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moveyourdeadfrosSUPERLATE and with tons of BIIIG pictures because in between schoolwork and laptop woes and constantly busy weekends, life has not been kind to me lately. Regardless, on with the show!
We start off with Conis and Lakis running a cafe and papa Pagaya and McKinley, the leader of the white berets, chowing down. Because generations worth of war and bitterness are no match for good vibrations and pumpkin-flavored noodles.
So yeah- the bad guys are beat and the Strawhats are too cool to look at the giant blowfishman who just fell and probably crushed a hundred fishmen behind them. Like BAWSES.
They do however have one teensy little problem left to solve…
And their majority decision? To stand their ground with dignity and stare down the equivalent of that meteorite from Armaggedon. You may now imagine Steven Tyler wailing his heart out. Of course, the reason they do so is because they have the guy who makes Bruce Willis look like Ben Affleck in comparison- Monkey D. Luffy, pounding away at Noah like Michael Bay at the movie-goers brain cells. The people near them either flee in panic or stop in their tracks to scream encouragement at this display of raw manly prowess, as life and death is now a matter of seconds! Will Luffy succeed in destroying the ship, or won’t he?! Will he save the day?!?!?!
Short answer: No.
Because this is not the kind of fight that is won by a grizzled oil driller in a dirty wifebeater, no matter how inflated his fists, but by the heartfelt words of a princess…
And the titanic sea monsters that follow them. Realizing that Noah has been stopped and the battle won, Luffy allows himself to succumb to his wounds and tumbles towards the deck of Noah. Victory is celebrated…
… But all is not over yet.
We open the chapter up with some fine and proper MAN-service: Wiper and his angels, standing guard and ready to kick the ass of whomever tries to interfere with their barechested peace.
We then cut to the sea kings, telling Shirahoshi they have waited a long time for ”their queen”, the one capable of commanding them, and that Noah was in fact made for them to pull. As Neptune surveys the scene, he too weighs in on the sight…
But that is all the mysterious exposition Oda is willing to divulge for now. The ships air-bubble is reabsorbed into the island so Shirahoshi hurries down to snatch up Luffy before he gets washed into the sea. As the sea kings swim off one of them remakrs that Luffy seemed like he could heart hem, just like a certain other someone…
After reasserting how superspecialawesome Luffy is they then deposit the half wrecked Noah near the ship graveyard while musing over how they’ll need human hands to repair it and if anyone of them knows any good carpenters, while completely ignoring the panicking peanut gallery.
Over at Ryuguu palace another plot-tread is quickly tied up…
… As we find out Caribou loves shinies even more than creeping on girls. However he managed to sneak in there during all the panic is anyones guess, but that’s probably the last of him we’ll see for a while as Neptune decides he doesn’t really have enough shits in him to give about riches now that his people are safe, and demand the Minister of the LEft clear the Strawhats names of the allegations of kidnapping. He does so, and the civilians react as one could expect.
Hind-sight- funny thing, isn’t it? We then cut to Jinbe keeping the remaining New Fishmen Pirates and human slaves in line singlehandedly because he’s boss like that while Chopper manages to outpimp Sanji without even trying.
Ha ha, oh Sanji. I remember when you used to be suave. The king and princes then descend, carrying Hody and Decken in chains all trussed up like they’re models for a particularly weird kink-site as Shirahoshi arrives before anyone can ask awkward questions like ”how the hell are those two still alive”, carrying the bleeding and unconscious Luffy. Now, how exactly the princes managed to find Vander Decken and Hody, who were both inside the falling Noah, chain them up AND bring them down at a leisurely pace while the fastest swimmer of them all who had a direct path to Luffy arrives AFTER them is never adressed, but we have no time for such silly nonsense- Chopper has a life to save!
HIS silly nonsense, on the other hand, we have ALL the time in the world for. Chopper states that Luffy is in acute need of an F-Type donor which the crew lacks, but when they ask the crowd they get reminded of a rather pesky circumstance…
The law against donating blood to a human. Now if I had just witnessed someone saving my life and beating up a whole BOAT I would go all ”fuck da police” and donate to my hearts content, but in One Piece there is only one creature with the stones to pull that off.
Okay, technically TWO but only one with a compatible blood-type.
That’s right. Boss Jinbe, in the house, GARer than the rest of them. Neptune orders his aides to let the transfusion take place, realizing that the law is but an old curse, now dispelled and without power. And as the sun dawns upon a new age…
… Perhaps it also dawns on the tenth crewmember?
We start off with good old ex-God Gan Fall chilling with the old chief of the Skypieans, having a Pumpkin Juice. Life is good.
