There's a prologue. It's inspired by the K-Drama "Bad & Crazy", but it's still all it's own. More drama than comedy. Rina Sawayama's songs are referenced throughout. Spike and Faye heavy... eventually.
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Most recent chapter is up.
New summary:
Faye Valentine seeks a fresh start, but an encounter with a mysterious figure disrupts her plans. In a world haunted by a genius hacker, a data dog, and an enigmatic man, Faye's past refuses to release its grip.
“What if I can’t?” She said after awhile had passed. “What if one day I die…on my own terms?”
“Then I was right all along,” he said. “I was never alive.”
Straw Hat real world Fighting Styles/Martial Arts (TL;DR)
I was on Reddit a while back and someone asked what Martial Arts each Straw Hat would practice in real life, here’s a person’s take (it’s posted below—at the very end).
For the most part I was okay with it. EXCEPT for Usopp’s!
It was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo half-a**ed. I understand the person may have been joking or completely serious, but guess what? As an Usopp fan that sh*t hit like whiplash. Therefore, I want to explain what Usopp’s fighting style/martial arts would be (especially if Usopp didn’t have a weapon like everyone is so focused on when determining his style). And I’m going to say it would consist of:
Model Mugging, MacGyver-ing, and a little bit of Krav Maga. Any normal everyday average person can do each one. It’s relatable (Usopp is the normal guy) given people want to learn an easy or the most effortless self defense. Especially if that person has a butt load of intelligence, street smarts, an avoidance problem, and high self preservation.
Model Mugging
Why? Because Model Mugging was made for normal everyday people who want to prevent assault and to fight off the person who is attempting the assault.
This is what Wikipedia says:
“Model Mugging attempts to turn the adrenaline reaction to an active response rather than a fear response through simulated attacks and group talk sessions.”
Usopp works well under pressure, is intelligent, and all about self perseverance. He often tries to fight against his fear and anxiety. The origin of the fighting style is an unfortunate tale but if you read the origin you’d understand how Model Mugging is made for the every-day person. It’s very convenient and easy to learn (if we’re talking strictly fighting).
(It’s literally a basic self-defense course you’d take at a community center or your nearest YMCA).
MacGuyver-ing
This is reference to a TV show and character named MacGyver who used his surroundings and cleverness to fight off culprits and the bad guys. He’s a very good engineer (sound familiar?) and is very intelligent. Ironically, he didn’t believe in guns (😉). Regardless, it’s not like Oda ever uses Usopp’s weaponry skills to his advantage.
I was reading an article and the author put it the best way possible:
“To MacGyver from a martial arts sense is to find a way to work around whatever problem or situation that we have which is confronting us. In MacGyver-ing there is no blueprint, so it is really a mindset.”
Usopp works well under pressure, is good at mind games, and telling from the Chew fight, Miss Merry Christmas and Mr. 4 fight, and Perona fight, that’s as McGyver-ing as you can get. This article really brings it home the best. (Please read!).
Overall, McGyver-ing fits Usopp because the fighting style is all about preservation, improvisation, and using unorthodox/unlikely weapons (all about the environment).
Krav Maga
Basically Usopp’s overall fighting style would consist of defensive (on defense). Let’s just get that out the way.
The redditor didn’t think of that it seems.
So, Krav Maga is something that Usopp would have to will himself to learn based on whatever purpose. They say Krav Maga is easy to learn but hard to master. But anyone (of any shape, size, and form) can learn Krav Maga. It focuses solely on real world situations. Usopp doesn’t need anything flashy, he wouldn’t feel the need to do anything more besides to use it to fight off people who are trying to harm him (so he can run the heck away), and this Wikipedia article puts it best:
“Like most martial arts, Krav Maga encourages students to avoid physical confrontation.[5] If this is impossible or unsafe, it promotes finishing a fight as quickly and aggressively as possible. Attacks are aimed at the most vulnerable parts of the body, and training is not limited to techniques that avoid severe injury; some even permanently injure or cause death to the opponent.”
So, alkair20 could’ve taken more time to consider Usopp’s martial art/fighting style. Sure, Usopp’s all about weaponry (that’s where MacGyver comes in), but he’s also about improvisation and using the environment to his advantage. He’s always on the defense and finding the easiest way out (Model Mugging and Krav Maga). So he can still use his Usopp hammer, Usopp dash, etc etc because it’s his defense.
(Heck, if you want to go for fictional martial arts, Ninjitsu isn’t entirely as legit as people make it out to be, unlike Naruto, people back then in ancient times considered it cowardly. You ambush people, hide in the shadows, and use shurikens and rope darts)
🥷🏽🥷🏽🥷🏽
Alas, extremely disappointed in the lack of effort. What the heck is Nanto Bakusatsu Ken? What an insult.
Seriously, a fictional fighting style that requires one move is all you’ve got? alkair20.
In an AU where One Piece is a pro-wrestling program, which Straw Hat is the one who turns heel because they feel like the team is holding them back? Also, because they want a shot at the world championship belt.
The member who finishes last is the one they’re beefing with, which leads to a showdown at Wrestlemania.
There's a prologue. It's inspired by the K-Drama "Bad & Crazy", but it's still all it's own. More drama than comedy. Rina Sawayama's songs are referenced throughout. Spike and Faye heavy... eventually.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
I’m sorry I just have to say…Johnny depp is not black 😭😭😭 Having a black ancestor 8 generations back does NOT make you black like pls anon there is enough going on in this case without trying to make it racist against a white (passing) man. Most people don’t even know about his ancestry. TONS of American WHITE southerners have black ancestry due to slavery and trust me, the only one’s saying they’re black are the ones weaponizing it (i.e. “I can use the n-word my 4th great grandma was black!” “I’m not racist I’m 1/16th black!”). Ice cold take anon.
yeah i didn't really think it was my place to comment on that part of it which is why i worded my answer the way i did lol
Damn that woman, she has always made things hard for me. I didn't want to let her know, I didn't want to show how much I cared. My plan was working, I was going to leave, until she held me in her arms and whispered a good bye. I never knew until that moment how bad it could hurt to lose something you never really had. Faye, how I count the days I've wasted, never telling you, how I truly felt. I love you.
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