Haven't enjoyed a chapter of One Piece quite as much as this one in a while.
Apparently, I'm one of the few, if not the only, fans of Hodi, but I am enjoying him, I am enjoying his moves, I am enjoying his need for drugs to still lose easily to Luffy, I am enjoying his personality, and I enjoyed seeing him stab Decken, only to have the Ship fall down in the Fishman island.
Speaking of which, that was a phenomenal cliffhanger, that makes me want impatiently for the next chapter, which is something that hasn't happened to me in the past few weeks. This arc is back to being interesting.
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@mikaelz0r:
I hope Luffy saves VDD and he joins the crew, like Nico Robin.
I know we had two Crewmembers that were assholes before (one of them even beat the shit out of Usopp), but having a guy like Van Deckem, that looks like a complete psycho that wants to murder a princess just because she rejects him might be a little too much for a SH Crewmember.