jeeze I already said my bad and explained that I meant something else and just used the wrong words…. lol pardon me!!!!!
Just kidding around man! Chill!
jeeze I already said my bad and explained that I meant something else and just used the wrong words…. lol pardon me!!!!!
Just kidding around man! Chill!
@Cyber-Robin there wasn't a moon in Zoro's cover story. Just clouds.
Going ahead of schedule. Read all the way up to volume 41. Planning to finish the rest of enies lobby some time today. I'm probably going to be too busy after Tuesday. Flip side is I have tons of free time now while "packing".
! Sea train
! Those waves are amazingly drawn.
! I always seem to miss when Zoro drops his sword. Finally noticed Chopper carrying the sword when saving Iceberg and Paulie and that he had it with him the entire time.
! San1ji is awesome on the sea train. I really enjoyed the sea train chapters.
! How'd Nami jump from roof to roof? That wave was crazy strong. Feel bad for the city.
! Sogeking. Sanji and Franky and everybody is really kind to play along with Usopp's lies.
! That's how you show off a character. Franky was shown off so much on the sea train, and he still gets another "fight" to shine in Enies Lobby. Wish Brook had at least one moment of glory on his own…
! I liked how Sanji left a footprint on Franky for hurting Usopp. Yet he and Usopp still act like they're not friends. Touching.
! T-Bone. Wanze. Jerry. Interesting characters and fights. Nero not so much. Cool fight to allow Franky to show off his moves, but boring character.
! Oda should've showed Sogeking/Robin beat Corgi.
! Sanji with knives. Want to see again.
! Usopp and Franky left some deep words of wisdom for Robin. It's cool that Franky and Robin are "bonding" so to speak here.
! Blueno: like his DF. Wouldn't mind seeing if Oda can create more unique ways to use it.Enies Lobby beginning
! That waterfall is insane. Plus it's never dark? I wish we found out why Enies Lobby is shaped like it was.
! Rest of CP9 intro. They were pretty interesting given their intro. Not Oda's least interesting characters but nobody seems to have them on their favorite villains list.
! Doriki. I really hope this is never brought up again. Don't know why Oda put this here in the first place.
! Enies Lobby: 10000 soldiers. Luffy explained it best in Baratie. They have the most people, they're not the most powerful.
Luffy beating up on them was badass, but got boring. Same with the rest of the Enies Lobby fodder.
I never hear about the Guilty Brigade fans or those Guard hunter fans. There's a reason for that. Baskerville wasn't even that funny.
! Heck, Oimo and Kaishii were taken down by the six "developed" warriors of Water 7. It's cool that Galley-La and Franky Family weren't treated as fodder and were useful, but this part of Enies Lobby seemed to take awhile. Sweet that they were connected to Broggy and Dorry though and switched sides.
! Sodom and Gomorrah and Yokozuna. Brave animals these three are.
! Gear 2nd. Awesome. Luffy vs Blueno was cool. Turning the human body into a door is also pretty cool as a distraction. Really interesting.Robin's flashback
! After finishing it, I realized young Robin reminded me of the Peanuts just by her character design.
! She is the ultimate woobie. All she wanted was to be with her mom, and that desire led to her downfall. It's really sad.
! I thought the beginning had the "she had a horrible childhood" aspect laid a bit too thick. The first chapter had her labeled a monster and living with the evil aunt with apparently no friends. Felt like I was reading Cinderella mixed with Beauty and the Beast or some other tragic fairytale story.
! So many sad Robin faces. Can't hold anything against her. She was basically a saint with the worst luck imaginable. Life's really not fair.
! Olvia. The mother that would rather die saving a couple books then run away and make sure her daughter is safe. Sure, maybe if she's with the giant that went rogue from the Navy she won't be spotted and she'll be okay, right? Really Olvia? Your daughter will be hunted the rest of her life. Or should I be glad she didn't follow her maternal instincts to avoid stupid Oda is sexist comments?
! Those scholars. Can't really hate them for trying to keep Robin out of harm's way. It just sucked since Robin just didn't have anywhere else to turn, well until Saul showed up.
! So the Kingdom is probably that D. lineage. I just can't wait for Luffy to find out and not care about it. Hopefully. Or maybe have Luffy fight for completely different reasons but still ends up defending his ancestors. Fighting over something done in the past doesn't really seem like a reason Luffy would fight the World Government.
! Saul. Good that Robin had a friend when she was "shunned" by the scholars. Shame he was snuffed. At least he went out with a smile. Dereshishishi.
! Sengoku. Why'd you give out your Buster Call phone? I thought you knew better.
! Akainu is a bastard.
Aokiji. You froze somebody you could call a friend. That's ice cold.
! Maybe people should recheck if anybody survived the Buster Call. I mean, nobody seemed to die in the present day one…
! CP9 fights here we go!
Water 7, done! Starting Enies Lobby. I'm actually going to slow down before I end up finishing ahead of schedule. Although, in hindsight, this is also a wonderful time to re-read some other series I never finished >_>
Franky grabbing Robin with his legs while preparing to use Coup de Boo…
Yeah, not suggestive or out of context at all. <.<
currently on Robin's flashback...just wanted to post that
Here it is for the night~
! Unluck’s Amazing 4-Week Long Reread of the Amazing Manga Series One Piece and Her Comments on Her Experience Doing So
Day 18: September 13: Water Seven Part 4: 380 to 398
! * Damn Paulie’s ropes are fucking cool.
Still re-reading. Not really bothering to make notes anymore.
Anyways. Read through Robin's flashback. Which means onto the fights sigh At least we get Monster Chopper soon <3
I'll start and make notes when we get onto Thriller Bark again.
Finished up to volume 45. That's probably all the volume reading I'm going to do. Most likely, I'm going to read the rest online. SBS is a nice breather in between chapters. The day I own all of the One Piece volumes will be glorious indeed.
Like this bit. The name of the guy that helped Usopp:Happa. He's got a new fan.
