Chapter 738: "Trebol Army, Special Executive Sugar"

kouch_lee

I should've specified that in greater detail- I want to see more of that creative DF usage. This chapter was a nice start and I'd like to see that continued next week. If Trebol gets knocked around a little in the process, I won't complain.

Don't forget it all started with last chapter's glorious return of Robin's super creepy The Walls Have Eyes technique.

Really happy Oda decided to keep it up by adding Sudden Severed Head and the less weird but equally classy Now You See Me Now You Don't into the mix.

After focusing almost exclusively on Robin's hands since the Kuma Incident (that time it was hidden ears), it's good to see Oda bringing back the creepy possibilities this fruit enables.

@Kirk:

Oda should stick with this kind of narrative instead of switching the scenes there and there everytime. It really is refreshing to read.

@cpuguy18:

Yeah and it makes the story easier to follow. Dressrossa is kinda a clusterfuck hopfully the anime will tell the story with one narrative instead of jumping back and forth.

@DollarScholar:

I think reading this arc in the printed volumes rather than 1 scanlation per week would be a significantly different experience, and it would be easier to appreciate the quick action-packed pacing.

The thing is, when a chapter 705 appears, it's not a bad thing per se. It's not "jumping around? bad chapter!". Many of this jump-cut styled chapters have been pretty damn good, and the arc overall is quality stuff left and right.

To me, it's more a feeling that lately the balance is kinda destroyed. For every focused chapter like this week's, we get 5 jump around heavy ones. This isn't a problem when the purpose is to just cut the not-so-necessary stuff and go straight for the meaty juice when you have to juggle between 5-6 scenarios that are taking place at the exact same time. That's good.

What's not so good is when, by jumping around and cutting the "not-so-necessary stuff" of certain situations we get as a result some convulted, badly paced and incomplete fights. Cue in the Jora situation, which if condensed into 1-2 chapters without cutting away from its developments in order to show us only the "consequences" could've made for a very enjoyable, original and imaginative fight that would've been pretty memorable. As it is right now, we got very good segments (the artified characters, Brook and Jora being artistic bros, Brook deceiving and defeating her) that felt unconnected and oddly paced. That's not good.

So, yeah, not entirely hating and against the jump around chapters since quite a lot of them are good, but Oda needs to bring back some balance, at least now that the climax is knocking at the door and we need things to be as focused as possible.

Da Funk

@senor:

Obviously trebol either knows Sugar is strong enough to survive the destruction of the tower or he has a problem with overreacting. he did bust up the tower just because of a fly… it would be funny if he knocked her out by the ship crashing on her head.. too easy though. pumped for next week

I think I'll go with Trebol being impulsive. You know, DD's minions have been OP-weird eversince so Trebol's not gonna be an exception.

inori

@HTC:

Good chapter IMO.

the ship being thrown looks closely like Going Merry flying model because it has the tail and appears to have wings as well.

Nope. I though it was swanda. Wouldn't be surprised if there's bon-chan among them :ninja:

tahcyon

People are complaining about Ussop being a coward. let's look at the facts,

Luffy's dream is to be pirate king- which will come true towards the end of the series
Zoro's : become the greatest swordsman -> end of the series (after defeating shilew maybe)
Sanji : to find all blue -> possibly towards the end of the series
Franky : to build a ship that can sail around the world -> end of the series

As we can see most of the dreams of strawhats will only come to fruition towards the end of the series when they will have conquered grand line. Ussop's dream is to be BRAVE warrior of the sea. If he was not a coward and brave already, whats the point of continuing the journey?

And just like me, you all have already realized that as soon as the super hot Tabasco ball was shown, it was clear that it's Ussop sama's time to shine. So give him some time and stop whining.

PS: Sugar's contract says "Kill everyone in the tower". Since the tower is destroyed (semi destroyed) by Trevor :ninja:, the contract may not work anymore. There is also this chance that walking out of this tower will also void the second part of the contract.

