Chapter recap-post, because I can!
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moveyourdeadfrosThe tradition of weekly One Piece-chapter recaps was such a wonderful one, I could not stand to see it go with our wonderful Usopp. Hence, I decided to take matters into my own hands as the senior Strawhat and keep them coming! And in order to do it right, I shall recap the past THREE chapters, seeing as they form an epic link of non-stop awesome events.
With that introduction out of the way, let’s get this show on the road! Beware, for this will be a big-mcLarge Huge post with bigger images to boot!
We start things off with an adorable chapter cover of Brook, Franky and Robin building the best birdhouse ever. No, not the nest on Brook’s top hat. Though that is pretty darn nifty as well.
Things start of heavy from last chapters Big Damn Villains Moment. The marines read us the role-call of the ”World Governments Most Wanted”, with names such as ”Collosal Battleship” San Juan Wolf, a very moe giant hiding behind the WG building, the ultra kawaii neko-eyed ”Wicked King” Abalo Pizarro who makes ”nyan”-sounds, the spectacular penis-nose ”Mighty Drinker” Basco Shot, and the ”New Moon Hunter” Catarina Devon, who I swear looks like she’s Blackbeards sister. And of course, ”Shiryuu of the Rain”, the biggest, the baddest and meanest warden/M. Bison look-alike ever. His jaw is a life form of it’s own, and together... well, there's really no need to be ashamed if ones britches are thoroughly soiled by now.
Suffice to say Sengoku is so mad that not even flexing his impressive abs can make the situation any better. Lafitte casually drops the bomb that he hypnotized the marines in the control-room, meaning that the only reason Luffy and the jailbreak league aren’t fish food right now is because of the Blackbeard-pirates. That would sting if Luffy were the kind of guy to bother with small stuff like that. Blackbeard gloats that everything has gone just according to keikaku and Sengokus face has indeed frozen as his mother once warned him it would when Papabeard decides that enough is enough, and that it’s high time Teach answers for his crimes. Whitebeard smacks down a building and tells his kids to back off, because he’s taking Teach down alone. Ever the socialite Teach traps Whitebeard in his darkness and engages in another round of small-talk, with such cheery subjects such as telling Whitebeard he had opportunity to rescue Ace and failed miserably- his sons blood, who we also see surrounded by marines, is not on Teach’s hands. After nullifying Whitebeards shock-smack, Teach has a hearty laugh…
While Whitebeard demonstrates why it’s a good idea to bring a sharp implement to a power-fight by bringing his axe-spear down on Blackbeards neck. After a lecture on how Teach has always been overconfident and rash, Whitebeard grabs Teach who suddenly goes bipolar and begs for his life when he was quite able to look death in the eye before, and megashocks him into the ground… despite Teach touching him. This is most likely an application of Haki-power, seeing as Whitebeard had no trouble touching Akainu earlier on. Teach is STILL trucking though and orders his crew to wrap things up Godfather 2 style-, leading to a pagespread of doom as EVERYONE in the Blackbeard crew busts out a gun or a blade or a gunblade and unloads into Whitebeard, while his sons stand powerlessly by and weep manly tears.
As Whitebeard reels back from the attack he recalls his last meeting with Gol D. Roger, with Gol telling Whitebeard he’s gonna die soon and hey wanna get the One Piece and Whitebeard replying hell no. They then have a chat about the World Government trying to hush up the secret of D, and JUST as Gol starts telling us the story, Oda cuts away. All we hear is ”Long ago and far away”… oh snap. D STANDS FOR JEDI?!
The Blackbeard crew realize they’re out of bullets, but Whitebeard is still standing! How can it be? How can he still live!? Whitebeard tells Teach he’s not the one Roger was waiting for, and that ”their” flames will never die. One day, when the time is right and the planets are aligned, one who carries the initial D shall arrive and challenge the World Government and all the forces who have kept the truth a secret for so long. When someone finds that treasure the world shall be turned upside down… for the treasure known as-
Sengoku drops ten ton bricks of indignation and Teach laughs as Whitebeard silently thanks his sons for giving him what he had been looking for every since his younger (and rather masculinely handsome) days… a family.
And with that, Whitebeard dies.
