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 )
I would mock the endless countdown, but…*sigh* Make time stop.
They all start arguing about whose special technique made the floor crumble
Y'know, I hadn't realized this was a thing for Luffy until he and Law and…other dude were facing down the marines outside the slave market. I guess he never pulls it when he's part of the "monster trio." (I miss you, Zoro.)
Bon shouts "Because he's my FRIEND! What other reason do I need?"
…and I fall in love forever.
[Incidentally, the Japanese is inconsistent in its use of titles - it sometimes calls Iva queen (jo-ou), sometimes king (ou). I've tried to mirror the original as much as possible.]
That's good to know. I thought Viz was being insensitive when they called Iva a "king of queens."
[LOL Pandaman is on the list too. What did Pandaman ever do?]
I loved that, because the chapter-break art shows Pandaman in the background of some prison scene. I never spot Pandaman on my own, incidentally. (It does raise the question of how powerful Pandaman is, if he's on level 5. Also, I have to assume all prisoners escape Impel Down in the next volume, so he can continue his omnipresence.)
Bon is left staring. "What was THAT?"
Haki! I know you can't subscribe to the magazine, but at least keep up with the tankoubon, Bon.
Inazuma (this is the Japanese word for "lightning").
Thank you! (I should look up names in the dictionary.)
"We are the new race! The Newkama!" (The kanji read "new human kind.")
I assume this is riffing on the term "new half."
And the treatment will take another two days to complete.
That's not going to work with the Ace timeline, Iva.
Luffy and his strange alliance
I really feel like I haven't said enough about how much I loved Luffy acquiring such unreliable comrades.
"You don't understand! Ever since he was a kid, he's been like this. Impossible. Always making me worry! That IDIOT!"
*sniffle* Brothers.
Blood is trickling out from under the door.
Trickling? Jeez, I thought it looked like a blood flood.
Ivankov assumes that if Luffy and Ace are brothers, Ace must be Dragon's son, too.
Isn't he? Are the boys brothers?
[Luffy is seriously, seriously going to die young. T___T]
But he will have lived fully.
[Guard, surprised by his energy: Could it be another fake? LOLOL]
I missed that! Hilarious!
Luffy: "Two? Who's the second?" [LOLOL Luffy]
Never change, Luffy.
This is going to be a prison break the likes of which the world has never seen.
Thus freeing Pandaman.
what, not everyone has memorized Alabasta?
Y'know, I think Alabasta may be the only arc I've memorized. Pell!
Apparently the reader needs a picture of Zoro to know who haramaki-chan is?
Never! There is only one haramaki-chan!
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We all miss Zoro and Chopper and Usopp. :-( I really don't know how the fans survived reading this at weekly chapter release speed.
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Oh, nice observation. I can't remember any time he has been competitive with his own crew. (Am I missing one?) Of course Zoro and Sanji compete all the time, and Zoro has occasionally complained about Luffy not letting him get first crack.
Especially interesting since Luffy and Ace are so competitive (in Alabasta, Luffy complained that he had never beaten Ace even once, and they both acted like they were itching for a rematch in the New World), so it's not like it wouldn't be compatible with fond feelings.
Bon shouts "Because he's my FRIEND! What other reason do I need?"
…and I fall in love forever.
Now you know why I love Bon so much! (It is often hard to be objective about characters when they show up in earlier arcs if you know how awesome they're going to be later.)
Haki! I know you can't subscribe to the magazine, but at least keep up with the tankoubon, Bon.
LOL!
I really feel like I haven't said enough about how much I loved Luffy acquiring such unreliable comrades.
It is far and away the best thing about Impel Down. And possibly one of the best things about One Piece, period.
Ivankov assumes that if Luffy and Ace are brothers, Ace must be Dragon's son, too.
Isn't he? Are the boys brothers?
Look! A squirrel!
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The library only had volume 56, so I've placed a hold on 57. (Hang in there, Ace!)
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Whitebeard pirates = best family.
I will link to it later when we're further along, but somewhere, there is an awesome fic which consists entirely of a list of "Things Ace is Not Allowed to Do," respectfully submitted by the Whitebeard Crew. In my head canon, Ace did every one of the things on the list. It might be my favorite One Piece fic ever.
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Yeah, he doesn't really do that. I guess that's one of the ways he's being captainly, in his confident Luffy way.
He's only competitive about small things in the crew, like playing silly games with Usopp and the others. And that's more just having fun.
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