Naruto vs One Piece Topic 6

In lieu of the AMAZING SUCCESS of The YGO vs. Pokemon series, Icehawk (and his extraordinarily large penis) decided to pursue another anime venture, in order to take a break from the more childish YGO/Pokemon series. The choice ended up being Naruto vs. One Piece. Icehawk watches the shows and compares them. He has never seen either show before.

Episode 91
'''ONE PIECE EPISODE 91: GOODBYE DRUM ISLAND! I'M GOING OUT TO SEA! I probably won;t be able to do any episode rankings for this season once we get to the end of the season in a few eps. However, I will still do Arc Ranking (which only consists of fitting Drum Island in here), and Characters.

This is still only the 2nd One Piece OP, right?

The crew is clowning around, I forgot how adorable Chopper is <3. NO WAY, CHOPPER CAN UNDERSTAND ANIMALS. WE NOW KNOW WHAT CARUE IS SAYING!!! Nami tells them all that Chopper is a doctor... which Luffy and crew had no idea of... XD.

'''Nami: Why exactly did you invite him to be a crew member then? '''Luffy: Seven-level transformation. Cool reindeer. '''Sanji: Emergency food supply.

XD, sheesh, nothing is even happening but I'm loving it, I forgot how fun this show is. Chopper thinks he forgot his medical supplies, but they were there, so now he realizes Kureha packed them. Chopper cries again, sheesh >_>. But now he finally starts to have fun.

Meanwhile, Dalton has a flashback about... Alabasta, and how he learned about loving a country. Interesting. Wapol was in a world government meeting, and got all pissed at the king of Alabasta. When he saw Vivi outside, he actually slapped her, but Vivi merely apologized for bumping into him, thus preventing a war or incident. The meeting was also about some revolutionary, perhaps that picture was of Mr. 0. Dalton says Vivi hasn't changed a bit.

Now some villager shows up. There was some bounty hunter looking for Blackbeard, and also looking for Luffy. He will be waiting for Luffy in Alabasta for 10 days. Weird. His name is Ace. Luffy would be able to figure out who he is apparently. Kureha seems to have known Gold ROger, she is reminded of him via Luffy.

Luffy kills a giant bird, which makes Chopper proclain that "being a pirate is so awesome". I'm really starting to enjoy the group dynamic of the crew. While Luffy was fighting the bird, everyone was just playing cards and relaxing, Chopper freaked out not knowing the drill, but I bet next time he will act more like everyone else.

The guy trying to take over Alabasta is called Crocodile? Didn't remember that. And he's one of the 7 government pirates? Thats... interesting. Vivi says no one realizes yet that crocodile is trying to incite rebellion, not even her father.

We now get a summary of different agents in Baroque Works, sheesh, this is a convenient episode to restart on.

We now get intro'd to Mr. 2, who is at Little Garden. He was supposed to assasinate Mr. 3, erm, anyone know why? I don't remember. But yeah, Mr. 2 can't find Mr. 3. Now Mr. 2 turns around, back to Alabasta.

Mr. 0 meanwhile hears about pirates causing trouble in the Kingdom, uhh is he talking about Luffy?

'''Overall: Despite not much actually happening, I enjoyed this episode. The recap stuff was especially nice with my long lay off. Pretty good stuff.

'''NARUTO EPISODE 91: INHERITANCE! THE NECKLACE OF DEATH! Well, this will be interesting, restarting this. Watchong on Hulu so I have great quality, plus official subs and not lame fan crap. And only 2 commercials, not bad at all.

Tsunade pwns Naruto's incomplete Rasengan. She challenges Naruto to finish the jutsu in 1 week, if he does, she will acknowledge he has what it takes to become Hokage. And give him a necklace that belonged to the first hokage. If he loses, Naruto has to give her all his money. Shi*une says that no matter how bad it has gotten, she has never used that necklace in a bet. Shi*une remembers that Kabuto also gave her a week to make a decision on the Orochimaru thing. Perhaps she is using Naruto to make her decision? Interesting.

Shi*une comes to see Naruto in the middle of the night. They have crazy sex, then have a talk while snuggling. She says that Tsunade used to be a kind person, but she changed one day. After that day, all she had left was the necklace and its memories. Shi*une says that the necklace only responds to Tsunade or something. Anyone who wears it dies soon after.

Tsunade at night remembers her brother. She gave him that necklace on his 12th birthday. He loved the village and wanted to protect it. Like Naruto, Tsunade's brother wanted to be Hokage.

