Well, as usual the actual chapter looks better then the summary. The Nami/Lola/Absolom scene looks like it might be funny by the time the translation is out.
It's funny how Absolom and Perona are still moving after both being beaten so bad by Sanji and Usopp respectively. Wel, Abs seems done now, but I wonder what's in store for the other one that doesn't involve joining the crew theories.
And yes, where is Brooke in all this?
omg next chapter plzzzzz this arc only gets better and better!!! thanx a lot for the chapter btw
@Cap'n:
This chapter made me almost want to like Laura/Lola/Rola/Lora
Biggest disappointment is Perona waking up, Usopp couldn't even properly KO his opponent, and that abomination is still allowed to run free. Now I'll hate Usopp forever.
He was still badly injured by Sanji.
It's in English.
(unless you were kidding)
I was kidding.
Now to read the chapter.
Robin's body on page 1 is horribly deformed! A classic "stick with breasts"! I don't like how Oda draws women.
/RANT
The spread is badass. You are not the only legend on this island, Odz! (well, SH are legend-in-making)
Absalom's defeat was rather anticlimatic but I love how Nami looked in a wedding dress with the climatact in hand. It's the first time she wasn't half-naked while defeating her opponent :ninja:
Perona being awake spells trouble for me. She won't get fooled a second time (hopefully).EDIT: The bandana! Bandana is back!
And the nunchacks!!!
really, i think oda is one of the few mangakas that actually draws women sexy… i like the super thin waists and major curves!
Heh, I knew it. I called it in the speculation thread. Most of you were going on about how lame the chapter sounded just from reading the summaries. Now that you've actually seen it, you're all having fangasms. Yep, goes to show. NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER!!! Anyway, it sounds like Absalom's tragic demise was short and sweet so that should make all those bitching about Absalom being a waste of space (me disagreeing with them) happy. Now to just take care of Perona>.> Well that's all for now. Oh and I won't be going to the spoilers thread anymore. I just can't enjoy the series knowing what's gonna happen even if it's just the gist of it. But not like you care. Oh well. Just wanted to get that off my chest.
Wow…the part with Absolom was as bad as I thought it was going to be. Lola partially made that part a little better, but bringing Absolom back for this was horrible. Good thing Odz's antics were good, although i wish we could've seen a little bit of Moria and Luffy. Love that last page with the Strawhats getting ready to fight Odz again. They're gonna go all-out now.
Heh, I knew it. I called it in the speculation thread. Most of you were going on about how lame the chapter sounded just from reading the summaries. Now that you've actually seen it, you're all having fangasms. Yep, goes to show. NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER!!!
I don't really see that many people saying this was an amazing chapter.
It was honestly pretty uneventful, save some development for the warthog and the awesome final spread.
the bigot who thinks being an asshole is actually worth shit
The final page is sweet. I hope a translation comes soon to make sense out of all that Nami/Laura dialogue.
@Cap'n:
Biggest disappointment is Perona waking up, Usopp couldn't even properly KO his opponent, and that abomination is still allowed to run free. Now I'll hate Usopp forever.
Maybe he'll get her again later on.
Strange, I didn't hear as much whining about how Sanji "couldn't even properly KO his opponent."
So two of the three Spooks have come back. Does this mean we'll be hearing from Hogback again sometime soon?
@Cap'n:
Biggest disappointment is Perona waking up, Usopp couldn't even properly KO his opponent, and that abomination is still allowed to run free. Now I'll hate Usopp forever.
Perona got KO psychologically not physically. Even though she is up, I don't think she will be going against strawhats at this point. I mean one glare from Ussop and she be shaking in her boots. I think he left her with some deep psychological scars.
But since her "negative gosts" did affect Luffy does it not seem that she could take down Odz "fighting spirit" as well ? Unless that does not work on zombies.
The theme of one piece is that character strength increases with will power, determination and so on. Then Peronas' powers are really scary, and if she had others backing her up with physical attacks I don't see who can stand against her, or rather the team she is on, … well aside from Ussop.
Is it Lola or Laura?
Both spreads were really excellent, I'm really looking forward to some Strawhat combo action. Especially Frankychucks.
"Perona joining the strawhats" is a red herring Oda threw out to keep us guessing about Brooke. He's totally deliberately misleading the fanboys.
When did Oda hint at this…
@IT'S:
The final page is sweet. I hope a translation comes soon to make sense out of all that Nami/Laura dialogue.
Maybe he'll get her again later on.
Strange, I didn't hear as much whining about how Sanji "couldn't even properly KO his opponent."
That's because they're too busy whining about how Sanji kicked his ass so quickly.
@Cap'n:
I don't really see that many people saying this was an amazing chapter.
It was honestly pretty uneventful, save some development for the warthog and the awesome final spread.
You don't see a lot of people saying it was a lame chapter either>.>
Perona got KO psychologically not physically. Even though she is up, I don't think she will be going against strawhats at this point. I mean one glare from Ussop and she be shaking in her boots. I think he left her with some deep psychological scars.
