If I am completely honest, the beginning of this movie did not sit well with me. In fact, quite contrarily, Luffy and Boa made a great team going up against the bad guys. Luffy and Hancock team up to take down Burndy World and save Hancock's sisters.įrom the original synopsis, I was under the impression that this would be a movie depicting Boa as a damsel in distress for Luffy to come and rescue from the hands of an evil pirate.
With the intent of kidnapping one of the seven warlords, World ends up taking Boa Hancock's sisters as hostage. However, the hefty fanservice and inclusion of pointless scenes and characters detract from its integrity.įollowing the events of Marineford, Luffy is in the midst of training with Rayleigh when a pirate by the name of Burndy World arises after escaping from Impel Down. One Piece 3D2Y: Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends is deliciously long and features great characters, surprisingly good villains, and some decent fights in a unique and watchable animation style. It’s easy to brush off a random and unwarranted jiggle or two, but the fanservice in this special reduced my enjoyment of the story. Unfortunately, fights involving Boa Hancock focus more on fanservice rather than showing off her prowess and skill. Luffy’s fights are amazing as usual and there is a lot of haki usage which makes them that much better. Though different, the animation is quite nice to look at and makes the fight scenes more dynamic. It tends to favor thick linework and sharp angles, with character expressions animated in the same manner. The animation is deviates from One Piece’s usual style, but not nearly as much as the sixth movie. Other than that, he is actually entertaining. The jokes about him accidentally making his newfound fandom think he’s awesome and powerful even though he’s not got old long ago, and are equally old here. Mihawk appears briefly along with Perona, but despite his power and more significant role in the series, he doesn’t do anything that warrants him being in the special. Rayleigh is as cool as ever, though his role in the plot is minimal. Disregarding the fanservice, Hancock is a strong character and the amount of screentime she gets is justified. Other than Luffy, canon characters appearing in 3D2Y include Hancock and her sisters, Rayleigh, Mihawk, Perona, Buggy. On a character standpoint, Luffy is as endearing as ever and his writing feels natural though all of the material is non canon. His shift in dreams is easy to empathize with, and out of all the One Piece movie villains excluding Strong World and Film Z, Byrnndi World and his crew especially may be tied with the sixth movie’s Baron Omatsuri for the title of most complex.
World himself is unlikeable and overly ambitious however, he and his crew get a decent backstory so the audience at least understands why. Besides that, the plotīyrnndi World and his small crew are not the most threatening villains despite World’s lofty goal to destroy the World Government, but that is intentional and they are more than serviceable for this special. Though it is cool to see older scenes in the alternative animation style of the special, all of the rehashing was unnecessary in terms of plot and good storytelling. There is a lot of re-animation of previous events in the show, especially in the beginning of the special in which the Marineford Arc is condensed to a few minutes in an almost comedic manner. One Piece 3D2Y: Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends is not about what the title suggests it is, but the side story presented is engaging (at least on some level) to any fan of One Piece.
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