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| And I couldn't understand what this beige thingy was in the preview... well figures now: |
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| I think the opening scenes brought up a few things of interest. Firstly, the conversation the cast had with Caesar strongly paralleled the dynamic between Iceberg and Franky from Water 7. Caesar stated that he simply made the weapon and someone else used it. Therefore, he is not to blame. This is what Tom told Franky about his battleships being used to hurt his family. Tom went so far to tell Franky that he shouldn’t blame himself even if the ships he builds happen to destroy the world, or something along those lines, I hope I am not butchering it. Chopper then says to Caesar: “If you hadn’t made it, no one would’ve fallen victim to it!” This is the sentiment Iceberg shared when it came to Franky’s weapons being used by other people. I don’t have much to say about this, for one the consequence is the same on a conceptual level; weapons being used to hurt innocents. However, the intention is wildly different. Franky made those ships for himself and when all went wrong, he decided to make himself the weapon which we can read as being so the weapons can never be used for evil again. Caesar on the other hand makes weapons with the intent of hurting people, the intent of evil, and sells them to do so. I am not absolutely sure what to make of this right now, but it was a strong parallel I wanted to mention. There was actually another point Caesar mentioned which I thought was interesting. In an earlier episode, Nami assumed the victims of this attack were the good guys. She thought Sheepshead looked like a villain and therefore, he was one. I mentioned to my friend that this is misguided logic and that T-Bone of Water 7 looked like a villain by design, and our very own Zoro can look like a villain at times too. I thought this was a joke that wouldn’t be mentioned again, but here Caesar, quite the bad guy himself, said that “underdogs are not always good”. I find it interesting that we are bringing this theme up again so soon in the arc and I wonder if we will see that it has some basis, that the Minks are not all good, and Jack isn’t all bad. Of course, it doesn’t seem like that now and this idea could be for something entirely different. To remark on why Caesar didn’t hold Chopper hostage to free himself like many have suggested, doing something like poisoning him and being strong enough to withstand any torture until his heart was given back, I did think this may happen as well. Chopper being alone with Caesar made me worried immediately but I won’t assume this is bad writing so soon. Perhaps it fits with Caesar’s character in a way that isn’t so clear. Plus, he can be a coward hiding behind stronger people, it’s not like he’s a Zoro or a Law. As for the rescue mission of the Sanji team, it was an awesome way to utilize all of their specific skills. Nami’s compassion and confidence to help the nurse ended up saving them from Wanda’s suicide bombing. Chopper went all boss-man, he has honestly been a fantastic role in these recent arcs because Oda has centered them around chemical weapons and the likes. In Punk Hazard his struggle to help the kids and here, his determination and leadership to save everyone were excellent. Brook was used to play music and raise the moral, and Sanji was used to cook food for all of the injured Minks. Caesar was even forced to do some cool stuff and neutralize the gas. Overall, it seems Jack’s men were mostly gone at this point but with Sanji being spotted and fighting back against Sheepshead and basically-naked-girl, news can get back to totally dead Jack and perhaps that could have bled into where Sanji went; but that may be too obvious. |
| This is my favourite episode so far of this arc, i started liking Caesar a lot, i used to hate it on Punk Hazard arc, i thought the cat ruler of the night was an female at first because i don t know why i associate every cat with an female, overall i think strawhat should treat caesar better even if he is evil, an good episode that shows us why the straw hat are so respected on zou island, the rumour of this race that says they don't like humans is false, and i hope carrot as the rumours say she will join the Straw Hats. |
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| brook played bink's sake again,, it s been a while T^T |
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| After seeing how Sanji's group handled the situation at Zou, I can definitely say that the warm welcome the Straw Hats received when they arrived at the island was definitely not an understatement. They did a really good job neutralizing the enemy and saving the remaining survivors and I'm pretty proud of them. I like how they're really treating Caesar as a hostage instead of a guest that's tagged along with them. After everything he's done, he'd have to spend years undoing the damage he's made to even earn an ounce of respect from anyone who's remotely decent. I'll have to admit that I also liked how confident he was with that antidote lmao It looks like the reason why Sanji's not with the others will finally be revealed in the next episode, hm. |
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| Keeping kicking Ceasar's butt and he'll stay funny like this. LOL |
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| Them helping others was quite intriguing scene Bink's sake :D |
| I love that Caesar was helping with the antidote, I love a bad guy doing good things xD Binks Sake too *_* |
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| F this show has its moments but so far this arc has been an affront to anime and storytelling. |
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| Wow this episode has some serious Yuri vibes Wanda was literally all over Nami and licked her,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES Nami didn't seem to mind that much. If that creep Sanji have tried that she would have killed him =P and I would cheer for her =) But when a girl was all over her she seem to love it. I think my little Nami is a lesbian,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES IMO this was clearly the best episode so far. Lesbians licking each other Hehehehehehehehe    |
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| "These are the heroes of our village." Chopper is. You mean Chopper is. I love Chopper so much you guys. |
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| Whenever Bink's no Sake was playing, hits the feeling... So where is Sanji right now? |
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| Caesar really shouldn't be surprised how Sanji and Chopper treated him after gloating so much over the gas weapon being his creation. He didn't have to be so open about his joy of seeing it used. Good thing they had the tools to 'persuade' him to help create the antidote. Finally seems we'll get to see what happened to Sanji next episode. |
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