chapter was all over the place, and wano not being that interesting doesn't help either
Chapter 915: Bakura Town
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yeh man, with Luffy getting bigger and bigger feats to his descendence, Haoshoku, hearing the sea kings, Zunisha, the sworn enemy to God, and Sanji coming out to be nobility, an actual prince.
Zoro is staying behind in the M3, and we're just in the perfect place and moment to know about who Zoro really is, where he's actually comes from and what his heritage may be.Watch Ryuma be his ancestor.
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Yeah explain Zoro’s aura finally
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Every nation gets the government it deserves.–-- Joseph de Maistre
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I personally have enjoyed the start of Wano. This chapter was honestly fun, Holdem being my spotlight. Kiku being a close second. XD
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That settles it, ghost girl is joining the crew.
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Holdem is everything I was hoping he would be. I hope this Urashima stuff doesn't take too long so we can see more of him.
Originally Posted by MrBits
Place your bets. Is [AlphaMale/AlphaBro, an obvious ban evader] going to get banned again today, tomorrow, or in a week?
Originally Posted by AlphaBro
okay let's bet . Would love to see your losing face next week !
An actual bet and conversation on the Chapter 905 thread, literally an hour before he got banned again.
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I know that cutting Urashima's topknot is a symbolic gesture and meant as a huge insult to his social status, but in a world where people cut icebergs and city-sized giant rock men in half, seeing the same sort of reaction towards Kiku's slash just left me going "meh."
On a more minor note, I'm slightly incredulous that an idiot like Luffy would know enough about the meaning of the chonmage to be going "YAASSSS QUEEN" at someone getting a haircut.
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@Long:
Im just gonna say it since I think others are thinking the same thing. Kind of weird for Kiku to get taken off the dog and go "kyaaahhhh" and then have her jump into action without much transition. Im glad she wasnt really kidnapped that easily and a damsel but I was a little confised why that happened, besides the zoro joke about not cutting naked men. And its not like they just knock her off they look like they've got her pretty secure and then she cuts urashima's hair. It could use definitely use another few panels pr a page of panels to better frame the movement
Maybe she didn't want to blast her cover of being a samourai girl. That way she could act by surprise.
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Maybe she didn't want to blast her cover of being a samourai girl. That way she could act by surprise.
Also, Luffy and Zorro are not there to be O-Kiku's eunuchs or personal bodyguards. Probably Zorro just didn't want to meddle in whatever affairs Kiku is in regarding her relation to the fat guy. Only Luffy was shown to be a bit concerned but even he didn't do anything cause people should resolve their own problems as the likes of marriage and personal relations. At least that is how i see it & why their non-action didn't bother me.
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I think Oda need to set up a time table here because if this takeover was 20 years ago, then we must look to Momonsuke who is supposed to be 10 years old so how does this fit? Oh and that roof must be a balloon but isn't the New World suppose to be a physic defying place?
At Zou, Momonsuke also said he met Roger before but Usopp said he was lying as he can't possibly have been born so early. so this is something that definitely will be answered sooner or later.
hopefully its not something like cliche like a time travel devil fruit or that time is longer in Wano due to the New World defying natural laws.
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One Piece Chapter 915 ReviewHello All!
The cover page continues the story of the self-proclaimed Straw Hat fleet. It turns out that the last volume started and this volume continues the story of Bellamy. This volume states that Bellamy has retired from the pirate life and is shown drawing a pirate skull on a pirate flag. I don’t buy it. I think that Bellamy will resume the pirate life shortly, but only time will tell.
The title of this chapter is “Bakura Town” as the entirety of the chapter takes place in this said town.
There are 4 major plot segments within this chapter. The first plot segment involves Urashima discussing how badly he wants Okiku and Mouse-man, another SMILE user who’s introduced in this chapter, convincing him that he should just take her by force if necessary since he’s in a higher social standing than her.
The second plot segment involves Gazelle-man arriving at Holdem’s residence with Otama. Holdem attempts to discover how Tama was able to tame the baboon a few chapters ago. This segment ends with Holdem ordering one of his men to bring some pliers to test her abilities since she refuses to inform them of how she did it.
