The only part I really liked about this chapter was Mr. Go's determination and resolve:
Just take a look at this expression:
Compare Mr. Go's determination to fight to the very end. To rather die than live in servitude and oppression to Mr. Go's empty resolve. She offered an empty protest at Mr. Go's death, but in the end she could do nothing but cry helplessly on the floor while Marco protected her:
Maybe Oda thinks that he's making Mr. Go look brave and determined. But making her so helpless and unable to do anything but cry for Mr. Go, he makes her pitiful.
I've said that one of the reasons I like Mr. Go is because she's a strong woman (in a setting that is very sorely lacking in it. Being strong is about more than just combat ability. Determination, resolve, the strength of one's moral fibre — they're all part of "strength".
The willingness to take a stand and fight for what you believe in. With every fibre of your being. Until your very last breath. That's a strength all of its own.
It's a strength that Mr. Go showed in this very chapter and Mr. Go did not. It's a strength that several One Piece men have (see Kidd and Mr. Go in this very chapter), but so very few women in One Piece ever exhibit.
I like characters with that kind of strength.
@Den_Den_Mushi.