In One Piece, Nami has always been weak. Oda seems to have deemed the comic relief or fanservice. It not that One Piece doesn’t have strong females characters either (Big Mom, Hancock), so I just don’t get why he kept her so weak. Redgeek in his post, “Welp, At Least She Tried [One Piece 1013],” seems to agree with me, ” Yep, I’ve given up on Nami. She’s gonna stay a weak fighter forever. …Hmm?” He believes that Zeus is going to make a comeback. I thought that Zeus was gone for good. However, considering that Oda gave him some backstory I think that Redgeek might be right. I also agree that Ulti and Page One are uninteresting villains and I don’t care about them either. As Redgeek puts it:
On the bright side, Ulti’s down for the count! Yay!!!!! I’m sure I haven’t mentioned it at all on this blog, but I don’t care about either Ulti or Page One. So glad they’re KO’d.
Redgeek
Deca-Dence the dystopia
Irina reviews the anime series, Deca-Dence, a surprising anime I reviewed last year. Irina loved the animation from Studio NUT, ” the actual animation of DECA-DENCE is just wonderful . . . In any case, it’s a well-done anime that looks good in just about any episode.” Like most people I was surprised by the twist and Irina thought it was helpful to the narrative:
I do think the surprises it injects into the narrative actually serve to flesh out the themes and messages it’s going for rather than to simply be a cool thing for the audience. And as such, it works best as an integral part of the viewing experience.
Irina
Fan animators create Naruto OP
Studio Tonton has created an OP to pay homage to Naruto. Despite its quality, the video is made by amateur animators. The Sakuga Blog interviewed the producer, Blou, to discuss how the video came to be. Sakuga Blog has praise for the video:
I wouldn’t fault you for assuming that they’re a professional animation production company with quite a lot of talent at their disposal. Now, a trained eye will quickly tell you that the sequence actually has a distinct indie flavor, but that only makes their technical and creative achievements all the more impressive.
Sakuga Blog
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