LoneLobo
July 30, 2009, 09:23 AM
So, yeah, welcome! Early chapter, early review =) I changed the style of my review a bit (got myself a logo~~), so feel free to give me feedback on these changes. I got a lot feedback since my first review, and I really appreciate it and want to say thanks to everyone replying to m reviews. The typical advice beforehand for every new reader, I’m not a native speaker of English. If I make any stupid grammar/spelling whatever mistakes, feel free to comment on that. I’m able to improve. ;) So let’s get started on the chapter…
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Cover Story - Tanuki stew on the run *lol*
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I predicted Nami as the next cover story, but instead we get Chopper. Well, he is actually running for his life, being chased by some primitive people. But look at the woman and the child behind her, they just look kinda funny. Not like actually people, but like ... I don't know. They just look strange. So, what will happen to Chopper. Will he escape or will he be eaten. The answer to that is obvious I think. The chapter title is "Ace and Whitebeard", so maybe we will get a glimpse or more at the relationship between father and (one of his) son(s).
Page 01-04 WTF moments
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Deja-vu! Ivankov tells his concerns whether their father will come or not. Luffy notices the "our" and just tells the truth: Gold Roger is Ace's father. Everyone goes What~~~~~~ and Luffy just: Oh, it's a secret. Everyone is shocked again. This small part of this double spread page is so funny, I laughed so hard xD We already got the same kind of joke back at Water Seven, but seeing it replayed with Luffy makes it even more funnier. This was just the comic relief we needed. And the Moby-Dick smiles at Marineford while Whitebeard laughes. What's he up to?
Whitebeard smiles (Sengoku looks concerned/pissed) and... cracks the air... what the hell? There seems to be an explosion underground which presses the water upwards. A bit like an atomic explosion under water. It also reminds me of the time when Shanks and Whitebeard fought. He split the sky back then... but more of this later, it's flashback time! (Oh, and we get one panel of Luffy... yeah~)
Page 05-07 Ace's Adventures
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Deja-vu! Now we get to see a bit of Ace's adventure. Please take a look the pictures I put above, one is from this chapter and the other one from chapter 1. Noticing any similarities? ;) I think this is a really nice connection between both of them, the chapters and the two brothers. The flag of the Spade Pirates (pretty cool if you ask me) is shown, and with the fire already depicted I assume Ace got his devil fruit really early on his journey. And Garp being pissed because he became a pirate, priceless. Sengoku seems to notice him really early too, but his first concern is the magic "D." and where this pirate comes from. Maybe he got a hunch already at that point. But Whitebeard notices him too, wondering why the youth is in such a hurry. Dude, you sound like the typical old man...
Ace visits Shanks, who has nothing better to do than to celebrate the thanks from Luffy (via Ace) and starts drinking. Somehow Shanks isn't a good role model in this aspect. =P The fast forward trough Ace's history continues with his meeting with Jimbei. And hey, the two persons seem to be in Ace pirate crew. Maybe we will see more of them in the (near) future... This fights has to be the one Ace mentions in chapter 529. Quoting: You practically killed me that time. Well, they fought for five days. That's a pretty long fight. Luffy couldn't do that, he would die of starvation *lol*
Page 08-09 Become my son!
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And then we get to see the first meeting between Ace and Whitebeard. The Moby-Dick smiles down at the Spade Pirates (I love this ship xD) and Whitebeard just says he will do it alone. Well, the Spade Pirates get their asses handed to them and Ace does the same decision like Luffy in chapter 320: He decides to fight Whitebeard alone so that his crew can escape. Luffy did the same with Aokiji. Man, another parallel between those two brothers. Well, Whitebeard defeats Ace (of course...) and offers him a deal: Become my son. Ace is surprised by this offer but not very happy about it. Then Ace meets Thatch, commander of the fourth division who tells him what happens. It seems Ace's crew got defeated and are on the same ship with him. Thatch is surprised by Ace question why he is not in handcuffs. Well, we find out on the next page.
