Introduction – “So I heard RC needed some One Piece coverage…”

Well thats where I come in, as I not only watch and read One Piece, but breathe it as well. Hyperboles aside, Im not as fanatic about it as one who spends a lot more time analyzing the possible future and connections of the world of One Piece. However, One Piece represents to me so many things that I consider precious in life, being the passionate adventure through the sea, or the nakama connections of companionships. A satisfactory life to me is one that is full of these experiences. Yet as much as I treasure the main foundations that One Piece is built upon, its not to say I dont enjoy the many twists and turns our Strawhat Pirates go through. Before all that however

It might be interesting to know a bit about my own “anime” background, as this is an introductory post after all. If not, skip to the fourth paragraph. Funnily enough, my first experience with anime was with Sailor Moon. I really liked it for some reason, so an unconscious anime lover was born in those moments perhaps. I was an avid Saturday morning cartoon kid and watched Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! just like everyone else in my grade. Toonami had it’s share of shows as well. One of the last few anime I saw on Toonami was Yu Yu Hakusho. That was the best dub I have ever seen and I even finished it years later, all 112 episodes in about two sittings. Yes, 13 hour long marathons. It appears I had good taste even when I was little. (c’mon, YYH was amazing)

Sooner or later I was subject to the computer and the Internet and began broadening my horizons. At the time, I thought 24 episode series were incredibly short and didn’t even want to bother getting into them for fear of a waste of time. Laughable, sure, but then I was given Full Metal Alchemist to watch and told that it was amazing. 51 episodes later, mind blown, and the rest is history. There was still a slow climb to see more anime as time went on. It definitely helped that I watched mostly top tier shows when I started out, like Kanon. Currently I figure I know almost every anime that exists out there (slight exaggeration), which goes to show how drastically I’ve been sucked into the anime field. -_-‘

One Piece on the other hand, deserves its own paragraph. I picked up OP one day hanging out at the library, thinking that the art looked cool. Haters gonna hate, but I loved it. I started flipping through the pages and was immediately captured by the goal-oriented story as well as the expressive characters littered throughout the story. At that time, I had no idea there was such a thing as a One Piece anime, so when it shown on TV commercials, I was ecstatic. Needless to say, 4Kids completely massacred the anime and scarred me from the inside. Interestingly enough, it was because of 4Kids that I began searching for fansubs of One Piece. OP may have even been one of the first anime I started watching fansubs for.

With that said, I’ll just rattle off some of my favorites so you can get a sense of where my taste lies. There’s Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (obligatory), Kanon (cried twice), the previously mentioned Yu Yu Hakusho, Lovely Complex, Welcome to NHK!, Mushi-shi, and Death Note (typical). As you can see, I pretty much watch anything except yaoi. Yeah, I’m sort of like Divine in that sense. Not surprising, but I feel that nothing will ever take One Piece’s place as number one.

I’ve been following Random Curiosity for five years now, always lurking in the shadows, never even making a single comment. I’ve enjoyed RandomC immensely through the years as it guided me through shows and helped make recommendations. Before I knew of Chartfag’s charts, RandomC was the only organizable list of upcoming anime every season bundled with a bonus of commentary. Omni and Divine have done an incredibly admirable job here, and I hope this continues for as long as possible for the years to come.

As you might have possibly inferred from the opening paragraph, I will be covering One Piece manga and a couple of the latest episodes of the anime to see if I can handle the commitment. I’m excited to be able to present my opinions on the gem that is One Piece to an incredibly large audience that’s built up at RC over the years. One Piece is a brilliant subject to work with, as I’ll try to refine my blogging to the standards that have been made around RC. Lock and load guys, we’ll be heading into the New World soon.

Sorry for the incredibly long intro, hope I haven’t bored you already!As it seems proper to say so, “Kiiragi desu. Yoroshiku ne!”
 

175 Comments

  1. konaha

    one piece ftw!

  2. Helios

    Congratulations! Im glad One Piece is getting the coverage it deserves! I wish you the best of luck and i cant wait for the new world either! One Piece forever!

  3. Thrudgelmir

    Welcome aboard.

