Tag: Manga
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One Piece chapter 1168 review
The climax of the flashback draws close, I feel like in maybe as few as two chapters we could be back in the present for the first time since… June? Jesus christ. That’s such a long time to go without our actual main character. There’s more leaping forward in time here with some surprising skips.…
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One Piece chapter 1167 review
We’re officially in a new phase of the flashback now, leaping forward by years at a time to reach the next pivotal beat. This week represents one of our biggest looks yet behind the scenes of the God Knights’ structure and organisation, providing a few answers and a whole lot of new mysteries. Oh, and…
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One Piece chapter 1166 review
Oda takes a chapter to put a bow on the God Valley storyline and ease us back to Harald. And it feels like a reasonable ending for volume 114. It’s always nice getting that Jump cover/colour spread combo as well. The spread has some nice, autumnal vibes with some pleasing new outfits for the characters…
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One Piece chapter 1165 review
Well that’s definitely more actual fight choreography than I expected from a flashback. What a pleasant surprise as we say farewell to a legend. If anyone deserved this special treatment it’s Rocks. I like that the fighting is set up so that every move comes as a one-two punch. Oda doesn’t let Roger or Garp…
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One Piece chapter 1164 review
Well, the end has come. God Valley is wrapping up. Rocks is on his last legs. Volume 114 is now on its ninth chapter, so I guess we’re not going back to the present before the flashback is done, even if we stretch to 12 chapters. If the cover story hadn’t finished when it did,…
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One Piece chapter 1163 review
Oda may make us wait, but he rarely fails to deliver when the time comes. And this week, he has delivered. My god, has he delivered. It’s a hype chapter, but it’s also a ‘more questions’ rather than a ‘some answers’ kind of installment. Imu rising out of Saturn is something that has the potential…
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One Piece chapter 1162 review
Illness or not, Oda is delivering hard on God Valley. Now on the seventh chapter of volume 114, I’m wondering if he’ll be able to wrap the flashback up before the book ends, or if we’ll really go a full volume without any contact with the present – or Luffy. Never too late for a…
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One Piece 1161 review
A lot of interesting things happened this week, so obviously the thing to talk about is cover pages. Chapter 1161 uniquely has two of them – a colour spread and a cover story. And yes, this is actually unique, though some may think otherwise. We have to distinguish between magazine colour pages and actual parts…
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One Piece chapter 1160 review
The main event is here. This chapter takes the time to revel in the brutality of it and the weight of the crews who have shown up to fight. It turns out light on plot progression, which is something I’d normally be hard on. But with all the hype, lingering here gives the scene appropriate…
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One Piece chapter 1159 review
It’s finally happening and it’s even bigger than we thought. It’s been a One Piece thing going all the way back to the very first volume to emphasise that treasure is in the eye of the beholder: family and personal keepsakes rather than silver and gold. How fitting then, that love, lust and family become…
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