#otama me too girl.....

[hauntingblue]

😁TORAO IT'S BEEN SO LONG!!😁

😐Mugiwara-ya😐

[pippin-pippout]

Yeah I have thoughts. So many. This'll probably get long and repetitive.

I'm only on the ep with the beginning of Ace's arrival to Wano. I never realized he came to Wano before joining Whitebeard. I guess he got in a lot of shipwrecks.

I think this furthers my belief that when Ace said he died with no regrets, except for not seeing Luffy achieve his dream, it was a big fat lie. It was a lie meant to make it easier for Luffy to accept his death.

Ace made so many promises that he couldn't keep. It's so in their nature (ace and luffy and probably sabo too) to promise the world to anyone they find suffering. And so often, at least for Luffy because of that protagonist's halo, they are able to keep their promises.

But all 3 of them are so reckless with their lives – they don't fear death, but they also don't respect death, and they don't respect what death means for those they leave behind.

Each survived on luck and determination so many times, until for Ace, that wasn't enough. He left behind people he swore to be there for. Now, I don't think he actually stood there and weighed the consequences of turning around to fight Akainu, or that he connected that taking unnecessary risks could lead to him breaking promises.

But I do think it's fair to say that he never understood that his promises to just be there mattered to anyone. So of course can be reckless with his life and accept death with a smile, because death to him was just the ending of his own silly life. He never believed there'd be a little girl counting on his promise, using the weight of that to fill her stomach when there was no food. He never could have imagined himself being that important to anyone - not even Luffy.

It broke my heart to hear how casually and plainly Luffy told Otama of Ace's death.

"It's true. Ace is dead. It doesn't matter when or where she finds out. He's not coming back."

I know Luffy is the epitome of sunshine and looking forward, but it really felt like he said it in such an unemotional manner because that was the only way he could get the words out. If he'd allowed himself to break it to her slowly, or show an ounce of how much he missed Ace, he'd break down. He also hasn't told them yet that he's Ace's younger brother, maybe because that's also too hard to get out.

I love that Luffy is ultimately able to fulfill Ace's promises on Wano on his brother's behalf. And in a way Sabo is fulfilling Ace's broken promise to Luffy. And that's beautiful and tragic and underscores the importance of their brotherhood and the family they found.

But god is it hard to accept. I'm so used to One Piece showing me characters who do get their dreams fulfilled before death, who do manage to fulfill their own promises before death (or fulfill their promises at the cost of their lives), that a character leaving a trail of broken promises feels so false...

And I'm sorry, but to me "carrying the will of Ace" forward feels like a poor substitute for the character themselves. After all, Ace was his own person with his own dreams outside of either of his brothers. As much as they fight for what they know he cared about, neither can live his dream for him.

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I'm really interested to see how Ace meets Yamato and also what causes him to leave Wano and promise to come back. Obviously he was not remotely strong enough to fight Kaido at that time. Did he plan to come back once he got stronger too? With Whitebeard's fleet backing him up?

[fallensnowfan]

Dedicated post for the Wano cover arc. I will update this as new issues are released.

Character locations and status:

Kin'emon - Castle in the Flower Capital. Momo's surrogate father.

Momo - Castle in the Flower Capital. Shogun.

Hiyori - Castle in the Flower Capital. Toko's older sister.

Toko - Castle in the Flower Capital. Hiyori's little sister.

Otsuru - Flower Capital. Teahouse owner.

Urashima - Flower Capital

Neko - Flower Capital. Yakuza with Hyogoro.

Hyogoro - Flower Capital. Yakuza.

Denjiro & the Kibi kids - Kibi. Daimyo of Kibi.

Osome & Chuji - Kuri, working in Okobore Town, at the teahouse it seems.

Inu - Kuri. Daimyo of Kuri.

Shinobu - Amigasa Village, Kuri. Otama's ninja teacher.

Tama & Komachiyo - Sword retrieval mission, heading towards Udon. Shinobu's student.

Speed - Sword retrieval mission, heading towards Udon.

Yamato - Sword retrieval mission, heading towards Udon.

Kawamatsu - ?

Raizo - ?

Okiku(best girl) - ?

Onigashima, how'd it get there I wonder?

Momo just chilling. Seems a bit sad.

