
( I shall hereby call him Monkey. )
I'd like to start out by saying that I'm confused about the power level of this manga. One chapter ago they were blasting a full row of buildings with a cannon, but now (realistically) cutting though metal bars is an issue. ![]() Which makes sense. The hypocrisy of this guy reminds me of some SJWs on Tumblr (and unfortunately, Twitter too recently). Except that it's endearing when Luffy does it. ![]() Oh no, nose-shaming... That's low, Luffy. ![]() "Bitch, I'll clobber you." -- Gotta start using that line. ![]() Favorite part -- self explanatory: ![]() I like it when characters work well together, it's wholesome. :P LOOK AT THAT. Kickass scene where Zoro picks up the entire cage because he can't get Luffy out of it. This manga is too good. ![]() Damn Luffy, stop eating the cage, it's no good for your stomach, man... ![]() Nami comes back with the cage keys, which she pickpocketed, but then a dog swallows them. ![]() But it's okay cause the enemy's lion accidentally breaks him free. Huehuehue. ![]() And Nami is just wtf as I was earlier on about this manga's power level, rofl, I feel represented. ![]() After this, Luffy demolishes a house to rescue some dog food. Chapter ends. |
Let's pick up the slack and do 4 chapter all at once! Where were we? ![]() Oh, yeah, Luffy wants this loser in his team. He must be truly desperate. Anyway, Zoro is set free by Luffy and he proceeds to summon an entire baseball team of copies of himself? Either that or he's just fast, it really wasn't clear. ![]() Look at him, the guy doesn't know how to chill. ![]() They join forces to defeat the annoying navy officers and tbh Luffy seems ways stronger than Zoro. He even passes out after the fight, haha what a loser. ![]() Strangely, they are a decent combination in combat. Also, outside combat, they quickly align their objectives and look like they'll work nice together and--- .... holy fuck, this suddenly seems too real. Are you saying the intelligence will look thorough Koby's Twitter history searching for shitposts and excuses not to hire him?? Just like real life. ![]() now let's get real: I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THIS SCENE. EXCUSE ME FOR CURSING IN PORTUGUESE BUT I CAN'T CONTAIN. ![]() Look, I wasn't expecting something this good to happen this soon. I though Luffy was an idiot until this very moment. For y'all who don't follow OP let me brief it. Basically, Luffy notices that Koby would have a hard time parting ways, which would invariably conflict with Koby's dream to become a navy sailor. So he makes Koby turn on him on purpose by almost spilling the secret that he'd been working with pirates, which would render Koby unemployable. Kudos for you, rubber boy. ![]() This was fucktastic. End of the mini-arc, and now it's Nami's arc next, apparently. I'll just leave this here out of context: ![]() Anyway, it all started when there was "a body in it". ![]() Long story short, Nami stole a ship on sea, stole a map on land, and somebody touched Luffy's hat. ![]() Nami says she'll join Luffy's crew, but then double crosses him for higher gains (and also because she dislikes pirates). ![]() However things go south real quick, and Nami has a lot to learn from Chrollo about using some prep time. ![]() They are in a tight spot, but Zoro comes to the rescue and it looks like everything will be fine. ![]() Let's find out next chapter! |
Three chapters all at once because I'm behind schedule! As always, I'm sponsored by this site. First impression: they're talking about some guy, and whoever he is, he sounds pretty yaoi. ![]() * This other scene makes me uncomfortable because it's just like me and I feel personally attacked. ![]() * So Luffy decides that he wants this Roronoa Zolo in his team, and in order to achieve that he wants to jail break him. This is fantastic, it's exactly how a fanfic from the 90's/early 00's would go and I love it cause I'm old and feel represented. ![]() * Then a bad guy from the navy show up and bully a little girl... I have such a hard time sympathizing with children, so the scene was supposed to be emotional but I don't really care? (That is, children that actually behave like children. Characters like Gon and Killua don't really feel like children to me.) ![]() * Then the evil adult goes away, and Luffy and Roronoa pick up where they left off. Look, I honest to god do not want to ship stuff this early on, but there is no way this isn't foreplay. ![]() * But let's stop talking about the plot for a while and focus on the story telling aspect. The author actually took his time to make a quick sketch to tell us what character Luffy's talking about in this bubble and I'm unironically grateful cause I'm the idiot who always gets lost in stuff like this. ![]() Anyway, an even worse guy show up, and he's so evil that wants to kill the child for defying their authority. oh no, must protect!! teh children!!!1! Uh, cheap plot device. One more reason why I dislike children in fiction. ![]() * Luffy accidentally destroys the Even More Evil Guy's statue by accident then apologizes, which was a great scene. ![]() Then he kidnaps the Not That Evil guy in order to find Roronoa's sword and set him free. There are really good action sequences as he brings him the swords. * One flashback later and I really wanted to give this girl some hormone therapy, but we learn that she's already dead, so there's no point. ┐(゚~゚)┌ ![]() The chapter ends as Luffy is about to break Roronoa free. There are guards pointing guns at them and all, but so far Luffy's Nen is made of rubber and he seems to be immune to bullets. |
In the lights of Hunter x Hunter going in hiatus, pommefield decided to try new challenge.... a huge challenge! One Piece is one of the longest series out there, and her proposal is to take it slow and read one chapter a day, and see where this takes us. I'm along for the ride, but this was entirely her idea and her credit is all hers!
I'll follow the series in this site. (Talk about piracy.) It's literally called "Read One Piece" and is the only site that works on my notebook out of the few that I've tried.
First impression is that the ships are kickass. I've been obsessed with pirates and ships ever since Assassin's Creed Black Flag, probably even before that. I'm guessing this manga is going to fill a void in my heart.
Second impression: Luffy is an idiot.
What the fuck did you do that for, buddy? And people dare say Gon is stupid. But okay, let's give him a break cause he's a child and this is clearly a flash back.
I should probably refrain about talking about my brother, but no, cause he's one of the reasons why I agreed to pick up One Piece. He's emotional about this manga, ok. This is the character that he names his online gaming characters after: