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moveyourdeadfrosOkay so SUPERSORRY THIS IS LATE. I went away this weekend for a videogame maraton-session, and the moment I get back I am hit with a fever. As such Sunday and Monday wasn’t exactly stellar times for gathering my wits and being entertaining, but hopefully I am well enough to actually be funny this time around!
We open up with Sengoku and Garp being totally ridiculous together. I can’t tell you how weird it is to see Sengoku with a non-constipated look on his face. I just can’t.
Important Old Men are having Important Meetings! The Five Stars are doing their best to find a way out of the dangerous situation they’ve found themselves in- seeing Luffy, Rayleigh and Jimbei together will SO impede on their weekly bridge meetings. We also see that Jimbeis election was supposed to BUILD relations between the fishmen and the World Government. I do believe that plan has gone tits-up by now, gentlemen. The biggest worry for them at the moment rests with how they have three empty seats in the shichibukai to fill (Blackbeard, Moria and Jimbei), and need to wait for a new status quo to set in before they can nominate any newcomers- and they’re running out of time. Blackbeard not only knows all of Whitebeards territory, he has also already taken out one of the rookies! Gasp! Shock! Jobbing! They also discuss letting Marco and the remnants of Whitebeard, as well as the Yonko take care of Blackbeard, showing us just how much doo-doo the five old men really are in…
We then turn the page for the next stunning revelation- Garp has decided to step down from his post, but was convinced to stay and act like a trainer for new recruits. Yet, even more surprising…
Sengoku is following him! This really took me by surprise- I always figured Sengoku would be too much of an old hardass to leave his post while there was still breath in his body. But according to the conversation with commander-in-chief Kong (apparently the former Fleet Admiral before Sengoku and currently the World Governments appointed leader over all things marine-related), Sengoku feels that with Whitebeards death, his and Garps age has passed. They are old men unfit for the new age as anything but trainers, and so…
He nominates someone I sure didn’t expect as the next Fleet Commander! I believed Akainu would be closer in line to that post, what with his devious trickery and being the only one to actually kill an important character. But apparently Sengoku is just as wary of this guy-
-being put in charge as I am, and gives it to the least scariest admiral of all! You think you know a guy… speaking of Aokiji! He’s sitting in his office as usual, the office which is getting REBUILT which I think is highly problematic for his nap-time, discussing the every so mysterious action of mystery that Luffy has taken, something that has to do with ”16 chimes”… and who is he talking to?
None other than good old Smoker (sorry Zidane, no Tashigi), who’s moving on up in the world… for a certain definition of the word ”up”.
We then cut to the infirmary were Coby is STILL responsible for one fifth the amount of moe in One Piece (the other four coming solely from Chopper), and BOY what a whopper the fishbone gnawing doctor has got for him- the shock from the battlefield has awakened his haki, which seems to be of the mindreading sort which is SERIOUSLY bad news when you’re all surrounded by rowdy sailors making passes at nurses, and that’s not all- Haki is apparently something EVERYONE of and over vice-admiral rank is capable of using! The doctor thinks nothing of leaving the poor mind-reader all to himself, while Helmeppo is understanding and caring for his friend in this tumultuous time.
Oh like you believed me for a second. We then make ANOTHER cut, but not just any cut- it’s a cut to the strategy room where Lieutenant Commander Brandnew (yes, that is his name- wiki is your friend) expo-dumps on WHAT it is Luffy has done- due to the low security during the reconstruction of Marineford, captain managed to sneak into Marine headquarters with Jinbei and Rayleigh, fight of any attackers, steal a warship, sail a full circle around Marineford (a burial ritual, apparently), then rang the Ox Bell sixteen times, threw a boumquet of flowers onto the tomb, prayed and left like the wind. What significance does this ha- OH MY GOD TATTOO.
Oh captain, so stylish… and heartbreaking, considering there is a crossed out letter there ;_;
Ahem- so why is this so bad? Well according to a certain someone, this is one of the ballsiest challenges ever declared! Who is this someone?
