dethorats | Day 27

Colorspreads! I love 'em. I figure most fans love 'em and that, although it's hard to choose, I'm sure people prefer some to others. I know I do. And I feel like sharing. So here are some of my favorite Colorspreads, broken down largely by time frame.

My all-time favorite colorspread is this one:

I don't really have a good reason, just, it's so visually striking to me somehow. I actually have a poster-size version of this framed and hanging on the wall.

Of recent colorspreads, I like all of them as they've been very whimsical, but these two are really great. The first one, and the most recent one, is rather self-evident.

And this one just...feels so right somehow. It's also the current Sept/Oct picture for my 2010 calendar.

As for earlier works, I've always felt this one captured One Piece perfectly, plus it's just a really fun image.

This one, of the original four boys, is also just totally cute and fun.

Finally, I have always really liked Oda's original Colorspread. It's just so...pirate-y and fun.

What Colorspreads are your favorites?

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...crap...let me start by apologizing if my chapter squee post in any way offended you. Oh god, now that I've read this comment, eeesh. If you haven't read the chapter squee, all to the better and this will just be confusing, but if you have, I'm sorry. Those statements about Nami, the slightly angry and defensive ones? NOT MEANT FOR YOU AT ALL. AT ALL. There was this really stupid 'asking to get raped' thread that I read on AP and it really really pissed me off. As well as some lame ass comments from people that were MAD at Oda for mocking his own tendency towards Nami fanservice with Usopp's comment. Anyway, now that I've read your comment here, I just wanted to clear that up, and if I did offend or upset you at all, my most sincere apologies.

Okay, um...feeling a little awkward now but moving on...

Walk More Slowly is one that ALMOST made it onto this list. I really love that one and the First Meeting spread so much! It was so hard to pick, honestly. I was bad and violated my own unspoked rules with the 'boys only' spread because I just adore it but if I had to pick more that didn't feature all of the crew (based on timing of course), the stylized samurai one of Luffy, Zoro, and Nami would be on here. That one is just crazy cool and I love the coloring on it.

I don't know how Oda decides which of his works get to be in Colorwalks. It would be way too hard for me to choose because I'd want them all.

Nah, I hadn't read your post - I decided yesterday that I wouldn't look at the f-list until after I'd gotten to read the new chapter. I have read chapter 598 now, but not yet read your post.

Ghkk. The rampant Nami-hatred over at AP Forums is infuriating. I hate how so many of those posters seem to see Nami as nothing but a weakling who just brings sucky fanservice to the table, rather than finding her an awesome and (in my eyes) quite unique character who may - or may not
- be belittled by Oda's ever-increasing tendency to use her for eye-candy and constantly skimpify her clothing. Of course, it doesn't help that many vocal Nami fans who tend to show up at AP Forums often do sound as if they mostly like her for her body... -_-

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