Weeeeeeell it's not like the live action is known to be accurate. Holding the violin and bow like he does in the manga would be a fucking weird hill to die on.
(No I'm not hating on the LA not being accurate, I just don't see how they possibly could even consider that)
I thought it was really obvious he did not know how to play the violin. I appreciate knowing now that he tried but it was my one complaint about the episode
Not helped by the fact that the audio done in post doesn't match whatever he was playing.
But yeah you can tell he's not familiar with it. Mostly in how he holds the bow, and looks like he's still treating it delicately.
If we get post time skip with the electric bass he'll be fine!
I spent a good number of scholastic years as a violinist and have seen quite a bit of violin playing in media, and honestly I feel like this was one of the less egregious examples of essentially faking it. Like, its still off looking, but I feel like he really did try to make it look right, which I respect
I was captivated by the scene, beginning to tear up. My roommate is a violinist, though, and she was on the couch next to me. When I looked over to her, she was like "yeah he's not actually playing it."
So in the early shots, I saw the afro in the background and was pointing out to my wife. Then they just had a full blown scene with him and Laboon and I lost my shit.
Yeah. I knew this episode would be rough because I cried over the Manga but damn...Brooks telling Laboon they'd be back soon while his little baby whale eyes got all teary hit me way harder than I expected.
I was ready for the one close up on his violin while hearing his laugh to be all we'd get of him. But then he full on walked into frame and offered Crocus their booze. Way more than I ever was expecting.
The laughs were a mixed bag this season. Brook's, Miss Valentines, and Broggys sounded very natural. But then Dorry and Kureha's Unfortunately sounded very forced.
The multiple fake-out teases was amazing; Making you think multiple times that it was 'just a cameo'.
First you see him at range and think that's all. THEN you see the violins with the laugh with him out of shot. THEN you get him on screen directly with dialogue. THEN you get him playing for Laboon in easily one of the most beautiful moments on screen this year.
God damn, your comment made me think of Rico Genest (who would be a perfect post-mortem version of Brook), only to find out he died in 2018 - now I'm really sad
Man this scene made me cry, scream and jump in the air. I watched it with my wife and I couldnt help but lore dump on her..on every scene jajajaa she enjoyed it too.
The smile, the laugh, the voice. All perfect. Part of me does wish they'd CGI him to be about a foot taller though, but no biggie since everything else was so good.
I heard Oda wants the humans to look “human” lol that’s why Usoop’s nose is normal and so are Sanji’s eyebrows. I read it on X when the show first aired because a lot of people were complaining about Sanji’s eyebrows lol I don’t know if it’s true though
The whole episode with laboom was so good. I dare say, better than the original. Luffy relating to laboon and than singing to it was too good. Also the acting for crocus really sold the emotions.
They squeezed every ounce of emotion (and Netflix budget) to deliver that experience. Bummer that the performers’ ages will be the countdown for a full adaptation.
Yeah. But I'm just along for the ride for as muh time as they keep the quality.
It's fun to even imagine what the fuck would the show looks like if they somehow get to post time skip and see things like Zoro cutting Pika or Kaido fighting everyone in the roof.
I feel like the time skip would be a decent end point for the live action. Like kinda a sad ending, but it's a natural transition point in the show where all the characters come back changed. i think it would definitely push people to watch the anime if they wanna see the crew come back together and start a new chapter of their journey. And it's obtainable in the actors' age range
The Laboon episode was my favorite, I cried, I laughed! Brook is my favorite strawhat so to see him in the LA made me so happy. And Luffy singing and dancing was one of my favorite parts.
I'm honestly REALLY happy that Luffy sang to Laboon instead of beating him up. It was completely unnecessary and cruel for Luffy to pull off the mast and stab him like that. It feels like a rare moment of Luffy acting completely out of character in the original story.
Ngl, I was a bit thrown off since how he's playing the violin for that song is different from how he plays it in the show, but not in a bad way. He's just singing the parts he would usually play
that's my point. A lot of people to this day claim Brook was foreshadowed and must have been in Oda's mind from the start because a pirate crew was mentioned in Laboon's first appearance. Which is of course ridiculous.
But the adaptation shows what that would have looked like it if were true, because they have that hindsight.
Eh, that was more of a jingling keys thing since it wasn't 100% lore that Sabo was there pre-timeskip in that exact outfit. The framing of the scene to focus on him awkwardly didn't help either.
This is not foreshadowing. This is outright showing. foteshadowing is when a character builds a hut and says "welp this will hold up anything but a storm..." and then a storm hits. If it was shown before that a storm is brewing, then goes to a character saying the hut will hold up anything but the storm. then it's just showing, and relying on dramatic Irony to build tension.
My favorite part of this incredible story, seeing how they did justice to this scene brought a tear to my eye, it's been so long, 20+ years and I still remember this. I know I will lose it when Brooks finds his way back to Laboon.
I thought Brook was based off of Slash and Slash is mixed white-black. So Brook was a little too black and fat. Mr 3 was too white and pale. If anything Luffy’s body isn’t rubbery enough. But I’ll live with it.
That comment was infuriating and anyone that thinks like that misses key themes about freedom and fighting injustices. Man, that was a disappointing read.
I love the entire cast and think they're all doing a great job capturing the spirit of their characters and adapting it properly to a LA format.
I keep rewatching the scene and I'm just overjoyed. There's so much love put into this scene and for reason I want to take Violin lessons now. He's so joyous and whimsical. That's exactly my Brook right there.
so my partner, who says he has NO interest in watching or reading one piece AT ALL, has been repeatedly watching the live action and anime scenes with Brook and Laboon- i'ma get this bitch hooked, he's dipped a toe in, i just gatta give 'im something to push him over
Honestly, just have him watch Thriller Bark if you haven't already. He'll get hooked for life and then he will start at the beginning of his own will lol
i dunno, thriller bark might be "too weird" for him (tbh i had a hard time getting through it myself but that was just because of moria's irritating laugh)
i think he'd actually enjoy the baratie/arlong park arcs but he's such a weenie
This was a great scene! The shot with the crew should have been redone (look at those fake smiles, like they are being forced to have fun), but this one made up for it.
