One pieces anime has finally adapted the scene that fans have been waiting for the most, finally bringing King Cobra’s confrontation with Imu and the five elders to life. While the anime does an amazing job of adapting the manga for the most part, one big mistake ruined one of the best recent cases of foreshadowing in the series, potentially ruining one of the Egghead Arc’s biggest revelations.
Episode #1119 of One piece King Cobra delivered the last lines of Lily’s letter to Sabo, asking him to pass them on to Vivi and Luffy. While parts of Cobra’s dialogue are already obscured in the manga, the anime arguably fails to properly execute the scene, Cut out the most critical part of Lily’s letterWhich is the last sentence that stated, “carry the banner of the dawn against the —-ing world.”
While Cobra does indeed say the first half of the sentence, the latter half mentioning the “—ing world” is omitted entirely instead of being muted as in the manga. In doing so, the episode completely Ruin One of the Egghead Arc’s biggest upcoming surprisesThis means the revelation that the world of One piece is sinking, which was first foreshadowed by that very phrase in Lily’s letter.
One Piece’s Anime ruins the setup for the Egghead Arc’s biggest reveal
Episode #1119, “The trusted message! King Cobra’s Decision”
In retrospect, after Vegapunk’s message, it’s clear that the entire phrase at the end of Lily’s letter was likely “against the sinking world,” making Cobra’s final words a genius setup for the big twist that was sadly ruined by the anime . The original scene in the manga left fans curiously trying to fill in the blanks, and it did A rewarding moment of realization when Vegapunk’s message later revealed the shocking truth About the world of One piece.
Granted, translating the scene from manga to anime is probably very tricky, but it would have been better to have Imu or the Five Elders’ rhyme overlap with Cobra’s dialogue wherever needed instead of replacing parts of it with awkward silences like the episode. .
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Instances like episode #1119 have been rare since One pieces anime usually does an excellent job in adapting the manga, except for some pacing issues. However, it is disappointing that anime-only fans may have missed this crucial detail, especially since Lily’s letter and its contents will surely grow in significance Go in the final saga like One piece Delves further into the void century.
Vegapunk’s message could be a similar challenge for one piece anime
Episode #1119 mainly raises concerns about how One pieces anime can handle Vegapunk’s broadcast, especially when it cuts out in chapter #1117, right when Vegapunk starts talking about the mysterious The Clan. Just as Cobra was cut off in the last episode, Vegapunk’s message was also interrupted mid-sentence, which could be a similar challenge for the anime.
Even when the broadcast eventually resumes two chapters later, the interference at the beginning of the message may be difficult to adapt, but fans can only hope that One pieces anime doesn’t make the same mistake again and doesn’t leave out any major details like in episode #1119.
One piece is available from Crunchyroll and Netflix.