Chapter 688: Mocha
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Oh Oda, you did it again… damm those onions
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Pretty bad chapter. We know that Mocha won't die, so why all the drama.
yeah you are right.. why the hell people are all sad and worry when one of their family in some kind of operation or some car accident or something deadly.. why the hell? and yes, dangerous and deadly mean 100% death.. no human ever survived after being bitten by a cobra or rattle snake etc..
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This chapter not only proved that the children are friends (pretty GOOD friends, actually), but it also showed that the children have dreams. My first thought when reading this part of the chapter was that these children will be a pirate crew in the future; and maybe they will be shown at the end of OP, remembering Luffy.
Did we also see Chopper in his post-timeskip human form for the first time? He seems to have so many muscles that he looks kinda fat. ;)
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Goddamn all this inane bitching about the chapter. Back in the day, these sort of "slow" chapters that focused on the characters were pretty standard before the break-neck pace of Marineford. Y'all are mighty spoiled.
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I see there is a bit of an argument about the chapter.
I think the chapter was not only good but also necessary to remind us why the fuck the strawhats are still in Caesar's lab. But it's sort of understandable that many don't see it that way, after all the kid's problem seems to be in a distant past with all the sidetracking and all the subplots that were added to the arc.
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i just remembered some guys here said:
"i hate this (past) chapter because chopper suddenly got there off-screen with mocha"
now this chapter:
"i hate this chapter because oda showed what happened with mocha and chopper, its waste of panels."
which one is it? really….
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@Thousand:
Goddamn all this inane bitching about the chapter. Back in the day, these sort of "slow" chapters that focused on the characters were pretty standard before the break-neck pace of Marineford. Y'all are mighty spoiled.
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This is the reasons, why the bitching and yearning for.
Same shit, different days.
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I really liked this chapter, not really sure what the fuss is about, few weeks ago you'd find the whole "no emotional development complaint" and now it's the "too much emotional development" complaint, guess there are about an equal number of people in each camp. Also the spread with Sanji and the G5 marines bursting in was fantastic.
exactly…i wish they could make up their minds what they really want....
on the chapter, i liked the interaction of zoro and tashigi...and tashigi noticing shusui, tashigi's dream may be tackled in the coming chapters.
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i just remembered some guys here said:
"i hate this (past) chapter because chopper suddenly got there off-screen with mocha"
now this chapter:
"i hate this chapter because oda showed what happened with mocha and chopper, its waste of panels."
which one is it? really….
Lol true.
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I think the pacing of this (and the previous) chapter have been among the best in the whole arc. One Piece is better when Oda doesn't try to shove in every POV in every chapter (yes, hyperbole) like he's been doing for a good part of Punk Hazard. Like someone said: let it take its time, and let us take the time to become emotionally invested in what's going on. I haven't been fond of these various flashbacks and short segments of the kids subplot interjected in many different chapters, and the action parts have also suffered from being so hurried and spread out. Something that happens over 1/3 of 3 different chapters, spread out over three or more weeks, has less impact than if it all happened in one, focused.
More chapters with this kind of pacing, please, regardless of the content.
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@The:
One of the biggest damn problems of Punk Hazard is that it introduced a gazillion more plotthreads than necessary. When Oda finally slows down and tries to give each thread the attention it deserves and tries to develop it, theres a hundred other things people are jumping up and down to see. Lack of focus is this arcs weakness. It can't be marineford 5 scenes of twists and progression all the time people.
Agreed.
@The:
Arlong breaks Nami down emotionally? Why should I give a shit, Luffy will save the day. Everything is going to be okay in the end.
The war in Alabasta? Why should I give a shit, Luffy will save the day.Everything is going to be okay in the end.
Bellamy beats up the Saruma alliance? Yawn, Why should I give a shit, Luffy will save the day. Everything is going to be okay in the end.
Enel is about to nuke Skypea? Why should I give a shit, Luffy will save the day. Everything is going to be okay in the end.
