Chapter Discussion One Piece - Chapter 976 : "Allow Me To Introduce Myself"
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This chapter was ok.
Don't have much to say about it other than I'm glad Jinbe is finally in the crew so people can shut up about whether he's an "official" strawhat or not(as if outright stating he'd join the strawhat pirates somehow didn't count) and the nonsense theories about him dying or losing a limb can finally be put to rest.
I also really like that Oda is showing Carrot with the strawhats. Like he's trying to make sure we get used to the idea of seeing Carrot with the crew. I'm loving it.
I can see why the scene with Momo annoys people. It's a hard pill to swallow. Seeing all those people not help him. But the scene itself makes sense based on everything that happens. Everytime one person tries to do something they're interrupted by something else and before they can even process the situation Momo cuts them off and tells them he'll be fine. So they let it go.
They also don't seem to have any plans for killing Momo. Not yet anyway. Oda once again shows he has perfect mastery over the tone of his story with how he's able to swing back and forth between serious and light-hearted scenes so effortlessly.
I enjoyed Jinbei's entrance and I look forward to seeing him spend time with the crew. But the fact that everything's going so well just screams to me that this is all going to end horribly.
Don't have much to say about it other than I'm glad Jinbe is finally in the crew so people can shut up about whether he's an "official" strawhat or not(as if outright stating he'd join the strawhat pirates somehow didn't count) and the nonsense theories about him dying or losing a limb can finally be put to rest.
I also really like that Oda is showing Carrot with the strawhats. Like he's trying to make sure we get used to the idea of seeing Carrot with the crew. I'm loving it.
I can see why the scene with Momo annoys people. It's a hard pill to swallow. Seeing all those people not help him. But the scene itself makes sense based on everything that happens. Everytime one person tries to do something they're interrupted by something else and before they can even process the situation Momo cuts them off and tells them he'll be fine. So they let it go.
They also don't seem to have any plans for killing Momo. Not yet anyway. Oda once again shows he has perfect mastery over the tone of his story with how he's able to swing back and forth between serious and light-hearted scenes so effortlessly.
I enjoyed Jinbei's entrance and I look forward to seeing him spend time with the crew. But the fact that everything's going so well just screams to me that this is all going to end horribly.
I feel you man
The ONLY TWO GOOD things about this chapter were:
1- The constant dickteasing of Jinb joining the crew FINALLY Payed off... not in the most epic of ways and entrances.. it just payed off.. after hundreds of chapters... almost 8-10 years since Fishman island!
2- The Wano weaponry we heard about for sooo fucking long... it payed this chapter, and it had a nice design... Those two were the ONLY TWO good things about this chapter
The ONLY TWO GOOD things about this chapter were:
1- The constant dickteasing of Jinb joining the crew FINALLY Payed off... not in the most epic of ways and entrances.. it just payed off.. after hundreds of chapters... almost 8-10 years since Fishman island!
2- The Wano weaponry we heard about for sooo fucking long... it payed this chapter, and it had a nice design... Those two were the ONLY TWO good things about this chapter
Teeeechnically its 2 weeks everytime a week break is taken lol.
977 this week (April 13th JST)
Break next week (April 20th JST)
978 April 27th JST
Break for Golden Week (May 4th JST)
979 May 11th JST
This is IF:
- Oda doesn't schedule a break (979 would be the 4th chapter without his personal breaks)
or
- COVID-19 or Government regulations does not further shutdown Jump
I'd personally expect ONLY expect 977 this week and then stop expecting One Piece chapters for a while. Its better to assume nothing is releasing until May/June and be pleasantly surprised then entirely expect 978/979 on time even WITH the breaks. A ton of media has been delayed because of the pandemic; films, comics, tv shows, games, etc. Jump Manga is not any different.
Its unfortunate but as long as the staff remains health and Oda is fine we will see new chapters once things seemingly return to normal.
977 this week (April 13th JST)
Break next week (April 20th JST)
978 April 27th JST
Break for Golden Week (May 4th JST)
979 May 11th JST
This is IF:
- Oda doesn't schedule a break (979 would be the 4th chapter without his personal breaks)
or
- COVID-19 or Government regulations does not further shutdown Jump
I'd personally expect ONLY expect 977 this week and then stop expecting One Piece chapters for a while. Its better to assume nothing is releasing until May/June and be pleasantly surprised then entirely expect 978/979 on time even WITH the breaks. A ton of media has been delayed because of the pandemic; films, comics, tv shows, games, etc. Jump Manga is not any different.
Its unfortunate but as long as the staff remains health and Oda is fine we will see new chapters once things seemingly return to normal.
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