Kin'emon being paternal, sending Yamato on an errand to learn about being responsible with money. aww

The pilgrimage is routed out.

Hiyori & Toko have new kimonos! And that bento box is wonderful.

Hi Miss Tsuru! Good to see you again. Wonderful and kind as always. Like Hiyori & Toko, you're wearing a new kimono as well. Pretty!

And ayo?! Urashima appearance? I was wondering what happened to him. Loving seeing cameos of familiar faces, perhaps he's starting to change his ways, now that he's lost his status as the Yokozuna.

Okiku being absent here is quite curious.

Awww! Big hug for the big kitty! Love how wholesome these covers have been. Fingers crossed a future one is Yamato meeting with Inu, Onimaru, and Komachiyo. The dogs putting the "Wan" in Wano.

The journey begins! Cue the 2011 Hunter x Hunter opening. Will the plants from Ryo's attack in 1054 & 1055 still be growing I wonder?

I think I'm beginning to see the direction of this cover arc. Kaido's absence, and how his legacy still effects Wano/how Wano will continue to move past from it.

Onigashima in the first entry is a remnant of Kaido's rule, much like the weapons factories here, and Yamato is dealing with being Kaido's kid. No one can escape their past, but those three Daimyo saw Yamato as more than just Kaido's kid.

There is likely a range of how much various people have begun recovering from Kaido's reign. The people in the Flower Capital have had at least a week to get to know Yamato, and gave a big happy send off for the pilgrimage to go well.

Though this cover seems to be the first time he's been around people from outside it, it makes sense for these kids to be sacred and react like this initially. Maybe now is a good time to share medicine and food?

Denjiro has been given the title of Daimyo! Same Oden had in the past, since he never became Shogun. I'm so proud of Denjiro!

Man I love Denjiro. Everyone eating together reminds me of when Izo and Kiku were first found by Oden. Extra kudos to Denjiro for not calling the kids brats.

It's cool seeing a building in Kibi, the one that Denjiro and co are in. Don't think we've seen one there before. I love that Denjiro just has ingredients for Oden on hand. Feels like he is returning the favor to Oden for sharing food with him in the past. Now he is bringing people together in the present.

Him during this cover arc also reminds me of how Oden reprimanded those guys who were going to execute Neko, Inu, and Kawamatsu. Man I love Denjiro.

A mysterious abduction attempt! Who will the culprit be?

It's a nice detail to have a defunct weapons factory in the background here, making a quiet point that Wano is still recovering.

Rebuilding Oden Castle now? When everyone who would live there is already set up else where? Odd choice though will see where it goes. Minatomo, where did you run off too? And it's Home, Ashura Doji's bull, helping to carry lumber! Happy to see the fella is going well.

Hi again Some! Seems that you are working at the teahouse full time now? That's a nice development. Soba being served is a nice way of tying in Sanji's role during early Wano. Also want to note that the title of the chapter shares the kanji with those of the Payback War.

Otoshi mae. 落とし前

One of my hopes for this cover arc happened! Inu is at the beach in Kuri! Love the vibes here, two dog fellas chowing down on some onigiri. New Daimyo and deliverer of a former Daimyo's sword.

Otama's ninja training! This is what I was hoping the focus of a Wano cover arc would be. Nice to see it seems to be going well!

Yasuie's sword had been taken! Is the thief someone who knew Yasu, or is this a random act of theft? And look at eepy Tama! Dawww. Please let her join in on the effort to recover the sword.

Yayy! Tama tags along to retrieve Yasu's sword as I was hoping, and Komachiyo and Horselina nicely round out the group into a full squad. I love the hustle as they head out, such a lively and dynamic panel.

Komachiyo looks so small here, probably to fit on the cover page. He's usually large enough to fit Luffy, Zoro, and Kiku on his back with room to spare, though I don't mind the weird size scaling here, it's cute.

[beanghostprincess]

Hey, trans Ace headcanons anon here.

I have a few more that I forgot to include that I wanted to share:

• Upon transitioning, Ace just took all of his old girly clothes and toys and instead of throwing them away he just kept them all stuffed in boxes in the attic. He gave them all to Otama when he met her, because he knew she didn't have many belongings.

