Highlights
- The Arlong Park Arc in One Piece Live Action surpasses expectations and includes cool easter eggs for die-hard fans to notice.
- The design of Arlong Park in One Piece Live Action resembles an amusement park, inspired by Sabaody Park in the manga.
- The live-action series includes subtle nods to the manga, such as Nami wearing a yellow dress from a specific chapter and mentioning Monkey D. Dragon's full name.
The Arlong Park Arc is certainly one of the very best in the entirety of One Piece and one that the fans absolutely adore. This arc is believed to be the one where readers start falling in love with the adventure that is One Piece.
For One Piece Live Action, it was essential to nail this arc as, most likely, it is the arc that would be scrutinized the most. Thankfully, this arc surpassed all expectations, much like all the other arcs in One Piece Live Action. As has been the case throughout all episodes of the series, the Arlong Park arc also featured a ton of cool easter eggs for die hard fans of the series to notice.
10 Amusement Park
One of the coolest details in the Arlong Park arc One Piece Live Action is the design of the location itself. This place looks a lot like an Amusement Park in One Piece Live Action and there is a big reason behind that.
Later down the line in One Piece, when the deep racism that the Fishmen are treated with in the story is highlighted, it is made clear that Arlong took inspiration for Arlong Park from Sabaody Park itself. While the manga does well to showcase that, the live-action series takes it a level beyond and turns the entirety of Arlong Park into an Amusement Park.
9 Thriller Bark Tree Zombie
Arlong Park in One Piece Live Action has a horror theme attraction as well and in it, fans can see the Tree Zombie from Thriller Bark. This is a very small detail for the fans to notice, however, only the most eagle-eyed fans would have caught this.
Nonetheless, it is a very cool addition to the arc itself that also makes the fans excited for what is to come in the future.
8 Oykot Kingdom
Oykot Kingdom is where Nami was born in One Piece. It is the island where Bellemere found both her as well as Nojiko, and took them back to Conomi Islands with her and adopted them.
In One Piece Live Action, a map of Oykot Kingdom is clearly visible when Nami is seen reading a book.
7 Crimin
Crimin is a very popular brand for clothes in the world of One Piece. This company belongs to Papaggu, a starfish.
Given that a fishman is at the helm of this company, One Piece Live Action made sure to make some of the Fishmen wear these clothes.
6 Grandson's Deaths
Garp has a very pronounced role in One Piece Live Action. He is seen chasing Luffy throughout the East Blue so as to stop him from becoming a pirate.
Essentially, Garp fears seeing his grandson meet the same fate as Roger. This is a very subtle nod to his other grandson Ace, who fans know follows the same fate as Roger, his father.
5 Entrance To Arlong Park
The entrance to Arlong Park is very different in One Piece Live Action when compared to the manga.
Luffy and the crew take a completely different way to Arlong Park in the live-action series. However, when Luffy crushes Arlong Park to the ground, the entrance that the crew use to get to the place in the manga can be seen on the backside.
4 Nami Outfit After Party Chapter 98
After the conclusion of the fighting in Arlong Park, The partying begins and while celebrating, Nami is seen wearing a yellow dress.
This dress has been taken directly from the colorspread of chapter 98 of the One Piece manga. Once again, including these outfits feels like a very nice touch that all the fans as well as Oda most likely appreciate.
3 Sanji's Cookbook
Sanji and Nojiko share quite a lot of cute moments together in One Piece Live Action. Upon being impressed by his food, Nojiko asks Sanji to write a cookbook.
This is yet another easter egg as It is a subtle nod at the fact that Sanji actually does have a cookbook that fans can buy over the internet. It has a lot of the recipes from One Piece itself, including the famous bluefin tuna that Sanji cooks in episode 5 of One Piece Live Action.
2 Vira In One Piece
Vira is an island that erupts in revolt around the beginning of One Piece. When Luffy gets his first bounty, the same newspaper has a small article on the side that states that the Revolutionary Army was successful in its endeavors in Vira.
In the manga, Nami reads about this country in the newspaper.One Piece Live Action did well to expand on that.
1 Monkey D. Dragon
While most fans likely missed this, the news article about Vira mentions Monkey D. Dragon by his full name. Along with that, the sigil of the Revolutionary Army is also presented to the fans.
Eagle-eyed fans who noticed Dragon's name will have realized that a borderline confirmation about him being Luffy's father actually has already been presented in One Piece Live Action. These details are tiny but appreciated by long-term fans of the series.
One Piece Live Action is available to watch on Netflix.