My profile picture was of Ussop's long time ago and here I am defending him

Feeso

I liked the chapter, it felt like it was a needed step in terms of the story-line's progression but that being said it was kind of average (For One Piece that's still really good) I'll go more in depth latter

Sads

madriano

@tahcyon:

People are complaining about Ussop being a coward. let's look at the facts,

Luffy's dream is to be pirate king- which will come true towards the end of the series
Zoro's : become the greatest swordsman -> end of the series (after defeating shilew maybe)
Sanji : to find all blue -> possibly towards the end of the series
Franky : to build a ship that can sail around the world -> end of the series

As we can see most of the dreams of strawhats will only come to fruition towards the end of the series when they will have conquered grand line. Ussop's dream is to be BRAVE warrior of the sea. If he was not a coward and brave already, whats the point of continuing the journey?

And just like me, you all have already realized that as soon as the super hot Tabasco ball was shown, it was clear that it's Ussop sama's time to shine. So give him some time and stop whining.

PS: Sugar's contract says "Kill everyone in the tower". Since the tower is destroyed (semi destroyed) by Trevor :ninja:, the contract may not work anymore. There is also this chance that walking out of this tower will also void the second part of the contract.

My profile picture was of Ussop's long time ago and here I am defending him

The "Kill everyone in the tower" is not the contract, the contract is "You will obey my orders until you drop dead", so even if the tower is destroyed Sugar can still give new orders to them.

blue-san

@DollarScholar:

Did you notice how Trebol talks? i think he is supposed to be incredibly stupid

I did very strange stuff in general…

cloudrivera

My problem with Usopp isn't his cowardice, his design (it was in the first half, after the timeskip his design is my favorite) or his personality. My problem is his fighting style, or lack there of, and the fact that he doesn't get many fights in the first place.

Usopp is suppose to be the marksman of the crew, yet he barely has any marksman type feats. It's like Oda can't decide what to do with him. At first he was using hammers and other gimmicky stuff (I don't know why, he's a f****** marksman). Then during his fight with Luffy he was shown as fighting intelligently and using more dangerous types of weapons, such as spikes and shurikens, and using the dials from skypeia. Then when he was Sogeking he had a new weapon….but all he really did was burn the flag and shoot Spandam from far( finally a real marksman feat!). I forgot what he did against Perona, but I remember liking that fight, so if someone can tell me what he did I would appreciate it. Fast forward to now and he fights...with plants.

I'm not knocking Usopp, but I wish Oda will pick one thing and stick with it. Is his style using pranks? (again I don't really see the point, since he's a marksman) Is his style exploiting his opponents' weaknesses? Using dials? Only plants? He has a LONG way to go if he ever wants to beat Van Auger or even his dad. It's pretty sad that Trebol, of all people, performed a marksman feat better than Usopp has ever done (shooting a fly right in the middle).

I know this might sound generic, but I wouldn't mind Usopp using these things called guns to fight? Since he created Nami's weapon, surely he can make his own type of bullets as well, like fire, ice, piercing, status like poisons and stuff, etc. If that's too graphic, maybe he can use a bow and arrow like the amazons or even a crossbow. His style should be staying away from opponents and shooting from far. Heck, Franky can make him a laser gun or something. Despite all that, it's pointless if he barely gets fights. I hope Usopp does a lot during this arc. Anyone agree?

tahcyon

@madriano:

The "Kill everyone in the tower" is not the contract, the contract is "You will obey my orders until you drop dead", so even if the tower is destroyed Sugar can still give new orders to them.

I just double checked it, you are right. Kill everyone is just her order, not the part of her contract. It was misinterpretation on my part.

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He found the real body of perona and tricked her with fake 10ton hammer which overwhelmed her and she fainted. I really liked how oda planned all that out. Ussop despite being one of the weakest he did defeat Moria's one of the commanders.

