Chapter 872: "Soft and Fluffy"
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Stuff went down (literally, lol). Next week will be doomsday for the 'bake mama a cake' theory, huh?
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The Strawhats just have to turn the shield Capone made 180 degrees and they aer safe
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And there it is, your answer to 'why Streussen does not give Big Mom the type of desert she wants if he can turn anything into food'? Because processed foods taste terrible.
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Streusen stopping the castle from falling into the sea was anticlimatic. I call fake tension.
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That's cool Bege, boasting is what pirates do.. This is going to be a BIG news..
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wonder how things will go down now…i mean if the cake ,like big mom said, was really specific there's no way they are gonna just make one on the spot even with streusen's powers.
on the other hand,it's a bit too convenient that big mom is having an attack right now, but it has been previously established how they come at random, so it's not that terrible.
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Streusen stopping the castle from falling into the sea was anticlimatic. I call fake tension.
…And the Big Mom Pirates all faceplanting and allowing the alliance to escape would have been tense?
It would have been anticlimactic for a single object to take care of an entire Yonko crew. Now, it's only given the Straw Hats a head start.
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Stuff went down (literally, lol). Next week will be doomsday for the 'bake mama a cake' theory, huh?
I dunno, considering Big Mom in the last panel… ;)
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Yeah, Streusen saving them totally is fine. I mean, this is a Yonko crew, there should be enough people capable of dealing with such a situation, anyway.
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Okay so a couple of things. Last chapter i really liked how Big Mom toyed with Gear4 and previously with Judge. It became crystal clear that she is on a whole different level than Luffy and with the way the whole arc was presented as an escape arc (although we got some good fights) there was little chance she is going down in WCI.
However, i still feel Underwhelmed. One of the 4 strongest pirate crews panic and apparently go into desperation (besides Katakuri and the strongest of guys out there) from a single castle collapse? Its good plot armor for the SHs to escape, but it should have been into brief seconds whilst moment after Mom's crew start chasing them. Im okay with Mom having an appetite attack right now, its convenient with all that happened.
Its a bit of a risk now, if in Wano Kaido is presented very strong as he already feels, and he goes down like - super hard, i think i'll have a hard time thinking Big Mom is more of an obstacle than him afterwards. Heck, even Jack to me seemed more of a Boss than the top guys in Big Moms crew. Katakuri, for 1 Billion and the tremendous power he has should be able to take the Bege and co out himself. I'll give him that its probably tough to use CoO when all that shit is going down in the same time though.
-Whats going on with Puddin?
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I usually don't have a problem with the "corner cutting" that people complain about in this arc, but we really should have seen more of the StrawTank66 alliance breaking away from the Big Mom pirates. Last chapter the Germa brothers were literally in the palm of Big Mom and Katakuri's hands. Even with the confusion that comes from the fall, I have a hard time dealing with them just getting dropped.
Otherwise, decent chapter. Capone's signpost gag got a laugh out of me. I'm happy for Caesar.
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@Kaido:
…And the Big Mom Pirates all faceplanting and allowing the alliance to escape would have been tense?
It would have been anticlimactic for a single object to take care of an entire Yonko crew. Now, it's only given the Straw Hats a head start.
He's allowed to have an opinion.
With BM going crazy again, most of the tension regarding escape seems to be gone. I imagine SH will become involved in stopping BM's rampage, as it was predicted long ago. And we may even get more info regarding her past in the process. It's not like Oda to leave things ambiguous like that (for too long).
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However, i still feel Underwhelmed. One of the 4 strongest pirate crews panic and apparently go into desperation (besides Katakuri and the strongest of guys out there) from a single castle collapse? Its good plot armor for the SHs to escape, but it should have been into brief seconds whilst moment after Mom's crew start chasing them.
So…does Kaido's crew get a pass? Even as they panicked in fear before getting rekt and sent into the ocean by a giant elephant trunk? Being strong doesn't always account for disasters like this; just because most of the pirates couldn't stop an entire toppling castle doesn't mean they're weak. Even Big Mom couldn't stop it.
The bigger gap between the Straw Hats and BM Pirates makes sense, the Straw Hats were able to fly while the BM Pirates had to fall a great distance. Then they had to pull themselves out of the cake. Afterwards, they were completely on the ball with a pursuit before Big Mom got a craving seconds later.
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Hum where are the Germa ? I thought they were with Luffy and Sanji.
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Even Katakuri thinks Smoothie useless. It be fitting arc for her useless character if her crazed Mom takes her out.
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Hmm, not as good as the last chapter but I still enjoyed it. :)
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Looks like this's really the end for BM's crew.. RIP Smoothie :ninja:
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Whatever happens now… The main point is that the balloon kid in the background still has fun.
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That was one very dragged out chapter. I'm assuming Oda did this again to make the events of chapter 873 tie in with the 20th anniversary.
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Early chapter + seemingly no break? God is good! I hope the Strawhats get on the ship next chapter, because although I like wholecake island, an even longer escape + rampaging Big Mamu would be pretty tedious.
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Oda's message was very touching.
I enjoyed the chapter's pace, Bege's leave was hilarious
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Really disappointed with this arc, and overall one piece the way it's been headed to since timeskip.
Nowadays there seems to be nothing happening in the arcs, just an enormous number of characters who are supposed to be strong and stuff, gathered together talking and doing nothing, bueh!If there aren't any good fights or something in the Kaido saga, then I guess Oda should better end one piece fast before it turns into a joke.
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Ironically, by placing that sign there Bege is actually covering the strawhats escape route, because there's no way anyone in Big Mom's family will eat that.
Tamago's idle stance as the castle was falling made me laugh.