Anyways
Sidestory
! Miss Valentine was just a "chick cliche" in the story. Getting captured, not using her powers to fight back. Luckily, Hina was awesome. Maybe I wouldn't notice this as much if I don't read the Naruto thread before reading.
! Wonder how Mr. 3 got caught. Mr. 2 made sense but how did Mr. 3 get caught?
! Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine's dreams still seem odd. Fireman? Chocolate maker? Same with Miss merry Christmas(princess) and Mr. 4(pizza delivery). The rest made sense. Mr. 1 is a closet superhero lover. Lasso is a tank. Miss Goldenweek with a moustache. All win. Interesting that Croc's Jolly Roger was the BW symbol. Miss Doublefinger's dream as her covert job as bar owner was a nice touch.
! They could just enjoy their lives in the bar and that'd be fine if they're never seen again. They seem happy enough. Seeing them again isn't on my wish list for One Piece.Enies Lobby
! CP9 fights
! Listing all the faults now of the battles.
! * A lot of powerups came from nowhere.
! But really, those fights were cool. The villains were fun. Strawhats being Strawhats even during fights for their lives(REALLY can't wait for them to meet up again)
! Fukurou is awesome. Fight was amazing and really showed Franky's cool fighting style along with funny "he's a SH" moments with Chopper.
! Kumadori played that Kabuki stereotype. Don't know about kabukis so I can't really appreciate him. Life return was interesting.
! Kalifa held idiot ball a lot. Sure, she's playing with her DF abilities but I would think a competent assassin would've aimed to kill from the beginning instead of fanservice. At least Miss Doublefinger aimed to kill in Nami's fight. Plus, there should've been thorn whip use.
! Jabura's lies were stupid. So many different fairy tale wolf references made. Fight was cool though.
! Kaku + giraffe powers was a fun match.
! Lucci…he's the ultimate fighter. I doubt Luffy's going to have another fight like that, maybe.
! So much Strawhat shenanigans during these fights. Usopp+Zoro wasn't super funny, but it wasn't really cringeworthy like I remember it being. Chopper+Franky interactions were golden. Same with Nami ignoring Kalifa when paying attention to Chopper(which a GOOD assassin would've taken advantage of).Buster call
! Forgot that everyone was caught before Buster Call occurred. Good to know that despite the massive casualties that they could still capture intruders given enough time.
! Everybody turns out okay in the end. Oda really needs to show casualties in big situations like this. What ever happened to "people die"? Still not the most unbelievable escape of death but it's close.
! Ippon Matsu's pride and joy. Destroyed in a few panels. I guess swords and boats can make up for the lack of human sacrifices.
! Usopp's "I hear voices" line made me think of schizophrenia given talks of Herkacles being part of Usopp's mind in the manga section along with Sogeking's voice in Thriller Bark. Another Usopp's growth is coming.
! Merry! I love that boat. Hummed Dear Friends when reading the ending.Aftermath
! Volume 45. Will always be known as Shitload of Information to me. So much new info in this volume with all the revelations and "plot progressions" that occur. Those weeks were shortly after I joined AP too and caught up with the series.
! Volume 45 is also the only volume I have in Japnese raw. It was the latest volume out when I went to Japan at the time. Only reason why I regret not getting a different volume is because I can't read Japanese and this volume is definitely one that's best appreciated when read instead of looking at Oda's art.
! Noticed Rockstar in the background when the Shank pirates were commenting on Whitebeard/Shanks clash.Usopp's growth
! This is the arc that split the Usopp fanbase. Was the hate justified? Did Usopp redeem himself this arc? Realized I haven't been keeping check since Little Garden.
! In short
Alabasta:literally a rehash of Arlong's "growth" but Usopp's confidence caused by protecting Luffy's dream.
Jaya/Skypiea:Usopp is still a coward. Still needs to "man up" on scary adventures but that doesn't happen for a long time. Heck, it can be argued it still hasn't happened and won't happen even after timeskip. He faced Enel with some backbone though so that's impressive.
Foxy:Only will mention how his attack didn't seem to harm Kapoty.
Water 7:Freaking out after facing Aokiji, thinking he might be useless.
! Uselessness "confirmed" in Usopp's mind after being beaten up twice by Franky Family.
! Enies Lobby:Sogeking. "Afraid" of fighting but I'm sure that "lapse in judgment" was more of a convenient plot device to have Usopp turn Oimo and Kaiishi into allies.
! CP9:No "big fight". He instead shows his usefulness by showing his unprecedented sniping skills and getting the keys to Robin. Which is fine IMO. The key thing was something only he could've done. He did what he could in this arc at the time. Maybe someday he might be able to fight a strong competent fighter and win.
! Plus, he didn't run away during his fight with Jabura.
! Did he really need to be Luffy's motivational speaker/damsel in distress during the climax of Luffy vs Lucci? No. All the more annoying that Usopp could do this in the midst of a battle between 200 Captains. One panel of Usopp landing an attack on one Captain would've been better. Even Kokoro fought back against a Captain.
! Apology. The mature thing to do would've been to apologize right away like Zoro said. Instead we got Usopp trying to act like nothing happened and eneded with a pathetic last minute I'm sorry take me back plea to Luffy.
And It wouldn't have fit any other way. You can hate Usopp for being immature but that's the point. He was being immature. That wasn't a dignified plea for forgiveness, but he should be groveling for forgiveness given his actions. If anything, the fact that he was trying to act like nothing happened showed Usopp still needs to "mature" so to speak. SA showed he understands how important Captain's orders are at least.
! So really, Usopp still hasn't changed much. His weaponry has become a lot stronger after Skypiea, but he probably still can't beat "strong" opponents yet or at least wasn't shown with those capabilities. He's still cowardly toward scary adventure. And throughout the Grand Line his confidence towards fighting enemies fluctuates. His willingness to protect his friends is still strong but the opportunities to do so are very scarce given his crewmates are all beasts and his attacks tend to not be effective.
Miss Valentine's dream doesn't seem odd at all. Lemon and Lime design are perceived as 'erotic' in japan (You can get Lemon and Lime doujinshi and fanfics depending on how 'hardcore' the story is.)
