#prisma_piece

[prismanga]

one piece chapter six, baby. part of a balanced breakfast

why the fuck did i write 'part of a balanced breakfast'? i'm at the end of my work day. i'm tired

yay, we finally trapped our first crewmate!

i ate the devil's lettuce and now i have weed powers, you know.

oh, i guess zoro's natural state of being is spread eagle, then? just pussy out to the world like that?

also, i like what's being done compositionally in that frame. nice!

luffy full on saying what the audience is thinking, lol.

oh, i genuinely didnt realize until now that this is why "gumgum" and "rubber" have been interchanged... but, i'm sure everyone things "gumgum" sounds cooler, right? ...right?

HOW IS ZORO SAYING THAT?

i shouldn't laugh at this.

oh my god.

glad we got introductions out of the way, huh?

has buttfucko been here the whole time? i completely forgot.

average conversation between friends leaving a bar

blood shooing out of an ass

i'll never be him. :( ...

that's the end of chapter 6. i shall now go cry about how i'll never be as cool as zoro...

[prismanga]

buckle in kids, it's time for prismaeya reads one piece

much like jojo, i guess to read it online in full you have to go with the color version, so that's what i'll be doing.

let's go!

he didn't fucking say "one piece." i'm so fucking out

you know, for years i said i couldnt get into one piece because the art style made me batty, but this artwork is too cute. i can't tell if i was just being ignorant or i've grown endeared to it or what. it's hard to explain what i'm thinking here, but i have an admiration for art that feels very "to the point" and focuses on BIG details... I dunno. I dunno. More on that later probably.

me after any minor inconvenience tbh

you're already drinking in front of the tiny child so like, you know, fuck it

how old is luffy here, anyway?

this would happen to me.

learn how to swim, stupid!

hey man, i swore to be open minded to the art style so you gotta do it too.

i should probably have something better to say about the sequence of events following that, but all i wanna say is i like the guy in the black t-shirt, he looks like he accidentally turned up in the wrong manga.

so this is how they reveal it... lol

(today i learned スタスタ is onomatopoeia 'brisk walking'... i didn't know that)

first they didn't title namedrop, now i'm being forced to read the phrase "rubber rubber fruit"? come the fuck on

ok, i'm really derailing now, but why not translate the onomatopoeia if you clearly have room... "gamigamigami" is "nag nag nag"...

don't you hate when this happens?

i can't unsee tiny hand

oh man, we really in a shonen manga now!

i guess it's true what they say about redheads and pain tolerance.

LOOK, HE DID THE THING

the shonen manga is shonen manga-ing.........

one piece is fucking mickey mouse in japan so i'm inclined to agree

scrabble shirt

i wish i was that confident in my friend making ability that i was like "well, i'll find some friends soon"

good first chapter! :D i'm looking forward to more...

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 67!!

i'm gonna have to go on a spree of saving more blingees for this stuff...

WE'RE AT SOUP

NOW LET'S START THE CHAPTER

oh my god, those legs. like, its fine, this is an exaggerated art style in a lot of ways, but, oh, my god,

and boy, in this pirate manga...

we be pirate-ing babyyy

uh unless?

wait, is this karma for me bitching about gin before?

well, gin goes on to explain his resolve, feeling a surge of inspiration as he... nears death, apparently

so, sanji orders patty and carne to give him a little spare boat, the translation chooses to have patty call sanji the r slur again (cool, thanks!) and a little time passes between panels as we see luffy waking up.

the ridiculous oversized bandaid on luffy's head... i'd love to hand someone something like that for a papercut

sanji explains to luffy that don's crew is gone,

clowncar-ed onto a tiny little boat, no less.

