Oh Oda, how is it that after a character horribly and fatally poisons Luffy I still go Hee~ when he gets a cover page?

Also, I wasn't really paying attention the first time, mostly because I'm just used to random animals on the cover pages, but lol the giant (kind of hungry-looking?) fish right behind them while they're fishing. XP

Oh this chapter. This chapter. &hearts

Such a relief after last chapter. Thank you Oda.

*Snerk* Oh tiny!Luffy. Tiny!Luffy and his Gomu Pistol fail.

First page alone and I am already flailing and giggling. And flailing.

ACE'S REACTION. To the fail.

*dies laughing*


Ace's face: *is unimpressed by your fail*

Aw, Sabo XP So vexed by his 2 loses difference to Ace. *pets him, giggles*

(Also, yeeeessssssssssss they did spar on more friendly terms. Heeee~ &hearts)


Brb, gone to fight man-eating gators

... lol

Okay, I apologize for the image spam but... oh my god their faces! AHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA *takes deep breath* ... *giggles*

Ahahaha, "You better not get eaten this time Luffy" - as naye pointed out, Luffy has long had his habit of being nearly eaten. *snerk* &hearts

And d'aaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwww Luffy has his own pipe/stick/staff-thing XD

... So... life in town is worse than life in the trash mountain, which seems worse than life on Mt. Corbo...

I am beginning to understand why Garp dumped them where he did. @_@

AHAHAHA - I did not expect them to be under that cloak, but I am so amused!

And, lol, the delinquents and hoodlums recognize Ace & co (he's the ringleader, wouldn't you say?) - recognize and fear them. O_o XPPPP

... if East Blue is the "peaceful", "weak" sea... I never want to see the others @_@

Oooooooo, so - unless scanlations are wrong - Luffy was born in Fuusha. Which isn't surprising, exactly, but... what happened to his mom? Did he know his mom? Was she also a revolutionary?

Ace's dine-and-dash routine makes so much sense now. o_o


Their complete lack of concern about gravity, it slays me XD

"I told you!!" Pfffffft XP


The Oliver Twist references strike again! *pets Sabo* Interesting that his Nice Hat is a family tradition.


LUFFY'S TREASURE CREDIT!!!!!!

ASEFGPA98W6EYGAHV;BHSNC ;KAUSY6vgqbh34gn'avlsdjhjv;GBHZ;nvnaweig7vsIU a;sdu7g6aotwe8gtvpiUSHDJVB;KBJADFHGYIAUERHG;KVDJNV;KASD

AAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAA

I would love to see, when Luffy's gone 'round the whole Grand Line and is Pirate King and all that, for him to go back and repay his treasure credits. Because that would be too funny for words!


How are they not related by blood? Oda, your fakeout genetics confuse me >_<



Oh, they're Garp's alright. XP

Their reaction to Sabo's deep dark secret is perfect XD

Interesting how Sabo's backstory - or, rather, his reaction to his parentage is weirdly parallel to Ace's. Clearly the moral of One Piece is that if you have royal blood (for a given value of royal :P) your life will suck.

(Which makes me wonder all the more how how how Luffy knew about Roger!?! How? I have a hard time seeing this Ace sharing that with anyone, even Luffy. And yet... this Ace is our smiling, smirking, dorky Ace...)

"You apologized so it's okay!! I forgive you." BWAAHAHAHAHHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA
Oh Luffy. *squishes him* &hearts

Ace's tiny epiphany face was interesting. What are you thinking about Ace?

Oh Sabo :(
His dream breaks my heart. ;_;

Oh Ace. :(
So that's what all that was about - a reputation to prove he lived. T______T

And then Luffy shouts his dream but we don't hear what he says...? O_o

His dream is to be the Pirate King, right? But... why the shocked faces?

... maybe I'm too used to the Grand Line. ^^; Or to Luffy. Or maybe I'm just not good at grasping the full world-changing power of a Pirate King, and that a tiny boys declaring he'll be one is sort of out of the ordinary?

Laughing forever at Ace's O_o!face

"You... the stuff that comes out of your mouth..." BWAHAHAHA! SO TRUE XD

ACE DID STEAL DADAN'S SAKE AAHAHAHAHHHAHHAHHAITOTALLYCALLEDTHAT! XD

Luffy has two brothers. this is going to end so badly, Oda whyyyyyyyyyy ;_;

They become brothers so that, whatever comes, when they're far off and captains of their own ships, they will always have an unbreakable bond. &hearts T_T &hearts


Nobody's allowed to beat on Luffy but Ace. And Sabo. It's the Rules.

I am forever amused by Sabo's quintessential middle-childness. XP

... First Ace knocks Luffy off the bridge, now he doesn't want to let him fall off. Lol

Makino sneaking up to see Luffy... D'AAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW ;_;

And AHAHAHHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAA Ace's face

... it is totally the face of a little boy with a crush.


AW8EGAFTSOUDYVGLASDJKHBFGLAIWUYETFLASHDFGLASDFASDFASDGA I TOTALLY CALLED THIIIIS! (sort of)

... I'm... kind of... almost touched by the frantic searching by Dadan when they run away.

Or is it just that she's afraid of what Garp will say? ¬¬

Hee, they look so happy in their little tree house. XD

...

Poor Sabo. :(

except now I'm thinking maybe he's still alive and hope is cruuueeeel T_T