Not as a man who lost his son, and his last battle. But as a man who may well have reignited the spirit of piracy by bringing the truth the World Government so desperately wishes to hide, and a man who fought so hard that no one man was worthy of claiming his life.
Which is not to say this is a total loss for Blackbeard…
Stunned silence and jubilation fills every corner of the globe. Edward Newgate and Portgas D. Ace are dead! The World Government has won! Even Rayleigh can barely hold back the manly tears as he drinks to Edward’s demise, surveying the scene among the stunned crowds of the Shabondy Archipelago. Over several reaction shots we see joy in DoFlamingo and Moria, apathy from the Kuma units and Mihawk, and something indiscernible from Sengoku and Garp. The narrator reminds us that Whitebeard is in fact dead-dead: not coming back, killed off for real as Marco hands out the order to retreat. But Blackbeard is not quite done yet… he covers himself and Whitebeard with dark cloth, prompting the marines and pirates to go ”WTF” and those of us with dirty minds to excuse ourselves as we vomit copiously from the mental images.
The Blackbeard pirates seem to doubt the process will really work, and Buggy takes the opportunity to leg it like the small fry he truly is… not that his followers see it that way. No, they are so intent to make Buggy the Chuck Norris of the Grand line that they believe Buggy is upset HE didn’t get the chance to take down Whitebeard! They break down in manly tears and beg him to give them purpose and meaning in life, as the videosnail can only stare after them in disbelief and scorn.
Jimbei is hauling scales as fast as he can to get Luffy out alive, and flashes back to a discussion with Ace.
”Save me bruthah man.” (Ace has an Irish accent in my head)
”Only if he’s hardcore super-special awesome dude” (and Jinbei a California-surfer)
Aokiji keeps things cool by freezing the ships yet AGAIN because a broken pirate crew is a bigger priority than Blackbeard. The same goes for Akainu though we already knew he was a douche, who uses his Magma Magma no Bugs Bunny attack to melt a path beneath the ground and appear in front of Jimbei, demanding he hand over Luffy. Jimbei’s reply?
”Sorry bogus-dude: this kid is hardcore super-special awesome.”
The Whitebeard, Ivankov and Inazuma agree most righteously, and the epic battle of Tranny and Tuna versus Magmaman begins!
Back to Teach, where the redshirt-marines wonder aloud what exactly has changed since Whitebeard and Blackbeard look just the same, and they’re BOTH wearing their pants! Blackbeard, courteous as ever, decides to show them by trapping them in his darkness, and then charging up a…. Oh.
Dear. Well now. Blackbeard, quite modestly actually, states he now has the power to fuck up the shit of pretty much everyone alive, and that none can stand against him. Marco tells us something vague about Teach having a ”different type of body” which is how he can have two fruits at the same time when it’s in truth supposed to make you go boom, and for now I suppose we’ll simply have to roll with this bit of retcon as Teach turns to the world and tells it that it goddamn better bring it’s brown pants, because it’s HIS age now and he’s gonna shake everyone down to the core!... whereupon the chapter ends on Luffy’s narm-face. It. It kinda detracts from the drama by a smidgen.
Again, an adorable cover-art that has NOTHING to do with the apocalyptic drama unfolding. The crew surfs on a dragon and parrots are everywhere. One of the parrots love Zoro’s eyeballs a little too much.
Recap time! The Fortress of Justice is crumbling! Blackbeard did bad shit once and is doing bad shit now! What will happen next? Will Blackbeard hold true to his boast and sink Marineford completely?
NOT SO. Because Sengoku reveals his TRUE power- to grow into the size of a giant Buddha… and recite an ancient zen koan, sending all the fighters on the battlefield into a deeply contemplative state, turning the chapter into a ponderous examination of the nature of ambition and conflict, and the ultimate transience of all physical objects and desires.
Aaaaahahahahaha no he uses the ancient technique of the open palm BUDDHA-BLAST.
In one blow the entire Blackbeard-crew are sent reeling, and after both sides exchange their best WWF-banter we cut to something completely different- Ivankov and Inazuma having NO CHANCE against Akainu! Cheerful. Jimbei realizes that MAYBE it’s a bad idea for an aquatic creature to fight a man made out of MAGMA so he turns tail and hauls scale to the ocean!