Chocolate is also described and shown to be erotic and sensual. And thus the link is formed. Erotic Cakes anyone?
Miss Valentine's dream doesn't seem odd at all. Lemon and Lime design are perceived as 'erotic' in japan (You can get Lemon and Lime doujinshi and fanfics depending on how 'hardcore' the story is.)
Chocolate is also described and shown to be erotic and sensual. And thus the link is formed. Erotic Cakes anyone?
Interesting. Learn something new every day.
taken from wikipedia:
Lemon and lime: Lemon features explicit sex stories, and they sometimes fall under the broader PWP distinction (see above). The name derives from a term which comes from a Japanese slang term for "sexy" that itself derives from an early pornographic anime series called Cream Lemon. The term lime denotes a story that has sexual themes but is not necessarily explicit. Authors may call their stories "citrusy", indicating that their story is a lemon or lime to varying degrees.
taken from wikipedia:
Lemon and lime: Lemon features explicit sex stories, and they sometimes fall under the broader PWP distinction (see above). The name derives from a term which comes from a Japanese slang term for "sexy" that itself derives from an early pornographic anime series called Cream Lemon. The term lime denotes a story that has sexual themes but is not necessarily explicit. Authors may call their stories "citrusy", indicating that their story is a lemon or lime to varying degrees.
Yup, very often used in summaries and descriptions of fanfics.
So yeah. Could be something to do with that. And the fact that Valentine is one of the first sexy chars to appear in the series. Probably looking TOO much into things there tho.
It's not that Mr. 1 is a closet superhero. It's a play on words of his devil fruit powers. Supa Supa no Mi => Supa Man => Superhero.
Also Mr.4 as a pizza delivery man is hilarious. He'll never be able to make the 30 min. delivery deadline.
Just kidding around man! Chill!
lol I noticed, its kinda hard to put sarcasm into just text though, so I tried my best to sound like it lol
It's not that Mr. 1 is a closet superhero. It's a play on words of his devil fruit powers. Supa Supa no Mi => Supa Man => Superhero.
Wow. Can't believe I missed that. Still, it''s funny how Mr. 1 wants to be a superhero but never shows anything of the sort. Heck, he's pretty emotionless. It's just interesting to know that side of him.
Moving tomorrow and I don't know how much free time I'll have in the future so I tried to finish as much as I can today. Posting thoughts up to Duval.
Sidestory
! Those Where are they now? segments were interesting. I finally think I understand the # of those stories now. Can't wait to see Oimo and Kashiii in the future in Elbaf.
! Enel's sidestory was cool. He seems so trigger happy with his lightning powers.
! Those balloons had me thinking of something crazy. What if Luffy already went into space? Balloons are apparently all that's needed to go to the moon and Garp tied up Luffy to a bunch of balloons as a child…one of those I doubt it but it'd be crazy if it happened kind of thing.
! I wonder if Enel understood the meaning of the hieroglyphs? He's not an idiot and should be able to connect the dots if they're related to his own people. If Enel does come back, it'd be cool if he'd explain them. I still want clarification and am still kinda confused by them.
! I wouldn't mind seeing Enel again, but he seems pretty happy with his life on the moon.Thriller Bark
! Zombies
! The "adventure" was okay. I was fine with how the zombies were introduced by having Chopper/Nami/Usopp running away from them.
Fear+lack of resolve to fight=cowardice seem normal.
! It's just a shame how once the zombies were introduced they ended up not doing much.
! I want to know who is the owner of Talleran's shadow. What shadow could be that obsessed with Monkeys?
! General Zombies. Very disappointing given their hype. The SHs knew their weaknesses. It wouldn't have been that crazy to have a giant brawl. After watching Movie 10, I think the general zombies could've been handled like those animals and it could've been great.
! Ryuuma! Match was cool. Nice how Zoro shut Brook up when he was trying to get his shadow back and instead fought for his sword. Good to have Zoro protecting a man's pride.Mysterious 4 plus Oars
! Don't hate Perona. Other than rabid Perona for SH fans, I don't see any reason to not like her. Her fight was okay until the end. Sure, I don't need Usopp blasting Perona to near death, but fear of roaches+10 tons fear finishing her? I liked how rest of the fight went down for the most part since Usopp took out two animals and took a bunch of attacks.
! Sogeking showing up? I hope that doesn't happen again. Then again, if he didn't need it, he wouldn't be such a pessimist would he? He did attack Oars to save Sanji and even though he was shaking, that was pretty brave of him and a nice step up.
! Nice connection to Wapol's Cover Story too. Gallant Hippo ftw.
! Absalom was a punching bag this whole arc. Even with the "attempt" to hype up his body, nothing really came from it. I guess he deserved it given his perverted to near rape attitude.
! Hogback. Crazy scientist. I could never become deeply connected to the Chopper/Hogback conflict. For being "stomped" on, he sure seemed fine.
! Oars zombie fight was epic. Love how they showed off lots of teamwork and combos in this.
! I also hope we hear about the "continent puller" legend someday. Even if the story is short, it'd be cool to know more about it.
! Nightmare Luffy still feels like a DEM. Brook was hyped as the only one who knew about the zombie's weaknesses but the Thriller Bark Victim Association is just ignored even though they also know their weaknesses? And they apparently knew all of this yet they were unwilling to tell the SHs in the beginning about all this even though Spoil asked for their help?
! Moria: First, I wonder why the anime went with purple hair instead of his fire red hair? Red hair does seem too bright but that's probably because I'm used to the purple.
! Despite his "defeats" by Luffy and Jinbei in the future, he's really powerful and a very respectable villain in his own right. Shadow Asgard was from pride and anger pulling a hood over his eyes like Robin pointed out, but it still feels like a "shit, the protagonists will die, I need to do something to make them win". He took the crew out when controlling Oars and even then it took Nightmare Luffy to knock him out cold.
