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moveyourdeadfrosOkay then, SleepyFan scans have shut down! As they were the ones I was getting my scans from I waited for a while to see if any other group would put up at Mangafox, but alas. This weeks double feature will have to be without images, so use your imaginations as I dig into this barebones style!
We open up with Carue and a bunch of penguins doing figure skating. Insert your own joke about Blades of Glory here.
A gang of humans are beating feet as fast as they can to get away from the Fishman District, abandoning even their opportunities to see the Mermaid Cafe in their hurry to escape. The captain, Crab-Hand Gyro who has one sweet hand-prosthetic laments the fact that they barely escaped a giant kraken only to end up in servitude to the New Fishman Pirates, whom they are apparently on the run from in order to maintain their independence. This news is taken with glee by the assembled New Fishman Pirates…
And oh boy, is the spread that introduces them a doozy. There is a hammer-wielding Hammerhead shark fishman named Dosun who adds a Dosun to every sentence, Zeo the japanese wobbegong Fishman which actually IS a kind of shark, Daruma the tiny, cookiecutter shark fishman, Icaros Muhhi the spearwielding giant squid-fishman and then, the leader of the crew, not Arlong at all… but Hodi Jones, a White Shark fishman with a sizable gut and a mean disposition. He tells his enthusiastic squidpal that he doesn’t need to go hunt after them, as he downs a… ’Evil Drug’, and goes after them on his own. I am not making that up. They call it ’Evil Drugs’. Hodi hulks out…
But we cut to a different part of town, namely Pappugg’s bold mansion/store! Pappugg introduces it with flair and pride and then starts to cry because people ignore him. His life is misery and crying into pillows stuffed with money. But trouble seems to be afoot in the store- a certain costumer is making a fuzz on how the clothes are hella expensive, and who do we know that’s tight with money?
You guessed it- Nami! Who is inexplicably fine and nobody wonders how she made it out alive. Instead, Pappugg mollifies Nami by telling her she can have anything in the store for free- which he soon finds out you do NOT tell shameless pirates, as the next panel has the store cleaned out and every Strawhat carrying a VERY large bag behind them. But wait- what is this? Why, there is a frightful commotion outside the store, as something, or someone big is descending! None of the mermaids can believe their eyes and worry that there might be some kind of trouble a brewing as down from on high…
Is King Neptune, lord of the mermaids and mermen, on his beloved whale Hoe! And they are both about the size of Laboon. That is… wow. He’s riding that whale like a seapony. How on earth he spawned sons so small is anyones guess, as Neptune is a large, hairy coelacanth merman GIANT. While Brook lets everyone know he’s heterosexual (or at the very least has a female preference) and Nami thinks Hoe is ”cute”, we see a familiar looking shark whisper something to the king, who proceeds to invite the Strawhats up to the palace with him!
Someone for whom life is not caviar and royal invitations would be the pirates under Crabhand Gyro- for barring the path of their ship is none other than Hodi Jones, who proudly displays the pair of handcuffs he’s sporting. Why is he cuffed? You see, as Icaros exposits, the evil drug ”Energy Steroid” will double someones strength by twenty times, and even more so by taking more than one pill at a time. Certainly the drugs lead to the Fishmen shortening their own lives, but they fear not death if it means their plans come to fruition.This exposition is juxtaposed with Hodi singlehandedly ripping the ship and crew apart barehanded, and then floating them up to the surface in a bubble- leaving some of them alive so that they can spread the news that the Fishmen plan to take charge of Fishman Island once more!
… And while I have to admit that the sight of tearing a ship apart singlehandedly is cool and all… Arlong could probably do that without drugs. Jinbei punched people without even TOUCHING them. Impressive display of power, this was not- sure, the enemies they defeated were people who had made it beneath the Red Line, but they weren’t even shown to have any cool powers or tactics- Hodi’s victory felt cheap and rushed. He ain’t no Arlong so far, that’s for sure.
