Mihawk actor saw Buggy nail everything and took that as a challenge.

Mihawk and Buggy's actors genuinely felt like they went for extra credit.

Zoro in the manga was way more confident than I think you guys are remembering. He was shocked like crazy when he saw him but he still discussed with Mihawk before challenging him and had plenty of chances to back out. Zoro only realizes the gap between them when Mihawk stops his Oni-Giri with the knife. Also Luffy gave his blessing in the manga too, he was stopping people from interfering cause he knew Zoro wouldn’t want that. The betrayal wasn’t challenging Mihawk it was LOSING to Mihawk.

Fun fact: Taz who plays Sanji had to train 8 hours a day to be able to kick the way he does in the live action. He also learned how to cook while in a suit for his castmates and kick with his hands in his pockets all so he could embody Sanji.

They did explain why Sanji was being a waiter. Apparently It’s because all the waiters quit because they couldn’t handle the way zeff runs his restaurant lol. 😂🤓🤓

Zoro challenged Mihawk fully knowing who he was in the manga. The entire purpose of the fight is supposed to be to humble Zoro and show him how far away the top of the world was.

You're wrong in the Manga, Zoro was surprised that the difference between him and Mohawk was so vast. He even said "There is no way the gap between is this wide." Zoro was confident in fighting Mihawk till they actually clashed.

I can’t believe I never noticed Live Action Sanji smiling at Luffy signing the bill instead of paying for it. Sanji KNEW it would piss Zeff off XD

The forward cannon is shooting forward and Nux is like “what the hell!!!?!?”

My main take away from watching all these reactions is how much Nux forgets about early One Piece. Every video he is talking about a "change" or "addition" that "wasn't in the manga" when in fact it was.

Mihawk was played so well here and his introduction was awesome af flexing so hard on Don Krieg and his crew. Then Taz Skylar as Sanji slayed it plus his relationship with Zeff was great not to mention Zeff's actor looks identical to manga him and how he played him lol

Something I really liked that I think y’all missed, was when luffy said “don’t let a stubborn old man stop you from your dreams” he was also talking about himself and garp.

I should mention that the comments were still wrong about Garp. The actor who played Garp, Vincent Regan, is neither Irish nor Scottish, he's Welsh. He was born and raised in Wales.

They did explain why Sanji was waiting tables in the source material. In fact, Sanji explained it to Fullbody himself when he kicked his ass. It was Oda adding a "f*ck you, get your facts straight" moment from Sanji to Fullbody. Also, Sanji here is pretty faithful to his initial introduction in the manga/anime. He didn't go full on heart shaped eye simping until a little later. The first time I really remember him doing it was probably sometime during the Alabasta arc. Up until then, he simped the same way he does here, where he's clearly simping, but maintains his self control in an attempt to be suave. Edit: The Warlord system WAS made for World Government dirty work in the manga/anime. The idea was, the bounty for someone who became a Warlord would be cancelled, and the Warlord would be allowed to pirate all they want so long as their targets were other pirates. Basically they recruited the strongest criminals they can get to attack other criminals in order to keep their numbers down. They would also occasionally be directed to attack certain targets, or help defend military assets like when they were all summoned to Marineford. The WG never turned turn a blind eye to crimes a Warlird would commit, they would "forgive" the crimes they already committed on the condition that they don't commit anymore crimes unless they were told, but attacks on other pirates were fair game. So they didn't ignore what Crocodile was doing, he did it in secret, so they didn't know what he was up to, but once they found out, his title was revoked and he was thrown in Prison. That's why Gecko Morya was allowed to remain a Warlord after Luffy beat him, because nothing he did was a crime against normal citizens of the World Government. They did turn a blind eye to Doflamingo, but because he was a former Celestial Dragon, he had leverage to make the WG turn a blind eye to his crimes.

Nux Garp's ship has gun sponsions on the side that are aimed forward. You'd see that if you'd pay attention. The clip right before you pause clearly shows them.

