Kumadori is named after a style of kabuki stage makeup. The patterns and the colors on the face represent character archetypes in Kabuki. Red lines are used for heroes, blue is for villains, and brown is for otherworldly creatures. Kumadori's face has blue accents, because he is a villain and the pattern on his face I believe is supposed to be a classification called Zare-guma which is to say that he is a villain who is meant to resemble an animal and thus not be taken seriously.
I knew he was based on Kabuki but had no idea about the symbolism of the make up. This was an awesome comment. Tom building a UA-cam comment with a Don!
Thanks for that in-depth explanation. I'd like to add, though, that kabuki is overall a highly stylized form of theatre, which explains his weird over the top behaviour. Their "Is he like a mime?" comment wasn't too far off imo.
Gotta give those normal marine guards credit. They just saw Luffy wipe out 500 guards before them, and they're STILL rushing him, like "I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna be the ONE!" and jumping him.
That's not the mentality. They're playing it like ant colonies, death of a thousand cuts. "As long as I get one hit on him, I've done my part. If all my other boys do the same, we might finish him off eventually."
I love when Oda just shamelessly does an homage to Toriyama, he was just writing Enies Lobby and said "you know what, I'll just randomly add this power level measurement out of nowhere, like the scouters from Dragon Ball, for this arc only", and honestly, he's so valid for that!
Well it's more like he was testing the waters. I think he wanted to do something like that but quickly abandoned it because he didn't want the same problem DBZ has which is that eventually you reach levels of power that take away the impact of the battles.
@Tom-re6zo Could be the case, but I always read it more as comical in nature, making a joke out of Spandam or having a comical difference between Kaku and Jabura of 10 so that Zoro and Sanji would keep the number 2 and 3 spots in the crew Whatever the case, I just love the reverence for Toriyama's work!
Honestly, reading it as a nod to Toriyama is the most generous interpretation of that moment. I always hated the weird compulsion of shonen mangaka to exposit their characters's capabilities with ridiculous numbers. It's just super lazy and makes the world feel so much less real. Oda had such a great way to show the character's progress, with numbers even, that enriched the world, with the bounties, and then he goes and throws this nonsense in. As this was never mentioned again (at least up to where I'm at) I suspect, he feels the same way. Maybe he was talked into introducing it by an editor, but that might just be me wanting him to not be (solely) responsible.
@maxpower2480 Personally, I never minded them, especially growing up with DB. They're pretty meaningless in the end, but my caveman brain always love when a new guy shows up with a bigger number over his head And bounties already fill that purpose in a way, so I get it, it would have felt pretty redundant
Kumadori's (The big cp9 agent with the pink mane) pale makeup and way of talking are references to kabuki theater, a traditional japanese artform of dramatic theater. You'll see he's a very theatrical guy (and my favorite cp9 member).
Kumadori is a Kabuki-Performer, Kabuki being a form of Japanese theatre incorporating song and dance as well as intricate make-up and costumes, hence his theatrical attitude. Kumadori's appearance was most likely inspired by a lion's spirit such as in the play "Shunkyo Kagamijishi". The word "Kumadori" is the name for the make-up that Kabuki performers put on.
The three-headed dog judge is also a reference to Cerberus in greek mythology, a three-headed dog who guards the gates of the underworld (gates of justice, where no criminals return from). I assume Left Baskerville and Right Baskerville are a reference to the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles.
I'm Japanese. I'm always looking forward to seeing your reactions to anime from Japan! If you don't mind, I'd love to see your reactions to the movie "Your Name". Have you seen it yet?
"At least the commander is. For sure. He's a little baby" Well Kiss, I have a different word starting with B to describe Spandam but hey... Baby is ok too, so we keep it family friendly
I always love that when Franky is attacking their CO, CP9 don't move a muscle to help until Spandam actually asks and then let their "slowest" member actually help.
fun fact: in supplementary stuff, Oda confirmed that Kumadori's mum is not only alive, she's the one who trains kids into becoming applicants for CP9 c:
You kind of hit on it already, and other people have mentioned it, but yeah. The big white haired guy in CP9 is a reference to Japanese Kabuki theatre, all his mannerisms, his design elements, etc.
