#ch 1091

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So some people were saying that it was out of character for Sanji to not immediately go to check on Stussy but this is much more in line with the Sanji-of-old that’s been sorely missed lately in that he’s being proactive and thinking strategically instead of reacting emotionally to something that’s already happened and he can’t change now.

But what I find the most interesting is that Sanji has seemingly already decided that Kaku had no idea what was happening (and Kaku’s reaction confirms it) but even with that and the fact that Kaku’s…not really a threat at the moment, he still picked the safest option for all of them and he doesn’t seem angry or like he’s blaming Kaku for any of it; he’s just getting confirmation for something he was already pretty sure about.

Also like…someone give Kaku his damn tea and a blanket or something. He’s been through so much this arc and has literally done nothing. Man needs a break.

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You can say that again Brook

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Luffy and Bonney have literally been eating for the better part of the past day and they are…still eating…

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So this is something that is entirely different between the TCB translation and the official and I don’t have the raw text to read it myself, but basically in this one Kizaru is saying that he wishes Sentomaru (and Vegapunk, I assume) were part of the ‘list of things that cannot be destroyed’ while in the official he attributes this part of the sentence to York (as in, ‘turns out York’s actually a friend’) and this…not only makes less sense, I think, but also is much weaker in terms of Kizaru’s character because the first humanizes him a lot. So I can’t speak to which one is more accurate, but I…do kind of hope it’s the first…it’s so much more interesting that way.

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Luffy got over his initial fear very quickly but I’m glad that he’s engaging Kizaru from a place of confidence since that makes so much of a difference that he’s not going into it having that specter from the past hanging over him. Also the callback to Shakky’s line about Rayleigh being a hundred times stronger back in Sabaody is a really nice touch.

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Uhh so yeah at this point I have no idea what Lucci’s doing or if last chapter when he was seemingly feeding false info to the Marines that was just a bad translation but well…a leopard can’t change his spots and all that…though on the other hand he did say that he wouldn’t forgive Stussy and while he wasn’t explicitly aiming for her, I’m quite sure he wasn’t disappointed in the outcome… (Also you all know I hate power-scaling but I feel as if Stussy should have been able to block or at least deflect this but…guess not…)

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I’m actually a little surprised we get this flashback in the manga considering it was just an SBS question and generally Oda chooses to answer questions that won’t be directly in the manga (or at least not in the manga immediately) but I guess he considered it important enough to add to the actual story and tiny!Sentomaru is adorable so I’m glad. And while I think most translations have clarified Sentomaru isn’t addressing Kizaru as ‘Uncle’ in the familial sense, this does confirm that as well.

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…So I know I said that I wasn’t going to do this chapter today but after reading the official tl I decided I have things to say so. Let’s do this.

First of all I still think Doll is really cool so I’m glad to see her fighting!