As I recall in the manga the reason Sanji is waiting tables is because all the waiters quit. I think because of all the pirates? Something like that.

Insert "Um actually" Garps ship has forward facing gun turrets on side the side. The only single cannon fireing is literally the only cannon on his ship that can actually aim at the Go Merry.

once again, youre remembering the manga a bit wrong. when mihawk stabbed zoro with the butter knife he DID say if i retreat even one step my dream is lost or whatever. it was always when mihawk slashed him with yoru that he said scars on the back etc. that scene happened basically exactly as it did in the manga.

- Sanji is played by while Taz Skylar who was also Walt in “The Lazarus Project”, Gin in “The Deal”, Billy in “Boiling Point”, & many more. Fun fact he & Zeff’s actor actual work together before having a father son relationship so this was perfect casting - Mihawk is played by Steven John Ward (who also is Mark in “Catch Me a Killer”, Ezra in “Triggered”, Chaz in “Vagrant Queen”, & many more) while his younger self in Roger execution is played by Theo Le Ray - Zeff is played by Craig Fairbrass who also is Eddie (Villian), Arkad (Stargate SG-1), Pat (Rise of the Footsoldier), & many more - Krieg (bounty 17,000,000 Berries / Yen = $ 115,117.20) is played by Milton Schorr who also is Burrell (Black Sails), Graham (Warrior), Mercenary (Tomb Raider), & many more - Patty is played by Brashaad Mayweather who also is Bmore (Summer with the Guys), Brown (Deep Blue Sea 3), Damion (The Coroner), & many more - Gin (bounty is 12,000,000 Berries / Yen = 81,259.20) is played by Litha Bam who also is Bartok (Raised by Wolves), Ben (Warrior), & many more - Fullbody is played by Jean Henry who is also Arno (Diepe Waters) - Moody is played by Amber Hossack & she was also in Cut-Out Girls - “Cresent Moon” Gally is played by Nkulueko Phiri who also is Hlubi messenger (Shaka iLembe) which was Luffy’s first opponent in the Romance Dawn one-shot manga - Easter Eggs found in this Episode: - With the Going Merry’s railing getting broken by cannon balls reminds me that we don’t have Johnny & Yosaku ins’t here to fix it because this is the point in the Manga / anime when they appear - Garp uses his technique called Genkotsu Meteor / Meteor Fist where he throws a cannonball at an enemy ship - When entering the Baratie their outfits are from color spread: Luffy’s is from Ch.28, Usopp’s is from Volume 8 special, & Nami is wearing her outfit based on her Baratie arc & Ch.50 (minus the letters “WC”) which notice that the circles on her skirt are like a pocket - Once they enter notice the paintings on the wall references Gaimon on the Island of Rare Animals, Sabaody, a Giant King Squid, a battle at sea = maybe the Edd War, a giant wave with faces = sea monkeys from Ch.304, a Sea Beasts from Fishman Island, Foolshout Island (Koala’s birthplace), Kyuka Island, & the ceiling art is maybe the All Blue or Fishman Island - Sanji’s dish that he made is made of Elephant Bulefin Tuna which is the same dish from Sanji’s Cookbook & the fish that he buys in Lougetown that originates from the South Blue, & if you look on the kitchen wall references species from the One Piece world like a wild boar, dinosaur, the panda shark, armored stone fish, tomahawk spiny lobster & dragon salmon (Shokugeki No Sanji) - Sanji mentions Ithurzburger Stein a drink from Micqueot in the North Blue that Fullbody mentions when he ask for the wine from Sanji in the manga / anime, but then with the Straw Hats he mentions Umeshu a wine that Kureha drinks - Luffy ordering milk is a reference to Ch.1 when after Shanks gave him milk he was mock for being a kid - Koby just like Nami in Ep.1 mentions 77th Branch which is lead by Pudding Pudding - Notice that on the cannon ball Krieg shoots at Mihawk has his Jolly Roger, & after his defeat you can see another named member behind him named Pearl “the Invincible Shield” - The large drink that Usopp had notice it had Sea Kings painted on it - During the Ending Credits you can see that they have added the Baratie located in the Sambas Region

35:00 That's not a change! Luffy also supported his fight, so much so that he stopped Zoro's friends from helping him (or running to their suicide) when he was about to lose. Luffy supported the dream and the 1v1. The fact Luffy supported him is the reason Zoro pledges his loyalty. He did NEVER betray Luffy. Luffy agreed! Just reread/rewatch the stuff first.

