One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia

With a much popular as series One Piece is, almost annually, we get all sorts of specials episodes, movies, and more, and for the most part, they tend to fall under the same reoccurring reflective plot, that goes as the Straw Hats visit a new island, then befriend the resident, and help defeat the baddies, and that's pretty much it. However, this special in particular has come up with something we don't usually see much anymore in One Piece, an element of storytelling very underrated, that we've only seen from once before, back at the formidable G8 filler arc.
It's that outstanding sense of danger that ... doesn't come from a brawn, but rather, brains this time, as we get to see the Straw Hats get overwhelmed by a seemingly superior tactical genius, getting taken down with clever decision making one by one until they realize their situation and overcome it.
The general visual production was nice, better than your average weekly releases of course, but not as soothing as a big budget movie product.
The edges were shart, the anatomy looked great, and the movement was decently fluid.
Character-wise, this was a shocker for me. A character I never liked but never disliked either has managed to level up in my eyes like I never expected. Remember the busted Foxy? From the Davy Back fight arc, yes, he makes a come back, and this time, as a dependable ally, something I never asked for, but surprisingly welcomed with open arms.
We get to see more of him as a captain for his crew, his dynamic and the respect his crew hold towards him, it was precious.

One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia

Story - 5/10

For a special, it has some good stories, but the reason why I rate it 5 is that this the one who wrote this special seemed to not know Devil Fruit users weakness. Rains do not effect DF users so what made this writer thought that fogs would? The pacing is average but it had a plot twist that happened very early that I didn't see it coming from the summary. Also, this special seemed to assume that the watchers don't know anything about the on going series, it annoyed me because it made me feel like I don't ... know anything, but anyone who did watch it for the first time, that cleared the confusion.

Art - 6/10

The art is good, but the animation is so still and honestly, does Toei even know how to make a fluid animation?

Sound - 7/10

I don't care about sounds but the OST that they made for this special was only played like 1 minute and then the rest of the OSTs were the usual ones.
Like, what's the point of making the special OST?

Characters - 9/10

I don't need to mention the main characters.

The main antagonist is a bit cliche and boring, most of his plans were childish and predictable.

And shoutout to Foxy for being the best character in this special. I originally disliked Foxy, but in this special the man redeemed himself. He was very useful, smart and funny! Watch this special if you like Foxy and even if you dislike him, try watching this special. You might change your mind on his character. Now Foxy is one of my favorite antagonists.


Enjoyment - 5/10

I didn't enjoy it at all, I felt obligated to watch it maybe due to the fact that I love One Piece, but this special made me "When will this end?" and I realize that I can only keep going on because of Foxy is there.

Oda should have been the one who wrote this, I am a little bit disappointed.

If you miss Sanji and you want to give Foxy a chance, then go ahead watch this, if you don't miss Sanji, I recommend you not to waste your time on this special. It's disappointing.

Overall 6/10

Oh by the way, they made a joke about Zoro's dick by the end of the episode. That cracked me up.

Extremely predictable and just not funny, despite bringing back a joke villain to tell more jokes. Rather than try to leverage Foxy and the Davy Back Fight concept into something interesting, this special gets rid of that almost immediately in favor of another one of One Piece's "split the party" plots that goes absolutely nowhere. The best joke in this is that the villain is fucking Zhuge Liang but a dumbass.

I got bored, so I listened to the second half dubbed into English, which mostly made me think...why was this dubbed into English under capitalism? What was the plan to profit off of this? Are ... they selling English Blu-Rays of this? Has it been shown pay-per-view? I am morbidly curious.