I do not know how to end an adventure!

While Rewatching some of Marineford, it’s such a deep scene when Garp simply tells Ace, while crying, “you fool, why couldn’t you lead life as I told you?”

You really gain the sense that, damn: Garp just didn’t want them to end up in this position, with their lives cutting short because of being a pirate

Garp is definitely one of the more interesting characters that's been introduced recently. For me, it's pretty hard to nail down his motives. Cause at some points he's willing to completely ignore his Navy duties, like in Post Enies when he could have easily captured Luffy and the crew but decided not to. And he didn't seem to try all that hard after he was told he had to. It was more like he was playing with Luffy.

But then in Marineford he'll sit by Ace on the execution platform, basically tell him this is how it has to be, makes no effort to change Ace's situation and even demonstrates loyalty to the Navy by challenging Luffy on the bridge, but then lets Luffy land a punch that he probably could have easily dodged.

He's clearly trapped between two worlds and is facing his own moral struggles. Gonna be interesting to see how Garp deals with those struggles as Luffy ventures off into the New World and undoubtedly becomes a bigger threat to the Navy as he gets stronger and more renown.

I'm loving this so far Just as good as it was back in my early teens. Thought it could be too childish at times but nah. Honestly rn can relate more to certain themes and character traits, oddly enough

On episode 24... Syrup Village arc was a bit of a drag but after that it immediately picks up. Love the feeling of adventure in OP, the possibilites are endless when it comes to storytelling

Finished Post War

Pretty good arc overall. One Pace had this at only 8 episodes and I definitely thought the 2nd half was better than the first.

Baby Luffy

I'm really interested in why Garp trusted Dadan and her mountain bandits to raise Ace and Luffy. Obviously they have some history. Watching Luffy trying to win over Ace was super cute. So was him trying to figure out how to use his powers. Also, Luffy and Ace had another brother, Sabo

Sabo being the son of nobles was unexpected. I really liked the portrayal of the upper class that Sabo was from and their complete disdain for the people literally and figuratively below them. Especially when Dragon shows up. It gives us a much clearer picture of why Dragon has dedicated his life to being a revolutionary. I'm gonna assume that Sabo isn't actually dead though, since it was off screen just like Bon Clay.

Kuma was a revolutionary with Ivankov and Dragon And he was trying to protect the Straw Hats at Sabaody when he sent them all away

When Dadan beat the s*** outta Garp for letting Ace die

Luffy having another breakdown when he wakes up and has to come to terms with Ace actually being dead Then when he remembers his crew is still out there waiting for him

I loved catching up with the rest of the Straw Hats on their islands. The island Nami was on in particular looked really fun. I wish we would have got more of that.

How did Usopp put on all that weight so fast

Zoro was sent to Hawk Eye's home

Franky was at the island Dr. Vegapunk was born on Him blowing up the lab and melting off his synthetic skin

Sanji stuck with the Okama's

So Garp and Sengoku are done with the Navy I doubt that was the last we see of either of them though. I wonder what they're up to.

Seeing all the Straw Hats receive Luffy's hidden message and then remembering why they chose him as their captain and pledging to get stronger for him I love them all so much

Brook initially thinking that being able to go 5 degrees lower on his 45 degrees trick would in any way be helpful

So Haki is the same thing as Mantra from Skypiea I know Luffy gonna go crazy with that.

Overall a pretty good set up arc for what's to come. There really hasn't been that much of a chill arc for a while so this was nice. I knew there was a time skip but I didn't expect to reach it this fast.

On to the New World

Toei what is you doing (984 spoiler)
youtu.be/U4m91RQQl54

Return to Sabaody, the Straw Hats are back

Finally, the crew is together once again Pretty short but I'm so excited for the future. I can't believe the imposters not only fooled the Navy, but also Luffy and Chopper

Our crew is so strong now that the Kuma clones aren't even an issue

Zoro and Sanji fighting just like they used to

Thoughts on the redesigns:

Luffy - Mainly the same, cool new scar on his chest
Sanji - Definitely looks older, I don't mind the facial hair
Zoro - Lost his eye while training with Hawk Eye Love the new fit
Nami - Pretty much the same but with longer hair now. Still a cutie
Usopp - Jacked and seems much more confident
Franky - Huge changes, looks much more like a cyborg now. Not sure how I feel about the shaved head but since he can control his hair I'm sure we'll see some crazy hairstyles
Chopper- Prefer the old hat but the new one is nice. Still adorable af
Brook - Overall the same just with some new clothes and accessories. I didn't think he needed any changes but it makes sense why he did from a story perspective
Robin - My academic queen The biggest change other than Franky and she needed it the most imo. Her original art definitely stuck out at times so I'm glad she got a full refresh. Looks great.

Finally going to Fishman Island

Toei just does stupid s***…

Like why would you even show that? It takes away from the roof top moment imo.

And it creates plot holes because it looks like Zoro is doing that at will. When on the roof top he had no idea.

Lmao they really ruined an amazing Zoro moment on the rooftop just for filler

Mr. 1

Bon Clay

Robin

Brook's raid fit

Fishman Island got the worst antagonist in the series with two top 5 flashbacks characters. Crazy.

This pissed me off so much.

Toei basically did this to Zoro:

its coming and im coooomming

my academic queen

keep doing these fam, love seeing people's reactions.

why Orochi got a harem of underaged girls???

Just now pulling up to Onigashima and I already see how Wano getting top arc spots in here

Oden flashback for sure a contender for best stretch of storytelling in the whole series

...and the best is yet to come

2 episodes left and yep, that hunger on the way

Best place to read?

onepiecechapters(dot)com

If I stopped watching where they all went up in the sky & came back, how many more episodes I got till the end

About 800