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This article contains spoilers for the anime “One Piece”, especially the Arabasta Saga.

One piece Season 2 will include many important moments from the manga, but three scenes will determine the success or failure of Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Arabasta. With the East Blue behind them, Luffy and his friends make their way to the Grand Line. One piece Although the second season’s cast continues to grow, the live-action anime adaptation now faces different challenges than when it debuts on Netflix in 2023.

Whereas One pieceThe first season had to prove itself as a worthy live-action adaptation of the immensely popular anime, season 2 must raise the bar and show that it can cover the larger storylines of the manga. A lot happens during the Arabasta saga, from a giant whale guarding the entrance to the Grand Line to a war for the fate of a kingdom. Netflix One piece has shown that it is not afraid to accept the source materialand it will hopefully continue to capture the essence of Eiichiro Oda’s work.

In Season 2 of One Piece, Chopper’s incredible backstory needs to be brought to the point

Chopper has a very emotional origin story.

Tony Tony Chopper’s introduction is probably the most anticipated moment in One piece Season 2 not only because the character is so popular, but also because of the technical challenges of bringing a humanoid reindeer into a live-action series. But in addition to Chopper’s successful character design and visual effects, Netflix has One piece must also present his backstory correctly. Chopper has one of the saddest origin stories in One pieceFrom a lonely reindeer who doesn’t accept his pack to the help of a very strange doctor, everything about Chopper’s origin story is heart-wrenching.

One piece In Season 1, the backstories of the main characters were excellently portrayed, which is one of the reasons why the Netflix series is such a successful adaptation of the manga. Oda has given all the Straw Hats in the source material detailed backstoriesand not just for the sake of world-building. The past of Luffy and his friends defines who they are today, meaning their origin stories will always come up in some way. Of course, there are characters whose full origins cannot be revealed right away, like Sanji or Robin.

The first fight between Luffy and Crocodile must be an important moment in Season 2

Crocodile must feel like a big threat to Luffy.

Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Seas and leader of the Baroque works, is expected to One piece Main villain of the second season. Provided One piece will come to Arabasta in Season 2, there must be at least two fights between Luffy and Crocodile. Luffy eventually defeats the villain and helps Princess Vivi save the Arabasta Kingdom, but their first encounter does not end well for the Straw Hat Pirate. Crocodile defeats Luffy effortlessly in the first fight and almost kills the hero of the show.

In a classic “anime time” trope, Crocodile announces that his fight against Luffy will last three minutes. Once time ran out, the villain finished off Luffy and left him to die. Luckily for Luffy, Miss All Sunday Nico Robin saved him, a decision that later earned her a spot on the crew. The final battle of the Arabasta Saga is technically the most important, but Luffy’s first fight against Crocodile sets the tone for the final story arc. His live-action counterpart needs to convey just how strong and ruthless Crocodile is.

The Straw Hats’ farewell to Vivi must be an emotional scene in Netflix’s One Piece

This classic One Piece scene has to work.

Whether Princess Vivi is a Straw Hat Pirate depends on semantics. From Luffy’s point of view Vivi is and remains a straw hat. She first meets the group during the Reverse Mountain arc as Miss Wednesday, with the series later revealing that she had infiltrated the Baroque Works. After Vivi tells Luffy what is happening in Arabasta, they welcome her to the crew and promise to help her. Vivi takes part in a few adventures with the Straw Hats, including Little Garden and Drum Island, before they head off to Arabasta.

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The new character from season 2 of One Piece is much more important to Luffy’s endgame than it seems

A new character who will appear in the second season of “One Piece” on Netflix will play an important role in Luffy’s future – and the overall outcome of the story.

When the Straw Hats knew that one of the members of the Baroque Works was a shapeshifter, they developed a strategy to ensure that they could not be fooled – they painted an X-mark on their wrists. The X-mark was more than just a code to help them against Mr. 2, it became a symbol of the Straw Hats’ friendship with Vivi. At the end of One pieceIn the second saga, Luffy and his friends raise their arms and show their badges as they bid farewell to Vivi. It’s an emotional moment that only works if Vivi’s relationship with the Straw Hats is properly established.

One Piece (Live-action)

Based on the popular manga/anime series, One Piece is a live-action Netflix adaptation of the story by Eiichiro Oda. The series follows the exploits of a band of pirates, the Straw Hats, led by the energetic and adventurous Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy is a young man who was cursed with strange powers after accidentally eating a mysterious fruit. With his friends Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Sanji, Luffy will set out across the vast ocean to find the legendary treasure, the One Piece.

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Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero Gibson, Taz Skylar

Release date

31 August 2023

Seasons

1