WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Netflix's One Piece season 1.
Summary
- Netflix's One Piece season 1 made several changes to the original manga, but most of them are related to pacing rather than altering characters' personalities or purposes.
- For example, Arlong replaces Don Krieg, who only briefly appears in the show, in the Baratie segment.
- Some ing One Piece characters, such as the Usopp pirates or Johnny and Yosaku, were not in the show.
Netflix’s One Piece live-action series changes several elements from the original story, although it still remains faithful to Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga. One Piece season 1 consists of eight episodes, and it covers the first 95 chapters of the manga. Considering how many characters and locations the manga deals with from the start, changes from the source material were expected. Fortunately, most of the changes made for the One Piece live-action show have to do with pacing rather than with altering a character's personality or purpose.
Eiichiro Oda was directly involved with Netflix’s One Piece show and would tell the producers whenever something was not good enough. One Piece season 1 showed a lot of respect to the source material, from deep-cut Easter eggs to accurate recreation of iconic scenes. Still, many changes were made to the story, from missing characters to new locations. Here are the biggest changes Netflix’s One Piece season 1 makes to the manga.
26 Garp Conducted Gold Roger's Execution
Some of the biggest One Piece changes for the live-action have to do with Garp, whose first appearance in the manga happened in Chapter 92. In the One Piece live-action show, Garp is the one conducting Gold Roger’s execution. This is referenced again in One Piece season 1’s finale when Garp re Roger’s dying laughter while looking at Luffy.
25 Familiar Faces Are Revealed Right Away During Gold Roger’s Execution
Several important One Piece characters were at Gold Roger’s execution, including but not limited to Shanks, Mihawk, and Smoker. While this is exactly what happens in the manga, those characters are not shown the first time One Piece depicts Gold Roger’s execution. One Piece revisited Roger’s death many times, but the live-action series preferred to show those important characters right away.
24 Shanks Is Older During The Execution Flashback
Gold Roger’s execution happened 22 years before the main events of One Piece. While Netflix’s One Piece keeps that same timeline, Shanks is significantly older in the execution flashback than his manga/anime counterpart. Therefore, present-day Shanks is older in the anime than he is in the manga.
23 Shanks Says He Is Going After The One Piece
In the One Piece manga, Shanks tells Luffy that his crew has been at Windmill Village for too long. Shanks says goodbye to Luffy but does not say exactly where he and his crew are going. In the One Piece live-action, Shanks specifically says that they are going after the One Piece.
22 Luffy Doesn't Get Sucked Into A Whirlpool
Present-day Luffy’s introduction in the One Piece show is very similar to how it plays out in the manga but with a few differences. Instead of facing a local sea monster and then getting sucked into a whirlpool, Luffy decides to get inside a barrel after his boat began to sink. The outcome is the same – Luffy finds himself inside Alvida’s ship.
21 Zoro Fights The Baroque Works' Mr. 7 On-Screen
Zoro’s introduction in Netflix’s One Piece is very different from the source material. Instead of meeting the “demon pirate hunter” at Shells Town, audiences are introduced to Zoro in front of Kuina’s grave. In addition, Zoro fights Mr. 7 after the member of the Baroque Works tries to recruit him. While this fight canonically happened in the original story, it was only referenced much later and was not shown at the beginning of One Piece.
20 Nami Is introduced At Shells Town
In the manga, Nami only s the story in Chapter 8, after the conclusion of the Shells Town arc. In Netflix’s One Piece, Nami is introduced a few minutes into episode 1 and participates in the Shells Town arc. This was similar to how it played out in the One Piece anime, whose first episode also featured Nami.
19 Luffy & Koby’s “Fight” Doesn’t Happen
Koby has a bigger role in this portion of the story in the live-action show compared to the manga. While Koby ing the Marines at Shells Town matches the source material, the “fight” between him and Luffy does not happen. Instead, Koby stays with the Marines and is later interrogated by Garp.
18 The Grand Line Map Is Stolen From Marines (Not Buggy)
The map to the Grand Line was used as a McGuffin in One Piece season 1, with several characters going after it. However, instead of becoming a plot point during the Orange Town arc with One Piece villain Buggy, the Grand Line map was introduced in episode 1. Luffy and Nami stole the map from the Marines, although Buggy would then try to steal from them.
17 Nami Is A Better Fighter Right Away
The One Piece live-action show gives Nami way more fighting scenes in this portion of the story compared to the manga or the anime. Nami’s signature staff debuts in episode 1, during which Nami s Luffy and Zoro in the fight against Axe-Hand Morgan. Nami also has some cool fighting scenes in the Buggy segment.