The next day, her brother was killed, since they were in a war or something. We actually get to see Tsunade, Jiraiya and Orochimaru in their early 20sish which is cool.

It was from that incident that Tsunade suggested medical units be deployed with combat teams. She also seems to have met some guy who was a lot like her too after she made the suggestion. His dream was also to become Hokage. His name was Dan, she was in love with him. She gave him the necklace. Soon after, he died in the battlefield.

After hearing all the story, Naruto heads out to train immediately. His will undeterred.

Jiraiya meets up with Tsunade a day or 2 later. He knows Orochimaru approached her. He says if Tsunade betrays the leaf village, he will kill her. But he thinks she has the right mindset for the job, she cares about protecting others.

Tsunade asks why Jiraiya brought Naruto. Ahh it all makes sense now, Naruto resembles her brother. In looks, age, attitude, and dreams.

Naruto still is having trouble with training.

And yeah, a certain characters name sets off censor bypass, sigh.

'''Overall: Very good ep, lots of plot development. The whole reason Naruto is here became obvious, and I liked Tsunade's backstory. I'm interested to see where they go from here.

Naruto vs. One Piece: These episodes were similar but very different. Both had no real action, but they both managed to entertain, except they did it in different ways. OP had some subtle plot development, although nothing we truly understand yet (like Ace), but really, it was just a fun episode with a lot of goofy/fun moments. Naruto was a very serious episode with some serious character development, and in the end quite frankly, the episode meant a bit more, so slight edge to Naruto. I'm super excited to get to Alabasta though!!!

'''Naruto: 53

One Piece: 38

Episode 92
'''ONE PIECE EPISODE 92: THE HERO OF ALABASTA AND THE BALLERINA ON DECK Im excited for when I get to episodes 400 or so and I don't have to deal with fansubbing. lol "Arabasta".

We see a desert town, and it appears to be pure anarchy. Now crocodile shows up, which brings smiles to the faces of the villagers, they love him, and expect him to save them from the pirate invaders. They even call him the protector of the town. Crocodile jumps down, everyone stabs him with their swords... it doesn't appear to work. He makes like a tornado or something appear. What the fuck. Crocodile like aged them or something by 100s of years. They are all dead. The town chants his name. Interesting. Luffy may have to fight a political battle as well as a physical battle. The Alabasta forces arrive a bit late to see this. They tell the king what happened, who is satisfied that the people are safe.

Oh god, on the ship, Carue and Chopper are fishing. Thats just too adorable.

Eventually they sail through a spot of steam or something... so does Mr. 2... LUFFY CATCHES MR. 2! WHAT. But then he falls back into the ocean, he can't swim, and starts to drown. but they save him. Vivi doesn't seem to recognize him. Luffy wants to know what his devil fruit is... all of a sudden mr. 2 attacks Luffy! Tension is high... his face looks like Luffy now, it was a copy fruit. He turns himself back. Luffy loves it! He imitates everyone, HE IMITATES NAMI AND SHOWS HER BOOBS! Now he starts imitating faces to entertain the crew. Vivi recognizes the King as one of the faces.

Now Mr 2's ship comes. Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp cry, as does Mr. 2, as they part ways. THE CREW SAYS HE IS MR. 2! Now Luffy and them freak out >_>.

Vivi says the rumors she has heard. She freaks out again about her father's face being one of the faces. If you can impersonate the king, you can do some dangerous things, as Zoro says. Nami points out that once Mr. 2 realizes they are enemies, they won't be able to trust their own crew, as he can impersonate them now. Interesting. Zoro thinks this is a good thing, they can take countermeasures.

Vivi says they are in the Alabasta climate area now. They also are starting to see dozens of Baroque Works ships.

They tie tape around their arms to distinguish themselves from Mr. 2.

They are arriving on the island, they will have to hide the ship.

'''Luffy: Now let's get to dry land... TO EAT! Oh and to Alabasta.

'''Overall: This was a really good set up episode. I like the introduction to Crocodile, and I liked the intro to Mr. 2. Very well done, and I'm excited for them to reach land.

'''NARUTO EPISODE 92: A DUBIOUS OFFER! TSUNADE'S CHOICE! Naruto is still training like crazy... and failing.

Orochimaru seems to think he can force her to heal his arms if she refuses.

Naruto keeps trying... and failing. He remembers Tsunade mocking him, which pisses him off. Tomorrow is the day for Tsunade's decision, and for the bet with Naruto to end.

