Rant? About OPLA?? In this economy???
Sure, there is a bunch of things I genuinely enjoy in the show. I think Baroque Works agents were wonderful, I love the attention to certain details, I think some of the side characters killed it!
Obviously Blackleg Sanji is one of my favourite characters of all time (I'm very gay and depressed). Call me biased, but the Netflix Sanji feels like a completely different person, and not in a good way.
Cooking? Sure, it's there, but it doesn't give me the same enjoyment, there's no emotional depth to it! Just the way he prepares and gifts Gin seafood fried rice in the anime says so much about his character, but in live action? Nope. Nothing. And don't even get me started on the food waste! Doesn't care when Nami doesn't want to it, doesn't even eat it himself or gives it to someone else, just nothing. Doesn't care when Zoro is out there slicing fruits just leaving them there, not even a word. Food and his anxiety/respect when it comes to it is such an integral part of his character- not only does it solidify his backstory as a trauma responce, but further shows us his kindness- the way he wouldn't let anyone, even the people he hates, starve.
His chivalry! His love for women! Understandably I get how maybe it wouldn't translate well in a series like that, but eliminating it completely?? In OPLA he tries to attack Robin, doesn't care about the evil twins getting knocked out by Zoro, doesn't really care about Nami and Vivi (and the rest of the crew) getting hurt in Little Garden.
No suits? I swear, his outfits look worse than Zoro's. "Oh, but they are all based on Oda's artworks!" Yeah, well, there is a reason they don't appear in the series itself. Sure, sometimes he pulls a goofy ugly shirt, but most of the time, he is SUITED UP! He is a gentelman, he cares about cleanliness and his looks, he would NOT pull up to Loguetown in a tshirt and KHAKI SHORTS.
And, just...it doesn't feel like there is any connection between him and the crew? Every time he interacts with someone, it just feels very...uninteresting. Unemotional. They're clearly trying to start and set up his rivalry with Zoro, but it just doesn't hit the way it should, because both of them do not care. Every scene that eould solidify his place in the crew, his character, gets either cut or given to someone else. I can't name a single scene of his in the live action that I could say was enjoyable.
Don't even get me started on the Mr.Prince scene. I am still fuming.
In short, OPLA Sanji is giving me a Germa OC vibe. Judge Vinsmoke works for Netflix and is trying his best to fuck that shit up. Clearly working.
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