One Piece Chapter 830 Review: Luffy and Jinbei

Jinbei declares his ambition to join Luffy and the Straw Hats

Hello fellow grand-line pirates! Since I'm quite busy on some travel preparations, bear with me if the next two reviews come late.
So One Piece 830 came out and it was great. Here is a super quick review (theories) for the chapter:

New Video Reviews - Revisited

Thanks to the never ending bullying from copyright holders, my previous videos were taken down. I guess couple of pictures from different chapters are enough to warrant 3 strikes from Shueisha and whatnot! Although I included very few limited snapshots of each chapter, the concept of fair use doesn't mean quack to them.
Anyway, I will still be doing videos, but I will avoid using any picture of the manga. Otherwise, these trolls a.k.a copyright infringements bots will continue to make a hell out of my free time.

First revisited video from One Piece Chapter 829. I will later revisit the previous videos since I think they were quite funny.

#youtubestrikedownsucks

One Piece Chapter 829 Review: The Yonkou, Charlotte Linlin The Pirate Big Mom

One Piece Chapter 829 Big Mom

 As I stated in the review of the last chapter, King Kong ain't got sh*t on Big Mom! I think the only two highlights were Big Mom showcasing her powers, and Boss Jinbei finally appearing.  So here is a very short review of this chapter:

One Piece Chapter 828 Review: 1 and 2

Sanji's older brothers

Good news and bad news. The good news is that chapter 828 came out. The bad news is One Piece will be on break for one week. But as the wise guy said once upon a time: "if you are given lemons, you better know how to make lemonade."  So here is my lemonade of the week, a quick review of chapter 828...Bazinga!

One Piece Chapter 827: Alice In Totland Wonderland

Totland, Big Mom's Territory

 Another week, another One Piece. Since there was not much action in it, I will try to make this one a quickie.

One Piece 826 Review: Family Ties

Yonji and Reiju Vinsmoke

After a long painful week without a new chapter, Oda served us finally with more information about Germa 66 in chapter 826. Sanji's siblings are finally revealed!

GIFs of Yonko Kaido - One Piece Episode 739

The ugliest One Piece episode -554

I stopped watching [with interest] the One Piece anime ever since the Fishmen Island arc. The ugly animation just turned me off, it was disrespectful to say the least. Although even Dragon Ball Z had some ugly animated episodes, those can be tolerated because of its age. But from time to time, because anime left a deep footprint in my life, I like to tune in and see how epic moments from the mangas are portrayed in animation. 

Episode 739 marked the entrance of Yonko Kaido. Though I expected great animation from start to finish, the first half of the episode left me disappointed. But the last scene when Kaido appeared was well done. I think they used the same animation style which was used throughout most of the War of The Summit arc.  I really miss the early One Piece animation techniques, it was simply unique, simple, and beautiful in its own way. 

Enough of my complaints, here are two Gifs images of when Kaidou appeared! 

One Piece Chapter 825 Review: Family Affair

Germa 66 Appears

Pfff, finally free after spending two nights working on an application...  

One Piece Chapter 825 came out earlier than usual thanks to last week's Golden Week in Japan. Anyway, anyhow, let me offer some quick thoughts on this relatively short chapter:

One Piece Chapter 824 Review: Little Pirate Games

Son of a criminal

Wave after wave, each new chapter brings with it epic-tsunamy-like revelations. That's why we love One Piece. Chapter 824 showed us the tip of the iceberg known as the Yonko's power. Lot of things happened and were hinted, so let's get started with the review:

One Piece Chapter 823 Quick Review: Reverie and Baltigo

823: Start of the Reverie

Yo!

We know for sure Vivi and co. are heading to the reverie.  This year's reverie will allow Vivi, Rebecca, and Shirahoshi to all meet for the first time. It seems the future now rests on the shoulders of princesses! 

They will most likely create their own princess band as an offshoot to the SH. Hopefully ODA will keep an eye on any development that happen with them. 

Chapter 822 Review: Team Sanji and Vivi

Chapter 822 was like that savory and familiar meal which leaves one in a satisfied mood. It stresses once again Luffy's contagious carefree ways and his crew's total trust in him.

No major actions occured in the chapter, but here were the main highlights:

One Piece Chapter 821 Review: ZOU, Scracthmen Apoo

821: The last shadow of death. Zou takes out Jack

Holy Moly, there I was hoping to see a showdown between the SW and Jack. Little did I know, Zou was the act of God, as in that famous line from Pacific Rim: "There are things you can't fight, acts of God. You see a hurricane coming, you have to get out of the way..." But Jack didn't heed to that thought from the wise man. Zou, powerful and large as the hurricane, was the last shadow  Jack witnessed. Under the command of Monosuke, it took out with a single swing of his trunk Jack's entire fleet! That, my dear One Piece fans, is true power.