The third plot segment involves Luffy, Zoro, the Komainu, and Okiku arriving in the Bakura district. Luffy initially yells for Tama, but is stopped by Kiku. A few people hear them, and as such, Luffy knocks them out with Conqueror’s Haki to ensure they don’t spill the beans on their arrival.
The fourth plot segment involves Luffy’s group running into Urashima. Urashima notices Okiku and asks her once again to marry him. Urashima orders other wrestlers to bring her to him and Kiku tries to hide herself behind Zoro. Kiku cuts Urashima shocking everyone in town, including Luffy and Zoro.
There was significant characterization in this chapter.
The character with the most amount of characterization in this chapter is Urashima. To explain Urashima’s characterization, however, Mouse-man must be characterized. As the name suggests, Mouse-man is a Gifter in the Beast/Animal Kingdom Pirates who has eaten the Mouse SMILE Zoan fruit. That fruit has given him the ears of a mouse. Mouse-man is easily able to convince Urashima to merely take Okiku by force.
Urashima retreated from Okobore town (and wasn’t seen in the last chapter) because he sensed a weird aura from Zoro. In other words, he cowered. Urashima is also overconfident as he believes that he can win over Okiku thanks to his social standing, his fame, and his safe food. As aforementioned, Urashima was easily convinced to just take Okiku by force if she refused to marry her. Furthermore, I believe that his lust for Okiku matches Sanji’s lust for women in general. For example, when Kiku was slicing him, he thought she was going to accept his marriage proposal. There is a distinct difference between Urashima and Sanji, however, other than their size and their fighting style. Sanji doesn’t waste any food, while Urashima is seen throwing his bowl of rice and whatever else on the floor as if it were nothing. Apparently, Urashima loves to eat racoon dogs. I wonder if that’ll be a plot point addressed in the future when Chopper is introduced back into the story.
Another person who’s is characterized in this chapter is Holdem. Holdem, a Headliner of the Beast/Animal Kingdom Pirates, has eaten the lion SMILE fruit. As such, he has a lion’s head that can think for itself and two lion arms and hands; this lion head and lion arms come out of his stomach. Holdem and his lion self can argue and quarrel as shown when the lion hit his crotch. Headliner Holdem is easily annoyed as he states that he’s annoyed by Gazelle-man’s constant wheezing. Holdem is the kind of man who doesn’t care who he tortures as long as he gets the answer he wants as illustrated when he commands his men to bring the pliers to find out what Devil Fruit ability Tama possesses.
Other characterizations have occurred in this chapter, but to the extent as the ones mentioned above. For example, when Tama sees Holdem, she is shocked and freaked out by the fact that he has two heads. Tama also tries to lie about how she doesn’t have any Devil Fruit ability and that she’s merely that good with animals, but her poker face is not that good.
Luffy, once in Bakura town, shouts out for Tama but is stopped by Kiku before he says why they’re in Bakura. To fix his mistake of shouting, Luffy knocks out the fodder who heard him with his Conqueror’s Haki. I like these moments as they show how Luffy is able to think as a responsible Captain (granted it would never have needed to occur if he didn’t shout). Nonetheless, that particular scene exemplified that Luffy is capable of making up for his own mistakes.
Okiku’s initial shyness makes for a funny moment in this chapter. When Urashima spots her on the komainu, she tries to hide behind Zoro. Zoro remarks by saying that there’s no point in hiding behind him as she is much larger than him. She, then, decides to end it right there by slashing him for all to see. His topknot has been cut off.
Gazelle-man has a limit to how much he can run for 200 kilometers per hour as illustrated when he’s out of breath.
The setting of Bakura town is described to Luffy and Zoro Okiku. The people who live in this town are either Orochi’s subordinates, Kaido’s subordinates, or essential merchants and tradesman who’ve lived there before Orochi’s and Kaido’s subordinates came. Readers also know that this chapter takes place later during the day since time must’ve passed for Urashima to arrive, then for Luffy’s group to arrive, and for the Sumo tournament to begin and seemingly end.
Not much really amazed me in this chapter. This chapter felt like the epitome of a set-up chapter as it fleshed out Urashima’s character, introduced Holdem, Gazelle-man completes his mission of capturing and bringing Otama, Luffy’s group arrives in Bakura and things start with Tama slicing him. All these things are necessary for the plot to move forward. Now that these essentials have been covered, the plot may move forward at a faster pace than other arcs.
