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One Piece - Dressrosa arc
I've now read the Dressrosa arc of One Piece to date, so I'm current up to chapter 766, which I believe is the latest one.
- POOR LAW. On all counts. I think his backstory actually beats Robin's for sheer depressing, and I didn't think that was possible!
- The entire sequence where Law is immobilized with the handcuffs and Luffy is hauling him around is PURE COMEDY GOLD. His FACE.
- Also, the bit where he's slumped on the heart chair, tied down, is so wonderfully creepy -- the throne that Doflamingo meant to give him as a reward, except now he's hurt and semiconscious and tied to it; the symbolism of that scene is great.
- DOFLAMINGO IS AWFUL. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL. I'm trying to think if OP has ever had a villain who's so completely and utterly despicable. There have been some pretty bad ones, but most of them were fairly petty in their evil (like the marine guy in the Water 7 arc). Doflamingo takes it to a whole new level.
- But the backstory with Rebecca and her parents was so sweet. :') I think this might be the first time in One Piece (at least the first time I can remember) that has a plot arc dealing with a romance. Of course, then one half of the pairing DIED ... but I really like how OP pulls you into even the minor characters and makes you care about them.
- On the other hand ... I feel kind of bad about this, considering how important he is to Luffy, but I .... don't really like Sabo much. I am actually struggling with a certain amount of stupid fannish resentment that he's got Ace's powers now. Which is REALLY DUMB and I know it -- among other things, it makes all kinds of thematic sense that he'd inherit the fire fruit (and as soon as I knew Sabo was in the tournament, it was obvious he was going to win for that reason) and Ace would have wanted him to have it. But Ace was one of my very favorites, and even though it's stupid, having a character I'm not fond of get a power that used to belong to a character I really loved makes me miss Ace even more.
- WHEN ARE WE GETTING BACK TO THE SUNNY?! They're in so much trouble! And most of the strong fighters are elsewhere! Guyyyyyys!
- Usopp got a really great crowning moment of awesome, though! (And I love how the bad guys now think he's the most dangerous one of the Straw Hats. Poor Usopp.)
- I've also been enjoying Franky taking on most of the lower-level fighters by himself. (I wish I'd saved a link to it, but that one page where he and Senor Pink are going on about having a VERY MANLY FIGHT that the women couldn't possibly understand, and then they pull out their actual attacks ... oh my god. One Piece. Why. ETA: Found the page! And all I can say is still, WHAT.)
- Zoro, on the other hand, is so powered up now that his fights aren't actually that much fun. Now he's fighting a whole city, more or less, and .... I kind of don't care all that much? Not that it isn't fun to see Zoro get his badass on.
Hmmm ... I don't think I have any other comments at the moment, except now I get to suffer in realtime like everyone else. XD
- POOR LAW. On all counts. I think his backstory actually beats Robin's for sheer depressing, and I didn't think that was possible!
- The entire sequence where Law is immobilized with the handcuffs and Luffy is hauling him around is PURE COMEDY GOLD. His FACE.
- Also, the bit where he's slumped on the heart chair, tied down, is so wonderfully creepy -- the throne that Doflamingo meant to give him as a reward, except now he's hurt and semiconscious and tied to it; the symbolism of that scene is great.
- DOFLAMINGO IS AWFUL. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL. I'm trying to think if OP has ever had a villain who's so completely and utterly despicable. There have been some pretty bad ones, but most of them were fairly petty in their evil (like the marine guy in the Water 7 arc). Doflamingo takes it to a whole new level.
- But the backstory with Rebecca and her parents was so sweet. :') I think this might be the first time in One Piece (at least the first time I can remember) that has a plot arc dealing with a romance. Of course, then one half of the pairing DIED ... but I really like how OP pulls you into even the minor characters and makes you care about them.
- On the other hand ... I feel kind of bad about this, considering how important he is to Luffy, but I .... don't really like Sabo much. I am actually struggling with a certain amount of stupid fannish resentment that he's got Ace's powers now. Which is REALLY DUMB and I know it -- among other things, it makes all kinds of thematic sense that he'd inherit the fire fruit (and as soon as I knew Sabo was in the tournament, it was obvious he was going to win for that reason) and Ace would have wanted him to have it. But Ace was one of my very favorites, and even though it's stupid, having a character I'm not fond of get a power that used to belong to a character I really loved makes me miss Ace even more.
- WHEN ARE WE GETTING BACK TO THE SUNNY?! They're in so much trouble! And most of the strong fighters are elsewhere! Guyyyyyys!
- Usopp got a really great crowning moment of awesome, though! (And I love how the bad guys now think he's the most dangerous one of the Straw Hats. Poor Usopp.)
- I've also been enjoying Franky taking on most of the lower-level fighters by himself. (I wish I'd saved a link to it, but that one page where he and Senor Pink are going on about having a VERY MANLY FIGHT that the women couldn't possibly understand, and then they pull out their actual attacks ... oh my god. One Piece. Why. ETA: Found the page! And all I can say is still, WHAT.)
- Zoro, on the other hand, is so powered up now that his fights aren't actually that much fun. Now he's fighting a whole city, more or less, and .... I kind of don't care all that much? Not that it isn't fun to see Zoro get his badass on.
Hmmm ... I don't think I have any other comments at the moment, except now I get to suffer in realtime like everyone else. XD