Page 10-11 Ace, the assassin (or not)
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Ace tries to murder Whitebeard while Newgate sleeps. However, Whitebeard sleeps, wakes up, punches him and sleeps again. This was so funny. Whitebeard is so confident in himself and he is on a total different level than Ace. Well, Ace isn't the type to give up and tries and tries and tries... reaching the hundredth try or even more. But the Whitebeard crew seems to care somehow about him and Marco (the first division commander, hope I got his name right^^") gives him something to eat. Ace, having a father complex, is moved by the words of Marco (why they call them dad) and this is probably the point where he finally realizes that the father figure he was searching is already right in front of him. I also think it was a progress, taking 100+ assassination attempts, and this revelation was the little part that was missing for him to move on.
Page 12-13 Whitebeard's name on his back
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So the next panel we see Ace he has decided to join them and bears Whitebeard's name on his back. He becomes commander of the 2nd division and has a meal. Important revelation No. 1: Ace is Teach's commander. He tells Whitebeard about his dad but Whitebeard, the always smiling person he is, doesn't care much about it. And then we get to see what happened after Blackbeard killed Thatch. Important revelation No.2: Thatch was the one killed and he was the first Ace met on the Moby-Dick and they probably were friends. Whitebeard however says to let Teach go and that he has an uneasy feeling about it. Well, Ace went anyway. This is a bit different from what we knew until now. At Alabasta Ace just said he is searching for Blackbeard, but after Shanks went to Whitebeard to convince him to pull Ace back from his mission, we assumed after Whitebeards replies that he gave the order in the first place.
Page 14-15 Captain
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While the Moby-Dick smiles at Marineford, Ace ask's Whitebeard why he has come and that it's his own fault for being captured, because he went out on his own and everyone tried to stop him. Ace tells us the truth, but Whitebeard is acting like a true captain and just says he gave the order. Even one of his commanders confirms it. Whitebeard, the old stubborn guy, I really start to like him. His denying of Ace's own action just shows a caring captain and father, ready to forgive his son for every mistake. And declaring that they are going to save him. Hey, we are indeed waiting for that to happen ;)
Page 16-18 The Power to Destroy the World
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Whitebeard gets serious and now we see the fruits of his doing at the beginning of the chapter. Garp and Sengoku take over the role of the explainer of this situation and there are some interesting facts: Whitebeard made a tsunami. Okay, cool. Whitebeard ate the Gura-Gura Fruit and is a Quakeman. This is a surprise, because most people assumed Whitebeard wasn't a fruit user and just an awesome strong old guy. Sengoku describes his powers as the power to destroy the world. I think this is a bit over-the-top, but Whitebeard can do Tsunamis and a good earthquake can destroy whole islands. A pretty frightening power. Sengoku isn't even sure if they can win this fight. Isn't this really stupid? Just to kill Roger's son they risk Marine HQ and lots of strong marines being wiped out? Roger pissed them off pretty much in the past... And look at those waves, they are freaking huge! Prediction time ;)
Conclusion and Predictions
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This was a great chapter. Great connections between Luffy's and Ace's adventure, nice flashbacks of Ace joining Whitebeard and a few other important revelations. This chapter got everything you can wish for. But~
What will happen? Good question... I think the flashback time is over for now and we will get to see the war between Whitebeard and Marine HQ. Luffy will probably come a bit closer to the Marineford and will see what is going on, but his real arrival should be in 2 or 3 chapters. Oh, and Chopper will probably escape... of course. Maybe Aokiji will freeze those two waves, and maybe we will see Akainu's power. Because Oda is unpredictable, this is all I can imagine right now.
Have a nice day ;)
LoneLobo
Credits: All pictures taken from Sukikim Scans, except for that picture from chapter one. No idea from which group that is...
