if the one piece of live action pulls off the impossible and is actually a successful
adaptation what does that mean for the future of the series will there be more
seasons what could those seasons look like and how will it affect one piece in the west
expectations for the live action are all over the place some people like myself are still holding
out hope and others are rightfully worried but if you've been keeping up with all of my videos
on the live action you know that it's pretty much good news all around the cast is great the
writers are actually fans and they have a huge budget oda is even an executive producer we are
constantly getting set leaks of really promising visuals which we should expect to be great even
if everything else falls off so let's say for the sake of this video that the one piece live
action succeeds what happens next if successful one thing that i think is definitely fair to
speculate on is more seasons at the very least a season two so let's take a quick peek under
the curtain to see what future seasons could look like and what issues they could run into
this is the season that's being filmed right now and covers all of the contents in the east blue
saga leading up to right before the straw hats enter the grand line not much else left to say
this season will probably be the only other season that's structured very similarly to
the first because after alabasta most of the sagas are pretty much all mega arcs alabasta itself is
oda's first long arc so i would assume it would take up most of the season reverse mountain and
whiskey peak both relatively short arcs would kick off the journey in episode one little garden and
drum island will probably take up two episodes each leaving five episodes to flush out alabasta
maybe drum island can get three episodes to really flesh out chopper speaking of drum island
everybody's talking about how chopper is gonna look with cg and stuff but i'm more curious about
waffle like how are they gonna make his ridiculous looking character work it's a little worrisome
given the right attention or attention to detail i think skypia has the most potential of being
the best season out of the first three it also gives us the most parallels to the overarching
antagonists like blackbeard and the rulers of the world not only that but the majestic feel
of the sky islands i feel would look absolutely incredible if the right amount of work is put
into the cgi they could even give a little wink to the fans by really emphasizing the importance of
the sun god we know so much now about skypia that we didn't know before and that's a huge
advantage for the riders this season would consist of long ring long land water seven enemies lobby
and post enemies lobby where i do think we get one of the best lure dumps in the entire series
i think the davey back fight will need to be toned down a little bit but long ring longland
could still make for a very good first episode we already have unaki training for afro-luffy i
don't know if they're gonna decide to include thriller bark in this season or the next one
but for now i'm just gonna assume that this season stays purely focused on robin and the water 7 saga
the main lesson of thriller bark and this season in general is to set a tone for the
new world and to make it very clear that the straw hats aren't ready for it i really don't
think they need to spend too much time on thriller bark maybe like two episodes tops
episode three and four can focus on soberty with the introduction of the celestial dragons and the
end of episode 4 sending luffy off to amazon lily episode 5 would be luffy gaining the trust and
passionate affection of boa and then going off to save ace episodes six and seven would be the
infiltration and escape of eddie's lobby episode eight would kick off the war at marine ford and
end with aces death episode nine could start with a death of whitebeard return of shanks and
aces or luffy's second backstory starting off at the end of the episode episode 10 would be
the conclusion to that backstory an update on the rest of the straw hat crew and of course
luffy ringing the bell signaling the start of the two-year time skip but wait jesse we have
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but we do have another very real problem and that's aging the amount of time the straw hats
spend together pre-time skip is less than a year however at this point the netflix series will be
at least five to six years old most of the actors of the original five straw hats will be in their
late 20s or early 30s i think a great example of the point i'm trying to make is tobey maguire
who by the time spider-man 3 came around was in his 30s still trying to play a kid in college
it can definitely be pulled off for sure but i know fans will definitely take notice of it maybe
they will change the timeline of events in the story in a way that helps the aging make sense
or maybe they'll rely mostly on makeup and effects to keep the actors closer to their teenage years
okay so i actually had some trouble putting this one together return to somebody and the journey
to fishman island on episode one then episodes two through five will be on fishman island and
episodes six through ten will be on punk hazard with the ending starting the four emperor saga
and teasing doflamingo for the next season since dressrosa was really only a single day in real
time i wanted to try and fit it into this season but there is just way too much material to squeeze
in one thing to keep in mind is that fishman island and punk hazard are two of the least
acclaimed arcs so they will definitely need to go all out to make this season work while writing
the script i was debating giving dressrosa its own entire season because before wano it really is the
longest arc in the series but after thinking about it for a while i realized that the contents in
dressrosa can absolutely be reduced and still work now this is one of the most important things right
here rrf reduce rebecca flashbacks i think she gets something like 13 in the anime and four in
the manga you can easily reduce that to one or two quick flashbacks and make it work another big part
of the reason dressrosa was so long was because of how many characters were introduced in it i know
we have to establish the grand fleet but we don't need to focus too much on each specific gladiator
or each officer of the doflamingo family except for senior pink he's he's the only exception
alright so here's how this can work episode one we get to dress rosa meet admiral fujitora and the
tauntas luffy enters the colosseum rebecca the toy soldier and kiros are established
episode 2 we meet the main characters in the grand fleet we also learn of the underground factory as
well as dressrosa's true history from king riku the alliance is formed a plan is made and usopp
and robin make their way to the smile factory the other straw hats get ambushed on the sunny and are
forced to leave for zou sabo is introduced at the end episode 3 the coliseum battle concludes and
everybody is gunning for doflamingo this is also the episode where usa becomes god usa law is shown
in captivity after being shot and this is when we get his flashback episode 4 the final battle
against doflamingo takes place the birdcage is activated we get kiroses and rebecca's backstory
during the fight against diamante the episode ends with luffy defeating doflamingo and the start of
his flashback episode 5 doflamingo's flashback the establishment of the grand fleet and the journey
to zou zou only needs to be one episode the rest of the season episodes 7 through 10 are all whole
cake island although at this point if we really do make it that far i feel like the show owners are
better off giving more runtime to the seasons that way they could better flush out the story i mean i
tried to fit all of the contents of dressrosa into a 10 episode format but 12 would honestly be a lot
better 13 even better than that six episodes for dressrosa one episode for zoe and another six for
whole cake island just seems like it would work a lot better i honestly feel very similarly about
wano i mean wano isn't even done yet and it's already longer than dressrosa and zou combined
i feel like wano just needs an entire season for itself i know i'm reaching super far ahead and
the chances of us actually getting that many seasons isn't super likely but it was still
fun to put it all together if one piece netflix does actually succeed it has the opportunity to
create a product where fans and newcomers to the series have a completely new and immersive way to
experience the story it could potentially undo a lot of the damage that four kids did to one piece
in the west and it has the potential to bring in new fans who might be skeptical about starting the
anime or reading the manga due to length or some other reason they could watch the first season of
the netflix adaptation and just be like yo if this is what one piece is i gotta start it now
if it succeeds it really does have the potential to set a new standard for all other live action
adaptations across the board and maybe fans like us can finally have peace of mind knowing that
good adaptations are possible and achievable in the west dear live-action skeptics i know
in the past you've been let down i know how hard it was you know the days of dragon ball evolution
death note ghost in the shell and recently cowboy bebop it's good to manage your expectations it's
also understandable to be worried but this time i genuinely feel like we are getting something
unique something that will be different even if it isn't crazy mind-blowing or anything i really
feel like it still has the potential to be one of the best adaptations we've ever gotten if you've
made it this far first of all thank you but if you want to know why i think the one piece live action
actually has a chance of succeeding i really recommend you start off with this video right here