• When it came to naming himself, Ace just asked Garp what name his mom woukd have given him if he had been born a boy. And thats how Portgas D. Ace was born.

• The only person who learned about Ace being trans a lot after than the others was Uta. She knew him during her childhood because Luffy was her friend, but they weren't partuculary close since their personalities clashed and they would fight at times, and before Ace could have said anything to her she had already been taken away by Shanks.

• He sometimes wonders how his mother would have reacted his she had still been alive. He is reminded how great of a person she was and how supportive she would have been everytime.

• If Sabo THINKS you are transphobic, then you are gonna be 6 feet under in less time than it takes Luffy to finish his meals. (The same goes for Doflamingo cause I headcanon Rosi as transmasc too. He may be a psicopath but he's not transphobic)

Also I wanted to add a few trans Robin and trans Franky headcanons because I also have a Frobin heart and to me they are the ultimate T4T and Bi4Bi:

• Robin came out in her mid teens. Her mother and professor Clover were very supportive but since they got killed by the goverment they died of old age when she was 19, she had no one to turn to for support.

• People already disliked her because of the rumors that her family was anti goverment and stuff, so her also being trans motivated other people into being against her.

• She met Crocodile and Bon Clay at a pride event. I think Baroque Works is just an undercover mafia like organization Crocodile used to run, and Robin had no other place to go to.

• This was until she met Franky, and he had way more confidence than her because he was lucky enough to have such a great family.

• He was still girl presenting when his bio parents abbandoned him. He came out after Tom had adopted him. And we all know he was the best trans ally in this world.

• Franky quite literally gave himself top surgery with Iceburg being the only person who was supervising him (but he wasn't allowed to do anything) and luckyli Franky only lost 1 nipple! He also mixes his T shots in his cola.

• "Your existence is not a sin" takes a whole new meaning.

• Spandam is a transphobe so he gets his face mauled, his spine broken, they fire him from his position and Brook writes a diss track about him.

Ace giving his old clothes to Tama and naming himself after what his mom would've liked is just so so sweet. And yeah, I agree on Sabo murdering transphobes. If there's ANY possibility of somebody not accepting his brother he's gonna go insane. Good for him. And the whole Frobin T4T thing is SO real to me. Robin being called a monster for her identity but actually finding a place to belong in Baroque Works because they might be a mafia but they're all trans-- And then she meets Franky and he's so so sweet and accepting and so proud of his own identity too that she can't help but feel extremely free around him <3

[chopperisagoat]

Heart Fulfiller.

So, from the previous post I’ll express my excitement about chapter 996! I must state that I haven’t caught up with the manga (and idk still don’t want to) but this chapter is really exceptional.......... so okay, this post consist of chapter 996′s panels which make me so genuinely happy, of course through my personal preference and view, very subjective, I know. lol.

To be very honest, I don’t know the detail of conflict happening in Onigashima, but on my knowledge (just based on tumblr dashboard and twitter timeline lol) the condition is heating up and somehow it looked like a battlefield. 

AAAAAAAAN TA-DA my daughter OTAMA and her pet is COMING!

oh.........the chills when seeing this, my hair follicles were dancing, lol.

“We got a ride on the enemy ship” 

Not going to argue and theorize on whomst, just want to appreciate her, HELLO MY LITTLE BRAVE GIRL SAMURAI YOU ARE SO BRAVE MY LOVE, a golden and pure heart, She is coming, she is ready to help, she manage to get there, SHE!

ASDFBJAHSBRBFAIEBFAIERUBFR????????????? WHAT????????? HIM? 

Okay, maybe another time I’ll make a post about my kind of attachment mine and cora were, but for the brief info; he has a special chamber in my heart. hehe. AND I’ve already expect that I’m not going to see him again until the end of One Piece, but BUT BUT ........996 is magical. HELLO, THERE, I LOVE YOU.

WHUAAAAAT TRAFALGAR???????????????????

“You’re the only one I would tell this” and I’m like......... OK LAW OK I forgive what you did back then after Dressrosa when he said “leave me alone” to Robin LMAOOOOSDFASNFDF help that’s one of Law major turn off FOR ME, please it’s FOR ME, okay........ I wanna break both of his tibia at that time, I’m so salty like wtf law are u on your period, she’s just being nice lol. 