The captured pirates run back to their ships, released by King Neptune and praising the Straw Hats all the way, Neptune assuaging the Minister of the Left’s complaints that he basically does NOT have any shits left to give about the pirates and that they would be better off focusing on domestic matters at the moment. Which he does, but… not in the way you’d expect.
He’s going to let them move in as penal workers under army supervision, because THAT has little chance of backfiring or creating yet another class division, as he also declares Fishman District shut down in the hopes of ending discrimination. And during all this hubbub the Strawhats have, of course, escaped, telling Shirahoshi that they don’t want to be heroes because…
Because screw sharing, that’s why. But it seems not all is well among the Strawhats, as the latest recruit…
.. isn’t feeling up to being recruited. While we never get an explanation, Jinbe turns down the offer due to having unfinished business elsewhere but tells them that when the time is right he will return to their side. Luffy begrudgingly agrees, and the rest of the crew think Jinbe is awesome.
But never mind all that silly bonding and perverted Usopp antics, because Neptune contacts the Strawhats via slugphone and reminds them they can’t just up and leave…
… Before the obligatory big-ass end of arc-PARTAY! Opera Singers! Mermaid Dancers! A swing orchestra, massive amounts of food, all the bad guys are in prison (except for Wadatsumi who Kraken just carried outside the city because he was too big to fit), and good times are had by all!
But… in between boozing, merrymaking, eating and macking, Nico Robin makes her move as she pulls Neptune into a secluded part of the palace.
Not to initiate raunchy human-giant merman lovings (though I’m certain the Internet is already preparing such goodies as we speak), but to discuss the not!male prostitute she read about on the local Poneglyph- Joy Boy. As it turns out he was a human who lived during the Void Century (and as such highly relevant to Robins interests) who left the poneglyph as an apology to the then ruling mermaid princess, and as a promise that someone would one day come to uphold his end of a mysterious and by now forgotten bargain, that involves guarding the Noah until its promised time. When Robin asks if Joy Boy, who designed Noah to be pulled by sea kings could also command them Neptune tells her that such is not the case- it was the mermaid princess of that time who was capable of commanding them. With all the pieces in place, Robin drops this neat little bomb-shell.
One of the ancient weapons that can overturn the world has been reborn… and Fishman Islands troubles are FAR from over.
We start off with Conis and Lakis running a cafe and papa Pagaya and McKinley, the leader of the white berets, chowing down. Because generations worth of war and bitterness are no match for good vibrations and pumpkin-flavored noodles.
So yeah- the bad guys are beat and the Strawhats are too cool to look at the giant blowfishman who just fell and probably crushed a hundred fishmen behind them. Like BAWSES.
They do however have one teensy little problem left to solve…
And their majority decision? To stand their ground with dignity and stare down the equivalent of that meteorite from Armaggedon. You may now imagine Steven Tyler wailing his heart out. Of course, the reason they do so is because they have the guy who makes Bruce Willis look like Ben Affleck in comparison- Monkey D. Luffy, pounding away at Noah like Michael Bay at the movie-goers brain cells. The people near them either flee in panic or stop in their tracks to scream encouragement at this display of raw manly prowess, as life and death is now a matter of seconds! Will Luffy succeed in destroying the ship, or won’t he?! Will he save the day?!?!?!
Short answer: No.
Because this is not the kind of fight that is won by a grizzled oil driller in a dirty wifebeater, no matter how inflated his fists, but by the heartfelt words of a princess…
And the titanic sea monsters that follow them. Realizing that Noah has been stopped and the battle won, Luffy allows himself to succumb to his wounds and tumbles towards the deck of Noah. Victory is celebrated…
… But all is not over yet.
We open the chapter up with some fine and proper MAN-service: Wiper and his angels, standing guard and ready to kick the ass of whomever tries to interfere with their barechested peace.
We then cut to the sea kings, telling Shirahoshi they have waited a long time for ”their queen”, the one capable of commanding them, and that Noah was in fact made for them to pull. As Neptune surveys the scene, he too weighs in on the sight…
But that is all the mysterious exposition Oda is willing to divulge for now. The ships air-bubble is reabsorbed into the island so Shirahoshi hurries down to snatch up Luffy before he gets washed into the sea. As the sea kings swim off one of them remakrs that Luffy seemed like he could heart hem, just like a certain other someone…
After reasserting how superspecialawesome Luffy is they then deposit the half wrecked Noah near the ship graveyard while musing over how they’ll need human hands to repair it and if anyone of them knows any good carpenters, while completely ignoring the panicking peanut gallery.
Over at Ryuguu palace another plot-tread is quickly tied up…
… As we find out Caribou loves shinies even more than creeping on girls. However he managed to sneak in there during all the panic is anyones guess, but that’s probably the last of him we’ll see for a while as Neptune decides he doesn’t really have enough shits in him to give about riches now that his people are safe, and demand the Minister of the LEft clear the Strawhats names of the allegations of kidnapping. He does so, and the civilians react as one could expect.
