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Suffering From Loki Self-Esteem [One Piece 1154]

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Post date July 17, 2025
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You don’t get much lower than the bottom of a cliff!

Nico Robin wanted to die when at her lowest point. Loki just straight-up tried to commit suicide. This is some serious self-loathing here. It’s no wonder when your own mother called you a monster and wanted you dead. I don’t think Queen Estrid called Loki by his name once before she died! Strike One!

Abandonment issues. Loki’s father, King Harald, constantly leaving on diplomatic missions and repairing relations between Elbaph villages didn’t help either. Did he ever play with Loki? Did they ever do anything together as a family? Sometimes a parent is just a dick and sometimes they’re well-meaning but grossly negligent. In Loki’s case, he got both. Strike Two!

Loki being the curse of Elbaph. Let me go on record saying I think that whole “curse” talk is eight-legged horseshit!

You think that’s bad? You should hear what Estrid thinks about the new Superman movie!

Yeah, I know One Piece is a world where dreams turned into magical fruits that give you superpowers and giant kids drew a mural of someone’s prediction of the final arc of the series. Guess what? I don’t care! I still think it was nonsense drummed up by some gold digging Miss Cleo (Remember her?) inflating her self-importance.

Tags 1154, Elbaph, Flashback, Hajrudin, King Harald, Loki, manga, One Piece, review, Rocks D. Xebec

Manga One Piece

Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater [One Piece 1153]

Post author By Redgeek
Post date July 9, 2025
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All bad men need is a good partner to “fix” them.

Classic Oda. Who needs personal character growth when a fat ass lady is all a guy needs to be set on the righteous path? And what a path it is. King Harald did a complete 180. He’s now kind, empathic, and went to college to get his degree in diplomacy. Thanks Ida!

Can someone explain why Ida just gave up marrying Harald? Seemed a bit too sudden to me. I guess she had to “sacrifice” herself for the good of her lover and Elbaph. For a character who had an interesting introduction, Ida went full basic by the middle of the chapter. I’m not blaming Ida, mind you. I’m blaming Oda. The ole “tough” woman but is actually sweet is Oda’s bread and butter. Throw in a woman being in ♥love♥ and you get the complete average One Piece female character.

Even Shou Tucker’s disgusted by Estrid’s actions. What a waste of a perfectly good test subject.

Estrid was a bit more interesting. Where did all her prophecy talk come from? Is it all just B.S.? Did no one ever call her out on it? It’s clear she’s using that feng shui talk as an excuse to go full gold digger on Harald. Hope it’s revealed one way or another the prophecy is garbage.

Tags Elbaph, Giants, Ida, King Harald, Loki, manga, One Piece, review, reviews

anime My Hero Vigilantes

My Hero Vigilantes, Season One: Just Watch It!

Post author By Redgeek
Post date July 7, 2025
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It’s fantastic!

…? Oh! You wanna know why?

Well, it’s a faithful adaption of the manga series. Sure, some .5 (i.e. bonus) chapters were omitted and some scenes were altered or shown in a different order than the manga, but I assume it was to make the season more cohesive, avoid copyright issues (The manga’s filled with one-off or minor characters whose appearance references fictional characters from other companies. Heck, I’m surprised Ichimoku Samazu [Fake Cyclops] and Jube Namimaru [Fake Wolverine] made it into the anime unaltered.), or save time.

The companies behind the series, Toho and Bones Film, had a lot to pack into these thirteen episodes and I think they did a great job keeping the overall feel and heart of the original manga.

Adapting a manga can be difficult when it’s a currently running series. Which scenes are important and what aren’t, making filler so as to not catch up with the source material, and having to budget anime production costs for a series you don’t know how long it’ll last are just some of the problems that creep up. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case for My Hero Vigilantes’ anime.

The manga ended years ago, so the animation team knew exactly how long the series would be and budgeted its cost accordingly. It’s probably a big reason the animation looks so darn good. They know how many seasons they’ll have and can work within that limitation.

Tags anime, Crunchyroll, Koichi Haimawari, My Hero Vigilantes, review, reviews, Season One, The Crawler

Manga One Piece

Hope You Like Flashbacks [One Piece 1152]

Post author By Redgeek
Post date June 29, 2025
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Because you’re getting a flashback within a flashback. A three-minute explanation? Yeah, right.