We begin with a colorspread which pretty much breathes liquid joy. I don’t even know what I like best here, Franky being a boat, Brook in the belly of the shark, or the giant shark that seems to shoot smaller sharks out of it’s mouth.
We see in a flashback what exactly happened with the Caribarrel- a gang of mermaids thought it best to open the barrel in an attempt to pry its piratey riches from its wooden prison, which turns out to be a very bad idea- Caribou breaks out and proceeds to get his violation-face on (which, lets face it, is his default face) and then… wow. Describing this without pictures to help won’t be easy, but essentially he turns into swampwater (because that’s apparently an element now) which sucks the mermaids… inside him. Where he stores them for safekeeping, planning to sell them later on. Wow. This guy is just bouncing up and down between scary and sad, isn’t he?
This means bad things for the Strawhats, as the guards suspicions regarding the now missing mermaids fall squarely on the pirates who escaped them… even though they clearly didn’t have any mermaids with them when they ran away. Meanwhile the princes have approached Madam Shirley to discuss the prophecy she made, and Fukaboshi comes to the conclusion that they need to find the Strawhats post haste. Where could they be?
Why, with Neptune of course! Sailing up into the sky on the back of the shark they once saved all those chapters ago, whose name turns out to be Megalo- he is the pet of the Mermaid Princess, and told everyone that the strawhat pirates saved his life… prompting a funny little discussion between Brook and Pappugg in which we find out that, surprise surprise, Pappugg doesn’t know the mermaid princess at all. Keimi wonders if it’s really alright for her to see the palace, but Neptune is a-okay with the Strawhats bringing their buddies along as he sent out his sons to invite them in first- when they didn’t come back, he went instead because he doesn’t want to wait for the banquet to start. Responsible royalty- One Piece have them… somewhere. There is also a funny scene in which Neptune reveals they have found Zoro and brought him up, but again- no access to scanlated pics.
The discussion then strays to Franky and Robin, who Nami reveal have gone to see a relative of Toms and to research history. Yeah. ”Relative of Toms”. ”Research history”. Bow-chicka-bow-wow. Sadly we don’t get to see that, but are instead treated to an explanation on how the hell there can be light at the bottom of the sea. Long story short- the light comes from a tree called ”Eve” that absorbs sunlight above water and leads it down via its roots below water. How does this work? Neptune says, and I kid you not- ”Scholars have made up some kind of logic to it, but it’s really a holy, mysterious tree”. It’s magic kids, that’s all the explanation you’re getting. Usopp notes that the ”Eve” tree may have some connection to the ”Adam” tree that their ship is made from…
But enough of that- it is time to enter the palace! What splendor! What elegance, what brilliance… that I can’t show you. Neptune tell the Strawhats to go wild and have fun, and oh BOY is that not what you want to tell Luffy. The kings ministers proceed to chew him out for abandoning his post the second he sets foot inside the gates, and Luffy proceeds to wander off in search of delicious smells the second HE sets foot inside the palace. That sure can’t lead to anything but HILARIOUS hijinxs now, can it? The ministers proceed to inform the king that the princess was harrassed again, and that Fukaboshi has a message from the city for him when the other pirates notice that Luffy is missing…
Luffy comes upon a heavily barricaded door, with weapons, heavy bolts and tons of dangerous stuff sticking out. Reasoning that this MUST be where they keep the food, he enters a pitch black room, runs around on a suspiciously soft-feeling corral, prompting a loud voice to turn on the light and…
…
Well. Now I REALLY wish I could have images to show you all- the princess is a Giant Smelt-whiting mermaid, and she is HUGE- two heads or so shorter than her daddy, and she is most definitely NOT pleased with Luffy coming in as he pleases, thinking him to be a kidnapper. DO I SMELL A FORCED CONFLICT BREWING?!?!
Well, hopefully not. I am so not fond of conflicts that start because of misunderstandings that could easily be cleared out if people just sat down and explained- you have to write them well to not have them come off as incredibly contrived and stupid. We’ll see how things develop, but I sincerely hope that if Fishman Island is brought low it is not because of some silly mistake that could have been rectified by the sensible members of the Strawhat pirates sitting down and calmly explaining matters.