Hind-sight- funny thing, isn’t it? We then cut to Jinbe keeping the remaining New Fishmen Pirates and human slaves in line singlehandedly because he’s boss like that while Chopper manages to outpimp Sanji without even trying.
Ha ha, oh Sanji. I remember when you used to be suave. The king and princes then descend, carrying Hody and Decken in chains all trussed up like they’re models for a particularly weird kink-site as Shirahoshi arrives before anyone can ask awkward questions like ”how the hell are those two still alive”, carrying the bleeding and unconscious Luffy. Now, how exactly the princes managed to find Vander Decken and Hody, who were both inside the falling Noah, chain them up AND bring them down at a leisurely pace while the fastest swimmer of them all who had a direct path to Luffy arrives AFTER them is never adressed, but we have no time for such silly nonsense- Chopper has a life to save!
HIS silly nonsense, on the other hand, we have ALL the time in the world for. Chopper states that Luffy is in acute need of an F-Type donor which the crew lacks, but when they ask the crowd they get reminded of a rather pesky circumstance…
The law against donating blood to a human. Now if I had just witnessed someone saving my life and beating up a whole BOAT I would go all ”fuck da police” and donate to my hearts content, but in One Piece there is only one creature with the stones to pull that off.
Okay, technically TWO but only one with a compatible blood-type.
That’s right. Boss Jinbe, in the house, GARer than the rest of them. Neptune orders his aides to let the transfusion take place, realizing that the law is but an old curse, now dispelled and without power. And as the sun dawns upon a new age…
… Perhaps it also dawns on the tenth crewmember?
We start off with good old ex-God Gan Fall chilling with the old chief of the Skypieans, having a Pumpkin Juice. Life is good.
The captured pirates run back to their ships, released by King Neptune and praising the Straw Hats all the way, Neptune assuaging the Minister of the Left’s complaints that he basically does NOT have any shits left to give about the pirates and that they would be better off focusing on domestic matters at the moment. Which he does, but… not in the way you’d expect.
He’s going to let them move in as penal workers under army supervision, because THAT has little chance of backfiring or creating yet another class division, as he also declares Fishman District shut down in the hopes of ending discrimination. And during all this hubbub the Strawhats have, of course, escaped, telling Shirahoshi that they don’t want to be heroes because…
Because screw sharing, that’s why. But it seems not all is well among the Strawhats, as the latest recruit…
.. isn’t feeling up to being recruited. While we never get an explanation, Jinbe turns down the offer due to having unfinished business elsewhere but tells them that when the time is right he will return to their side. Luffy begrudgingly agrees, and the rest of the crew think Jinbe is awesome.
But never mind all that silly bonding and perverted Usopp antics, because Neptune contacts the Strawhats via slugphone and reminds them they can’t just up and leave…
… Before the obligatory big-ass end of arc-PARTAY! Opera Singers! Mermaid Dancers! A swing orchestra, massive amounts of food, all the bad guys are in prison (except for Wadatsumi who Kraken just carried outside the city because he was too big to fit), and good times are had by all!
But… in between boozing, merrymaking, eating and macking, Nico Robin makes her move as she pulls Neptune into a secluded part of the palace.
Not to initiate raunchy human-giant merman lovings (though I’m certain the Internet is already preparing such goodies as we speak), but to discuss the not!male prostitute she read about on the local Poneglyph- Joy Boy. As it turns out he was a human who lived during the Void Century (and as such highly relevant to Robins interests) who left the poneglyph as an apology to the then ruling mermaid princess, and as a promise that someone would one day come to uphold his end of a mysterious and by now forgotten bargain, that involves guarding the Noah until its promised time. When Robin asks if Joy Boy, who designed Noah to be pulled by sea kings could also command them Neptune tells her that such is not the case- it was the mermaid princess of that time who was capable of commanding them. With all the pieces in place, Robin drops this neat little bomb-shell.
One of the ancient weapons that can overturn the world has been reborn… and Fishman Islands troubles are FAR from over.
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Date: 2011-12-12 01:01 am (UTC)I THINK THE HOUR OF UPDATING IS CLOSE AT HAND
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Date: 2011-12-12 03:17 am (UTC)During the party, there's a rather innocuous pair of panels showing a food tray, completely full in the first, but suddenly missing something in the next. There is no context given for this, and given all the other zany things going on it seems completely unimportant.
EXCEPT THAT CORIBOU IS MISSING OH SHIT HE'S STILL HERE AND LISTENING TO THE PLOT-CENTRAL EXPOSITION
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Date: 2011-12-12 10:26 pm (UTC)