The tone of this chapter can be described as blunt as it does what needs to be done without any unnecessary events and brisk as it is quick-paced and keeps the reader interested at all times. The tone is also apathetic as it gives the reader little to no time to feel extremely sorry for Tama being captured and on the brink of being tortured. However, it isn’t entirely emotionless since Luffy’s group does want to save Tama from the clutches of Kaido and Orochi.
All in all, I thought that this is an okay chapter and as such, will give it a rating of 6 out 10 for reasons mentioned above. The reason I give it a 6 and not a 5 is that Urashima was fleshed out and things are not dragged out.
Thank You for reading and I hope you enjoyed.
Peace
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@zakzoro98 pls use the normal letters for your walls of text. Its hard to read.
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and wano not being that interesting doesn't help either
I won't lie, I know Wano feels very unique in the One Piece universe, being a typical feudal japanese setting in that crazy world… but I really can't feel excited with this new location after seeing so many typical feudal Japan in so many manga. The moment Luffy put on a kimono I instantly went
But I think this is only a momentary problem. Arriving on Wano things were really interesting with all those art references, so I think Oda is just taking it slow now before going over-the-top with the Japanese references and things go to the level of absurdity we except from him. Until then, at least this casual location works by the contrast it makes with the Mad Maxness of the Beast Pirates (like here)… I love Mouseman's design and how it works in this sense.
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There's only one person capable of taking down Urashima
Though in all seriousness, I think Law might be the one to get the win, once he swoops in to get Luffy and Zoro out. It's best not to hype these initial guys too much. We're starting on a very small scale with the two most powerful Straw Hats, their moment of reckoning will come but it won't come now. Right now is the time for them to dig their holes deeper by progressively taking down more and more small fry.
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Luffy and Zoro are beginning to creep me out with the way they always smile at the sight of trouble
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Good to see Bellamy getting a happy ending.
Chapter was eh overall.
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Holdem is everything I was hoping he would be.
You were expecting a guy with a lion on the crotch?
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I'm bothered that all of Kaidou's men look like fodder, even Holdem. I love One Piece for some of it's whacky villains (Pica and Señor Pink for some recent examples) and Holdem is quite hillarious, just not menacing at all…
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Urashima retrieating because of an aura of Zoro. Yup, things totally going with Zoro having some sort of super powerful samurai linage.
Possibly, but I thought this was just referencing his haki
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I'm bothered that all of Kaidou's men look like fodder, even Holdem. I love One Piece for some of it's whacky villains (Pica and Señor Pink for some recent examples) and Holdem is quite hillarious, just not menacing at all…
We're still pretty small scale and Luffy and Zoro are going for the guys on top, so no reason that people like these should pose a significant threat to them. Though I would be willing to bet that Holdem is more than meets the eye.
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That settles it, ghost girl is joining the crew.
Kiku? I like a big tall samurai lady as a concept but she's doing nothing for me.
Design is uninspired, too reminiscent of pre-TS Robin.
Her "slash with katana and pose behind enemy while giving a one-liner" fighting style is too reminiscent of Zoro.
She hasn't been around very long so this could change, but right now she doesn't have a discernible personality besides nice samurai girl.
I wonder where Oda is going with her since she doesn't seem quirky enough to be nakama material (yet). If we didn't have Momonosuke filling the role of heir from dethroned royal family then I would've guessed she's another secret princess.Not even Naruto resorted to time travel
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Now that we have a capable female swordfighter Tashigis character arc has become redundant, right?
"You either die a villain, or live long enough to see yourself become the hero." - Vegeta, Hero Slayer Garou, most MLP villains etc.
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Now that we have a capable female swordfighter Tashigis character arc has become redundant, right?
So exactly like Smoker
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I'm bothered that all of Kaidou's men look like fodder, even Holdem. I love One Piece for some of it's whacky villains (Pica and Señor Pink for some recent examples) and Holdem is quite hillarious, just not menacing at all…
Remember when we were complaining that BM pirates didn't looked menancing?
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Wow, Oda just focused majority of a chapter on a guy who is boring and possibly will be done away with and forgotten about later.
