#ch 998

[larkreadsop]

Hmm I wonder who that mysterious silhouette could be

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

okay so i don’t have non-awful raws for the new chapter yet but i absolutely needed to make a post about this pun because it makes me so fucking angry. i wanted to wait and see how they did it in the official english first, and that’s out now, so let’s go

marco’s attack is called 鳳梨の礫/nashi no tsubute. 

first of all, this is a joke because its also just a japanese saying- 梨の礫/nashi no tsubute, (lit. ‘pebbles of/from a pear tree’) means to not get a reply, which is probably why i got an ask about one translation rendering this attack name as “passive flame.” 

second of all, the word 鳳梨/houri, the main term here, reads literally as ‘phoenix pear tree.’ 

it’s an antiquated term for ‘pineapple.’

[everyjimbei]

Yeah talk to Zoro about that, he’s been called a pirate hunter for much longer than he should rightfully be

[ninhaoma-ya]

This is an amazing chapter and everything about it is perfect. The ancient-theme in the Flying Six’s fruits is really neat and it’s shown so well in this chapter!

I really dig Who’s who’s (eeheheheh) crew.

Also, best random side character yet:

Such a happy little cat-lady!

Also, the Cat Café.

Precious.

[shysheeperz]

[larkreadsop]

She says this as a threat but you know he’s seriously considering it

[larkreadsop]

Hi Enel, how’s life on the moon going?

Though now that we know space monsters are canon it seems the chances of him coming back into the story again are much higher...

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

Does the pineapple pun make you angry in a 'that's funny and I'm mad I'm amused by it' or an 'I take this as a horrible insult to Marco and I'm mad' way?

oh i’m fully joking, if i got genuinely angry when characters got clowned on i never would’ve made it this far into one piece. bad puns just trigger my rage reflex.