Category: One Piece

  • The Great One Piece Journey (Part 3): Syrup Village

    This is an odd arc. Of the East Blue arcs, this one is easily the worst. Not to say it’s bad, it just doesn’t compare as well to the others. But it does introduce a fan favorite character and has massive repercussions later on in the story. It somehow doesn’t hold up and holds up…

  • Ranking the Straw Hats (Time Skip-Chapter 1000)

    Ladies and gentlemen: I’ve done it. I’ve completed the task that’s been daunting me ever since I first became a weeb. At long last, I’m all caught up on One Piece. Which means I’ve got a promise to keep. A few months back, I ranked all of the Straw Hats from my least favorite to…

  • The Great One Piece Journey (Part 2): Orange Town

    I’d say that this is the first proper ‘arc’ of One Piece. Everything before this was mostly setup with throw-away villains. Here? We get actually character growth, a fun and memorable villain that would play a larger part in the story going forward, and it does a great job of introducing one of the series’…

  • The Great One Piece Journey (Part 1): The Beginnings of the Great Odyssey

    The Great One Piece Journey (Part 1): The Beginnings of the Great Odyssey

    It feels weird to say that I’m nearly caught up on a series when I still have well over one hundred chapters of content left to read. With most other manga, one hundred chapters is the one-third mark. That, or the series would already be nearing its ending. But considering how massive this story is,…

  • Trafalgar D. Water Law: The Surgeon of Death

    Trafalgar D. Water Law: The Surgeon of Death

    One Piece is a series with a lot of characters. Shocking, I know. The 1000+ chapter long story has a huge cast. But among that cast, very few characters are properly fleshed out. Only the most important characters, mostly the Straw Hats themselves, are even given a backstory. Then there’s the best non-Straw Hat character…