The ocean Aokiji froze over. Well, at least Aokiji is kind enough to apologize for it. So considerate, that one. Jimbei punches a hole in Aokiji but since it is not a Haki-infused fist the whole attempt is rather pointless, as Akainu proceeds to badtouch someones insides YET AGAIN, grazing Luffy with his Charbroiled Fish-Fist attack for good measure. Captain I’m starting to suspect Oda likes hurting you a little too much. Luffy… oh god. LUFFY LOSES HIS STRAWHAT. As Akainu advances on the poor boy all hope seems lost when SUDDENLY. FROM OUT OF NOWHERE.
It’s Croco-time, dillweeds! He creates a sandstorm and hurls them both away, having decided that he will pay his respects to Whitebeard by preventing Akainu from getting his way! But that is not the only one pulling off an epic rescue, for on the next page… BUGGY! Who was racing towards Strawhat from the very beginning according to his crew!
Yeah no. Buggy was just passing by and snagged Jimbei out of sheer bad/good luck, and proceeds to promptly freak out as he realizes he’s become a target. And to top it off Jimbei calls him ”Red Nose”. Who wants to bet that’s the nickname Buggy will become a famous menace for after all this is over? Meanwhile the Whitebeard pirates stand united, prepared to do whatever it takes to make sure that Luffy, the man their father acknowledged and Ace protected, lives on to see the coming age! Akainu tells them that they are fools if they are willing to die for one man, but Marco fires back that they want to save him because they see the potential he has, that Akainu wants to kill off before it can develop any further! A massive two-front battle is about to take place, Blackbeard pirates versus Sengoku, and the Whitebeard pirates versus Akainu! Place your bets all you want, because we’re NOT gonna get to see those fights take place. Nope, we’re going to follow Buggy as he desperately flails about trying to find a way out of this nightmarish mess, when suddenly… a yellow submarine? HOLY CRAP IT’S THE BEATLES, COME TO SAVE LUFFYS ASS.
Close, but no cigar.
It’s Trafalgar Law and his awesome crew, there to bail out Luffy because it would be unspeakably lame to have him die then and there on him. Hopefully he can do something about that hole in Jimbeis guts while he’s at it too.
Well, wasn’t THAT exciting? We may not know what the future holds for our beloved captain, but at the very least it seems things are wrapping up for Luffys involvement here…. Of course, we still don’t know where Kizaru’s gone off to yet…
With that introduction out of the way, let’s get this show on the road! Beware, for this will be a big-mcLarge Huge post with bigger images to boot!
We start things off with an adorable chapter cover of Brook, Franky and Robin building the best birdhouse ever. No, not the nest on Brook’s top hat. Though that is pretty darn nifty as well.
Things start of heavy from last chapters Big Damn Villains Moment. The marines read us the role-call of the ”World Governments Most Wanted”, with names such as ”Collosal Battleship” San Juan Wolf, a very moe giant hiding behind the WG building, the ultra kawaii neko-eyed ”Wicked King” Abalo Pizarro who makes ”nyan”-sounds, the spectacular penis-nose ”Mighty Drinker” Basco Shot, and the ”New Moon Hunter” Catarina Devon, who I swear looks like she’s Blackbeards sister. And of course, ”Shiryuu of the Rain”, the biggest, the baddest and meanest warden/M. Bison look-alike ever. His jaw is a life form of it’s own, and together... well, there's really no need to be ashamed if ones britches are thoroughly soiled by now.
Suffice to say Sengoku is so mad that not even flexing his impressive abs can make the situation any better. Lafitte casually drops the bomb that he hypnotized the marines in the control-room, meaning that the only reason Luffy and the jailbreak league aren’t fish food right now is because of the Blackbeard-pirates. That would sting if Luffy were the kind of guy to bother with small stuff like that. Blackbeard gloats that everything has gone just according to keikaku and Sengokus face has indeed frozen as his mother once warned him it would when Papabeard decides that enough is enough, and that it’s high time Teach answers for his crimes. Whitebeard smacks down a building and tells his kids to back off, because he’s taking Teach down alone. Ever the socialite Teach traps Whitebeard in his darkness and engages in another round of small-talk, with such cheery subjects such as telling Whitebeard he had opportunity to rescue Ace and failed miserably- his sons blood, who we also see surrounded by marines, is not on Teach’s hands. After nullifying Whitebeards shock-smack, Teach has a hearty laugh…
While Whitebeard demonstrates why it’s a good idea to bring a sharp implement to a power-fight by bringing his axe-spear down on Blackbeards neck. After a lecture on how Teach has always been overconfident and rash, Whitebeard grabs Teach who suddenly goes bipolar and begs for his life when he was quite able to look death in the eye before, and megashocks him into the ground… despite Teach touching him. This is most likely an application of Haki-power, seeing as Whitebeard had no trouble touching Akainu earlier on. Teach is STILL trucking though and orders his crew to wrap things up Godfather 2 style-, leading to a pagespread of doom as EVERYONE in the Blackbeard crew busts out a gun or a blade or a gunblade and unloads into Whitebeard, while his sons stand powerlessly by and weep manly tears.