And I think this panel giving him another purpose, his own purpose. Okay Law so you have your own priority and agenda ok I’m rooting for you!

MY RED SATAN AND KILLER ARE COMING HELLO!!!!!!!!!

HEHEHHE FINALLY they are coming hello hello love, oh also, the metals, lol please make this mesmerizing later dear animator I FUCKING BEG you. And I really love when those peeps addressing him as “Eustass Captain Kid” ….sounds very sexy??!! Or is it just me, ok that’s just me. 

LOOK AT HIM, LOOK AT HIS umm scyhte and his flexible movement?!!!!! 

Oh also, Kid always seeks Killer’s answer like, well everytime and KILLER ALWAYS SO SO SANE facing this mf red satan. What a smart and flexible boyfie<3 *cries*

“our enemy is the world’s strongest pirate, you can’t have too much”

oopsie, always so resourceful, so calculated, damn Killer.  *drools*

RIIIIIIIIGHT, okay, end of my ramblings; about what could make my heart racing so fast, from just a chapter, wow so this is the feeling how a chapter could make your heart beat faster, you feeling happier and fulfilled. Hardly cant wait for what’s coming up, really! hehe, anyway thank you for reading this crap if you do, I really appreciate it! 

[forloveofcaptain]

Is Luffy being immature in his actions against Kaido?

So over the weekend I received an ask in my inbox asking me if I believed Luffy was acting immature in how he’s dealing with Kaido. Originally I was going to address it in my chapter recap, but since there were a lot of manga caps to post in addition to my other thoughts, I decided it would be best to make a separate post. 

To summarize, no, I don’t think Luffy is acting immature, even though yes, he is acting emotionally. So let me break down the difference and explain as best I can why I believe Luffy was put into a situation where ultimately, he had no choice but to attack Kaido.

Kaido’s first appearance is over the village that Luffy just finished bringing food to and liberating. He asks for the children. As soon as Luffy sees where Kaido is, he takes off running. He isn’t going off to fight Kaido because “I see a strong guy therefore I must fight him!” Luffy isn’t Goku, lol. In this instance, Luffy understands that if Kaido shows up to this town, people will probably die. His primary concern is the safety and welfare of the townspeople.

Luffy’s actions in bringing food have caused the town to receive a lot of attention and it definitely jeopardizes “the plan”. If you really wanted to, I suppose you could argue that Luffy shouldn’t have brought food for people in the first place. The problem with that argument is, Oda showed us a woman who was just about to kill herself while holding her baby because they were so hungry.

Saving the town from starvation was the right thing to do. Oda makes it clear for us by showing just how desperate the town was. But just because it was the right thing to do, doesn’t mean it won’t have negative effects. That’s the way the real world works. Helping people is messy. It’s why a lot of people don’t offer help to others.

For Law, who is constantly trying to stop Luffy from doing something that could cause attention, the plan always comes first. Luffy is the hero, whereas Law is not. Law is a neutral party. It’s not that Law is averse to helping people, but only when the situation allows it and there’s minimal risk. It’s easy for him to think “logically”, because quite frankly, he doesn’t care all that much for people outside his small circle.

So in the middle of Luffy running to check on the townspeople Kaido blows up Oden castle in a completely unrelated incident. And from Luffy’s perspective, he doesn’t know if his crew and allies are unhurt. To stop Kaido, Luffy gets in a good punch and turns around to run the other way towards the castle. And here he finds Horselina who delivers some terrible news.

From our perspective we obviously know Otama isn’t dead. This is Oda we’re talking about. Out of the 950+ named characters in this manga, we can count the ones that have actually died on one hand. Oda doesn’t kill people. He’s certainly not going to kill a little girl. But from Luffy’s perspective, he thinks Otama is dead. Luffy knows the pain of failing to protect someone he loves. It’s a huge reason for his shift in character post time skip.

He’s pissed. Of course he’s pissed! So are his emotions dictating his actions here? Yeah, a bit. It doesn’t mean he’s being immature though. Luffy has two sound reasons as to why he should try and fight Kaido now. When I was reading the chapter, I thought of these reasons before Luffy even voiced them. But he does voice them which is important. It shows us that even while being upset, he’s thinking clearly. He’s not as brash as he used to be.

