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On the cover…

They’re running from a tab, aren’t they? Just… goddamn you Oda you bastard. Why do you hurt us so?

Nami is in a pinch! The angry old weather wizards are not pleased she’s come back after her previous escape, and plan to subject her to the cruelest of punishments- strip her of her possessions and banish her forever! Surely now, there is no way she can escape?



Bitches, she’s Nami- quick thinking and weaseling her way out of trouble is her goddamn forte. It’s her ART, and she just ran kubistic circles around those old chumps. Back with Harradas, he explains to her that Weatheria is basically a giant, everdrifting research station on the weather that has info on and researches all kinds of impossible phenomenons on the Grand Line. The island that Uruoge visited briefly gets mentioned which makes me think we’re heading there sooner or later, as Nami sits down and tells Harradas to tell her everything he knows about the Grand Line weather, because she’s the Goddamn Navigator for the future Pirate King, so she can’t be just any old navigator if she’s gonna keep them safe. Harradas thinks that Luffy is lucky to have her, and Namis response is…



… Is just typical Nami. And so we end on this little gem of a panel.



Oh Harradas. You’re not gonna keep that technology from Nami’s quick fingers. You’re just not. Don’t even bother pretending you will.

On another part of the Grand Line, the Needle Island (or Sword Mountain Island depending on the scanlations) in Teena Goona Kingdom, a cage displays one of the most terrifying, freakish and downright bizarre sights ever seen- the amazing single-jointed skeleton-man!



Aaand Brook doesn’t really care either way as he is FAR too absorbed in the newspaper to care about little things like being put on display behind steel bars.



After flashbacking on how grand and glorious and a stellar example of what manly manhood captain is (and some junk on acceptance and what a miracle it was to find a friend and yadda yadda), Brook takes action! He tries… TO LEAN 40 DEEGREES INSTEAD OF 45!



That is however amazingly useless to him in every possible way, so he decides to try something else.



Something copyright-infringingly AWESOME else. I seriously wonder what the limit to his musical hypnosis is… also where the hell did he get a GUITAR? Does Brook have instrument-space now?
And elsewhere, Nico Robin boards a ship headed for Baltigo, the headquarters of the Revolutionaries. The revolutionaries present are grateful that Nico Robin has accompanied them since Dragon has long since wanted to meet her, and Robin humorously chides them and herself for not meeting up with them sooner. Moments later however, she says that she doesn’t regret how her life turned out, since after all…




… Boatmom has family now. She wonders if she too can get a power-up if she joins up with Dragon, as the revolutionaries set up a camp outside on the ship for her because she’s paranoid and won’t go inside with them. I… guess she’s going to set up some kind of info-network or something, because I dunno if Robin is really the kind of character who goes through power-up scenarios. Also Dragon and Robin in the same room- hot or not? I vouch for yes.

Someplace NOT so hot, the villagers of Baldimore Island mourns what may be the greatest loss of cultural treasures ever, the explosion of Vegapunks lab. They say that a gorilla-looking trespasser entered the lab and blew it up, while the marines wonder how on Earth an intruder could have gotten there in the first place. And then we…



… See an actual gorilla! That was random. After that we see that the explosion opened up a NEW lab, hidden from sight where AAAAAAAAH-



Franky, ever witty and considerate of other people’s feelings, dons a soothing temporary disguise.



It’s not very effective. As he reminiscens about his promise to see Thousand Sunny sail to the ends of the sea with Luffy, Franky unfortunately loses himself in thought. The result?



Oh Franky. Subtlety is not a town in France, but I guess you don’t care and we wouldn’t have you any other way.

And now… take a moment to surf on to Youtube and hit up ”Flying High now”, because what you’re about to see is the training regimen that will put Rocky Balboa to shame. Because Usopp?



Is in the zone. He’s got the eye of the tiger! He’s the best! Around! He tells Heracles-un that the newspaper contained a message, and it made him realize something… that his old attitude of simply sitting back and watching Luffy alone go higher and higher won’t cut it anymore. There are enemies Luffy can’t beat, things that he can’t do that others can, and Usopp has finally realized that his strength is needed! And in order to do that, won’t Heracles-un, the clever, resourceful, strong and hardy hero of the island teach him what he needs to know in order to make it?



God I love Heracles-un. Even if we haven’t seen his face, dude is just so cool and at the same time, not cool. Heracles launches into a lecture on the mysterious plants of the island as well as their seeds, saying that they all have different, unique uses… and as we close the book on this chapter, we hear Usopp charge out into the wilderness, determined to train and train until their reunion!

Am I the only one thinking we’ll get to see possible Hulksopp now that we’ve seen Fatsopp? As… weird and totally inappropriate as that would be, I kinda want to see that happen now. Just because. At any rate, the only one we didn’t touch upon in this chapter was Zoro- me thinks he’s gonna have a BIG chapter to himself next time… either that or a brief appearance like the rest of us, then most of the chapter will be about whatever Rayleigh is plotting. And so we tick ever closer to chapter 600… I would be a lying liar who lies if I said I’m not eagerly expecting whatever it brings.

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BUT I WANT FATSOPP

[moveurdeadfros.livejournal.com]

OH FINE BE THAT WAY, GO CHASING AFTER HIS SEDUCTIVE JELLY ROLLS. SEE IF THIS STICK-MAN CARES OR FEELS BAD OR ANYTHING ;_;