@cloudrivera:

I'm not knocking Usopp, but I wish Oda will pick one thing and stick with it. Is his style using pranks? (again I don't really see the point, since he's a marksman) Is his style exploiting his opponents' weaknesses? Using dials? Only plants? He has a LONG way to go if he ever wants to beat Van Auger or even his dad. It's pretty sad that Trebol, of all people, performed a marksman feat better than Usopp has ever done (shooting a fly right in the middle).

Like you said, his only marksmanship achievement was during the CP9 arc. But during FI arc, he was very strategic to predict the attacks of his opponent and counter him back.

He indeed has a wide range of fighting style : pranks, dials and weapons he made, and finally the brand new pop greens. The only thing that i see him doing without having to abandon any of his fighting style would be to prank his enemies and snipe them when they have their guard down. He can combine dials and pop greens to create an even destructive attacks. But that's all just wishful thinking on my part.

desa

-I want kick Usopp in the balls.

-Trebol is nuts. He pierce the wall for a fly. And throw a boat at the place where sugar is. And is body is weird. But at least he seems both fast( they really eems to be appearing in the DD family) and powerful.

-4 doors again? Doflamingo must really love the card theme.

-Sugar is pretty fast. At least with her hands. She really needs to fight Kuma-style. I liked her trying to use the stupidity of the dwarves. And contract requires no contact.

-Why the fuck did the tontattas changed plans? That was both fairly stupid and overconfident. I want Usopp to get kicked in the nuts.

-So even when enslaved they still believe everything? They remind me that movie where only one guy on earth could lie. But we learn that smiles are real fruits. And how close we are to the factory

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But seriously, why the heck was checking on that fly(which somehow didn't get crushed) and why did trebol target between the eyes rather than crushed it/ That dude is crazy.

StarlightMan

About Usopp… Oda does the same thing with the character practically every arc, and you guys fall for it every time.

Usopp behaves cowardly, and then overcomes his fears by doing something badass/awesome (see: Punk Hazard, Fishmans Island, Enies Lobby, etc.) It's kinda his thing.

Point is, Usopp wasn't lying when he told Nami he's graduated from the Weakling Trio. There's no doubt he's stronger, with a greater and more strategic arsenal of weaponry. But his personality hasn't changed just because of this. He's still Usopp - if you take away that foundation of his character, you're just left with… Long-Nosed Sniper.

Gia Sado

@cloudrivera:

My problem with Usopp isn't his cowardice, his design (it was in the first half, after the timeskip his design is my favorite) or his personality. My problem is his fighting style, or lack there of, and the fact that he doesn't get many fights in the first place.

Usopp is suppose to be the marksman of the crew, yet he barely has any marksman type feats. It's like Oda can't decide what to do with him. At first he was using hammers and other gimmicky stuff (I don't know why, he's a f****** marksman). Then during his fight with Luffy he was shown as fighting intelligently and using more dangerous types of weapons, such as spikes and shurikens, and using the dials from skypeia. Then when he was Sogeking he had a new weapon….but all he really did was burn the flag and shoot Spandam from far( finally a real marksman feat!). I forgot what he did against Perona, but I remember liking that fight, so if someone can tell me what he did I would appreciate it. Fast forward to now and he fights...with plants.

I'm not knocking Usopp, but I wish Oda will pick one thing and stick with it. Is his style using pranks? (again I don't really see the point, since he's a marksman) Is his style exploiting his opponents' weaknesses? Using dials? Only plants? He has a LONG way to go if he ever wants to beat Van Auger or even his dad. It's pretty sad that Trebol, of all people, performed a marksman feat better than Usopp has ever done (shooting a fly right in the middle).

I know this might sound generic, but I wouldn't mind Usopp using these things called guns to fight? Since he created Nami's weapon, surely he can make his own type of bullets as well, like fire, ice, piercing, status like poisons and stuff, etc. If that's too graphic, maybe he can use a bow and arrow like the amazons or even a crossbow. His style should be staying away from opponents and shooting from far. Heck, Franky can make him a laser gun or something. Despite all that, it's pointless if he barely gets fights. I hope Usopp does a lot during this arc. Anyone agree?

