

Of the big shonen titles from the last two decades it still manages to stand as King, far-outstripping the others, not only in length but in ability to sustain its story, unlike Bleach or Naruto, which have both come under fire for falling apart towards their final chapters with varying degrees of severity. Let me also say this isn’t me declaring One Piece is bad, or anything of the kind.

Review:Ĭhapters 838-840 have helped me to realize where exactly my problems really lay with One Piece as a series and its story telling style.

But, despite the need to take on Kaido, who’s grown unhappy with Luffy’s interference, he’s instead decided to go save his crewmate Sanji who’s been forced into a marriage contract by the pirate empress Big Mom, who Luffy has already pissed off. Reaching the island, actually a giant elephant, Luffy and his crew helped to save the Minks from trouble with Kaido’s pirates and in turn learned a startling number of revelations about their ongoing journey. Now, having saved the kingdom of Dressrosa, and gained a few temporary crew mates: Kinne’mon and his son Momo, two Samurai seeking a lost ally of theirs, Luffy and his crew move on to the island of Zou to continue their battle against one of the four emperor pirates: Kaido. But against his better judgement he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, gaining the power to stretch like rubber– but in return lost his ability to ever swim again! Eh, no matter, Luffy decided to become a Pirate anyway, his dream to one day in fact become King of the Pirates! Over the course of his journey he assembles a crew of bizarre characters, from Zoro the three-sword wielding swashbuckler, to Nami the treasure whore, and more. Pretty sure painting over your own wanted sign is still vandalism.
