One Piece 38

[sara_tanaquil]

This might be a little premature, because I'm not sure if mangaroo has had a chance to read 37 yet, but having finished a draft of 39, I'm starting to lose track of where I am. So, here is 38 for all my Monday morning commenters.

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[mangaroo]

Her one wish was that the six Strawhats, apart from herself, be permitted to leave the island unharmed.

The wish that couldn't be fulfilled if she stayed with them. *sobs forever*

We were having a huge discussion about this line in the comments to Volume 36

I should go back and read that. The problem with spoilers and me being 22 volumes behind is I don't know which ones are safe ever.

I love all the shipwrights gaping at the fact that the reindeer turned into a tanuki

I wish Viz wouldn't translate this as "raccoon."

They're still doing it three pages later.

I carelessly missed that. Bah! I spot the mouse in every scene but miss a whole panel? Anyway, I love how sweet the whispered call for Usopp is when Chopper does it, and how Oda makes it instantly hilarious by having the shipwrights mimic it blindly.

Lucci comments that he has no regrets about leaving Water 7 behind, though it's been his home for five years.

YOU SUCK, ROB LUCCI. (But the pigeon wearing a Lucci coat is hilarious.)

"Hang on, the first part's just a useless

[sara_tanaquil]

The wish that couldn't be fulfilled if she stayed with them. *sobs forever*

I KNOWWWWW T_T

Wearing his bandana from Tom's Workers. I love you, Iceberg. Stop trying to kill Robin.

Yes! I think I originally meant to mention that but forgot. I really love the bandana touch.

It's okay, he promises never to do it again.

I do not understand this conversation. What's the 108?

Zoro has a bunch of attacks that are either Buddhist puns, jokes about food, or both. (Mostly both.) One of them is the 108-pound cannon, which according to the wikia (I had to look to refresh my memory) refers to the 108 Earthly Desires and involves a really complicated pun playing on the word for "earthly desires," the word for cannon and the word for phoenix. He first used it to defeat Ohm on Skypiea (vol 29), and I think I talked about the pun there. Anyway, Luffy means that them teaming up will double the power of the attack, since Zoro's 108 pound cannon and his gomu-gomu no cannon apparently have roughly the same power.

she pulled it out of her copious

[sara_tanaquil]

I should go back and read that. The problem with spoilers and me being 22 volumes behind is I don't know which ones are safe ever.

This is the relevant thread. I went and read through it again - there are a couple of minor spoilers for stuff later in Enies Lobby, but I think it's generally safe for you to read even if you haven't got past 38. It will be extra safe once we get through the end of vol 44.

[mangaroo]

Okay, I went back and read everything that wasn't protected with Enies Lobby warnings (and there was one spoiler I haven't encountered, but not a major one). I concede Sanji's line is condescending and sexist, but it's just not scraping me as strongly as the rest of you. Maybe because he was saying it to comfort Chopper? (And my cuddlism re: Chopper may be as bad as Sanji's sexism.) Though I am glad Zoro and not Sanji is raising Chopper.

[sara_tanaquil]

and there was one spoiler I haven't encountered, but not a major one

Now I'm curious: which one?

Though I am glad Zoro and not Sanji is raising Chopper.

Hee!

I think the degree to which Sanji's "chivalry" bothers me pretty much depends on what mood I'm in. Sometimes it is worse than others. But either way, I love when he gets to be awesome without being sexist. <3

[mangaroo]

w_10_00 mentions Sanji saying "I'll die before I kick a woman" and I don't think I've seen that yet. Though now I see the spoiler is marked Enies Lobby, so that's my fault. (Funny, I didn't read your response because your spoiler is also marked Enies Lobby. I must have clicked carelessly.)

[wednesday_10_00]

I must have clicked carelessly.

It's because I'm destined to spoil you always, even when I'm trying my hardest not to.

(But if you were going to have an Enies Lobby line spoiled for you, I'm glad it was that one and not the other one that was in that thread.)

[sara_tanaquil]

Ah, yes, that is from something later in Enies Lobby, but I agree with wednesday_10_00 that it is probably the least significant of the Enies-Lobby related spoilers in that thread. I'm glad I didn't inadvertently lure you into reading anything you would have considered even more spoilery.