:)

oh be nice. luffy was literally asleep until just now!

so, of course, luffy asks sanji again to join his crew.

please please pretty please?

sanji insists again he's not ready to leave now, but he wants to someday. sanji asks luffy if he's heard of the all blue, and they get so animated in their chatter that the goofy facial expressions start working overtime while zeff watches

later on, luffy and sanji head inside to eat, and the baratie crew starts acting bizarre-- and force the two of them to eat on the damn floor

kind of reminds me of when sanji fed gin on the ground, which is funny

but it's not funny to insult a guy's soup!!!

zeff shows up and exclaims the same-- sanji's soup is TERRIBLE!

and luffy makes a funny face.

mogumogumogu

zeff and sanji get so heated it becomes a physical altercation

good soup moment

anyway, of course, the whole thing was just a setup

everybody knows sanji's #1 character trait is that he makes good soup

and so the chapter ends with a contemplative sanji...

happy his soup is so good, but he's still apprehensive!!

and thats the end of this chapter....! in the next: sanji, for sure. sanji official. sanji confirmed.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 66 ╰(*°▽°*)╯

Poor Buggy! This isn't a warm welcome now is it? Lol

Also...

#bodygoals if i'm being honest

Starting off the chapter with a good ol money shot. I hope this looks equally dope animated when I eventually watch the anime. (It probably won't.)

Hoping for no take-backsies on this one. I've had enough of this fight already.

I'll gut you like a fish, you tenacious bastard.

Are you fucking kidding me with this shit. This man is like herpes.

Oh yeah, I guess we still need a Sanji moment. Alright, alright, fair. But I really do not like the thing Luffy is doing with his legs here.

Jesus christ. How are they carrying those without drowning?

Luffy looks like one of those weird tornado sports mascot things.

...Is this too esoteric for me to even mention? But, like, he looks like that.

Okay, Sanji standing on their faces is badass and we're getting some good fucking panels out of this, lol. Okaaay, you got me.

So then Luffy hits Don again with a hard, hard smack, after putting him in the rinse cycle for a bit.

Yeeeeowch!

Don't get my hopes up...!

I still hate the wording here. "The special spear that comes from your guts." I can't think of anything but penis or when you take a shit that's really hard. Both things really ruin this moment.

I can't tell what's my favorite part of this exchange. But I'm gonna go with Sanji's stupid stupid feet.

Anyway, Gin has a moment of moping about Don losing while Sanji saves Luffy from drowning. And then Don wakes up...?

Or uh, I dunno, I guess he's sleep talking or something.

You're welcome, now fuck off forever!

And that's the end of that chapter! I *think* he are finally done with Don Krieg. THINK. I THINK.

So let's move on and find out!!

Final thoughts:

sorry.

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 64 + 65 ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

Oh wow, this might be my favorite chapter splash art so far. It's so cute, and I love the colors and the border. Okay, maybe I prefer the ones with a big group in them, but this is easily one of my favorite. I really like it!

Anyway, back to Luffy vs Don Krieg! Look how fucking massive Don is...

What's up with the guy in the water with his cheeks jutting out to the sides? Did he take a little sip?

Don's not gonna let Luffy get too cocky.

God, how much fucking bullshit does this dude just carry around?

He was saving it, huh. THIS is the most powerful thing, huh.

Why's that guy's hat got little grabby hands on it...

Anyway, Don's spear is so deadly because it also explodes.

Fucked up isn't it?

Still, Luffy goes chasing after him again regardless, and they do some back and forth for a bit until Don smacks him away.

And then he hits him again

But Luffy... ain't done yet!

(continued in chapter 65)

YEEEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I feel like Luffy should be far bloodier than he looks right now, but whatevs.

Well, Sanji, let's test that theory, shall we?

huh.

penis power, huh.

"his large penis stems from how fucking stupid he is"

So we're entertained by a little more song and dance between Luffy and Don, until Luffy chucks a broken chunk of mast at Don...

Girl, I fucking know right. Don has so much fucking bullshit. If you tried to rolepay an original character like this, someone would tell you they're too broken and you have a god complex.

Anyway, some more back and forth that I have nothing to say about (not that I don't think it's cool) and Luffy gets another smack on Don

Don berates him a little

So then Luffy does it again

Get absolutely fucked, idiot

And that ties up those two chapters! I don't have anything of substance to say because it was mostly action! At least I squeezed a penis joke in there!!

