One Piece 32
Posted: January 26, 2010 Filed under: One Piece 1 Comment »Eiichiro Oda – Viz – 2010 – 56+ volumes
Here we have the conclusion to the fight between Eneru and Luffy. It is spectacular. In my opinion, one of the greatest moments in the series is that final spread where the people on Jaya are listening and looking. I know its specifically written to strike a chord like that, the same way I know I shouldn’t get all upset over the flashbacks because I hate to think I can be manipulated that easy, but… it’s great. It will always be one of my favorite moments in One Piece.
The Straw Hat Pirates get out of dodge pretty quickly once Eneru goes down, which is pretty impressive given the fact that the entirety of the cloud cities was wiped out. We get another hint about an ultimate weapon, this time the Leviathan to match the Pluton Robin found in Alabasta. I had forgotten about this, but it’ll likely be important later.
Once the Straw Hats say their goodbyes, they plummet back down to the Grand Line in search of the next island and a shipwright to help them patch up the poor Merry, which is in sad shape. I like the fact that the Merry keeps all the damage it sustains, from that figurehead being snapped off almost immediately to all the holes and various damage its taken over the course of the story. When someone snaps the guard rails off the Merry, it’s not fixed in the next scene. Usopp fixes it later, and he’s no shipwright.
Next stop is Long Ring Long Land. The gang runs into Tonjit, a native of the island who was left behind by his nomadic tribe in an accident. This part’s all sorts of hilarious, as is to be expected from the in-between One Piece stories, and Tonjit gets to show off his daaaaaaaaachshund. He’s not the main focus, alas, and at the end of the volume, Luffy is confronted by Foxy the Silver Fox and is challenged to a three-coin Davy Back Fight run by orthodox rules. Luffy accepts without knowing any more than we do, but the rest will come next time.
Good stuff, as always, and I do like the Davy Back Fight, so let the marathon continue!
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
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