Sanji called Zef all sorts of names and was always fighting and competing with him, but we *know* that Sanji respected him and loved him like a father. Then he left the Baratie and he starts calling Zoro names and is always fighting and competing with him, yet people think Sanji and Zoro hate each other... I think Sanji and Zoro are like brothers and probably closer than most other characters on the crew.

Garp knew instantly that the pirate he was chasing was Luffy. He heard they stole a map to the Grand line and he knew it was Luffy that did it right away

As someone who worked in a professional kitchen for a decade, the dynamic between Zeff and Sanji has made me cry several times, the actors really nailed their roles. Obviously it's exaggerated to an extreme, but there really is a kind of antagonistic cameraderie that comes from working a busy kitchen as a team, and I've personally known a couple of older cooks and chefs who basically treated everyone like Zeff does, with the whole "nothing is ever right, you can do better" attitude, and it really does come hand-in-hand with a kind of protective mentor role a lot of the time. I've even pulled people off the line myself to throw into other sections when we needed the extra hands, and had a similar petulant argument around the whole "I'm a cook, why are you asking me to clear tables?" "Because we need to clear tables more than I need you to help me cook now go do as you're told" as in the show.

Small misremembering but Nami straight up stole the merry so I wouldn't say it was subtle, it was just happening at the same time as Krieg and Mihawk in the manga. In the L.A. though I think they really did Mihawk justice, so good. The Sanji change from pervy>sauve is also really good too.

They did Sanji SO damn good in the live-action. I love so much how this version version keeps him the suave, flirty, sophisticated, boyish gentleman I fell hard for when I first read the manga and ditches the pervy, nose-bleeding creeper he unfortunately became more and more as the series went on. The live-action Sanji just reminds me why I liked this character so much in the first place, and I think he may just be my current (at least till Robin shows up next season) favorite LA Straw Hat, and that's saying a lot when I struggle to even pick a favorite since they're all so likable.

34:02 What??? He didnt apologise to luffy because he threw his life away he apologised because he lost and no he didnt think he he had no chance otherwise he wouldnt have been so surprised by the gap between him and Mihawk. He went into the fight expecting to win he had no clue the difference in strength berween them that's why Mihawk tells him he is a frog in a well. That line makes no sense if Zoro knew he had no chance to win.

Dude, the fact that they used the Wilhelm scream when Mihawk split the ship in half had me wheezing! LMAO

“In One Piece the manga, no one died.” Kuina: 😢

The manga did explain why Sanji was waiting tables, it was Sanji himself that told Fullbody that all the waiters ran out on them "the other day" for being scared of all the fighting that happens there. Honestly, I think my biggest issue with the live action is how they seem to feel the need to tie everything together. It was, as you said, how Mihawk just came there due to being bored, and things to similar effect that makes the one piece world feels big and that the world is progressing even without the straw hats. But the live action feels like everything has to do with the straw hats and the world stands pretty much still unless they're there affecting it.

But the warlords do do the dirty work for the marines. The whole reason they were even summoned to marineford was to counter a yonko, other than that, they are rarely ever called. They are just the muscle the government throws at problems they couldn’t be bothered dealing with

If i remember correctly, don Krieg got a fleet of ships by collecting very small weak pirate ships. He thought he could challenge the grand line with sheer numbers.

Nux forgets a lot of details from the manga, like the fact that Sanji, being the waiter, was explained that the waiters fled from how rough the cooks are. And there are other examples as well.

