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One Piece Chapter 1079 Review/Recap Okay, Red-Haired Shanks is officially the boss. Every time he shows up, stuff goes down, and fans go wild. When we last saw him, he was facing … Continue Reading Red-Haired Shanks Made the Biggest Flex Ever!
One Piece Chapter 1078 Review/Recap If you’ll recall, last week I dropped some ideas on who I thought the traitor was on Egghead Island. I suspected that it might be Stussy due … Continue Reading Who’s the Egghead Traitor? The Answer Might Surprise You!
The fight on Egghead Island continues to get out of hand. One group’s taken down, Zoro screws up, and one Satellite goes down!
My Reaction to Oda’s Reveal Regarding Shimotsuki Ryuma’s Family Tree and Zoro Everyone who guessed this about Zoro, pat yourselves on the back. WE WERE RIGHT! Since the introduction of … Continue Reading WE WERE RIGHT ABOUT ZORO!!!
One Piece Chapter 1064 Review/Recap Long-time readers and viewers of One Piece know that when someone with the initial D gets involved in something, it will end up being big. When two carriers of … Continue Reading Clash of the D’s! The Worst Generation Battles!
One Piece Chapter 1057 Review/Recap It’s over, everyone. After four years, the longest arc in the story of One Piece, and likely one of its greatest, has come to an end. Kaido and … Continue Reading Final Curtain Falls on the Wano Country Arc!
One Piece Chapter 1055 Review/Recap Ever since we the Straw Hats got to Wano, we’ve heard time and again how the country needs to be opened. How Oden learned there … Continue Reading Shanks to Greenbull: GET OUT OF WANO!
One Piece Chapter 1039 Review/Recap We all knew going into the Wano Arc that beating Kaido wasn’t going to be easy. In fact, it would likely be the toughest fight … Continue Reading I Think Big Mom Might Be Down for the Count
One Piece Chapter 1038 Review/Recap So, I’ve been saying for the last few chapters that the only major threats left to deal with are Kadio and Big Mom. Being Yonko, … Continue Reading Kid & Law Vs. Big Mom!
One Piece Chapter 1037 Review/Recap It’s taken us almost a year and a half to get this point, but the journey has been worth it. The raid on Onigashima started … Continue Reading So This is What a Drunk Kaido Is Like
When I was growing up, one of my great loves was Dinosaurs. I must have spent hours watching Walking with Dinosaurs on my TV. And while I didn’t watch it until I was in my teens, I’m a big fan of the Jurassic Park franchise. Why am I bringing all this up right now? Because at this point in One Piece, the Beast Pirates are the anime equivalent to Jurassic Park. Especially as we see the powers of the Tobi Roppo.
At the end of my review of last week’s chapter, I said that Kaido had not yet begun to fight. That he had only been holding back against the Red Scabbards, which is why they were able to get in so many hits. It’s a standard trope in Shonen stories: the bad guy treats the heroes like an annoyance because only the main protagonist can stop them. It turns out that I was right to be worried for the Scabbards, as Kaido stops messing around and starts fighting seriously. Get ready for blood.
One Piece Chapter 990 Review/Recap We’ve already seen it happen countless times throughout the course of One Piece, people. The good guys face a seemingly impossible situation, and it looks … Continue Reading A Lone Force To Tip the Scales
You know, there might have once been a time when the Yonko would have scared me. When they were these powerful pirates who even the toughest enemies Luffy had fought feared. Then came the events of Whole Cake Island and we saw Luffy spit in the face of Big Mom several times. Then once we got to Wano, and we’ve seen Kaido try to break Luffy, only to fail like we knew he would. Now that the big raid’s come and Big Mom knows Luffy’s here, she wants nothing more than to kill him.
And here I am, just laughing at her threats.
Well, One Piece goes on break for two weeks, only to come back and pull off a big plot twist. One that, honestly, caught me off guard. In hindsight, though, I think I should have seen it coming in the end. This chapter sees the Wano Arc take a new turn with the unveiling of the New Onigashima Plan.
Okay, so it seems that the manga’s back on a bi-weekly release schedule. However, given how events are starting to move right now, I’m okay with that. But first, I want to bring up the notion of inherited will. The idea of someone taking up the dreams and ideals of another has been a big part of One Piece since day one. Now, the concept of inherited will may be what helps save Wano. Also, we learn a secret about Yamato.
