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"I& #39;m upset about ch986 being called emotional and tearful."
If this is the first time, bring it in. Let& #39;s acknowledge that feeling. Yes, it happens. It probably will happen again. I/We as longtime-(～2001) OP fans sympathise with the feeling. Okay, now, let& #39;s go on a journey.
If this is the first time, bring it in. Let& #39;s acknowledge that feeling. Yes, it happens. It probably will happen again. I/We as longtime-(～2001) OP fans sympathise with the feeling. Okay, now, let& #39;s go on a journey.
The year is 2002. It& #39;s December. It& #39;s JUMP Festa and Oda Eiichiro still makes a yearly public appearance at the One Piece JUMP Super Stage in front of fans. The team talk about the year and the series having a grand time before the finale where Oda says....
"Next year a crew member will die," before leaving the stage without another comment.
The & #39;crew& #39; member in question? The Going Merry. Ultimately, this event did not occur until late 2006, almost exactly 4 years later.
Four years.
The & #39;crew& #39; member in question? The Going Merry. Ultimately, this event did not occur until late 2006, almost exactly 4 years later.
Four years.
Fans were waiting on a hype comment for four years and they had no idea who was going to die. It absolutely *wrecked* Japanese fans which is why he tried never to pull the same stunt again. *Same* stunt. Not *similar*.
To this day, Oda and team operate on cliff-hangers. There are several directive goals of One Piece that lead the creative operation from week to week and one of them is instilling the feeling of & #39;gotta read the next chap!& #39; at the end of every single chapter. ＥＶＥＲＹ chapter.
And not only chapters, but promotional material as well. This is precisely why we get & #39;the Year of Sanji& #39; or & #39;getting more Blackbeard next year& #39; or going to Wano next year& #39;. If you& #39;ve been keeping score, as I have the past 17 years, zero of these have come true as planned.
They are well-intentioned and they do come to pass, but almost never when we expect and usually not in the form fans assume they will.
So this is precisely why, when I heard that comment, I tweeted the following below.
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