3. My favorite character relationship, and by "relationship" I don't necessarily mean pairing and certainly not OTP, but on the other hand, depending on the fandom MAYBE I DO!
Sanji and Zoro. THE MANLIEST RIVALSHIP. I love how they are always coming up with the dumbest competitions, and how they take that shit HELLA FUCKING SERIOUSLY, like it's LIFE OR DEATH, BITCHES. But at the same time they make a great tag team when the situation calls for it, and when they're out there Monster Trio-ing it up along with Luffy, I just feel like eating popcorn and waving a banner for them. Like, YOU GO, GUYS. And because it's One Piece and everyone loves each other, it's not hard to tell that underneath all of the "GRR THIS FUCKING GUY" they are bros and they care about each other, and gosh but I just love it so.
4. The moment/character/THING/WHATEVER that first hooked me on the fandom.
My love for One Piece kind of slowly manifested itself in three stages. The first one was like, "Oh, One Piece! :P" where I was just in it for the comedy and enjoying the ride. And then the second one was "One Piece! :D", around the time that Sanji was introduced and the Baratie Arc happened and Sanji was busy hitting all of my character pings and I was busy falling for him like the sap I am, and also Zoro on top of that was having an awesome showdown (if it can even be called that, it was so one-sided XD) with Mihawk, and I was just like, "man, this is getting good!" And then the third and final stage, which I am still in currently, was "HOLY SHIT ONE PIECE *_*", once the Arlong Arc came along and Nami fucking killed me with her backstory (ALL THE TEARS. ALL OF THEM T_T) and everything just got amazingly epic, and by the end of it all I was just like, "Okay, Oda, fine, I will sign the papers and you can have my fucking soul, just... TREAT IT GENTLY T_T" and that was that, and I have NO REGRETS.
5. One of my favorite moments.
Chapter 513, the end of the Sabaody Archipelago Arc. "On this day, the Straw Hat Pirates... were utterly defeated." This is possibly the most relentlessly devastating chapter of any shounen manga I've read. Watching the crew's reactions as their nakama vanish one by one is heartbreaking. And Oda figures out just the right order to do it in so that we get the maximum angst possible. On top of that, each of the crew members is so goddamn tragically noble in this chapter as they all scramble to protect each other, and with each vanished nakama the attempts get more and more desperate. It is just unbelievably good, and unbelievably sad, and stoic old me, who hardly ever cries at anything (although OP does get me more than most series... WAY TO FUCKING GET ME TO TEAR UP AT A FUNERAL FOR A FUCKING SHIP, ODA YOU BASTARD), was basically just a mess by the time it was just Luffy kneeling their at the end, just utterly broken. "I couldn't even... protect a single Nakama!" ;_____;
6. A song or track that reminds me of this fandom.
Follow through Make your dreams come true Don't give up the fight You will be all right
Ending lines:
And during the struggle They will pull us down Please, please let's use this chance to Turn things around And tonight we control history Together we're invincible Together we're invincible
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Sanji and Zoro. THE MANLIEST RIVALSHIP. I love how they are always coming up with the dumbest competitions, and how they take that shit HELLA FUCKING SERIOUSLY, like it's LIFE OR DEATH, BITCHES. But at the same time they make a great tag team when the situation calls for it, and when they're out there Monster Trio-ing it up along with Luffy, I just feel like eating popcorn and waving a banner for them. Like, YOU GO, GUYS. And because it's One Piece and everyone loves each other, it's not hard to tell that underneath all of the "GRR THIS FUCKING GUY" they are bros and they care about each other, and gosh but I just love it so.
4. The moment/character/THING/WHATEVER that first hooked me on the fandom.
My love for One Piece kind of slowly manifested itself in three stages. The first one was like, "Oh, One Piece! :P" where I was just in it for the comedy and enjoying the ride. And then the second one was "One Piece! :D", around the time that Sanji was introduced and the Baratie Arc happened and Sanji was busy hitting all of my character pings and I was busy falling for him like the sap I am, and also Zoro on top of that was having an awesome showdown (if it can even be called that, it was so one-sided XD) with Mihawk, and I was just like, "man, this is getting good!" And then the third and final stage, which I am still in currently, was "HOLY SHIT ONE PIECE *_*", once the Arlong Arc came along and Nami fucking killed me with her backstory (ALL THE TEARS. ALL OF THEM T_T) and everything just got amazingly epic, and by the end of it all I was just like, "Okay, Oda, fine, I will sign the papers and you can have my fucking soul, just... TREAT IT GENTLY T_T" and that was that, and I have NO REGRETS.
5. One of my favorite moments.
Chapter 513, the end of the Sabaody Archipelago Arc. "On this day, the Straw Hat Pirates... were utterly defeated." This is possibly the most relentlessly devastating chapter of any shounen manga I've read. Watching the crew's reactions as their nakama vanish one by one is heartbreaking. And Oda figures out just the right order to do it in so that we get the maximum angst possible. On top of that, each of the crew members is so goddamn tragically noble in this chapter as they all scramble to protect each other, and with each vanished nakama the attempts get more and more desperate. It is just unbelievably good, and unbelievably sad, and stoic old me, who hardly ever cries at anything (although OP does get me more than most series... WAY TO FUCKING GET ME TO TEAR UP AT A FUNERAL FOR A FUCKING SHIP, ODA YOU BASTARD), was basically just a mess by the time it was just Luffy kneeling their at the end, just utterly broken. "I couldn't even... protect a single Nakama!" ;_____;
6. A song or track that reminds me of this fandom.
"Invincible" by Muse. Opening lines of the song:
Follow through
Make your dreams come true
Don't give up the fight
You will be all right
Ending lines:
And during the struggle
They will pull us down
Please, please let's use this chance to
Turn things around
And tonight we control history
Together we're invincible
Together we're invincible
FUCK YEAH. That is One Piece, right there.