History Series / OnePiece2023

** Zoro, Nami, and Usopp meet Garp much earlier than in the manga/anime, as well as learn that he is Luffy's grandfather. However, Garp never tells them who Luffy's father is.

** In the manga Zoro and Sanji are HeadbuttingHeroes whom often cannot stand each other and are constantly fighting, arguing and competing over everything. They have both respectively said they be would be willing to kill the other with Zoro even threatening to kill Sanji in their first argument. Here Zoro and Sanji are merely annoyed by each other and don’t get into physical fights. Zoro even openly enjoys Sanji’s cooking, coming back for seconds.
** Nami and Sanji’s dynamic from manga is altered due to them both being much less hilariously flawed. In the manga Sanji sycophantically worships the ground she walks on and Nami being a [[TheTease teasing]] [[FemmeFatale femme fatale]] is willingly to milk his devotion to her for all its worth and manipulate him on a dime — to the point where Usopp comments that she has got him “wrapped around her finger”. Here Nami is simply aloof and sarcastic to Sanji’s light flirting and irritated at the other boys for teasing that she’s gotten a “boyfriend”.
** In the manga it’s made very unclear whether Usopp and Kaya are in love or just extremely dear friends like most relationships in the series (Kaya shows no interest to any handsome suitors while keeping Usopp’s bounty close). Here they are unmistakably in love and have a BigDamnKiss before Usopp leaves.
** Zoro and Nami in the manga didn’t initially get along as while Zoro was willing to save her life from enemy pirates, he didn’t trust her too much and was enraged by Nami’s betrayal at the Baratie to the extent he was willing to make a move to attack her after hearing she had supposedly killed Usopp before Sanji intercepted him. Nami was also willingly to punch his wound from Mihawk when she needed to look evil in front of Arlong. Here Zoro and Nami being the mature ones get along far better and are willingly to confide their heartache to each other. When Zoro is almost killed by Mihawk, Nami is grieved, angry at Luffy for letting him fight Mihawk and looks after Zoro while he rests — unlike in manga where she had stolen Going Merry and buggered off back to her home village by that point.

** Usopp in the manga/anime does become more attractive and muscular later on, but still borders on {{Gonk}} with his GagNose and huge lips. Here he’s played by the very handsome Jacob Romero with his comical schnoz getting removed for practicality reasons.
** Helmeppo, even after TakingALevelInBadass from a skinny fop to legitimate fighter, is far from good looking in the source material. Here he’s played by Aidan Scott, a MrFanservice whom even has a [[FemaleGaze Female Gaze-y]] nude scene, showing off his ass in the very first episode, though he remains quite foppish.

** Sanji while quite muscular underneath his suit is still largely drawn like a stick figure. Here’s he’s obviously muscular with his actor Taz Skylar having had to train hard to get into high kicking shape for the role.
** Benn Beckman is a trim pirate in the source material while here he’s played Laudo Liebenberg who’s much more stout.

** Nami as well as Kaya, Nojiko, Belle-mère and Makino rather than being supermodel petite with [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure hourglass waistlines]] like in the source material are due to the show being an PragmaticAdaptation realistically curvy. Trying to replicate Oda’s Jessica Rabbit-like female character figures in live action would’ve likely required corsets.

** It’s subtle, but the actor playing Arlong does the character’s signature “Sha-ha-ha” laugh.

** Helmeppo even after TakingALevelInBadass from a skinny fop to legitimate fighter is far from good looking in the source material. Here he’s played by Aidan Scott, a MrFanservice whom even has a female gazey nude scene to show off his ass in the very first episode, though he remains quite foppish.

** The nature of how Kuina died is kept vague in the show, with Koushirou merely stating, "There's been an accident," presumably because the [[DeathByFallingOver way she died in the manga]] would've been hard to portray seriously in a live-action adaptation.

** Helmeppo starts off as a skinny fop and he along with Koby only becomes musfly when Garp puts them through TrainingFromHell. Here Helmeppo as evidenced by his hilarious and out of nowhere nude scene is in good shape from the start.

* WhamShot: In episode 5, Garp claims to need no backup in taking care of the Strawhats, calmly telling Coby "We'll handle this ourselves''. He then goes to the snail phone, [[spoiler: and calls the dreaded pirate Mihwak, who introduced with the usual dramatic [[BossSubtitles Wanted poster]]...but his portrait shows BOUNTY CANCELLED, revealing to the viewer things between Marines and Pirates are not quite as clear cut as they seem.]]

* WhamShot: In episode 5, Garp claims to need no backup in taking care of the Strawhats, calmly telling Coby "We'll handle this ourselves''. He then goes to the snail phone, and calls the dreaded pirate Mihwak, who introduced with the usual dramatic [[BossSubtitles Wanted poster]]...but his portrait shows BOUNTY CANCELLED, revealing to the viewer things between Marines and Pirates are not quite as clear cut as they seem.

** Usopp in the manga/anime while he does become more attractive and muscular later on still borders on {{Gonk}} with his GagNose and huge lips. Here’s played by the very handsome Jacob Romero with his comical schnoz getting removed for practicality reasons.
** Helmeppo even after TakingALevelInBadass from a skinny fop to legitimate fighter is far from good looking in the source material. Here he’s played by Aidan Scott a MrFanservice whom even has a female gazey nude scene to show off his ass in the very first episode. He’s still quite foppish though.
** Sham is a creepy hunchback in the manga/anime but due to getting a GenderLift is played by the attractive (and non-hunched) backed Bianca Oosthuizen instead.

** By extension, since there's no explanation for powers other than those of Devil Fruit (yet), some viewers assume that every power (like that of Shanks) comes from one and/or that only some Devil Fruits have SuperDrowningSkills as a drawback, when they all do.

