Tag: Review
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One Piece chapter 1111 review
Last one going into another long break. Potentially but not definitely the end of volume 109. And I think a shift into the final bit of action for the Egghead Arc. While I’m disappointed to have to go three weeks without, I definitely prefer Oda getting the downtime he needs to carry the story through…
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One Piece chapter 1110 review
This is a chapter that doesn’t disappoint. Things are really heating up as we hit the tenth chapter of volume 109 with Egghead’s likely final end-of-volume cliffhanger to come in the next chapter or two. But we start out with a new cover story, and yeah, it’s Yamato following Oden’s tour of Wano, which is…
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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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One Piece chapter 1108 review
Ooh, this is actually heating up right when I was expecting Egghead to start winding down and continue cutting off sources of tension. There was a point a year and a bit ago where the question might have been asked, ‘why this arc, on this island?’ If Oda is rushing to the finale, what does…
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One Piece chapter 1107 review
The Egghead climax is definitely in full swing now, but it’s still hard to tell how much of a full length, stand-your-ground fight to expect from this arc. Battles lately have left more like skirmishes. They’re not about beating down your opponent until they physically can’t move anymore, it’s enough to make them dazed and…
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One Piece chapter 1106 review
Where last week’s chapter was all the slow setup, this one is 100% slow payoff. It’s the turnaround for all of Egghead’s tension, and Oda lets it breathe for an uncharacteristically long time, giving us pages and pages of relishing the Buster Call fleet’s destruction and the ultimate demonstration of Kuma’s love for Bonney. And…
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One Piece chapter 1105 review
After two incredible satisfying steps forward, One Piece 2024 has its first transitional chapter, and at just 13 pages it definitely feels short and soft. Not quite recappy, but just playing through a lot of things that need to be played out based on the last couple of chapters’ events. We start with an obligate…
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One Piece chapter 1104 review
If you want evidence of how in-focus Kuma and his family have been in recent months, look at the list of recent chapter titles. Bonney, Kuma (as himself, “daddy,” “Kumachi” and describing himself as a pacifist) and Ginny are mentioned in every title since chapter 1096. Characters in chapter titles is by no means a…
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One Piece chapter 1103 review
Back for the year of the dragon! I’d completely forgotten the zodiac colour spread was coming until I saw it. Franky absolutely wins this one with the hair and the decals on his shoulders. The axolotl-y looking dragon on Nami’s top is also pretty cute. This was perfect note for returning from the flashback to…
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One Piece chapter 1102 review
This unseasonably cold and wet Christmas morning, Oda gifts us with yet another heartbreaker of a flashback chapter to close out the year, but also a promise of a return to the present, and maybe some clues about what will happen when we get there. It’s a more relaxed easing into the present than I’d…
