re: One Piece Live Action

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Kids, adolescents, children, it’s a show designed for people who are not adults, chill out man…

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It has some adult elements in it, like blood/violence and sexual innuendo.

That's why it's targeting adolescent boys and up.


You still refuse to acknowledge this fact in your responses and continue repeating "Kids, adolescents, children"

Kids =/= adolescents=/= children



Are you incapable of distinguishing between adolescents and people much younger?


Is a 5 year old the same as a 14/15 year old?

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No dude of course they aren’t the same. What the frick is your problem? Are you being intentionally ignorant I’ve acknowledged your point 3 times now. My counter point is that when I said it was a kids show everyone knew what I meant except for you, I then said yes obviously I meant adolescent kids.

Now you’re still being an a-hole about it for some reason, are you slow?

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No, you posted this:

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it’s designed for kids and I’m not a kid, 

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Which tells nobody anything about the show and comes across as an attempt to demean as "beneath you".


Some of the shows elements:


-smoking
-drinking
-executions
-slavery
-murder
-prostitution
-stealing
-military themes
-sexual innuendo
-violence



On what planet would anyone characterize a show like that as a "kids show"?

Kids of a certain age can certainly watch it, but it is most definitely NOT a "kids show" by American standards.

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I mean, there is something to be said for the fact that it’s designed for kids and I’m not a kid,

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I started it at 32 years old

The anime can definitely be frustrating at times. The creator has a pattern he follows where the first 25% of the arc is setup, character development and world building, then the next 60% is getting them from point A to point B (this is the most frustrating part), then the final 15% is direct conflict and conclusion.

THat middle section probably adds 300 episodes to the series. It's a better pace if you read it but it's also 1093 chapters now so still not a short journey. Again, I recommend One Pace to anybody who really wants the best viewing experience .

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Koby's evolution is definitely apart of the story.

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I guess you can say that. Just started reading the manga and I think I have another hundred chapters before he shows up again. His entire "character development" after Luffy ditches him is via cover page 1-shots.

I didn't know the actor that plays Koby is trans until I read it here. The character is a wimp with no backbone, crybaby, effeminate, and Alvida's little bitch before he meets Luffy.

eta: I do have to chuckle a little about them not touching the manga/anime version of Alvida eating a devil fruit and becoming beautiful/skinny. Better to leave her out than stir up the mob.

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I just tried to watch some more of the anime last night, I’m with you don’t know that I can do it.

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When I was a kid, like 6 or 7, I'd watch older anime. Stuff like Speed Racer, Marine Boy, etc... so it takes some doing for me to sit down and watch anything anime as an adult. Even if I like other forms of animation - Wreck it Ralph, The Incredibles, Across the Spider-verse, Arcane. I'm far from being any sort of a weeb. Despite my SEK moniker

But even so, I did enjoy somethings, like Parasyte. As weird as that is.

As for the whole 'it's not made for adults' stuff, who's really to say? I specifically avoided watching Buffy and Angel for that very reason. I wasn't a HS or college coed, so why waste my time watching pre-Twilight vampire romance stuff? Finally, a friend in her mid 30's would not shut up about how good these shows were, and long story short, I'm glad I got around to watching.

Watch what you want. Good writing is good writing. Don't let others dictate what you want to enjoy.