kraftykc:
Lol I'm not following the anime but from the Nairalandinfo's I figure Senór Pink and Frankie have begun their fight.

Hope its worth it.

Nairalandinfo:




Dunno abt android but if u have got a BB, then use the in-built browser (not UC web/operamini) to download from kissanime.com OR check chia-anime.com that @sagenaruto gave mi....besides I hate narutobase'z downloadz....too much mb just for one episode? No not mi

TopsyKrete:
My honorable One Piece fans,
There is a special service announcement i will like you to take note of, and that is the aspect of SPOILER ALERT!!!
There are some of us that have vowed not to read the OP manga due to factors best known to us ( as in we like to keep our imaginations alive till the anime is aired).

Please, will you be willing to indicate a Spoiler Alert at any Manga sightings on this thread, since the manga is like 6 to 8 months into the future story of OP?

Arigato!!!

Nairalandinfo:
Culled from Mangastream

Lost in Translation: Humanity
and Divinity


Hello there everyone, voxanimus again. You were
all so kind in your comments on my last blog post
that I thought I'd do another one. Well, that and this
week's One Piece chapter has yet again a lot of stuff
I want to talk about. I think.
Anyway, let's get the more lighthearted stuff out of
the way. Several characters' full names were
revealed this week, and I wanted to give some
background on the references contained therein.
Corazon's real name is Rocinante, or the name of
Don Quixote's horse in the eponymous book. Law's
name contains two references to the Napoleonic
Wars: the Battle of Trafalgar is a naval engagement
in which British forces led by Horatio Lord Nelson
sunk 22 French ships without losing a single of their
own. "Water Law" is a transliteration of the
Japanese pronunciation of "Waterloo," the name of
the battle in which Napoleon was defeated once
and for all. Japanese has a habit of using the native
pronunciation of a word when adopting it into
Japanese; the Belgian pronunciation of Waterloo is
closer to "Water Law." This means that
transcriptions of the name as "Watel" and the like
are clearly wrong. On the heels of this fact, I would
like to make a request to all of you readers. Please
refrain from commenting other scanlation groups'
translations—be it of names, attacks, or dialogue—
in the Mangastream comments section. I find it
disrespectful to not only my work but that of our
other translators. We spend no small amount of
time and effort trying to come up with the most
faithful and appropriate renderings we can of these
manga, and to ignore that work is not very nice, to
say the least.
Now, let's talk a little about the main underlying
reference of this week's chapter. Again, though, to
understand it, we need a bit of historical
background.
Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Allied
Forces insisted, as part of the war reparations, that
Japan move away from its imperial government
and towards a more democratic one. Pursuant to
this goal, Emperor Hirohito was required to issue a
statement officially renouncing his status as living
god, which would thereby decrease his
monarchical right to sovereignty and pave the way
for the writing of a new Japanese Constitution that
would formally enshrine democratic power as the
de facto arbiter of Japanese politics. The Emperor
and the Japanese royal family would remain as
mere symbols of the Japanese government, with
little real power. The name of this declaration was 人
間宣言 (にんげんせんげん, ningen sengen), which means
"declaration of humanity." Sound familiar?
It is certainly very evident that Doflamingo's
father's descent from the Holy Land and attendant
renunciation of holy status is at least superficially
similar to that performed by Emperor Hirohito
following World War II. But the similarities do not
run as deep as they did last week. Doffy's father's
reverse apotheosis, if you will, caused his family to
fall into ruin, as they were preyed upon by those
they used to rule. Yet, on the other hand, Hirohito's
renunciation of divinity was, at least in the long run,
a very good thing for Japan. It allowed for the
appointment of a Japanese Prime Minister and
governance power to rest almost wholly in the
hands of the three branches of the Japanese
government.
In truth, though, Japan was actually occupied by
Allied forces (in effect, the United States) and the
majority of the governmental and economic
reforms implemented following the war were done
so at the behest or even command of the occupying
forces. While it is probably not disputable that the
long-term consequences of Allied occupation of
Japan were beneficial, the attitude of the average
Japanese citizen towards the occupation itself is
less clear-cut. Some believed that the somewhat
ham-fisted occupation's use of power hearkened
back to the pre-Meiji days of the shogunate.
Ultimately, I cannot say whether or not Oda is
trying to critique, using Doflamingo's family as a
foil, the treatment of Japan at the hands of America
following the Japanese emperor's renunciation of
holiness. I was neither alive during the occupation
period nor have I been to Japan and had a chance
to talk with Japanese people about this. In addition,
attitudes toward these sort of political issues vary
from generation to generation, and I know not
which generation's reaction Oda is calling upon.
What do you think? Leave your opinion, or any
suggestions or feedback, in the comments below.
Stay frosty, friends.


- voxanimus

kraftykc:
Oi, who here thinks Zorro is now overpowered. I mean homie is making short work of Peeka and I have a good feeling that he would be a much tougher opponent for Doffy.

Not saying he is stronger than Luffy but his swords gives him a bigger advantage over Luffy's fists.

Also I have to ask who can join the crew as a new member now...Rebecca seems out of it cos she wants to live with her father, Violet is a maybe but I don't know why she would join, she doesn't have the thirst for the seas like each member of the ship. Cavendish and Law are already captain material and can't work under anyone. Surely Kyros and Riku are too rooted in the kingdom... So that leaves Bellamy for me.

Think about it, Bellamy has no crew, is not as powerful as Sanji, has a mission (to see and survive the coming tidal wave) and has the vision that each SH possesses in purpose. He also demonstrated mettle by not having the guts to carry out the kill order given by Dillinger on Luffy.

