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| Satan-sama was abducted! Time to go back to Marineford. |
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| Firstly, I'll touch on the Luffy segment as we were given another line of context. Rayleigh suggest two things and apparently the first was so horrible as it would break Luffy's promise that he refused it. The second, isn't let's train at Sabaody, it's far more complex than that. It is to go back to Marineford of all places. Now, I understand why everyone is reacting the way they are, to go back to the place that traumatized him and he almost died at right after waking up half dead?! I do like the theory that it's to make peace with Ace, it's not the first time I've seen someone go back to the place a loved one died to say a final goodbye. The Brook section was humorous and it was simple, there's not too much to say. It showed the Long Arm tribe coming after the satanists was a arm thing, the 2 joints vs the 1 joint. I loved how Brook used his scary appearance to intimidate them, I don't think we've really seen that before and since the start I was wondering when Brook would have to 'play dead' or do something like this where he intentionally scared someone. So, to say he will eat their hearts was rather amazing. My favorite part however was a line Brook gave:
Now, the part I saved for last. The Zoro section. With the episode title literally only being about Zoro I started to suspect that the entire episode would be his. So when it cut to Brook I was sincerely sad because this Zoro section was possibly my favorite events we've gotten out of 'Crew's Whereabouts' episodes. Specifically, the three way dynamic of Mihawk, Perona, and Zoro is absolutely wonderful and the ruins of Muggy kingdom are interesting as all heck. To start the relationship dynamic, I've already touched on why Perona and Zoro mesh so freaking well, but it was as always nice to see her worry even more openly about Zoro than ever before, Mihawk even calling it out. She may have rationalized it as, "I don't want to be stuck with a heartless guy who doesn't like cute things, and won't be my servant" but that's literally Zoro too, she's just a good girl with a rough and spoiled exterior. It's also notable that Perona cried for Moria-"Sama". It made me start thinking about how she looked down on her equals like Absalom and, in my eyes, sees everyone as below her. Yet, she notably gives respect, at least in name to Moria, however it should be noted that she stole their treasure and tried to run when things got bad. I wonder what their relationship is like, because seeing her sadness for his apparent death stood out, just like how she recreated Kumacy and seemed to actually sincerely miss him. Of course, the fact that Mihawk tolerates Perona being a massive baby and flying around crying while still refusing to take her demands like Zoro did was humorous and maybe something to read into, but the way he interacted with Zoro was something of beauty. We've seen how cruel he can be. He's a mysterious person, but he's always liked Zoro ever since he saw his spirit in their first duel. In fact, he doesn't remember any insects name or whatever, but he remembered Zoro's, in fact he let Zoro rest in his castle, he gave Zoro a boat(maybe even his) and gave him seemingly all the time he needed to heal. One thing we know is that Mihawk admires a warriors strength and presumably spirit. Despite the fact that Zoro is as arrogant as Luffy when it comes to facing the world and not acknowledging his weakness to a fault, I think Mihawk, like Shanks with Luffy, sees the next generations strongest swordsman in Zoro. There's something poetic in the friends Shanks and Mihawk having their own little hand picked versions of themselves out there in the world like this. It's also notable how reserved he is in his home, he drinks wine and silently reads books. That's some cute characterization. So, to see their different forms of kindness from this unlikely trio, a Straw Hat, a Thriller Bark villain, and a Warlord, is so interesting. Specifically how Perona shows her good nature through her spoiledness and how she has grown to care about Zoro possibly more than she naturally would but will never admit that no matter how obvious it is. And how Mihawk's kindness comes from a place of respect and interest in seeing how he'll turn out. Another interesting thing is how even the meatheaded Zoro knows now isn't the time for his rematch with Mihawk. He's prioritizing Luffy over his general stubbornness. Plus as I kind of mentioned, Gloom Island's 'Muggy Kingdom' is awesome. I started to put everything together before Mihawk mentioned it, and in a way I wish he didn't so I could have had the personal satisfaction of filling in the lines. This is a ruined kingdom with one castle still standing. The baboons use human equipment they clearly got from the fallen residents of this kingdom. And they learn by imitating, we saw them copy Zoro's techniques absurdly quick. All of this leads to implicitly setting up a kingdom that fell in war, baboons who observed and learned, and then used the weapons and armor of the fallen fighters. Despite me not having the gotcha moment of figuring it out myself, it's still super interesting and all the pieces were laid out before being confirmed and it overall set up for one interesting relic of the past. |
| Zoro, much like Ussop, has to get stronger to be able to defeat the foes that stand in his way before he can even think about leaving the island. It's a good thing that Mihawk's there to give him advice when needed. Brook handled himself a lot better compared to the others but he just had to get kidnapped lmao Luffy's returning to Marineford and I can only imagine what will happen next! |
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| Jeez Oda's writing is horrible. |
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| Luffy made up his mind to go back to Marineford. |
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| Brook got kidnapped XD wtf why would luffy go back to marineford 0_o |
| Marineford...again? o.O |
| I really thought Brook gonna ask for panties once last time 🤣 What? Going back to Marineford? |
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| boy i sure do love watching 3 of my favorite characters together in one ep for so long. so much tension in Mihawk x Perona's relationship. he is so lucky ^_^ |
| I did not expect Rayleigh to tell Luffy to go back to marineford. They are still cutting a lot of his conversation out. But why go back? Seems little insane. Navy plus even getting through the gates of justice seem to much. As for this episode. I could watch a whole arc of just Zoro, Perona, and Hawkeye. All 3 in my top favorite 15 characters. Then whole Brock situation is definitely the funniest of all the straw hats. It seems as we go they are in tougher situation then they were at the start |
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