Jiraiya goes to talk to Tsunade again. Tsunade drugs one of Jiraiya's drinks. He drinks it... hmmm.

Back at the inn, Shi*une is waiting, she found Naruto passed out and took him in. She asks Tsunade not to go tomorrow. She threatens to stop her with her life if she goes, but Tsunade swiftly kicks her ass.

The next morning, Jiraiya is still passed out at the bar. And Naruto is completely passed out from training. Shi*une is down, theres no one to stop tsunade or break up the negotiations.

The next morning, Naruto and Shi*une both wake up. Because of the fox, Naruto was able to heal quicker than expected. They are about to leave, but Jiraiya stops them, barely. He can barely move. Kabuto is watching, he was gonna kill Shi*une, but seeing Jiraiya makes him back off. Jiraiya asks Shi*une for what Orochimaru wanted. She says there is no time, they are off to the meeting point. Epic music plays.

Tsunade says she will heal Orochimaru's arms if she keeps her hands off leaf village. The crew is still on their way. Orochimaru agrees. You idiot Tsunade. They walk towards each other...

Tsunade prepares to heal the arms......

...

KUNAI! KABUTO STOPPED IT? WHAT.

'''Overall: This episode was kind of the same as the last few episodes. Naruto training, everyone wondering about Tsunade. The ending though got really damn epic, and the ending plot twist was surprising. Like a lot of episodes in this arc, pretty good, but nothing blow away like last arc.

Naruto vs. One Piece: One Piece was purely set up, but it was well done and entertaining set up, I enjoyed the ep from start to finish. Naruto had a really strong ending, but was kinda meh before the last 4-5 minutes. Slight edge to OP to end its arc. Now, Alabasta is about to begin. OP's quest to beat Naruto before the fillers truly begins now.

Naruto: 53

'''One Piece: 39

SEASON 2 ONE PIECE RANKINGS
'''Arc Ranking:

1. Arlong 2. Whiskey Peak 3. Little Garden 4. Drum Island- A slow build to an epic ending flashback, a heartwarming arc, pretty solid throughout. We had a sweet new character, but a weak main villain. 5. Kuro 6. Baratie 7. Loguetown 8. Laboon- The intro to the Grand Line. Short, and not terrible. 9. Buggy 10. Morgan 11. Apis

'''Top 10 Characters Currently

1. Luffy- Still awesome and hilarious. 2. Chopper- Zoro didn't have tons of face time, and Chopper is simply adorable, badass, and hilarious. 3. Zoro- Kind of quiet lately, but I haven't forgotten! 4. Usopp- Keeps getting braver and funnier! He may have my favorite interactions with all the characters, especially Carue. 5. Sanji- I like how Sanji is kind of developing into a more intellectual badass. 6. Carue- I LOVE HIM, but he does remain a bit one-dimensional while others grow. Chopper's ability to understand him could be useful! 7. Nami- Slowly beginning to like her more. She showed a lot of hear this arc 8. Dorry and Brogy- Best giants ever. 9. Shanks- Super badass pirate. Man, I can't wait till he comes face to face with Luffy again. 10. Vivi- A bit of character development in Drum Island but not tons. She still remains likable but unspectacular.

Looking at the arc rankings, despite the fact that I like OP a lot lately, I can see why Naruto is still in front. While Arlong got super epic, it had a very slow start. And Whiskey peak was so short, but luckily, the great arcs seem to start now!

EPISODE 93
'''ONE PIECE EPISODE 93: COMING TO THE DESERT KINGDOM! THE RAIN-CALLING POWDER AND THE REBEL ARMY So, season 4 begins. Also, air dates are almost to 2002. So I'm only about 7 and a half years behind now!!

New season, but still the same OP, sheesh.

They dock the ship a bit away from the town. We are finally here! How exciting! The problem is, somehow, Mr. 3's ship is docked. Also, Vivi can't be seen because she will be recognized. So Chopper transforms, and Sanji walks with him. Everyone else walks under... a giant blanket? ... Ok.

They find a destroyed/abandoned building to use as a base of sorts, it's out of the way. Zoro wants to know where the forces to stop the rebellion are. Vivi doesn't expect them to help, but Nami says she can't get her fee for taking her here if the country is crushed... XD. Zoro says Nami is going to hell.

First, Vivi wants to stop a rebel base in an oasis northwest. Um, shouldnt they gather her troops before doing that? Sanji and Chopper go into town, since Mr. 3 doesn't know them. They are getting food, supplies, and local clothes.