We open up with Carue and a bunch of penguins doing figure skating. Insert your own joke about Blades of Glory here.
A gang of humans are beating feet as fast as they can to get away from the Fishman District, abandoning even their opportunities to see the Mermaid Cafe in their hurry to escape. The captain, Crab-Hand Gyro who has one sweet hand-prosthetic laments the fact that they barely escaped a giant kraken only to end up in servitude to the New Fishman Pirates, whom they are apparently on the run from in order to maintain their independence. This news is taken with glee by the assembled New Fishman Pirates…
And oh boy, is the spread that introduces them a doozy. There is a hammer-wielding Hammerhead shark fishman named Dosun who adds a Dosun to every sentence, Zeo the japanese wobbegong Fishman which actually IS a kind of shark, Daruma the tiny, cookiecutter shark fishman, Icaros Muhhi the spearwielding giant squid-fishman and then, the leader of the crew, not Arlong at all… but Hodi Jones, a White Shark fishman with a sizable gut and a mean disposition. He tells his enthusiastic squidpal that he doesn’t need to go hunt after them, as he downs a… ’Evil Drug’, and goes after them on his own. I am not making that up. They call it ’Evil Drugs’. Hodi hulks out…
But we cut to a different part of town, namely Pappugg’s bold mansion/store! Pappugg introduces it with flair and pride and then starts to cry because people ignore him. His life is misery and crying into pillows stuffed with money. But trouble seems to be afoot in the store- a certain costumer is making a fuzz on how the clothes are hella expensive, and who do we know that’s tight with money?
You guessed it- Nami! Who is inexplicably fine and nobody wonders how she made it out alive. Instead, Pappugg mollifies Nami by telling her she can have anything in the store for free- which he soon finds out you do NOT tell shameless pirates, as the next panel has the store cleaned out and every Strawhat carrying a VERY large bag behind them. But wait- what is this? Why, there is a frightful commotion outside the store, as something, or someone big is descending! None of the mermaids can believe their eyes and worry that there might be some kind of trouble a brewing as down from on high…
Is King Neptune, lord of the mermaids and mermen, on his beloved whale Hoe! And they are both about the size of Laboon. That is… wow. He’s riding that whale like a seapony. How on earth he spawned sons so small is anyones guess, as Neptune is a large, hairy coelacanth merman GIANT. While Brook lets everyone know he’s heterosexual (or at the very least has a female preference) and Nami thinks Hoe is ”cute”, we see a familiar looking shark whisper something to the king, who proceeds to invite the Strawhats up to the palace with him!
Someone for whom life is not caviar and royal invitations would be the pirates under Crabhand Gyro- for barring the path of their ship is none other than Hodi Jones, who proudly displays the pair of handcuffs he’s sporting. Why is he cuffed? You see, as Icaros exposits, the evil drug ”Energy Steroid” will double someones strength by twenty times, and even more so by taking more than one pill at a time. Certainly the drugs lead to the Fishmen shortening their own lives, but they fear not death if it means their plans come to fruition.This exposition is juxtaposed with Hodi singlehandedly ripping the ship and crew apart barehanded, and then floating them up to the surface in a bubble- leaving some of them alive so that they can spread the news that the Fishmen plan to take charge of Fishman Island once more!
… And while I have to admit that the sight of tearing a ship apart singlehandedly is cool and all… Arlong could probably do that without drugs. Jinbei punched people without even TOUCHING them. Impressive display of power, this was not- sure, the enemies they defeated were people who had made it beneath the Red Line, but they weren’t even shown to have any cool powers or tactics- Hodi’s victory felt cheap and rushed. He ain’t no Arlong so far, that’s for sure.
We begin with a colorspread which pretty much breathes liquid joy. I don’t even know what I like best here, Franky being a boat, Brook in the belly of the shark, or the giant shark that seems to shoot smaller sharks out of it’s mouth.
