What’s crazy about kuro here is that he doesnt even have a devil fruit power yet the cgi makes him look like he’s speeding around as the flash or quicksilver
@@marqparksThe same way that CP9 members do. In One Piece you can get obscenely fast with hard training. In fact Oda mentioned once that Kuro’s technique is basically an incomplete variation of the one that CP9 use.
I love how luffy actually cares for his friends (as he always has been) Instead of being a silly guy, he’s serious whenever his friends get touched by another pirate.
2:26 this whole moment completely sold me on Iñaki Godoy as Luffy. That smile isn’t just a good impression of Luffy. That smile just straight up IS Luffy. It’s like, 100% uncut Monkey D. Luffy. It’s perfect.
It really does encompass how that innocence he has can quickly become menacing and almost sinister when hes got reason to hurt you and hes got the advantage.
Alexander Maniatis as Kuro was top tier casting. Can't really think of any other actor that would've done this character justice from the anime as well as he has. This whole fight scene is proof of that. I feel he would make a great Joker for James Gunn's DCU. Because he not only looks the part but his vocal range sounds very similar to that of Mark Hamill's Joker if you listen carefully to his entire dialogue in this scene.
@@thedripdrop9826 Eh, both are good in their respective settings. This one is just moreo n the creepy house vibes, and at least he doesn't feel flat in live action as they gave some additionals. But true, they could have made the fight scene even more scarier or with more action. But since Kuro is the Captain of the 'Black Cats', I just see him playing with his own prey like cats do.
The live action isn’t just for anime fans it’s to get people into the show series and it does a very good job of it the Ussop actor made me like the character way better i enjoyed the dark take on Nami Zoro was the best Sanji was ok and Luffy grew on me with each episode
Honestly whole point of this live-action is to hook people who are just not enjoying anime at all or are just not into anime / never watched it etc.. and they did it amazingly, I see that people who never watched one piece are very satisfied and interested, I even managed to pull a few friends and watch it, they even consider trying anime and they are not fans of anime at all.
Bro was a legit villain, his ambition was just way too low. He didn’t think big enough and so couldn’t grow. If he was serious about putting in the work to get stronger, his abilities would go extremely hard if he could enhance them
I definitely prefer the live-action version over the anime. There's just so much more character depth and not to mention there's that evil fucking laugh my goodness. I feel like the live-action version isn't as unhinged as the anime version.
2:26 I laugh hard at Luffy's Sh!t eating grin every time. I had to make it a sticker so I can send it as a response to my friends text whenever they're confused about the things I say.
This really bugged me too when I watched it, but I guess it comes down to the way they portraied the character here. Kuro is very plotting to the point of being overly cocky, even taunting Luffy instead of finishing him when he has the chance. He describes himself as a master tactician, so when he's hit by Luffys punch his facade starts to crumble and he loses control. It kinda works for me...but it looked aweful imo. Great series tho
@thevutvut. It's just how the show works. If you couldn't see anyone from how fast they move the show wouldn't be fun to watch. It starts by showing how fast they are but it slows down when it switches to Luffys perception. If Luffy can tell where he is so can the audience.
Honestly, I wasn't a fan of the super speed blink thing they had Kuro do. I feel like instead of doing that, they could have played into the horror movie villain thing he had going, he could have hit the lights and in the darkness he appeared somewhere else, or maybe in a momentary distraction where the camera looks away, he suddenly appears behind or something. The acting and all that was good, I just thought that blink was so out of place. Especially since Kuro wasn't a devil fruit user and was supposed to be a normal dude.
As we get further in the story, it will become more clear that there’s a lot of frankly superhuman stuff “normal” people can do without devil fruits in this series. Even this movement Kuro is doing is an incomplete version of an even scarier speed trick that can be learned through special training.
I know putting CGI is sometimes a real pain in the ass consuming time and budget, but I think they should’ve made Kuro’s claws CGI. No matter how light they make the props, those blades will sure be too heavy for the actor’s fingers to do quick movements and intense fighting scene
Could've been worse. The claws live-action are actually tanto-blade-length rather than the manga/anime-accurate katana blades. It was a pragmatic choice on the producers' parts.
I like kuro's claws or whatever there called he was acting shady trying to close doors as quick as possible so far he the only one that has made luffy bleed from his chest area
In the manga Kuro needed to load-up before he could use that fast speed, which was done by him posing in a certain way and swaying left and right with his head down - they should have included that better in the show - because as you write it's difficult to see why he wouldn't use his fast speed during the entire fight here. In the manga he wasn't given the chance to load up after the first hit or so.