You underestimate Usopp. While a coward just wait until the actually fighting starts. When he gets hit or something pressures him, then we'll see the real one. I'm pretty sure thats the way Oda want's to hype him up: to wow us when we don't think its going to happen.

ZoroVsLuffy

@StarlightMan:

About Usopp… Oda does the same thing with the character practically every arc, and you guys fall for it every time.

Usopp behaves cowardly, and then overcomes his fears by doing something badass/awesome (see: Punk Hazard, Fishmans Island, Enies Lobby, etc.) It's kinda his thing.

Point is, Usopp wasn't lying when he told Nami he's graduated from the Weakling Trio. There's no doubt he's stronger, with a greater and more strategic arsenal of weaponry. But his personality hasn't changed just because of this. He's still Usopp - if you take away that foundation of his character, you're just left with… Long-Nosed Sniper.

I don't remember he does anything awesome or badass in PH.

carcanclaw

I'm also in the "Usopp is a bit underwhelming" camp. If he handles Sugar the way he handled Chuu way back in the Arlong arc (as in: using every dirty trick in the book and being surprisingly brutal when necessary), then I'll totally reconsider.

King of Calzones

@ZoroVsLuffy:

I don't remember he does anything awesome or badass in PH.

His speech about Luffy was pretty badass if you ask me. I don't really count him and Nami finishing off Buffalo and Baby 5 because Franky already dealt most of the damage and pretty much anyone could've done what they did. Either way it was a nice moment too.

I always considered Usopp's fighting style to be based a lot in guerilla warfare; he has a full arsenal of weapons that don't deal a ton of damage alone but he manages to make them work by using a series of hit-and-run tactics, which suits the character perfectly. His specialties are obviously in his sniping skills, but often times those don't really work well for a one-on-one fight. However, I have a strong feeling that Usopp eventually will get into a full-on sniper duel when and if he fights Van Auger; Oda is most likely saving his full-fledged sniper-based fight for that scenario, which I'm really excited for.

I just find it a bit absurd that people are knocking Usopp for things that are totally in-character for him to do. I'm surprised people don't complain whenever he makes a comment about having "I Can't Go On This Island Disease" because that apparently means that he's not trying his best even though it's obviously just a quirk.

Sereques

@cloudrivera:

My problem with Usopp isn't his cowardice, his design (it was in the first half, after the timeskip his design is my favorite) or his personality. My problem is his fighting style, or lack there of, and the fact that he doesn't get many fights in the first place.

Usopp is suppose to be the marksman of the crew, yet he barely has any marksman type feats. It's like Oda can't decide what to do with him. At first he was using hammers and other gimmicky stuff (I don't know why, he's a f****** marksman). Then during his fight with Luffy he was shown as fighting intelligently and using more dangerous types of weapons, such as spikes and shurikens, and using the dials from skypeia. Then when he was Sogeking he had a new weapon….but all he really did was burn the flag and shoot Spandam from far( finally a real marksman feat!). I forgot what he did against Perona, but I remember liking that fight, so if someone can tell me what he did I would appreciate it. Fast forward to now and he fights...with plants.

I'm not knocking Usopp, but I wish Oda will pick one thing and stick with it. Is his style using pranks? (again I don't really see the point, since he's a marksman) Is his style exploiting his opponents' weaknesses? Using dials? Only plants? He has a LONG way to go if he ever wants to beat Van Auger or even his dad. It's pretty sad that Trebol, of all people, performed a marksman feat better than Usopp has ever done (shooting a fly right in the middle).

I know this might sound generic, but I wouldn't mind Usopp using these things called guns to fight? Since he created Nami's weapon, surely he can make his own type of bullets as well, like fire, ice, piercing, status like poisons and stuff, etc. If that's too graphic, maybe he can use a bow and arrow like the amazons or even a crossbow. His style should be staying away from opponents and shooting from far. Heck, Franky can make him a laser gun or something. Despite all that, it's pointless if he barely gets fights. I hope Usopp does a lot during this arc. Anyone agree?

