QUOTE (shinigamii @ Jun 27 2009, 07:05 AM)OP has no plot? Seriously where have you been watching or reading one piece from, it has 400 episodes and just got to the climax of them all now. The plot is great, indepth and always has been. Where else do you get comedy with action, adventure and most of all, serious drama compilated all into one? OP is the only anime ive ever heard of that has that and has pulled of everything to perfection. So before you diss one piece i suggest you either watch or read it.
Its one of those manga series I will never bother to finish or return to "reading" status. The "plot" goes on and on and on and with mangaka himself stating that he is just going for fun(and $$$), making stuff as he goes, I will NEVER read it again.
First 100 chapters was enough for me to begin on thoroughly hating that manga.
Luffy beating badguy and the badguy suddenly becoming good gets boring fast, not to mention the irritating light plotline and shallow comedy.
Till now we had them travelling through the map, randomly encountering characters and storylines we are supposed to care about. No overall plot being revealed.
QUOTE (Killer_Ossi @ Jun 27 2009, 05:24 AM)
But I hope this will not end up like Rave Master with horrbible drawings, crap animations and stopping in the middle.
Different studios. This time Mashima chose really competent one.
QUOTE (Killer_Ossi @ Jun 27 2009, 05:24 AM)
@anybody: Seems like you dont know anything about OP, so please dont talk about something you dont have a clue. OP has great Plots and great characters, everyone is unique both in personality and history.
And saying that FT has better characters doesnt make sense, because Natsu is almost the perfect clone, while Lucy is almost the perfect clone of Nami, so there isnt that much difference. And except Natsu, Lucy, Gray and Erza the other members and characters dont get that much development like the sidecharacters in OP, so you cant say that FT is better there.
Natsu might seem "similar" to Luffy at first but I don't really see it latter on. He is a character on his own.
And Lucy is nothing like Nami.
And yes FT has better characters and better plotline.
The humour is done in more tasteful style, Character motivations at make sense and I like what we have seen of overall plot..
QUOTE (franzoir @ Jun 27 2009, 05:47 AM)
Dont read fairy tail, probably never will and wont be watching the anime. Alot of people say i should give it a try because it similar to one piece.
Well apart from art being similar, I see no similarities to OP there. H.Mashima is not "cloning anyone, he is in league of his own. The only thing in common with FT is that both mangaka are obsessed with Akira Toriyama.
QUOTE (franzoir @ Jun 27 2009, 05:47 AM)
But the equation im hearing is One Piece+Bleach= Fairy tail
Erm no. fights usually are more fast-paced than in Bleach and plot moves a bit faster than in One Piece. It has overall different feel and the only things that I could compare it to are the older works of H.Mashima.
QUOTE (franzoir @ Jun 27 2009, 05:47 AM)
From the front cover i can see why. Natsu looks like Luffy and that alone puts me right off. I need some originality not some clones.
The only thing in common with OP character.design-wise is more square faces and toriyama-ish bigger eyes, however Mashima's character designs have sharper chins and feel less "plasticine"-ish.
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Anyway for those who care there's an official anouncement from Shonen Jump mag:
Is it me or is it first time we saw coloured Happy?