Dead Beat was Butcher's first hardback book so Butters was put in this story partially to be able to ask questions that would help readers new to the series understand what was going on in the Dresdenverse.

Who is publishing the special editions of your books? I must have missed that

I always forget that Foxy is cannon since I watched the anime as a child. I thought that he was filler

The adaptation has its strengths and weaknesses. There's things changed to conform to a western sensibility and tendency towards violence. There's not a lot of it but its such a stark contrast. You see something similar from western audience where people will want a dead body to raise the stakes...which feels like they got with killing Merry.

9:25 His Alias is Gold Roger, and his real name is Gol D. Roger, you mixed them together.

id love to hear your thoughts pirate aba wandering inn

So did Allen start One Piece with the 4kids version? Because it didn't get a Funimation dubbing until 2007. The thought of people in college being super into the 4kids dub is funny to think about. As I'm not sure how easy it was to get the show sent from Japan or to view it well on the internet in the early 2000s. Torrenting and accurate subbing wasn't available back then. Especially when One Piece wasn't popular over hear back then. I'd have similar experience with Naruto, getting wrong info for the show online because the US was so far behind in the show and the manga volumes came out later, the fan translation weren't great back them either.

Phillip, Jared is wrong 😡 you need to read the Dispossessed first. Why? Because it's the only one I have read and I loved it 😅 In all seriousness, Dispossessed is incredible, and I vehemently recommend it. Instantly you will be grappling with some of Le Guins most meaningful and piercing questions about humanity and society. It is hard to read and not let it affect your outlook on the world but also the self.

not every character needs to be overpowered and i love it about strawhats, that's what make them unique i love how even though we're experiencing the king of pirates crew born we still can see humanity in every one of them usopp, nami and chopper are the coward trio for a reason and that trio are needed otherwise everyone just became badass and almost a bunch of destructive godzillas, and we loose the essence of one piece, the primary message btw people usually pictures zoro as someone edgy but he notices really well other people's feelings, just like luffy does luffy and zoro may not be the smartest in a test but they got a big heart so that's the balance in strawhats: everyone is a freak in some way, they are loyal to each other and all of them are strong in their own way which inspires us as human beings in real life you don't have to be strong like everyone else, you can be amazing with your own strenghts and still find yourself a home and a loyal family ps.: i haven't finished the video when i wrote this so i want to say that it is already really weird to hate on skypiea, and much more knowing everything that happens after considering allen said he isn't totally up to the manga, maybe he didn't get to it but skypiea is not only a funny arc but SUPER important to the narrative of one piece

please more discussions

I hope Allen does not Hate the LiveAction...he is passionate about the fiction and stories he follows.. In Oda's words :- The more knowledgeable you are on OnePiece, the more you will like it. I gave it a 7/10, minor cuttings here n there due to Nami's story being Flipped, some lil bad scenes between Garp & Koby, and Minor writing issues that did not land well.

The problem with the live action is poor costume design and silly set design - it wouldn’t been a lot better with a darker, realer more gritty style

If anyone thinks, that Allen takes are controversial...then you better know this.."Agenda Piece" takes are worse. Allen is kinda aware of it now.. It is a cancer to this community, that will rip it apart, just because Oda introduced a thing, and they cannot wait 2 weeks for it to be justified. They do not trust in Oda, they trust in Agendas, backing their Fan favorite character like they are some Olympic sportsperson.. Mind you, most of them are Power Scalers..who is stronger and all that..and a bunch of em are Zoro Power scaler fans or Zoro Loyalty fans..who thinks Zoro can do this Absurd thing if Luffy tells him to...Thats Brainrot. Even Luffy fans recently were like this.

I loved going along this journey with you guys but I am curious where is Mattonbooks?

I love the adaptation and I agree with most of what you said, but there are some minor issues that I have. First of all Zoro is in this adaption the worst hit straw hat, not bad, but I miss his light hearted sometimes enjoying himself tone. I know Zoro is meant to be that badass, and he is, but that is not all of him. Sanji, Nami, Luffy an Lysop were great, while Lysop had less "screen time" than he deserved. But those traits can be expandet in later seasons aswell. What was confusing to me is, that Nojiko didn't know about Namis truth, as well es the whole village, taking away from the good hearted village believing in Nami as well as the impact of her joining Arlong for the village. This change was unnessecary, it wouldn't drag on the episode times. But I can live with that. On another note, I love Buggy, he was perfect.

