5 Questionable Differences Between One Piece Live-Action Series and Anime That Make No Sense
While the live-action One Piece pulled off the adaptation perfectly, there are still quite a few differences that don’t necessarily make sense. Here are the five most…interesting of them.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for One Piece. Proceed reading with caution.
5. Merry’s Fate Became Way Darker
While it’s safe to say that the Syrup Village episode deviated from the manga version, the biggest and most questionable change involved Merry’s fate. In the anime, despite being gravely wounded, Merry lived — and in the live-action, he died. Why did the creators decide to kill him off? We have no idea, really. It doesn’t make much sense in terms of plot.
4. Coco Village’s Inhabitants Became Crueler
Another change we can’t exactly justify involved the way Nami was received in the Coco Village. In both manga and anime, the inhabitants of the village only pretended to hate Nami to help her — but in the live-action adaptation, they all suddenly became way more oblivious and cruel to her. The TV series completely missed the point with this one.
3. Big Plot Twist Came All Too Early
Luffy and Garp being related has always been one of the biggest and most unexpected revelations, but the anime delivered it way better, in our opinion. The uncomfortable truth was only revealed at the end of the Water 7 arc in the anime, but the live-action One Piece decided to drop this bomb way earlier. It’s actually called “prematurely,” if we’re being completely honest.
2. Buggy Became More Significant
When it comes to more pleasant changes, the live-action made Buggy way more significant than he was in the anime. Not to make it sound like he was irrelevant before, but he was more of an occasional fun pop-up back in the day. The live-action increased Buggy’s role in the grand scheme of things dramatically, but it’s a welcome deviation from the source, for one.
1. Don Krieg Became…Wait, What Don Krieg?
Back to the questionable changes we go as another prominent character was reduced to nothingness in the live-action One Piece. In the anime, Don Krieg was an antagonist to behold — one of the most villainous villains, we’d say. In the live-action, however, it’s easy to miss his existence entirely as he gets like one scene. Why’d they rob him of all the well-deserved screen time?