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To be honest, Holdem mix of mild goofyness with menacing atmosphere gave me the feeling he can be pretty strong. It's hard to tell with the Headliners, since they comprise people from Sheephead (who was fodderized in seconds) to Hawkins (supposedly around Zoro/Luffy level), but if I was to guess I would say somewhere around Franky's level (not enough to challenge Zoro or Luffy, but enough to hold his own for a while).
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How does he even fight with that lion belt.
And can't Otama just 'tame' the lion and turn it against Holdem?
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@uniaka:
How does he even fight with that lion belt.
He humps people to death.
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@uniaka:
How does he even fight with that lion belt.
And can't Otama just 'tame' the lion and turn it against Holdem?
He probably has a transformation form
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Tama should help the poor guy out.
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You were expecting a guy with a lion on the crotch?
I wanted a minor villain with a ridiculous SMILE design who’s not-too-serious. I got exactly that.
EDIT: Oh wow I never even considered Tama taming Holdem’s Lion. I’d love it if that’s what happens.
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I've decided O-Kiku is the best new character introduced in this arc. And the reason for that is that she looks (and sometimes acts) just like pre-timeskip Robin. Who you may not have noticed you missed, but I assure you, you did.
Looking forward to seeing how horrifyingly defunct these SMILE zoan users become once they fully transform.
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man, maybe I should stop reading one piece for a while. Ever since Wano started I was not able to enjoy One Piece at all.
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Now that we have a capable female swordfighter Tashigis character arc has become redundant, right?
Why would it be redundant?
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Why would it be redundant?
Because there can only be one female swordsman in the world at a time, obviously. Why do you think Kuina fell down the stairs?
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Good chapter.
Bellamy was a surprise but i think he needs a bit of time out from the pirate life at least have time to himself to rethink things ,no doubt we will see him later because of vivre card of Luffy.
Holdem was nice surprise also but i bet people are going complain about his goofyness, perhaps Tama ability will allow Smiles users instability to stabilize or it just to capture more beasts more easily.
Really liking Kiku so far and her interactions with Zoro and Luffy ,specially Zoro ,they are funny and cute.
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Wow, Oda just focused majority of a chapter on a guy who is boring and possibly will be done away with and forgotten about later.
Oh, is you, the one who complains every week, lacks common sense, is devoid of any reading comprehension and is an overall hypocrite all around. I thought with all the beef you have with the manga you would have already fucked off outta this place, but there you are. Btw, your user name suits you so well.
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Oh, is you, the one who complains every week, lacks common sense, is devoid of any reading comprehension and is an overall hypocrite all around. I thought with all the beef you have with the manga you would have already fucked off outta this place, but there you are. Btw, your user name suits you so well.
My statement is true. It's what majority of the chapter was focused on.
Just private message me about the cream you need for your butthurt.
but I guess the "hypocrite" in me just revealed your personal info.
lol
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I like this chapter a lot. Um, I'm a little late to point this out, but does anyone else think that it's a bit contrived that Zoro happens to be here? I'm wishing they pulled a less transparent and distracting narrative back flip to put Zoro back into the story as soon as possible.
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also, I find very positive and interesting that BellaFail's cover story gives me hope that the fleet won't be stuck at 7 captains, and so that I can get a female captain(prolly Carrot) later on.
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" So if the lion can feel pain in the guys junk… Does that mean Perverted Question " - SBS from Volume 91
There's a lot of implications that would make that smile terrible for your life.
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also, I find very positive and interesting that BellaFail's cover story gives me hope that the fleet won't be stuck at 7 captains, and so that I can get a female captain(prolly Carrot) later on.
I been so triggered at getting sausages all over the fleet, except for Baby 5 and Wicca(?), we got nothing else.Count me in as one of the others who think this retirement wont last long
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I been so triggered at getting sausages all over the fleet, except for Baby 5 and Wicca(?), we got nothing else.
There are a few more female dwarves, there's the tall Nami with Hajrudin, there's Columbus; Orlumbus' #2, and Cavendish has a nameless woman on his ship with him (not to mention two boats full of women that seem to constantly follow him around). Maybe we can also count Barto's Gram-Gram since she's always there in spirit.
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My man Bellamy
