Thx BF, can't wait to read the translation

edit: guess I don't even have to wait for that anymore

Awesome, thx for the OP fix BF

The faces after they all realize Kokoro is a mermaid (and that Kokoro IS the mermaid they were imagining) are just priceless.

If this is real, then it looks like Franky gets his own cover (if i'm looking at that right), and Lucci is still up for a fight.

If this is real that is.

@Killerfly:

So you think the anime made both of them look weaker?

In short: yeah. For me, the anime took away a lot of power from Gear 2nd.

The scene in the manga really aggrandizes Luffy by showing that Blueno has nothing on him. Four hits and Blueno is toast.
In the anime, it seems that Luffy had to do much more to Blueno to put him down. It's still domination, but not quite the domination the manga shows.

As for Blueno, the anime shows him completely shocked and agast at Gear 2nd. Perhaps it was getting to hear his voice and reaction to it that really set me off.
In the manga, Blueno's purpose, to me, is to showcase how powerful Gear 2nd is compared to CP9 techniques. Like i said, 4 hits and he was knocked out - which shows just how powerful Luffy has become in Gear 2nd. I felt the anime drags the scene on to show Gear 2nd animated, thus making Blueno seem even more pathetic a character to its power (not that he was much of a character in the first place). Also, he keeps getting up from several hits from Gear 2nd: shouldn't it just down him in 1 or 2?

It's still an awesome scene, but the manga had more of an impact. Luffy's animated Gear 2nd seemed less powerful, and Blueno was a huge pussy.

But that's just how I saw it

(Sorry for the length)

Edit: That said, I've watched the fight about 6 or 7 times now, and I still really love it. Awesome animation.

Did anyone else start to feel sorry for Blueno in that fight? All the extra filler attacks in the fight seemed to make him completely pathetic compared to the manga. It also seemed to take away the impact Luffy seemed to have in the manga, where just a few hits put Blueno down.

The animation was pretty awesome. Not what I had in my head, but it was still pretty sweet.