LogFAQs > #975816899

Just watched the first episode. There are a few changes that I'm kind of uncertain about. As other have said, taking away Koby's agency kinda takes away from his story, and the Inherited Will theme of One Piece, where Koby in a way inherits Luffy's will to be free and pursue his dreams without fear. "I've decided I'm going to become King of the Pirates. If I die fighting for that, then I die", really is the essential line of the first episode, and it's not really put into play here. In the grand scheme of things, I can understand you want the focus to be on your main characters as opposed on an (important) supporting character, considering this supporting character really only becomes crucial much later on.

Morgan and Helmeppo probably should've been a bit more cruel. The reversal of good pirates vs bad Marines is essential, and the first episode showed them off as maybe a bit arrogant (and Helmeppo as spoilt), but not like the entire town and the rest of the Marine Corps would preferrably be rid of them.

Garp being in the East Blue and having to chase after Baroque Works seems crazy. I kinda hope if they do Loguetown he actually hands the job off to Smoker or something, I feel like this kinda diminishes him (and Garp in general looks less fun than in the anime, which is a shame).

But I do really like the casting. Iaki Godoy does a great version of this Luffy and really the rest of the casting was on point though. There's a couple of shots that look cheap (I like the idea of the wanted posters cutting in, but they don't look great) but overall I like the overall look of the sets (the Alvida battle was maybe a bit too much black background as opposed to nightfight though) and I'm interested enough to see the rest of the episodes!