Erm, meanwhile, Luffy is lost in a desert (he ran ahead to get food). He sees smoke... could that be the rebel base? he runs to the smoke for food.

During the supplies run, Sanji gets distracted by girls, so Chopper is on his own. He decides to rest in a caravan, and that caravan ends up leaving with him in it... this is kind of a lame start to the arc.

Luffy is meanwhile at the place with smoke. He finds nothing but green powder there though. He puts it in the fireplace, and now it starts to rain. Some guy runs out and asks what happened. He is pissed all the powder is gone. Apparently this stuff is illegal to sell in the whole world, so Luffy figures out he is a criminal. The criminal attacks.

Meanwhile, Chopper wakes up and realizes what has happened. Theres a bunch of guns in the caravan. It finally arrives at its destination. Could THIS be the base? Yep, this is the rebel army.

Chopper meanwhile, is hiding in the camel's back thing. The camel saves him. He just saves him so he can look cool XD. Chopper feels like they will meet again. He sniffs his way to find the way back to town.

Luffy and the criminal are good friends now after their fight >_>. Luffy asks about the powder. It artificially creates rain. This country has very little rain, it needs it, but the powder is banned by the world gvt, despite its usefulness. The guy says the drought is a big reason for the rebellion that is building. Luffy promises not to tell anyone about the powder for some lunch. After he has the lunch he says he wouldn't have ratted him out anyway since he is a pirate, XD.

Sanji comes back with hot and skimpy dancer clothes for Vivi and Nami... XD. boooobies. Nami seems to like being in the skimpy outfit, but Vivi is shy. Nami is such a whore.

Vivi says the journey through the desert will be very dangerous. Carue looks so awesome in his new clothes.

Luffy is still away from the crew...

'''Overall: I'm sure a lot of this stuff will have future importance, but this still just felt like such a random episode. Chopper randomly making it to some rebel base, Luffy randomly coming across this rain powder. Even though this stuff will probably be important later on, I can't help but feel the writer got lazy in his way of introducing some of this stuff. This episode was meh.

'''NARUTO EPISODE 93: BREAKDOWN! THE DEAL IS OFF! Oh I see, Tsunade was actually planning on killing Orochimaru, but Kabuto stopped it. Nice. That makes sense. Nice twist.

Are you serious? Tsunade suddenly goes emo about wanting to see her loves one last time. She couldn't do it in the end because of Naruto, and his dreams. They reminded her of her own brother's dreams, and her boyfriend's.

Orochimaru says he has no choice but to ask forcibly... AND NOW TSUNADE ATTACKS! Orochi and Kabuto get out of the way though. Kabuto decides to change the location for more long distance fighting. One hit from Tsunade and they will be done.

Naruto and crew meanwhile, are on the trail.

Kabuto and Tsunade seem all tired out from their chase. Kabuto hits Tsunade with something. Her muscles are messed up. He used a chakra scalpel. Now he hits her chest, so Tsunade can't breathe well. He doesn't intend to kill her obviously. She actually says Kabuto surpasses her, in her prime, in some ways. WTF. But Tsunade keeps fighting and actually hits Kabuto down.

Kabuto now realizes... his muscles are all fucked up. Tsunade used a similar move on him! When Kabuto tries to use his arms, he uses his legs instead. She hit his nerves. They of course feel the need to explain this move in depth, as if we won't buy the move unless they do so, as if I'm not watching a show with ninjas all over the world and chakra. Just sayin >_>. Anyway, Kabuto quickly figures things out, and is able to move pretty well. He's going to cut up Tsunade since she is afraid of blood... SMOKE BOMB! NARUTO AND CREW ARE HERE!

Naruto doesn't getr why Kabuto is here. I guess he doesn't know yet. Tsunade pushes them aside to keep fighting. But now, Kabuto regains body movements, he cuts Tsunade. So she freaks out because of the blood. Thats kinda lame. He punches her and she is down.

Kabuto now reveals to Naruto that he is with Orochimaru. He says, unlike Sasuke, Naruto has no ninja ability. Thats what he realized while collecting data on him. This REALLY pisses off Naruto. Naruto attacks! But Jiraiya can't stop him.

Shadow clone jutsu by Naruto, Kabuto dodges everything and kicks Naruto's ass. While Kabuto is distracted, Shi*une goes for some poison needles... Kabuto can't dodge them... so he barely moves his head, they hit his headband. Damn, clever.