! I feel like after reading this, my respect for Moria was restored. He's pretty cool.Brook and Rumbar pirates
! Brook! I still wish his abilities were shown off more here. This arc alone really puts afro power to shame. I can also understand why the crew got so annoyed with those skull jokes given how many he kept telling. I still really like Brook and hope that he gets more moments to shine in the future.
! I also noticed Brook had three lines to signify surprise when Luffy asked him to join the crew. Didn't notice that before, but it's a nice touch especially given how Brook felt when he was asked.
! Yorki. He wasn't there long but he seemed like a great guy. A part of me thought he was similar to Shanks, especially when he was making fun of Brook for being sentimental. It really reminded me of Shanks in chapter 1. And they're both from West Blue too. I really doubt there's a relation though.
! Rumbar pirates were a great crew. Flashback was awesome. Feel so bad for Brook and his years of loneliness. Those guys went out with a smile and a song. That was incredible.
! I really liked those panels of Brook's adventures on the Grand Line. I wouldn't mind reading stories of that adventure.
! Close up, I did notice that Brook's bounty in the flashback had a 20 on front. Sure, the answer is the bounty rose but I'd like to hear that story of how he got that bounty. All the more reason why there should be a Rumbar story someday.
! I wonder if we'll ever find out what the real mystery was behind the Florian Triangle?Duval
! After the timeskip, I want an arc like the Duval arc. Something "lighthearted" that has the whole crew together working on an objective. Give them some "villains" that can show off the crew's new tricks. Have them bond again and be together.
! Duval is a funny character. Hope he's okay in two years.
! I also want to see Pappug working. I forgot Caimie wants to be a designer. It'd be interesting to see that aspect of their lives.
@The:
Also Mr.4 as a pizza delivery man is hilarious. He'll never be able to make the 30 min. delivery deadline.
Yeah. This is pretty hilarious. I doubt he'd even make that 30 hour delivery.
Need to sleep but can't. One thing that popped into my head was that Usopp did have a panel where he is "attacking" the Captains at the end of Enies Lobby with his chalkboard attack.
Yeah, I was pissed that the anime didn't include Usopp noise at the end of Enies Lobby. I thought that would be good enough for a few moments of filler with the slow pace of that arc.
Stopping on Chapter 428 for now at work, which is also the start of Eneru's coverstory.
Whoops, got behind a day.
Here is yesterdays, I'm going to work on today's now.
! Unluck’s Amazing 4-Week Long Reread of the Amazing Manga Series One Piece and Her Comments on Her Experience Doing So
Day 19: September 14: Water Seven part 5: 399 to 420
! * No seriously, what was the fucking point of those three being together?
Ugh. A day behind now. Here is the end of Water 7.
Gotta get on Thriller Bark now.
! Unluck’s Amazing 4-Week Long Reread of the Amazing Manga Series One Piece and Her Comments on Her Experience Doing So
Day 20: September 15: Water Seven part 6: 421 to 441
! * Sad to see Robin having a kind of breakdown here due to her memories of the Buster Call.
So behind on this now. Only in the beginning of Thriller Bark, where everyone is just getting their shadows stolen. Well, that's life for you. Hoping to finish on time though.
I noticed something:
Before the Mugiwaras went to Enies Lobby to save Robin, they faced (parts of) CP9 in Galley-La´s Headquarters. So Pauly, who was with them, knew, that Lucci and Kaku had betrayed the company.
But when some craftsmen asked him, where they were, he lied to them about them heading to their homes.
After CP9 was beaten, we had a coverstory on CP9, where they, at last, went to an new island, to train a new generation of CP9.
At first, i misinterpreted this island for their origin land. BUt at least, it is their new home…
Note: Sorry for the confusing Version #1 & #2! ;)
@Mr.:
I noticed something:
When (after the fire in GalleyLa-HQ) Pauly told his men, that Kaku and Lucci would´ve gone home, I remembered, that they, in fact went home after the EL-Incident to help form a new CP9-generation. Ridiculous.
…what?
I dont understand a word of that
So behind on this now. Only in the beginning of Thriller Bark, where everyone is just getting their shadows stolen. Well, that's life for you. Hoping to finish on time though.
Talking about being behind…
Thanks to work and the resulting overall tiredness I totally lost it during Skypiea. So I either re-read 30 volumes in two days ... or I just consider it as a one week break from the schedule and read the rest of it in the next 8 days. That's about when the first new spoilers should appear.
I'm so not gonna give this up.
GANBARE~
16 characters
Just got the Amazon Lily.
Time for some amazon babe goodness.
hmmmm. Should I put SW and UC before I go onto Saboady?
Im currently at Enies Lobby, i started reading one week later after the schedule started and im doing my own schedule, sometimes i read nothing, others i read seven volumes if i get the time and as that im going, i believe i can get to 597 till 29/9 when mangastream launches the chapter, hopefully.
This reread have been a lots of fun, lots of laughs and adventure, i released more how the crew evolved, somethings i didnt rly get on the first time i saw, some minor details and it is totally worthying it.
Finished the Davy Back Fight … uuuugh, Water Seven is gonna draaaaag. Ah, what the hell, I don't have anything planned for tomorrow (cough today, actually, it's 4am), so let's just ditch sleep and read through that whole thing.
Still. Ugh. I hate Franky, so that certainly doesn't help. The one thing that basically keeps me going through it is counting how often Hattori appears lol (I already did that, but I need to check it at least once).
Anyways. If there is one thing I really loved about this whole rereading, it is Skypeia. Man, that always always gets me teary-eyed.
Done with Thriller Bark! I always felt that arc was a bit like a breather arc after the insane stuff in Enies Lobby, but it definitely feels like one the second time around. Which is good. One Piece has a nice balance of drama and comical relief.
I just finished the war arc, only one more set to go!!! DAMN I can't believe how quickly this made the time go by…... Hurray!
thanks a lot, this was a genius idea, and the way you organized the chapters seemed perfect for the reading, you are a genius
hmmmm. Should I put SW and UC before I go onto Saboady?
SW before Duval. UC doesnt fit
UC is still fun to play tho ;-;
Maybe I should watch Chopperman filler. Because I'm really trying to hold off reading Marineford again.