The warlords where actually given amnesty to commit piracy, however they where not allowed to overthrow or undermine the world government, which Crocodile and Doflamigo did

The "Toad croaking in a well" is actually a Japanese proverb warning that one must be aware and be wary of their own limitations especially when the world is much bigger than what they are familiar with. Very classy of Oda describing how out of their depth Zoro and the Strawhat crew are to their goals

Idk if anyone explained on the last episode, but they said the reason they structured the season this way was that don kreig doesn’t have that much to do with advancing the story, and this allowed them to move up Mihawk and Arlong. Not because they didn’t want to destroy Baratie

Nux is really out there misremembering how the zoro and mihawk fight went(and with metahulk enabling him). Zoro's apology wasnt because he was rash, but because Luffy told him it would be embarrassing for the king of the pirates to have a swordsmen who wasnt the strongest in the world. He thought he failed luffy, and hindered his captains dream, and Kuina's dream.

Nux has selective memory disorder about East Blue. Zoro swore to never lose a battle again and was shocked in the difference in strength against Mihawk. He knew he was strong, but really saw it as an opportunity to beat him. Also we literally saw Nami push off Zoros buddies and take the Merry.

Zoro has no frame of reference for how strong Mihawk is. We saw Mihawk cut a ship in half with an air slash and a cannon ball with his sword. At this point, Zoro can't even imagine how strong Mihawk is.

I love Usopp calling Mihawk his friend. lol

I feel like the live action fills in the hole between the Garp we see being adamant about Luffy being a marine when Luffy was young and yhe Garp who laughs when he hears what Luffy has done. The first time we see him on Water 7 he is the latter.

I heard from another video essay about Sanji and Zeff's relationship. Zeff is being hard on Sanji to get him to leave the Baratie and pursue his dream. But Sanji being so self- sacrificial felt too indebted to Zeff that he won't leave.

Hot take: I like how Mihawk gets introduced to the story here better than the manga/anime... BECAUSE: 1.- Yes, it's an overkill, but at the same time, if Garp sends anyone weak enough, Luffy might get away or the person they send might struggle and end up killing Luffy out of desperation. Garp wants Luffy alive, so sending someone overpowered enough to not struggle makes sense. Plus, Mihawk is the only warlord Garp can actually trust to not kill Luffy, apart from Jinbe, everyone else is a jerk. 2.- In the manga I feel irs even more stupid that freaking Dracule Mihawk, one of the warlords lf the sea, who's as powerful as an Emperor, chases poor lil Don Krieg -one of the most pathetic pirates in all the series apart from Kuro- all the way from the grand line to the East Blue, just to poke at them. Like, really Mihawk? You have nothing better to do? I thought you were someone important.

3:07 maybe you pay attention first before yall start screaming. it came out of a front-facing cannon.

Ships have chase cannons which are designed to shoot forward and behind the ship

I honestly love the live action. Yeah there are a few things where I’m like “why?” But I still want a second season and enjoy it. My mother was also able to enjoy it and have fun watching it and she doesn’t like anime stuff what so ever!

Okay but let’s compare Zoros decision making in live action vs manga In the live action Zoro sees Mihawk and challenges him from our perspective we can’t be 100% how much Zoro actually knows about how powerful Mihawk is In the Manga Zoro witnesses Mihawk cut an entire ship in half casually and still decides to jump into the fight while his crew is about to face a completely different threat

"No one got mad at my Buggy Arc hot takes" Because the video's gone, Nux.

Lord Nux needs to have a refresher on the arcs. Cuz Luffy destroys a fin lol

Nhaa the warlords are well adapted. They used kuma and doflamingo to do their dirtty work. And they did a LOT of bounty hunting for them. But mostly they were left to their own devices As long as they don't interfear with the world goberment and his afiliate contries they where left alone. If the goberment sumons them they had to abide. Plausible deniability was the name of the game for warlords.

