#ch 742

[larkreadsop]

I do remember back during this part people were talking about how Oda can actually write romance but knowing how it ends...

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

You can see Kyros’s speech pattern changing over the course of his flashback- he starts out speaking very aggressively and rudely to everyone, including King Riku, using ore and omae, and swearing a lot. Basically talking the same as the vast majority of the thugs and pirates in One Piece, including most of our main characters.

After he becomes a commander, though, he starts addressing the royal family much more respectfully, calling Riku 王様/ou-sama and the princesses あなた方/anata-gata. He also switches to the more polite 私/watashi here for his ‘I’ pronoun. And later still, he starts using the familiar キミ/kimi for Rebecca and Scarlett.

So you basically see how he eventually ends up in the pattern he’s been using through the whole arc as the toy soldier- watashi for himself and kimi for most everybody else. 

[larkreadsop]

There is so much happening in these panels... so much...

[larkreadsop]

Oh look more foreshadowing... Honestly though they could have lived such a peaceful life without Doflamingo and even though he’s not directly involved in this part of the flashback it’s impossible not to look at things in a larger sense knowing what’s about to happen.

[larkreadsop]

Rebecca ;; 

[larkreadsop]

I guess alpacas fall asleep counting sheep, too