What the hell’s going on?!
Don’t you just hate being stood up? You meticulously plan out the evening with your friends. You put on your best and/or cleanest clothes. Everyone agrees on where to go. And, when finally it’s the promised date you’ve been waiting weeks or months for to get your party on…an unexpected change of plans.
Well, Kin’emon and the rest of Team Samurai understand all too well. They’ve arrived at Tokage Port ready to sail to Onigashima and whoop-ass but no one else is there. Luffy and the Strawhat Crew. Law. Cat Viper. Even Jibuemon isn’t there! And, he’s my favorite (Who the hell is Jibuemon?)!
All we know is there was an “incident” the previous night that obviously threw Kin’mon’s plans out the window and on to the street where a tractor-trailer ran it over then exploded. We know Orochi was getting intel from a traitor. Looks like he used it to seemingly crush the Rebellion in one fell swoop. Welcome the Wano: Act Three. Ouch!
Not much else to talk about except for the flashback at the beginning of the chapter. We see a silhouetted Kozuki Oden sailing on the Oro Jackson with Gol D. Roger and his crew. I wasn’t expecting to see that so soon! We see him interacting with a laid back (i.e. drunk) Roger, Crocus, Rayleigh, Shanks, and Buggy. From what Oden was saying, I think the flashback takes place after he learns the truth of the world the Roger Pirates discovered when they found One Piece. Seems like Oden wants to go back to Wano, determining the best thing for the country after learning what Roger knows is opening its borders.
That was a…whiplash of a chapter. I’m more confused than anything. I don’t hate it but after the previous chapters brimming with awesome, this one was just a mysterious setup about a mystery I don’t really care about. At least, I don’t care as much as what’s happening with the Seven Warlord or what the SSG’s cooking up to replace them. Those are all interesting mysteries. What we got in this chapter seems like a plot twist just to have a plot twist.
So, are we getting the big Wano flashback next chapter? Probably. With the focus on Team Samurai and Kozuki Oden in this chapter, it’s the perfect time to do it. I’m actually looking forward to it. Mostly. Sorta. Kinda. Well…I just wanna know more about Kozuki Oden and Toki. Ugh, I’m such a bad One Piece fan. Time to go sit in the corner, again.
Mammoth Base Opera Castle 