One Piece

Is it Sanji's turn to be captured by villains from his past whom the Straw Hats have to fight to get him back?

Does that even count as a spoiler? You don't even see him there and it's not like he's the only one to speak like that.

edited 18th Nov '15 7:12:33 AM by LSBK

Chapter's out guys, and it's in top form.

So is it because the invaders were looking for this Wano dude that it's a bad idea to talk about Samurai? If so, what will happen when Kinemon and art dude catch up?

I waited two weeks to find out what happened with Sanji, and I don't even get that.

Goddamn this series.

So the island was devastated before the other part of the crew came to Zou huh.

edited 19th Nov '15 8:14:27 AM by BlackYakuzu94

I really liked the chapter. It highlighted some Straw Hat teamwork, and that gag with Brook I bet he can't wait to get off that elephant

I wonder what some of the Minks would think if they met a Fishman.

I was looking through some other discussion forums, and I was surprised to see a decent number of people having "meh" reactions to this chapter (I don't see why, I thought it was great and enlightening). Does anyone else say the same?

edited 19th Nov '15 12:42:59 PM by ChefFailure

I admit I would have liked for the fight against Big Mom's ship to be a bit more awesome, after the buildup. :/

Elsewhere i've just seen people frustrated that they didn't answer anything about Sanji's whereabouts.

I found that annoying, yeah, but other than that the chapter was good.

Well,still thinking it will be something silly.

So Jack's got an Elephant model?Or did he come aster the Elephant?

Funkfreed already has the basic elephant model. It might be a mammoth ancient zoan.

This article has some interesting things to say on the subject of weaklings of the One Piece world. Any thoughts?

I'm about halfway reading through Dressrosa. Intimidating length and some organization issues aside, It's safe to say that this arc really was meant to be done in one sitting...

edited 20th Nov '15 12:28:33 PM by ChefFailure

That article is kind of undermined by the fact that Ussop gets a round two to redeem himself later.

It entirely depends on your definition of strength.

Luffy said it at Arlong Park and Sanji reiterated it best at Enies Lobby: There are things Usopp can do that the others can't, and it was Usopp utilizing his unique skillet that freed Robin, defeated Perona, and took out Sugar.

And let's not forget that a character like Foxy was capable of going—for a short time at least—toe to toe with a hundred million man.

I do think there are characters who lack both physical strength and strength of character (coughRebeccacough), but those are relatively few and far between.

That is true, but he had to fight from the role as a support member in order to succeed, whereupon the first round he tried to face the executives head-on, and was promptly beaten half-to-crap for it. The guy above me does have a point though.

Real talk though, it just makes me feel really bad for people like Tashigi and Rebecca. For me, I learned too early that everything I have ever done, everything that I was proud of, there's always someone who could potentially do better. Didn't help that I wanted to be "number one", but hated the work that leads to such a goal. I've developed a bit of a "why bother" mindset, and I still haven't managed to change that. It's why I tend to give more weak and/or controversial characters a pass, because I might as well be one of them.

edited 20th Nov '15 1:36:10 PM by ChefFailure

• The Minks are awesome. Dog Minks can't enough of Brook especially. So charismatic.
• Chopper has apprentices.
• Don't think flashbacks were this early before.
• Nice work escaping Big Mam, team. Oh, and "SHIIIP~!"
• Sanji is still missing.
• Was this Jack's thought process, I wonder? "Where is Raizou!? I know you have him here! This is Zou, after all! Since he has 'zou' in his name, he must be here!!!"

Question, what's the animal pun in Miyagi the Goat Doctor's name? I get Tristan is probably a play in Risu/Squirrel, but don't know Miyagi.

EDIT: I got it now, "Yagi" means goat.

edited 20th Nov '15 10:07:38 PM by sgamer82

So, Capone allied with Big Mom. Interesting development there. Not sure why Sanji being missing is taking so long to explain, makes the conversations between everyone seem awkward.

Yeah, so far, it appears that X Drake and Capone affiliated themselves with Yonkou. Makes one wonder what sort of angle are they playing at.

Just because they're supernovae doesn't mean they're out to be Pirate King. Some of them may just figure it's an easier bet being a badass in the Yonkou's outfit.

Well, I feel like Drake is playing an angle but I agree with the sentiment.

Not everyone wants to be the biggest and most recognized name out there. It doesn't somehow mean they're not "true" pirates or anything like that.

Alternatively, they could be like Bartolomeo, and went out to sea for the express purpose of serving that particular person.

I like that all the Supernovae are being kept as important characters with their own agenda's.

Though admittedly all the supernova look like they want to be their own leaders. Taking a bow to others is kinda weird, especially for someone like Capone who seems to revolve around having an army under his control. With that in mind, it doesn't seem likely that the alliance with Kidd and the others will go smoothly - I'm sure everyone is plotting to backstab the others once they get a chance, and take the lead.