PS: I forgot something last chapter. Who opened the door for Luffy and co? My idea is that a hidden revolutionist could have done it. Whitebeard probably didn't do it, how should he know that there was a friendly ship coming from Impel Down? It could've been Garp, caring for his grandson, but it's not very likely that he did it. So, only time will tell ;)
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Cover Story - Tanuki stew on the run *lol*
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I predicted Nami as the next cover story, but instead we get Chopper. Well, he is actually running for his life, being chased by some primitive people. But look at the woman and the child behind her, they just look kinda funny. Not like actually people, but like ... I don't know. They just look strange. So, what will happen to Chopper. Will he escape or will he be eaten. The answer to that is obvious I think. The chapter title is "Ace and Whitebeard", so maybe we will get a glimpse or more at the relationship between father and (one of his) son(s).
Page 01-04 WTF moments
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Deja-vu! Ivankov tells his concerns whether their father will come or not. Luffy notices the "our" and just tells the truth: Gold Roger is Ace's father. Everyone goes What~~~~~~ and Luffy just: Oh, it's a secret. Everyone is shocked again. This small part of this double spread page is so funny, I laughed so hard xD We already got the same kind of joke back at Water Seven, but seeing it replayed with Luffy makes it even more funnier. This was just the comic relief we needed. And the Moby-Dick smiles at Marineford while Whitebeard laughes. What's he up to?
Whitebeard smiles (Sengoku looks concerned/pissed) and... cracks the air... what the hell? There seems to be an explosion underground which presses the water upwards. A bit like an atomic explosion under water. It also reminds me of the time when Shanks and Whitebeard fought. He split the sky back then... but more of this later, it's flashback time! (Oh, and we get one panel of Luffy... yeah~)
Page 05-07 Ace's Adventures
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Deja-vu! Now we get to see a bit of Ace's adventure. Please take a look the pictures I put above, one is from this chapter and the other one from chapter 1. Noticing any similarities? ;) I think this is a really nice connection between both of them, the chapters and the two brothers. The flag of the Spade Pirates (pretty cool if you ask me) is shown, and with the fire already depicted I assume Ace got his devil fruit really early on his journey. And Garp being pissed because he became a pirate, priceless. Sengoku seems to notice him really early too, but his first concern is the magic "D." and where this pirate comes from. Maybe he got a hunch already at that point. But Whitebeard notices him too, wondering why the youth is in such a hurry. Dude, you sound like the typical old man...
Ace visits Shanks, who has nothing better to do than to celebrate the thanks from Luffy (via Ace) and starts drinking. Somehow Shanks isn't a good role model in this aspect. =P The fast forward trough Ace's history continues with his meeting with Jimbei. And hey, the two persons seem to be in Ace pirate crew. Maybe we will see more of them in the (near) future... This fights has to be the one Ace mentions in chapter 529. Quoting: You practically killed me that time. Well, they fought for five days. That's a pretty long fight. Luffy couldn't do that, he would die of starvation *lol*
Page 08-09 Become my son!
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And then we get to see the first meeting between Ace and Whitebeard. The Moby-Dick smiles down at the Spade Pirates (I love this ship xD) and Whitebeard just says he will do it alone. Well, the Spade Pirates get their asses handed to them and Ace does the same decision like Luffy in chapter 320: He decides to fight Whitebeard alone so that his crew can escape. Luffy did the same with Aokiji. Man, another parallel between those two brothers. Well, Whitebeard defeats Ace (of course...) and offers him a deal: Become my son. Ace is surprised by this offer but not very happy about it. Then Ace meets Thatch, commander of the fourth division who tells him what happens. It seems Ace's crew got defeated and are on the same ship with him. Thatch is surprised by Ace question why he is not in handcuffs. Well, we find out on the next page.