I really loved the Netflix adaptation, and I really liked your comments on the spirit needing to be right. The biggest complaint I've seen, was that without the Don Krieg fight, Sanji joined up without a lot of convincing, whereas in the Manga, Luffy's willingness to fight to the death helped Sanji realize his dream is worth fighting for. I can't wait for you to get through the next two arcs in the manga, where the world starts growing exponentially.

I’ve said it before, the live action is a failure in all ways. Wish oda never let his story get butchered like that 😭

Live action was what got me to watch the entirety of the anime. I binged it like mad and hated when I got to the end because now I have to wait. And I switched to the manga at the end to get caught up there too because I didn't want to encounter spoilers while waiting for the new episodes.

Great insights Phil. Honestly I don't on looking into the live action show anytime soon, but it has gotten a ton of people to look into the anime or manga, so I guess I'm ok with it existing. I just believe that live action can never truly encapsulate what makes the source material so good and special. But to each their own. I'm just glad you'r a fan now. I never thought you of all people would get into it . :D

Shoulder pads and rambling intros... bold choice, my friend. Good substance.

I hate the live action so much, it removed so much spirit from the source material in my opinion. Skipped over areas, exaggerated parts that didn’t need to be, and had awful cinematography. The non canon filler arcs in the anime do the series more justice than the live action does.

Buckle up Philip you thought the series was bleak so far get ready for 'The Great Ordeal'; also will you be reading the short stories before unholy consult? they give a lot of perspective for what happens in the last 2 books. Also will you be having jimmy or slowlyred on for the final conversation? i feel like you will need a seasoned reader of the series to fully understand what happens at the end of the series.

1:04:08 Oh wow, first time i hear someone else mentioning John Christopher/Sam Youd's Tripod series. It was the first YA series i found and read at my school library in early 90's. Already had read and loved some of jules verne's extraordinary voyages (my favourite at the time was From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas & Around the World in Eighty Days) , the famous five by Enid Blyton, three musketeers, treasure island, Robinson Cruso, The Last of the Mohicans and Astrid Lindgren books (Brothers Lionheart, Mio, My Son, Ronia, the Robber's Daughter) since my mother had those on her shelves.

As we near the end of series Coby's dream will inevitably come back into play, so I think given the compression, oda actually encouraged a stronger emphasis on coby when he was being consulted on scripts

felt like a fan fic and a bastardization, but it is what it is.

I just finished book 3. Did you find wind through the keyhole best read in between books 4 and 5? Or do you wish you waited till the end or not read it at all? Thanks!

Garp is the biggest thing we see from future chapters of the manga, but it isn't the only one. Some of the fish-man themes you mentioned here appear more prominently in the Flying Fish Riders/Sabaody arc after the Thriller Bark arc you must currently be in (although you do see traces of it in the way Tom is treated in Water 7).

recommending Kingkiller Chronicles and A Song of Ice and Fire to adults? not really nice to recommend unfinished series that are not only *well known* but also it's more than obvious they aren't being finished.

The two sides of the one piece fan coin have never been clearer. The story-loving, manga reader who praises Skypiea vs the combat-loving, anime watcher who praises summit war. And so one piece manages to be great for everybody.

So happy to hear you loving One Piece, a work that has saved my life more than once.

Great video, definitely makes one re-think the books one has read. The narrator point is a great one and while yes, Lolita, of course, I find it especially relevant to Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. We have a narrator (that captain) who really admires Dr. Frankenstein, it is a total bromance. Does he deserve to be admired? In my opinion HELL NO. Does the author admire him too? This has always been a burning question for me and I rather think she did.

Finally tuned in. Loved Allen's banter like always. As for the One Piece anime, they'll cut out all the filler, thus the pacing will be much better and they'll get to the point a lot faster. It should be much smaller as far as episode count. That's why I'm manga-only.

Well, I had to stop at 7 minutes, because I have not read them. I just discovered The Broken Empire recently, I think this series is absolutly something I need to buy and read soon and I will watch the rest when I have done so.

I really need to revisit Dresden Files now.

I'm starting The Fall this week. Yall got me pumped 😅

Lezlie and your goodself have been some of the booktubers I've been consistently watching the longest. Leslie is awesome.

I'm looking for ways to be more critical and analyze literature, but even though I loved English class I still don't know how to look at it objectively.