There are some great additions to the soundtrack during this arc. The titles often come from OP movies, so they don't always make sense for the anime canon, but the music itself is fire. In this episode we get to hear "The Very Very Very Strongest" for the first time, as the train pulls up on the iron fence. Not long ago, when Sogeking first appeared before Sanji and Franky on the train, we heard "Luffy's Fierce Attack" for the first time. Both of these will be played around the time of an extremely badass scene later on that everyone remembers, but not very much happens so it's best to see firsthand.
You might have missed the point but It depends on what the punishment for the crime is. Tom wasn’t sent to Enies Lobby to be tried and imprisoned. He had already been found guilty and sentenced to execution. Tom was executed.
Often I'm thinking on how the LIve Action will or won't represent these half giant characters. They won't skip on the giants of course but the 3-5 meter range characters? But then I remember how Game of Thrones had giants as tall as that so I guess they could do it 🤔
Well there are some tall humans they've already adapted and they aren't that tall. Garp is one example. Morgan is tall in the live action but not as tall as in the manga. But I imagine for people where their height is a major part of their character, they will make them tall. Maybe not the Franky family but probably e.g. Kuma and Whitebeard.
Other commenters beat me to the punch in explaining the kabuki thing, so I'm going to add a different thing. Canonically, Kumadori's mother is actually alive; he's just being overly dramatic.
“They looked similar, but there were just shadows” If there’s something in One Piece you CAN’T trust is shadows 😂 But Kiss as always made a great prediction about that Zoan fruit ✨
about the devil fruits prices... thinks about this... imagine an fruit that just exist one each time... (that fruit doesn't respawn until the eater dies) if that were an tasteful fruit that unique fruit would be already pretty priceless... now, soon you will see what kind of tasteful have thoses fruits... (even when you already saw it when kid Luffy eated his one on his backstory) Now put together not just the experience of tasting an exotic unique fruit (not matter the goodness or badneess of the taste) and the fact that it will gives you unique superpowers than anybode else have... the priceless price is now even more priceless!! XD but... yeah they already have some prices for it... but practically, they can be priceless just by logic itself...
I've been trying to buy a subscription for your patreon but it's always refusing my payment for some reason. What the hell is going on over there ? This is torture 😭
By any chance you haven't watched hxh already before creating your channel , right ? Becuase your yt banner has neferpitou's pic...😐 , you haven't, right... ? (I am asking because i want to see you react to it next , after frieren )
"ive been smiling the past 5 episodes"
Yeah, don't worry about that
Oda tricking them into a false sense of security smh
Kumadori is named after a style of kabuki stage makeup. The patterns and the colors on the face represent character archetypes in Kabuki. Red lines are used for heroes, blue is for villains, and brown is for otherworldly creatures. Kumadori's face has blue accents, because he is a villain and the pattern on his face I believe is supposed to be a classification called Zare-guma which is to say that he is a villain who is meant to resemble an animal and thus not be taken seriously.
I knew he was based on Kabuki but had no idea about the symbolism of the make up. This was an awesome comment.
Tom building a UA-cam comment with a Don!
Thanks for that in-depth explanation. I'd like to add, though, that kabuki is overall a highly stylized form of theatre, which explains his weird over the top behaviour. Their "Is he like a mime?" comment wasn't too far off imo.
Gotta give those normal marine guards credit.
They just saw Luffy wipe out 500 guards before them, and they're STILL rushing him, like "I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna be the ONE!" and jumping him.
They're probably thinking "I'd rather be killed by Luffy than tortured in Impel Down."
doing their bargain bin best
That's not the mentality. They're playing it like ant colonies, death of a thousand cuts. "As long as I get one hit on him, I've done my part. If all my other boys do the same, we might finish him off eventually."
"Get em guys"
never thought we'd be cheering for the Franky Family 😂
Hes dramatic because hes essentially a walking Kabuki. (A form of japense theater)
Can't wait for Usopp to get his 8000 underlings 😂. Would be cool if they are giants
Seems like they have been foreshadowing that since Little Garden
@@aggy5372I mean straw hats already got more than 8000 members under them
Spoilers:
He kind of already has. The Straw Hat Grand fleet (except Barto) pledged their allegiance to the Straw Hats due to Ussop specifically.
Never thought about it but now that you mention it I expect that to become a reality in the finale of the show.
I love when Oda just shamelessly does an homage to Toriyama, he was just writing Enies Lobby and said "you know what, I'll just randomly add this power level measurement out of nowhere, like the scouters from Dragon Ball, for this arc only", and honestly, he's so valid for that!