@@mrnygren2 Oda explained that Kuro was using a rudimentary form of Soru/Shave, as Kuro gave it the moniker"The Pussyfoot Maneuver." The 2017 animation showed it off just like Soru as well.
In the manga he can’t actually see when he’s moving super fast. It isn’t directly explained that way here, but I figure it’s a similar situation. Instead of using the speed to attack indiscriminately, he’s using it to reach positions from which to hide or attack. But then Luffy catches him out after one of his zips, and it’s clear he can’t do that like he wants to anymore.
@@thien0300 Although he’s a lot scarier. I really don’t like how when he attacks Luffy, he’s attacking in normal speed for no reason. And for some reason whenever he’s not attacking, he’s fast as heck. Really hate that change
@@dyliokhan3946it live action. It understandable. It probably too expensive to implement those flashy move. How they gonna implement Alvida devil fruit power. I personally the acting back up these downgrade. I enjoy their acting
to be completely fair, it's actually the opposite, original kuro only got shakushi in which he can't see shit while moving roughly as fast as beginner's soru(like nero's soru), live action version gave him soru in which he can move it the way he want it to without blindly attacking everything in his path but yeah, I agree with your statement of him not attacking luffy using his top speed is kinda weird
Indeed! And I was thinking while watching - who does Kuro remind me of 😂 This is awesome )) He should have been running with his blades and screaming “kurwaaaa”
Yea, i feel the fight less intense than anime. But i think is good point, if they scale up the fight so fast, it only more difficult for upcoming fights. Is ok to be conservative in season 1. Because in manga/anime, coming fight only getting more and more effects
The way he got it was when he was paralyzed after ace died and when jimbei was carrying Luffy around Akainu tried to get them and his magma burned Luffy’s body basically causing those scars.
The Captain Kuro actor looks and acts exactly like in the manga. I think he is underrated
True. I think he deserves just as much praise as other actors like Buggy’s and Mihawk’s!
It looks like there was some oversight from oda himself in the making of this adaptation
Sounds like him, too.
Captain Kuro looks Hot
His voice even sounds exactly like the funi dub. (Same with Mihawk)
honestly, kuro is probably one of my favorite castings, like he just fits so perfectly with how well he acts deceptively
And he is very intimidating and scary to be interacted. This guy can literally just kill you by his blade claws in a speed of light.
@@xxstar-bluesxx exactly tho
I like how Kuro goes from toying with Luffy to being a blood crazed maniac once he realises his Pussyfoot Maneuver won't work anymore.
What’s crazy about kuro here is that he doesnt even have a devil fruit power yet the cgi makes him look like he’s speeding around as the flash or quicksilver
How does he not have a devil fruit power? He's inhumanly fast. They might've had him eat one earlier in the Live Action
@@marqparksno even in the original manga and anime he’s known for being inhumanly quick.
@@TheJacksontoyso quick he can't even control his speed. That Out Of The Back Attack would've been real terrifying to see in LA 😂
Surprisingly, that speed is just skill he mastered. I would believe if someone told me he ate the "zoom-zoom fruit" XD
@@marqparksThe same way that CP9 members do. In One Piece you can get obscenely fast with hard training.
In fact Oda mentioned once that Kuro’s technique is basically an incomplete variation of the one that CP9 use.
Kuro looks like he jumped right off the pages of the manga.
Unlike Luffy
I love how luffy actually cares for his friends (as he always has been) Instead of being a silly guy, he’s serious whenever his friends get touched by another pirate.
2:26 this whole moment completely sold me on Iñaki Godoy as Luffy. That smile isn’t just a good impression of Luffy. That smile just straight up IS Luffy. It’s like, 100% uncut Monkey D. Luffy. It’s perfect.
It really does encompass how that innocence he has can quickly become menacing and almost sinister when hes got reason to hurt you and hes got the advantage.
Man, I hope we get to see a live action, horror-comedy version of Thriller Bark with a badass Gecko Moria
I'm questioning how they'll do a character like Moria...simply due to how weird his design is
Luffy did star in a zombie movie called Mexzombies.
@@xxmension04xx47 CGI cost wil be heavy or they could make his design grounded
@@sarov7658A design more closely resembling his younger self aged and fattened up could work.
KISHISHISHI!
