I am a One Piece fan and also have also grown up watching some of Mackenyu's movies and shows. When the cast was announced, I had high hopes that the drama would deliver and it did! Zoro, is my favorite characters in One Piece and I hope he would be in the live action. I have to say Mackenyu definitely does plays Roronora Zoro's character well. From his fighting scenes, to his dialogues and even the emotions he plays, is all accurate. I do not think they could have chosen anyone better for the role. The same could be applied to each cast member, Inaki portrays Luffy so well and is such a fun cast, in my opinion. I think he embodies what Luffy represents and what he wants to represent as a pirate captain.

I enjoy how there is more of a serious tone presented in the show. We get to understand each characters story in a more serious light. Some key differences that the show has from the anime is that:

1. Garp is introduced very early on. He is introduced in the beginning of the show, but in the anime he is introduced a lot later one.

2. It is way less comical compared to the anime and falls more on the darker more serious side.

3. In the show Luffy steals the grand line map from Captain Morgain, but in actuality he stole it from Captain Buggy.

4. Luffy see's Zoro's fight at the bar with a Marine and that is how he gets introduced to Zoro. he later meets Zoro officially when Zoro voluntarily surrenders and is tied up to the post. There Luffy unties him and asks him to join his crew. Zoro rejects his offer. In the anime. Luffy first hears about Zoro through the girl who made him the riceballs.

5. Coco village is introduced to the reason why Nami's works for Arlong, but in the anime the villagers never knew why Nami left to work for Arlong. Genzo's fatherly love for Nami's was not shown at all.

Again, there are ofc going to be difference in the live action versus anime because they are trying to tell a 1,071 episode show in 8 episodes. Overall, in my opinion I think it was an amazing watch. I loved the cast/ crew and the acting was stupendous. I think the one thing I noticed is the costumes seemed kind of cheap. But again, my favorite character in the live action series has to, ofc, be Zoro. But, I also like Sanji and Nami a lot! Zoro (Mackenyu) was hot! I couldn't take my eyes off of him! LOL oooookie that is enough of my fangirling! LOL haha Definitely recommend it if you have not seen it yet!