Well it's more like he was testing the waters. I think he wanted to do something like that but quickly abandoned it because he didn't want the same problem DBZ has which is that eventually you reach levels of power that take away the impact of the battles.
@Tom-re6zo Could be the case, but I always read it more as comical in nature, making a joke out of Spandam or having a comical difference between Kaku and Jabura of 10 so that Zoro and Sanji would keep the number 2 and 3 spots in the crew
Whatever the case, I just love the reverence for Toriyama's work!
Honestly, reading it as a nod to Toriyama is the most generous interpretation of that moment. I always hated the weird compulsion of shonen mangaka to exposit their characters's capabilities with ridiculous numbers. It's just super lazy and makes the world feel so much less real. Oda had such a great way to show the character's progress, with numbers even, that enriched the world, with the bounties, and then he goes and throws this nonsense in. As this was never mentioned again (at least up to where I'm at) I suspect, he feels the same way. Maybe he was talked into introducing it by an editor, but that might just be me wanting him to not be (solely) responsible.
@maxpower2480 Personally, I never minded them, especially growing up with DB. They're pretty meaningless in the end, but my caveman brain always love when a new guy shows up with a bigger number over his head
And bounties already fill that purpose in a way, so I get it, it would have felt pretty redundant
3:30 "It's been a while, Chōkan."
"... CHOKAN DEEZ NUTS"
2:48 Luffy straight up soloing Musou game on himself 😂😂😂
Kumadori's (The big cp9 agent with the pink mane) pale makeup and way of talking are references to kabuki theater, a traditional japanese artform of dramatic theater. You'll see he's a very theatrical guy (and my favorite cp9 member).
17:56 THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE! 🤣🤣🤣❤
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That's what i am saying too
It’s getting closer and closer to THAT moment!
Kumadori is a Kabuki-Performer, Kabuki being a form of Japanese theatre incorporating song and dance as well as intricate make-up and costumes, hence his theatrical attitude. Kumadori's appearance was most likely inspired by a lion's spirit such as in the play "Shunkyo Kagamijishi". The word "Kumadori" is the name for the make-up that Kabuki performers put on.
Zoro always has a plan 🤣
The three-headed dog judge is also a reference to Cerberus in greek mythology, a three-headed dog who guards the gates of the underworld (gates of justice, where no criminals return from). I assume Left Baskerville and Right Baskerville are a reference to the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles.
I'm Japanese. I'm always looking forward to seeing your reactions to anime from Japan! If you don't mind, I'd love to see your reactions to the movie "Your Name". Have you seen it yet?
I love your reactions❤... and I love all your theories... most of the theories you make are amazing.. you guys are so smart
Luffy's battle iq needs to be studied 😮💨
The pure madness during this whole raid is beyond amazing!
Fun fact! The white-pink-haired guy (Kumadori)’s mom is in fact very much still alive and well, he’s just really overly dramatic 💀💀💀
16:10 can't wait for them when they react to One Piece fan letter, i hope mods on Patreon recommend them to watch it.
That has to wait at least until time skip tho
@@TheBelieveit1 yes, before the start of the fishman island arc i believe
"At least the commander is. For sure. He's a little baby"
Well Kiss, I have a different word starting with B to describe Spandam but hey... Baby is ok too, so we keep it family friendly
I always love that when Franky is attacking their CO, CP9 don't move a muscle to help until Spandam actually asks and then let their "slowest" member actually help.
More like flying into PEAK!
Kumadori is doing the japanese equivalent of reciting Shakespeare while holding a skull.
fun fact: in supplementary stuff, Oda confirmed that Kumadori's mum is not only alive, she's the one who trains kids into becoming applicants for CP9 c:
Ohhh wow I didn't know that
You kind of hit on it already, and other people have mentioned it, but yeah.
The big white haired guy in CP9 is a reference to Japanese Kabuki theatre, all his mannerisms, his design elements, etc.
So the guy with long pink hair is based on a japanese style of theatre called Kabuki. It's known for its overly exagerated and dramatic performances
6:04 when even the good hearted says "No"
There are some great additions to the soundtrack during this arc. The titles often come from OP movies, so they don't always make sense for the anime canon, but the music itself is fire.
In this episode we get to hear "The Very Very Very Strongest" for the first time, as the train pulls up on the iron fence. Not long ago, when Sogeking first appeared before Sanji and Franky on the train, we heard "Luffy's Fierce Attack" for the first time. Both of these will be played around the time of an extremely badass scene later on that everyone remembers, but not very much happens so it's best to see firsthand.