  4. megalith

    Too bad I don’t read watch/read One Piece otherwise I’d be thanking you so much right now. Good for the fans though. 😀

  5. megalith

    ughh.. typo… frckin amazing..

  6. ASDAS 2.0

    I look forward to your work

  7. revo

    Welcome, and I’m happy that someone likes One Piece as well =)

  8. duh

    From the opening paragraph (which is the only section shown on the main page), I thought this was going to be a post about the entire history of One Piece – which would’ve been one hell of a long article.Congratulations Kiiragi, you have a couple of tough acts to follow (Omni & Divine), but I’m sure you’ll do fine. I’ll look forward to your summary and reviews of One Piece material.

  9. Island Esper

    WelcomeYay!!! Another place to vent about OP. I can’t wait to have the crew back together. The Ifmpel Down story arc has me so frustrated. The cross dressing is nice and all; but I want the nakamas reunited !!!!!!

  10. seikeninho

    RC + One Piece = Greatness. Looking forward to it! 😉

  11. tenchu1990

    One piece!!!

  12. Myna

    Oh hey there~ Welcome ;DOMG YUYU HAKUSHO FTWWWWWW

  13. Saya

    Welcome! Look forward to your commentary. =D

  14. Ashan

    A fellow One Piece addict! Hi there! 🙂 I’ve never actually read the One Piece manga and instead was introduced to the universe through the Anime some time ago,I’ve seen all the episodes released since and been following it weekly. I’m not a fan of manga-reading in general, and as such don’t know the manga’s current storyline, so please do try to stick spoilerifics into spoiler tags :)I’m curious, if you decide to blog about the show, will you be continuing on from the latest episodes onwards or do you have plans to revisit old episodes?

    • Nice Holystone

      I think it’ll just be the recent episodes.Even though many people (including I) would love a revisit of past episodes, (I mean, oh god, the Water 7/Enies Lobby arc is just godly..) it seems kind of unreasonable. xD

      • LightningJC

        It will be great if the old episodes of One Piece are posted up… I have been trying to remember all the previous episodes and it would take forever to watch all of them again. With over 400 episodes, you will forget the story. The mangas are not to good because all the action and fillers are left out. Anyways, by posting so many episodes of One Piece, you will be known all over RC.

      • Eamon

        Hopefully Kiiragi will only blog the anime.One Piece is one of the few shounens that actually keeps getting better and better.I succumbed to reading the mangas of Naruto and Bleach when fillers kept showing up. But One Piece anime is just too epic so I am stopping myself from reading its manga.But if you do decide to blog the manga, Kiiragi, could you try to keep the title and picture non-spoiler.I noticed before Divine would succumb to posting some epic scenes from manga on the main page lol =PIt’s hard to follow the anime without being spoilt on the internet.

      • @ Eamon Yeah, I’m in the same state you are. I prefer the anime over the manga just because the music, color, animation, voice acting, and everything else just makes it that much more intense. It is hard resisting the manga when your friends are talking about how epic things are getting though.I wouldn’t mind if Kiiragi blogged the manga though since many people would be overjoyed about that. I would prefer to not see spoiler pictures/titles like you though. D:

      • Kiiragi

        Yeah I’ll be sure the avoid spoilers with the titles and preview pictures when posting up entries for the manga. It’ll be incredibly hard though since there’s so many awesome spreads in the manga :DOn the subject of anime coverage, I’m not even sure if I have the ability to cover the latest episodes every week, let alone cover the entire series from episode one. Regardless, I don’t think Divine would like it if 50% of the posts on here become OP LOL.

  15. Satoida

    I dunno if I have the right to say ‘welcome!’ because you’ve been stalking RC longer than I, but I look forward to reading your commentaries.Good luck with it!

  16. V6

    I like your writing style. Welcome, I look forward for whatever you will bring.

  17. Freya

    About time someone did One Piece. I was thinking of trying out….but eh. Good luck man and welcome!

