@Maju:
chapter is kinda confusing…also I don't understand why oda cared aout showing us again what are the fights in the progress..we already know them and it wasn't too much ago that we saw them the last time.
@Seafarer33:
We may have gotten some information on the DD family executives, but then that's pretty much all we got. Aside from the Law/DD fight, the multi-front recap really didn't achieve much - I'd have prefered a focus on one front and no recap. That's a bit disappointing after the intense flashback chapters…
There a lot of posts like these in this thread, so i have to ask: D you even One-Piece? There's always a house keeping chapter before or after a flashback, and in this arc, it's been a while since we saw what everyone was up to. This chapter was 100% necessary to catch us up on how the fights are going and who is fighting who.
Also, I think everyone is jumping ship on Robin too early. From all the fighting she's already been doing, she's only showing a single sweat drop and a couple new bruises. I have no doubt that had she stayed she could have easily beaten Gladius, but instead she's putting her trust in Bartolomendish and will instead take care of something she deems as more important. I'm intrigued by what that will be.
@TheStrawHat:
Oda makes it hard on himself by making so many subplots in a single arc.
There's only two left: Beat the Donquixote family and Save Priincess Mansherry. I think he's done a great job of balancing the threads over the course of this arc.
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@fana:
Somehow, I'm feeling a come back from Sanji and co + Law's crew coming very soon.
They're outside the Birdcage, not to mention confronting Big Mom's crew. They will not be seen again this arc, or, at the earliest, until Doflamingo is defeated.
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Oh, and now that we're in the home stretch, any bets on how many chapters remain? I'm gonna go with 16, which means this'll probably wrap around mid to late March. A little over 2 years after it started. (Which is insane.)