One Piece 55
Not sure if this is rushing things, but at one point mangaroo was hoping to walk 54 and 55 back to the library tomorrow, so I figured I'd better post it. Will see if I can get through 56 this weekend.
( Volume 55: A Buddha in Hell )
( Volume 55: A Buddha in Hell )
"A FRIEND!" (友達, pronounced だち.)
Would that be "tomodachi" or something else? Any significance to the spelling or pronunciation?
Luffy: "Oh, right, my dad." (俺の父ちゃん, LOL)
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Ack, the sheer frustration/anxiety one felt reading this the first time, at Luffy et al only JUST missing Ace on Level 6!! [Marineford]And now in a way it's even worse... And because it's worse I don't feel like re-reading these parts so much as I would have otherwise.
It's only because they're in so dire straits I could accept Luffy teaming up with Crocodile in the first place, and even then it's pretty grudgingly. There are other villains in One Piece I dislike even more, but here it's starting to feel like we're supposed to like or admire Crocodile and I just find him as loathsome as always.
But Mr 1 I kinda like, though. And I appreciate that Oda keeps in mind that Luffy wouldn't know him! We've probably said this before here, but he's really astoundingly good at keeping track of this kind of thing. If one of his editors or assistants help him out in that regard, then that person is doing a great job, too.
(Aww. I am always sad when Usopp - and Nami - ranks low in popularity polls. Esp since I've heard those can have an impact in the actual story. :( )
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Would that be "tomodachi" or something else? Any significance to the spelling or pronunciation?
The kanji read tomodachi, which is the normal word/pronunciation. Dachi (the pronunciation written out in furigana over the kanji) is slangy - Bon is especially fond of using it. "Pal"? "Bud"?
俺の父ちゃん
I was laughing because it's so casual. The proper way to say father is "o-tou-san"; Luffy says "ore no tou-chan". There would be nothing special about this if they were a normal teenage son and dad, but it's funny to me because Luffy is talking about a figure of major historical importance that he has never met and didn't even know was his father until like two weeks ago. Not to mention, of course, that he's blowing the big secret of Dragon being his father without thinking twice about it.
it's starting to feel like we're supposed to like or admire Crocodile and I just find him as loathsome as always
Yeah, it's interesting. I definitely don't like Crocodile any more than I did, but he's evil with flair, and that came across more clearly to me after Impel Down.
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...Oh my god, it really was only two weeks ago at this point. The way time works in this story is insane.
[Now in the right place!] I will reluctantly admit that Crocodile does have flair, and I do rather like the way he did things so thoroughly (feeding the Bananadiles a fake key in his trap; adding a timer to the bomb in the clocktower). If you have to be that kind of cruelly grinning villain who gives the heroes a certain amount of time which they can use for escaping or thwarting, it's nice that he has forethinking and back-ups. And it does fit well with his sadism shows itself in some really petty ways - like toward Toto and Yuba, which might actually in the end be what makes me hate him the most.
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