Awesome chapter. I even laughed twice.
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
I looked.
Yeah, Law did seem to react a little. I guess he resisted the Straw Hat wackiness for a far shorter amount of time than Robin did.
One Strip! One Strip!
CHADhan Player.
Come on man, even stone cold badasses know Ninjas are the shit.
And Oda's obligatory 3 week break...welp, see you guys in two weeks.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Wait, three weeks this time?
'Sup?
I believe they meant a break every three weeks.
Robin's cute face was hilarious.
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Robin was definitely the highlight.
So how many hundreds of chapters before we find out how the Dragon/Blackbeard war went?
On a more serious note, the samurai have another friend they left behind? It took this chapter for me to realize we have no idea what they're even trying to do so we have absolutely no idea why they're even apart of the plot yet. It's irritating.
edited 7th Oct '15 5:21:07 PM by LSBK
It was mentioned that there were three of them earlier, actually.
CHADhan Player.
yup, LSBK hates them so much he's trying to find reasons to hate them now.
EDIT: I should make use of this pot hole more.
edited 7th Oct '15 5:51:00 PM by BlackYakuzu94
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
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...I wouldn't go that far...
I don't hate them (well for the most part I find them boring) it just donged on me this chapter that they really haven't had a point in the story so far.
There's definitely something being set up. Note Kinnemon's reaction to Kanjuro's drawing a dragon to get them up. Dragons are a big thing being set up for the Wano group.
Well, obviously Wano's going to be important that's reaching.
I wouldn't be surprised if they did run into dragons there in light of that one shot Oda did awhile ago.
CHADhan Player.
Well there was that dragon at Punk Hazard.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
The Head of the Hydra
Think he was talking a full on real dragon not the result of a devil fruit
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Those dragons were fakes. Vegapunkian bioweapons.
Although I'd like to point out that Brook beat the smaller one, which had skin tougher than steel, meaning Brook can probably cut steel now.
Role Model
Robin is so amazingly weird. I love how she just has a strange definition of what is cool.
Really interesting chapter.
- So the various Blackbeard crew members now have their own ships, which maintain the raft motif of their original.
- Blackbeard Pirates vs. Dragon and the amassed revolutionaries for a struggle over the Doflamingo war weapons. Hot damn.
- Buggy was contracting out big name pirates to do the work for him, but they seem to have defected for Luffy...
- Hopefully he has some strength now. It'd actually be boring if he and his inner circle were still weak. Plus, I genuinely like Galdino, and to a lesser extent, Alvida.
- Why didn't Bartolomeo's crew stay and help?
Also, Mohji, the lion-tamer, got fat.
I like that they kept the raft motif too. I always liked the look of it.
I think if Bartolomeo hung around any longer and saw the whole crew, he'd have died of excitement.
As for Law, maybe the reason he likes ninjas is because of Corazon? He was kinda ninja-like.
edited 7th Oct '15 7:49:35 PM by Chaosjunction
World's Cutest Direwolf
Man, Buggy may be coasting on the strength of subordinates who're more powerful than him but damn if he's not working that angle as hard as he can.
Who's Vergo-san.
Buggy really does have a lot of influence. I feel like Oda is really going strong on the angle of this "Throne Games" approach. He's really highlighting what all the different organizations and big players are doing, and making sure to foreshadow the big clashes about to happen. Which is good; hopefully he doesn't get too distracted too often doing this. It'll be a real clog to the story if we keep making breaks to see what folks around the world are doing, though the occasional, relevant reminder is decent enough.
I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
Becoming a Warlord seems like one of Buggy's smarter moves, now. Even if his subordinates have realized his actual level of power, they'll be disinclined to abandon or harm him so long as his rank gives them legitimacy. For the former Impel Down inmates for example, how many of them do you think regard being sent back to prison the worst thing that could happen?
edited 8th Oct '15 6:18:36 AM by sgamer82
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
I like Buggy using his powers to make himself look huge under a cloak.
Role Model
Didn't notice that.
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Well Ninja's are cool.
I like how Dragon seems to be like a more laidback version of Luffy or Garp.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.