  18. swiftberry

    hell yeah im excited! finally OP coverage! welcome to RC Kiiragi =)

  19. some.random.dude !

    hahahha ! welcome welcomee !!i’m a vivid fan of One Piece (both manga & anime) and i think it’s really great that u’re gonna start/or at least try to blog it !!! this will be AWESOME ! There’s no way i’m gonna miss ur posts every week, especially when i havnt found any other place where one can follow one piece regularly! so, now u know! u have a very appreciative reader here !well, see u ’round & keep’em coming bother!

  20. Kiz

    If you’re going to cover the manga..I only ask that you don’t show a small image from it like the Naruto and Bleach manga posts. Those things have serious spoilers in them. I’m thrilled that you will be covering the anime though.

  21. Itachizame

    I cant wait for the One Piece coverage. Im a fan of the show. And welcome.

  22. Dude

    YAY!! One Piece

  23. IHM

    All the people from many countries(MX here) will be expecting for your OP posts. So, welcome, and good luck, fella.

  24. kyosei

    Yea One Piece! I love One Piece but to my utter shame I can never keep up with the either the massive anime or manga. I’ve seen some of the earlier arcs though and have a general idea of the cast and story but never had the time to get fully caught up. It’ll be nice to see regular updates of this series here on my favorite anime blog =D Welcome! ^^

  25. Chen^2

    New writer, cool! Welcome Kiiragi, looking forward to see you help out Divine. ^_^

  26. philip

    Lock and Load

  27. Cherubium

    Yay one piece, it would interesting to see it blogged considering the status of the anime and manga.

  28. Shizzy

    So glad someone finally decided to cover One Piece. You’re awesome 😀

  29. IamMAN

    hell yea!welcome man

  30. mayu08

    we have the same taste. Welcome.

  31. amado

    I used watched one piece before but couldn’t keep watching due to school and other stuff, so I have no idea which ep to continue.ill check your blogs too since I liked one piece before so welcome.

  32. Skins Thunderbomb

    Yay, new blood! 😀

  33. Yun_Fang

    omg ure a big one piece fan as well?!?! ^___^ sweeeeeet!

  34. M2

    LOL. News of RC’s impending demise has brought out more writers. I’m glad. I have only watched a few One Piece episodes. Due to its epic-ness, I probably won’t be trying to catch up until the show ends. Still look forward to your pieces.

  35. FruitieSyrup

    God We have very, very simlar tastes. I’m very happy that One Piece (My second anime/manga love but overall my #1 fav) will finaly be brought onto RC. I’m looking forward to it.

  36. LaN

    While I’m not particularly a fan of OP, I still enjoy reading blogs none the less. It will be fun to read a blog from a different perspective and writing style. Congratulations!

  37. Rei

    I’m not a big fan of OP, only saw I think two seasons of it on TV and then discovered how long it actually really was and kinda stopped due to school as well. And 5 years in the shadows, huh? Suddenly you’re part of the team, nice 😛 I look forward to your posts on OP Kiiragi. See if you can hook me in to try and catch up. Btw, I like the side pic you put up XD

    • Kiiragi

      Yeah Im a hardcore lurker :/The side pics supposed to represent me, but its more he inspires me rather than represents. Hes Kurosawa from Onani Master Kurosawa for anyone who wants to know. Changed my life that manga did.

  38. Godknows

    Just in time for the new arc in the manga!

  39. RFayt

    Looks like there will be an update on OP ep447 pretty soon then ;PWelcome !

  40. Matt

    Looking forward to your coverage. Good of you to step up.

  41. AznCoffee

    OH SHI-New Blogger Kiiragi want to challange you!Kiiragi sent out One Piece!: D

  42. Aria-san

    Wow, our anime backgrounds are very similar!Looking forward to your posts then~.

  43. liborek3

    Welcome to RC Kiiragi, good luck :)btw YYH FTW!

  44. wayne

    one piece sucks <.<

    • Nice Holystone

      I can’t believe you just said that T_T

    • Shizzy

      I have a feeling this guys only seen the 4kids dubs.

      • Nice Holystone

        Something horrible must have went down while you were watching it or something…lol.One Piece is just epic, man.