You know… Thanks to One Piece Live Action, I miss the simpler arcs of One Piece. Where arcs didn’t have the main duty of expositing world and character lore while constantly setting up the final war arc of the series.

Weird, right? I’m all about the One Piece lore, yet here I am complaining about it. But I don’t hate it, not at all! I just want more of the fun stuff that made me fall in love with One Piece too. The Straw Hats interacting with each other, the zany villains, the feeling of a grand adventure instead of constant melodrama p0rn. This is a different manga than what began.

Here we are at the flashback portion of the arc and I’m just going through the motions. Sure, I’m excited about the coming lore dumps, but then it’s back to Basic Bro Imu the Evil and his boring henchmen. The only thing interesting about Imu is the mystery boxes surrounding him. I need more than that for a character to interest me.

Worst part is Loki spent the morning tap dancing inside a barn.

Tags 1152, Elbaph, Flashback, Harald, Loki, Luffy, manga, New Giant Pirates, One Piece, Shanks, Zoro

anime cartoon Hipster Hotline Wakfu

Wakfu: The Animated Series [Season 4 Episode 13 Review] {Season Finale}

Post author By Redgeek
Post date June 22, 2025
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This is it! The final episode of the fourth season, and—until the fifth and final season is created and released in a couple years—the final episode of the series.

Will The Brotherhood of the Tofu save the day or will the next season be a animated version of The Walking Dead? Let’s find out!

I’m going to divide my analysis into three parts: The Sadida Battle, The Necroworld Battle, and The Post-War Wrap-Up.

Sadida Battle

Shout-out to Amalia for inspiring the troops after Armand’s death. She and Armand had their many MANY disagreements, but they still loved each other. They’re family and always will be.

This battle feels more dire than Team Yugo’s because they’re more characters at risk of dying. Take Percedal, for example. The Necros did the smart thing and targeted him, seeing as he’s the most powerful physical fighter there. Thankfully, Amalia’s grief power-up saved him.

Retail employees one minute before their store closes.

Holy crap! Ruel did something useful! He and Kamasutar went full Steven Universe and fused into a giant beast man. A cool moment, indeed. Now, leave the show and never come back.

Tags anime, Ankama, cartoon, Dofus, Eliatrope, Episode 13, fantasy, review, reviews, Season 4, Season Finale, Toross Mordal, TV, Wakfu, Wakfu: The Animated Series, Yugo

Manga One Piece

No Demon Kings Protest [One Piece 1151]

Post author By Redgeek
Post date June 19, 2025
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Time for Luffy to save us all…*YAWN!*

I get it. I GET it. Luffy’s the main character; he has to save the day. But could all the other Straw Hats have their moment to shine?

No! Because we’re at the classic Luffy-Was-Absent/Disposed-But-Now-He’s-Back-To-Save-The-Day portion of Elbaph’s Arc. Well, it’s not all about Luffy. Can’t forget about Sanji and Zoro. One will fight Killingham and the other, Sommers.

Maybe.

There’s still Loki. No way is he not getting uncuffed at some point. Helping against Imu will probably be that reason. Not now, of course. No way will the Monster Trio think they’ll need Loki’s help. Things will have to get even MORE dire for that to happen. You know…like Luffy losing to Imu.

At least Chief Jarul will get a free gold watch and retirement party at IHOP.

Oh, don’t act so shocked! Luffy losing a round or two to a Big Bad’s nothing new. And since Imu will be the FINAL Biggie, there’s gonna be a lot of plot armor and/or teamwork getting Imu off Elbaph. Loki, Whoever/Whatever’s in Astral World, Brook helping to break Imu’s control of Gunko, etc. Heck, even when Team Luffy wins it’ll be a win against Imu possessing Gunko, not the character’s true body. It’s all building to the final war, kids.

Tags Elbaph, Giant Pirates, King Imu, Loki, Luffy, manga, No Kings, One Piece, review

anime My Hero Vigilantes

Buzz Off! (That Bee Scene In Episode 10) [My Hero Academia: Vigilantes]

Post author By Redgeek
Post date June 15, 2025
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<—Spoilers for this episode.—>

Yes, I’ve been watching the show. Yes, I LOVE it. And, yes, I’ll talk a little about the season as a whole when it wraps it. But, this couldn’t wait.

Kids: If someone wants to stuff live bees up your vagina. Say NO!