Spandam abuses the shit out of Robin on the bridge of hesitation? Why should I give a shit, Luffy will save the day. Everything is going to be okay in the end.Not the same, see? We liked those characters, and it worked at the time because the story was focused. Like you just said. It should feel the same as these things you mention, but ultimately I don't care. Knowing that the resolution will be good is not the problem, the problem is that there's no tension. If we know that everything will be alright, then properly construct the illusion of dread. It's not there. I can't put my finger on what it is yet, but this version of overgrown super rugrats just ain't doin' it for me.
@The:
Dude. DUDE. They've seperated from their parents for YEARS, and been tricked into eating addictive POISON that'll shave 70% off their lifespan. One of the kids collapsed in a puddle of blood and tears this week. Do you need to see Caesar going at them with a fucking bullwhip?
And really, if you really wanna boil down the chapter so badly, how would you have it go? Mocha eats all the candy and hold an exposition speech where she goes "Chopper told me offscreen that the drug is lethal! But those other kids are my friends and I'm doing it for their sake so they can all grow up because they have hopes and dreams!" Compared to, you know, showing us those things.
See this is what I mean. First, it won't shave off 70 percent of their livespan if they stop. Unless I misunderstood a translation, the most likely route Oda will take is that it's reversible. If they are all dying at age 15 even if they stop, then I seriously misunderstood a crucial point. That would be terrible. But it's not is it?
So really all we get to be angry about, seeing as the kids don't look much worse for wear, is the moral obscenity of their captors. Sure Mocha was selfless and heroic in this chapter, but she'll be fine in two weeks after we lose at least fifteen pages of content. That's the thing, the timing is off and there's no real feeling that the tension is increasing, bleeding toddler and all. And that's never good. Here's what's happening to me. I feel like I should be horrified, and I certainly see Chopper's horrified face, but I don't feel it. And clearly I'm not the only one. If Mocha were to struggle with horrible pain for several chapters then that would be a lot more real and would certainly get the old face juices going.
But as of right now, I feel that she'll be stabilized next chapter and everything will be fine. The kids will be sedated, and they will be fine. I really don't have enough experience with storytelling, but I do feel like I didn't bust the literary nut, the climaxes just feel empty.
It feels kinda like lost did, you know: WHERE ARE MY FRIGGIN' ANSWERS!? Oda has managed to make me annoyed because of all the awesome stuff that he could show but doesn't, whilst slowly caring less and less about the present storyline.
I'm sure the volume format will put it in perspective, but I still feel like the whole way this was handled was poor in comparison to Oda's previous work, in the same way that I had no emotional attachment to the plight of the fishmen. I just feel like he's a little off his game lately. But it's great if you still haven't developed that numbness, more power to ya.
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I may be in the minority and might even get heat for this but, AWESOME CHOPPER CHAPTER IS AWESOME. We need more chapters that develop and focus on characters like Chopper and Usopp. I think it's awesome that pissed-off Chopper kept a cool head and stayed with the kids instead of the cliche 'run after Caesar!'. To be honest I read the title and went, "oh god not another mini flashback for a side character" but it was handled well enough for me. Slightly curious about where Caribou's story will go from here, and what will happen to Coribou.
EDIT: Woops, not in the minority at all, yaay! Note to self: read most of the thread before replying so you don't end up repeating what others have already covered.
yeah! i love it when each strawhats gets a shine and character development in every arc. just imagine how this arcs (if ever) would develop a strawhat:
elbaf - ussop
wano kuni - zoroetc.
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Mocha and Momo. I am finally invested in 2 characters, it no longer is just a bunch of kids on PH (a bit more development is needed for Momo but we know his story will be good stuff). Chopper is also finally getting some spotlight again. His has not been a smooth journey so far all the doctors he met outside DI were scumbags. That panel with Chopper crying whilst saying she will definitely become an adult & Mocha's smile really makes you believe they both know otherwise (their eyes are shaded too :( ).
Will Oda actually go ahead and kill Mocha?Give Chopper a breakdown before his 'the Fifth' chapter?
