Thoughts:

- Cover: Young Whitebeard and Roger standing together and being awesome :D

- O_O

- what a STRONG opener, holy shit

(I LOVE IT HERE)

- “You disappoint me, Zoro. You would beg your enemy to instruct you?” Enemy? Bitch, where? You literary asked him to come home cause he can catch a cold two chapters ago. You’re fooling no one, Mihawk

- “Have you no pride?” …ouch

- oh, Mihawk really is disappointed, he thinks Zoro is a fluke :( Not our Zoro, mister

- “I beat the monkeys! You’re the only one to take down.”  “He defeated them?” why so shocked, Mihawk, they’re literal monkeys

- “But I’m not stupid enough to think I can beat you.” “I don’t understand. You would kowtow to a mortal foe and beg him to instruct you? WHY?” you know, I’m laughing at Mihawk but my brain would be exploding too. Like, it is not in any way a logical chain of events

- “To surpass you!” THE ARROGANCE OF THAT MAN

- Mihawk’s laughing!!! Seriously, you can only laugh in the face of that. How often does he laugh, what do you think

- “You want me to teach you the sword so that one day you can take my head? You’re a strange one!” I love them both and the situation is objectively hilarious

- “You’re still a shameless fool. So you value something more than your own pride.” …guys. Zoro values Luffy higher than his own pride. We, we know these things, but then they say it like that and… oh god

- “When your wounds have healed, I will instruct you.” Yeahhhhhh!!!

- “Such a clumsy fool. When a man of your caliber abandons his pride, it is always for the sake of another.” ;_;, but also :D

- later, with Zoro and Perona

- “3D2Y? You’re right. Straw Hat does have a tattoo on his right shoulder.” …am I finally learning about Luffy’s message to his crew?

- YES

- “We promised to meet at a certain place in three days. But look at us.”

- “That 3D means three days? But 3D has been crossed out and replaced with 2Y. TWO YEARS!” SO THAT’S HOW THEY DID IT!!! I understand now! That’s really clever!!!

- “Luffy’s made his decision. There’s no shortcut to the top for us in the New World! We have to stay where we are, build up our strength and then reunite!”

- the time-skip is upon us. All other Straw Hats are accounted for, there’s just our Captain left

- Jimbei is leaving to do his own thing. Thank you Jimbei for sticking around, when you were needed the most

- he’ll be at Fishman Island, waiting for Straw Hats :)

- alright, Rayleigh and Luffy will train on some deserted island next to Amazon Lily

- 48 seasons? That’s a lot

- lol, that’s what I call a difference in approach (you all remember how Hancock wanted to kill Luffy? How much things change)

- “If anything happens to him…” “If nothing happened to him, it wouldn’t be training. If you’re worried, then pray for him.” Haha :D Rayleigh went full “Leave me alone woman”

- “This is a deadly natural fortress!” “I smell adventure!” oh Luffy, never change

- time to learn Haki :D

(ATTENTION. BELOW I TYPED A WHOLE RAYLEIGH HAKI LECTURE. BE PREPARED)

- “Listen, Luffy. Haki is a power that lies dormant in people everywhere. The ability to sense spiritual energy and overpower enemies is something everyone possesses to some degree.” Rayleigh, there’s an elephant behind you

- “But most people never discover it. They live their lives without ever reaching their full potential. To never doubt – that is power! Now watch.”

- “Most haki can be divided into two main categories, or colors. The power to acutely sense an opponent… that’s the color of Observation Haki! Training this ability will allow you to read the location, number and movements of enemies you can’t even see.” This is awesome and I should be taking notes  

- “In the Sky Island of Skypiea they call this power Mantra.” We been knew :) but how does Rayleigh kno… no, wait, he was there with Roger, we’re good

- “Next is the color of Arms Haki. It’s like an invisible suit of armor. That armor can be used as a weapon” Luffy is remembering all the times his opponent used haki against him. It’s surprisingly often

- “Ow! I’m made of rubber but that still hurt!” lol :D that probably means Garp has Haki too (his Fist of Love)

- “Other than attacking their weak points, this color of Arms Haki is the only counter-measure effective against devil fruit users! Those logia types with their fluid bodies may seem practically invincible to you but even they are vulnerable to this power!” NOW THIS IS A GAME CHANGER

- “This power can be applied to weapons too” yep, yep, Kuja, we remember

- “The color of Observation and the color of Arms are the two Haki powers! However, in very rare cases, some people are able to manipulate a third form of Haki” :D :D :D

- there goes elephant. What a powerful presentation. I wish my lectures at uni were like this

- “This is the power to overwhelm – the color of the Supreme King!” do you think it was named after the Supreme King from these 800 years ago? Or it’s named that way because most people who had it became rulers of some sort?

- “Most people who’ve made a name for themselves in this world posses this power. Though you can control the color of the Supreme King, You can’t train it to be stronger directly.”

- “It’s the embodiment of the spirit of the user! The only way to make it stronger is for the user to grow stronger!” there really is no shortcuts in this world

- “You should’ve already experience it firsthand. Your inner talents with the color of the Supreme King have already been awakened. But don’t use it too much until you have it fully under your control or you’ll end up overwhelming people you don’t intent to.” …a solid advice. Also sounds like something that will happen, foreshadowing much

- “I’ve seen this haki thing lots of times before.” We all did. Isn’t it amazing?

- “Over the next two years, I’ll teach you the basics. But be warned. I won’t go easy on you, Luffy!” “Okay! Lay into me!” this here is why I love shounen, it just… makes me want to improve myself

- “The pirate, Straw Hat Luffy, has to take a break.” !

- “All right! Thank you, old man!”