Boo-urns. Not gonna be able to finish on time. Still, I'll finish before the next chapter is out at least. I'm only at the end of Saobody right now.
Somehow, I'm really really fired up to make this in time. I just can't turn my back on a challenge.
I have today and tomorrow to read about 270 chapters (I did fall asleep today at around 8am and slept until 1pm, damn, so much for not sleeping until Water Seven/Enies Lobby is finished).
But I'll try again tonight. 170 chapters should be doable, I'll read the remaining 100 tomorrow. Piece of cake.
Groaar! I'm not gonna give up yet!!
/EDIT: Omd, Merry's funeral just doesn't get any easier. It always gets me. sniffs
I'm not even at 450 yet … gotta get to 500 before the sun rises in, ugh, one hour? Ah, screw it, I'll just read more tomorrow. I can still make it, I know it!
Just a small note on Thriller Bark and Oda's awesomeness. Oda's attention to detail and story weaving is insane. One of my favorite moments in the entire series is after everything with Moria is over and the straw hats are sailing away oda puts in a text box. "Ever year over 100 ships vanish in the mist. This started long before the enourmous ship thriller bark started hiding in the mist ten years ago." And then the glowing eyes, just sent shivers down my spine and reminds everyone that this is the strawhats story, but they are just one crew and there are alot of things going on in the sea that they aren't even aware of. Amazing storytelling.
after finally rereading the whole series three things came up in my head
I REALLY hope I'm wrong about number three but if you reread ch 593 its not that unlikely
I … I did it in time. Holy Dove, I think the last time I read so much in such a short time was when Deathly Hallows got released and I power-read through all the other HP books shortly before that.
To think that I still was in the middle of Skypiea on Monday afternoon, lol.
Thanks Kaiolino for organizing this re-read! :D
Aw, man. I haven't been on here for a while and I missed this. :c
Oh well, I'll do it on my own then. Opens up chapter 1
Aw, man. I haven't been on here for a while and I missed this. :c
Oh well, I'll do it on my own then. Opens up chapter 1
good luck! one week still to go, so.. you can make it!
I do it, too. Since I saw this here a couple of weeks ago. I'm at chapter 548.
And I always liked to read what others had to say about the Chapters and the little things. Well, it's sad that this faded in the end :(
FFFF- I made it through Impel Down and I can't for the life of me bring myself to keep reading. Marineford was bad enough one time through, I'm not doing it a second time >_> Sooo, I'm done! A few days ahead of schedule, but it kept me (more or less) sane during this drought. <3
Oh my Oda!
I just barely saw this, it is exactly what I have been doing since the break. One Piece withdrawal symptoms kicked in, I felt the urge to buy all of the available volumes on credit. lol
I am at Alabasta, when Luffy fights Croc for the first time. I have a long way to go, but nobody wants to do anything this weekend. As soon as I wake up, read and read some more.
College has seriously side tracked me.
Only halfway done with Thriller Bark but I plan on reading all through tomorrow and the weekend.
! Unluck’s Amazing 4-Week Long Reread of the Amazing Manga Series One Piece and Her Comments on Her Experience Doing So
Day 21: September 16: Thriller Bark part 1 – 442 to 466
! * Wow, that bathhouse does look nice. Do want.
College has seriously side tracked me.
Only halfway done with Thriller Bark but I plan on reading all through tomorrow and the weekend.
! Unluck’s Amazing 4-Week Long Reread of the Amazing Manga Series One Piece and Her Comments on Her Experience Doing So
! Day 21: September 16: Thriller Bark part 1 – 442 to 466
! * Wow, that bathhouse does look nice. Do want.
- Your captain already beat up God, I don’t think you guys have to worry about that.
- Ha, everyone is just messing with Usopp about the Florian Triangle.
- And then of course they all freak out when they see that ghost ship.
- Brook. I fucking love you.
- “Do you poop?” Oh Luffy.
- And thus Brook joins the crew. Sorta.
- I always thought he would. This is where I first started going to some One Piece forums and reading debates. I always thought that Brook would join.
- Does Brook technically have to breathe?
- And he is obviously such a gentleman.
- A vampire skeleton. I’ll take that over Twilight any day.
- And Luffy finally meets his long awaited musician.
- How does he expect to catch a ghost in a wire box?
- Awww, Mini Merry is adorable.
- Have we filled in the Soldier Dock System 4 yet? Franky says he will put in a weapon there, I’m excited.
- I love that Sunny’s anchor is his paw.
- You know, Franky just said right there that it may have been a fruit user who is doing everything.
- Ewww, he totally just licked Robin. Gross.
- Sorry Nami, that only works for Hancock.
- How did landing on skeletons make it soft enough to save them from injuries?
- Don’t go with random bat-men to their mansions! Unless it’s Batman. Then yes, it is alright.
- I think that lion has Absalom’s face. Also, it has number 69 on it. Fits a pervert.
- Oh my god zombies.
- I love that the zombies are super fast but then just run out of stamina really quickly.
- Did Cindry just come out of the well?
- The reason she hates plates is hilarious. Kinda sad, but still really funny.
- Hogback’s laugh is so ridiculous.
- Oh, Nami in the bath. Yummy.
- I like Nami’s hair when it’s wet. Like in Strong World.
- You know, beyond Usopp’s initial “Thank you,” they don’t really react to Nami being naked, and she doesn’t freak out over it either. Well, there is no room for decorum on a pirate ship after all.
- I’m going to agree with Robin here, that Cerberus is cute.
- Luffy is a better animal tamer than Mohji.
- It’s a unicorn!
- Poor Chopper, he meets a famous doctor that he looks up to and he turns out to be a creepy psycho.
- Those zombie portraits are scary as fuck.
- “Zombie boss of this room” That makes it sound like you are playing an RPG.
- I would never want a real bear rug on my floor anyways, but after reading this I would probably be paranoid if I had one.
- This scanlator literally had one of the zombies go “Oh noes!”
