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.

Anime: Special Retrospective Pre Marineford Arc- Episode 458

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First Thoughts
Well, to put it bluntly, I wasn’t expecting much, but I surprised myself by really enjoying this episode. It was another collection of flashbacks like last episode, but this one had more current involvement and actually had people doing things other than flashbacks the whole time.

I was hopeful for some flashbacks on battle scenes with Strawhats, and I wanted to see the Admirals a bit more as well. Also, I was interested in what they would show for DoFlamingo and Akainu, as they are the only people there who have yet to get involved in some way with any member of Luffy’s crew.