Final thoughts:

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 63 :D

So, it appears at this point on the website i use for reading that whoever the translation team was changed hands, there was a different graphic at the start and now I'm also getting to look at the cover art for the new volume, since chapter 63 starts us off in a new one

So I would say that's pretty interesting! Like how gritty this one looks haha, def attracts some attention with the design.

And another new splash art, too. I think in the last chapter or so I accidentally skipped the splash art, but I'll be honest that I haven't found this Richie saga with with these arts to be terribly interesting anyway-- I don't think I would've had much to say about it. lol

You know, at the beginning of this arc I had some weird feeling Sanji would just get thrown into the team quickly, I'm not sure why. I'm actually glad we're taking our sweet time solidifying Sanji and Luffy as two people who respect and understand each other based on this shared experience.

Anyhow you know what is taking its sweet time? Gin's death

I really thought Gin was gonna get killed off here to make a point, though. I don't want to say I'm disappointed or anything but...

Anyway, Luffy is deeply enraged by this whole thing, feeling a need to take revenge on Gin's behalf regardless.

Sanji is less than enthusiastic about the whole thing.

Now that's what I call a shonen protagonist.

So Don fires at him, and...

Badass.

Jesus lord, what the fuck. Don Krieg is fucking cheating. I'm calling a moderator. A giant cape of needles? Where the fuck were you hiding that, up your ass? How many fucking layers of clothes do you have??

Luffy what the FUCK

This is kinda brutal!!!

Luffy is a little terrifying when he's like this!!

A little bit of comedic relief in the form of Gin continuing to suffer!

So to finish off the chapter, Don Krieg and Luffy going back and forth about whose grave this will be...

'Just get back to the fightin', boys!!

And off to the next chapter we go. I need the conclusion for this, but I have a stinking suspicion we've got like three more chapters of this fight before we're actually done... I can just feel it

So anyway!

Final thoughts:

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 62!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gin is a fucking disappointment! I'm so surprised. Aren't you?

And to the surprise of no one, he's such a weenie he just wants to fuck off and leave the baratie alone

don krieg is so upset by gin's betrayal he then threatens to kill him... previously don has just shot and killed any of his crew who slightly disagreed with him, but gin is special so he takes a little more time-- enough time to piss off luffy and cause him to intervene

this guy was nice to me once and now i've learned compassion! i deserve to die

oh yeah, by the way, don's gassing him.

but thats okay. everybody has a mask

i dont really get the point of all this.

oh shit. i get the point of all this

gin is about to die not for don, but for sanji, who was nice to that one time and fed him on the ground like a dog!

AND NOW LUFFY'S FUCKING PIIIIIISSED

okay, i wasn't sure about this chapter at first, but now? i like it. i liked that set up. i like gin dying on sanji's behalf. it rules

let's fucking go to the next chapter!

final thoughts:

[prismanga]

PSA

Apparently, mangadex remembered where i left off wrong and I skipped chapter 60 entirely and moved right on to chapter 61 without me noticing at all.

The hilarious thing is that this was entirely miss-able. I'd already been left off with the idea Gin was Really Gonna Hurt Sanji, so the start of 61 didnt tip me off I'd missed anything.

So just consider this my lets read post for chapter 60-- I have nothing of substance to say about it. LOL

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 60!!!

edit: actually this is chapter 61. lol

"and don't worry--no harm will come to the cigarette in your mouth"

me too

two page splash art this time!

this one's adorable. i love all the glee surrounding this giant squid.

nami.... for free?

.... wait, when and how has sanji been lighting these cigarettes? has everyone just been allowing him the time? am i weird for worrying about this

anyways, sanji lands a few hits on gin, and everyone gets heated wondering about the outcome of it all

don assures them all gin is like, a ruthless killer or whatever

the evidence i've gathered up to this point doesn't exactly lead me to believe gin is this cold blooded killer everyone is saying he is, but they also all follow whatever don krieg says or he shoots them dead, so

Oh no, that's like a fourth of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so while sanji and gin stare each other down erotically, luffy sees a chance to charge don krieg, and don responds by firing at him

i don't really know what you were thinking when you charged him head on...

not luffy's best moment.

and don spends a little more time taunting him until attention is turned back to sanji and gin...

all of a sudden, things look bleak.

sanji gets up again, but gin doesn't care

sanji lands a blow on gin, but now theyre both getting really torn up at this point

despite that, gin scrambles over to sanji to try and finish him off first, and...

this is literally exactly what i expected

like i said... based on evidence, i really did not think gin was suddenly going to prove himself as a ruthless killer...

and so, this chapter ends...

