One Piece Thread: Gear 2nd!

New Chapter is out!!

http://www.mangapanda.com/one-piece/777

[details=Spoiler]I will admit that the chapter was kinda good for a set up chapter. I find it hilarious to see Pica mocking Diamante for sucking so much. However, seeing Robin injured like that was just…damn, but I doubt that will completely kill her chances of getting a fight despite the chances now being a lot more slimmer (still I got to give her mad respect for defending Rebecca with her own body from those spikes). And finally, seeing Pica just wrecking crap and seeing Sai protecting Baby 5 was quite awesome! :slight_smile:

Anyway, I can’t wait for the next chapter where we get to see Zoro open up a can of whoop ass!! :smiley: [/details]

Heh it’s about time…

[details=Spoiler]DAT BANDANA!

Considering their loyalty to one another, I do find the Pica dissing Diamante to be random. I thought he would directly try to retaliate, but instead he’s attempting to lash out at the others, in order to quash all hope of them winning. I guess the pressure is really on him to win since nearly all of his members have been defeated.

The sigh Zoro did before deciding “Plan E”, I wonder if giant Ashura is upon us, or will this be a Mihawk~esque slash?!

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This tease, why Oda why!!! ;_;

robin nooooooooooo =[

OH FUCK YES.

The Zoro Glare™ has returned!

Pica is about to get his ass dealt with next week.

Pica-Pica you so bitch made, I hope Zoro’s splash page of you getting cut is followed up by a good joke on you being a bitch.

Hey, good work on putting some actual variety into a Zoro fight! Better than seeing yet another “I use my attack and you use your attack and I cut through your sword”, which… we just saw in the previous chapter, so it’d feel even more samey.

Imagine, he actually gave Zoro something to THINK about.

Of course, Zoro is still Zoro, so the answer is still very Zoro.

One thing I also like about these fights is that they don’t happen in a vaccuum. It’s easy for Shonen versus fights to JUST be This Guy Fights That Guy. The Doflo crew are a touch more tactical than that.

Someone’s gon get got next chapter!

Oh yeah, Pica is gonna get that bandana work!

http://www.mangapanda.com/one-piece/778

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THERE IS NOTHING I CANT CUT

[details=Spoiler]And just like that, ZORO OWNED IN THIS CHAPTER!!!

Despite how short and rushed it kinda was, I really freaking enjoyed this chapter!! :smiley: [/details]

And THAT is how you do a Zoro fight.

God damn they’d better keep some animation budget saved up for this.

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Also enjoying the callbacks to Zoro’s earlier encounters while trying to pin down Pikapi. Nothing goes to waste.

…Of The Nine Mountains And Eight Seas…

[details=Spoiler] THERE IS NOTHING I CANNOT CUT!!!

Zoro outchea kicking ass and taking names! I love how he’s displaying some insane agility Megaman X dash jumping on the falling rocks. It took a minute, but we finally saw TRY HARD Zoro.

But on a minor note… A PONEGLYPH! I wonder how this will tie into the main storyline, as this is Robin-chan’s area of expertise. Could this one be for the fabled Uranus? I liked the whale shark exclamation point Jinbei had, 'twas a nice touch.

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Good Lord… what kind of training did Milhawk put him through?? There’s no way fighting monkeys for two years gave him THAT kind of a power up.

Also, was Zoro seriously singing on the way there? :smiley: Goofy-ass swordsman.

ZORO IS DA GREATEST!!! HYPE!!!

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haki armor? psssssssshhhhhhhh nah.

THERE IS NOTHING I CANNOT CUT.

This fool Pika really thought he had more Haki than *ZORO?!? *The dude who spent two years with the greatest swordsman in the world?

Fuck outta here, you funny-voiced bastard…

Scrubs shouldn’t be at the table with beasts, but at least Pika made Zoro show off a little even though it was never a contest, main character status or not.

One appetizer to go before we get back to the main course I believe.

With any luck, Bellamy’s already been taken down by the time we get back to Luffy.

… Who am I kidding, this is Oda. We’re gonna be dealing with him for another chapter before we get to the Doflo/snotguy pairing.