History NightmareFuel / OnePiece2023

The source material wasn't afraid to go ''very'' dark at times, but the live action adaptation lends those dark moments a very visceral feel that you couldn't get otherwise. Have fun sleeping.

* Chef Zeff and Sanji's time on the rock is just as dark as the manga, yet unlike the Toei adaptation, they also leave Zeff's self amputation untouched as we see dried blood on the rocks and all over his beard. When Sanji finally confronts him, this is what clues him in on the [[AutoCannibalism horrific answer]] of how he survived months without food.

* All of the villains in this take are given a much darker glow up in this adaptation, especially given they were the "Starter" pack of sorts.

** Buggy is more akin to ComicBook/TheJoker this time around, especially with the burning of Orange Town and forcing them to become the audience of his CircusOfFear. He also takes sadistic glee in the torture he put the Straw Hats through.

* Chef Zeff and Sanji's time on the rock is just as dark as the manga, yet unlike the Toei adaptation, they also leave Zeff's self amputation untouched as we see dried blood on the rocks and all over his beard. When Sanji finally confronts him, this is what clues him in on the horrific answer of how he survived months without food.

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[[caption-width-right:350:...at what point did this [[GenreShift become a]] SlasherMovie?]]

* Unlike his original counterpart who was chilling on a secluded island until the right time would come to take over East Blue, here Arlong effectively has done so already, and demonstrates that nobody is safe by terrorizing Buggy and Baratie's customers.

* Chef Zeff and Sanji's time on the rock is just as dark as the manga, yet unlike the Toei adaptation, they also leave Zeff's self amputation untouched as we see dried blood on the rock and all over his beard. When Sanji finally confronts him, this is what clues him in on the horrific answer of how he survived months without food.

* Chef Zeff and Sanji's time on the rock is just as dark as the manga, yet unlike the Toei adaptation, they also leave Zeff's self amputation untouched as we see dried blood on the rock and all over his beard. When Sanji finally confronts him, this is what clues him in on the horrific answer of how he survived without food.

* Chef Zeff and Sanji's time on the rock is just as dark as the manga, yet unlike the Toei adaptation, they also leave Zeff's self amputation untouched as we see dried blood on the rock and all over his beard. When Sanji finally confronts him, this is what clues him in on the horrific answer of how he survived without food.

* Kaya's illness is far more noticeable than in other adaptations: her skin is pale with the color drained from her hair and her coughs are noticeably hoarse. This is because it’s not psychosomatic here - Kuro has been actively poisoning her for years.

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** Kuro and the Meowban Siblings are much darker than they were in the manga, especially in the case of the Meowban siblings. The way they act, talk and move are more akin to Slasher Movie villains. Especially with how Kuro talks in slow, methodical ways all while disappearing from sight. And that's not going into Kuro mercilessly [[DeathByAdaptation skewering Merry when he was starting to get suspicious.]] Not to mention Buchi, as the mansion's chef, was secretly poisoning Kaya.

* Kaya's illness is far more noticeable than in other adaptations: her skin is pale with the color drained from her hair and her coughs are noticeably hoarse.

* Chef Zeff and Sanji's time on the rock is just as dark as the manga, unlike the Toei adaptation they also leave Zeff's self amputation untouched as we see dried blood on the rock he used to cut it off and all over his beard when Sanji finally confronts him which is what clues him in on how he survived without their only food.

** Alvida is a lot more fearsome, lugging around heavy weapons and using them to bash in people who don't see her as the strongest in the sea. She is deadset on proving that.

* Kaya's illness is far more noticeable than in other adaptations: her skin is pale with the color drained from her hair and her coughs are noticeably hoarse.

** Kuro displays his infamous speed by taunting Merry with it…right before [[DeadByAdaptation killing him]] with his trademark bladed gloves.

* Kaya's poisioning makes her frailness far more noticeable than the Anime counterparts which was just a stress induced illness, her coughs are noticeably hoarse and at one point a coughing fit gets the crew found by the Pursuing Kuro who very nearly stabs her right through the face.

** Arlong and the Fishmen are a lot more monstrous in both appearance and methodology, becoming nigh unstoppable rulers of the local waters with all the pirates being scared of them, and the merciless plan that Arlong has to take over the Grand Line.

** Buggy is more akin to the Joker this time around, especially with the burning of Orange town and forcing them into his CircusOfFear. He also takes sadistic glee in the torture he put the Straw Hats through.

** Mihawk is a force of nature in this adaptation, as we see him mercilessly going through the Don Krieg crew because he was ''bored''. Not to mention when he takes the job to go after Luffy, we see the freshly killed Don Krieg and Pearl behind him. When Gin arrived at the restaurant starving after this, it is no wonder he is terrified for his life.

** Mihawk is a force of nature in this adaptation, as we see him mercilessly going through the Don Krieg crew because he was ''bored'. Not to mention when he takes the job to go after Luffy, we see the freshly killed Don Krieg and Pearl behind him. When Gin arrived at the restaurant starving after this, it is no wonder he is terrified for his life.

** Buggy is more akin to the Joker this time around, especially with the burning of Orange town and forcing them into his CircusOfFear. he also takes sadistic glee in the torture he put the Straw Hats through.

** Mihawk is a force of nature in this adaptation, as we see him mercilessly going through the Don Krieg crew because he was **bored**. Not to mention when he takes the job to go after Luffy, we see the freshly killed Don Krieg and Pearl behind him. When Gin arrived at the resturant starving after this, it is no wonder he is terrified for his life.
** Arlong and the Fishmen are a lot more monsterous in both appearance and methodology, becoming nigh unstoppable rulers of the local waters wtih all the pirates being scared of them, and the merciless plan that Arlong has to take over the Grand Line.