As Whitebeard reels back from the attack he recalls his last meeting with Gol D. Roger, with Gol telling Whitebeard he’s gonna die soon and hey wanna get the One Piece and Whitebeard replying hell no. They then have a chat about the World Government trying to hush up the secret of D, and JUST as Gol starts telling us the story, Oda cuts away. All we hear is ”Long ago and far away”… oh snap. D STANDS FOR JEDI?!
The Blackbeard crew realize they’re out of bullets, but Whitebeard is still standing! How can it be? How can he still live!? Whitebeard tells Teach he’s not the one Roger was waiting for, and that ”their” flames will never die. One day, when the time is right and the planets are aligned, one who carries the initial D shall arrive and challenge the World Government and all the forces who have kept the truth a secret for so long. When someone finds that treasure the world shall be turned upside down… for the treasure known as-
Sengoku drops ten ton bricks of indignation and Teach laughs as Whitebeard silently thanks his sons for giving him what he had been looking for every since his younger (and rather masculinely handsome) days… a family.
And with that, Whitebeard dies.
Not as a man who lost his son, and his last battle. But as a man who may well have reignited the spirit of piracy by bringing the truth the World Government so desperately wishes to hide, and a man who fought so hard that no one man was worthy of claiming his life.
Which is not to say this is a total loss for Blackbeard…
Stunned silence and jubilation fills every corner of the globe. Edward Newgate and Portgas D. Ace are dead! The World Government has won! Even Rayleigh can barely hold back the manly tears as he drinks to Edward’s demise, surveying the scene among the stunned crowds of the Shabondy Archipelago. Over several reaction shots we see joy in DoFlamingo and Moria, apathy from the Kuma units and Mihawk, and something indiscernible from Sengoku and Garp. The narrator reminds us that Whitebeard is in fact dead-dead: not coming back, killed off for real as Marco hands out the order to retreat. But Blackbeard is not quite done yet… he covers himself and Whitebeard with dark cloth, prompting the marines and pirates to go ”WTF” and those of us with dirty minds to excuse ourselves as we vomit copiously from the mental images.
The Blackbeard pirates seem to doubt the process will really work, and Buggy takes the opportunity to leg it like the small fry he truly is… not that his followers see it that way. No, they are so intent to make Buggy the Chuck Norris of the Grand line that they believe Buggy is upset HE didn’t get the chance to take down Whitebeard! They break down in manly tears and beg him to give them purpose and meaning in life, as the videosnail can only stare after them in disbelief and scorn.
Jimbei is hauling scales as fast as he can to get Luffy out alive, and flashes back to a discussion with Ace.
”Save me bruthah man.” (Ace has an Irish accent in my head)
”Only if he’s hardcore super-special awesome dude” (and Jinbei a California-surfer)
Aokiji keeps things cool by freezing the ships yet AGAIN because a broken pirate crew is a bigger priority than Blackbeard. The same goes for Akainu though we already knew he was a douche, who uses his Magma Magma no Bugs Bunny attack to melt a path beneath the ground and appear in front of Jimbei, demanding he hand over Luffy. Jimbei’s reply?
”Sorry bogus-dude: this kid is hardcore super-special awesome.”
The Whitebeard, Ivankov and Inazuma agree most righteously, and the epic battle of Tranny and Tuna versus Magmaman begins!
Back to Teach, where the redshirt-marines wonder aloud what exactly has changed since Whitebeard and Blackbeard look just the same, and they’re BOTH wearing their pants! Blackbeard, courteous as ever, decides to show them by trapping them in his darkness, and then charging up a…. Oh.
