D: Blows shouldn’t hurt Luffy, so why does he get bruises and swelling when Nami and the others beat the crap out of him?! Tell me!!!
Episode 215
Episode 316
Episode 572
O: When the crew beats up on each other, it’s always in admonishment with a strong sense of purpose, which is why it works so well!! It works on his spirit!! I bet Nami is thinking, “It’s his spirit that hurts deep down!!” …right? I guess not.
Did You Know this place existed? This is Elephant Rock in Iceland.
Anyone who’s seen the works of Michelangelo or visited Mount Rushmore knows that rock can be sculpted to look like anything or anyone. But this was done by nature.
Water and wind dug away hard stone in manner that looks unbelievably real, right down to mimicking the skin patterns of an elephant.
***SPOILER ALERT***
This chapter was pretty epic and brought in two major surprises.
The first was the real structure of the Zuo Island and the second was the revelation of Whitebeard Edward Newgate’s alleged son.
1-ZUO ISLAND
We discover Zou, the island… Except it’s not an island. Well, firstly… it moves. And secondly … It’s an ancient elephant that walks the see’s, never stopping in one place and he’s covered in fog and Zou just happens to be on top of him, an inhabitable land on top of this 1000 year old elephant.
2-THE SON OF WHITEBEARD??
This guy actually believes he is Whitebeard’s son and he’s even got a little shrivelled up mom with him who claims to be Whitebeard’s lover. 
WHAT THE F*CK??? O.o
Other than that though, I loved the rest of the chapter on the ship. Gambia’s grandma, Franky continuing his jealousy and Barto continuing to snub Law.
Nice to see Kizaru, it’s been a while.
Hopefully with the mention of Marco we will see him and some of the other commanders again (especially Vista!). I’m excited for the Minkmen.
Can’t wait to see what happens this arc hopefully we see Sanji and co soon as well since they should be on Zou now.
Basically, the ship’s design is based on both Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates’ former flag ship, the Going Merry. On the ship’s deck is a large pedestal with a glass dome holding a piece of Luffy’s Vivre Card. In Bartolomeo’s room, the Straw Hats’ wanted posters (with updated images from after the timeskip), as well as a few of their signatures, are framed and put on display.
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Luffy’s stretching powers are a result of Oda’s desire for the fighting style to be silly, so that no matter how tense a situations is going to be, the reader could relax without becoming stressed out.
The Straw Hats’ wanted posters are updated with new Bounties and images from after the time skip.
500,000,000
500,000,000 for defeating Ceasar Clown, for defeatingDonquixote Doflamingo of the Shichibukai and forming an alliance with theHeart Pirates
320,000,000
320,000,000 for his involvement with helping take down ex-Shichibukai Donquixote Doflamingo and taking down elite officer Pica of theDonquixote Pirates
130,000,000
130,000,000 after helping take down ex-Shichibukai Donquixote Doflamingo and the Donquixote Pirates
200,000,000
200,000,000. . This poster shows Usopp’s name and face instead of Sogeking, and uses the nickname “God Usopp”.
94,000,000
94,000,000. The Franky Shogun is used for the photo.
177,000,000
177,000,000, and the picture on the poster has changed to display his real face, albeit with a perverted, lovestruck expression. However, with the bounty change came a change of capture. For an unknown reason, Sanji is now only wanted Alive, unlike the rest of the crew who is wanted Dead or Alive
66,000,000
66,000,000 with a new picture with a pose like her past one
83,000,000
83,000,000, and with the addition of one of his old concert posters being used as his bounty picture. Also, Brook’s new poster is now officially under the title of his stage name, “Soul King” Brook
100
100. Just like Nami’s new poster, Chopper’s new bounty picture is similar in appearance to his old one
I have to say this chapter has got to be the best since I begun reading the manga from Punk Hazard. So much happened its just amazing.
We get a sort of final closure to the situation in Dressrosa. The citizens are happy, the dwarves are introduced to the citizens, we see construction of Lucy, Kyros and God Usopp (lol) statues and right as we leave Dressrosa the country is referred to in the same way as it was in the beginning, a country of love and passion.
Everything else about this chapter was hype.
We see Lucci and maybe Spandam in Dressrosa, and if the translation is correct, they are both part of CP Aegis 0. Its also funny to note Lucci seems to be more superior in rank to Spandam, a funny role reversal. There is no way that isnt Lucci, the bird and the facial hair are identical.
We also have Doffy giving another classic speech about the new era. He’s chained the shit down on a navy ship, yet he is giving Vice-Admiral Tsuru some attitude and lamenting the lack of co-operation between him and the Navy.
But holy crap, the hype he generated. Talking about control of the seas, showing a great spread of all the well known characters of power in the New World, showing us silhouettes of Kaido and Big Mom and quite possible a wavey haired Green Bull. He even coined it ‘The Throne Wars’, a possible reference to Game of Thrones and perhaps teasing us as to what kind of power struggle is coming in the near future.
We also get a mention of Captain Jack, which I’m sure most people agree was the same Jack referred to in the Underworld Brokers broadcast on Punk Hazard. But man the hype becomes even more insane with the short spill on him. He seems to want to free Doffy from the Navy ships escorting him to Impel Down. This is despite the fact there is an Admiral, a former Fleet Admiral and possible up to three Vice-Admirals all present on these four ships. This Jack guy is a ballsy beast by the sounds of it. His ‘do you even know who I am’ attitude makes him seem so incredible, he has to be pretty powerful when you consider the opposition he’s faced with.
The Going Luffy-Senpai. This had me in tears of laughter. Barto’s ship has a stretching Luffy figurehead, a whole crew with the exact same ‘blinded by awesome’ mentality and even has framed wanted posters with some signatures on the side. To top it off, they even roll out a red carpet to the posters for the SH crew to see.
In a small flashback, we see that Luffy gives a piece of Vivre Card to some others (presumably the SH fleet captains), but most importantly we see what Bellamy decided he was going to do. It looks like he’s happy to remain friends, but not intending to join the pirate alliance. We will definitely see him again in the future.
BOUNTIES OMFG. Was jumping for joy to see even the SH’s who weren’t on Dressrosa got increased bounties. Clearly something big has gone down, especially with Sanji’s poster being changed to ‘Wanted Only Alive’. Something really big about Sanji is going to be revealed, and this was the perfect way to end the chapter.
Luffy and Law on a lofty 500 mill, Zoro looking badass with a huge 320 mill, Robin and Franky getting decent increases and GOD DAMN USOPP on 200 mill with his unconscious face! Next we see Brook and Nami getting 50mill increases to 83 and 66 mill respectively, Chopper increasing a massive 100% to 100 beri and Sanji finally getting a real picture and a 100 mill increase to 177.
Nothing about this chapter was in any respect bad. It was all fantastic, top tier storytelling.
So excited for the coming chapters!
by Stavzy
Luffy’s personality is like that of a child’s, in the sense that he tends to go to the extremes. He can either be extremely greedy, especially in cases of food, who his crew is, and adventure; or extraordinarily selfless, going so far as to virtually sacrifice himself to avenge or protect his friends, crew, and family.
This childish mentality of his allows him to get to the root of the problem, and allows him to figure out the most simple way of solving it.
ONE PIECE GOLD