23:10 To be fair, Helmeppo is an unreliable narrator to Koby, given that most of what Helmeppo knows came from tales from Captain Morgan.

My one disappointment in this episode is that Zoro didn’t call Luffy the King of the Pirates when he declared he would never lose again

I have always loved every one of the Straw Hats, the lines the take the vibe of the live action Sanji is amazing the chemisty of the crew producing gem after gem.

One gripe I had with this fight scene was the lack of shock and disbelief in Zoro when he realizes Mihawk strength. One thing I liked about the fight scene was Zoro's shock over the gap in power between him and the greatest swordsman. He gets a reality check on how far he really is from his goal. Here he's just super casual and calm throughout and rarely smiles. Zoro isn't just stoic and serious all the time. He can show an outburst of emotion too. But still It was a great fight scene. And man did they do such a great job portraying Mihawk in live action.

You point out that the swordsman's shame line should have more impact but it's 1:1 to the manga. Mihawk even says the same thing before slashing Zoro! XD

The funny thing about Zoro and Nami’s drinking game is that they didn’t even follow the rules that Zoro outlined😅

The Shichibukai, the warlords, were always like that. The government was able to give them jobs. In return, the warlords got to keep their loot as long as they attacked people the government were OK with. They’re essentially privateers.

I recall Luffy was in the habit of writing IOUs as far back as when he was goofing around with Ace and Sabo as kids.

The point of the Zoro fight wasn't just for him to spontaneously challenge Mihawk and betray Luffy (that was just bad pacing), It was so he understood the absolute difference in strength between himself and Mihawk because of how cocky he was. It's supposed to be a humbling moment where he realizes how overconfident he's been and what it actually takes to be the world's greatest swordsman in order to keep his promise.

the scars on the back is a swordsman's greatest shame line might be the more memorable one but in the og there was a moment before that where mihawk asked him why he didn't retreat, so that's what the "my dream would be lost" moment signified. in the og it went like: "if I were to take even one step back, I believe that all those important oaths, promises and many other deals 'til now, will all go to waste and I'll never be able to return before you, ever again." i actually like that kept this part in too, wish they went with the og quote actually bc imo that was one of the moments where he earned mihawk's respect.

The immensity of the power scaling in One Piece doesn’t become apparent until Ennies Lobby. The power levels of both warlords and admirals comes as a surprise to both the audience and the Strawhats. Zorro genuinely thinks he can win when he first meets Meehawk.

Remember, they can’t watch videos of Mihawk fighting people. Zoro had NO idea about the gap of strength that he had against Mihawk. He was kind of cocky going into the fight.

Whats great about this live action is it made my sister, who has only see jjk and demon slayer want to watch the anime

You got to give to the actor who played dracule mihawk he gave Stella performance and the design man he look like he jumped right out of the Manga into live action. And I know this is going to piss people off but I think in my opinion that the Sanji in live action has a better personality than the anime version because in the anime he is more of a simp and in the live action he is more of a flurt and a cool guy (don't worry I don't hate Sanji in the anime but he is also a cool guy but his simping did not leave a good impression on me)

[MANGA SPOILER AHEAD] I think the added context of the shichibukai in the Live Action is meant to expand the nuance of the system, because remember that Alabasta and Dressrosa were direct victims of Shichibukai, fought to abolish the shichibukai and succeeded. While being shichibukai they are still active pirates as well who still commit crime, but this time with more leeway and even some protection from government. Two things though: 1. They are not in some secret deal with govt. They are public knowledge and the fact they are so well known and feared by other pirates is part of the reason of founding the system. 2 Garp hates Shichibukai and along with previously 2 mentioned kings, were pushing for abolishing the system. Thus, Garp calling Mihawk to capture Luffy felt out of place with his character.

17:15 if you look at Don kreig from the left side of Mihawk, he's spread in yamacha pose.

26:21 I just noticed that. Three cups. It was three cups during the Kuina funeral scene too. They are just throwing the symbolism with Sabo every chance they get, but with Zoro cause he's a drinker.