      • wayne

        One Piece is just another endless story bullshit like Naruto or BleachYou want Epic Pirats watch Black Lagoon <.<

      • Dood, no…just no.It is not endless bullshit like Naruto and Bleach. I’m sorry but, I think Naruto and Bleach cannot even compare to One Piece. The length of One Piece is completely justified; it’s not like it repeats anything, making it boring. (Like Bleach, where every female lead seems to be getting kidnapped) Really, there’s a reason One Piece is the best selling manga in Japan by far. 😛

    • kid a

      i bet this kid just recently got past the dbz stage of anime and mistakenly considers himself to be a guru.pro tip: not all shonens are like dbz. one piece and hajime no ippo are cream of the crop.

  45. Charlee

    Awesome! My favorite anime review site is getting OP :Db Also welcome!

  46. Life

    Thinking of starting Once Piece soon. A friend of mine is currently downloading the episodes, so I can marathon when I have the time lol. Looking forward to a good read man.

  47. empirexstate

    Your anime background feels like the story of my life … minus knowing every anime out there.

  48. Click

    New Blood. Welcome to the Clan >:DOn another note, I’m pretty glad someone picked up One Piece, because the manga is fantastic and has so far never used an incredibly cheap plot device *COUGH Hogyoku implant COUGH COUGH*, and I’m also pretty glad that you might be picking up a few shows, so divine doesn’t kill himself (and lets face it, he’s not gonna live long with 11-15 shows to blog a week D:)

    • Kiiragi

      Picking up a few shows is getting ahead of myself there. I’m not sure if I can even keep up One Piece’s anime weekly, but I’ll be trying. If I can find a groove and see myself capable, I could try to do several shows, but that’s far off the map for now. Just can’t be as godly as Omni and Divine.

  49. Aecen

    Welcome, looking forward to it. One piece manga is wonderful, lately the pacing of the anime has thrown me off abit, but hopefully it will get back to it’s glorious self. And to those who do not like one piece, thats fine, but PLEASE for the love of god do not base your opinion of one piece awful the worst dub ever created that aired on tv. 4kids completely butchered it in every way, give the subs a shot, you will be amazed at the seemless blend of comedy, action and emotion that it brings.

  50. ufo

    hey Kiigari, is there any chance that you have been at Jcafe forum also?

  51. Itachizame

    4kids was the reason why i got into One Piece. ^_^. Thanks to them i starting downloading the the “real” episodes and got to where i am today.

  52. Nice Holystone

    It’s absolutely marvelous to see RC is blogging One Piece as well as getting another commentator. I’m hoping you’ll be able to continue with the anime for who knows how long it’ll last. XD

    • Itachizame

      hehe thats be awesome.

  53. Aecen

    “but PLEASE for the love of god do not base your opinion of one piece from the awful worst dub ever created that aired on tv” fixed

  54. monster

    ohhh this will bee gooood 😀

  55. K.L.

    is the picture on the right from onani master kurosawa or am i just seeing things?

  56. RiK

    OMG are you like my twin or something??? lol, your whole background is exactly like mines (except replace Sailorman with Dragonball Z and add Bleach somewhere in there hehe). Looking forward to your posts and good luck!

  57. raklaron

    At last, a OP blogger ! @_@Welcome RC man ;)And yeah 4kids totally screwed up there…just leave OP alone :OLooking forward to your entries.

  58. limchi

    I opened up randomc looking for new anime coverage. I glanced over the title and thought to myself, “Nice! This is great news, my friend is really going to like that RC is finally covering OP.” I look at the author to see that this friend of mine is the author himself.This is where I went nuts.Congrats man. I don’t think I’ve been as shocked as this in a while. I literally sat in my seat being excited for you for 10 minutes. I know how much this means to you to be part of this community where we shared our high school experiences together.I’m still going nuts.

    • Darklord

      WOW…that sounds awesome!I can only imagine how you must have felt.As for me, I couldn’t be happier that my favorite manga/anime will be finally covered by my favorite anime blog.

    • Kiiragi

      LOL I was going to tell you online, but you’re never available anyways. I’m not sure if you even checked RC anymore, but you were the one that told me about RC in the first place. Good times.