** There's no explanation for how Kuro faked his death, let alone the circumstances that led Morgan to take credit for it. In the anime and manga, Jango - who's been AdaptedOut here - hypnotized Morgan into believing that he'd won the fight and taken in Kuro (or rather, a lookalike of him). Furthermore since that fight is how Morgan lost his jaw and left arm, that explanation is missing as well.

* PaintingTheMedium: When a major pirate is introduced, their wanted poster flies on-screen and apparently gets stuck. Most characters then removes the poster (e.g., cutting it up). Don Krieg in particular grabs and crumples his up before throwing it away. Rogers, because he is handcuffed, lets the wind blow it away.

** One specific example worth noting is Luffy's footware being changed from sandles to proper shoes. The creators tried thinking of many ways to avoid it, but sandles would've proven too dangerous to wear for all of the stunts. It was ultimately Oda himself who told the creators to go with the shoes out of concern for Godoy's well-being.

** Garp is a HeroAntagonist, chasing Luffy in part due to his job as a Marine Vice-Admiral, in part due to his love for his grandson, and in part because it's fun and he sees him as a WorthyOpponent.

** In the original manga, Nojiko knew that the true reason for why Nami was working with Arlong was in order to free Coco Village, resulting in her being Nami's only confidant. Here, Nojiko has hated Nami for years due to believing Nami betrayed Bell-mère's memory (and Nami letting her believe that), not finding out the truth until near the end of "The Girl with the Sawfish Tattoo".

** Nami as well as Kaya, Nojiko, Bell-mère and Makino rather than being supermodel petite with [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure hourglass waistlines]] like in the source material are due to the show being an PragmaticAdaptation realistically curvy. Trying to replicate Oda’s Jessica Rabbit-like female character figures in live action would’ve likely required corsets.

** There's no explanation for how Kuro faked his death, let alone the circumstances that led Morgan to take credit for it. In the anime and manga, Jango - who's been AdaptedOut here - hypnotized Morgan into believing that he'd won the fight and taken in Kuro (or rather, a lookalike of him).

** There's no explanation for how Kuro faked his death, let alone the circumstances that led Morgan to take credit for it.

** There's no explanation for why Sanji doesn't use his hands in combat to punch as well as kick here, with only Zoro noting that he "didn't even get his hands dirty". In the manga Sanji explains in his very first proper fight that his martial arts style is based on not using his hands as he can't risk damaging them as a chef.

* ShoutOut: Luffy initially recognizes Buggy as "that clown guy - [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Binky]]?"

** Nami as well as Kaya, Nojiko, Bell-mère and Makino rather than being supermodel petite with [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure hourglass waistlines]] like in the source material are due to the show being an PragmaticAdaptation realistically curvy. Trying to replicate Oda’s Jessica Rabbit-like female character figures in live action would’ve likely would’ve required corsets.

** Zoro and Nami in the manga didn’t initially get along as while Zoro was willing to save her life from enemy pirates he didn’t trust her too much and was enraged by Nami’s betrayal at the Baratie to the extent he was willing to make a move to attack her after hearing she had supposedly killed Usopp before Sanji intercepted him. Nami was also willingly to punch his wound from Mihawk when she needed to look evil in front of Arlong. Here Zoro and Nami being the mature ones get along far better and are willingly to confide their heartache to each other. When Zoro is almost killed by Mihawk, Nami is grieved, angry at Luffy for letting him fight Mihawk and looks after Zoro while he rests — unlike in manga where she had stolen Going Merry and buggered off back to her home village by that point.

** Nami as well as Kaya, Nojiko, Bell-mère and Makino rather than being supermodel petite with [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure hourglass waistlines]] like in the source material are due to the show being an PragmaticAdaptation realistically curvy. Trying to replicate Oda’s Jessica Rabbit-like female character figures in live action would’ve likely would’ve required corsets, which Creator/MeganFox could tell you after ''Film/JonahHex'' is extremely painful.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: A rendition of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcRTa65O61c ''Binks' Brew'']] can be heard in the backgroun during the flashback where Shanks stitches up Luffy's scar, quite a long time before its relevance to [[spoiler:Brooke's introduction and backstory.]]

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** Garp putting Luffy through a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood is naturally (given the show is a PragmaticAdaptation) toned down massively with Garp only tearing apart a pirate ship Luffy had built but otherwise not harming his grandson in the slightest. He is willing to punch Luffy around when he's an adult as seen by Episode 8 but it's more AngerBornOfWorry as he doesn't want Luffy to throw his life away and die as a pirate, showing that he does love his grandson dearly. In the anime/manga Garp does care for Luffy but his main grievances are largely rooted in Luffy choosing to be a pirate instead of a marine, rather than just being concerned for his grandson’s life period.

** The Usopp Pirates are cut, as Usopp meets the crew as a worker in the shipyard that belonged to Kaya’s parents and takes them straight to the mansion.

** Hatchan aka Hachi, Arlong’s right hand man, due to being heavily DemotedToExtra and being Hachi InNameOnly gets this. He only appears in one scene where he plays cards with Nami, doesn’t resemble an octopus and is only named in the credits. This contrasts to the manga where Hachi while the silliest and most gentle of the Arlong pirates (with his better nature leading to him going on a RedemptionQuest) was still pretty damn badass, being one of the Sun Pirates and wielder of six swords which he uses to effectively fight (an admittedly wounded) Zoro. In this series however Kuroobi takes his position as TheDragon to Arlong.

* LiveActionAdaptation: The series is a live-action adaptation of Oda’s iconic manga.

* TruerToTheText: Zeff’s instance of {{Autocannibalism}}, severing off his leg and eating it to not starve, is much closer to how the scene was handled in the manga, whereas the anime had Zeff cut it off underwater to save Sanji.