But since her "negative gosts" did affect Luffy does it not seem that she could take down Odz "fighting spirit" as well ? Unless that does not work on zombies.
The theme of one piece is that character strength increases with will power, determination and so on. Then Peronas' powers are really scary, and if she had others backing her up with physical attacks I don't see who can stand against her, or rather the team she is on, … well aside from Ussop.
Why are there people putting this much thought into replying to me
@Mr.:
Is it Lola or Laura?
Whichever you prefer. Both are valid romanizations of the name.
But since her "negative gosts" did affect Luffy does it not seem that she could take down Odz "fighting spirit" as well ? Unless that does not work on zombies.
The theme of one piece is that character strength increases with will power, determination and so on. Then Peronas' powers are really scary, and if she had others backing her up with physical attacks I don't see who can stand against her, or rather the team she is on, … well aside from Ussop.
That's a Good Point. I always wondered what would happen if Fruit Powers fight each other. I mean, we don't even know if the influence Moria's shadow manipulation is as great as Perona's ability to make people to feel useless or weaker than Flamingo's ability to directly control his opponents. It would be nice if Oda answered such a question in the Future.
And about Perona's Powers, she actually has some damaging atacks, even tough I dunno how being NEGATIVE has anything to do with creating Explosive Marshmallow Ghosts….
Just have to watch the next anime … :-)
I just looked at the big scan of the cover, and it looks rather odd for some reason. Especially Nami, who looks like a man.
Just saw the chapter, and for some reason I am not impressed.
But thanks anyway.
Awesome chapter! Thanks to all who provided.
ROFL!
OK Perona camp, she isn't going to JOIN the Strawhats, in a paniced frenzy in an attempt to save her own skin she is resupplying their ship with all the food and all the treasure on TB!!! HAH!
Awesome chapter, even if you're not a fan, the last spread more than makes up for it, next week is gonna be a BRAWL!!!!
HOLD ON!!!
Anyone notice . . . Brooke's gone
Whichever you prefer. Both are valid romanizations of the name.
Sorry but no.
Lola is a form of Dolores and is an spanish name, it comes from "Virgen de los Dolores" like Rocio comes from "Virgen del Rocio", Pilar from "Virgen del Pilar"… in other words, they are traditional catholic names in spain and the name made an evolution.
In the other part, Laura is a Latin name that means "the victorious one" and its meaning is different from Dolores/Lola that means "suffering", both have latin origins.
Translation by cnet128 @ MH.
Now that I think about it actually what stops Perona to go to the Strawhats and owns them again with her Negative Ghosts?
Good job Usopp!
Sorry but no.
Lola is a form of Dolores and is an spanish name, it comes from "Virgen de los Dolores" like Rocio comes from "Virgen del Rocio", Pilar from "Virgen del Pilar"… in other words, they are traditional catholic names in spain and the name made an evolution.
In the other part, Laura is a Latin name that means "the victorious one" and its meaning is different from Dolores/Lola that means "suffering", both have latin origins.
What is this supposed to prove other than showing that you can quote from Wikipedia?
Again took me forever to get the chapter but great to finally get it.
Somehow the best highlights are the moments that make this series: Nami finally defeating Absolom once and for all and everyone making their big stand (or preparing for their big stand) against Odz. Somehow I just wish Franky could now bring his pillarchucks with him but where would he store it on the ship!? Oh…and Lola is either interesting or disturbing.
I need this chapter, since the school computer's blocks it.
So Perona is finally heading to the ship.
Nami's got to catch her before and force her to tell where the treasure is.
Or may be John could do that ?
oh boy…
Brooke: Er… I... I'm sorry, I can't...
Strawhats: Yeah, that can't be helped. / Can you at least move a little? Just to get out of the way.
poor Brook, I hope he gets up soon and defeats Oz himself! (seeing as he failed with Ryuma)
I guess that Usopp and Sanji should have burned their opponents to death like Zoro did with his. Still though, clearly Usopp and Sanji were superior to the opponents they defeated. It's not like their victories are negated now, right? Especially considering that Perona was most likely resesitated by her zombies.
She was… What?
poor Brook, I hope he gets up soon and defeats Oz himself!
Yeeeaah I don't think so.
Now that I think about it actually what stops Perona to go to the Strawhats and owns them again with her Negative Ghosts?
Good job Usopp!
The same thing that stopped Enel from going back and raping the Strawhats when he regained consciousness? Luffy didn't manage to down Enel, so you can't really rag on Usopp for not knocking out his opponent for an entire week.
Can you at least move a little? Just to get out of the way
Oh lordz!
AP meltdown in T-minus 5 minutes: EVACUATE… EVACUATE...
EVACUATE...
Hearing that makes me lose hope a little for Brooke joining the crew which I am a staunch supporter of. But to hear them say that to him is giving me the feeling he'd be useless to the crew so he better not join. Or maybe them fighting Oz will give Brooke some man up hormones giving him the strength to be one of them.
