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One Piece (Beware, spoilers)

For now, I'm reading it more as the Elders aren't immortal (they didn't seem super surprised when one of them died, as if the Elders are typically replaced over time), just old. And probably aren't the original five Elders Imu's had under them. Likewise for now Garling seems like the next to step into that seat rather than a new player for world dominating supervillain - we kinda have enough of those already between Imu and Blackbeard, I feel!
 

FelixSH

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My smile froze, when Yasopp shot Bartos ship. Shanks is right, he can't let shit like that stand, people depend on him. Still harsh, seeing him kill people, or be ready to do so. But he is an emperor. Not that I expect him (or Kid) to be dead, it's One Piece after all. Still, took me by surprise.

Fun stuff with Blackbeard, and I realized that I really, really love Devons design. She wears so much cool stuff.

And I don't know if we actually knew that the Revolutionaries are behind the food shortage. I guess we do, and I forgot. Glad to know the Revolutionaries are doing stuff.

I wished we had spend at least one chapter just chilling out with the giants. Oh, well. But the last page makes it clear, that Elbaf has started. Namis outfit is clearly inspired by nordic mythology stuff. I don't know enough about that to explain how or what, but it seems clear to me. I hope she wasn#t kidnapped, at least not on her own. But I guess we will meet Loki soon.
 

SpoonyBard

Threat Rhyme
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Regarding the food, it was mentioned before, earlier in the arc. A recent episode of the anime (most recent one on Netflix, I think it's one behind broadcast?) was about the Revolutionaries attack on Marijoa and the Reverie, during the series of chapters around the middle of Egghead that dealt with everything else around the world, but during the episode they mention hitting the Celestial Dragon foodstores. But I guess that was easy to overlook in the manga with all the everything else going on at that time.

Goddamn Yasopp is stone cold. There's a lot of wild theories out there about Shanks, most of which I think are nonsense, but I do wonder if we're heading for a much darker relevation about em than we would have previously thought.
 
No wasting time huh, just full steam ahead still. Good chapter but yeah, I can see why some might have wanted a recovery chap or two (though I suppose others found those last few Egghead chapters dragged so might be keen to get back into snappier paced stuff).
 

FelixSH

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That was fun. I like the new outfits of our crew. And how they just wreck havoc in this weird lego castle. Was a bit confused, about the panicing vikings at the start, but now I think it's funny. Chopper is still missing, I wonder where we will find him.

And it's nice, that Nami can at least somewhat defend herself. Also, she is not the kidnapped damsel. Just the original five now, I can't imagine that not being intentional. Giving them a bit of an adventure on their own, before we have to go into the endgame.
 

SpoonyBard

Threat Rhyme
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I heard one theory that the reason the crew has been divided the way it has is that Vivi will reunite with them in this arc. The original six are in one party (I assume, there's still no sign of Chopper but he was with the Sunny), which were all in Alabasta. Vivi was also with them in Little Garden, when they first met the giants and heard of Elbaf. It might be a stretch, but we know she's on the move in the air so it's not out of the question she could get there.

It's all just assumptions with nothing concrete behind it, but I think it's a neat theory.
 

FelixSH

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I have hoped Vivi will rejoin the Strawhats for a long time, at least since she is with Bird dude (Morgan, I think?). That theory makes sense enough for me, I hope it's true. I like Vivi, and would love to see more of her again.
 

FelixSH

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I don't have anything specific to say, but I'm really enjoying my time here. After all the really serious stuff on Egghead, we are just having a weird adventure.
 

FelixSH

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I still have nothing to say, but that I have fun with what we are doing here (it just seems like Oda takes a bit of a break to have funny stuff happen), but I only now, after so, so long, did realise (well, I read it in a youtube comment) that "Elbaf" is "Fable" backwards.
 
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Johnny Unusual

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Yeah, that's why the spelling needs to be that way imo, despite the various scanners who demand it be spelled Elbaph or other variations.

I saw some comments over the past few weeks over how things weren't adding up, more than just the place not seeming real - Strawhats shouting out one move then performing another, Sanji heating one leg but kicking with the other, etc. I didn't notice but assumed that meant we were in some kind of dream or surreal state. So wonder if they were just honest Oda mistakes, if it's just a regular old room.
 

FelixSH

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Luffy will free Loki, won't he?

Love the big panels. Both the one, where we see small Luffys back, standing in front of Loki. And the one that shows us how gigantic Elbaf is. That gigantic sword!

I love Lokis design. The helmet with the giant horns, the tattoos, the DoFlamingo grin with the outhanging tongue. Can't wait to see him standing, ready to fight.

I don't know enough about Norse mythology, but enough to know that Loki is bad news, and that he brings about the end of the gods, or something? I should read up on that. And of course, having the interpretation of the sun god changed to something bad works very well with him. No matter what, Luffy as Nika will end the world as it is known. Which we view as a positive, as he is our hero. But it's clear how this can easily be seen as a bad thing, too.

I'm excited!
 
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Yeah in the myths Loki is imprisoned and will break free when Ragnarok happens and ends the world.

Excellent chapter, took us from the little confusing preamble bit to setting up the arc proper quite quickly.

Fun to see Vivi using the newspaper picture trick that Luffy and Rayleigh used!
 
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