Yeah, I remember that bee-gina scene from the manga, but still…Yikes! Did you see how many bees came out? Kuin Hachisuka may not be the most evil villain in the My Heroverse, but she’s definitely the rudest! Because you don’t get much ruder than shoving bees in you friend’s hoo-hah.

Tags anime, beekeeping, Bees, Episode 10, Kuin Hachisuka, manga, My Hero Vigilantes, review

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Lil Wayne x One Piece Song Opens Door For More Bizarre Collaborations [2D News]

Post author By Redgeek
Post date June 15, 2025
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Not since The Powerpuff Girls’ Ace temporary joined Gorillaz have we’ve seen such a massive musical combo involving an animated character.

While Lil Wayne’s recently released album, Tha Carter VI, garters attention from musical songwriting icon Lin-Manuel Miranda’s involvement as writer/producer, its been uncovered the elephant “singing” in one of the songs off the album, Peanuts 2 N Elephant, is in fact One Piece’s very own Zunesha.

Unnamed insiders have confirmed Lil Wayne suddenly reached out to Eiichro Oda himself requesting a One Piece character appear on an album track. Unfortunately, all of the voice actors for the Straw Hat Crew were unavailable at the time.

Not one to give up, Oda called Ben Hiura, voice of Zunesha—whose only plans for the next week was playing Star Wars Battlefront II—agreed and the most notable song on the infamous album was born.

Since its release, rumors have exploded in the anime community over the next One Piece character x music artists collaborations, including The Weeknd and whale Laboon going on tour together as well as Cardi B’s soon-to-be released single, “Outside”, featuring a hook provided by Miss Friday and Mr. 13.

Tags 2D News, anime, Eiichiro Oda, Lil Wayne, music, One Piece, Peanuts 2 N Elephant, The Carter VI, Zou, Zunesha

Manga One Piece

Helluva Boss [One Piece 1150]

Post author By Redgeek
Post date June 8, 2025
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Okay… So the final villain is The Devil.

Not exactly the most unique Big Bad we’ve seen, right? Look, let’s be honest here: Imu’s basic. Really basic. Let’s go down the evil trope checklist.

Devil Wings
Pitchfork
Pentagram
Spooky Magic Book
Dressed In All Black
No Pants

This is who’s supposed to be the final villain of the series? This boring caricature of pure evil? Yes. Evil. Because he/she literally says “Evil”. So much for subtlety.

Does Imu’s Satan schtick recontextualize Luffy into God? Or, at the very least, the living embodiment of good? Nika’s always laughing. Pure Happiness VS Pure Evil. Is that what One Piece is heading toward? Sure, there’s nothing wrong with that. Good VS Evil is a classic storytelling theme. But! Luffy’s goofy cartoon Nika form’s getting stale and Imu’s so dang darn boring that for the first time ever… I’m not looking forward to the end of One Piece!

Tags Big Bad, Brogy, Dorry, Elbaph, Giant Pirates, gunko, Holy Knights, King Imu, manga, One Piece, review, writing

Manga One Piece

Undead-beat Dad [One Piece 1149]

Post author By Redgeek
Post date May 29, 2025
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It’s the skeleton guy who turns out to be a DEADbeat dad. Should’ve seen that coming.

Brook was a Celestial Dragon?! Gunko’s his daughter?! What the heck’s going on here? Well, besides Oda giving us an entry into the Celestial Dragon’s backstory. Honestly, I’ve never thought about Brook’s pre-pirate life. I just assumed he was from the same Blue as his previous pirate captain, Yorki. Sorry, Usopp fan(s), your bud’s arc just got hijacked by the Soul King.

Maybe I should’ve seen something like this happening. Gunko’s a woman. And we all know by now Oda goes light on women fighting seriously. And that’s on the small occasions when they do. Nami and Robin’s too weak to pull off a believable win against Gunko, so instead we get a possible redemption arc for our no pants faux god.

I heard Gunko’s Mom is also a living skeleton named Kate Moss.

Not only can King Imu communicate with those who (I assume) he lent his immortality power to, but he can control their bodies when necessary. There’s no leaving Imu’s Gang. You get in, you in for life!

Tags 1149, Brook, Elbaph, gunko, Holy Knights, King Imu, Luffy, manga, One Piece, review, Scopper Gaban

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