Everyone want their hero to get fights all the time. The real truth is that is not possible. Robin hasn't got a one v one fight since Skypiea, Nami doesn't fight anymore, Chopper will be lucky if he gets off the ship. As the crew gets bigger, fights will be rare. The only person that will fight consistently is Luffy and rightly so. Usopp is marksman, he doesn't use bow or guns, he is unique just like the rest of the crew that aren't DF users. He made his own slingshot with dials, that thing can even come to life. He will be known that way. They all have what they want to be apart from making Luffy pirate king. At the end of the series, Usopp will be known for his ability to bring down anything no matter the range. He won't be able to achieve that with a bow or gun.

Tofu

@StarlightMan:

About Usopp… Oda does the same thing with the character practically every arc, and you guys fall for it every time.

Usopp behaves cowardly, and then overcomes his fears by doing something badass/awesome (see: Punk Hazard, Fishmans Island, Enies Lobby, etc.) It's kinda his thing.

Point is, Usopp wasn't lying when he told Nami he's graduated from the Weakling Trio. There's no doubt he's stronger, with a greater and more strategic arsenal of weaponry. But his personality hasn't changed just because of this. He's still Usopp - if you take away that foundation of his character, you're just left with… Long-Nosed Sniper.

People also forget that lying is his top skill. Even though the dwarves are naive and would buy anything, he created a story that would motivate them, give them confidence to act. And you know… When Usopp can rely on someone during dangerous situations, he will not lift a finger! That's the basics of his personality, he would rather rely on Luffy, Zoro and Sanji than fight.

But everytime, when the moment comes that only him can act, he'll do. It happened during almost every major arc. He has always done it, and has always done it cowardly. He's a strategic fighter that works around situations, no wonder he paired up with Robin.

Roland_Deschain

many are complaining about the dwarfes "change of plans" but they had to be aware that robin could only distract trebol for a short amount of time, after which he would probably raise the alarm once noticing he had been duped…now way they could be sure that sugar would calmly keep on munching on those grapes, so obviously they had to act fast...

they should have cut out the "confronting the enemy" part though and just attacked out of hiding super-fast, probably thought she´d be scared of them...

Psycrow

Nice chapter. I think that little girl's going to have to be KO'd first, gonna be hard to take out ol' Slimy with the whole toy/dwarf war going on.
I'm sure we'll have to come back to see the conclusion of this, just like the other groups… it's so early in their fights too.

Cannibal

This was a lovely chapter, but Oda forgetting about Trebol's eyebrow scar saddens me.

DarkHamster

So destroying the factory = the same goal as releasing the dwarves? The factory is just the dwarves working right? So it seems the whole reason that DD came to dressrosa is b/c of the dwarves.

When the dwarves were turned into toys, they are forgotten. But ussop should remember that Sugar turns people into toys, thus it's easy to reason these toys that magically appeared out of nowhere must be people…and possibly people they knew.

parklane21

When everything about Ussop fails, there is always Ussop's Hakuba… I missed Sogeking.

andre

Usopp is going to trick and shoot the thing in her mouth, that my guess at least.

Tyrano

It won't be easy. There will be blood. There will be screaming. There will be explosions chases secret moves and so on and so on.
But Usopp shall be victorious above yet another super-OP character who could easily defeat other SH after Perona!

xxjoshxx

@parklane21:

When everything about Ussop fails, there is always Ussop's Hakuba… I missed Sogeking.

Sogeking is still with you… in your heart.

Monquito

Dressrosa needs some democracy, where's the american army when is needed??

Also, what if Issho uses his power to create a big hole below the Coliseum and let it fall over the factory!?, oooh maan, I'm excpecting this to happen soo hard.

RamistaR

@Shadowgreed:

5th panel, she reacted/sensed the explosion a few seconds before it happened and Oda gave it a panel.

