@blue-san:
I must say, this was one messy chapter altogether , it seemed as if we were flying through it…
Like I said, it was a bit messy, didn't seem so well paced and put together as the last one. Lots of loose ends which in all honesty I do not comprehand at this point. But let us start at the begining.
We finally learn the reason why Jinbei has not said yes to Luffy regarding the joining... It seems he got the entire deal with Big Mom going in the first place and ended up also being her subordinate. Which also means that Sun Pirates are very much alive, but as he himself soon finds out, this messes up the situation badly.
As if that is not enough, we get this new spin off, which I think was not really needed but ok, I am talking about the tamatebako chest, which seems to have a bomb planted (loads of bombs) now here are 3 main problems.
1. As we learn Luffy has ended up giving away the treasure to Big Mom (I personally thought after the previous chapter that deal fall through. because she would not trade Candy for treasure and Luffy said he will fight her anyway, so what exactly is the point here, or better to ask this why. Why on earth would Luffy still give her that treasure?
2. We learn that box has a trap, however as we have read One Piece to this point, I really fail to feel or notice the danger of 1.000.000 bombs put together if need be, after the likes of Pell, and all the explosions which have happened so far and left people standing (to name the first that pops into my mind, The big Kuma's one on Thriller bark, which obviously failed to kill even the fodder characters"
3. As we later on in the chapter learn, that bomb, which is now in the hands of Big Mom may mean a war declaration from Luffy. Now although I do realize that it may further on irritate her and make her even more keen on fighting him, I again fail to notice the need for that to happen.
He said he will fight her, but somehow this "plot" is added into all of this and it only results from my perspective into =>
- SH's losing the entire treasure
- SH's further on irritating Big Mom
- the entire unlogical "lets give away our treasure" concept in general
Now to conclude what do I think of this chapter?
It was an ok chapter, we learn some things and that is a plus, also the humor is cool, however all and all I did not like it all that much, to go and scream great chapter. In fact what bothers me about this chapter is the fact that some things seem inconsistent , unlogical and even unneccessary.
I will read this thread, perhaps there are some people here who can answer these questions better
- Why did Luffy gave away the treasure?
- How did the entire situation at the candy factory got resolved (Pekoms and Tamago simply walking away with the treasure?)
- Where is all of these leading, why the additional plots…
I like your post dude. A lot of your opinions and ideas about the chapters match my own, often validating them. About Luffy and Co. giving up their treasure to Big Mom; I Think Oda cornered him self into this scenario. If Luffy did not offer the treasure then Big Mom would obviously tell Pekom to take it. A brawl between Big Mom's crew and the Strawhats at this point would feel awkward.
Overall this chapter left me feeling very stretched out as a reader, although promises a lot more to speculate on. It was a nice read like always. :happy: