Journey into the World of Pirates: Syrup Village Arc

Episodes 9 to 18: Syrup Village Arc

I was by far the most excited for this arc after watching the live-action and I was disappointed after watching it. So let's talk about it.

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Klahadore/Captain Kuro

To be fair I did already know the biggest plot twist in this arc. Klahadore was Captain Kuro of the black cats who had been plotting to kill Kaya and steal her family's wealth. 

I thought the story made more sense in the live-action than in the anime. Considering he holds the characteristics of a cat his choice of slowly poisoning Kaya seems like a more thought-out and less risky plan. In the anime, he planned on killing her and having his pirates raid the village to make her murder just look like a casualty, but before then he was going to use his hypnotist to make Kaya sign over her family wealth. Seemed less thought out and sloppy. 

The night before the plan is put into place Merry discovers what Klahadore is doing. In the anime, he is just left for dead, but he recovers by the end of the arc. In the live-action, Merry is murdered, and they name the ship in his honor.

Usopp

The whole purpose of this arc is to introduce Usopp. I don't know if I will ever like Usopp but for now, he is my least favorite character. I think he is supposed to be the dramatic comedic relief, in my opinion, he is just annoying. 

I will say he is at least better than Zenitsu from Demon Slayer. I do not get the appeal of these characters. Usopp is annoying but it doesn't ruin the story for me, Zenitsu made me want to stop watching the show.

With over 1000 episodes I am hoping he gets some improvement and more to his personality.

In the live-action, the fight between Luffy and Klahadore was one of the best in the show. It was well choreographed and the camera angles made the fight slightly creepy. However, in the anime, I felt it was one of the silliest fights that I have seen so far (I am currently on episode 125)

His crew is useless and there is a lot of yelling without a lot of fighting. The Nyaban Brothers were very dramatic and not great fighters in the anime either.

Maybe I am comparing the two, but I thought the writers of the live-action made this arc the best part of the show. I might have thought differently if I had seen the anime first.

This has been my least favorite arc so far. I understand they needed to give some backstory to Usopp and this didn't ruin the show for me. I was just grateful when this arc ended and I could move on. 

What were your thoughts on Syrup Village?

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