#ch466

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Imagine how irritated Robin would be if she found out that Enel of all people was the one who discovered an ancient, secret underground city on the moon

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It is wonderfully ironic that Usopp of all people is not afraid of bugs

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The manga doesn't draw a lot of attention to it, but these panels are the last we see of the Sogeking mask. Usopp takes it off before finishing Perona for good, and he doesn't pick it up again after the fight. He doesn't need it any more, and that's some good visual storytelling for his development as a character

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This is a fakeout attack in order to ensnare Perona in a sticky trap, making it one of the, and perhaps only, time in the series a character has purposefully called out the wrong attack name in order to trick their opponent

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I've never mentioned them before, but I think it's sweet that the books have coloring pages

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A lot of this fight with Hogback is spent disproving this idea, but Cindry isn't the only one to reignite a spark of her humanity this arc. Whilst fighting Zoro, Ryuma also comments that his body feels an excitement that he doesn't quite understand

And this fits quite well with the overall themes of One Piece. A person's spirit can be suppressed and a body killed, but not even the most powerful oppression can completely destroy someone's will. In Ryuma's case, his will involves hunting down and killing "beasts" like Zoro so it doesn't affect the fight at all, but I appreciate it nonetheless.