What do you think of the way women are portrayed in OP?

[Just_Gabe]

can we just let this thread die already? it is nothing but trolling and spamming it does not really belong in the manga section can we at least move it to general discussion at least?

Is it too hard to ignore threads you're not interested in and let them die by their own?

[<Nico Robin3]

I don't mind the enormous boobs so much as the almost non-existent mid-section.

Does need more sam'iches though.

[LuffyLuffyNoMi]

But isn't that a significant part of what this thread is about?

No, this thread is actually about talking what fans think of how Oda depicts women in OP. There has been some complain in another thread that started to disrupt the discussions there...

Also why not complain? I like pineapples and sometimes when I get one it turns out to have some bad spots, I'll still eat it but I will also complain even if just to myself.

Jeez, if there really was something to complain, fine... But some only seem to have problems with how Oda designs female characters, as if smart and strong women weren't allowed to look good and actually have big boobs that resist gravity.

And it's not like there was a lot of different "food" out there they could "eat".

[sanji499]

They are sexy with style and personality.

[Zigee]

only thing that grinds my gears in one piece is how nami and robin don't make sammiches for the guys.

[eerie]

yeah honestly sanji take a break

map, shmap. learn to cook nami or you're gonna get the axe.

[ADT]

only thing that grinds my gears in one piece is how nami and robin don't make sammiches for the guys.

Yeah that's totally outrageous

[Louis cypher]

as if smart and strong women weren't allowed to look good and actually have big boobs that resist gravity.

This is hilarious, mind if I put it in my sig?

[LuffyLuffyNoMi]

This is hilarious, mind if I put it in my sig?

Sure, if you think that's quotable.

[projectelf]

Whats with the odd waist and stuff? Just look at Lola, Dadan, Kororo...alpha females

[y2kyle89]

That doesn't tend to happen very much in the real world, only in the world of Japanese fiction. You should get out more. The worst thing a girl's gonna do to you is think you're some kind of creep, maybe share a laugh with her friends at your expense.

Ah, but see:

Unless you're good looking, then you get giggled at.

And since I've been told I look like Gary Busey and Borat merged together via a shovel...

[SingingThroughTheStorm]

Episode 173 seemed super fanservicey. I think it should be rewatched.
I also wish that Nami after the timeskip still had an impact dial. If Usopp could use it on Luffy injured and before the time skip, she should be able to use it after the time skip.

[LuffyLuffyNoMi]

But that is fanservice from the TV show. Oda didn't have anything to do with it. Look it up in chapter 263.

[SingingThroughTheStorm]

I was mainly referring to her straddling his face, and the heart popping up and all.

[Pipio]

On the topic of the girl's clothing (the skirts especially), Oda has a tendency to stretch women's proportions to the point that the short clothing might look revealing. Longer legs, smaller head compared to the torso, longer abdomen and longer arm limbs are the most commonly found among the slender types in the manga (not counting the uh... various breast sizes). The clothes look a tad less revealing when the proportions are shrunk to normal.

The first image is an official scan of the manga. The second one is a Photoshop edit that fits closer to the 'realistic' proportions of an adult woman. Note that I haven't changed the boob size, but there's a noticeable difference in sex appeal, I would think. The second one looks more restrained and less 'out there' compared to the first version, but it definitely lacks Oda's graceful style that the normal proportions could never attain.

Spoiler:

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...Hancock-1-.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...proportion.jpg

I completely agree about the proportions of women being screwed up. In that picture of Boa, shes actually 9 head length long, maybe 9.25-10 if her legs weren't spread apart. The adjust Photoshop version you did was 8 head lengths long.


If anyone doesn't know about life drawing or idealized human proportions from ancient artists. The most average human (now a days) is about 7.5-7.5 head lengths long. A few ancient sculptures were made with 8-8.5 head lengths long by various artist to be within the mathematical golden ratio.

The way Oda draws the womans proportions goes way over even the golden ratio of idealized human proportions. As an artist stand point, I only read the manga for the story and the creativity into the character designs. Oda's female characters may not be the most beautiful, but he puts a lot into them to make them work.

[LuffyLuffyNoMi]

I was mainly referring to her straddling his face, and the heart popping up and all.

And that is exactly the part where the anime exaggerated. Her crotch didn't come that close to ??tori's face in the manga.

[V3N0M1300]

The women can get away with hitting their male crewmates. This is the only thing I don't like about one piece (but it doesn't seem to happen as much)

As for fanservice, it's not the worst thing in the world, but I could do without it. When I want sexual titillation I'll go find real porn.

[murderedboy]

As for fanservice, it's not the worst thing in the world, but I could do without it. When I want sexual titillation I'll go find real porn.

That is a nice set of sentences you got there. I like them.

[IrishLuigi]

The women can get away with hitting their male crewmates. This is the only thing I don't like about one piece (but it doesn't seem to happen as much)

So you'd like to see the men physically abuse the women?

Would be difficult to see it in a humorous way.

[DyranLK]

What little I've seen of Bakuman's female characters was pretty fucking awful.

Bakuman is f***ing crazy with them, ahahaha.