One Piece 51
Shabondy, yay! This is one of those arcs (kind of like Jaya, vols 24-25) that can be overwhelming at first and is probably better on a re-read, but even on a first read, it is still made of multiple layers of awesome.
( Volume 51: Eleven Supernovas )
( Volume 51: Eleven Supernovas )
I admire your dedication in checking the wiki. I pretty much just skim past characters I don't care about, and that part was a lot of skimming for me. I just got to a part of the story where some of them come back, and I'm like: ugh, I STILL don't care about you.
I disagree that the character overload started with Shabondy, though. That's something I've struggled with throughout the whole series. And you never know when someone is going to come back and be really important (and really awesome!), so you sort of feel like you want to pay attention to everyone, but there are just wayyyy too many characters unless you're a super-dedicated reader. I think that's why, in a lot of ways, One Piece is better on re-read. Once you've already met someone and KNOW they're awesome, you can appreciate their subtle introduction. (Same with random, tiny details that become important later.)
But I do agree with the Nobles being ridiculously over-the-top evil. I'm just hoping that's a setup for meeting somebody not evil in the future.
Reply
Leave a comment