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pnumoman posted:I doubt 12 million a year would make up for an early heart-related death. It wouldn't kill OP if he just produced an issue every two weeks if he really was pushing himself that hard. Frankly I've never understood why the Japanese push for weekly manga series when most American comics are monthly.
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Speaking of good color spreads and fan-art, here's one of my personal favorites: I don't know why, Doflamingo is a really interesting and mysterious character for me compared to a lot of others in One Piece. Maybe I'm caught in his pace?  Liar posted:It wouldn't kill OP if he just produced an issue every two weeks if he really was pushing himself that hard. Frankly I've never understood why the Japanese push for weekly manga series when most American comics are monthly. Maybe part of it is a cultural thing? Teriyaki Koinku fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Mar 22, 2013 |
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Liar posted:It wouldn't kill OP if he just produced an issue every two weeks if he really was pushing himself that hard. Frankly I've never understood why the Japanese push for weekly manga series when most American comics are monthly. American comics are almost entirely colored, though.
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Mar 22, 2013 18:38
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Meme Emulator posted:American comics are almost entirely colored, though. It is a different guy who does the colouring usually. And Walking Dead is still monthly, just as an example. But western artists usually work on multiple things at once, and Oda has to do all the plotting and poo poo too.
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Mar 22, 2013 19:00
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Western Comics are also printed on much nicer glossy paper than Weekly Jump. Weekly Jump is almost entirely made of cheap newsprint paper so they are able to charge a lot less for an issue of Jump and it probably doesn't cost much to print.
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Mountain Lightning posted:Western Comics are also printed on much nicer glossy paper than Weekly Jump. Weekly Jump is almost entirely made of cheap newsprint paper so they are able to charge a lot less for an issue of Jump and it probably doesn't cost much to print. I see this with hardbacks and graphic novels, but month to month printings seem to be on normal enough paper. But it could be the case of me just reading more Indie crap. I haven't bought any trade issues from DC or Marvel since back when Superman died to Doomsday, so maybe things have changed and it's all printed on HQ paper now. But even if Jump HAD to print weekly it doesn't mean they have to have the same series every week. It'd be easy enough to give artists a break by having different series every-other week. I know they're basically selling themselves on Naruto and One Piece, but come on there has to be a way to work it out.
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Yeah it's a hard comparison to make because Western style comics are made by so many people. People who just write it, people who just draw it, people who just color, etc. There could be an artist who draws all the sketches but then a completely different person draws over them in ink. Meanwhile Oda does all the writing and drawing for himself aside from some of the backgrounds and effects. I kinda get the feeling that Oda wouldn't have it the other way, though.
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Mar 22, 2013 20:43
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I was thinking about how deep and complex the one piece universe is and it blew my loving mind. There are layers upon layers of fantasy elements woven into the story. I think any of us who are big fans could just start naming dozens of unrelated and interesting things.
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Tarodia posted:Viz uses "momentum" instead of "pace". I like that better Oh, I like that better too.
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Mar 23, 2013 02:01
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Not even Luffy can resist dippable, chunky, salsa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgHtAtq8vsQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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KidKrampus posted:Not even Luffy can resist dippable, chunky, salsa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgHtAtq8vsQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player Am I missing a joke here?
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Liar posted:Am I missing a joke here? The salsa is called Pace. 
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TheRamblingSoul posted:
This is the joy you get when a character is written well. Doflamingo has been hinted and teased at for so long but it has never felt overbearing or forced. Oda is a genius.
