First of all, in the words of my beloved meaphe (newly found love)
WTF Moment Award: Numa Numa no Gatling Gun!! xd
I'm so glad the chapter came out. I don't think I could have gone any further without my dose of One Piece, and damn if it was good.
Chimney looks so cute. And is it just me or does Gonbe now actually looks like a rabbit? Guess growing up makes you look more like yourself?
I'm so excited to see Water 7. I don't expect the floating island to be built already, but maybe we might see some awesome stuff. I expect to see Iceburg's new secretary, though it might be just Kororo. And I suspect Pauley is still running away from debt collectors.
Now, Jinbei and Neptune's conversation was rather confusing, but it did show how much Jinbei has grown from meeting Luffy (Imagine! At his age and still growing). I would never expect Jinebi to just join another pirate crew just to protect his crew and island, but it appears they just joined Big Mom's. Btw, his talk about pulling out of Big Mom means he is probably going to join Luffy, as now it is clear their goals (I spelled the word right!!) converge. And when they showed the Straw Hat flag, yeah, teary eyes
Now, what the hell is this tamatebako? Is it the treasure th - I did some research and it appears Tamatebako was the box that contained the energy pills. They granted the power of a thousand men but then they'd age the person. 10 years ago is coincident with the time Hodi pulled out of the Army after killing Otohime. He took the pills. That's why the Minister of the Right put explosives on the box. Now the box is going to Big Mom and I wonder, what's the point?
before I go into Caribou for further dettail, I think it is safe to assume that at this moment, Caribou only served to show how strong Pekom was, with a bounty of 330 Million Berry and thus show how strong a pirate of the New World his, and how strong Big Mom is to have an underling as strong as him (And I suspect he is not even the strongest, merely something like a messenger). It is nice to see the Turtle Turtle Fruit, but what's with the Lion appearance? I wonder if it's a normal Turtle Zoan or a Mythical Zoan, I have found some Lion Turtle hybrids but I haven't found a name yet. The 4 Fabulous Animals of the Chinese Mythology depicts a Turtle which is not an actual turtle, more like an hybrid between a Lion and a dragon etc. Who knows, maybe someone who knows more about Oriental Mythology than me would be able to help?
Anyway, as I was saying, what purpose will the Tamebako serve? It will probably explode and destroy the pills, so we probably won't have to worry with doped up pirates again, it would be rather tiresome, but then what? My theories would be that either Big Mom or an underling as a power than allows them to absorb explosions. We can rule out Eat Eat Fruit and Explosion Explosion fruit. I don't think Big Mom will have a Logia Fruit, seeing how Pekom talked about them, so if she does have a fruit, it will either be a Paramecia or a Zoan (The latter would go pretty well with the theory that Big Mom could have a very attractive form and a very grotesque form, and it would also make the size plausible, since Zoan user get bigger in they half forms (It would also mean it's either a Carnivorous, Mythical or Ancient Zoan, since Herbivorous Zoans don't grow unless they're naturally big (Chopper, Pekom, Kaku, etc)). Maybe the Three Eyed Girl will contain the explosion telepathically or with some kind of power like the Invisible Woman from Fantastic 4.
On to different matters. Yo-Know-Who... NO, we don't!! (Death Eater, lol Cali, btw, now I know why you don't like me! It's Tashigi isn't she? She's the one! Doomed be you all!)
Who is this guy, it appears the confident and authoritative captain of the Caribou Pirates answer to a greater voice. As I was writing this I was going to ramble on possible bosses, but suddenly is pretty clear to me. He answers to Do Flamingo. New Age, Rookies, Slavery, etc. Now, what are his plans? I'm sure the New Age he was talking about is not only about getting Rookies under his wing, which could probably mean Caribou will have a bigger role, but then again, once Bellamy failed to do his job, DoFlamingo disposed of him fairly quickly. Will the same happen to Caribou? A Logia User is definitely more valuable that a guy with Springers for legs. maybe Caribou was smart enough to hide his DF from Do Flamingo
It is pointless to point out (no pun intended) how funny everyone's reaction was. Everyone shocked and Robin like a boss. Neptune's scary face was scarier than Scary Yamato, yet SY's is still pretty epic. And then Nami was just the cherry on top of the cake xd. TO THE NEW WORLD!!! (To do what? DIE?!) (That was the cherry, my bad)
And now, Smoker and Tashigi. Finally, she looks lovely and sexy! very well. And oh my, she deflected the Cannon Vall with the same technique Mihawk used. Did she master the Graceful and Gentle Style that Mihawk showed in the early days? I always through Zoro was starting to look a bit dull with all his new amazing techniques and all, and was forgetting about real swordsmanship skill, making Tashigi look like the perfect opponent, as I'm sure she will have him tone down to crude skill and less about exuberant displays of useless power. But now I wonder, from what Zoro showed and from what Tashigi showed, will Zoro really beat her? Then again, Zoro hasn't really showed his true strength, and Tashigi is starting to look like the perfect match for Zoro. Smoker looks quite epic, and the G-5 is just awesome, the whole concept of it. If we look back on the parallelism, Smoker and Tashigi appeared in Loguetown, and were the main obstacle for Luffy's entrance in the Grand Line, it is only natural they appear again, as the main obstacle to Luffy's entrance in the New World.
I'm sure they will fight, but they will get interrupted. This time Zoro and Tashigui will appear to be more equal, but Zoro will still defeat her. Maybe Oda will make it seem like Tashigi didn't really lost, but will Tashigi will later reveal she did, something only swordsmen would understand, and then she will vow to become stronger again. Smoker and Luffy might be pretty equal, and then interrupted, ending in a draw, with no one winning over the other.
I think the interruption will be Buggy, showing his new Shichibunkai Status, but something stronger will be needed. Will Dragon make an appearance? if he does, I want a Revolutionary Arc, with secrets revealed and plans and all that stuff. But then again, I want a simple arc, finding an island, exploring the island....
Anyway, those were my reactions and my predictions xd