Perhaps she will not die here but it will be made clear that she will not reach adulthood? Seeing the amount she took she will definitely suffer consequences I'm not even sure Chopper can do anything.Sanji and Luffy's entrances,Zoro/Tashigi interaction,yes,a good chapter.
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There was hate from last week's chapter (as well as a lot of praise for it).
There is hate for this week's chapter (as well as a lot of praise for it). I wonder if it is the same folks expressing hatred for both chapters (probably not).
Regardless, it just shows OP has something for everyone. Wheee! -
I'd like to add some side-discussion here (last week it was 44 pages of sexism, this week it'll be even longer due to the break and all about "fuck the kids// we love the kids", from what I gather).
Chopper said the giantification experiments have all been failures for centuries. Key word being failures.
Yet, since the beginning of the arc we've gotten a shitload of foreshadowing that Oars was the result of one of these experiments:
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First a "subtle" hint like a skull really similar to Oars right at the PH entrance.
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Same chapter, maybe less subtle, "bigger than a giant!".
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And the more explicit by far, Oars shadow as clear as the day when talking about giantification experiments.
So, was Oars a failed experiment? Or even an experiment to begin with? Oda answered a fan in a SBS saying Oars came from an island where giants lived, and that he was an exceptionally big giant, like "there's allways this guy who's really tall, and he's still just a human", but with giants.
Is all of this going somewhere? Is it kind of a retcon to make him an experiment? And if they have all been but failures for centuries, Oars is a frigging failure? OARS? And if he's a failed experiment, how can he have descendants that are as massive as him?
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People who say "Why care about Mocha we know she'll be fine"….
WHY DO YOU READ ONE PIECE? By the same logic, why do you care about the series, since we KNOW Luffy will become the Pirate King. Also why do you care about fights? Since we KNOW the good guys will eventually win...
It's the journey that Oda is allowing us to enjoy, not just the results. Otherwise the series would have been summarized in one panel showing Luffy at Raftel
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For the sake of the people who haven
t felt anything about MOcha
s ordeal I hope she dies. Its truly saddening that some readers have lost their ability to be moved and wowed due to OP
s history and story.I have faith in you guys. Its ok to analyse objectively a chapter, but is rather saddening that people lose the connection to a present story because of its background.:sad:
My advice.Try not to overanalyse it. Once someone goes that way the level of "Wow enjoyment" is degraded by a couple of notches. However, don
t get me wrong. I
m not saying "us readers should swallow whole". Instead of that just let yourself be inmersed in the present and not the past.Edit post: I strongly agree with couch lee on that paralel made between the "sexism" discussion last chapter, and the "love/hate the kids" discussion in this one.
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Luffy kinda acted and looked like a street boss in the end of this chapter.
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To me this Chapter was "Shock Value" in a One Piece style (The best kind of Shock Value). We all knew that Mocha was going to find a way to keep the candy away from the others, but god knows…god KNOWS.. I wasn't expecting her to do that by EATING ALL OF IT!!!
My jaw dropped on that page, and that's what I would like to call Shock Value (OP style). This arc brings up such a touchy subject: Kids and DRUGS. Normally, an adult would NEVER do what Mocha just did; however, due to the fact that Mocha is a child filled with innocent and loving intentions she had no problem sacrificing herself just to save her friends.
It is chapters like this that make One Piece ONE PIECE!! And I am glad that the majority of Arlong Park members can see and can appreciate the beauty of this aspect of One Piece
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Your opinion is boring. Actually no, boring is too nice of a word. Rather your opinion sucks and is downright wrong.
And that's my opinion so show some respect.I will message the admin. Thanks for your post.
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This chapter…
Holy hot dogs on a bun, that chapter was making my mouth pucker and eyes water. Great presentation, Oda. That gave me chills when the G-5 Marines arrived on the scene to help Mocha under Sanji's command.
I swear this arc is going to have such a cuddly, heartwarming ending. I don't know if my heart can take it.
