One Piece ad is a disgrace
02.03.2010 by Patrick W. Galbraith
I love the manga "One Piece," and I love the cheap and stylish clothes at Uniqlo. But this ad is just plain unfortunate. Maybe it's the straw hat, or the intensity in the model's eyes, but I have never wanted to look away from Luffy so much...
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