Dear. Well now. Blackbeard, quite modestly actually, states he now has the power to fuck up the shit of pretty much everyone alive, and that none can stand against him. Marco tells us something vague about Teach having a ”different type of body” which is how he can have two fruits at the same time when it’s in truth supposed to make you go boom, and for now I suppose we’ll simply have to roll with this bit of retcon as Teach turns to the world and tells it that it goddamn better bring it’s brown pants, because it’s HIS age now and he’s gonna shake everyone down to the core!... whereupon the chapter ends on Luffy’s narm-face. It. It kinda detracts from the drama by a smidgen.
Again, an adorable cover-art that has NOTHING to do with the apocalyptic drama unfolding. The crew surfs on a dragon and parrots are everywhere. One of the parrots love Zoro’s eyeballs a little too much.
Recap time! The Fortress of Justice is crumbling! Blackbeard did bad shit once and is doing bad shit now! What will happen next? Will Blackbeard hold true to his boast and sink Marineford completely?
NOT SO. Because Sengoku reveals his TRUE power- to grow into the size of a giant Buddha… and recite an ancient zen koan, sending all the fighters on the battlefield into a deeply contemplative state, turning the chapter into a ponderous examination of the nature of ambition and conflict, and the ultimate transience of all physical objects and desires.
Aaaaahahahahaha no he uses the ancient technique of the open palm BUDDHA-BLAST.
In one blow the entire Blackbeard-crew are sent reeling, and after both sides exchange their best WWF-banter we cut to something completely different- Ivankov and Inazuma having NO CHANCE against Akainu! Cheerful. Jimbei realizes that MAYBE it’s a bad idea for an aquatic creature to fight a man made out of MAGMA so he turns tail and hauls scale to the ocean!
The ocean Aokiji froze over. Well, at least Aokiji is kind enough to apologize for it. So considerate, that one. Jimbei punches a hole in Aokiji but since it is not a Haki-infused fist the whole attempt is rather pointless, as Akainu proceeds to badtouch someones insides YET AGAIN, grazing Luffy with his Charbroiled Fish-Fist attack for good measure. Captain I’m starting to suspect Oda likes hurting you a little too much. Luffy… oh god. LUFFY LOSES HIS STRAWHAT. As Akainu advances on the poor boy all hope seems lost when SUDDENLY. FROM OUT OF NOWHERE.
It’s Croco-time, dillweeds! He creates a sandstorm and hurls them both away, having decided that he will pay his respects to Whitebeard by preventing Akainu from getting his way! But that is not the only one pulling off an epic rescue, for on the next page… BUGGY! Who was racing towards Strawhat from the very beginning according to his crew!
Yeah no. Buggy was just passing by and snagged Jimbei out of sheer bad/good luck, and proceeds to promptly freak out as he realizes he’s become a target. And to top it off Jimbei calls him ”Red Nose”. Who wants to bet that’s the nickname Buggy will become a famous menace for after all this is over? Meanwhile the Whitebeard pirates stand united, prepared to do whatever it takes to make sure that Luffy, the man their father acknowledged and Ace protected, lives on to see the coming age! Akainu tells them that they are fools if they are willing to die for one man, but Marco fires back that they want to save him because they see the potential he has, that Akainu wants to kill off before it can develop any further! A massive two-front battle is about to take place, Blackbeard pirates versus Sengoku, and the Whitebeard pirates versus Akainu! Place your bets all you want, because we’re NOT gonna get to see those fights take place. Nope, we’re going to follow Buggy as he desperately flails about trying to find a way out of this nightmarish mess, when suddenly… a yellow submarine? HOLY CRAP IT’S THE BEATLES, COME TO SAVE LUFFYS ASS.
Close, but no cigar.
It’s Trafalgar Law and his awesome crew, there to bail out Luffy because it would be unspeakably lame to have him die then and there on him. Hopefully he can do something about that hole in Jimbeis guts while he’s at it too.
Well, wasn’t THAT exciting? We may not know what the future holds for our beloved captain, but at the very least it seems things are wrapping up for Luffys involvement here…. Of course, we still don’t know where Kizaru’s gone off to yet…