Oh, to go along with theme of not contributing anything worthwhile, I'll give the chapter about an 8/10! (compared to other OP chapters)
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What a shit chapter. 1/10 rating.
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i wish Chopper will gain haki after all this drama
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Some of you folks ain't cut out for reading chapters weekly.
Might as well stop reading and go back to marathoning arcs.
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There was hate from last week's chapter (as well as a lot of praise for it).
There is hate for this week's chapter (as well as a lot of praise for it). I wonder if it is the same folks expressing hatred for both chapters (probably not).
Regardless, it just shows OP has something for everyone. Wheee!LOL…this made me laugh...actually its almost always the same people that complains about chapter every time.
one always complains about the lack of fights.
one always complains about the dragging of the story.
one always complains about the attitude of the character.
and one just complains and includes sarcastic-sabo-things in every reply. -
Surely there's no way anyone can enjoy this chapter standalone..? Chapters like these are made for volume reading in my humble opinion, I don't think it's even possible to enjoy a chapter like this one without reading the couple of chapters leading up to it right before.
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After reading some more post, I realize that some of you that found this chapter lackluster are stating that not much progressed in the plot. While it is obvious that things DID indeed progress (Zoro victory confirmed, Children finally sedated, Luffy finding the location of Cesaer), sometimes things are good chapter does not always have to be about plot!
What I got from this chapter was a damn good story! One Piece has those little stories that you can tell people right before a speech:
"Have we lost are empathy for other human beings? Let me tell you a story, of a child who managed to befriend others, and in a dire situation…. where all her friends were confused and against her... was willing to sacrifice herself just so she could save their lives"
And as stated so many times before, One Piece has always been about these little stories in between. So many YT reviewers hated Momo's background story stating it was boring. When have we lost our taste for the story?
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But poor CC will be destroyed by Luffy… And Luffy looks absolut bad-ass with Momo around his neck
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@Uncle:
I smell a "The Fifth" chapter around the corner.
Who might this "fifth" be? Because as I recall, there are a few more than 5 main crewmates, if that's what you were talking about.
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Some of you folks ain't cut out for reading chapters weekly.
Might as well stop reading and go back to marathoning arcs.
Seriously. It's like some of these people except something along the lines of the excitement when Frieza gets cleaved in half by his own disk every week. It's One Piece, so we know that's possible a lot of weeks, but if you overload it with stuff like that you won't have informational chapters, touching little chapters like this that melt your heart, things like that.
This is not an insult. Guys, if you find yourself consistently dissatisfied with single chapters, you should start reading in batches of 5, or even whole arcs. Do you remember when you first watched OP? There's about a 1% chance you were judging it per episode. You were judging it by the 5's, 10's, 20's of episodes.
I just recently marathoned Medaka Box, now I'm reading it weekly and it's a huge difference. Doesn't make me like the awesome manga any less, I just have to lower my expectations of the amount to expect to happen. The author is not going to suddenly gain 10x his writing capacity for a chapter just because I started reading weekly.
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Some of you folks ain't cut out for reading chapters weekly.
Might as well stop reading and go back to marathoning arcs.
So much this. It seems that keeping in mind a Big picture (Puzzle-whole story) while looking at a detail (Jigsaw-chapter) might alter some readers
@ Krule. "The fifth" would be a chapter revolving around Chopper since he was the fifth SH joining the crew (not counting Luffy that is)
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@krule274:
Who might this "fifth" be? Because as I recall, there are a few more than 5 main crewmates, if that's what you were talking about.
I think he was referring to when crewmates get a chapter title named after them.
I thought the chapter was ok, very standard for one piece. end.
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So many YT reviewers hated Momo's background story stating it was boring. When have we lost our taste for the story?
And you take YT reviewers seriously? :wassat:
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Ok here it goes my opinion about this chapter.
Starting with the cover, you really have to wonder where this entire Carbou thing is going. I mean no one expects him to die on the seas right… well than let's see where his little boat wil take him.
