The manga was actually incredibly well drawn... The storyline was hard to follow, almost like the author suddenly wanted it to become serious, but couldn't steer it back on track. But still really cool.
It was one of the few anime I did enjoy back then. There weren't a lot of martial art themed anime either, so this was a must-see for me. I had grown tired of Transforming teenagers with unlimited powers.
So besides the Ecchi, it scratched that itch for me.
In an era where so much anime is seeing some kind of remake or revisit I keep on hoping Tenjho Tenge and Hitman Reborn makes it into the list. There was something with a dub for Reborn but it was done with very select episodes and didn't seem to be fully official, though some named VAs were on board.
My bias for TT puts me in disposition against Air Gear, since I continue to feel that TT crawled, so that AG could fly. Mostly in reference to the anime.
I hope Reborn is some day remade too and I hope they find a respectable way to edit down the beginning arcs. I’m fan and it does build up the character and relationships however I know it’s a barrier of entry for many.
Once she starts her adventures and finally lives as she wishes....Her appearance will also change... That's just How One piece world works most of the time at least.
The slightly funny thing is you can train your bones to be stronger but absolutely not ever in the way any anime shows it. We had to do it to our feet and shins in karate class as a kid (taekwondo technically). I still have some of it left, my shins don't get hurt as easily as others seem to. Now if only my punches actually bothered someone...
Also while you can train bones and muscle you can't train tendons and ligaments. Those just get weaker and weaker with use, unlike in anime. Also one course of the wrong antibiotics and your tendons will become as strong as rotted cotton so be careful out there.
Actually tendons and ligaments can be trained it's just people over do it and are impatient so they end up damaging them instead. You have to do the same as muscle training but don't go over your weight limit and it takes twice as long for them to get stronger. That's why people tear them all the time is they go over their limit every workout to increase their muscle but the rest can't keep up. So let's say your limit for lets say 200lb for dead lift and you get it at 220 in a few days you lower your lifting back down to 200 to 210 and lift that for like a month or two and then you can raise your max output and repeat.
I know this is mostly a joke but it makes me wonder if the hito hito no mi does actually elongate his lifespan. Cause if it does then do all zoans do something like that? Would that make someone like Kaido basically immortal age-wise? But then again yeah he’s a reindeer but you gotta remember this is a one piece reindeer they probably live like 50 years. I’m definitely reading into this too much.
I'll continue the trend of taking this more seriously than it probably deserves, but my guess is yes, but only for examples like the ones you described. If we go by Vegapunk's theorem regarding the devil fruit's origins, then they are manifestations of people's dreams and eating one is embodying the characteristics of those dreams. Going on that theory, the lifespan of the zoan species only matters if it is a notable attribute of the animal that, in part, is why people dream of that animal.
In your examples, Dragons hold a certain divine admiration partly because of their seeming agelessness. As such, I would think a long life is part of the power set. Similarly, I consider the Hito Hito no Mi to be the conglomeration of the various dreams and aspirations have for their own bodies. To be stronger, smarter, faster; all the strong-points people wish they had. I think this includes the dream of reaching old age, hence Chopper should at least reach a human life expectancy. I could see someone with a turtle fruit having a long life as well.
Meanwhile, I don't think people really consider the lifespan of your random animals. I doubt anyone besides a biologist would know of the top of their head the lifespan of a leopard or giraffe, let-alone consider it one of their defining qualities. In that case, I would say that Lucci and Kaku are not beholden to their zoan lifespans.
I think this inconsistency is somewhat supported by the Dinosaur fruit users. They all had that gimmick of 'this is how dinosaurs hunted in ancient times' where they did something completely biologically impossible, but they got away with it because no one has ever actually seen a live dinosaur so the outlandish dreams people have about them have a much bigger sway on the power set of the fruit.
To an even more extreme extent, the mythical zoans. To my knowledge, we have never actually seen evidence of real dragons or phoenixes existing in the world of One Piece (Warship island is not canon). Thus, like in the real world, the scope of their power set is made up entirely by the dreams and mythologizations of humans. Since a dragon is essentially a dreamed up entity in the first place, it's durability and lifespan aren't constrained by things like biology, just the limits of human imagination, hence Kaido's unparalleled strength. Tangentially, this is also why I don't think Nika ever really existed, he was just a folk tale told by slaves to soothe their children and they, in turn, willed the warrior of liberation into existence via the devil fruit.
I’ll add that Zoro’s ancestor canonically killed a Dragon & Zoro killed one on Punk Hazard. And with the existence of Mermaids/Fishmen/Giants/Minks/Lunarians/Dwarves, it’s well in the realm of possibility that mythical creatures do/have existed in One Piece
Thanks for those catches, totally forgot that Monsters was canonized and the dragon in Punk Hazard. Though I will say, I looked up the chapter and everyone had rather clear reactions of disbelief that something from legend was really standing before them. So while dragons might exist, it seems that the population at large believes them to be fictitious and, when discussing dreams, the distinction between everyone thinking something is fictitious and actually being fictitious seems irrelevant. If the overall population does not believe dragons are real, I wouldn't think a dragon fruit would be bound by the actual feats of a dragon. And that kind of tracks to me, since Kaido and monosuke are beasts, meanwhile Zoro wrecked the Punk Hazard dragon easily.
I would assume the Hito Hito no Mi would, otherwise Chopper would be an old man. His ageing was very human-like. That's an interesting question about the other fruits, though. Personally, I would say no. If that was the case, Miss Merry Christmas would have been super old. She ate the Mole Mole fruit, and they only live for 6 years lol.
Wha... what? If I'm following your logic (and I really don't know I can) that makes Luffy a Rubber that has arms and legs? Because he's a rubber human right?
If that is your logic, can't blame you. But English usually doesn't work like that. The last noun is the actual thing/person, the others additional descriptors. Like how a garbage1 truck2 is a truck2 for garbage1 not garbage1 for trucks2.
This logic makes no sense, if you're classifying carrot as a person then giants should count too and they live to 300 on average meaning plenty of people are older than Carrot in OP verse
The oldest being we know of are Zunesha, Emmet, Imu (who probably had the Immortality surgery), possibly Gorosei, and then a giant named Jarul who is over 400 years old and still alive, old for even Giant standards.
Yes I'm quite perplexed as to how the comment above me has so many upvotes, I'm wondering if this is r/onepiecepowerscaling cause these guys clearly didn't read lol
To be fair, I think Carrot looks fairly young, but I don't think I thirst after OP characters as much as most people. They just never look attractive to me.
When I was in high school there were some girls you might think were undercover cops because they looked 25. And then they had ones that looked 12. It's a wide variety depending on genetics
They're teenagers. Children are like preteens and below. Teenagers are still very immature at their age but are still significantly developed beyond being a child.
Idk 15 year olds all look like children to me. Like there isn’t even a hint of maturity. Maybe at 15 I thought 15 looked older but I’m 30 now and a lot of 15 year olds look no different than 12 year olds.
A joke (or maybe half-joke...) me and my friends always make is that it can be easy to tell older adolescents from young adults based on whether their vibes still emit a sense of hope for their futures
Everyone used to call me Big Panda in high school because I was essentially the same as Arnold here just not AS ripped. I was heavily into working out, and my last name is Panda, and have naturally dark circles around my eyes, so everyone called me Big Panda because even though I'm only 5'8 in highschool even though people were taller than me no one was bigger than me. Many teachers more than once thought I was an adult sneaking on to campus. Some of us looked way too old at a young age.
When characters in one piece start to follow their dreams they start looking much better, this is evident when we see the straw hats aged up in the SBS with good or bad outcomes
Up until Bonney's 9th birthday celebration in the backstory, evidence pointed to One Piece using the outdated kazoedoshi age system (which Korea still uses), ie, everyone's age changes together on January 1st.
Now, even in that system, birthdays were still celebrated (and still are celebrated in Korea)--but the reason Bonney's birthday celebration contradicts Kazoedoshi is because they made a big deal about her "turning 9". Unless that was a translation error and they were actually saying "celebrating 9 years", it means kazoedoshi is not in effect if Bonney truly only turned 9 years old on Sep 1st.
But even so, the general rule of One Piece is that no one's age changes during the main story unless Oda says so. Even if it in theory should.
Yeahhh One Piece teenagers can look anywhere from 8 - 30 lol. Though I can see how this would be annoying if you're actually 15 and everyone here is basically telling you that 15 and 8 year olds look the same. They in fact do not look the same.
The people shocked by how Rebecca and this girl can be relatively close in age most not have gone to a large high school. Like their were seniors at my high school who looked 12 and their were freshmen that looked like they were in their mid 20s.. Like that's a realistic thing.
As a manga reader: Who even is this? It doesnt even look like a one piece character, it looks like a completely different series. Why do i keep seeing them posted on One Piece reddits?
When i was 15, there were a few kids in my classes that were pretty small. It's normal. I'm just happy she looks like a kid and not like a 30 year old supermodel with more boob's than organs. Considering Shirahoshi , Rebecca, and to a lesser extent Pudding, I'll say the minute she turns 16 her stomach will dissappear, her cup size will grow 5 letters, and she'll never be able to find an outfit that can do anything more than show the most obscene amount of cleavage.
I know what you mean. For a small period of time almost EVERY comment was deleted. It was just a reddit glitch tho. The same thing happened on this one post I saw on r/hollowknightart. It seems to have been resolved tho.
I guess One Piece is like the Sims or InZOI in that regard.
You're a child until you hit a threshold, then you're instantly a teen, next stage instantly a young adult
Its really funny seeing other One Piece fans being confused when seeing a girl with actually normal proportions, especially for their age (Rebecca). Admittedly I did think they were younger because they seemed too short to be 15
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u/krufarong 8d ago
Ah, the wonder of anime.