In One Piece Episode 1072, Luffy’s Gear 5 was still in the spotlight. But the treatment and animation of the young hero’s transformation divides the community.
One Piece fans are having a great summer. In July, the manga returned with chapter 1087 after several weeks of hiatus due to Eiichirō Oda’s astigmatism surgery. On August 31, the public will finally be able to discover the live-action series One Piece on Netflix. But before that, it is the anime of Toei Animation that crystallizes the attention of the community. The reason is simple: Luffy just used Gear 5 for the first time in One Piece Episode 1071. Fans were still able to enjoy the transformation of the hero in episode 1072, but it’s debated.
Gear 5 divides One Piece fans
In One Piece Episode 1071, Luffy had a good time with Kaido, with the Gear 5 giving him a massive power advantage over his opponent. The cartoonish aspect of the scene turned the latter completely ridiculous, as was the case in the manga. This weekend, the community was able to discover a new power of the Straw Hat thanks to this transformation. Indeed, Gear 5 allows Luffy to become giant, which made him want to do jump rope with Kaido. He was even able to enter the mouth of the captain of the Hundred Beasts Pirates to hit him directly from the inside.
Toei Animation has once again pulled out all the stops to surprise and amuse the public while still remaining faithful to the manga. However, these sequences, along with another unusually animated scene in which Luffy gets hit by Kaido’s bat, divide the community. ” The episode was amazing and it just made me laugh almost every moment », Can we read among the most playful fans on the X social network. On the other hand, the quality of the animation is at the center of many criticisms. ” The animation is too much, it’s not the One Piece that I usually like anymore », « too bad we lost the oppressive atmosphere of the fight and the stakes of Wano, this transformation very little for me “, regret some.
Luffy’s transformation still at the heart of the next episode
The treatment of the Gear 5 therefore does not please the whole community, as shown by the feedback from viewers. It is true that the tension linked to the importance of the fight has totally faded for the humor and that not everyone can buy into it. Fortunately, there is still a little time for Toei Animation to achieve unanimous support. One Piece Episode 1073, which will be called “Nowhere to Run. A vision of hell on Onigashima! will again put Luffy’s Gear 5 in the spotlight. The next should be the last in which the transformation is used, before the Wano arc finally comes to an end a little bit later. It is already the longest arc in the history of One Piece before that of Dressrosa.