The Chapter
The chapter. I will skip the part where Zoro takes care of Kuina and the part where Sanji comes in and Nami and Robin fend off the kids.
Cause this chapter really was about Chopper and the kids in general, especially a kid named Mocha. So the name of the chapter in itself is telling enough.Now, there seem to be two bandwagons to jump on.
1. One is telling us how this chapter was, if we sum it up and dramatize a bit, "A WASTE of SPACE and INK" 2. and the other group would want us to believe that this chapter was "EMOTIONALLY FULL and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT RICH".
Ok. Every one has their own opinions and if you are close to either of the above groups in thinking, who am I to say it wasn't so. If it gave you no emotions whatsoever, if the characters remained the same for you after this and if you have felt that nothing of significance actually has happened in this chapter… than you have every right to say that this chapter was CRAP!. For you it was and if it made you feel like that, than you are right, it was an utter crap from your perspective.
On the other hand, if this chapter made you cry and you have felt that Chopper has really progress as a character and will do so in the next few chapter because of this, if in general kids have grown on you and you really enjoyed the chapter and cared for all of this. Than yes this chapter for you was emotionally full and character rich and Oda has probably achieved what he wanted to.
My viewNow since this is about my opinion, I will say what I felt about this chapter and how I saw the entire kids/chopper ordeal.
To explain this I would have to first touch on some things which on these forums have been discussed in the past. To be short and to the gist I would have to speak about the approach One Piece or rather Oda takes against harming his characters or killing them.
Now we do know he is capable of that. Ace's, Whitebeard's death, Shanks losing his arm and a couple more scenarios in that direction. However, I will refer to someone who said it bluntly and to the point. If I use his words and twist them a bit:" Why all the fuss, if we know that Mocha is going to be ok?"
While I disagree that the entire chapter is meaningless because Mocha will probably be saved by Chopper, I will however say the following.
The fact that wast majority of us feel and in a way know, that Oda will not kill off Mocha and that she will be saved…
Well that is what for me, takes away from the emotional part of this chapter and takes away the sadness, the pain and the sacrifice, I could have otherwise experience and feel if I wasn't certain Mocha is going to live and be fine.
I am glad that there are people out there who can get themselves so emotionally attached to this time and time again knowing that practically every time the persona who will be doing the sacrifice part, will end up fine.
Cause for me, it simply takes away from that and made me naturally resistant to it. That is why I personally believe that, in stories like this, from time to time bad things need to happen to good people. To make us appreciate things we need to sometimes lose them, otherwise everything just becomes a given.
So if I build on the above and continue my thought. If Mocha would have eaten these candies and this would result in her death and it would ultimately save the rest of the children, well than I guess I would feel this emotional side of the chapter and especially in future when this kind of development would take place I would actually be afraid for the character and get emotionally attached to someone we just met in this arc and is supposed to serve as a platform for the character development and the above mentioned emotional attachment.
But because of the past experience and the way these sort of things have been dealt with in the past, I felt practically nothing in this chapter. And that saddens me. I envy those who do, because I do believe this chapter was written well, but because of the writing of the story which has lead to this moment it has almost no effect on me whatsoever and therefor I do not see this so well written in the end.
On the other hand, because of the different situation Chopper is in and the past wast experience we have had with him, I felt this chapter did him right and I saw the character development on that front.So if I sum it up. This chapter was ok for me, I liked the Chopper part and how Oda has handled him and I am sorry that I feel almost no attachment for the children or Mocha to be specific and thus in my eyes they were needed just to seve as a platform on which Chopper's character could be further on developed. As for the entire message this chapter was supposed to give and the emotions it should have triggered within the readers, that sadly had no effect on me what so ever.
Those are my thoughts about this chapter for anyone who has taken the time and effort to even read them.
Though i agree with the premise, i think Oda will pass on to the readers why taking drugs is bad, which is why if Chopper does manage to save her, the effects of the drugs will have their toll. IMO, the kids won't come out of this unscathed, specially Mocha since she, apparently, just overdosed herself.
