins, while they contain carbohydrates like starch and sugars that would give off a sweet flavor, some of these sugars are known as Fermenting Sugars similar to sugars in Alcohol. This means the older and more "fermented" the peels the more bitter than sweet they'll taste. This is even more evident because we see Sanji adding spice to the peels. Spice in cooking is commonly used to reduce the gaminess of meat and bitter flavors in vegetables.
Lastly, Broccoli while it can be used to make a "soft-sweet scented" dressing, Sanji used the Broccoli stems. Broccoli comes from the Brassica family of plants which include cabbages, kale, and brussel sprouts. The issue here is this family of plants store most of their starch and excess sugar in their leaves, seeds, and florettes. The stems of broccoli is mostly minerals and fiber. While fiber is carbohydrate, it doesn't really have a taste because this carbohydrate composition is not soluble to water, meaning your saliva can't break it down for your gustatory receptors to acknowledge. Although, more recently water soluble fibers have been used for cooking. Unfortunately, they don't make anything anymore sweet than it usually is, just healthier.
The comment chain actually went further than this but you get the gist.
Edited by Soble on Jan 9th 2019 at 7:56:33 AM
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I think so.
And I was right: the next chapter will indeed be released in 14 days.
Edited by gjjones on Jan 6th 2019 at 5:05:39 AM
He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.