ONE PIECE Creator Explains Why There Are Many Changes in ONE PIECE Live Action Season 2

Kapanlagi.com - The live-action series ONE PIECE is finally back with Season 2 on Netflix. After Season 1 was a huge success and widely discussed by fans around the world, this latest season brings quite a few changes in storytelling style and the world depicted. This has made fans even more curious about the direction of the next adventure.

These changes are not something that happened suddenly. The manga creator, Eiichiro Oda, revealed that the production team intentionally altered the storytelling approach in Season 2. The goal is for this live-action version to start to capture the essence of the actual ONE PIECE world.

Moreover, the story is now starting to enter the Grand Line, where the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat crew become much wilder, stranger, and full of surprises. Because of this, Season 2 begins to showcase larger fantasy elements compared to before. This change also serves as the first step to bringing the story to a broader scale. Here is more detailed information..

1. Oda Intentionally Made Season 2 Crazier

Oda uses a new approach for the live-action ONE PIECE Season 2 (credit: IMDB)

According to Eiichiro Oda, the live-action team took a significantly different approach between Season 1 and Season 2. In the first season, they intentionally focused on the human side of the characters so that the story felt more realistic and easier for new viewers to accept.

However, in Season 2, Oda asked the production team to start opening the door to much more extreme fantasy elements. He wants viewers to become accustomed to the increasingly strange, unique, and surprising world of ONE PIECE. This way, Monkey D. Luffy's journey against stronger enemies will feel more reasonable later on.

2. Oda Finally Starts to Align with the Live Action Version

Oda begins to adjust his perspective on the live-action version (credit: IMDB)

This change also affects the way Oda views the live-action version of the characters. At the beginning of the production of Season 1, he admitted that he was still too focused on the manga version when reading the script. Because of this, he often noted that some dialogues or actions felt unlike the Luffy he imagined.

However, his perspective began to change after he saw the shooting results firsthand. When watching Iñaki Godoy's performance, Oda realized that the version of Luffy played by the actor still felt fitting, even though it was slightly different from the manga. Since then, the production team and Oda have developed a better mutual understanding of the live-action version of Luffy.

3. Season 2 Will Be More Fantastic

Oda introduces changes to maintain the quality and balance of the story in the live-action (credit: IMDB)

Season 2 also presents several changes compared to the original manga story. Nevertheless, Oda feels that these changes actually help maintain the balance between the realistic tone of Season 1 and the quirky side typical of ONE PIECE. This approach makes the live-action world feel broader and bolder.

One moment highlighted by Oda is the scene of Monkey D. Luffy singing with Laboon. This scene shows how the live-action series begins to present the unique and bizarre aspects of the ONE PIECE world. Meanwhile, production for Season 3 has also begun and is likely to bring even bigger adventures in the Grand Line. Fans are starting to wonder what other surprises will appear in the next season.

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