@Cyringohn:
The same thing that stopped Enel from going back and raping the Strawhats when he regained consciousness? Luffy didn't manage to down Enel, so you can't really rag on Usopp for not knocking out his opponent for an entire week.
Xcept Enel was still coughing out blood and looked like he was in no shape to fight. Perona… Not so much.
Especially when the reason why she wasn't fully incapacitated wasn't because he didn't have the means to knock her out for the count but because of some garbage Sanjiesque "ILL NEVER HIT THE OWNER OF A VOJOIIIIINA" pseudo chivalry.
She was… What?
Resuscitated. Fucking spellcheck.
Perona: O…!! Oz?!!
Zombie: Ah... Sp - speaking of which, I heard he trampled Hogback-sama as well...!!
Perona: Whaaat?!!
Oz: The girl's not here...?
Perona: "Girl"...?!! Oh... oh no!! This is bad, I've got to get out of here!! / Thriller Bark is going to be destroyed by Oz and those pirates...!! // I've got to get together some treasure and food...!! / I'll take those guys' ship and get out of here!!! // Hurry up!!
Zombies: Yessir!! Right away, sir!!!
Our newest Strawhat pirate, in the face of danger, quickly decides to steal everything she can get her hands on and abandon both her current allies and her future ones to save her own life.
I thought it was proven thanks to countless scientific research that Brooke is going to join no matter what takes place in the near or far future.
If you want to check the proves I point you to the following wiki-pages (as we all know Wiki=CANON):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brooke_Iltumatum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StrawhatBrooke
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_join_my_crew_theory
Resuscitated. Fucking spellcheck.
Our newest Strawhat pirate, in the face of danger, quickly decides to steal everything she can get her hands on and abandon both her current allies and her future ones to save her own life.
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Nami act like this at first, still does sometimes.
Perona is just like Nami, why didn't I see that before? Only good things can come from this. Like yet another "save the girl" arc (AP/Alabasta/EL) with Luffy moving oceans and mountains to show Perona that she's one of them!
And with tears in our eyes, we all walk a way a little wiser and with a deeper understanding of the true meaning of friendship.
Ok so apparently since it was ignored in the spoiler thread I'll post it again (and it'll probably be ignored again covered by the loud panting of the greasy Perona fanboy legions) , Perona's dream is to be the ruler of a country filled with cute animal zombies she'd treat like Bearsy, aka treat like utter shit.
That is so Strawhat material.
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Nami act like this at first, still does sometimes.
No. Nami would do something for her allies first, instead of just flat out leaving and saving her own skin like she's doing now. Nami would run, Nami might take money, but he biggest priority would be to save the living.
Perona, meanwhile, is commanding the same minions who just got punchd by Odz to grab her stuff and run. Nothing about Absolom, nothing about Moria, just saving her own life.
I like Perona, but c'mon. C'mon! She doesn't need to be a SH if you like her so much. A lot of people think that Wiper was cool too, but do you see anyone whining that he's not in the story now?
Also, listen to this guy:
Ok so apparently since it was ignored in the spoiler thread I'll post it again (and it'll probably be ignored again covered by the loud panting of the greasy Perona fanboy legions) , Perona's dream is to be the ruler of a country filled with cute animal zombies she'd treat like Bearsy, aka treat like utter shit.
That is so Strawhat material.
Think about it.
Luffy: King of the pirates.
Zoro: Best swordsman.
Usopp: Becoming a real man.
Sanji: All Blue, etc.
…
Perona: Fluffy animal kingdom. Do you really see Perona getting up from some dramatic battle, using all her resolve, and fighting because of stuffed animals? All you need to do is throw roaches at her and she gives up.
Stick with Brooke.
So when the giant turtle at Jaya apparently swallowed Luffy, Sanji and Zoro, Nami's abandoning of them wasn't just to save her own skin?
So when the giant turtle at Jaya apparently swallowed Luffy, Sanji and Zoro, Nami's abandoning of them wasn't just to save her own skin?
No, not when you consider that the turtle was going to take the entire ship with them and Luffy and co would most likely be dead.
I hope I'm not in a Paulie vs. Franky arguments again, but really, this should be clear. If you love Perona so much, just keep reading the chapters she's in. Same difference.
The others expected Nami to try to save them and she turned round and did the opposite. Plus she sold Luffy out to Buggy when she first met him. And her main concern is always only treasure before everything else.
I'm not in the Perona pro camp here… I just like putting logs on fire. But for a villian she has a unusual amount of character build and panel time per after defeat. I possibly see a cover story for her, thats about it.
Edit:
Wait... Are you yet another person here who thinks I'm a guy? Why would I like Perona, that sort of thing is not my cup of tea.
Edit:
To make sure everyone knows... Its in my sig. Its kinda getting annoying, even if you don't think I'm a guy 9/10 on AP people presume I am. ^_-