  59. Espada

    now now no love for bleach D=

  60. Syouke

    Welcome :), nice to see people contribute this new site.

  61. LightningJC

    Thanks for posting OP in RC!

  62. N0216332

    ^-^ so glad RC doing OP now… I read manga for bleach and naruto, but refuse to read OP, and have been told the manga is a lot better than anime tho (like apparently they always seems to be?).. as theres no such thing as a black and white adventure.

  63. One Piece ftw yeah 😀 Welcome! 😉

  64. Have to say welcome and good luck.Cool to have someone covering One Piece though. Hopefully covering the anime goes well.

  65. Shawn

    WELCOME! hope you have fun. i was waiting for someone to say that ONE PIECE is the number one anime in RC ! looking forward 😀

    • Nice Holystone

      “One Piece is the number one anime!” Lol.

  66. Jaysus

    Sucks that this is coming after the most epic arc thus far in the manga, but the fallout of the Marineford arc should make for fun blogging.

  67. Phosphatide

    You cried twice watching Kanon? I like you already.

  68. Monkeynails

    Gotta love one piece :DOh, and welcome! Your love of one piece made me come out of the lurking shadows >.<

  69. hautecc

    Welcome you and one piece

  70. Xero12

    Welcome aboard, plenty of love to be shared for the lovers of One Piece ^^

  71. Kevz

    DAMN IT! IM WAITING FOR THIS!! YOU’RE A LIFE SAVIOUR! XD

  72. Sovereign`D

    Welcome! 🙂 Looking forward to your weekly coverage!

  73. UnknownVoice

    Oh great.Now even RC is polluted by WAN PISS….

    • Nice Holystone

      Well, it’s not like they’re obligated to stick to anyone’s anime/manga standards.Random Curiosity blogs a lot of series I would have never watched by myself. But I check out new series and end up liking them because of this blog. Dunno’ why you would be so negative to One Piece, especially if you haven’t checked it out for yourself.One Piece is freakin’ awesome

      • UnknownVoice

        I did check it out… and thankfully managed to drop it.there’s a limit on how many ridiculous powers, butt pirates, ridiculous-died-no-i-did-nots and goodie-converts-baddie I can take.Frankly, I felt like watching DBZ, except there was no Vegeta.If it was ~20-52 episode adventure/comedy series I might have had patience to sit through it, however turning a plot-less adventure series into never ending shounen is really bad idea.After ~70 episodes or so I finally understood that plot is going nowhere and that episodes will most likely continue into ~1000’s. Every arc is the same thing over and over again. Of course I understand that there ARE “omg secrets and plot twists to be” but sadly they will either turn out into some random crappy stuff, like it happens with most of shounen series OR by the time something IMPORTANT will be shown/said I will be an old old man.And in the end, the good guys will win yet again and whatever shounen moral that was fed to everyone in each episode, will be reinforced yet again.Frankly I am surprised by how overrated it is…

      • Alec

        If u say, one piece is overrated, then i would say the same for Naruto & Bleach

      • UnknownVoice

        And you would be saying pure truth. :)All shounen manga are overrated :)At least Naruto was good at what is needed for shounen series for first ~15 chapters or so.

      • LightningJC

        Well UnknownVoice…what other animes do you recommend? Animes that are super NOT awesome? Shounen Jump beats your little fantasies you think up everyday! Do you expect the main character to die?… NO or else it will be the crappy animes you recommend. You try publishing your little lame fantasies and see if anyone would give a crap about it. I hope you’re stupid ideas will be heard…wish you good luck!

      • Chen^2

        @LightningJC: Wow, chill dude. Just because someone else doesn’t share your views on your favorite anime does not mean you should personally attack them… All he’s doing is sharing his opinions on a particular series. Not everyone likes the same things. ;D

      • @Unknown Voice Well, personally, I think that Naruto and Bleach fit your description of a shounen series,but the latter part of the One Piece series to date just completely defies it. All I can do now is suggest that you might pick it up again to see for yourself!