- No haunted mansion is complete without trap doors and secret rooms. When I have a mansion, I will definitely have those in it. And not tell anyone.
- Calling them “surprise zombies” makes it sound like they are going to rape them.
- Wait wait wait. That little space thing says it was born on the “mechanical island.” Is it talking about the island that Franky was sent to? Could that guy be Vegapunk? I’m going to have to look into this some more.
- This shrine to Cindry room is very creepy.
- Ryuuma with Brook’s voice sounds awesome in the anime.
- “With a tanuki and a robot we are random enough already!” Nice lamp shading there, even if Chopper is a reindeer and Franky is a cyborg.
- Spell check is telling me that ‘cyborg’ is not a word. Fuck that.
- I wonder if anyone besides Usopp could actually win against Perona on the Straw Hats crew. Like, actually fight their hardest. Oh, I bet haki could do it.
- This scene, where Luffy pushes the zombie back down into the ground is one of the funniest in the series in my opinion.
- 600,000,000 Berri Jackpot! They should use moves like that more often. I love full crews’ combo moves.
- And these panels where he is pretty much interrogating the zombies and they are terrified of Luffy. With good reason. Bitches, show respect, that’s the man who will be Pirate King!
- You know, when I first read this I don’t know what I thought Moria was going to look like. Certainly nothing like he turned out to be though.
- Oh wow, this is a gorgeous colorsprea-oh wait, Luffy is picking his nose.
- “If he’s after us too, he’ll get his ass whooped sooner or later.” Haha, oh Luffy.
- Oh that’s why they call the zombies Marios! Marionette. I get it.
- I love that the zombie he is making looks just like Frankenstein’s monster.
- Sleeps for four days and then wakes up at midnight? Sounds like my kind of sleep schedule.
- Who the hell built Thriller Bark?
- As annoying as Perona can be, I love her design. Also, Perona will not be joining the Straw Hats. I don’t care what anyone says, she is not the next ‘nakamate.’
- Okay, so the guy in that coverpage isn’t Vegapunk. Damn. It could still be the island though.
- I am very excited to see Wano Country in the New World.
- I also hope that they meet a dragon somewhere.
- It is my belief that Dragon was named after the dragon that Ryuuma killed. Blame that on a hilarious fanfic I read.
- “Oh, it opened!” Yeah, because you punched a hole through it…
- And the zombies start randomly singing and dancing…oh Oda.
- And really, that island looks too warm to be Karakuri. Damn.
- Captain John! The one whose treasure Buggy is after. No wonder Nami found the treasure map armlet here. I never made that connection before.
- Oh Lola.
- I feel really bad for Bearsy.
- Oh Sanji. You get stuck with a dog-penguin for a zombie. I’m surprised it can kick at all with those flippers.
- Is it really that big of a surprise that Zoro is missing? The man probably turned left somewhere when you all kept going straight.
- If it’s a man’s romance to wear a suit of armor, it’s a woman’s to tear it right off and ravish him. Oh baby.
- I kind of feel like this is a Zelda game. You walk into a giant open room, the door shuts behind you and a suit of armor attacks.
- That wall zombie reminds me of Jimbei.
- Zoro didn’t luck out with a cool zombie either. It has a Hitler moustache.
- Oh shit, I want Robin’s boots.
- I’m pretty sure you can’t get to the moon via balloons.
- It’s nice that Sanji won’t kick women, even one’s that he would never sleep with. At least his chivalry is consistent.
- I can’t tell if he just used fear or haki there.
- Oh hey, zombie Pandaman.
- I love this move by Robin.
- Namizou. Her official genderbend looks like a psychotic Shanks.
- Namizou ships Absalom/Lola.
- Ouch, slapped in the eye.
- Have I mentioned that I love Brook? Because I really do.
- He bit through the cage. He tried and failed to do so against Buggy. Proof that he has grown stronger!
- As much as a dick Moria is, I bet it was devastating to him to lose his entire crew to Kaidou.
- I bet Captain John was a cool dude when he was alive.
- I’m very surprised that Luffy’s shadow agreed to be under Moria’s command.
- Awwww, Franky called Chopper and Usopp his little brothers.
- Yohohohoho! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day me hearties! I will not be speaking like that as I write my notes, however.
- Wait…why do the zombies get hungry?
- I really just love that zombies are scared of Brook.
- How the hell can you kill Brook, besides drowning him? He was just stabbed through the damn eye socket.
- Oh wow. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji sure look beautiful today.
- “A beautiful lady swordsman just arrived with a ton of meat!” Oh Usopp, you know them too well.
- Sanji’s aura of flame is awesome. It’s even better in the anime, with Dragon Ball Z Super Saiyan sound effects.
- Franky has a point here. You would think that Brook would cause a huge commotion when they went to islands.
- When I read Brook saying “Laboon” for the first time, I fucking flipped out. I seriously ran into my brother’s room and started ranting about how much of a fucking genius Oda is.
- “Damnit, I love that bone-guy and that whale!” Franky pretty much summed up my feelings there.
- And Luffy just calmly states that he’s gonna kick a Shichibukai’s ass. Because he’s Luffy.
- Sanji’s demon face is awesome.
- You are such a lazy ass, Moria.
- Really, they think it is a wall? They don’t notice the giant face above it?
- The title of this chapter is “Ghost Buster.” I love you Oda.
- Franky building that bridge in pretty much an instant was amazing.
- I’m pretty sure that skeleton bear thing is a plushie brand you can buy.
- Ah, she has an adorable black cat! I miss my cats Daisy, Cleo, and Larxene, but they live at my mom’s house.
- I swear, a character analysis of Usopp’s mental state would be really interesting. Apparently he can’t get any more negative. And I believe he has multiple personalities.
- And the Perona reaction face is amazing.
- I love that Perona and the zombies feel so bad for him that they cheer him on.
- Oh, the thing about Captain John being a cool dude when he was alive. I looked him up on the wiki. Apparently he was a dick that didn’t share his treasure with the crew and was thus killed in a mutiny. Oh well.
