Tag: Analysis
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One Piece chapter 1139 review and analysis
It’s definitely not the blockbuster that the last two chapters were, but the rollercoaster had to peak somewhere, and I don’t think there’s many who’d complain about getting a Scopper Gaban reveal. Even with a shorter pagecount and break week to really make things feel like old times. I’m on record somewhere on the internet…
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One Piece chapter 1109 review
Ten minutes? Boo. BOOOOOOO! What a tease. That’s, what, 4 chapters of Dressrosa time? 18 chapters of Namek time? Fine. It’s fine. But to get more serious, this is Egghead going full circle. First we were set up to expect a defensive siege of the main lab, then it evolved into an escape sequence, and…
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What Black Sails took from Treasure Island
This essay was originally posted to Reddit in July 2022. It had been about a decade since I last read the original 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island, but after last month finishing for the first time and loving Black Sails, the 2014 – 2017 TV series that positions itself as a prequel to the…