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Ouw! Suuuuuper! I have never noticed this one, Robin is definitely hiding some skills. Do you know what the sfx above her head means?

NER

Sugar: “I don’t much like this…”
“It feels like you’re underestimating me…”

This type of lines is the most scary..

DollarScholar

@NER:

Sugar: “I don’t much like this…”
“It feels like you’re underestimating me…”

This type of lines is the most scary..

Sugar saying "You are filthy. Die." to Trebol is a great quote too. i love that girl. I hope to one day have a daughter like her!

Sahar

You know what troubles me most? It is the fact that nobody seems to care what happend to Laws fluffy hat :-( It went missing again, after Doffy taking Law with him.

Fun fact aside … I am really wondering why Usoland didn't take the Tatabasco as munition for his Kabuto and shoot it directly into Sugars mouth. BUT what I don't understand: it could even be way easier to make Sugar lose consciousness: Why doesn't Usopp use his Sleep Star - the attack he used against the kids of PH whom fell asleep pretty fast and were off to a wonderful dreamland.

RamistaR

@Sahar:

You know what troubles me most? It is the fact that nobody seems to care what happend to Laws fluffy hat :-( It went missing again, after Doffy taking Law with him.

I also found really weird that after an epic fight all the way from the bridge to the coloseum, Doffy had no trouble to find Law's sheath. (the thing where he puts his sword)

Enzeru

@RamistaR:

Ouw! Suuuuuper! I have never noticed this one, Robin is definitely hiding some skills. Do you know what the sfx above her head means?

http://www.arlongpark.net/showthread.php?t=37114&page=31&p=2778169&viewfull=1#post2778169

DollarScholar

http://i999.mangapanda.com/one-piece/738/one-piece-4803207.jpg
Thats Pandaman in the bottom left, right?

infinite

@Sahar:

You know what troubles me most? It is the fact that nobody seems to care what happend to Laws fluffy hat :-( It went missing again, after Doffy taking Law with him.

Fun fact aside … I am really wondering why Usoland didn't take the Tatabasco as munition for his Kabuto and shoot it directly into Sugars mouth. BUT what I don't understand: it could even be way easier to make Sugar lose consciousness: Why doesn't Usopp use his Sleep Star - the attack he used against the kids of PH whom fell asleep pretty fast and were off to a wonderful dreamland.

We all know what's going to happen.

Once law wakes up, expect an island sized room for him to retrieve his hat back.
I have penciled that moment in that manga where i am going to shit the biggest bricks ever!

Tyrano

@DollarScholar:

http://i999.mangapanda.com/one-piece/738/one-piece-4803207.jpg
Thats Pandaman in the bottom left, right?

Umm…no? 16chars

DollarScholar

@Tyrano:

Umm…no? 16chars

Well, Defenitely looks his face is on the guys cloak like a jolly roger. Would not be the first we see his face appear on an object/garment.

RobZilla

So in the latest chapters, Trebol has thrown a ship effortlessly, Pica has controlled the entire Dressrosan Palace and Diamante has…had his sword broken by Sabo.

Damnit, Oda!

debon

@carcanclaw:

I'm also in the "Usopp is a bit underwhelming" camp. If he handles Sugar the way he handled Chuu way back in the Arlong arc (as in: using every dirty trick in the book and being surprisingly brutal when necessary), then I'll totally reconsider.

Then, you are also in the "I'm underestimating Sugar Power" camp

Enzeru

@RobZilla:

So in the latest chapters, Trebol has thrown a ship effortlessly, Pica has controlled the entire Dressrosan Palace and Diamante has…had his sword broken by Sabo.

Damnit, Oda!

He's not called 'Hero of the Colosseum' for nothing, Rob. Give it some time.

RobZilla

@Enzeru:

He's not called 'Hero of the Colosseum' for nothing, Rob. Give it some time.

I know, I know.