Think about it: what better way to tell kids (and / or other age groups) how bad drugs can be then in a best selling medium, such as One Piece? This is a huge chance to get this message across to the readers / audience (anime, assuming they don't screw up when this portion of the manga comes to anime).
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@krule274:
Who might this "fifth" be? Because as I recall, there are a few more than 5 main crewmates, if that's what you were talking about.
When Zoro joined, there was a chapter called "The First".
When Sanji joined, there was a chapter called "The Fourth".
When Nami rejoined after Arlong's defeat, there was a chapter called "The Second".
When Usopp rejoined after Enies Lobby and Franky joined, there was a chapter called "The Third and the Seventh".
When Brook joined, there was a chapter called "The Eight".So only Chopper and Robin are missing such a chapter title.^^
I overall really enjoyed this chapter, seeing how I not hate kid characters, because they are kid characters and also like emotional scenes more than fights.
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This chapter in a volume - Good.
This chapter on its own - Awful.
Bring on next chapter.Break next week, sorry pal
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To me this Chapter was "Shock Value" in a One Piece style (The best kind of Shock Value). We all knew that Mocha was going to find a way to keep the candy away from the others, but god knows…god KNOWS.. I wasn't expecting her to do that by EATING ALL OF IT!!!
My jaw dropped on that page, and that's what I would like to call Shock Value (OP style). This arc brings up such a touchy subject: Kids and DRUGS. Normally, an adult would NEVER do what Mocha just did; however, due to the fact that Mocha is a child filled with innocent and loving intentions she had no problem sacrificing herself just to save her friends.
It is chapters like this that make One Piece ONE PIECE!! And I am glad that the majority of Arlong Park members can see and can appreciate the beauty of this aspect of One Piece
Totally agree, dude!
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As I'm typing this I have no clue how oda will fit this into the 10 years he still got left.
Well it is true that Oda may has spend 14 years only building up to a war that was only between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marines and OP most likely won't end it in 10 years more like 15.
But like you sad but the SH may only face all of the Emperors the Warlords the Marines and hell knows what's up with the moon and Eneru but the fact remains there's gonna be more a foncus on all the main strong powers in the NW and some of those are gonna beat each other up so it would make sense in the NW your not ganna find Foxy pirates or something like that.
Besides it took the SH less than 3 mhonts in real time to get to the second part of the Grand Line if they weren't stopped by the Marines so in actual distence it wasn't much.
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May I ask you to expand on why "was it a shit chapter"
LOL don't bother asking. The guy's like that every week. Basically a "shit chapter next week please" type of poster.
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I enjoyed this chapter. Not really happy about the break though :(
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So much this. It seems that keeping in mind a Big picture (Puzzle-whole story) while looking at a detail (Jigsaw-chapter) might alter some readers
@ Krule. "The fifth" would be a chapter revolving around Chopper since he was the fifth SH joining the crew (not counting Luffy that is)
Gotcha, sorry, didn't really catch what you meant.
When Zoro joined, there was a chapter called "The First".
When Sanji joined, there was a chapter called "The Fourth".
When Nami rejoined after Arlong's defeat, there was a chapter called "The Second".
When Usopp rejoined after Enies Lobby and Franky joined, there was a chapter called "The Third and the Seventh".
When Brook joined, there was a chapter called "The Eight".So only Chopper and Robin are missing such a chapter title.^^
I overall really enjoyed this chapter, seeing how I not hate kid characters, because they are kid characters and also like emotional scenes more than fights.
Again, thanks, kinda zoned out typing that,, my bad.
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@krule274:
Break next week, sorry pal
Yeah I think that realization makes it worse.. :P
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Seriously. It's like some of these people except something along the lines of the excitement when Frieza gets cleaved in half by his own disk every week. It's One Piece, so we know that's possible a lot of weeks, but if you overload it with stuff like that you won't have informational chapters, touching little chapters like this that melt your heart, things like that.