The first reason is, they have no idea if their friends are seriously injured or worse. The plan might be completely foiled anyway. There’s no way to verify until its too late because the window of opportunity here is so small. The second reason is, if Luffy wins now, it’s over. The country of Wano doesn’t have to suffer anymore.

Kaido is drunk. I think from Luffy’s perspective it means he has to at least try. No matter how “mature” he gets, Luffy will never let innocent people get hurt if he can help it. I certainly hope that’s a character trait he never grows out of. Remember that speech he makes to Doflamingo?

“If only you guys hadn’t come here, Dressrosa could’ve been peaceful!”

“Cut the crap! It was only on the surface! You made my friends cry and made my crew-mates mad! But you still haven’t fallen so I will take everything on myself! I won’t let anybody die!”

It’s the exact same situation. To walk away from Kaido at this point would be contrary to Luffy’s character. Stick any other shonen protagonist in this situation and they would all be going after Kaido. That’s what heroes do. They try to protect what’s important to them, even if they aren’t strong enough. 

Luffy is quite capable of following a plan. He did in WCI just fine. It’s just that for Luffy and his fellow shonen heroes, saving lives > the plan. That’s why we love them. And ultimately, that’s why everybody around them loves them too.

[carib0us]

Balloon (NicoMaki Shorts #2)

 Her heart started to clench. Even Nico, she assured herself, wouldn’t be quite so reckless as to …But sure enough, skipping and floating along came her girlfriend...

After her idol group ended, Nico had stopped, not only practicing, but exercising. In fact, she’d spent the time she told her family she was practicing sitting in a chair in dim light in front of a computer screen. Then when she got home, she had no other outlets for her creativity than improving her cooking skills, including lots of tasting. The upshot was a somewhat heftier, and definitely flabbier, Nico-nii. 

She had gotten a handle on it in second year, but she couldn’t find enough enthusiasm inside to get back in shape, so she settled for firm dieting. She wasn’t anorexic, or anything, but barely on the healthy side of light, going forward. Unconsciously, she regarded 50kg the way other, larger girls would have regarded 100 kilos - something unimaginable you’d never even get close to. Her mental limit was 45 kilos and even there she usually wasn’t even close.

Once the µ’s practices had started up, Nico’d regained muscle mass, which tended to increase her weight, and she’d unconsciously reduced her fat to where it was barely healthy, to stay under 40 kg. Probably, only Maki knew all this. She’d drawn some of it out of Nico over the course of months when the two girls who came early were all alone in the club room, and nominally, Maki was reading and Nico was browsing the web. The rest came out after they started dating, as Maki noticed Nico wasn’t eating much. Even her well-known love of sweets, it turned out, was indulged only once a week at most. It worried Maki a little, but she had to admit Nico looked healthy most of the time. At least Maki got Niko to go home earlier when she didn’t need to be at school, so she was finally getting enough sleep. Still, Maki worried about how she’d take care of herself once she went away from Maki’s watchful eye.

When Nico left to go to a performance arts college on a scholarship, their parting had been tearful, but she’d noticed Nico’s determined attitude when they met for Christmas this year, when Nico said they’d “talk” over summer break. On an impulse, Maki had given Nico her “lucky” heavy steel mechanical pencil, the one she’d never failed to get an “A” with on tests. Only Nico understood the significance of that, and she’d hugged Maki even harder.

Nico had done much better than anyone expected. She was acing all her classes and had gotten a dozen performances in. At least two agencies had sent her offers serious enough that Nico was trying them both out. Just as importantly, she’d made some money doing commercials, enough that she could buy necessities and still give her family some help.

Maki wasn’t sure she was looking forward to the meet-up. Everyone else in µ’s was buzzing with information about Nico they were obviously sworn to secrecy on when it came to Maki. Rin and Honoka were doing a poor job containing their excitement, as usual, but everyone was obviously psyched up. She just hoped Nico didn’t do anything too embarrassing.

Nico had wanted to meet her in a beautiful location with a wide clearing near a scenic vista overlooking Hatonosu Gorge. Maki got a little more nervous. It looked suspiciously like something a boy would do if he was going to propose. But she was only seventeen, and while girls in Tokyo could get certificates, they couldn’t get married. Well, that wouldn’t stop Nico, would it? Reality had been fighting a losing battle with Nico her whole life, after all. Reluctantly, she realized she was smiling as she thought that.

