Frist and foremost it’s basically a 4-5 episodes worth of canon mini-arc between Alabasta and Jaya, and who wouldn’t want to watch that?? But the list is long:
AMAZING characterisation
like not by shitty movie standards, by canon ones
Sanji too!!
like let’s take a bar fight scene
Luffy is of course in the middle of it
Zoro follows, but since Luffy’s got it down he takes time to protect the terrified Usop and Chopper
Sanji Nami and Robin just sit on the balcony sipping tea, ignoring the plebs
icons
a lot bitching about being broke. honestly that’s what starts the plot.
“why are we so poor”
it starts in a bar, and honestly, what’s a good pirate story without a bar? and there’s another, secret bar behind it
and the sexy bar fight scene™ is there
honestly nothing sivers a gal’s timbers like good and creative fight choreography does
the iconic Zoro-Nami Whiskey Peak Suspicious Duo™ is on their game yet again, judging you and everyone else
also as you can see it’s 100% the old animation, no wierd movie one
and the skintones are back to normal too
Irish pink haired Ace, aka. Bascúd, our new bounty hunter bae now that Zoro offically took up piracy
seriously, he looks like Ace, eats like him, too
is also a big brother
he has a sweater that says “sick”, it sure is, bro
okay it’s now necessarily the movie’s merit but since it’s after Alabasta Luffy’s bounty is only 30 millions AND PEOPLE ASK HIM WHO HE IS!!! when’s the last time this happened???? okay they realise it soon after, but damn, I’m so used to people immediately freak out when they hear his name. just consider this bitch nostalgic™. it’s sooo good.
an actual pirate town with the cobblestones, alleyways, bars, bastards and all, the whole package
*they somehow survive a huge jump with the ship*
“Can’t believe this sh*t happened again. It’s a wonder we’ve survived so far.”
mood
buckle up for Skypiea later, kiddo
btw it’s Robin who saved them
very cool use of her abilities a few times
a really good villian
I mean he’s a complete bastard, but not in the usual small dick energy way, the guy’s pretty chill for an asshole
seriously, he’s suprisingly good
Sanji weaponises flour
he also tries to quietly console a sad kid they pick up at some point
the kindest bitch on all 5 seas
have I mentioned the good characterisation???
also, the scenes with the kid on the ship are GOLD.
a guy breaks the table whit Luffy, he stands up, looks at him
“You know what comes next, do you.”
!!!!!
Navarone is nearby, and Drake also appears here already (not the rapper, the guy working under Jonathan)
and who doesn’t love anything related to Navarone
btw they get into this race bc they’re broke af and need the money
it’s the “crew against the rest of the world”, as it should be, there’s no inner conflict between them as there is sometimes in the movies
anyway if you’re caught up and out of canon material, watch this because it’s like watching an arc you accidentially missed and you’ll be so happy about it
broke: Zoro wears a yukata now to embrace the Samurai Aesthetic™
woke: Zoro wears a yukata now for the same reason Mihawk wears a fancy shirt when he’s at home alone but goes tits and abs out when he’s out on the sea, because he grew tired of ruining all his nice clothes when he inevitably gets into a fight and gets some fool’s blood on it, and yukatas are really easy to slip out of
awakend: Zoro wears a yukata now bc it’s basically like a housecoat and he’s a lazy bitch who likes comfy™
I usually use torrent, this site has a lot of anime with subs added and is reliable. If you don’t know how it works, you just download and install uTorrent from the first link google gives you, then you’re free to go with movies, music, etc. It’s the easiest and best solution. But depends on where you’re from, like they take this pretty seriously in e.g. Germany while literally no one cares about it in other places. If you don’t know which category your country is, then they don’t.
Also there’re always great fansub sites in every conutry and sometimes you can download the files from there directly, or even watch it there online. These are generally pretty great and reliable, and the people are helpful there, I use one a lot. It’s worth to know these. If you happen to be Hungarian, I gotcha with all the links and sites though.
If it’s online, kissanime used to be good but I think it doesn’t really work now, here’s a link list I just found and there’s one called crunchyroll that’s even kind of offical? But I have no experience with it.
I usually use torrent, this site has a lot of anime with subs added and is reliable. If you don’t know how it works, you just download and install uTorrent from the first link google gives you, then you’re free to go with movies, music, etc. It’s the easiest and best solution. But depends on where you’re from, like they take this pretty seriously in e.g. Germany while literally no one cares about it in other places. If you don’t know which category your country is, then they don’t.
Also there’re always great fansub sites in every conutry and sometimes you can download the files from there directly, or even watch it there online. These are generally pretty great and reliable, and the people are helpful there, I use one a lot. It’s worth to know these. If you happen to be Hungarian, I gotcha with all the links and sites though.
If it’s online, kissanime used to be good but I think it doesn’t really work now, here’s a link list I just found and there’s one called crunchyroll that’s even kind of offical? But I have no experience with it.
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