This is not an insult. Guys, if you find yourself consistently dissatisfied with single chapters, you should start reading in batches of 5, or even whole arcs. Do you remember when you first watched OP? There's about a 1% chance you were judging it per episode. You were judging it by the 5's, 10's, 20's of episodes.
I just recently marathoned Medaka Box, now I'm reading it weekly and it's a huge difference. Doesn't make me like the awesome manga any less, I just have to lower my expectations of the amount to expect to happen. The author is not going to suddenly gain 10x his writing capacity for a chapter just because I started reading weekly.
now i just thought of something….
wasnt there less complain and bitchin before from other people because most (im one of those) guys here read/watch one piece when the series was already long released????
i mean, yeah...its like you started reading one piece (from chapter 1) when the series is presently (lets say) at the thriller bark arc, so you can read it continously... then when you read up all the chapters up to the fishman arc, you only get 1 chapter per week,,...and youre used to continously reading one piece.
coz that would explain all the people always complaining about the breaks and story dragging...its been like this from the start....unless what i said above is true...
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Is it bad that I want Caribou to drown? Like….horribly?
This chapter was definitely centered on the fates on the drugged kids, and rightfully so. They've been an ongoing problem this whole arc, and one of the first people the Straw Hats encountered while adventuring.
But first we got Zoro and Tashigi bickering (Monet's done for the day, people), and that reminded me of Loguetown. Tashigi's still interested in famous swords, I see (didn't like having Zoro to carry her too much, but the scene WAS more gaglike)
Chopper....man, he really wants to save the kids. It was kinda sad having Mocha hear the cold hard truth about their condition from his mouth, but it had to be said. And Mocha.....she reminds me of Koala, both little girls trapped in terrible circumstances and you just can't help but feel sorry for them.
Ingesting all the candies was a bold move to save the others (only choice I guess, there was no time to smash them all). I really hope Mocha pulls through, but at the same time......I think her going out in such a bold way is admirable. Would Oda kill a child?
Personally I think one of the things this arc has been doing well is giving emotional moments/development for Chopper, one of the most underrated characters in the entire series. He's a doctor, and his dream is cure all diseases. Yet he finds himself virtually powerless to undo Caesar's treatment (mainly because he can't move), and he might lose Mocha, one of the few kids to have sensiblity in all this. I can only see himself determined not to let something like this happen again.
Sanji charging in the Marines continues to not only be funny, but a great moment for the chef.
And wham, Luffy and Momonosuke return to the scene. Luffy's pissed, and he's after our favorite mad scientist. Yet I can't help but feel that he'll escape, or evade his fate in some way.
....Too bad we have a break next week, but I want to see what Smoker, Vergo, Usopp, Brook, and Kinemon are all up to. Don't let me down, Oda!
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Some of you folks ain't cut out for reading chapters weekly.
Might as well stop reading and go back to marathoning arcs.
Alien edit this post XD
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Would Oda kill a child?
Nope. Can't see Oda pulling this off. Ever…Unless he REALLY wants to do something with Chopper's character.
I can totally see CC escaping though (maybe Vergo also). However, Monet seems to be finished. What a shame :sad:
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Some of you folks ain't cut out for reading chapters weekly.
Might as well stop reading and go back to marathoning arcs.
I know there are a lot of people who read for story progression rather than quality. Sometimes they have grown tired of the series and just want to see how it ends, and other times it's because they're action lovers who just want to see new fighting techniques. Chapters like these will draw them out every time, but that doesn't mean they're right or wrong. They just have different taste. I agree though, people who are like that should realize it and start marathoning for their own good. Needless to say, for our good.
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Nope. Can't see Oda pulling this off. Ever…Unless he REALLY wants to do something with Chopper's character.
I can totally see CC escaping though (maybe Vergo also). However, Monet seems to be finished. What a shame :sad:
So I'm guessing the gas isn't nearly as lethal as we thought it was, I don't think Oda's going to kill off Monet since there's so much about her that we don't know and that he's hinted at. So I guess the G5 people will be fine as well.