#ch388

[opbackgrounds]

I know it's partly due to the ambiguities of the Japanese language, but Oda has really gone out of his way not to refer to Bink's Sake by its name hardly at all until we actually get the lyrics to the song. Likewise, throughout this arc and particularly the flashback, Brook and the Rumbar Pirates are singing or humming or playing Bink's Sake constantly, but we don't get the words until now. It's like the written version of Oda refusing to show an important character's eyes until the moment's appropriately dramatic.

[nicomrade]

[every-sanji]

[iiloffy]

[ushijimaenthusiast]

tenma can’t get sakusa’s freaky wrists out of his mind either 🤮

[opbackgrounds]

Kokoro’s absolutely right, it’s only after the Enies Lobby incident that Luffy and co., have any sort of worldwide fame.

I also really like that Kokoro doesn’t take it for granted that they’re going to win. I think there’s a part of her that went to Enies Lobby without expecting to come back

[opbackgrounds]

With all the wear and tear Luffy puts on his body, I definitely fall in the camp that thinks he won’t live to be an old man

[opbackgrounds]

This entire chapter has been amazing, but I think the funnest part is getting to the end and knowing Luffy had another trick up his sleeve