Looking through the ideas here, I don't think this one has come up yet.
I've been getting into One Piece lately, having found a place to download uncut fansubs, rather than dealing with the 4kids version. It strikes me as an interesting locale for Doug in the way his initial impressions might turn out to be wrong. Specifically, there is a United Nations organization called the World Government in this case. They field a force to oppose international criminals, including some metatalents. Sounds familiar, right?
But in this case, the World Government's status as the Good Guys is highly questionable. On the other hand, pirates like the Straw Hats are the exception, rather than the rule. For every high Marine officer who qualifies as one of the white-hats (Like Smoker) there are a bunch of complete a$$-hats.
Along with the posibilites for a severe shift in world view part way through, I do notice that Luffy keeps insisting that pirates should sing.
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.
I've been getting into One Piece lately, having found a place to download uncut fansubs, rather than dealing with the 4kids version. It strikes me as an interesting locale for Doug in the way his initial impressions might turn out to be wrong. Specifically, there is a United Nations organization called the World Government in this case. They field a force to oppose international criminals, including some metatalents. Sounds familiar, right?
But in this case, the World Government's status as the Good Guys is highly questionable. On the other hand, pirates like the Straw Hats are the exception, rather than the rule. For every high Marine officer who qualifies as one of the white-hats (Like Smoker) there are a bunch of complete a$$-hats.
Along with the posibilites for a severe shift in world view part way through, I do notice that Luffy keeps insisting that pirates should sing.
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.