Eiichiro Oda screwed the Kuja Pirates. And not in a good way.
It’s bad enough Amazon Lily’s current head honcho’s known more for her beauty than talent. But, in today’s chapter, we learn that’s always been the case!
The Kuja Pirates aren’t dangerous because of their resources, or skill, or strength. No. It’s because they’re attractive.
That’s it.
If they happened to be gorgeous but still kick ass like Wonder Woman or Xena: Warrior Princess, fine. I’d have no problem with that. They’ll just be powerful fighters who happened to be attractive. BUT! Making Boa Hancock, Glorioso, and Shakky’s beauty their defining trait (and the ONLY reason they win fights) is lazy.
And just plain misogynistic.
Let’s talk about the second, better half of this chapter, shall we?
Roger and Garp’s rivalry. How did it start? There has to be more to it than both being on opposite sides of the law. Could they have known each other before Roger became a pirate? Hmm…
I’m starting to like Ida as a character again. I wonder how she died, assuming the reason we haven’t seen her is because she’s currently dead in the present.
Rocks D. Xebec’s inching closer to his goal of overthrowing the Celestial Dragons. According to the infamous pirate, he needs two specific devil fruits and Galleila, a rumored group of giant shipwrights. Doesn’t take a genius to guess one of those important fruits is the Darkness-Darkness Fruit. The other no doubt being the Elbaph Royal Family’s devil fruit.
You know… The same one whose power Loki currently has!
So, yeah. Loki’s devil fruit is gonna play an even larger role in the series than I first thought. But… If Rocks needed that devil fruit power, does that mean Blackbeard needs it too? Loki joining the BB Pirates? Could it happen????
Giant shipwrights + Pluton plans passed to shipwrights to keep secret = Rocks probably wants Pluton. No big-brained theories needed here.
Due to Oda permanently ruining the Kuja Pirates, this was a bad chapter! Yeah, the other stuff was interesting, but I can’t get over how little Oda thinks of women. That they must rely on their beauty and high-heel shoes to be any sort of threat. Sure there are exceptions, but those are few and far inbetween.
Hmm… I wonder what Loki’s devil fruit is? It’s gotta be a game changer. Something so powerful and overwhelming the world will be brought to its knees by just that. …I got it!
Loki ate the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Beyoncé!
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