How far can Luffy stretch? That's a question One Piece fans have been asking the bubblegum-armed go-go champion for years. Of course Luffy's versatility has limits, but if you look at his pirate adventure series, a series that has been on the air for 25 consecutive years, produced over 100 books, has over 1000 animated episodes and 15 feature films, it seems that the creators of "One Piece." "Eiichiro Oda can expand the entire franchise at will.
Case in point: The latest entry in the series, One Piece Film: Red, expands into the music district and focuses on a pop star named Uta, who gets her powers through Sing-Sing Fruit. One Piece characters gain special abilities after eating a devil fruit (Gum-Gum is Luffy's), and the Sing-Sing abilities allow this graceful two-tone vocalist with a worldwide fan base to bring listeners to a sort of parallel dimensional drag transport. titled "New Events". That may sound good at first: Ota hates war and wants to "create a better world free of cruelty and violence." But like Ultron in the Avengers movies, his plans to alleviate suffering will come at a high price.
This blockbuster (already the sixth-highest-grossing Japanese film of all time in its home country) is available in the US as a voiceover or second film and opens with one of Uta's concerts, courtesy from Crunchyroll. Ota, daughter of Shanks, one of the most famous pirates of One Piece, grew up almost alone in Ilegia, the island of music, where she has gained a large following from her remote home thanks to One Piece's patented technology, the video slug. His identity and past remain a mystery to this day. After the opening theme song ended, Luffy walked across the stage to reveal a personal connection to the character.
It turns out that Luffy and Ota are childhood friends (Shanks is the same pirate who gave Luffy his trademark straw hat), and the long-tailed boy is probably the only person in the world who can talk about his dangerous plans: he has that promise would last forever. He didn't tell everyone present that they risked being permanently trapped in their alternate reality.
Most of the film is dedicated to Ota performing his most famous songs (Ado provides the vocals), which are not translated by the dubbed versions. The subtitles conveyed the lyrics, but the melody still sounded too sweet to trigger such a phenomenon. It's a different strategy than Mamoru Hosoda's much better "Belle," where GKIDS went to the trouble of creating a great English soundtrack; Belle also does more with viral sensations and virtual worlds in the narrative itself.
For all the fun of the One Piece TV series, it's known for its poor animation (take some time on the fan forums and these complaints will keep popping up). The Toei team has greatly improved the quality of the features, but no one expects the best picture. The "red" soundtrack falls in the same vein and is good enough to be better than expected. The excitement here comes from surprising audiences with emotional plot twists and deep characterizations from characters like Mini Bepo and Rob Lucci (villains whose motives align with Uta's) and, of course, the return of Shank to face his adopted daughter. .
Devil Fruits grant powers, but they also take away some of them, and the story proves too tense for Uta, who supports himself by devouring Wake Mushrooms between sets, knowing these crutches will eventually kill him. But realizing this, the plan will not work as advertised. That means lover No. The world's number 1, the self-proclaimed "savior of the downtrodden," can't sing forever like he should. Add in the parallel events from the movie and things get really complicated, especially the fight scenes.
The battle between the pirates, marines, and Ota's purple-clad bodyguards is as impressive as you'd expect, albeit difficult to follow. What happens to the split between Elegia and New Genesis if one dies in one of the two worlds? Can a listener who changes his mind leave Ota's trance? And what does the demon lord known as "Tot Musica" have to do with this?
It's safe to say that director Goro Taniguchi and screenwriter Tsutomu Kuroiwa aren't afraid to confuse audiences and seem to have little interest in pleasing first-time viewers, who will find it difficult to adjust to the wide world of One Piece characters to get their bearings. . To the faithful, however, Uta proves to be an exciting new character, extraordinary influence, and powerful pirate rival, working to bring back Shanks and the Red Hair Gang, while leading Luffy and his crew down new paths.
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