Jack Got K.O.ed

Here are the other main points from the chapter:

Who Are The Members Of The Vinsmoke Family? Identities Revealed!?

I think I just figured out at least one of the Vinsmoke family members!

Fight Against Big Mom: Who Will Join/Help Luffy Rescue Sanji

Since Luffy decided to go rescue Sanji out of his current predicament, we can expect that at least three mini arcs will happen before the real showdown against Yonko Kaidou:
1) Luffy will face-off Big Mom (more like a animated meeting) and the Vinesmoke family
2) Some of the Straw Hats will be fighting Jack before heading to Wano (See chapter 822)
3) Master Nekomamushi will go recruit Marco, possibly running into Edward Weeble a.k.a. Whitebeard Jr.
4) .....reserved

 This post is really about the first point raised above. I think we're in for a big surprise. Let's get started then:

Chapter 820 Review - Marco The Phoenix

Wow there really was an overload of important clues and information disclosed by Oda sensei in chapter 820. Not that we dislike it; on the contrary, we love it! I believe the most important piece we got from this chapter is the clash between Marco The Phoenix and the The Black Beard Pirates which resulted in: 1) the defeat of Marco, and 2) Marshall D Teach being labeled as a Yonko. That's something I definitely wanna hear more about just like the clash between Aokiji and Akainu that also resulted in the defeat of Aokiji and his defection to the Black pirates.

Let's get down with the review of the chapter!

The Minks' Secret Trump Card - The Dragon Ball Z Link

Duke Inuarashi on the Minks' trump card

Hmm, last night something just jumped at me while re-reading last week's chapter 819. I think I might have figured out the minks' trump card!

Post Chapter 819: Who's Going To Defeat Jack The Drought?

>>>MAJOR UPDATE HERE<<<

Yonko Kaidou certainly has a crazy strong entourage. His right hand man Jack The Drought, a 1 Billion Berry bounty man, one of Three Calamities, was able to withstand five continuous days of battle against Duke Inuarashi and Master Nekomamushi. Although he used a underhanded trick with Caesar's gas, something worthy of a coward, his destructive power is nothing to be sneezed at.

Let's run down our usual suspect list!

Who Injured Yonko Hundred-Beast Kaidou?

 I couldn't hold onto my chair when Oda [sensei] revealed to us the last Yonko, Hundred-Beast Kaidou. After a minor disappointment with Big Mam--although I did expect a super sized being--Kaidou was just what is expected of the top of the crème, one of the Yonko. A beast whose aura gives away sheer power.

Now, the reason for this short post is to figure out what happened or who caused the injury on Kaidou's stomach.

 You see it?


Who could have possibly inflicted such an injury on the body of the Strongest Living Creature?

Well here are my usual suspects:

Why Shanks Doesn't Want To Become Pirate King

Shanks, a Yonko Unlike Any

The internet is buzzing all around with emotional speculations that Luffy will one day cross hair with Shanks right before becoming the next KOP. This might as well be true since the hero himself proclaimed his plan to wipe the floor with all four of them!

That will be wonderful, but I personally have no interest in such a fight. I already see the possible conclusion(s)  if it were to occur:

1. Luffy beats him and hands back his straw hat. Shanks will say you deserve this, you are now the KOP. Have it back. Fate will have it that someone, a new kid, will inherit the hat!
2. Shanks beats the living s**t out of Luffy. But everyone is happy and no hard feelings. Luffy learns the lesson: I still have a long way to go. Story continues, but Luffy will ultimately become Pirate King.

 Nothing really exciting as you see.

 Now let's get to the reason why Shanks is not interested in the iron seat!

Location of the Fourth Road Poneglyph: The World Government vs. Shanks vs. Dragon

Yo! My mind is going into trance right now. All sort of theories are just jumping inside. Before understanding one, another theory shines in the dark corner of my brain. Let's see if my fingers can catch up with the spree. The following contains major spoilers following One Piece Chapter 818 Inside The Whale, read at your own risk.
Now that sensei [Oda] decided to give more insight about the four red [road] ponyglyphs, I just wanted to explore the potential places where it is located. Let's get started:

Why Portgas D. Ace Had To Die

This is a question that should've been asked a while ago, but since I closed out my blog on a whim and figured the above question is still relevant today, it's never too late. Let's get into then. 

One of the saddest moment in the history of manga was unequivocally the death of Portgas D. Ace. I haven't shed a tear ever since I read One Piece, Volume 59, Chapter 574  (and watching that part in the anime :-p). Well, I have been going through and through to understand why sensei [Eiichiro Oda] decided to kill off the character who stole the show ever since he first appeared during the Alabasta arc. And now that we've all witnessed with great pleasure Sabo's return, and seen how powerful the pirates sailing in the New World are, I came down to two major reasons why Ace had to die: