One Piece

It was mentioned really early in the arc that he was involved with them (Burgess and Blackbeard where talking about him and Burgess was going "Aokiji can't be trusted) and the Gorosei confirm when talking to Sakazuki that he's joined up with them.

Damn, 'd. But even before that it was implied he had been working with the criminal underground, we just didn't know how much he had integrated himself and with whom.

edited 28th Aug '15 8:44:25 PM by LSBK

Also, take a look at Teach's Snailphone during that call. He now has the exact same beard as his namesake.

Chapter number, please?

Oh hey look, the page image for Punk Hazard could work for Hailfire Peaks better than that page's current image.

Who was it who was a fan of the Yeti Cool Bros?

edited 28th Aug '15 8:54:32 PM by wanderlustwarrior

Yeah it totally left me wondering why when I read Kuzan joined the BB pirates. What was he thinking? And about Sabo getting the Mera Mera fruit is a perfect decision, IMO. Sabo said he's going to inherit Ace's will and that's a good thing so I've nothing to complaint about.

edited 28th Aug '15 8:48:39 PM by ayanami000

I think the image under the "Ice Land" section of the page would be better. It's clearer and doesn't have that text in the corner.

Wait. Kuzan, joining the Blackbeard Pirates? You think you know a guy, eh?

You don't think they were trying to just look for an excuse to have him eventually lock horns with the Straw Hats again, do you?

edited 28th Aug '15 10:42:34 PM by GreatT

It doesn't clearly convey that it's all one locale, though. Plus, the page image has the poison clouds and giant poison monster.

Also, it was at this point that I realized that Punk Hazard looks like a giant Pokeball.

Late, but here's Teach's snail phone◊, with his new beard.

Link's broken.

edited 29th Aug '15 12:32:48 AM by rikalous

It has forum's auto-linebreak in it. http://preview.tinyurl.com/qj3v6tv Here you go.

I liked the Yeti Cool Bros.

Tragically underused, those two.

I'd imagine we'll see them somewhere in the inevitable Vergo/Monet cover story that will likely start soon.

Coming from someone who enjoyed their presence, unless Oda really took a liking to them too, I doubt we'll see them again. Unfortunately. I think the big reason I like the Yeti Cool Bros. is because they were the last things to be introduced before the plot really turned to shit. Virgo tried to bring things back, but he could only do so much.

I'm still waiting for Mr. 11 to reappear.

no way man they were introduced way after that point

You guys really don't like Punk Hazzard huh? I thought it was okay, if a little dragged out. Of course, calling something "dragged" sounds unfair now that Dressrosa is a thing.

edited 29th Aug '15 4:28:37 PM by LSBK

I still had hope for Punk Hazard to be a good arc by the time Yeti Cool Bros. were introduced, I should specify. There were problems already appearing, but it was still in its early stages. After that, however... not so much of an excuse.

I binge read it to give it a fair shake and still really didn't like it.

Magnitudes better than Dressrosa but still bad.

Preferred PH to FI. Not that FI was terrible but I had two main problems with it: a.) the themes and backstory were leagues more interesting than the present action and b.) there were a number of jokes I found to be in rather bad taste.

From what I recall, Punk Hazard wasn't that bad. My main issue was what happened with Monet.

It's been well documented that shonen in general (along with other Japanese media) is decreasing in both popularity and reputation in West. Both Saiga and I are interested in why this happened, and we've had PM conversations about it. Here is a rather interesting, though long, piece about the phenomenon, though the tl;dr version goes something like this: Declining economy + Declining birthrates = Less spending power for normal people = More spending power for creepy subcultures like horny otaku and frothing fangirls = Writers increasingly pandering to those demographics = People outside those demographics getting increasingly turned off.

It's a theory, and I dunno if it applies to OP specifically, but IMO it's a good one.

It's a terrifyingly good one actually.

Haven't read it yet, but thanks for posting. That kind of indepth article is what I've been looking for one the topic.