Hi all, while I’m not ready to fully commit to long-form reviews I didn’t want to lose out on months of watching / listening / reading / playing so I thought I’d put up a series of “mini-reviews” for the time being, going over my thoughts on things without going into deep detail. If/when I get fully back into the swing I can always revisit some of these things and give them a proper review, though I’ll admit when it comes to this trio it’s unlikely… Let’s take a look!
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After failing with Death Note and creating the utter disaster that was the Cowboy Bebop live action series when I heard that Netflix was tackling One Piece I laughed at the idea given the One Piece world is weirder and wilder than either projects they previously got so wrong. So imagine my surprise when I started hearing that it was actually good, so positive was the reception that against all my instincts I gave it a go, and you know what? It is good! Not amazing, it has flaws not just related to having to condense so much story into so few episodes, but the fact I enjoyed a live action version of One Piece at all is some sort of minor miracle. So let’s take a deeper look at the show, a good few weeks after its relevant because I’m me and I do that sort of thing…
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