Manga: Chapter 723 (SPOILERS!)

SPOILERS!

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Anime: Post Marineford Arc- Episode 513

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First Thoughts 
Whoever that is in charge of merchandising for One Piece needs to get to work on creating a huge Bepo pillow. I would be willing to import one just so I can have it in my room. There will be many fans who would do the same. Screw all of those Chopper merchandise. We need more Bepo merchandise.

This episode moved pretty fast. I was very surprise to see how much was covered before the eyecatcher came. It was kind of strange since I thought we were only one-fourth though the episode when the eyecatacher appeared. It turns out that we were already at the fourteen minute mark. That is a sign of a good episode.

I still want a giant Bepo pillow.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 490 *Late*

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First Thoughts

Sora back (and late…again) with last week’s episode of One Piece! Hey, think of it this way, skipping a week to get double the episode coverage for the price of one, right?

This was an astounding episode, these whole last few have been a wonderful end to the epic Whitebeard War Saga. Only an episode or two to go until it is over, and from the action on-screen you can definitely tell. The events of this episode where only a bit over half of a surprise, but it was totally worth it. Great episode, and I can tell you, I am stoked for the official end of this Saga-to-end-all-sagas!

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 481

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First Thoughts 
OH MY GOSH! I was smiling so much in the first half of this episode! Just seeing Luffy and Ace together made me so happy. Everything about the first half of the episode was perfect and I enjoyed every moment of it! This was the best way to end the year for One Piece. I felt tears of happiness after watching last week's episode and that happy feeling continue on from the first moment when I saw Ace and Luffy (with Mr. 3) floating in the air in the tunnel of flames.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 475 (Late)

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First Thoughts

First off: Sorry this is so late, time issues and so fourth. Second: This is here because I loved this episode so very, very, very much. Oh wow, this episode…it just was phenomenal. Not only because I had forgotten what happened here, but how the animators portrayed the action, the timing, the responses…it was fantastic. Truly a great episode, of course, that isn’t saying much because I have been preaching that for almost every episode in Marineford, haha.

Still, what a fun episode. Crocodile does some fun stuff with sand (don’t try this at home, kiddies), and my *sighs dreamily* fav villain Doflamingo starts to duke it out with the Croco-Gator. I liked it even more because I never saw the end of their fight, so it makes seeing it start up all the more exciting knowing how close I am to the part I stopped reading at.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 473

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First Thoughts

If (by self proclamation) last episode (472) was the best of the year, then this episode is surely within the top 5, if not in second place for the title. It was beautifully done, wonderfully drawn, the scenes went quickly and smoothly, the action was well done, it was surprising and terrifying, awesome and amazing, and it just plain kicked Beep. Oh yeah. I loved what everybody’s actions where, and what each of them separately did/how they reacted in the episode. Gorgeous scenes.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 470

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First Thoughts

I was really surprised, I didn’t expect as much as did happen. Mihawk’s part was great, I loved how serious he is. Haha, he reminded me slightly of that Hawkins guy who is one of the Supernovas with all his talk of fate today. Anyway, I really was glad that they got quickly into the episode too, no long intros or anything this time around.

All-in-all, a really great episode. They showed most all of the people, Luffy was really cool at most times, and the initial scenes went by rather on-time and didn’t dawdle around. The ending was really surprising, and excellent as well. I actually loved Buggy’s little recon-mission thing. …Actually, the whole part with Buggy. Yeah…

Anime; Marineford Arc- Episode 469

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First Thoughts
There was a lot of boobs in this episode. So many boob shots! So many. Maybe I was bored or something but I did notice the boob shots. Though this should be normal but in reality due to Nami and Robin not appearing in the last twenty or so episode then we have actually been in a drought from boobs. Wait...that makes me sound like some sort of perv! Oh well, Oda would say something that I am just a healthy young man or something. So Oda has my back! haha

Though this was a kind of lackluster episode. The first half wasn't that great and if it means anything there was a lot more boob shots in it. Picked up in the second half which is good.

One Piece More: Do We Ever Talk About One Piece Here?

So summer is finally over and by now everybody should be back to the grind of school. May you be rushing to finish last minute assignments or just being the good student by getting your assignments done in time. It seems like the dogdays of summer have clearly ended as the days become cooler and autumn is beginning to set in if you live in the northern hemisphere. The ones in the southern part of the world I am guessing things are getting hotter and I wish I could be there because I surely hate the cold. Still for the ones that are starting school then I wish you all to stay strong because we need to live in a strong world as both One Piece fans and people.