She’d noticed a truck she associated with festivals parked nearby, but fortunately, saw no signs of one going on in the area. But near the truck was Nozomi with a video camera, and the rest of µ’s wasn’t far away, except for Nico. The girl she at first took for Nico was actually Cocoro, and she noticed Nico’s family, including her mom, were there.

She then noticed a blob of red coming over the edge of the hillside. As it drew closer, she noticed it was a bunch of heart-shaped helium balloons, a little over a meter across. Each one had hiragana on them, and the top balloons had … well … “NISHIKINO MAKI” spelled out as you read them going across … She smiled … then she noticed that more and more balloons were appearing, and still no person. Her heart started to clench. Even Nico, she assured herself, wouldn’t be quite so reckless as to …

But sure enough, skipping and floating along came her girlfriend, with a band around her waist attached to what looked like almost forty giant heart-shaped balloons, spelling out “Nishikino Maki, I love you, please marry me and make Nico the happiest girl on Earth.”

As she drew closer to the gorge, Maki’s worst fears were realized. A sudden gust of wind sprang up, and so did Nico. Up, and up, and up she went, a look of wide-eyed terror on her face. Her heart in her mouth, Maki broke and ran towards her. They were near the gorge, after all. Admittedly, Nico might drift down safely, but there were downdrafts, cross-winds jagged rocks, and the Otama river in that gorge.

Maki yelled one word out. Not “Nico!” but “Pencil!” She heard that some of the µ’s girls, probably Rin, Umi and Eli, were catching up to her from behind, but paid that no mind. Nico wiggled around fumbling with something at her waist. Maki had noticed she couldn’t untie or pull apart the strong twine holding her to the balloons, so she crossed her fingers. Suddenly, one of the balloons deflated. Then another. Then another.

“Faster, Nico-chan!” Maki yelled. She ran towards the gorge, under Nico. “I’ll catch you, Nico! Please, I love you, hurry!”

More than half of the balloons had deflated and Nico’s descent increased. Maki leaped and grabbed Nico, tripping over her feet but not letting go of Nico’s legs. Although Maki’s fall made Nico bump the ground, apparently she didn’t lose her grip on the pencil. By the time Nico’s momentum and the remaining balloons had dragged them to the edge of the gorge, only the balloons spelling out Maki’s name were left. Meanwhile, Eli and Umi had grabbed Maki’s legs and they came to a halt.

Maki was shaking. She wasn’t sure how much was blind terror and how much was rage, but both were there, in spades. “Against all my better judgment …” she began.

Nico, Rin, Umi and Eli held their breath. Nozomi had just arrived, and was filming away. She could always erase it if things went wrong. “I am still inclined to say yes, only because it would prey on my conscience if such a stupid, idiotic, reckless, self-destructive, idiotic, careless, stupid, idiotic, reckless …” okay she was just repeating herself … “CHILD were allowed outside without a keeper and died playing in traffic or something.” Nico had taken off the belt, and Maki noticed her name tangentially, floating out over the gorge.

She felt herself being enveloped in small, shaking arms and reflexively she returned the hug. Tears were spilling down her front, but she ignored them. Much to her surprise, Nozomi interrupted their reunion.

“Maki-chan, congratulations. There is a bright side to this whole thing, you know.”

Both Nico and Maki turned to stare at Nozomi, appalled. But she shrugged off their disbelieving looks. “First of all, Nicocchi knows that Maki-chan will save her at need. But most importantly, Nicocchi has a tendency to get full of herself, and if that creates friction, Maki-chan … well, from now on, you just have to say one word and she’ll settle down.”

Nico started to protest furiously, but Nozomi just looked at her and said “Balloon!” with a wink. Maki noted for future use how immediately it shut Nico’s sputtering down. She would make sure Nozomi sent her all the video footage, and she’d keep it in a safe place.

Maybe this marriage thing would end up working out, after all.

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YAMATO NEW NAKAMA PLEASE 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️LUFFY PLEASE!!!!

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NAMI HAS TAKEN ACTION!!! LETSGOOOOO

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There is almost no recap in wano so far.... well 4 minutes.... it's like a 2 min reduction