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We saw that strength on display before in Arlong Park, but this time Nami knows she’s not completely alone (spoilers ahead). That kind of determination is a strength in and of itself, and is part of what makes Nami such a compelling character when she gets to shine. Nami is willing to do what needs to be done to save the people she loves, regardless of whether they know it or not. She’s the kind of person who’s willing to take huge burdens on herself just to spare the people she cares about, even to the point of risking her life. Though she doesn’t have the same fighting ability as Luffy or Zoro, Nami makes up for that in other ways. I don’t mean any of that as a criticism, though Arlong Park was the arc that first showed how great One Piece can be when it’s running on all cylinders, and anything that can draw out anywhere near that level of pathos is A-okay in my book.Īs a Nami-focused film, Strong World once again reminds us exactly how strong of a person Nami is. There’s even a visual callback to the iconic walk to Arlong Park scene. The parallels between the film and Arlong Park are obvious, particularly when Nami chooses to go with Shiki in an attempt to save the other Straw Hats and her home. Strong World’s core plot revolves around the Straw Hats trying to rescue Nami from Shiki, who wants her to join his crew because of her skill as a navigator, and stop Shiki from destroying the East Blue as a declaration of war against the World Government.

That’s not to say that the story itself is lacking, though. Even before the story itself starts to kick in, Strong World is so much fun that it sucks you right in. There’s also a scene of a giant bear suplexing an equally giant praying mantis, which is just as awesome as it sounds. I can’t emphasize enough how much personality and scale the setting adds to this the geography alone is striking, with floating islands (held aloft by Shiki’s Float-Float Fruit power) of all sorts of climates with even floating rivers surrounding them. With a premise like that, it becomes easy to get caught up in the film’s energy and just have fun watching the Straw Hats wander around and try to figure out where they are. It’s the Straw Hats exploring a group of flying islands inhabited by strange creatures while fighting Shiki the Golden Lion, a famous pirate who once fought Gold Roger himself.

Put simply, Strong World is about adventure. There’ve been plenty of One Piece movies since, but even with so many excellent follow-ups, Strong World still stands out as a great movie in its own right. Strong World wasn’t just another spinoff movie the story was written by Eiichiro Oda himself, and featured a lead villain who had even been mentioned in the manga itself. Manga sales more than doubled from the previous year (which was already a record high for the series), the story was just starting the epic Marineford Arc, and Strong World, the subject of this article, was released. It’s no exaggeration to say that 2009 was one of the best years One Piece has ever had.

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