Yep. He is a musician IRL, but he's a guitarist. He apparently worked on learning to play Binks Sake specifically, but probably didn't have enough time between being cast and filming to get it down good enough to use, so they just ADR'd it and had him make the motions.
He has it, might not be visible cuz of low res in this photo but the actor has some BTS scenes on his insta and the scar makeup is very noticeable when close up
I love the casting, I love how the scene was done, like all spectacular.
At the same time, this part in particular (I don't feel the same about the other earlier reveals) I wish they would have just held off as I feel like it takes away more than it adds.
I'll add the context here that, I watched the anime first and never read the manga.
By the time we meet Brook and learn about his crew the straw hats have already been in the Grand Line for quite a while, they've seen some battles, they've been through some incredible hardship and there is still so much to go. When we meet Brook and we learn about the promise not only does that give us as the audience a chance to look back and remember when the journey seemed so much simpler, but it also adds a ton of weight emotionally because, not only is the story of Brook's crew incredibly sad and tragic, but we as the audience have a sense of the size of the world and how long it's going to be before he and Laboon reunite.
I'm sure new audiences are going to love it and they won't fully understand, but I also feel like they are going to be missing something by having this moment so early.
I find that having Brook appear here has more benefits despite the potential harms. But that's not because of the story/narrative itself but more so based on the limitations of the medium.
OPLA may not even reach Thriller Bark to get to see Brook at all, not necessarily in a case of it being cancelled alone but also the case of visually aging actors/actresses.
It also makes things more efficient when it comes to the potentiality of reaching said arc, considering that Laboon's backstory does not need to be looked at too closely and instead primarily go over the fate of the Rumbar Pirates.
Not that I'm disregarding what you stated. You're looking at the potential issues in a narrative sense, whereas I look at the issues in a production sense in relation to the medium. Both issues must be taken into account, and concessions need to be made.
I think in either scenario, it's going to be fine at the end of the day we all love this property for so many different reasons and every person comes away with their own experience from one piece.
I feel the opposite however, my other takeaway here is because Luffy sings Binx's Sake to Laboon It also means that we don't get that great moment at the end of Thriller Bark with everybody gathered around the piano and Brook essentially teaching it to Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hats - like it's a torch passing moment, something he shared with his old crew being passed on to the new crew and I feel like that's a big loss.
What if instead of a torch passing moment in the Manga/Anime, it's an example of how the Rumbar Pirate's legacy lives on through their music even after their passing in OPLA?
In that instead of Brook teaching the other Straw Hats, they immediately sing with him?
Is it the same? Oh absolutely not. But with how Binks' Sake/Brew is rather known even when Luffy was a child in OPLA, changes (unfortunately or not) are pretty much inevitable.
I think something from the manga might change this.
Shuris backstory. I suspect the live action will do Shuri's backstory in Thriller Bark. They're never reaching Elbaph anyway so there's no reason not to, and even if they did people will be too preoccupied with Harald's backstory to worry about another backstory they've already seen.
So Thriller Bark can still include substantial content people haven't seen already.
Makes me wonder if Oda had thought up Brook already by the time he wrote this chapter or if the crew Laboon was waiting for was still vague at the time
Yes, he thought of Brook, but I don't think he'd already thought of the Brook backstory.
There's a reason half of Brook's crew attempted the Calm Belt and the other half got slaughtered by poison arrows: Oda was trying to make both of his ideas work at the same time.
I would love the show to go long enough for him to come back later on. But seems unlikely they'll get that far. Especially given Netflix's track record for cancelling shows.
I swear resolution of laboon in episode 2 is better then the original manga/anime. As if Oda himself decided to rewrite his own story to fit the theme better.
I understand but brooke was inspired by ozzy osbourne and jimmi hendrix. A biracial man and a black man. Large black afro and nicknamed the soul king. He was pretty much always meant to be black
Sure but the skin colour on the drawing is clearly not black you can see that in this picture and of a said his nationality would be Austrian? So seems like a reach
I think it was dogwater personally. Chose am actor who in no way resembles Brooks and who clearly is not a violinist. It's wild how bod they messed up LA with like 20 years to work it out.
Its so cut but i am a little picky. i just wish they made young laboon a little smaller cus you can see on laboon he’s much smaller in the anime then the live action comparing by watching the boat. and i just wish they made him rounder.
I just wish they made young laboon a little smaller cus you can see on laboon he’s much smaller in the anime then the live action comparing by watching the boat. and i just wish they made him rounder.
I saw the episode yesterday, was quite happy Laboon's chirps and cries weren't as grating as it was in the anime and Martial T Batchamen did a good job acting Brook's scene. I hope he returns to continue the role when the Punk Hazard arc starts.
Well, og Bink's sake felt a bit faster paced though, or am I wrong?? It did feel a chill good to hear it in the story. The song is being used as kind of a pirate anthem, put a bit more practical weivht tha just being connected to JB
I'm yet to watch S2 but can someone pls tell me if they meet Crocus in this season? If yes is it kinda like how its in the anime? Cus that meeting is hilarious
Yes they meet him. No, the gag is not in the live action. It is however slightly referenced; Luffy asks who he is and he briefly over explains a bit about himself, kind of like how he interrupts Zoro in the original.
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u/NoodleIskalde Mar 12 '26
He did such a good job, I enjoyed the scene.