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Summary
Jimbei declines Luffy's invitation to join the crew now, but promises to join later on.
King Neptune closes the Fishman District and moves the residents to the main island.
Hodi and his officers are imprisoned.
The Straw Hats have a party at the palace.
Robin reveals what she read on the poneglyph located at Fishmand Island.
Thoughts
I am happy Jimbei refused to join the crew. He doesn't serve a purpose except as Luffy's blood donor. Even that sounds lame because blood transfusions weren't a big deal in the past. That’s considering that they were needed because of all the blood Zoro loses in every fight.
If a new crew member was to join then I would rather it be somebody from the New World. That person would most likely be a woman strong enough to be on par with the current Straw Hats, and have firsthand knowledge about the New World. There are already enough men on the Sunny.
It will be interesting to see how Jimbei will rejoin the Straw Hats later on in the story. Then again he could join within the next two chapters, what do I know? It all depends on what Jimbei has to do. It must have been something big if he has been avoiding it for two years.
So they didn't live in the boat?
The plot thickens in the kingdom as Neptune closes off the Fishman District. This will provide interesting cover stories in the future.
In retrospect, I found it strange that the fishmen were segregated to live in the slums while the mermaids were allowed to live in the better part of the kingdom. Prior to this arc, you would think that they both lived together in one spot but that wasn't true. It could have had something to do with how beastly the fishmen looked compared to the more human-like mermaids. This then eventually led to them being segregated to the Fishman District.
Of course, this is all a theory. It would be interesting to get more back-story on this area then what we got.
Isn’t it kind of strange to see where Hodi and his crew end up immediately after their defeat? Maybe Oda doesn't have plans to reintroduce them later in the series.
The end of this arc is coming as per usual seen with the party in this chapter. It is always great to see things end on a happy note especially with the last arc where we didn't see a formal celebration. It was great to see the Straw Hats and their friends raising their glasses. You can feel the joy in each scene as the Straw Hats drink, sing, and dance to their heart's content.
The two page spread that kicked off the celebration at the palace was marvelous. You had the beautifully designed dancers from Mermaid Cafe swimming above. In the background, you can see the Neptune family along with the Straw Hats spread out in the page. You can stare at it for hours trying to catch every detail and still won't be able to spot it all. You have to appreciate the work that Oda puts into the art in this series.
WOW! That is an awesome drawing of Shirahoshi. It's very innocent, but menacing.
The biggest revelation from this chapter is that Shirahoshi is the ancient weapon Poseidon .The poneglyphs are shrouded in mystery and this is the first time we have been told what is actually in the writing. As Robin mentioned, the poneglyph in Skypeia revealed that the location of Poseidon was in Fishmen Island. It is fitting that the God of the Sea would be located deep within the kingdom of the sea. Hopefully she will tell us what the one in Alabasta said about Pluton. Shirahoshi being an ancient weapon sounds very cryptic so I am looking forward to hear what Robin has to say about this.
Until next time true believers!
I wouldn't say Jimbe wouldn't serve a purpose aboard Luffy's crew. For one, he's a Fishman, and seeing as Luffy has already recruited a Reindeer, a Cyborg, and a Skeleton, so a fishman would fit perfectly among his other misfits. Plus, if Luffy added a Fishman to his crew, it would create a message to encourage the coexistence of humans and fishman. Gold Roger also had a fishman on his crew, Tom, and given all the other references to the former Pirate King, it makes sense.
ReplyDeleteSecond, he's also a very powerful swimmer who communicates with Whale Sharks, and seeing as there are so many devil fruit users on the crew, that could be very helpful (yes, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, and Franky are all decent swimmers, but none of them excel at it the way Jimbe would.)
Third, he is a former warlord, which means he is probably very knowledgeable of all the big political and military members of the World Government, and about all the complexities of how the government works, which would be useful, if they ever plan to make it pass their forces on their way to Raftel.
I do agree about the plot twist involving Shirahoshi being the weapon Poseidon. It's probably referring to her power to communicate with Sea Kings. In the wrong hands, I can see that being a very dangerous weapon.
I don't think Tom was ever a full member of Roger. He only had built the ship. Note that he wasn't aboard Roger's ship in Chapter 0.
ReplyDeleteI understand that Jimbei's membership would represent a union between fishman and humans but it just feels kind of forced. I agree with all parts that you said but I just can't fully support Jimbei joining the crew. I would perfer somebody else, they could even be a fishman from the New World.
It is a good twist because everybody assume that the Anicent Weapons were all ships. Now there is a possibility that they are actually living beings.