    • UnknownVoice

      Shounen Jump beats your little fantasies you think up everyday!shounen jump beats nothing but fantasies of their demographic audience – 14 year old boys.Do you expect the main character to die? yes, from a good story I expect deaths with high emotional value. Oh and I except a lot of plot advancement, instead of ~20page filler chapters.Oh and I also expect a lot of good character development without generalized good/evil crap.Go read and watch real anime/manga instead being of fed the shounen crap 🙂

      • Darklord

        So much bias…I understand your problem with shounen manga and you are right about many things, but guess what – it’s still very exciting to watch and follow.Nobody’s forcing you to follow it or read its reviews on RC, so please if you are just going to say how much it sucks, just…don’t.

    • LightningJC

      Chen^2… I am only pissed off at UnknownVoice because you shouldn’t be criticizing someone’s post(Kiiragi). I think Kiiragi is trying to improve the RC society and not ruin it…so if UnknownVoice doesn’t like it then he shouldn’t say anything. DON’T GO POSTING SOMETHING BAD IN SOMEONE’S POST…INSTEAD COMPLEMENT THEM AND SUPPORT THEM!(This goes to all the people that posted something like One Piece sucks, etc)

  74. outcast

    jiiiiiiiiiiiiii

  75. Sascha84

    awesome <3

  76. jj

    welcome, you just made my day! i’m so happy that you’re blogging the most epic manga of all time!

  77. Jurkasz

    I’m not a One Piece-fan but welcome anyway 🙂

  78. ROFLWAFFLELAWL

    Agreed. One piece is too damn crazy. The world is so damn huge (probably at least 5 times as big as Earth) anything is basically possible. Not in the sense like Bleach where everything and anything is possible (because they actually DO it). I mean holy balls. The first books of One Piece I have is the VERY first one and the Alabasta double books (where it shows Luffy and gang and the other has Crocodile and such). I love One Piece with all my heart and always wait in anticipation for the next chapter to come out. So many things happen so fast but at a pace that isn’t too fast. It’s just too good. Things you think might happen (in which you think of being plausible) actually turns out to be something else you didn’t really thing would happen (I say ‘really’ because some people though that something like ‘that’ might happen where as others didn’t even think things would turn out the way it does).

  79. Kitanoblade

    Welcome Kiiragi , its nice to have some One Piece coverage

  80. I’m not exactly a One Piece fan (probably because of our effin dubbers in our country) so I don’t watch it in TV. I was probably disappointed and given a bad side on One Piece (blindly) so thinking that you made this introductory post not just for yourself but also for One Piece, I might watch One Piece from the start with the commitment you made starting with a very, very long introductory post. It wasn’t boring (for me) though. So, good luck and welcome. 🙂

  81. Pazoozoo

    Welcome and good luck ^^

  82. Alec

    just after the latest arc is finished xD….

  83. imerik

    Glad to welcome in new people blogging for the site. I’ve been watching the One Piece manga after an intense marathon catchup session.. Not really sure what inspired that since I dropped it after about 20 anime episodes in. Still something about One Piece still amuses the hell out of me. They even have important people dying ~ something I love. So I’m glad to see you adding something in from the OP side to RC :DLooking forward to enjoying your posts-

  84. Kewldude

    Yo ujust made my day and gave me a reason to post. Yes, I totally agree with you. Absolutely nothing can take One Piece’s place as Number 1 ^_^ Thanks a lot and welcome. Hope we’ll all have a great time! ~_^ 😀

  85. ayumikat

    Yay! Someone who likes YYH. Welcome aboard. Looking forward to your coming posts on RC.

  86. YAY!! ONE PIECE!!!i also started my manga/anime life through Sailor Moon! though i much prefer the manga since the anime totally trashed it. finally, someone from RC is blogging about one of the most awesome anime/manga ever. most of us fans will either go to APforums or Kaizoku Fansubs Forum, but this is really great to know. definitely looking forward to your posts.YAY!! ONE PIECE!!!

  87. Pureauraa

    Hmm… You’ve tempted me into giving it a chance again… will go watch again and see if I like it (4kids put me off the first time)

  88. SirMuffin

    Awesomeness… The new RandomC could use another writer… I look forward to your entries!