That’s right folks- Killer and Kid, chilling like villains on some rainy island. Kid takes Luffys challenge as a direct provocation- he declares Luffy won’t be ahead of him for much longer and then turns his attention to a group of pirates who beg him to let them return to ”paradise”. Kid gives them a counter-offer they can’t refuse.
Since they’re, you know, dead. Hard to refuse stuff when you’re dead. In the new world Beges ship is suddenly an unexpectedly sucked up by…
… Something that looks suspiciously like a black hole, carrying whole ISLANDS. And now for something much less terrifying- Hot, hot pinching action!
Luffy wonders if his crewmates will get the message he was trying to send. I’m just going to let the following panels speak for themselves.
Bet you that Rayleigh would be aaall too happy to teach the amazons a thing or two about ”pinching”. The other members of the crew seem to pick it up one by one, as Chopper, Robin, Sanji, Fatsopp, Nami (who is apparently none too pleased), Brook and AAAAAAH
It’s kinda sad that Franky can outscary Brooks face, even when Brook is TRYING to be terrifying. But that’s not all- we get to see our old pal Basil Hawkins, and again anything I could say would just take away from the moment-
-of karmic badass justice we’ve just been witness to. And on the last page we see Uruoge, who is apparently none too pleased that the island his log pose is pointing to is CONSTANTLY being struck by lightning! But not to despair, since a Shady Businessman-
Offers not just an explanation for what Paradise is, but also a solution to the lightning problem. Because hey, it’s One Piece- umbrellas can so beat lightning here.
Well, ladies and gentlemen- what a ride this chapter was. In nineteen pages we were brought up to speed on what’s going on with almost every major/important/beloved player in the story right now, and have gotten a sneak peak on what challenges may await our heroes in the future! As for the Supernovas that we haven’t seen and that apparently Blackbeard has demolished, my money is either on Bege (if Blackbeard has learned how to pull crap like that off, my pants are officially soiled right now) or X Drake. Because what if Blackbeard can absorb one Devil Fruit of each kind…
Try to sleep with THAT thought running through your heads.
We open up with Sengoku and Garp being totally ridiculous together. I can’t tell you how weird it is to see Sengoku with a non-constipated look on his face. I just can’t.
Important Old Men are having Important Meetings! The Five Stars are doing their best to find a way out of the dangerous situation they’ve found themselves in- seeing Luffy, Rayleigh and Jimbei together will SO impede on their weekly bridge meetings. We also see that Jimbeis election was supposed to BUILD relations between the fishmen and the World Government. I do believe that plan has gone tits-up by now, gentlemen. The biggest worry for them at the moment rests with how they have three empty seats in the shichibukai to fill (Blackbeard, Moria and Jimbei), and need to wait for a new status quo to set in before they can nominate any newcomers- and they’re running out of time. Blackbeard not only knows all of Whitebeards territory, he has also already taken out one of the rookies! Gasp! Shock! Jobbing! They also discuss letting Marco and the remnants of Whitebeard, as well as the Yonko take care of Blackbeard, showing us just how much doo-doo the five old men really are in…
We then turn the page for the next stunning revelation- Garp has decided to step down from his post, but was convinced to stay and act like a trainer for new recruits. Yet, even more surprising…
Sengoku is following him! This really took me by surprise- I always figured Sengoku would be too much of an old hardass to leave his post while there was still breath in his body. But according to the conversation with commander-in-chief Kong (apparently the former Fleet Admiral before Sengoku and currently the World Governments appointed leader over all things marine-related), Sengoku feels that with Whitebeards death, his and Garps age has passed. They are old men unfit for the new age as anything but trainers, and so…
He nominates someone I sure didn’t expect as the next Fleet Commander! I believed Akainu would be closer in line to that post, what with his devious trickery and being the only one to actually kill an important character. But apparently Sengoku is just as wary of this guy-
-being put in charge as I am, and gives it to the least scariest admiral of all! You think you know a guy… speaking of Aokiji! He’s sitting in his office as usual, the office which is getting REBUILT which I think is highly problematic for his nap-time, discussing the every so mysterious action of mystery that Luffy has taken, something that has to do with ”16 chimes”… and who is he talking to?