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They're not pursuing anyone
They'll have their hands full with mama
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Early chapter + seemingly no break? God is good! I hope the Strawhats get on the ship next chapter, because although I like wholecake island, an even longer escape + rampaging Big Mamu would be pretty tedious.
I don't think that they would be able to leave so easily even if they managed to get onto the ship. Bege already said that it takes one day for them to travel out of Big Mom's territory by ship.
There's also a lot of things that could still happen. The Germa has disappeared, and Judge seems like the kind who would bring back his army of clones and army to challenge Big Mom again. As his "dream" of conquering is already over. If they really can get away in less than a day by ship, it would have to be because the fishman pirates are still around and able to ferry them out in a shorter amount of time maybe.
Plus Mr Bean Man was shown to have such powerful observation haki that he could see the future. It would be a shame if he couldn't do it like Enel - using his haki to detect where Bege and Luffy are on the island.
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Remember when Dogtooth's face went pale because he had seen something horrible? It's about to begin.
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Time to get your cooking skills primed Sanji, you Pudding and Strus will need to bake a cake.
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The chapter title…It's a Jojo reference?
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@Master:
If there aren't any good fights or something in the Kaido saga, then I guess Oda should better end one piece fast before it turns into a joke.
Nothing will change and that will never happen.
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Time to get your cooking skills primed Sanji, you Pudding and Strus will need to bake a cake.
Yeah why would Sanji risk the crews lives again when they finally managed to escape?
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Where is Pudding in all this?
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@Master:
Really disappointed with this arc, and overall one piece the way it's been headed to since timeskip.
Nowadays there seems to be nothing happening in the arcs, just an enormous number of characters who are supposed to be strong and stuff, gathered together talking and doing nothing, bueh!If there aren't any good fights or something in the Kaido saga, then I guess Oda should better end one piece fast before it turns into a joke.
They literally just destroyed a Yonkou island, sending Big Mom FLYING.
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Where is Pudding in all this?
Either with the others or hidden somewhere. Maybe she's already waiting in the Thousand Sunny.
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Where is Pudding in all this?
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They literally just destroyed a Yonkou island, sending Big Mom FLYING.
They? Don't you mean the "plot chest" destroyed a yonkou island , sent big mom flying, and coincidentally saved the protagonists?
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i guess the Charlottes will be busy holding mama down while some of them make a cake. this will give the alliance enough time to escape.
but if this is the case, there wont be a closure to pudding and the germa…
anyway, Caesar cover story incoming !
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We got closure with the Sanji and Judge thing.
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Yeah why would Sanji risk the crews lives again when they finally managed to escape?
The whole city is covered in cake, and if Big Mom is that hungry, she'll eat anything, putting many innocent lives in danger.
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They? Don't you mean the "plot chest" destroyed a yonkou island , sent big mom flying, and coincidentally saved the protagonists?
Said "plot chest" was given by Luffy to Big Mom as an apologize to make up for eating her sweets, thus the treasure ended up in her domains, and given its uniqueness and the fact is highly valued, a world-renowed journalist, a CP0 agent and a black market mafia boss went to the party just to either get their hands on the treasure or to get a glimpse of its content. It's foreshadowing at its finest, whether you like it or not.
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Ah, perfect I wonder if Big Mom has the same reaction from eating her children's devil fruit power food as she did eating Streussen's. Great transition chapter. Very cool message by Oda.
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now that i think about it…streusand didn't seem to mind the taste of his own ingredients...does that mean that the main cook of whole cake island has shitty taste ?
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now that i think about it…streusand didn't seem to mind the taste of his own ingredients...does that mean that the main cook of whole cake island has shitty taste ?
Maybe it's just sweets that don't come out well?
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okay the highlight for me is Big News Morgan and Bege stupid gag lmao.
now the time for Big Mom rampage and of course Sanji moment to shine hype!
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Also the strawhats have yet to escape, so they can still deal with this since they would have to make past them to get to the ship unlike Bege and Germa.
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We got closure with the Sanji and Judge thing.
I don't feel like the Germa stuff is done. Judges last words to Sanji is calling him a "failure". Neither of them have brought up Sora yet even though they both blame each other for her death. Then there's the potential Germa flashback.
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Said "plot chest" was given by Luffy to Big Mom as an apologize to make up for eating her sweets, thus the treasure ended up in her domains, and given its uniqueness and the fact is highly valued, a world-renowed journalist, a CP0 agent and a black market mafia boss went to the party just to either get their hands on the treasure or to get a glimpse of its content. It's foreshadowing at its finest, whether you like it or not.
There's a difference between foreshadowing it "blowing up" and foreshadowing it "blowing up to save the straw hats".
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I would think that Pudding would take advantage of this opportunity to escape. She was mistreated when she was younger, her sibling called her useless, and her mom treats her like a toy and an object. I think this would make it seem more like she would go with the Straw Hats looking for her tribe rather than staying to save her family.
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@S.C.:
The whole city is covered in cake, and if Big Mom is that hungry, she'll eat anything, putting many innocent lives in danger.
The castle just collapsed on those innocent lives and Sanji doesn't care. Nor does Chopper and he's a doctor.
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They? Don't you mean the "plot chest" destroyed a yonkou island , sent big mom flying, and coincidentally saved the protagonists?
The "plot Buster Call" destroyed Enies Lobby.
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There's a difference between foreshadowing it "blowing up" and foreshadowing it "blowing up to save the straw hats".
We always knew it was going to affect the plot in some way; what use would it have been all these years if it didn't? It helped the Straw Hats a bit; it did not save them, they're still in enemy territory.
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so big mom is gonna eat some of her kids?