I love this manga so much. I literally got chills on the panel of Ussop's awakened Haki. SO COOL!

@Urouge:

• Laboon, good to see you again! And Crocus too, as expected. And also… uhhh... Bronze Yorki Crocus's new girlfriend. Crocus, you dog you.

Him having a girlfriend would make my week!

I'm pretty happy with the arc so far, and its only going to get better from here on out.

Now one thing that might shake my confidence in Oda is if that caped man on this week's cover story turns out to be Yorki. THAT would be devestating… it really diminishes Brooke's goal and his endurance to survive all those years in the F. Triangle.

I voted for Zoro because he only has one arm now.
RUNS AWAY FAST

In all seroiusness I'm liking them all, EVEN CHOPPER, from the color spread. i can't wait to see even more angles, Zoro's & Franky's official reveals next week (crosses fingers), and Chopper's different RB points.

@Gliblord:

I'm so glad I didn't cave in and read the spoilers, made the chapter ten trillions time better!

I promised myself I wouldn't, but I caved in and have been following since they first came out. You definatly saved yourself about 1000 posts (literally, no joke) about Zoro's missing arm, which isn't missing, but everyone thought it was (well not the sane people).

@ultimateclima:

Noticed the 37 on Franky now. It's so big I'm sad I missed it.

I posted the same thing on page 2. It was easy to miss. It took me really examining the whole pic for a few minutes to find it.

Still not done reading… back to the chapter!

Yeah! BATTLE FRANKY 37!!! (left shoulder on CS)! Thats epic.
And 100% AGREE with Lilly Jade, arm debate is over.
Awesome chapter, can't wait for next week already!

@FrankyCentaur:

I said this before and got flamed but, is the character REALLY coming out this week o.o

http://shonenjump.com/e/weeklyshonenjump/index.html
The newest issue still states One Piece as part of the "Countdown." And One Piece isn't even on the cover.

I'm not 100% sure of the mechanics of it, and someone may be able to explain it better, but the chapters that came out this past Wednesday (ie Bleach 421 & Naruto 511) are for THIS coming week's Jump. So chapters come out a long time before subscribers and news stands get them. Spoilers for next week's issue (week of Oct 3-9) will be coming out HOPEFULLY on Tuesday.

@RobbyBevard:

Anyone who is really adamant about not seeing spoilers should probably stay off the site between Monday and the chapter release next week. This one is pretty much guaranteed to leak through the cracks.

This may be the first chapter in years that I avoid the board and read in its entirety without being spoiled… can't wait!

The question skews from "Will there be a timeskip?" to "When and how will the timeskip work?" Are we going to get a few more chapters of reaction? Some closure on Buggy? Training arcs? (I hope not!)

The next few weeks are going to completely change the series. Everyone keep your fingers crossed!

I haven't posted anything in a while, just lurking, but I had to say congrats to those involved! It was a great April Fool's joke!