- Brook just got an insane power up. As long as Ice Oni is coursing throughout his body, anybody he touches becomes infected. He should be picking on a Flying Six dino right now.
- It was very nice of Ulti to let go of Nami so the dog doesn't bite them both.
- Chopper may have figured out Ice Oni is related to body heat, but there's no way he can save himself and produce enough vaccines for the thousands in the banquet hall in under an hour. Doctor Marco and Doctor Chopper medical team up squad to the rescue.
I love this tilted angle, it reminds me of Whitebeard tipping the island with the sheer scale of his power. The clash between Marco and Big Mom sends an impact wave above Onigashima. That giant Onigashima sword looks overhyped by comparison. Maybe I was a bit too rough on Marco here. It's just after seeing all the retainers make Kaido bleed, for Marco to easily get nabbed was anticlimatic. The man knocked out Prometheus.
I don't know if it was one-shot but Big Mom clearly needs more homies because Marco will just keep knocking them out. The burd has my respect.
Was this sequence funny to anyone else? Let me run it down: 1) Big Mom knows about Perospero's grudge against Marco, so she kindly holds Marco in place for her son to have the kill shot. 2) Perospero monologues as usual, lamenting killing Marco today because he spared him at sea and went along with his plan. 3) He talks for so long that eventually Minks jump in to claw him. 4) Big Mom is disappointed, but probably expected this, she's tired of it all and drops Marco and heads back in the skull. You just know Big Mom wants Perospero to suffer for his tendencies leaving him surrounded by enemies.
Aside from that, I am curious why Perospero thought a candy arrow was an ideal weapon against Marco. They have had history, he knows Marco can regenerate. There must be a trick to it like the candy arrow fuses to Marco's skull and he can't heal it that easily. Another amusing observation: Perospero holds the bow with his human hand and pulls back the candy arrow with his candy hand. The hand that cannot remain solid otherwise it's completely immovable. Wouldn't candy just get stuck to candy and the arrow fail to release? I'm starting to agree with Big Mom..
Queen as the #1 official unquestionable source on One Piece power scaling is an idea I might be open to. Hey Queen, who you got in a duel between Mihawk and Shanks? Thanks pal. All the man is doing is flipping through the bounty posters, he's never seen any of the Strawhats use a fraction of their full power or even met them before today.
It goes without saying that absolutely nobody aside from the Wano alliance knows Jinbe is a Strawhat yet. Even Law was shocked at that announcement. In Impel Down and Marineford, Jinbe was featured in countless line ups and nobody ever assumed he became Luffy or Whitebeard's subordinate. He is seen as an ally like Kid and Law, captain of the Sun Pirates as he has been for the last decade. Crocodile saved Ace, stalled Akainu, and helped fight Akainu standing next to all the Whitebeard Commanders, far more than what Jinbe has done in Wano and not once did anybody assume Croc defected to WB's crew. This is the kind of revelation Oda is saving to create some Queen faces among the Beast Pirates.
Never seen Zoro THIS focused on a big bad before. He was never angling Lucci, Moria, or Doflamingo like this, even though it would have been perfectly fine since some of those villains took Zoro out. Kaido and Zoro have not even met. Yasu was killed by Orochi. Kaido defeated Luffy, some Supernova, and almost blew up the Sanjihats. Zoro does now carry one of Oden's blades, part of his will to protect Wano and has a connection to his children Momo and Hiyori. It's limited but it's something. I'll be looking forward to see how Oda strengthens the bonds between these two characters in order for their battle to carry much more significance.
Not a fan of the wording here. Makes it seem like Luffy will be Pirate King because he's stubborn to a fault, making it less about Nami's absolute faith. The chapter title "Kunoichi's Oath" served as a nod to kunoichi Nami. This was Nami's Bellemere moment. Even at the cost of her own life, her mother never once denied the lives of her own daughters. These are the hard-hitting noble tragedies we experience over and over in One Piece, where a little white lie or a small action can save a character's life, but instead they choose to die honorably, falling on their own sword with their principles intact. Nami is not going to deny Luffy, she will not relinquish her faith in her own captain even if means her own doom.
Look at their dark mirror crew the Blackbeard Pirates in this situation. Captain Blackbeard would definitely be begging for his life, telling lie after lie in order to preserve his, because that's exactly what he did even before a sickly dying Whitebeard. Anything until he thinks he's safe or the opponent has dropped their guard. The Blackbeard Pirates care not for honor, they have no principles, the only morality that matters is whatever gets them ahead. It all just makes a weakling like Nami standing up in the face of it all that much more powerful.