-Mikey

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 468

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First Thoughts

It was as I had anticipated from the title of the episode. Still great, but mainly just more action-y fights rather than a lot of new info. Not a lot of new action here, other than the meeting with Jango and Fullbody, which was rather entertaining, and Smoker’s little vendetta with Luffy. Talk about taking the literal meaning of the word “crush”, go Hancock! Then, the very end was really important I bet, with Kuma and Doflamingo. Very important, and still wondering about Ivankov’s friendship with Kuma. All in all, a rather enlightening episode, and just inching along with the plot.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 466

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First Thoughts

Well, I must say that I loved it. It was a great follow-up from last week’s drama-filled action-turning episode too. There were still serious moments, yet way more “funny” than last week. The discovery of just Why they were falling from the sky…oh man, that is definitely unexpected! I liked how they implemented all of the stuff happening in the battle while showing at the same time what was happening on Luffy’s end. It was all really well played on their parts.

However, the whole episode, not just parts is what made this episode grand. Comedy, more drama, surprises, shock, exhilaration, changing alliances, wicked Awesome powers, and more all created a beautiful display much more than just an explanatory episode.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 465

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First Thoughts
This is a special anime episode for me. The manga material that this episode was based on was the first chapter that the blog recapped a year ago. The post can be viewed here and you can see the opening image for this post is similar to the one that I used a year ago for Chapter 556. That post happen one year ago so it is kind of cool since this moment kind of falls on the same time of this blog's one year anniversary. I would like to believe that I have gotten better in both anime and manga posts but maybe they just got worse. haha

Still enough about this. Got to say that this episode was something. It covered everything that was in Chapter 556 and I was really happy that this episode ended at the same spot that the chapter ended too. Though this was an packed episode that had a lot of things happening.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 464

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First Thoughts

I was looking forward to seeing Oars Jr. in this episode, and luckily most of the episode featured him as the ‘main battler’. It was really interesting, seeing the Marines attempt to take down a giant of a giant, so to speak. Especially after seeing his past, I really like Oars Jr. Also, everybody’s reactions to him were great. Kinda scary in some places, but great. Luffy’s ship didn’t make an appearance, surprisingly enough. Perhaps he shall Finally show up soon...

Also, some more on Coby and Helmeppo (Yay! I remembered his name, I’m so proud.) Coby is still having a hard time with how weak he is, poor kid. Well, for once Helmeppo may be right: “Those who chose to run today, can go and fight another day.” Haha.

All-in-all, I’d say that I was quite satisfied with the episode, and I can definitely see how the animators are keeping the plot moving quickly and satisfactory. The ending though…oh man, there was a lot of emotion there. The seriousness of this episode really got to me.

One Piece More: Email Time

So part of our little Anniversary Celebration is going to be some sort of reader feedback post. Basically just answering emails that you the readers have sent us! Still we only got one email but it is one that we treasure. So we are going to answer it to our hearts content and all that all things.

So lets get to our email!

-Mikey

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 463

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First Thoughts
It seems like everybody was swinging on parade in this episode! We saw everybody from the Whitebeard Pirates to Marines battling it out. This episode had a bit of everything for everybody from a flaming Marco to a stupidly looking Kizaru. Still the main star of this episode was clearly Akainu as he began this heated brand of justice. Looks like things are heating up fast.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 462

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First Thoughts

This was a great follow-up to last week’s great hoard of insightful information in my opinion. About halfway thru the episode we finally, after ages and ages, get to see the action begin as well! I was so happy and excited when it began finally. I must admit though, as long as they keep the bad animation to a minimum, the animators could really do wonders with this huge scene. Of course, I noticed them using some cheaper animation for a lot of parts, and this is becoming more and more common, but I figure that as long as it is used in moderation, it is alright.

Anyway, they really got through a lot of the plot here. A brief few scenes from Ace’s flashbacks last episode near the beginning, a huge revelation as to Whitebeards extraordinary powers, and one step closer to having Luffy and the escapees arrive at the battle, all in one go! A great episode. I must admit though, I am still very unsure as to when exactly Luffy and them will arrive. The procession has been strange, so I am very in the dark as to a time-episode estimation. The ending to this episode was great, the action between fighters was really exciting. The first big battle we’ve seen since Thriller Bark, and even there is was really just zombies. All-in-all, I was expecting a lot, and I received it.

Manga: Chapter 595 (SPOILERS!)

This summer, pull up a seat and relax with Viz's One Piece. Availiable here.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 460

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First Thoughts

This was a great episode. Full of new sights, places, and actions. Gosh, it was really good. Of course, I did have high hopes for it to begin with, but still, this was really great in my opinion. They covered a lot more than I thought they would, and we even got to see a detailed Rouge’s face, which I’ve never seen before.

This episode definitely had a great touch to it, even if the whole thing was lined with strong hate towards Ace and lots of sadness and evil Marines. For one of the few (probably only) times in my life, I was glad Buggy was there. Sort of. He is surprisingly good comic relief in an otherwise rather sad-sounding episode.