- I think learning about Brook’s past would be very interesting, I know he wasn’t always a pirate. In my heart I have always hoped that he met Whitebeard when he was young.
- Wow, Zoro looked supremely evil there.
- I do believe that Luffy just literally kicked Moria’s ass there.
- Absalom and Sanji freaking out over mistaking Nami for a goddess or an angel or something like that and then just casually agreeing and talking about it is hilarious.
- You know, the invisible bazookas are explainable by the fruit, but what about the part where Sanji said “You trigger the attack with you thoughts.” That doesn’t even make sense.
- This battle of the perverts is amazing.
- Bearsy is actually rather scary.
- I love that Kabuto was explained. It is such an awesome weapon. I want to make one.
- Perona’s pretend powers here always reminded me of Tyki from D. Grayman.
- Does she have to snap for that thing to explode?
- I honestly believe that Usopp has a split personality, which would be a very interesting plot point later on.
- Damn Usopp can be a genius.
- It’s ironic. The ‘coward’ of the crew making someone faint through fear.
finally again!
I really love to read your notes!
Ok, I just finished volume 33. Can I still make it before the new chapter? :S
College has seriously side tracked me.
Only halfway done with Thriller Bark but I plan on reading all through tomorrow and the weekend.
! Unluck’s Amazing 4-Week Long Reread of the Amazing Manga Series One Piece and Her Comments on Her Experience Doing So
! Day 21: September 16: Thriller Bark part 1 – 442 to 466
! * Wow, that bathhouse does look nice. Do want.
- Your captain already beat up God, I don’t think you guys have to worry about that.
- Ha, everyone is just messing with Usopp about the Florian Triangle.
- And then of course they all freak out when they see that ghost ship.
- Brook. I fucking love you.
- “Do you poop?” Oh Luffy.
- And thus Brook joins the crew. Sorta.
- I always thought he would. This is where I first started going to some One Piece forums and reading debates. I always thought that Brook would join.
- Does Brook technically have to breathe?
- And he is obviously such a gentleman.
- A vampire skeleton. I’ll take that over Twilight any day.
- And Luffy finally meets his long awaited musician.
- How does he expect to catch a ghost in a wire box?
- Awww, Mini Merry is adorable.
- Have we filled in the Soldier Dock System 4 yet? Franky says he will put in a weapon there, I’m excited.
- I love that Sunny’s anchor is his paw.
- You know, Franky just said right there that it may have been a fruit user who is doing everything.
- Ewww, he totally just licked Robin. Gross.
- Sorry Nami, that only works for Hancock.
- How did landing on skeletons make it soft enough to save them from injuries?
- Don’t go with random bat-men to their mansions! Unless it’s Batman. Then yes, it is alright.
- I think that lion has Absalom’s face. Also, it has number 69 on it. Fits a pervert.
- Oh my god zombies.
- I love that the zombies are super fast but then just run out of stamina really quickly.
- Did Cindry just come out of the well?
- The reason she hates plates is hilarious. Kinda sad, but still really funny.
- Hogback’s laugh is so ridiculous.
- Oh, Nami in the bath. Yummy.
- I like Nami’s hair when it’s wet. Like in Strong World.
- You know, beyond Usopp’s initial “Thank you,” they don’t really react to Nami being naked, and she doesn’t freak out over it either. Well, there is no room for decorum on a pirate ship after all.
- I’m going to agree with Robin here, that Cerberus is cute.
- Luffy is a better animal tamer than Mohji.
- It’s a unicorn!
- Poor Chopper, he meets a famous doctor that he looks up to and he turns out to be a creepy psycho.
- Those zombie portraits are scary as fuck.
- “Zombie boss of this room” That makes it sound like you are playing an RPG.
- I would never want a real bear rug on my floor anyways, but after reading this I would probably be paranoid if I had one.
- This scanlator literally had one of the zombies go “Oh noes!”
- No haunted mansion is complete without trap doors and secret rooms. When I have a mansion, I will definitely have those in it. And not tell anyone.
- Calling them “surprise zombies” makes it sound like they are going to rape them.
- Wait wait wait. That little space thing says it was born on the “mechanical island.” Is it talking about the island that Franky was sent to? Could that guy be Vegapunk? I’m going to have to look into this some more.
- This shrine to Cindry room is very creepy.
- Ryuuma with Brook’s voice sounds awesome in the anime.
- “With a tanuki and a robot we are random enough already!” Nice lamp shading there, even if Chopper is a reindeer and Franky is a cyborg.
- Spell check is telling me that ‘cyborg’ is not a word. Fuck that.
- I wonder if anyone besides Usopp could actually win against Perona on the Straw Hats crew. Like, actually fight their hardest. Oh, I bet haki could do it.
- This scene, where Luffy pushes the zombie back down into the ground is one of the funniest in the series in my opinion.
- 600,000,000 Berri Jackpot! They should use moves like that more often. I love full crews’ combo moves.
- And these panels where he is pretty much interrogating the zombies and they are terrified of Luffy. With good reason. Bitches, show respect, that’s the man who will be Pirate King!
- You know, when I first read this I don’t know what I thought Moria was going to look like. Certainly nothing like he turned out to be though.
- Oh wow, this is a gorgeous colorsprea-oh wait, Luffy is picking his nose.
- “If he’s after us too, he’ll get his ass whooped sooner or later.” Haha, oh Luffy.
- Oh that’s why they call the zombies Marios! Marionette. I get it.
- I love that the zombie he is making looks just like Frankenstein’s monster.
- Sleeps for four days and then wakes up at midnight? Sounds like my kind of sleep schedule.
- Who the hell built Thriller Bark?
- As annoying as Perona can be, I love her design. Also, Perona will not be joining the Straw Hats. I don’t care what anyone says, she is not the next ‘nakamate.’
- Okay, so the guy in that coverpage isn’t Vegapunk. Damn. It could still be the island though.
- I am very excited to see Wano Country in the New World.
- I also hope that they meet a dragon somewhere.