They did the major characters so good, meanwhile the minor characters are outlines all over the set

They made Mihawk way to attractive.

GOATHAWK

It should be noted that Mihawk going cause Garp told him to and then changing his mind actually portrays the relationship between the World Government and Warlords quite well....

3:07 there is a cannon pointing that way in like 2 frames before the cannonball blocks it, it's the only canon pointing the right way, so of course it's the only one shooting you can see it better at 4:33

"What are you gonna do, have a narrator?" *Oda steps in Lemony Snicket style and begins discussing lore and defining words*

Let’s GOOO! I just watched this one this morning!

this is too good man!!!!

Glad your enjoying ths nux and hopefully season 2 because SEASON 2 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED

Kinda crazy how much they misremember shit from the manga and anime, but they're so confident about it lol. Like im not a one piece fan but theres always at least 5 popular comments about how most of what they say is wrong. Doesn't bother me much but its interesting that they're just saying shit that is blatantly wrong lmao

Kobe and Helmeppo have the best bromance

props to Mihawks actor having to act with a 3ft guard on his sword and make it look intimidating when he swings.

The first two episodes are good. 3 and 4 were okay. Episode 5 was the first one that really stood out to me (and the rest is fantastic).

In the manga they summoned the warlord to a meeting to deal with what happened to Croc cuz luffy the WG sent Kuma to warn & clean up Gecko Moria’s mess and capture luffy & they sent Doffy to kill Moria after Marineford War the Warlords are definitely there to do the WG dirty work 😑🧐

Nux for crying out loud there is a cannon pointing right at the sceeen😂 3:08

i think the warlord system that helmeppo talks about is what he knows as the warlord sys, not what it actaully is. So both could be true.

Nux's little squeal for Mihawk has me laughing so hard XD. It should be a notification tone for something

I rewatched some earlier episodes of the anime, and hot damn does the merry take a beating.

They're staring at the cannonballs because each one is explosive lol

The government does actually turn a blind eye to the warlords criminal actions, we were told about this by yosaku before arlong park arc, the only line they can’t cross is those crimes actually hurting the government like for example taking over a kingdom under their protection. They are even allowed to target marines as shown by Moria who stole several marine shadows for his army and Hancock turning marines to stone. So there are lots of things the warlords can get away with so long as it doesn’t hurt the government

yooooo new vid

Don't know anything about OP other than this series, but I do know enough about TV shows that however much Mihawk is in the next arc in the anime, you can take that amount and increase it for the live action cause I think it's pretty universally agreed he is sick and TV producers respond to that kind of feedback.

Nux, you're in for an emotional rollercoaster next episode

Luffy with the autism rizz isn’t something I knew I needed until now

chopper going be in season 2 showed by Eiichiro Oda in the new netflix video

Helmeppo probably know from Morgan that the Warlords do dirty works for government. I think Helmeppo thought the Warlords' corruption are common knowledge.

I always know Nux watches dub. Because the lines he recites

Nux, Take another look at Garps ship, It has side sponson turrets that look to have cannons facing in multiple directions. but yes the cannons flare does cover things up and make it look like the starboard broadside is Bending their shots. Keep up these awesome reviews though!!!

Nux is amazing.. Every reaction he has was totally me throughout the whole show... The love is real when your a one piece fan.

I'm here for ittt

Mihawk's actor was absolutely phenomenal. ~_~

Nux forgetting the warlord system is based on history. Privateers and Corsairs literally doing their governments' dirty work and pirating with immunity.

Warlords get: -Their bounties frozen -They are allowed to loot and plunder (not specified If they are plundering pirates or civilians, but from ep 956 it seems civilians are being plundered by them as well) -They won't get hunted by the Marines anymore! what the warlords do: -They take out other pirates -They have to help the WG/marines If needed! So the OPLA isn't completely wrong but they miss a few beats! That doesn't just make the marines seem totally corrupt!

The frog in a well is a Japanese proverb. You see it in multiple anime.