  89. Ddadain

    I would have just phrased the headers as “So I heard RC needed some One Piece…?” In anycase, One Piece would be a welcome addition, and I believe it can boost the sites popularity by a lot. I’m just hoping that the many of the HATERS out there would give this masterpiece a second look, rather than the general first impression of “quirky/weird/bad art”.The color spreads are awesome, the story and plot are interwoven intricately, the characters are great, and unlike Bleach and Naruto, this baby still got 500+ chapters to go ^_^

  90. xxstripes

    Yay, even if I’m not a One Piece fan, it’s always nice to see new writers~ And your anime background is eerily similar to mine (Sailor Moon… ah, childhood). So, welcome!

  91. Giostz

    Glad to see that OP is going to be blogged. I too was turned off by the horrible 4kids sub. Luckily a friend convinced me to watch the proper one piece, most fun i had watching an anime in a while. Too bad after a marathon i went and started on the manga. Now i cant stop reading it. >_<

  92. Giostz

    Also welcome and good luck. =)

  93. Raso

    man we need some Negima lovin ><

  94. lord genome

    yehaaa!one piece this like totally awesome!(finally the best of the big 3 (in my oppinion the only good one)has found its way to RC)

  95. Asuka

    Welcome 🙂

  96. puri

    yay I always wanted someone in RC to cover one piece! XD

  97. LightningJC

    You call those pirates?..more like gangsters that wanna act cool… they jump on a boat and start shooting randomly. All they can do is shoot…how many times can you watch a bullet fly? and how many times can you watch some super special skills?

    • LightningJC

      to wayne

    • Darklord

      Yeah, every time people give me Black Lagoon as an example of good pirate anime, I laugh. It’s more of a gritty gangster/mafia type of story with an overall bleak outlook on life.One Piece, on the other hand is a true classical pirate anime, which exhibits the spirit of adventure, freedom and endless optimism from its every page!

    • Sorry this is off topic but hey Lightning just so you know I’m the one who created that Naruto wallpaper that you’re using as an avatar (Jason Isenberg@JaYson Designs). I don’t mind if you keep it, it was just surprising someone liked it. If you don’t believe me, click my name. My site is right there. Oh and nice to meet you Kiiragi, more people = good!

      • LightningJC

        Thank you for making such a wonderful picture! =)

  98. madao

    your tastes match mine…your weird

  99. core

    LOL. Now, if only someone did coverages on yaoi… XD

  100. Will you only be covering one piece or will you be covering other series as well?

  101. starss

    It sounds official: One Piece is the new Bleach of RC! XD I say, let me at it!

  102. Ann

    😀 Looking forward to it!

  103. Havoc03

    I would rather prefer Bleach to continue to be covered on RC instead of One Piece. (if it had to be only one series, that is)

    • Kiiragi

      Bleach may still get covered, Divine has two people he’s trying out just like I was. However, if they don’t work out, I may just cover Bleach myself. It’ll be hard for Bleach to be as exciting as the One Piece coverage though. Just kidding 😛

  104. Acylia

    Yes! Good luck on RC, Kiiragi! ^^

  105. Soapie

    Looking forward to your posts 🙂

  106. Titolion

    FUCK YEAH!!! YYH was amazing!!! But sometimes, I think is underrated a lot.

  107. Kamiya Yato-kun

    I hate pirates!!! (No ofense!)

  108. anon234

    I have yet to see OP be featured on any blog, so I’m glad you decided to give it a try.

  109. Chloesong

    Welcome to RC, looking forward to reading your posts~ =D

  110. freedomapoc

    nice i love one piecemuch thx kiiragi i feel like ill enjoy your blogginghope bleach can be readded on the blog too would be nice

  111. midenz

    WOO! yes one piece is being blogged on RC! Can’t wait! Hope you continue with you soon after and nice intro! applies to me as well!

