When you are a fan of a manga, you often wait for its animated adaptation. Seeing his characters come to life before our eyes is magical. But often there are big differences between the two.
When the anime adaptation of our favorite manga is made official, many times we are both excited and very worried. Several questions arise: will the studio respect the original work? Will the teams succeed in capturing the spirit of the series? And when the adaptation is successful, the fans do not hesitate to let it be known. The latest evidence is only around Jelena’s face in season 4 episode 18 from The attack of the Titans. Indeed, fans of the series have found all the pressure, all the horror of the manga in this scene. The attack of the Titans is not the only manga where comparisons fuse. On Twitter, a user by the name of shizuu_mugistarted a whole thread on the differences between the manga and the anime of the very popular One Piece.
Big differences between Eiichiro Oda’s manga and the anime
The least we can say is that shizuu_mugi shows quite significant differences. Published on January 18, his thread counts no less than 3,000 likes and 552 retweets. The Twitter user notably reveals that, in the arc Romance Dawn (chapters 1 to 7 and volume 1 of the manga), Luffy, who is still a young child, does not hesitate to stick a knife in his face in order to prove his courage. This gesture will be at the origin of the scar located under his left eye. However, the anime does not show the scene at all, probably considered too violent for a young audience. It’s in the sixth special episode, Luffy Episode: Main Island Adventure, which the anime reveals the origin of the scar under Luffy’s eye.
Luffy stabs himself in the face: During the Romance Down arc, Luffy wants to show that he is brave enough to be a pirate, so he takes a knife and stabs his face, giving himself a scar. The anime doesn’t show it at all, so we had to wait for a special episode pic.twitter.com/raVXrXnUSz
And that’s not the only difference shizuu_mugi raises. Take for example the story of Nami. The latter was raised alongside Nojiko by Bell-Mère. Very brave, she stood up to Arlong when he decided to invade the village of Kokoyashi. While in the animated Bell-Mère takes a bullet in the chest, the manga is much more violent. Indeed, Arlong does not hesitate to shoot him in the head. It’s not uncommon for differences between the manga and the anime adaptation to exist. Indeed, the two media do not necessarily target the same audience and anime are mostly known for being lighter, due to their general public nature. One Piece is clearly one of the most popular manga, regularly making it into the best selling manga. Still, for fans, it can be hard to come to terms with the differences between manga and anime. And you what do you think ?
The death of Stepmother: In the manga she was shot in the head by Arlong while in the anime she takes it in the chest. Either way she dies but where Arlong is aiming reveals how he has no mercy for mere humans. pic.twitter.com/O8RRfefbNg