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Not sure where else to put this, but there's a demo of Kaizoku Musou 2 (Pirate Warriors 2) on the Japanese PSN along with a free Punk Hazard theme. You can play as Luffy (partnered with Usopp) or Law (partnered with Zoro) on Skypiea and also get a look at how they've changed the coin mechanic. The demo's pretty good, though it feels more like Pirate Warriors 1+ than a full sequel. Luffy, Zoro and Usopp play mostly the same as they did in the first game but with the token timeskip moves placed in their combos (gomu gomu no UFO  ). Law is crazy fun and his level 1 super is surprisingly brutal. Smoker shows up to tag-team Enel (huh???) at the end but you can't play as him.The best change by far is that every character has a separate 'style' meter that controls their character-specific 'powerup' mode - Gear Second, Santoryuu, Diable Jambe, etc. Crew strikes are a lot better too since you can actually run around as your partner and choose when to use a super as them, etc. They've definitely beefed the enemy count this time to make it even crazier than the first game - my killcount was 15000 enemies by the end. There's also a mechanic involving Logias and using Haki to counter them but I couldn't really understand the in-game tutorial. Overall, pretty psyched for the release in August. I would probably go ahead and grab the download version of the game off PSN if it wasn't £70 (jesus and I thought Euro gamers got gouged)
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Please tell me Sanji can sky walk.
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Thoren posted:Please tell me Sanji can sky walk. Please tell me he'll do it more often.
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Just caught up this week, been mostly an anime watcher. Have I missed the discussion if Luffy will win and just eat the fruit without thinking about it?
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No but its highly unlikely. As for the tournament I kind of wish Luffy, Zoro and Sanji were all there since they all seem like they'd want to compete to see whos the best, only to have something rule Sanji and Zoro out before they could fight Luffy
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If we're doing a tournament, I'm hoping Franky and Luffy never show up because they stumble across the factory and Luffy doesn't actually care about the Fire Fruit. Meanwhile Zoro catches up to the thief outside the coliseum, gets his sword back, and then gets in a fight with Sanji that just flows into the middle of the battle, one of Mango's men says something stupid and they decide to instead have a contest to see which of them can beat up the most gladiators.
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Fat_Cow posted:Just caught up this week, been mostly an anime watcher. Have I missed the discussion if Luffy will win and just eat the fruit without thinking about it? Only way I can see this happening is if the fruit they showed off is a fake, because of course they wouldn't put such an incredibly valuable fruit out in the open in front of thousands of people(who could have any kind of abilities/devil fruits that could allow them to steal it).
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I get the feeling you don't just try to steal from Doflamingo unless you're not a fan of your arms. Have we seen a dude actually die from eating 2 devil fruits? If not, maybe it's just a sailor superstition...
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I don't think Luffy would care if he heard that some random guy got the fruit. But a tournament of bastards, organized by a bastard and held right in front of him? It still probably isn't one of those absolute shounen fighting rage inducers, but Luffy goes where he wants and does what he wants. If the situation bothers him in the slightest, he would see no reason not to get involved.
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Fecha posted:I get the feeling you don't just try to steal from Doflamingo unless you're not a fan of your arms. CP9 mentioned it like it was a known fact, which led me to believe that Vegapunk had probably tested it. However it could be a rumor that was actively cultivated and has no basis.
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It's definitely a fact, Blueno had just criticized Jyabura for believing in superstition (that just being close to another fruit causes the user to explode) so he wouldn't answer with another rumor. The only reason we haven't seen it is because Oda doesn't kill without a good reason.
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I hope Luffy immediately associates Ace's fruit with being able to cook meat really well, and so he charges into the tournament thinking it'll be perfect for cooking that special meat Doflamigo is keeping from him.
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Star Platinum posted:It's definitely a fact, Blueno had just criticized Jyabura for believing in superstition (that just being close to another fruit causes the user to explode) so he wouldn't answer with another rumor. The only reason we haven't seen it is because Oda doesn't kill without a good reason. "G-g-get that thing away from me! If it gets too close, the 'devil' inside and my 'devil' will come out and start fighting and I'll die!" Oh Jyabura
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Liar posted:I hope Luffy immediately associates Ace's fruit with being able to cook meat really well, and so he charges into the tournament thinking it'll be perfect for cooking that special meat Doflamigo is keeping from him.
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Fecha posted:And then forces Sanji to eat it?
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Monster Hunter settles the eternal debate.
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You are only allowed to say that, if you asre also dressed like that.