  112. Trejon

    wahah, your tastes matches mine… you got a really good taste, oddly enough i started anime watching TORIBIO, Heidi, mazinger Z, you know(the classics) and then sailor moon showed up along with saint seiya and dragonball, after that with pokemon and yuyuhakusho and SLAYERS, youre under arrest and a few more I dont remember right now, just like you =P, and as we were thinking the same thing, the TV no longer picked my interest and started using the internet =P, Im not going to exaggerate that i know mostly of the animes out there, but i have seen roughly 800… and out of all those series/mangas/movies/ovas and whatever there is, none has picked my interest and entertained me more than ONE PIECE! (Second place goes to mahou sensei negima…)

  113. zeropi

    all the coments asside, welcome

  114. neko

    nice! One Piece at last! .. i always asked myself “”How come there is Bleach, Naruto , and NO ONE PIECE?!.. thanks Kiiragi, good luck and welcome!

  115. ichigo_daisuki

    I hope for your success, Kiiragi ^_^

  116. tension

    looking forward to it.

  117. ROFLWAFFLELAWL

    I think all we need is a Deadman Wonderland coverage and we’d be set.

    • It can always get better! But yeah, a Deadman Wonderland coverage would be cool.

  118. Anonymooo

    More One Piece appreciation is always a good thing. Good luck with blogging, I’m really looking forward to reading your thoughts.

  119. battler

    AL LAST no more bleach fillers, the best shounen is going to be blogged 🙂

  120. redlupine

    I had always hoped One Piece would someday be covered by one of the few blogs I go to(Seiha, THAT, RC).yay RC, now I have more reason to come here.

  121. YYH is one of my favorite shonen series.. and one of the best dubs I’ve ever heard. One Piece. I been planning to pick up for a while now but haven’t yet. Currently downloading the subs though and will start it soon. So you blogging it is a welcome addition. Welcome to the RC staff!

  122. Odeus

    OMG Kiiragi!!!! You’re my favorite already!!! Let’s be Nakama!!!

  123. Whisper

    Awww, I liked how RC was mainly covering mainly new anime and not ongoing series (other than Bleach, I lost interest in that long ago so I don’t really care). Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge OP fan, but due to certain reasons I’m not and won’t be fully caught up for some foreseeable future (currently I’m re-watching the series with some others but I haven’t watched the last 40+ episodes).If I could ask for a small favor, could you please not include spoiler pics and spoiler titles on the main page? If it comes down to reading RC and possibly glimpsing OP spoilers or being spoiler-free and not visiting RC I’d go the latter route hands down, 10 times out of 10.

  124. Kiiragi

    As I answered before, I’ll try my best to not have spoiler pictures and titles on the main page. The first manga post is already up, and as you can see (hopefully), it’s not spoilerific at all. You might THINK it’s a spoiler at times, but if you knew what I knew, you would know it’s not. Trust me, I was paranoid too when I was only an anime follower. Then when I caught up in manga, I realized most spoilers my friends annoyed me with weren’t spoilers at all, just random unimportant things.

    • Whisper

      To me, there’s no unimportant things when it comes to my favorite show =PThanks, appreciate it. Actually was looking around and heard about the manga chapter title page “mini-arcs”. Never even knew about them, and I found them very interesting. I know when I watched the anime and Jango was on Hina’s ship, I was o.O But now that I’ve read some of the mini-arcs (e.g. Jango’s Dance Paradise) it fills in some of the background info.

  125. Zero

    Could use FT Anime coverage, and it’ll rock, IMO.

  126. jinzu

    well this will be interesting, you should blog fairy tale as well since they are similar in many aspects.

  127. MrRei

    It’s good to see another hand to do Divine’s bidding.. the more bloggers the better for RC. just don’t quit or disappear suddenly like someone 😀

  128. LightningJC

    I hope Omni would come back and help Divine, Kiiragi and the others so they wouldn’t need to spend so much time blogging and do not have any free time left! So…RC bloggers please try and drag him back to make your blogging easier…I was thinking about this cause if Kiiragi posts all the OP episodes, he will have no free time at all!!

  129. Rockmanshii

    Welcome man.

  130. Gil

    Omni should do only Bleach(if he’s got time), this guy doing OP, and we need someone else doing Fairy Tail.

  131. tman

    I hope whoever covers bleach does both the anime and manga.

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