We see in a flashback what exactly happened with the Caribarrel- a gang of mermaids thought it best to open the barrel in an attempt to pry its piratey riches from its wooden prison, which turns out to be a very bad idea- Caribou breaks out and proceeds to get his violation-face on (which, lets face it, is his default face) and then… wow. Describing this without pictures to help won’t be easy, but essentially he turns into swampwater (because that’s apparently an element now) which sucks the mermaids… inside him. Where he stores them for safekeeping, planning to sell them later on. Wow. This guy is just bouncing up and down between scary and sad, isn’t he?
This means bad things for the Strawhats, as the guards suspicions regarding the now missing mermaids fall squarely on the pirates who escaped them… even though they clearly didn’t have any mermaids with them when they ran away. Meanwhile the princes have approached Madam Shirley to discuss the prophecy she made, and Fukaboshi comes to the conclusion that they need to find the Strawhats post haste. Where could they be?
Why, with Neptune of course! Sailing up into the sky on the back of the shark they once saved all those chapters ago, whose name turns out to be Megalo- he is the pet of the Mermaid Princess, and told everyone that the strawhat pirates saved his life… prompting a funny little discussion between Brook and Pappugg in which we find out that, surprise surprise, Pappugg doesn’t know the mermaid princess at all. Keimi wonders if it’s really alright for her to see the palace, but Neptune is a-okay with the Strawhats bringing their buddies along as he sent out his sons to invite them in first- when they didn’t come back, he went instead because he doesn’t want to wait for the banquet to start. Responsible royalty- One Piece have them… somewhere. There is also a funny scene in which Neptune reveals they have found Zoro and brought him up, but again- no access to scanlated pics.
The discussion then strays to Franky and Robin, who Nami reveal have gone to see a relative of Toms and to research history. Yeah. ”Relative of Toms”. ”Research history”. Bow-chicka-bow-wow. Sadly we don’t get to see that, but are instead treated to an explanation on how the hell there can be light at the bottom of the sea. Long story short- the light comes from a tree called ”Eve” that absorbs sunlight above water and leads it down via its roots below water. How does this work? Neptune says, and I kid you not- ”Scholars have made up some kind of logic to it, but it’s really a holy, mysterious tree”. It’s magic kids, that’s all the explanation you’re getting. Usopp notes that the ”Eve” tree may have some connection to the ”Adam” tree that their ship is made from…
But enough of that- it is time to enter the palace! What splendor! What elegance, what brilliance… that I can’t show you. Neptune tell the Strawhats to go wild and have fun, and oh BOY is that not what you want to tell Luffy. The kings ministers proceed to chew him out for abandoning his post the second he sets foot inside the gates, and Luffy proceeds to wander off in search of delicious smells the second HE sets foot inside the palace. That sure can’t lead to anything but HILARIOUS hijinxs now, can it? The ministers proceed to inform the king that the princess was harrassed again, and that Fukaboshi has a message from the city for him when the other pirates notice that Luffy is missing…
Luffy comes upon a heavily barricaded door, with weapons, heavy bolts and tons of dangerous stuff sticking out. Reasoning that this MUST be where they keep the food, he enters a pitch black room, runs around on a suspiciously soft-feeling corral, prompting a loud voice to turn on the light and…
…
Well. Now I REALLY wish I could have images to show you all- the princess is a Giant Smelt-whiting mermaid, and she is HUGE- two heads or so shorter than her daddy, and she is most definitely NOT pleased with Luffy coming in as he pleases, thinking him to be a kidnapper. DO I SMELL A FORCED CONFLICT BREWING?!?!
Well, hopefully not. I am so not fond of conflicts that start because of misunderstandings that could easily be cleared out if people just sat down and explained- you have to write them well to not have them come off as incredibly contrived and stupid. We’ll see how things develop, but I sincerely hope that if Fishman Island is brought low it is not because of some silly mistake that could have been rectified by the sensible members of the Strawhat pirates sitting down and calmly explaining matters.
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