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Wed, Dec. 6th, 2006 12:06You know, a couple years ago, I tried to read One Piece. The pictures were way too cartoonish and exaggerated for me, the main character was a total retard, and the storyline seemed totally stupid.
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maldoror_gw started writing Zoro/Sanji.
Curse her.
So I tried again.
The art style is still horribly exaggerated and cartoonish to the point that it fucks anatomy rules sideways in the ear with astounding regularity. The main character is still a total retard. The storyline is still full of "oh, RIGHT, like this is in any way, shape or form, believable or likely." And on top of that, the quality of the scans I found is so horrendous I can't tell what's going on sometimes, the translations are awkward, and I had to download it chapter after chapter (there's 436 of them) because no one was thoughtful enough to make batches, or if they did I can't find them. And on top of THAT, two of the main cast -- Usopp of the Pointy Nose and Chopper the chibi-reindeer doctor -- have such a ridiculous character design and concept I want to cringe and bitchsap them into oblivion.
I'm on chapter 322.
I can't put it down.
Usopp and Chopper's stories made me cry. Fuckers. Sanji's story made me cry even worsebecause he's prettier. I love Zoro, and Nami, and Robin, and yes, even the main character, even despite his particularly spectacular shounen-hero-retardation. I keep grinning like a loon and cheering every time they manage to somehow save the day when it wasn't saveable. At all. Ever. We think Naruto's got a jesus-complex? HAH. Luffy is a walking Deus ex Machina. And yet it still makes me happy.
I don't even care about pairings and who's with who and what the fuck ever, because they're a crew and they trust and love each other and they all fit even when they're squabbling and I'm lapping it up and they all should have a friendly orgy. (but not Chopper because he's a baby. ;_;)
And the ludicruously ugly is still ugly. But even though the body proportions might be fucked in the ear regularly, the sense of dynamic movement makes it feel good, baby.
I feel dirty.
*goes and reads another chapter*
Then
maldoror_gw started writing Zoro/Sanji.Curse her.
So I tried again.
The art style is still horribly exaggerated and cartoonish to the point that it fucks anatomy rules sideways in the ear with astounding regularity. The main character is still a total retard. The storyline is still full of "oh, RIGHT, like this is in any way, shape or form, believable or likely." And on top of that, the quality of the scans I found is so horrendous I can't tell what's going on sometimes, the translations are awkward, and I had to download it chapter after chapter (there's 436 of them) because no one was thoughtful enough to make batches, or if they did I can't find them. And on top of THAT, two of the main cast -- Usopp of the Pointy Nose and Chopper the chibi-reindeer doctor -- have such a ridiculous character design and concept I want to cringe and bitchsap them into oblivion.
I'm on chapter 322.
I can't put it down.
Usopp and Chopper's stories made me cry. Fuckers. Sanji's story made me cry even worse
I don't even care about pairings and who's with who and what the fuck ever, because they're a crew and they trust and love each other and they all fit even when they're squabbling and I'm lapping it up and they all should have a friendly orgy. (but not Chopper because he's a baby. ;_;)
And the ludicruously ugly is still ugly. But even though the body proportions might be fucked in the ear regularly, the sense of dynamic movement makes it feel good, baby.
I feel dirty.
*goes and reads another chapter*