Netflix’s One Piece adaptation has activated every Buggy simp
Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder, and die-hard fans will find something lovable about nearly any character — no matter how deplorable or slimy they seem.
Netflix released the live-action adaptation of the anime series One Piecein August. While the show revived interest in the series as a whole, it also brought newfound attention to one particular member of its cast. Now, a clown pirate named Buggy is getting loads of horny fan edits on TikTok. The trend might baffle some, but for others, the live-action show has inspired a much-needed renaissance era for the slept-on character.
One Piece follows a boy named Luffy and his quest to become the greatest pirate in the world. As he explores, Luffy meets a whole cast of colorful characters, including Buggy, a clown pirate with Joker-esque vibes who challenges Luffy and his newly formed crew to a fight. The perfect match to Luffy’s rubber powers, Buggy wields the power of the Chop Chop Devil Fruit, which allows him to break his body apart and control individual parts with ease.
A swoony Jeff Ward plays Buggy in the live-action, although you can barely see his face with how thickly he wears the clown makeup. Equal parts goofy and self-aggrandizing, Ward effuses a certain kind of swagger in Buggy that the character doesn’t always earn. He’s not exactly suave, but his confidence has a certain magnetic pull. Whatever he’s doing, it seems to be working for him, because I — along with every seemingly other person interested inOne Piece — have been served up loads of Buggy edits by the TikTok algorithm.
The videos in question edit together moments of the live-action series that show off Buggy. A lot of them are set to sexy girl pop songs, like Britney Spears’ “Circus” and
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