Tag: Review
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One Piece chapter 1149 review
Wow, hey, I didn’t see that coming. And in fairness, I play it fairly safe as far as theorycrafting goes. The conventions of storytelling – the structure of rising and calling arcs of action and character growth, the long and short term pacing, the way foreshadowing is doled out – all are the way they…
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One Piece chapter 1148 review
Highs and lows this week with a great scene for Robin but the regeneration problem seeming to be solved in the least interesting way. There’s still time to right the ship on that second one, but we’ll get there when we get there. The Holy Knights are moving around pretty quickly between chapters here, Gunko…
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One Piece chapter 1147 review
On my first quick readthrough, I thought this looked like a bit of a bridging chapter, but rereading and taking down notes scene by scene I found a pretty decent amount of meat on its bones. Not much new in the cover story, except in the background, is that a random samurai claiming Who’s Who’s…
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One Piece chapter 1146 review
Whew, I’d really hoped to get through this before the next chapter’s spoilers dropped, but life just gets in the way sometimes. Hoping to be back to a degree of normalcy next week. Good to have One Piece back from its break in this busy time though, and I’m happy to be getting (at least…
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One Piece chapter 1145 review
Oh, I’m surprised the anime colour spread gets to be included in the official release as a part of the chapter. When I heard it wasn’t drawn by Oda and the chapter had a normal cover anyway, I figured it was just colour pages for the magazine. Wonder if it’ll keep its place in the…
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One Piece chapter 1144 review
Yeah, I think this is the end of volume 112. Oda has lately favoured rallying moments and bits of intrigue over dire and desperate cliffhangers for recent volume endings, so Dorry, Brogy and Scopper leaping into the fray is the perfect moment to cut things and leave readers excited to see what’s coming next. That…
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One Piece chapter 1143 review
Conflict is continuing to build on Elbaph, but this chapter doesn’t achieve quite the same momentum as the last few. It is, however, the tenth of volume 112, so we’re likely to see some big stuff next week or the week after to close out the book. Technically it could end here, but that last…
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One Piece chapter 1142 review
Oda shows no sign of hitting the breaks on Elbaph this week. It’s amazing how different his storytelling feels for this arc and Egghead compared to the bloat of Wano. Whether it’s a second wind from reaching the final saga, a response to feedback or personal feelings about how Wano turned out, or fear that…
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One Piece chapter 1141 review
Man, things are moving in this arc! I expected at least another chapter of transition and chapter before Luffy and Zoro even reached Loki, let alone freed him, but Oda’s wasting no time at all on this one. And we’re still in volume 112, with at least two chapters of it to go. This book…
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Gundam GQuuuuuux Beginning review
For the uninitiated, GQuuuuuux Beginning is the first fourish episodes of the upcoming Gundam series, made in collaboration with Studio Khara and plenty of staff of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame (including Hideaki Anno himself), recut into a short movie to preview the series in theatres. I had the chance to watch it this afternoon. This…
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