Oh yeah... Those guys...
Summary:
Out in the East Blue, Garp returns to the village in the Goa Kingdom, but he receives a not-so-warm welcome from Dandan who beats up Garp for failing to save Ace. The bar owner Makino comes out to break up the fight but she is also greatly saddened by Ace's death. After calming down, Dandan begins to worry about Luffy and she hopes that Luffy will stay alive.
Somewhere along the Grand Line, Shanks and Marco stand before the graves of Whitebeard and Ace as hundreds of pirates gather in mourning. Marco asks how he can ever repay Shanks, but Shanks tells Marco not worry about it and then turns around to leave.
On the Isle of Women, Luffy is stills screaming and crying about how weak he is. Jimbei is tired of Luffy's defeatist attitude and provokes Luffy into attacking so he can teach Luffy a lesson. After restraining Luffy, Jimbei tells Luffy to get back his confidence and realize that he hasn't lost everything. Thanks to Jimbei's words, Luffy finally remembers his missing crew and realizes he needs to get to their meeting place.
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It sure took long enough for Luffy to remember that his crew was missing. Ace and Whitebeard's deaths have been very important events to the story and to Luffy's character, but we can't dwell on that forever, so it's good to see that the series is moving on. The flashback chapters weren't the most exciting things ever. This chapter neatly tied up the flashbacks and also the battle at Marine HQ with Ace and Whitebeard's funeral. The next logical order of business is of course for Luffy to get his crew back. I wonder if the others will all show up at Shabondy Archipelago? That might be too short and easy though. If Oda wants to make the arc longer though he can easily have Luffy go looking around for his crew. Let's see what the next story arc will bring.
Finally...
ReplyDeleteI wasn't that fond of the remembrance arc, and I've been waiting ages for the crew to actually apear.
Ohh it wont be that easy, alot of the crew aren't even in the grandline
ReplyDeleteGetting to Shabondy took ages as it is and they don't have Kuma to teleport them back this time around
Maybe some of them will get a Navy ship to cross into that area?
Incredible chapter! I had a nice laugh when Luffy bit Jimbei. Leave it to Oda to put a hilarious scene in the middle of a tense one for the amusement of the reader.
ReplyDeleteAnd finally the crew will be getting back together. And I am guessing that at least some of them would have powered up by now.
Okay, so the lesson learned is that Luffy's friends ARE his strength. They're his whole motivation, and he's nothing without them.
ReplyDeleteI'm actually sorta relieved they didn't go for a Shonen Upgrade for Luffy. Instead it's more a personality thing than anything else. And this chapter finally lays to rest any doubts as to whether or not Ace was actually dead or just "resting".
@Ransom
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was about time the story got back to the present.
@Anonymous
I doubt they'll all show up either, but maybe some of them made it back on their own.
@egress63
I found that scene amusing as well. Luffy has bite!
I think most if not all of the crew would have gotten upgrades.
@twentythoughts
I thought Ace was definitely dead, although I suppose fans have their rumours.
Personality upgrades can be just as important as abilities upgrades. But Luffy will be powered-up one way or another.
lol where is Boa? XD
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