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The Viz pretty much clears my questions up, except Kaido's "family matter". Imagine calling in the Tobi Roppo just to wrangle up your son. Kaido's mansion is at the back of the skull, not at the bottom which didn't line up with Sanji's mental diagram. People were starting to speculate about the...

Very nice chapter. The art and layout of evil HQ was stunning, the Beast Pirates partying is so much fun. Onigashima has become something else. The anime gave me the impression there was a wasteland outside the skull. This feels more like sacred temple grounds. The tiny fleet ships give it a...

Rank them in terms of your opinion on their Design, their Strength, and Relevance. Relevance means how much you think they will do in the story. In Big Mom's crew, Veterans Perospero and Oven where in multiple battlefields with lots of panel time and thus high relevance. By comparison, Veteran...

It's actually very strange that Toei never adapted the Law or Ace novels into anime specials. You would figure they would be popular picks ripe for cashing in. The story is already written, the character designs are mostly out there, the setting is nothing special. Easy money, right? Every year...

All 5 (and Drake) look like serious designs. Oda definitely wants people to take these guys seriously as part of Kaido's core crew. I can easily picture them all in intense 1v1 fights, even against the Strawhats. Perospero/Oven/Daifuku/Compote and Commander Snack look much more whimsical...

I have to assume Lucci negotiated a deal for their lives. The CP9 were under a WG burn notice and beating up Very Good wouldn't clear that. They were either all let go regardless of their knowledge or funneled into other CP agencies. Lucci and Kaku joining CP0 was perhaps part of the deal.

Certainly, but he had a lot of help from the Korozumi family. Even today Orochi helps Kaido do a lot of his scheming. He's far from a one-man act. Furthermore, this is a more grown up, mature Kaido you're referencing here. Xebec wouldn't be judging Kaido on the quality of his future crew. Under...

Unfortunate, but true. One of the main reasons Zoan DFs fall so far behind is because Oda doesn't emphasize unique animal attributes and just makes them behave like roided up musclemen with claws, teeth and a tail or wings. Kaku is one of my favorite Zoan users because of all the tricks he...

Brook is a DF-based fighter. Oda doesn't put much emphasis on the sheer power or cutting ability of Brook's technique. Like he let Brook stand back as Zoro and Kinemon cut steel in Punk Hazard. Maybe he'll learn haki later on, but I expect his applications to be different from typical swordsman...

Kaido would be the least trustworthy pirate in Rocks. Adult Kaido is drunk and irresponsible all the time, that's how he earned those 7 Ls. What would made Xebec look at him and think "yeah, he'd be a good daddy". If were Xebec, I would try to pass my child to Whitebeard first. If WB refuses...

One interesting theme of the Beast Pirates is how Kaido "dehumanizes" his subordinates and turns them into animals. You can think of Kaido, king of the beasts, as a beast tamer. The all-mighty mythical eastern dragon is the god of all animals and rest of the animal kingdom is at his beck and...

The artificial Zoan SMILE has provided an innovative twist on animal abilities. It seems like the users can harness specific body parts of an animal, rearranged and attached or as a replacement onto any part of their normal body. The body parts don't even have to be proportional as Daifugo's...

I've got to say I'm not too happy considering this episode marked the climatic action of the Strawhats meeting Orochi. Last week was mere build up, but here the art and animation quality should have been better. Besides Kyoshiro's beautiful cut, the rest was rather forgettable. Why was Orochi...

Definitely the strongest Carrot for nakama hint ever. Good day for her fans. Personally, I saw it as Oda spoiling the first all-Strawhat panel by throwing Carrot into the mix. He must be saving the moment for an epic double page spread during the war. Here you can't even see Chopper's body or...

Funny how Queen is waiting for his soup while funky dancing with his people. You can even see the musical note next to him.

Strength -- Nothing in between. He's either YC level minimum or to be written off like Momo. Design -- Probably just a subjective Oda design. I don't think he will be purposely ugly like Weevil since that cuts into his role. Character -- Building a Katakuri or an Oden would require loads of...

Killer was suffering because he was separated from his crew. He was just a madman killing in hopes that one day he would reunite with them. I don't necessarily think his problems came from the SMILE itself. The SMILE doesn't allow him to express negative emotions, but that doesn't mean it...

Very nice segue chapter. Capone's cover story just about reaching its conclusion as Wano segues to Kaido and Big Mom's side of things. This is why I'm glad Jinbe is back, even if premature. All these little wholesome crew moments now include the big fish. Wonderful to see Franky be enthuastic...

He could be the wild card. We haven't a met a "turncoat" in Kaido's crew besides the obvious Worst Gen people with their own agenda. We had Senor Pink/Baby 5 in Doflamingo's crew, Pekoms/Pudding/Katakuri in Big Mom's crew. Even the ideological Hody had Wadatsumi under him. It's hard to believe...

Slow build up, some tension in the middle, then climatic action at the end. Very natural feeling flow. Orochi with the speedblitz that almost one-shot Toko! :zosleepy: I'm impressed with how deep and manly Komurasaki's voice became. Looked like that was her impression of a brave Samurai who...