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moveyourdeadfrosStill haven’t found a place to DL chapters in, but the search goes on!
We open up with the cover story showing Makino with… A BABY. As you can predict this has sent the internet (at least the sites I watch) into a tizzy, shippers everywhere getting all antsy on who the father might be. But I’ma ignore that and focus on the mayors face- gosh darn it that guy is just so MAD THAT THESE HOOLIGANS JUST WON’T QUIT DARN IT IN MY DAYS etc etc.
We start this chapter with the Straw Hats standing triumphant, having bound all the guards, Neptune and the ministers and preparing the victory party aand that’s a blatant lie- they’re freaking out because HOLY HELL INTERNATIONAL INCIDENTVILLE HERE WE COME. Amidst the chaos and confusion the Strawhats decide that they have to find Luffy at least, and Nami proceeds to use her feminine wiles to lure out the location of the treasury. Because there are no priorities like Nami priorities. Brook decides to cheer everyone up with a song on how they’ll all die one day anyway which doesn’t help matters, while Neptune laments his old back, and how he’s far from the fighter he used to be. The sea horse minister wonders why they drained all the water from the palace thereby explaining THAT little plot hole, while the gang starts contemplating how to best get the hell out of dodge, one of the ministers letting them know that they will never make it with the log pose they have now… and he will explain what he means if they only untie him. Nice try there, fellah.
But uh-oh: no time for making plans now, the princes have returned! And of course- the one who answers is Zoro, the most likable and charismatic of all the Strawhats. Zoro immediately starts negotiating with Fukaboshi for the terms of their release, claiming they have several hostages and whatnot, with Nami adding in quickly that they should throw in 1 billion beri while they’re at it. Brook laughs, and Usopp… oh, Usopp. You are the one shining beacon of sanity and sensibility in this torrid mess, and I applaud you for it.
To his credit, Fukaboshi listens with patience as Zoro outlines his demands and is willing to accede to them, but first he relays Jinbe’s two messages: the first being ”Don’t fight Hodi” and the second being ”I’m waiting in the Sea Forest”. We then cut to Coral Hill, where news of the take-over has spread and the people start to rally against the Strawhats, as a unit of guards are sent to find Sanji and Chopper… and wow. Wow, oh wow. Chopper demonstrates the ”kung-fu” point, and words fail me. I don’t even what is this-levels of failing me. Despite Choppers brave defense, Sanji nonetheless strolls out of the cafe, ready and raring to go to the palace to see the mermaid princess, even if it will kill him! Such resolve…
Back with Luffy and Shirahoshi, Luffy finally gets the girl to admit she wants to go to the Sea Forest, even if she think doing so will inconvenience her people. Luffy’s having none of that though and keeps giving her some straight up no holds barred uncensored piece of attitude, which predictably makes her break down weeping. Again. The tower then starts shaking under yet another barrage from Decken, and the king kings the eff UP. He turns to the Strawhat pirates and ORDERS them to get their asses in gear to the tower and protect the princess, because if something happens to daddys little girl they can just forget about leaving alive.
The first volunteer? Why, none other than Dead Bones Brook, stalwart defender of women and their panties everywhere! As one could predict, the ministers are… less than thrilled over Brook heading over to the tower, but the sea horse guy (minister of the right), manages to make Brook carry him along… while Brook insinuates the minister wants to see panties too. And yet- Brook is STILL more pimp than Sanji- a fact he gleefully espouses as he apologizes to Sanji for ’getting ahead in the race’, so to speak. We then cut to Luffy, who has a great idea for how to hide the gigantic Shirahoshi…
As Brook and the minister of the right approach the tower, they see that what Vander Decken threw was not knifes, axes or spears… but humans! At a loss for words, the two notice that the pirates are still alive, and briefly wonder if Vander Decken sent in hostile troops in what has to be the suckiest way to deploy your soldiers ever, judging from the halfdead, vacant stares of the pirates they sent. But who cares about that- Luffy is charging out of the princess room, riding a giant fucking shark… carrying the princess inside it’s mouth.
I am, again, at a loss for words. Just… Luffy, ladies and gentlemen. Monkey D. Luffy. Accept no substitutes.
A fairly action-packed and decent chapter this time, even if I am not warming up at all to the general plot and the twists its taking. While I must admit that I can’t see these half-dead human missiles being in the employ of fishmen who despise them, and Luffy’s plan to sneak out Shirahoshi is beyond words, I hope that Luffy meeting Jinbe and Decken going axe-crazy stalker on Luffy is a thing that will happen soon. Also, Brook and the Minister of the Right doing some kind of buddy-cop routine would be without a doubt the greatest thing ever, and I eagerly look forward to seeing it happen. Please to be not letting me down here, Oda.
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Date: 2011-02-13 09:01 pm (UTC)TRUST THIS FACE GUYS
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Date: 2011-02-13 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-13 10:41 pm (UTC)SHE'S HAVING THE TIME OF HER LIFE
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Date: 2011-02-13 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-13 10:46 pm (UTC)How on earth she got into that shark will forever elude me, but if a tree can give magical sunlight, I guess a shark can be stuffed until its near bursting and still come out okay.
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Date: 2011-02-13 10:52 pm (UTC)ALWAYS
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Date: 2011-02-13 10:37 pm (UTC)the most likable and charismatic of all the Strawhats
is this sarcasm
wait, obviously not
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Date: 2011-02-13 10:47 pm (UTC)sob
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Date: 2011-02-14 01:19 am (UTC)Suddenly you and Franky adopting the homestuck kids make so much more sense.
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Date: 2011-02-14 12:56 am (UTC)Which it has a high possibility of doing.
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