It's just been a long wait lol

RamistaR

@Enzeru:

http://www.arlongpark.net/showthread.php?t=37114&page=31&p=2778169&viewfull=1#post2778169

Good, very good…

@RobZilla:

So in the latest chapters, Trebol has thrown a ship effortlessly, Pica has controlled the entire Dressrosan Palace and Diamante has…had his sword broken by Sabo.

Damnit, Oda!

I know how you feel bro, but I am sure we will get some epic Hira Hira sooner or later.

Razh

Let's not give Sugar too much credit just for handling a dozen of dwarves. Was there really anyone who expected she was going to be helpless?

Someone who fights with hax plants from far range is probably a bad opponent for her. Certainly worse than a close range melee fighter.

Russbuspower

@King:

It's mostly because she needed a bodyguard.

She has a body guard because she is one of the three most important people in Doflo's empire.

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@Coby:

If Trebol isn't your favorite Executive by now you've lost.

Pica is a golem. Nuff said.

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@Razh:

Let's not give Sugar too much credit just for handling a dozen of dwarves. Was there really anyone who expected she was going to be helpless?

Yes… About half the forum... It's weird I know.

Da Funk

@andre:

Usopp is going to trick and shoot the thing in her mouth, that my guess at least.

You know, I don't think it will happen. It's too predictable. Oda's playing a chess match with us. Usopp can just use his plants to knock her off. Plain and simple.

RobZilla

@RamistaR:

Good, very good…

I know how you feel bro, but I am sure we will get some epic Hira Hira sooner or later.

Diamante is the only man who can truly kill Sabo….or at least make him all flag-like.

A fate worse than death.

MetaMario

@RKTGX95:

You are messing with the wrong Executive there…

Wow this took me way too long to get. Picachu.

Shadowgreed

@Sahar:

You know what troubles me most? It is the fact that nobody seems to care what happend to Laws fluffy hat :-( It went missing again, after Doffy taking Law with him.

Fun fact aside … I am really wondering why Usoland didn't take the Tatabasco as munition for his Kabuto and shoot it directly into Sugars mouth. BUT what I don't understand: it could even be way easier to make Sugar lose consciousness: Why doesn't Usopp use his Sleep Star - the attack he used against the kids of PH whom fell asleep pretty fast and were off to a wonderful dreamland.

People really need to understand that you're consciousness is still active after you fall sleep, so a sleeping attack is not an option here, Usopp needs to knock her out and even though some people think that she will be dealt like miss Goldenweek (Off panel), I for once don't believe this is the case right now, we all know how dangerous she is and Oda is trying to portray her to be strong enough to withstand the little peoples assault something that he didn't do with miss Goldenweek, which was based solely in Devil Fruit tricks.

@Da:

You know, I don't think it will happen. It's too predictable. Oda's playing a chess match with us. Usopp can just use his plants to knock her off. Plain and simple.

Exactly this!

Monkeylover

Chapter was ok. Had to have a chapter like this. SOP strategy has failed? What was the gulp sound sugar made after she screamed for Trebol again?
Where do we go from here? Hard to say. Will we stay in Dressrosa until 2015? If every fight will be fought out including the revolution and the party afterwards we might.
I dont know. Hopefully next week will be a little more interesting. If we stay at the port i really like to see something about manshelly. I think Nico Robin will defeat Trebol with the help of Koala. Usoland will take care of Sugar with the help of the dwarves.
Prediction for next week: We will have a chapter revisting 4 or 5 locations. Some Port action. Some Colloseum action. Some Castle action. We will definetly NOT see Sanjis group. Oda has something big planned there. Maybe we will only see that group after the Dressrosa action is over.
Really stocked cause of all the great stuff that lies ahead on the other hand i am thinking about to stop reading for a few weeks cause now everthing we have is setting up the big finales in this arc.

MangaReader

When does the new chapters come out in Shonen Jump in Japan? Since we are able to read them on Wednesday morning I guess in Japan comes out in Tuesday. Am I right?