Page 10-11 Ace, the assassin (or not)
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Ace tries to murder Whitebeard while Newgate sleeps. However, Whitebeard sleeps, wakes up, punches him and sleeps again. This was so funny. Whitebeard is so confident in himself and he is on a total different level than Ace. Well, Ace isn't the type to give up and tries and tries and tries... reaching the hundredth try or even more. But the Whitebeard crew seems to care somehow about him and Marco (the first division commander, hope I got his name right^^") gives him something to eat. Ace, having a father complex, is moved by the words of Marco (why they call them dad) and this is probably the point where he finally realizes that the father figure he was searching is already right in front of him. I also think it was a progress, taking 100+ assassination attempts, and this revelation was the little part that was missing for him to move on.
Page 12-13 Whitebeard's name on his back
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So the next panel we see Ace he has decided to join them and bears Whitebeard's name on his back. He becomes commander of the 2nd division and has a meal. Important revelation No. 1: Ace is Teach's commander. He tells Whitebeard about his dad but Whitebeard, the always smiling person he is, doesn't care much about it. And then we get to see what happened after Blackbeard killed Thatch. Important revelation No.2: Thatch was the one killed and he was the first Ace met on the Moby-Dick and they probably were friends. Whitebeard however says to let Teach go and that he has an uneasy feeling about it. Well, Ace went anyway. This is a bit different from what we knew until now. At Alabasta Ace just said he is searching for Blackbeard, but after Shanks went to Whitebeard to convince him to pull Ace back from his mission, we assumed after Whitebeards replies that he gave the order in the first place.
Page 14-15 Captain
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While the Moby-Dick smiles at Marineford, Ace ask's Whitebeard why he has come and that it's his own fault for being captured, because he went out on his own and everyone tried to stop him. Ace tells us the truth, but Whitebeard is acting like a true captain and just says he gave the order. Even one of his commanders confirms it. Whitebeard, the old stubborn guy, I really start to like him. His denying of Ace's own action just shows a caring captain and father, ready to forgive his son for every mistake. And declaring that they are going to save him. Hey, we are indeed waiting for that to happen ;)
Page 16-18 The Power to Destroy the World
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Whitebeard gets serious and now we see the fruits of his doing at the beginning of the chapter. Garp and Sengoku take over the role of the explainer of this situation and there are some interesting facts: Whitebeard made a tsunami. Okay, cool. Whitebeard ate the Gura-Gura Fruit and is a Quakeman. This is a surprise, because most people assumed Whitebeard wasn't a fruit user and just an awesome strong old guy. Sengoku describes his powers as the power to destroy the world. I think this is a bit over-the-top, but Whitebeard can do Tsunamis and a good earthquake can destroy whole islands. A pretty frightening power. Sengoku isn't even sure if they can win this fight. Isn't this really stupid? Just to kill Roger's son they risk Marine HQ and lots of strong marines being wiped out? Roger pissed them off pretty much in the past... And look at those waves, they are freaking huge! Prediction time ;)
Conclusion and Predictions
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This was a great chapter. Great connections between Luffy's and Ace's adventure, nice flashbacks of Ace joining Whitebeard and a few other important revelations. This chapter got everything you can wish for. But~
What will happen? Good question... I think the flashback time is over for now and we will get to see the war between Whitebeard and Marine HQ. Luffy will probably come a bit closer to the Marineford and will see what is going on, but his real arrival should be in 2 or 3 chapters. Oh, and Chopper will probably escape... of course. Maybe Aokiji will freeze those two waves, and maybe we will see Akainu's power. Because Oda is unpredictable, this is all I can imagine right now.
Have a nice day ;)
LoneLobo
Credits: All pictures taken from Sukikim Scans, except for that picture from chapter one. No idea from which group that is...
PS: I forgot something last chapter. Who opened the door for Luffy and co? My idea is that a hidden revolutionist could have done it. Whitebeard probably didn't do it, how should he know that there was a friendly ship coming from Impel Down? It could've been Garp, caring for his grandson, but it's not very likely that he did it. So, only time will tell ;)