...with gin crying like a baby.

so, it was a nice enough tie-up to get gin to stop trying to kill sanji, but all-in-all, not a lot was accomplished this chapter, besides establishing that sanji has 5 or 6 broken ribs, and that for some reason, we were all supposed to believe gin was gonna prove himself as a hardboiled criminal.

not my favorite chapter of this arc so far, but it wasn't bad! on we go.

final thoughts:

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 59 :o

i appreciate that this is no longer featuring buggy at all-- his crew is just as important, of course!

my favorite thing here is that owl, ngl.

so anyway, back we go to the drama

this is so hard boiled.

the onlookers are in awe of sanji's resolve and his willingness to sacrifice on zeff's behalf...

well zeff is the one who ate his leg, stupid.

i really wish this guy would shut the fuck up and die

there's a few pages of literally just sanji continuing to repeat his unwavering dedication to zeff and the baratie (this is starting to feel drawn out) and then he takes another hit

luffy's sense of justice kicks in.

and uh, breaks everything

or rather, breaks off the extendo part of the baratie

don krieg shouts at gin multiple times to shoot zeff already, and sanji and luffy get into arguing

i love one piece because its really a bunch of very stupid guys pointing fingers at each other and going "idiot!" and then doing a bunch of really cool shit.

luffy makes a damn point!!

and with that, pearl is like "okay glad y'all talked it out but i'm still here to kill you"

and gin...

...changes sides, again.

luffy: my plan worked sanji: you literally didn't plan any of this to happen, you just made a bad decision and everyone reacted luffy: my plan worked

.......aaaaaaand that's the end of chapter 59! i've really enjoyed the way this arc has played out, but it feels like things are drawing to a close soon (maybe???)

final thoughts:

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 58!!! i think i'm gonna at least get to 60 tonight baby!!

so glad we're getting a conclusion here... lol

once again, though, i like the illustration-- particularly the detail of the lil wolf howling at the moon. :)

suuuuure.

my stomach hurts thinking about this.

personally i would last about an hour

so, sanji tries to maintain his optimism, despite the fact they are EXTREMELY STRANDED

maybe going straight to nonstop screaming wouldve been a better idea?

but, anyway, the outcome is as you would expect

poor baby sanji endures this for a few more weeks...

he doesn't even get to finish the bread-- he drops it by mistake

and it goes on... and on...

and on...........

finally, sanji begins to wonder about zeff, and ventures to the other side of the rock (it took you THIS LONG??) to discover his bag of food appears to still be full

so sanji tears open the bag...

and, although anyone with a basic level of conclusive thinking could figure it out, the manga spells out the situation for us

oof...

AAAAHHHHHHH

and... over two months later, somehow, they survived

do you think they ate any rocks?

and back we are in the present, with zeff, luffy, sanji, and the-literal-worst

and so, we end the chapter with sanji's resolve!!

good shit! gooood shit! goooooood shit!

i kind of feel like sanji has had the best backstory so far, for me-- maybe i'm reaching, but i think his story becomes relatable in the way he's become like a son to zeff who feels a level of guilt for feeling like he played a hand (or a leg, rather?) in stealing way the life he used to have. it's a crazy story, but i think people can relate to the feeling of looking at a parent (or parental figure) like someone you owe because they've sacrificed a great deal for you-- and this is emphasized by the fact sanji and zeff aren't related.

