In these moments, the style of the animation gets more deformed too, as is evident during Luffy's arrival in episode #1049 or during his previous fight against Kaido. In the One Piece manga, fighters are still mostly punching each other, while in the anime they are surrounded by colored streams of energy, auras, and other elements that are visually compelling but also very far from the style of the manga. It's not that One Piece is a realistic manga, but it always had an element of grittiness in its fights that makes them look more crude and genuine compared to other shonen like Dragon Ball. Overall, the One Piece anime takes a bombastic Dragon Ball-style approach to its fights that, while highlighting their epic tones, loses a lot of realism in the process. Yamato's whole body is surrounded by a Dragon Ball-like energy aura that is supposed to be Haki but looks very different from how this is portrayed in the manga. In the anime, Yamato's body is surrounded by a stream of white energy that takes the form of a giant snake, before he releases an energy blast toward Kaido. In the manga, White Snake Dash is "simply" a rush-and-swing performed with Yamato's club, Takeru, imbued with the powerful Conqueror's Haki. While Luffy's Jet Culverin is more or less still a punch thrown with Snakeman's powers, Yamato's White Snake Dash ( Shinsoku Hakujaku) becomes something straight out of Dragon Ball. However, the way these attacks look is completely different. In the anime, Luffy and Yamato hit Kaido at the same time with their attacks, just like in the manga. The whole sequence is incredibly epic, but it also highlights how different the One Piece anime has become from the manga. While still in the sky, Luffy transforms into his Gear Fourth Snakeman form, and launches a powerful attack against Kaido, knocking him down. In the episode, Luffy rides on the back of Momonosuke (who has recently aged to adulthood thanks to the powers of Shinobu's Devil Fruit) to reach the roof of Onigashima, where Kaido is being stalled by Yamato. While each new episode of One Piece gives fans the chance to praise its animation, episode #1049, " Luffy Soars! Revenge Against the King of the Beasts", contains all the elements that are making the series' animation style and quality the talk of the community.
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