What can I say? Great fucking chapter. The grave scene in particular was well done, I'm glad that he went to see his uncle rather than Azuki. We forget sometimes his uncle's influence on this whole thing. Now they just have to keep the #1 spot.
I also love that Fukuda is getting a restart too. Kiyoshi never interested me that much, but a well done sports/racing manga can be a thing of beauty. I look forward to seeing what this crazy bastard has in store. And in a way, we've been teased for ages on this series. How long has it been since we've seen that Fukuda rides a Harley? And a lot of good series come from an author's personal interests, so a bike racing manga from Fukuda should be excellent. (now go as Aoki for help writing your female characters!)
And I always prefer Goddamn Fucking Homewrecker to be an Aggressive Crazy Bitch than just a Passive-Aggressive Crazy Bitch. I much prefer her like this. I just wonder when she'll finally get that reality check that she's doing this for revenge and not for love of the craft. (seriously, that's still my biggest pet peeve with her) Either way, poor Miura. LOL.
@GaaraofTheDesert:
Ohba and Obata might not be epic storytellers like Oda , but they are really good.
They don't reach the Olympian heights that Oda has, but more than anything they are CONSISTENTLY good. We have had VERY few mediocre chapters in this series, every week it's a joy to read. That's almost as important as having tons of "WTF awesome" moments in a series.