Kabuto takes a plasma pill to replenish blood or something. Jiraiya wants Shi*une to take care of Kabuto. Jiraiya will take care of Orochi.

'''Overall: Decent episode. Kabuto was pretty badass here, and the explanation for the ending twist last episode was very good. I hated how big of a bitch Tsunade looked like though, and Naruto got pwned so easy. Damn. But OK stuff.

Naruto vs. One Piece: OP had one if its weakest episodes in a while, meanwhile, Naruto wasn't great, but it had some action and was good enough to beat OP. Naruto takes it.

'''Naruto: 54

One Piece: 39

EPISODE 94
'''ONE PIECE EPISODE 94: REUNION OF THE POWERFUL! HIS NAME IS FIRE FIST ACE Just now beginning my new strategy of not looking at the title until the end of the episode. That should protect me from future spoilers.

A little graph shows us the situation of Alabasta. No rain for 3 years which has caused all the unrest. Vivi and crew want to cross the desert and stop the rebellion first. I assume this is the non-Baroque works part of the unrest.

The crew is looking for Luffy in town. They spot a mysterious man who is looking for Luffy. Could it be that guy that was gonna wait 10 days for him? Zoro seems to know him. He says as a former pirate hunter, he can't forget that mark. So, he's a pirate of some sort.

Now Zoro spots that chick from Smoker's crew in town, and hides. Tashigi. DAMN, we also see Smoker himself. As if the crew didn't have enough fights to win! Smoker knows Luffy will be here eventually.

Luffy meanwhile, is still in the desert.

That guy that was looking for Luffy... has died. In a restaurant, while eating. He appears to have eaten A LOT like Luffy would, and he has a hat kinda like his. Weird. Anyway, everyone thinks he ate a poisonous strawberry in the desert. But now the guy randomly wakes back up. He fell asleep, XD. He goes back to eating... THEN FALLS BACK ASLEEP. Hahaha.

The guy asks about Luffy again. Now Smoker is here. He knows this dude. He is Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, second division. Portgas D. Ace. Smoker wants to know why Ace is here. Ace says he is searching for "MY LITTLE BROTHER". I KNEW HE WAS SIMILAR TO LUFFY! NO WAY! HIS LITTLE GOD DAMN BROTHER, LUFFY NEVER EVEN MENTIONED A DAMN BROTHER WOW WOW OWW.

Smoker says he isn't interested in Ace, he's looking for a different pirate. But he can't just let Ace go.

WHAT, LUFFY ATTACKS FROM BEHIND WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO THE RESTAURANT TO EAT! HE DID IT ON ACCIDENT, XD XD. He asks for food ASAP. Jesus, this episode is so whacked out and crazy.

The chef says Luffy should probably start running. He is oblivious and keeps eating. Ace wants to know who the hell did that. ACE SEES HIS BRO!!! LUFFY SEES SMOKER BUT KEEPS EATING! AMAZING! SMOKER DEMANDS LUFFY STOPS EATING, BUT LUFFY REFUSES TO BACK DOWN! HE KEEPS EATING!

Luffy now starts to remember Smoker. Oh, he spits on Smoker from shock at who he is. He stuffs all the food in his mouth and runs >_>. Ace is also after him.

Now Tashigi goes for Luffy, Luffy dodges. Smoker wants all the marines in town after Luffy. Smoker is on the chase. Tashigi also knows that means Zoro is here.

Smoker asks why Luffy is here, Luffy says he is here to kick Crocodile's ass. Smoker wants to know the connection, but Luffy finally starts to get away.

Meanwhile, the Straw Hats hear the marines chasing after someone...

'''Sanji: It's probably just the marines chasing after some dumbass pirate. '''Everyone: ... A DUMBASS PIRATE?! '''Luffy: *screams*

Luffy sees them, and now runs towards them. Everyone is running now. Smoker uses a smoke attack... ACE IS HERE! He uses fire to block it. Nice! Ace says with their abilities, a fight is useless. LUFFY RECOGNIZES ACE! He is surprised that Ace ate a devil's fruit. He tells Luffy to run, while Ace holds them off.

Smoker now finds out Ace is Luffy's brother. Ace starts to go all super flame.

'''Overall: Wow. This episode wasn't like action packed, or even that deep plot wise, but I really liked it. It was really goofy, the emergence of Smoker makes things 10x more interesting than they already were, and LUFFY HAS A SWEET BROTHER!!! Lots of funny and cool and shocking moments. Good stuff!