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I like that the English translation kept a little of the wordplay with these island names

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Kuma was really nice sending the Straw Hats to places where they could get stronger, but, man, Usopp really gets the short end of the stick when it comes to time skip training islands

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Usopp pivoting from a gadget guy to being more of a plant guy seems kind of strange, but Databook Green revealed that Oda originally conceptualized the Straw Hats having a botanist.

making it seem like he was trying to find use for ideas he'd had for a long time. I'm pretty ambivalent on the change mostly, but I personally think it would have worked better if Oda had mixed the gadget stuff and plant stuff more post time skip. It would have made it a little more cohesive.

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If there were any justice in the world, Usopp would have gotten a cool heracles beetle helmet

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Not going to lie, I would get Can't-Go-To-That-Island-Itis if I got sent to this island

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Why did luffy eat both meats after he beat blueno, didn’t he think to save one if needed to use gear 2 again?

the boy was hungry, let him be

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It will eventually be revealed that this is Vegapunk's home island, so what was he building that required those giant nails?

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During Enel's cover story it's shown that balloons are an effective way to get to outer space, so I guess them helping lift an island makes sense

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It's revealed quickly, but I like how Oda hides that Nami was sent to a sky island. We don't see any island clouds or any other clue that she's in the sky. It adds that extra little sucker punch once it's actually shown

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it's very funny to me that the WG took Ace's shoes but let him keep the rest of his clothes and jewelry

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Man, this little interjection between arcs is so effective in ramping up the tension for the upcoming war. Oda does an incredible job of generating hype in just a few pages

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Sir, what happened to your chin?

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Oda does his best to soften Sengoku post time skip, but between Ohara and shit like this, I just can't like him

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Knowing how things play out in the future, Oda introducing Jinbe with this ominous silhouette is pretty funny. Everyone expected him to be a bad guy because of his connection to Arlong, so it's the perfect fake out

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The fact that this is how Hancock snuck Luffy on is so silly, I love it

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It's a nice little bit of character acting on Hancock's part that she cares so little about the marines that she's completely walked past them before they've unpetrifyed

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I was concerned that this was the same knife Momona stabbed himself with, but when I went back it turns out it's not. So, uh, kudos to Oda for differentiating between the two