"and your name is..?" "by the way, what are you?"

I CAN'T WITH THEM THE WAY BROOK JOINED THE CREW IS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER

Why does Madaisuki’s death and its censorship in Thriller Bark matter to Brook’s characterization?

The difference between the anime and the manga in One Piece usually are small things, sometimes larger, however something like this was genuinely a very poor choice, at least to me, making Brook’s characterization more difficult and cutting his pain in half. I have discussed Madaisuki before in this here link, and his sibling, details much longer than here, however I will summarize below both the anime and the manga and the difference between them; Let's start with the anime;

Brook goes to pick up the skull off the young man's body, the blades random and not deep enough to pin his head or spine. Brook stares at it for a moment before remembering something the man had once told him. "Brook, that sword of yours is super cool, can you show me how to fight like that?" Something offhanded perhaps without the manga's corrections and details, and would be usually taken as "Oh no, Brook is remembering a random memory of this person because he is seeing the body." Which, is not true entirely. Brook than goes to lay the skulls among the others, that being the end of the scene. However, now we cut to the mangas telling. Madaisuki is found in the dining hall in a very different situtaion.

His arms are behind him, and his brain matter and lung tissue stains and spatters his own weapons, mirrors of his Captains familar sword, pinning his body into the wooden floorboards itself. His ribs are cut open and exposed, why? Beyond me.

This was a butchering, and due to his location, it can be assumed that he was either cornered and overpowered, or perhaps he fought for himself in a flash of bravery. In any case, it got the young man nowhere. Brook has to slot the weapon out of the floor and through Madaisuki's opened skull to even handle it, lookin at the wound quietly. The memory is repeated; "Brook, you're so cool! Can you teach me to fight just like you?" His failure sits in his hand, and he cannot hear him. This scene is the beginning of something that is confirmed later, again and again; Brook fully blames himself for their deaths. Madaisuki died because he failed in teaching him, the boy who wanted to be just like him.

Brook than goes to the other skulls, who all carry similar marks, meaning Madaisuki was just an example Oda wished to show, for he could now show every other butchered victim. This was such a brutal mauling that one member of the crew states it better than I can;

An extinction of a crew that went about singing to orphans and crying children as their motto. A crew that Brook was put in chage of and one that was slaughtered like hens trapped in their coop by a hawk. Brook carries this weight, every skull being another failure and memory, and the anime, cutting the details of his body and the wounds, takes away this message to me. Madaisuki, you just wanted to be like your Capts. I am sorry, as am I sorry to every other man. I know Brook is too.

Thriller Bark but OPLA and a wee bit more homoerotic touching!

halloween island

thriller bark but sanji knocked zoro out

next

Thriller bark is still in my head

And close ups

THE SILLIES!!!!!!!

i've finished reading thriller bark and i just had to draw my beautiful princesses (and usopp hihi)

So I know we all talk about the nothing happened moment and Sanji trying to step in and sacrifice himself in place of Zoro but this small moment between Sanji and Brook really got to me. The tone, the look, the fucking devotion is tangible. You can deny the Zosan ship but you can't deny the bond that they have.

Finally posting the full comic!

I posted closeups from the first page a few days ago and it got a good amount of support so that makes me really happy to share the full thing!

LEGENDS ONLY

this tiktok trend just killed my mother

Everytime there’s an incident I think to myself “Luffy would not be happy about this”