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He isnt imagining riches for himself but a better society.
The live-action effect is difficult to pull off, even in a fantastical story as heightened as this one.
Which brings me back to the snails.
Theyre living, breathing, eating telephones that facilitate telepathic conversations over far distances.
(Take a minute out of your day towitness it.)
It helps that the crew is perfectly cast.
Emily Rudd plays the thief Nami with a raw understanding of the emotional fallout of subjugation.
(My only complaint is the hair: Take off that wig or get a better one.)
Then theres Godoy as Luffy, a tightrope walk of a role.
But while the core cast works splendidly, some in their orbit feel lacking.
The color scheme is extensive running from wildflower orange to ocean cerulean to arterial-blood red.
I yelped with satisfaction.
I do not want these characters to obey the laws of motion.
Its important to note how much ground this first season covers.
I gobbled up these episodes and left them yearning to see what the show will do next.
Who knows if the series will have the opportunity to adapt the events of 1,073 episodes and beyond.
But given what its already achieved, I want to seeOne Pieceget the chance.
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