#ch 496

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

Okay, so Sabaody’s name is given/pronounced in Japanese as シャボンディ/shabondi. I don’t know why the English name is so different? But it doesn’t really matter.

What matters is that the Japanese word for ‘soap bubble’ is シャボン玉/shabondama. This is Bubble Archipelago.

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

Everything about this goddamn archipelago is puns!

Okay, so the mangrove trees that make up the Sabaody Archipelago are called the ヤルキマンマングローブ/yarukimanmangurobu- ‘Yarukiman Mangrove.’

The Japanese word やる気満々/yarukimanman means ‘totally willing’ or ‘fully motivated.’ These are Motivated Trees- which makes sense, if they grew all the way up from the ocean floor to the surface.

[scatter-brain-at-work]

What Ren Yaoqi didn't know was that Xiao Jingxi had once put in considerable effort to pursue a beauty. As proud and reserved as Second Young Master Xiao was, he naturally couldn't bring himself to ask others for advice on how to court the girl he admired. However, Second Young Master Xiao believed in one thing: any knowledge he wanted to learn, he could master. So, for a period of time, Second Young Master Xiao would stay up late in his study, reading by lamplight in the dead of night. No one knew that the noble and aloof Second Young Master Xiao was secretly engrossed in reading romance.

Motherfucker really said he's getting first grade in romance, something that's normal to want and possible to achieve

[littlemcgarden-inactive]

Here’s a link to the newest FT chapter!! As always, DO NOT TWEET MASHIMA ABOUT IT!!!

[larkreadsop]

By the dramatic way this panel is laid out, there’s about a 99.999999% certainty that the Strawhats are going to ignore this warning at some point

[larkreadsop]

Duval really only hears what he wants to

[larkreadsop]

They were all so worried about what Nami would think but she’s really giving Hachi a second chance which is very kind of her