- It is my belief that Dragon was named after the dragon that Ryuuma killed. Blame that on a hilarious fanfic I read.
- “Oh, it opened!” Yeah, because you punched a hole through it…
- And the zombies start randomly singing and dancing…oh Oda.
- And really, that island looks too warm to be Karakuri. Damn.
- Captain John! The one whose treasure Buggy is after. No wonder Nami found the treasure map armlet here. I never made that connection before.
- Oh Lola.
- I feel really bad for Bearsy.
- Oh Sanji. You get stuck with a dog-penguin for a zombie. I’m surprised it can kick at all with those flippers.
- Is it really that big of a surprise that Zoro is missing? The man probably turned left somewhere when you all kept going straight.
- If it’s a man’s romance to wear a suit of armor, it’s a woman’s to tear it right off and ravish him. Oh baby.
- I kind of feel like this is a Zelda game. You walk into a giant open room, the door shuts behind you and a suit of armor attacks.
- That wall zombie reminds me of Jimbei.
- Zoro didn’t luck out with a cool zombie either. It has a Hitler moustache.
- Oh shit, I want Robin’s boots.
- I’m pretty sure you can’t get to the moon via balloons.
- It’s nice that Sanji won’t kick women, even one’s that he would never sleep with. At least his chivalry is consistent.
- I can’t tell if he just used fear or haki there.
- Oh hey, zombie Pandaman.
- I love this move by Robin.
- Namizou. Her official genderbend looks like a psychotic Shanks.
- Namizou ships Absalom/Lola.
- Ouch, slapped in the eye.
- Have I mentioned that I love Brook? Because I really do.
- He bit through the cage. He tried and failed to do so against Buggy. Proof that he has grown stronger!
- As much as a dick Moria is, I bet it was devastating to him to lose his entire crew to Kaidou.
- I bet Captain John was a cool dude when he was alive.
- I’m very surprised that Luffy’s shadow agreed to be under Moria’s command.
- Awwww, Franky called Chopper and Usopp his little brothers.
- Yohohohoho! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day me hearties! I will not be speaking like that as I write my notes, however.
- Wait…why do the zombies get hungry?
- I really just love that zombies are scared of Brook.
- How the hell can you kill Brook, besides drowning him? He was just stabbed through the damn eye socket.
- Oh wow. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji sure look beautiful today.
- “A beautiful lady swordsman just arrived with a ton of meat!” Oh Usopp, you know them too well.
- Sanji’s aura of flame is awesome. It’s even better in the anime, with Dragon Ball Z Super Saiyan sound effects.
- Franky has a point here. You would think that Brook would cause a huge commotion when they went to islands.
- When I read Brook saying “Laboon” for the first time, I fucking flipped out. I seriously ran into my brother’s room and started ranting about how much of a fucking genius Oda is.
- “Damnit, I love that bone-guy and that whale!” Franky pretty much summed up my feelings there.
- And Luffy just calmly states that he’s gonna kick a Shichibukai’s ass. Because he’s Luffy.
- Sanji’s demon face is awesome.
- You are such a lazy ass, Moria.
- Really, they think it is a wall? They don’t notice the giant face above it?
- The title of this chapter is “Ghost Buster.” I love you Oda.
- Franky building that bridge in pretty much an instant was amazing.
- I’m pretty sure that skeleton bear thing is a plushie brand you can buy.
- Ah, she has an adorable black cat! I miss my cats Daisy, Cleo, and Larxene, but they live at my mom’s house.
- I swear, a character analysis of Usopp’s mental state would be really interesting. Apparently he can’t get any more negative. And I believe he has multiple personalities.
- And the Perona reaction face is amazing.
- I love that Perona and the zombies feel so bad for him that they cheer him on.
- Oh, the thing about Captain John being a cool dude when he was alive. I looked him up on the wiki. Apparently he was a dick that didn’t share his treasure with the crew and was thus killed in a mutiny. Oh well.
- I think learning about Brook’s past would be very interesting, I know he wasn’t always a pirate. In my heart I have always hoped that he met Whitebeard when he was young.
- Wow, Zoro looked supremely evil there.
- I do believe that Luffy just literally kicked Moria’s ass there.
- Absalom and Sanji freaking out over mistaking Nami for a goddess or an angel or something like that and then just casually agreeing and talking about it is hilarious.
- You know, the invisible bazookas are explainable by the fruit, but what about the part where Sanji said “You trigger the attack with you thoughts.” That doesn’t even make sense.
- This battle of the perverts is amazing.
- Bearsy is actually rather scary.
- I love that Kabuto was explained. It is such an awesome weapon. I want to make one.
- Perona’s pretend powers here always reminded me of Tyki from D. Grayman.
- Does she have to snap for that thing to explode?
- I honestly believe that Usopp has a split personality, which would be a very interesting plot point later on.
- Damn Usopp can be a genius.
- It’s ironic. The ‘coward’ of the crew making someone faint through fear.
Full of win! I actually read all of that. And I think "surprise butseks zombies" is a better name. I am sure there are some doujins out there with just that. Rule 34 anyone?
@sebbe: You do have the entire weekend. Besides taking breaks to watch college football Saturday and the Texans stomp the Cowboys Sunday, I think I can make it to at least Impel Down.
@ultimateclima:
Interesting that Croc's Jolly Roger was the BW symbol.
Whoa, how did I never notice this before? 0__o
I should have paid more attention to this thread because there's lots of small little details that get brought up. Nice catch. This makes it all the more interesting. One day we're definitely gonna have a Croc backstory. There's no way Oda wouldn't after all the hints he's been dropping since the beginning of his first appearance (though Oda does this with practically all characters, it feels like Crocodile's had the most screen-time after his initial arc ended).
Just skimmed over the end of Marineford and noticed something.
I can't find any mention of it around so did anyone else notice?
Chapter 232:
Chapter 581:
Without a doubt this is Jaya! More specifically Mock Town
what does BW stand for? Baroque works? If I'm corret whats the big surprise? We already knew that he is the highest ranked person from Baroque Works - Mr. Zero