So Bellamy is the new crewmember, nevermind that he has no trade.

sanali:


What the hell is this dude saying, get a medication for your brain, you do know this is just a fiction not a reality

sanali:


If that happens, I will personally go to japan and slap ODA, den come back to naija

kraftykc:


But maka why Bellamy is crew material I believe

kraftykc:


But maka why Bellamy is crew material I believe

TopsyKrete:


are you trying to say that the subtle messages passed across in one piece is not an abstract of reality?

UchihaItachi:


Why are you so sure they'll get a new crew member? Although if it happens, a girl would be nice

UchihaItachi:


Why are you so sure they'll get a new crew member? Although if it happens, a girl would be nice

sanali:


Well at the start of the series, luffy did say he want at least 10 crew members, but i rily don't like ballamy to join, not even a person in dis arc. Just want jimbie to reconsider luffys offer and join

Frankloon:
*Spoiler Alert*

Those on here who also read the manga, already know that after this arc the Straw hat crew will never be the same again. Apart from the fact that Bartoleo (fanboy), has made his crew a part of the straw hat, the straw hat will be having a fleet (Thanks to Ussop sugar defeat reverting the toys to humans, now all the victims are being grateful to the straw hat, swearing allegiances and joining the straw hat, some captains are even going as far as worshipping and becoming slaves to the mugiwaras). Even Don chincao swore that his people are joining the straw hat.

Straw Hat taking down the yonkou's might not sound ridiculous anymore, Luffy is on his way to being a yonkou himself, cos after this arc, Dressrosa will be is first freed Island from tyranny in the new world, and will be under his jurisdiction, with his new pirate fleet.

sanali:


Just telling you, you are way too obsses wit dis fiction. Get a grip

kraftykc:
So today's chapter....so sad I have tears in a bucket.

Corazon was sooo chill, it's just so crazy how he died. I think Law's childhood is the worse one yet, even Robin never had it this bad...


So who was that kid that the Marines caught BTW? Dory, I think his name was.

TopsyKrete:


Obssesed you say?

Then u r part of those that see movies and the likes without getting any meaningful lesson, besides nofin like reading between the lines in ur world i guess...

Emrich:
Can someone please direct me to a site I can download the one piece animation

ctuagent007:

I believe u are mistakenly following only the anime because the anime is filled with fillers per episode.....for instance in the last episode, where Luffy was shown punching people anyhow, it wasn't like that in the manga, the same goes for the introduction of Diamante & Burguess.
All the times, one manga chapter is divided into 2 or 3 episodes with stupid fillers occupying the space....coupled with the BAD animation almost every episode.
I wish they could postpone the anime(having like 80-100 gap from the manga) and have like 15-20 episode fillers so that they could channel/focus on the cannon episode just as TV Tokyo does with naruto episodes(20-25 fillers every year) whereby what should be for cannon should be cannon & fillers be left to fillers.....so that 2-3 manga chapters with be for one episode(with no fillers in between)

kraftykc:
Can we at least drop gist about what is happening now, we now know what Vergo did to scar Law so badly so it all makes sense. As much as this has been fun, I want to get back to the fight btwn Doffy and Luffy quickly, it's about to be wicked.

kraftykc:
Oi, who here thinks Zorro is now overpowered. I mean homie is making short work of Peeka and I have a good feeling that he would be a much tougher opponent for Doffy.

Not saying he is stronger than Luffy but his swords gives him a bigger advantage over Luffy's fists.

Also I have to ask who can join the crew as a new member now...Rebecca seems out of it cos she wants to live with her father, Violet is a maybe but I don't know why she would join, she doesn't have the thirst for the seas like each member of the ship. Cavendish and Law are already captain material and can't work under anyone. Surely Kyros and Riku are too rooted in the kingdom... So that leaves Bellamy for me.

Think about it, Bellamy has no crew, is not as powerful as Sanji, has a mission (to see and survive the coming tidal wave) and has the vision that each SH possesses in purpose. He also demonstrated mettle by not having the guts to carry out the kill order given by Dillinger on Luffy.

So Bellamy is the new crewmember, nevermind that he has no trade.

UchihaItachi:


Why are you so sure they'll get a new crew member? Although if it happens, a girl would be nice

Frankloon:
*Spoiler Alert*

Those on here who also read the manga, already know that after this arc the Straw hat crew will never be the same again. Apart from the fact that Bartoleo (fanboy), has made his crew a part of the straw hat, the straw hat will be having a fleet (Thanks to Ussop sugar defeat reverting the toys to humans, now all the victims are being grateful to the straw hat, swearing allegiances and joining the straw hat, some captains are even going as far as worshipping and becoming slaves to the mugiwaras). Even Don chincao swore that his people are joining the straw hat.

Straw Hat taking down the yonkou's might not sound ridiculous anymore, Luffy is on his way to being a yonkou himself, cos after this arc, Dressrosa will be is first freed Island from tyranny in the new world, and will be under his jurisdiction, with his new pirate fleet.

Frankloon:


The chapter was okay, not really interesting. And I agree, Law as been through hell to get to where he is now. It's a wonder how he stayed sane, a kid having a terminal illness with no hope of a cure is no joke

sanali:


What the hell is this dude saying, get a medication for your brain, you do know this is just a fiction not a reality

kraftykc:
So today's chapter....so sad I have tears in a bucket.

Corazon was sooo chill, it's just so crazy how he died. I think Law's childhood is the worse one yet, even Robin never had it this bad...


So who was that kid that the Marines caught BTW? Dory, I think his name was.