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I had watched reviews and recommendations for this show shortly after it first came out, but hadn’t gotten around to watching it until this week. To be honest, I was leery about watching something with that much source material (anime and manga) behind it.
Anyway, I was bored, so finally ran through the series, finishing it last night. It was quirky and fun. I enjoyed the story, the world that was built up, and all the characters. Even the arrogant son of the guy with the axe for a hand started to grow on me by that final episode. And Luffy is just a fun protagonist - endlessly optimistic, loyal to his friends, and pretty badass in a fight.
Now my kids started watching the anime yesterday. I caught a few episodes of that in between work stuff. It seemed equally as quirky and fun.

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I really enjoyed it! I know nothing about the anime, so I wasn't going to get all bent about canon changes, and could just enjoy it for what it was.
I'm kind of hoping the guy with the slingshot becomes a bit more useful. "Hey, the cook just took out fifteen shark-pirates with badass martial arts!" "The swordsman just took out a bunch also, while badly hurt and fighting *with a sword in his mouth!*" "I ran away from one of them, until something fell on him?"
He doesn't have to be as badass as the other two, but still, perhaps a cool use of slingshotted explosives or something that turns out to save the day in the clutch?
The actor who plays the main character is downright infectious with his enthusiasm. It's almost creepy!

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I'm a big fan of the manga and anime and honestly the Live action did a great job. Yes they changed some stuff and skipped some stuff but the Important beats of the story are all there and the heart of the series is there.
It is probably one of the best Live action adaptations I've seen
I won't go into too many details but yes, Usopp becomes useful. Sharpshooter and Tech expert, in fact he invents the weapon Nami will be using in the future.

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I'm a big fan of the manga and anime and honestly the Live action did a great job. Yes they changed some stuff and skipped some stuff but the Important beats of the story are all there and the heart of the series is there.
It is probably one of the best Live action adaptations I've seen....
Fantastic casting. This show proves that one can adapt anything as long as they stick to the lore and characterizations given in the source material. This was so good I may buy the manga.