Dont hurt our bulls 😅
Can't wait for your episode 273-278 reaction. It is a top-tier back-to-back 6 episodes
You might have missed the point but It depends on what the punishment for the crime is. Tom wasn’t sent to Enies Lobby to be tried and imprisoned. He had already been found guilty and sentenced to execution. Tom was executed.
4:39 its laughing style 😂
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Enies Loby is not over
Not an expert or anything, but I think that mime guy is reference to kabuki. I think it's a japanese art of some sorts... idk tho
Often I'm thinking on how the LIve Action will or won't represent these half giant characters. They won't skip on the giants of course but the 3-5 meter range characters? But then I remember how Game of Thrones had giants as tall as that so I guess they could do it 🤔
It won't get this far.
Well there are some tall humans they've already adapted and they aren't that tall. Garp is one example. Morgan is tall in the live action but not as tall as in the manga.
But I imagine for people where their height is a major part of their character, they will make them tall.
Maybe not the Franky family but probably e.g. Kuma and Whitebeard.
@@brianyaniro5086what about dory and brogy
Other commenters beat me to the punch in explaining the kabuki thing, so I'm going to add a different thing. Canonically, Kumadori's mother is actually alive; he's just being overly dramatic.
Franky did NOT like being in the same room as Spanda😂
I bite your head!!!
You guys have become one of my favorite reaction channels! keep it up!
day 7 im asking you after each arc to make reviews and answer questions from the comments on UA-cam or pateron
6:01 Don't be sorry, that's a normal reaction. 😂
“They looked similar, but there were just shadows”
If there’s something in One Piece you CAN’T trust is shadows 😂 But Kiss as always made a great prediction about that Zoan fruit ✨
It's one piece. Things you wouldn't expect to become airborne will become airborne.
All hail Sogeking! The Saviour
the reason why Crocodile is so Defeated 20:46
This arc so good , hype is real , can't wait can't wait
The white long haired guy is the VA for Jiraiya in Naruto
Hola pequeña y grande hermanas me encanta tus reacciones son muy extrovertidas y reales saludes desde España!!!
I wonder how these lovely ladies would handle watching Berserk
Really needed this today, thank you for the upload
Luffy going for the solo speed run record with this one.
these episodes are so fun, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit to being way too hyped about the drama and heartbreak that's about to come!
Double "ooooo"
".....luck" got me first time watching😅
about the devil fruits prices... thinks about this... imagine an fruit that just exist one each time... (that fruit doesn't respawn until the eater dies) if that were an tasteful fruit that unique fruit would be already pretty priceless... now, soon you will see what kind of tasteful have thoses fruits... (even when you already saw it when kid Luffy eated his one on his backstory) Now put together not just the experience of tasting an exotic unique fruit (not matter the goodness or badneess of the taste) and the fact that it will gives you unique superpowers than anybode else have... the priceless price is now even more priceless!! XD but... yeah they already have some prices for it... but practically, they can be priceless just by logic itself...
This part of fight is really funny.
Just keep smiling Derishishishishi
Yay! Water 7/Enies Lobby is my favorite arc. Love rewatching it with you guys
Me encanta sus reacciones ❤❤
upload 3 episode
luffy the one man army
Fun fact; the waitress rejected Jabra because she has a crush whit Rob Lucci
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Waiting your video❤
You two are not ready for Robin backstory
I am waiting for that one scene ifykyk 🌚
Forgive me I am 2 mins late
I've been trying to buy a subscription for your patreon but it's always refusing my payment for some reason. What the hell is going on over there ? This is torture 😭
Sogeking
By any chance you haven't watched hxh already before creating your channel , right ? Becuase your yt banner has neferpitou's pic...😐 , you haven't, right... ?
(I am asking because i want to see you react to it next , after frieren )
Please try Kono oto tomare anime please
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The One Piece...
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Please upload 3 episode reaction
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day 32 of suggesting jojo’s bizarre adventure
yes please
You are BIZZARE
Berserk.
Please no, first like 150 episodes are exhausting (ive watched one pice like 4 times, i know what I'm talking about)
Spreading themselves too thin is not good for OP reactors.
4th comment ❤
firstttttt lets go
Can you please react to hunter x hunter
Marry me
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