I’m mostly ok with the narrative changes though I don’t particularly like how Kuro or Arlong were written. Their actors were fine but they just didn’t have the menacing threat as they do in the manga. Also I realize Hachi would have been difficult to do in live action but he is one of my favorite minor characters in the first Act of OP (OP is a 3 act story). I can’t really say more than that however for obvious reasons

I really liked the live action and it helped me with getting my parents into the world of one piece, without having to watch 1000+ episodes or chapters, so I'm really grateful for that. My only gripes with the adaption is Zoro :( In the manga and anime he's this goofy badass that has a funny laugh but in the live action they maxed out his "badass" factor and made him into this cold sword dude instead of the essentially teenager with a dream that he is in the beginning. Also in my opinion the Zoro vs Mihawk confrontation felt really watered down, the lines didn't have the same punch as in the original and I feel like Mihawk could've talked a bit louder and clearer, and the biggest factor is that in the original the crew aren't with Zoro when he fights so all they can do is hopelessly watch as he almost dies, instead of just standing behind him in the adaptation 😭so when Zoro says his line of never losing again it just doesn't feel as good since luffy is right there with him. The other crewmates felt really good however and as you said they really nailed usopp and the actor looks like he has a lot of fun playing him, which is key ;)

And now I really want to go off, read Robert Frost again, and try and figure out what 'the majority' think about his poem... Thanks so much for this video - I have no English Literature background and it is great that you are offering this!

Congratulations, Philip! I'm looking forward to seeing the final result 😊

Since you've touched on it, the fact Garp asked Mihawk to go after Luffy is still the thing in the LA that I can't wrap my head around. Knowing these characters it literally makes 0 sense to me, this cannot exist, this is a total misrepresentation of both characters.

I hope more reviews are coming someday.

Laughing and crying 7:10...keep that thought for later Philip.

My opinion on the live action is that overall it did a very good job. Luffy's actor nailed Luffy's normal energy, but was a bit lackluster when Luffy get's serious. Some of the plot changes I think were unnecessary or even damaging, but overall were minor. While I didn't hate the Garp B-plot, I'd have rather that time had gone to Nami's village, so they could have given that more depth. Maybe have Nami's sister be the supportive sister she was in the manga instead of the angry and betrayed one she was in the live action. I was also disappointed that everything took place indoors. It makes the world itself feel much smaller, and less adventurous. My biggest issue was with the direction of the scene with luffy passing the hat to nami. I think Nami's actress nailed it, but I think the direction for Luffy lacked the spirit. Aiming for drama more than comforting Nami. Luffy's shouting to the sky that 'Of course' he'd help her, just felt awkward as well. No sky involved, just a weird pose. Now I'm going to watch the video.

After you have reached Fishman Island in the manga, I'd love to hear an addendum with your opinion on the live action. The live action added some details that weren't in the original Arlong Park arc that beef up the foundation of Fishman Island whenever they end up covering that, and I'm really impressed by the way they did so. Oda probably didn't have more than a vague idea of Fishman Island at the time he wrote Arlong Park, assuming it was even on his horizon as an arc / place to visit at all. In regards to the rest of the adaptation, I think they did well except on a couple of things. For one, Usopp fails to shine in his own arc, and the kiss doesn't do much to help with that. Second, there's Nami's villagers which were made too irrelevant and Nojiko who was outright antagonistic, which didn't suit her given that she was always the hidden strength supporting Nami from behind. These changes for me lessened the impact of the 'help me' since her attachment to the villagers is hard to empathize with. The Garp B-plot was confusing to me. Garp waffled endlessly without feeling like he made progress (several episodes of 'we catch them for real this time') and his outbursts of anger while wrecking a room felt like a weird take for me personally. But I guess it beats him walking through walls...

Hello. I just heard of you after searching for booktubenewbies which I am and why only my family vied me via link I sent them but no one else even though I put the # on. I have no idea what to do to get views but nevermind, I'm still happy family view me. I'm just about to make another video to upload. Can you help me where I am going wrong please? I know you won't read this, but I don't know how else to promote myself?

When you were discussing how big, encyclopedia-like entries of worldbuilding can slow down a narrative, it reminded me of something Brandon Sanderson said in his lecture about worldbuilding (he has a bunch of BYU lectures posted on KZfaq). He said that one critical skill of the masters of science-fiction and fantasy writing is learning to control the flow of knowledge and integrating all that heavy worldbuilding in a manner that feels natural and isn't overwhelming.

I really enjoyed this conversation. I started reading only in 5th grade - Tom Swift Jr, Tom Corbett, and the Hardy Boys I really enjoyed the original Tom Swift books - upstate New York in 1911 was a very alien world for me back then.

The spirit feels so strong in this show because it was made by lots of passionate fans alongside Oda's guiding hand. He was the one who actually helped cast the straw hats and SPECIFICALLY picked out Iñaki for Luffy because he made him smile! Oda worked VERY closely on s1 and he's actually doing the same for s2, which is currently filming.