None other than good old Smoker (sorry Zidane, no Tashigi), who’s moving on up in the world… for a certain definition of the word ”up”.
We then cut to the infirmary were Coby is STILL responsible for one fifth the amount of moe in One Piece (the other four coming solely from Chopper), and BOY what a whopper the fishbone gnawing doctor has got for him- the shock from the battlefield has awakened his haki, which seems to be of the mindreading sort which is SERIOUSLY bad news when you’re all surrounded by rowdy sailors making passes at nurses, and that’s not all- Haki is apparently something EVERYONE of and over vice-admiral rank is capable of using! The doctor thinks nothing of leaving the poor mind-reader all to himself, while Helmeppo is understanding and caring for his friend in this tumultuous time.
Oh like you believed me for a second. We then make ANOTHER cut, but not just any cut- it’s a cut to the strategy room where Lieutenant Commander Brandnew (yes, that is his name- wiki is your friend) expo-dumps on WHAT it is Luffy has done- due to the low security during the reconstruction of Marineford, captain managed to sneak into Marine headquarters with Jinbei and Rayleigh, fight of any attackers, steal a warship, sail a full circle around Marineford (a burial ritual, apparently), then rang the Ox Bell sixteen times, threw a boumquet of flowers onto the tomb, prayed and left like the wind. What significance does this ha- OH MY GOD TATTOO.
Oh captain, so stylish… and heartbreaking, considering there is a crossed out letter there ;_;
Ahem- so why is this so bad? Well according to a certain someone, this is one of the ballsiest challenges ever declared! Who is this someone?
That’s right folks- Killer and Kid, chilling like villains on some rainy island. Kid takes Luffys challenge as a direct provocation- he declares Luffy won’t be ahead of him for much longer and then turns his attention to a group of pirates who beg him to let them return to ”paradise”. Kid gives them a counter-offer they can’t refuse.
Since they’re, you know, dead. Hard to refuse stuff when you’re dead. In the new world Beges ship is suddenly an unexpectedly sucked up by…
… Something that looks suspiciously like a black hole, carrying whole ISLANDS. And now for something much less terrifying- Hot, hot pinching action!
Luffy wonders if his crewmates will get the message he was trying to send. I’m just going to let the following panels speak for themselves.
Bet you that Rayleigh would be aaall too happy to teach the amazons a thing or two about ”pinching”. The other members of the crew seem to pick it up one by one, as Chopper, Robin, Sanji, Fatsopp, Nami (who is apparently none too pleased), Brook and AAAAAAH
It’s kinda sad that Franky can outscary Brooks face, even when Brook is TRYING to be terrifying. But that’s not all- we get to see our old pal Basil Hawkins, and again anything I could say would just take away from the moment-
-of karmic badass justice we’ve just been witness to. And on the last page we see Uruoge, who is apparently none too pleased that the island his log pose is pointing to is CONSTANTLY being struck by lightning! But not to despair, since a Shady Businessman-
Offers not just an explanation for what Paradise is, but also a solution to the lightning problem. Because hey, it’s One Piece- umbrellas can so beat lightning here.
Well, ladies and gentlemen- what a ride this chapter was. In nineteen pages we were brought up to speed on what’s going on with almost every major/important/beloved player in the story right now, and have gotten a sneak peak on what challenges may await our heroes in the future! As for the Supernovas that we haven’t seen and that apparently Blackbeard has demolished, my money is either on Bege (if Blackbeard has learned how to pull crap like that off, my pants are officially soiled right now) or X Drake. Because what if Blackbeard can absorb one Devil Fruit of each kind…
Try to sleep with THAT thought running through your heads.
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Date: 2010-08-04 09:22 am (UTC)