(He had one of the weirdest laughs)
Alexander Maniatis as Kuro was top tier casting. Can't really think of any other actor that would've done this character justice from the anime as well as he has. This whole fight scene is proof of that. I feel he would make a great Joker for James Gunn's DCU. Because he not only looks the part but his vocal range sounds very similar to that of Mark Hamill's Joker if you listen carefully to his entire dialogue in this scene.
I loved this scene and the music when Luffy caught both his arm and delivered Gum Gum Bell. You start to get a sense of how strong Luffy really is.
Нет, вообще нет, просто режиссёрская защита на Луффи, а так бы сдох, но сериал надо делать тянуть...
Still a good adaptation of Captain Kuro, they changed some of the fights in the live action but overall it was still a really good fight.
They changed it, so what? They had to make it fit and short for live action. However, it’s still great.
@@AdamRee-lx8uhhe's not even complaining bro 😕
He's not complaining. Read again. @@AdamRee-lx8uh
@AdamRee-lx8uh it's not great man. That "fight" was boring as fuck. The anime was tons better.
@@thedripdrop9826 Eh, both are good in their respective settings. This one is just moreo n the creepy house vibes, and at least he doesn't feel flat in live action as they gave some additionals.
But true, they could have made the fight scene even more scarier or with more action. But since Kuro is the Captain of the 'Black Cats', I just see him playing with his own prey like cats do.
The live action isn’t just for anime fans it’s to get people into the show series and it does a very good job of it the Ussop actor made me like the character way better i enjoyed the dark take on Nami Zoro was the best Sanji was ok and Luffy grew on me with each episode
Honestly whole point of this live-action is to hook people who are just not enjoying anime at all or are just not into anime / never watched it etc.. and they did it amazingly, I see that people who never watched one piece are very satisfied and interested, I even managed to pull a few friends and watch it, they even consider trying anime and they are not fans of anime at all.
@@MA-gc2pc exactly it’s like a speed run of east blue lol
Usopp was done absolutely horrible in the live action.
Hell no bro@@StrikeForceSaw
@@StrikeForceSaw he acts exactly the same i just don't like how they cut some of his best moments
Good ol’ Captain Kuro. This guy really had the straw hats running in their old days.
Bro was a legit villain, his ambition was just way too low. He didn’t think big enough and so couldn’t grow.
If he was serious about putting in the work to get stronger, his abilities would go extremely hard if he could enhance them
He's a little bit more intimidating than I remember in the anime, his theme is also kinda creepy
No he is clown here
you are clown@@CJ-uw5gp
@@CJ-uw5gpL hater
@@Godzillamv ?
That's the point of a live adaptation. Remember, Kuro was ages ago and this is perhaps how Oda, the director, wanted him to be played out.
He's more intimidating than he was in the original
Completely disagree
@@ajtheanomaly9764I disagree with your disagreement
@@felixbaez9355I agree to your disagreement to the disagreement towards our agreement
The actor did so well with his character
Anime Kuro was a broken bad pirate with little to lose. This version is a psychopath
kuro in manga and anime : "if I use shakushi, I move so fast I can't see shit"
kuro in live action : "fuck shakushi, I have soru now"
Same with the 2017 anime (manga anniversary East Blue special episode)
To be fair. Shakushi prolly different name to soru. If luffy can learn soru, so can this catboy
Kuro’s is basically an untrained soru
Oda said speed wise, Kuro is as fast as Soru but he Dan not control his speed to see where he is going
I didn't know how much I needed to see gum gum bell in live action until I actually saw it in live action, I love this show.
Kuros actor really sold those grunts. Like you can feel his rage/desperation.
2:43 Hilariously, and appropriately enough, I HEARD a bell just then.
I love that Luffy just vibe checked Kuro
Writers really loved Kuro.
I definitely prefer the live-action version over the anime. There's just so much more character depth and not to mention there's that evil fucking laugh my goodness. I feel like the live-action version isn't as unhinged as the anime version.
2:26 I laugh hard at Luffy's Sh!t eating grin every time. I had to make it a sticker so I can send it as a response to my friends text whenever they're confused about the things I say.
I think every actor put their all into their characters. thats why i enjoy this live action
These 2 hours totally gave me Sleepy Hollow movie vibes.
Kuro looks zesty af in this episode.
It's called being sassy, but unfortunately in today's society, everything a man does is apparently gay.