(at least, to my knowledge at this point, i assume they're not.)

i suppose it could be relatable even outside of parent-child relationships, but especially with how sanji and zeff are always at each others' throats, it of course mimics a father-son relationship, which i'm sure is intentional... their dynamic built on self-sacrifice is... really cool, and i love it.

well anyway, we're off to the next chapter!

final thoughts:

[prismanga]

hi everyone welcome to my "lets read" manga blog

today we'll be reading one piece chapter 57

i hope you both lose!

louise bobs burgers is that you????????

lmao...

yeah... terrifying pirates alright...

real. same

completely understandable

poor baby...!

zef discovers someone got into his money, and responds as you'd expect

eventually, little baby sanji runs out and confronts them, despite warning

how is he talking with literal foot in his mouth?

POINT AND LAUGH AT THE STUPID CHILD FOR HAVING DREAMS

even the ocean is fucking mocking you, kiddo!!

and zeff said "i decided i'm a dad now, and this kid has dreams, stupid stupid little dreams"

so, of course, sanji and zeff get washed away...

ah, so this is 1:1 how it was in the netflix adaptation...?

eggplant stir fry, anyone?

zeff explains to sanji that hopefully someone will come and help, but until then, they have some food to hold them over.

sanji's a growing boy!!!!!!

i'm sure this will go great!

it's going great!

the chapter ends with that little reveal-- how zeff lost his leg!

again, the netflix adaptation did this part basically 1:1, so there were no surprises for me here, but i still very much enjoyed it.

i really didn't expect to get a whole chapter of sanji/zeff backstory, but i'm sooooo here for it!

and so... off we go to the next chapter!

final thoughts:

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 56!

i'm running out of desperate things to say!

what's better than this, just guys being dudes (and exiting the smurf village)

that's fucked up bro

oh hey, i just realized the pirate manga does have a guy with a pegleg in it, doesn't it? isn't it funny how hes a chef rather than a stereotypical pirate. lol

you know shit just got serious, because suddenly the level of detail went up a notch.

and with that, we're finally dipping into that sanji-zeff closure territory...! oooh!

are they gonna have a fight over who gets to get shot and die?

this is the essence of manliness.

no, shut the fuck up, i'm done with you

pearl woke up to be shitty for a little while more, i guess...

the same guy who was mortified that he spilled a little blood is now devilishly licking it off his own face...?

okay...

oh boy, here we go!

you're not even my real dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PEARL YOU CAN'T BREAK SANJI'S JAW, HE NEEDS THAT TO DETAIL HIS TRAGIC BACKSTORY TO US! COME ON!!!

FUCKA YOU, BASARD

i'm trying to think of a martini joke, you know like a "dirty martini, with gin" but olive brine is fucking gross, why is it a thing people willingly consume?

anyway

he broke sanji's ass :(

you know shit is serious because sanji doesnt have a cig in his mouth anymore. also he's getting glowy flashback speech bubbles!

b... baby...

🥺🥺🥺

WAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

he's so cute i'm going to rip apart a phonebook with my teeth

"sanji, what if we run into a disaster?" "there won't be a disaster!" (BOOM)

PIRATES!

SEXY PIRATES!

and that's the end of the chapter! no q&a this time...!

there's nothing stopping me from speeding ahead to the next chapter, so, off i go!

final thoughts:

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 55!!!

help me i'm hopelessly addicted please send help

he's fucking fine, quit your bawling (cool illustration tho. i like the attention to detail here...)

oh, is this gonna be a whole thing?

oh, yeah. i guess so.

pearl apparently is so mortified at the concept of bleeding he bursts into flames, because obviously a little nosebleed is far worse than being actively on fire.

why the fuck is this happening

today on one piece i learned that fire is hot! thanks luffy

this is so not productive at all and benefits absolutely no one, but luffy with his ass on fire is pretty funny

sanji earned his plot armor, let him do his thing.

okay even with that being said, bruh holy shit.