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Looks like Ace moved on to Monster Hunter too.
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Comic posted:Looks like Ace moved on to Monster Hunter too. Thinking about it, Ace being in Monster Hunter could easily be a dream of Luffy's. In it, Monster Hunter is the equivalent of heaven. What do you do in monster hunter? Fight giant monsters and eat their meat. Obviously that image is a dream sequence that Luffy had to come to terms with the idea that Ace was gone. 
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So, I posted a bunch of  over on Reddit speculating on the One Piece world-at-large and where the story is likely headed. Might as well post this before the next chapter:quote:I've been rewatching the anime from episode 1 and, being caught up in the manga, I feel like the "Pirates are pirates... Except Luffy's crew" theme that snakes its way throughout the entire story will have a huge pay-off near the end of One Piece. Thoughts? [e]: This is what you get when you have an itch to write and can't sleep at 3 AM. 
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In the Romance Dawn pilot chapters, there were two categories of pirates.
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And then Oda ditched that crap because it was stupid. Now, pirates fly their flags that carry their ideals and ambitions. As Doflamingo would say, the victors become justice.
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Mystic Mongol posted:And then Oda ditched that crap because it was stupid.
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TheRamblingSoul posted:words I don't know if I agree with you about the Will of D though. It seems like something related to the lost Century since numerous people are shown to know the secret behind it. The name seems to be given to them at birth and there have been people with this initial in the marines so I don't think it's something the World Government are actively against. I also don't really agree about pirates like Luffy upsetting the World Government though. Luffy is probably the best example of why the World Government and their views on justice is necessary and happily accepted by the rest of the world. Sure it's corrupt to the core but it's the only shield you have against all the horrors of the outside world. Luffy's trail of destruction across the world shows that he's not a 'good' guy or a hero. He, like Roger and probably Whitebeard and Shanks, are just people willing to protect their friends at the cost of everyone and everything else. He's loyal but probably no more so than a lot of the other characters we've seen.
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TheRamblingSoul posted:So, I posted a bunch of The will of D isn't the legacy of Roger, it predates Roger and ties into the void century. There are also several true Ds running around at all times, for instance everyone but Sabo in Luffy's family are Ds. The Will of D seems most likely to tie into the legacy of the ponyglyph civilization and is only related to piracy in that Ds tend to draw people to them and do big things, which means that they can make for spectacular pirates like Luffy, Roger, and Ace. However we've also seen Ds in the Marines like Garp and Saul. I'm pretty sure the only "evil" D that we've seen is Blackbeard, who has been called out as a fake D. The World Government also tries to cover up the true nature of the Will of D, which seems to have more to do with their magnetic personalities and tendency to do as they like than any ties to the void century. Also Luffy and his crew are hardly the only pirate crew roaming around flipping the pirate paradigm. Shanks, Whitebeard, Ace, and more than likely others I'm forgetting all are/were cool dudes who help the little guy instead of steal his poo poo and burn his town. Most pirates are raging assholes, but other than the Marines, most well traveled people, or people in high traffic locations, aren't the ones remarking on how Luffy's a paradigm shifting pirate. It's the places that have been super hosed over by specific pirates and those whose knowledge of pirates is largely derived by Marine propaganda and gossip who have their minds blown by Luffy. The thing that the Strawhats really push the limits of in piracy is being crazy weird.
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In this week's Jump, Oda wrote "I'm so sorry for worrying everyone. I keep on acting as if I'm invincible." What a guy.  I do hope he's okay though. It's been said before in the last thread, but anything happening to him and One Piece getting cut short would be devastating.
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I really hope the "top tier" Shichibukai are really drat powerful. Oda's done a great job building them up to some sort of mythical power, and Crocodile and Moriah gave great fights. Considering how cool the setting is, I have high hopes for Doflamingo, and can't wait for Zoro's eventual fight with Mihawk. But the one I'd be most excited to see is if the crew has to battle Kuma. He's a great character design with a really solid background, and his powers would make for a fun and good fight.
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