"I'm going to fight Luffy serious now, so lets stop moving fast and just go slow head on" (y)
This really bugged me too when I watched it, but I guess it comes down to the way they portraied the character here. Kuro is very plotting to the point of being overly cocky, even taunting Luffy instead of finishing him when he has the chance. He describes himself as a master tactician, so when he's hit by Luffys punch his facade starts to crumble and he loses control. It kinda works for me...but it looked aweful imo. Great series tho
@@MrShritz nah bro its just very bad script writing @MrShritz
@@MrShritzi smell copium, this one is just bad compared to the other fight scenes
@thevutvut. It's just how the show works. If you couldn't see anyone from how fast they move the show wouldn't be fun to watch. It starts by showing how fast they are but it slows down when it switches to Luffys perception. If Luffy can tell where he is so can the audience.
Its stated in the manga that Kuro hasnt mastered his speed (Nuki Ashi)
I think these guys finally get it. Just take the source material seriously, and itll look great!
Luffy like "I'm not trapped in here w you, you trapped in here with me >:D"
That entrance by Luffy was damn good!
I gotta be honest, this arc was done way better here than in the anime
I like how you can actually hear a bell sound effect after Luffy headbutts him
Honestly, I wasn't a fan of the super speed blink thing they had Kuro do. I feel like instead of doing that, they could have played into the horror movie villain thing he had going, he could have hit the lights and in the darkness he appeared somewhere else, or maybe in a momentary distraction where the camera looks away, he suddenly appears behind or something.
The acting and all that was good, I just thought that blink was so out of place. Especially since Kuro wasn't a devil fruit user and was supposed to be a normal dude.
As we get further in the story, it will become more clear that there’s a lot of frankly superhuman stuff “normal” people can do without devil fruits in this series. Even this movement Kuro is doing is an incomplete version of an even scarier speed trick that can be learned through special training.
The way Kuro looked at Luffys arm when he grabbed him is like " Um✨ExCuSe Me?✨"
1:26 JET CULVERIN!!
I missed the Shakushi
I know putting CGI is sometimes a real pain in the ass consuming time and budget, but I think they should’ve made Kuro’s claws CGI. No matter how light they make the props, those blades will sure be too heavy for the actor’s fingers to do quick movements and intense fighting scene
Could've been worse. The claws live-action are actually tanto-blade-length rather than the manga/anime-accurate katana blades.
It was a pragmatic choice on the producers' parts.
This fight scene would have been way better if it were outside where there is more space! I mean, Kaya had a pretty big front yard!
You I never thought about it, but having Kuro fight in an enclosed space at night makes him feel exceptionally more threatening.
Is no one gonna say it with me that Captain Kuro is hot?.... I'm just gonna admit that. He is now my kitty cat.
Anime Kuro Awakened something in 14 year old me. Live Action Kuro made me leap off my couch like a damn Hanna-Barbera cartoon.
I like kuro's claws or whatever there called he was acting shady trying to close doors as quick as possible so far he the only one that has made luffy bleed from his chest area
Luffy learned observation haki in the like 17 episode
Love the show even as a hardcore fan. But man, they did my man Jango wrong!
Por que ninguém está falando dessa trilha sonora incrível????
Question: When Kuro is reminding Kaya about her ‘whining’ when she misses her parents, why does he weep? Did he have a similar backstory or something?
I think he was imitating her to mock her.
Or maybe he was just do sick of it. So much pent-up hatred and malice being held back after years. I'd weep, too, to finally get that off my chest.
There was solid casting and translations from the pages to live action in this series.
The LA haters be hatin'.
😂
They should have made his hat fall. So he could pick it up in a cool fashion.
This scene was filmed last. Interesting
I don't get why Kuro stopped using his fast moving power after receiving the first punch xD I think Luffy fights must improve a lot for season 2
In the manga Kuro needed to load-up before he could use that fast speed, which was done by him posing in a certain way and swaying left and right with his head down - they should have included that better in the show - because as you write it's difficult to see why he wouldn't use his fast speed during the entire fight here.
In the manga he wasn't given the chance to load up after the first hit or so.
@@mrnygren2 Oda explained that Kuro was using a rudimentary form of Soru/Shave, as Kuro gave it the moniker"The Pussyfoot Maneuver."
The 2017 animation showed it off just like Soru as well.
I chalk it up to his movement speed and attack speed being different
Not familiar with the anime etc, for me it just seems like an attempt for him to lose the battle.
In the manga he can’t actually see when he’s moving super fast. It isn’t directly explained that way here, but I figure it’s a similar situation. Instead of using the speed to attack indiscriminately, he’s using it to reach positions from which to hide or attack.