(then again, this is average cook behavior is it not? i read that anthony bourdain book years ago and it went into vivid detail about how being a cook means getting constant first degree burns in the process of making sure everyone gets their meal on time and shit. good book, by the way...whatever it was called.)

yeah, see, he agrees with me!

fucking BAM

i get it now, pearl was just a device to make sure sanji establishes himself as cool as hell

so, an upset pearl starts shooting fire fucking everywhere in desperation

what the fuck, they're so cool, i'm losing my miiiiiind

yeah, fair, pearl is really making more of a mess than actually getting anything done

now theyre gonna be friends forever...!

god, i wish there wasnt text covering sanji, his little stance there is REALLY FUNNY

and SPEAKING OF FUNNY

I cant think of a caption

here's the average reaction to everything i put out online, though:

anyway, now that we got one goofy ass villain out of the way, gin has to remind us he exists

le gasp!

and that's the cliffhanger for this chapter! it turned out to be a banger despite the fact i saw pearl and immediately went "okay what the fuck..."

and this one ends with another q&a! what have we got for this one?

thank you, this was highly informative, despite the fact i saw his eyebrow curl years ago and went "oh that looks neat" and paid no further mind to it...

we should have more characters with funny stylized eyebrows, like sanji and phoenix wright. ... i can't even think of more than two.

anyway, that was that, on we go to the next chapter.

final thoughts:

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 54! we keep on moving!!

this could be us.

be for real, it was COOL AS HELL

i guess not everyone agrees though-- so much so i'm just gonna go ahead and edit out a word

anyway, the baratie crew does indeed need to stay on their toes.

oda really puts his whole pussy into every single character he draws, even if they just show up for one panel. i love that.

anyway, it seems our opposing forces must be pretty evenly matched!

listen, i think anyone who has ever worked in food service could kill if provoked. line cooks especially i think wouldn't even bat an eye.

and then, uh, this redhead shows up...

... this fight just wasnt goofy enough i guess.

what the fuck.

uh, pay no mind to the big round man. we need another badass sanji moment.

let's fucking goooo

aha, this guy showed up to be one giant target (i love how he looks so fucking sad)

"go ahead and die but don't let some fuck steal your kitchen knife"

so sanji runs back in there and goes straight back to cleaning house

nooooo, why's he so fucking coooooool??????????

AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH

anyway, the-ugliest-fucking-dude-i've-ever-seen is not discouraged by any of this. he asserts in all the battles he's been in, he's never spilled even one drop of his own blood. also, that he's really pretty or whatever.

luffy really speaking for the reader here.

hey!! don't kill my voicebox!!!

of course, the chapter ends with him spilling some of his own blood. lol

well, as weird as that chapter was, i enjoyed it! and we've even got another q&a coming in hot.

how the fuck could you do this.

and that's prismanga coolreader signing off.

final thoughts:

[prismanga]

one piece chapter 53.

as my eyecatch here's an edit i did based on my last post.

get a little sprite on there...

really good splash art, no notes. "search for."

nothing stops you, huh!

if you keep gunning down every guy who opposes you though, you're not gonna have a crew anymore. i mean shit, they all almost died of starvation, too...

does that guy's shirt just say "acrobatic" ...?

don krieg goes on to explain that mihawk is busted due to a devil fruit, for sure, and the secret to dealing with brutes like that must be in the log that zeff wrote-- so, they still gotta steal the baratie and steal that log, of course!

after a little more back and forth, the battle truly begins with luffy launching himself at the enemy with his arms outstretched

its just goofy enough to work!

luffy really is stupid enough to just straight up confirm his own weakness, huh.

that's okay though, because the baratie crew mean business

they fire the cannons successfully, and on top of that...

the baratie transforms to better handle combat!

to be honest, i can imagine oda drawing/writing all of this out like "these hard boiled chefs are gonna kick so much ass... its gonna be so cool... yeah" and he was so real for that

don krieg isnt taken down all that easily though!

he aint fucking around!

crap? more like carp

but now that we've very well established who our next crewmate will be, we also need to make sure he has his moment of being equally badass

good stuff! good fucking stuff.

i'm too used to shonen manga dragging out fights in a way i don't like, i think one piece is healing a part of me i didn't know needed to be healed. LOL

so off we go to the next chapter, of course!

final thoughts:

ok, that was a lot funnier in my head.