But then Luffy catches him out after one of his zips, and it’s clear he can’t do that like he wants to anymore.
I don't care what people say about the negative comments of the live action. They did a very good job so far.
Honestly the Kuro episodes were my favorite, I really enjoyed how they played out like a slasher movie.
People complain about everything nowadays 🤦
buddy kuro got up with that edward scissorhands energy after he got punched 😭
Best Casting Ever ❤
Kuro(Alexander maniatis) reminded me of claude faustus.
Dang they really nerf Kuro pretty badly here
Yeah, but he's more scary here, i like that they make him a horror movie villain, fit him alot.
@@thien0300 Although he’s a lot scarier. I really don’t like how when he attacks Luffy, he’s attacking in normal speed for no reason. And for some reason whenever he’s not attacking, he’s fast as heck.
Really hate that change
@@thien0300yeah he was my favorite character in the show. The actor killed it.
@@dyliokhan3946it live action. It understandable. It probably too expensive to implement those flashy move. How they gonna implement Alvida devil fruit power.
I personally the acting back up these downgrade. I enjoy their acting
to be completely fair, it's actually the opposite, original kuro only got shakushi in which he can't see shit while moving roughly as fast as beginner's soru(like nero's soru), live action version gave him soru in which he can move it the way he want it to without blindly attacking everything in his path
but yeah, I agree with your statement of him not attacking luffy using his top speed is kinda weird
1:36 This is the biggest insult to Kuro, who's so narcissistic about his own intellect. Absolute chef's kiss.
That stealthcwalk though😊
Kuro is the only pirate who wears glasses
Love the show, but I wish the fights were more dynamic.
Mom and dad be like come home for Christmas.... nah the butler might kill me
did anybody else hear the actually bell sound when his head hit
Maybe a hot take but i prefer this fight in the live action over the anime
This was my favourite fight. I found the arlong fight a bit clumsy, (though the choreography was cool) but here is a real fight between power users!
I wanted the fights to be in the middle of the forest like in the original, but this one worked well
Kuro my baby I love you in all universes including this Grrrr!!!
Hello again.
@@ab0mlnati0n74 Hello ^^
There's something that I always theorized about Kuro; I believed he used to work for the WG as a CP agent but wasn't anymore due to reasons
After all this years I wonder what Kuro's dream was...
Always a bummer to fight with high ping.
I know live-action doesn't lend itself to such things, but I miss hearing Kuro rage to himself as Luffy's about to defeat him.
01:28 Gomu Gomu no Culverin!
The fight looks better at 1.25x
One of the things I hope they'll get better at is the speed of the fights. Really looking forward to season 2#
This fight coulda been a lot better honestly
Can’t believe they made Kuro into a slasher villain
this live action was great
This real life amazing monkey d Luffy🎉🎉😮
Why do the houses in these series be dark man
For such a mid villain his theme music goes pretty hard.
I'm sorry but this looks actually like a fanmade rather than the actual TV show
I mean , the fans make the live action , so yeah you can call it a fanmade
He looks like Polish Prime Minister, Morawiecki 😅
Indeed! And I was thinking while watching - who does Kuro remind me of 😂 This is awesome )) He should have been running with his blades and screaming “kurwaaaa”
I liked everything except for the fight scenes looks more like a dance than a fight
Luffy never really understood what it meant to being a pirate.
I can make my own applesauce soup thank you very much
Kuro looks like filthy frank
Yea, i feel the fight less intense than anime. But i think is good point, if they scale up the fight so fast, it only more difficult for upcoming fights. Is ok to be conservative in season 1. Because in manga/anime, coming fight only getting more and more effects
Messy haired angry Captain Kuro? Smash. Next?
1:08 A hint for Luffy chest scars?
Not until marineford war, he get the scars in his chest because Akainu
The way he got it was when he was paralyzed after ace died and when jimbei was carrying Luffy around Akainu tried to get them and his magma burned Luffy’s body basically causing those scars.
isn't soundtrack just amazing in live action?
Kuro has that freddy Kruger vibes
Great effects
the face of the actors are goofy
Gumgum bell😂
Kuro in this show looks like a cartoon character.
Would have been neat if he did his Cat out of the Back and went about slashing up the whole room.
Ok, but why does Kuro look like Robbie Rotten?
Ngl but i think Luffy accidentally used observation haki to identify where Kuro was hiding
I love the series
This Voldo skin is tame.
Kuro reminds me of the villian from lazy town