#ch 550

So I don’t know if this carries over in the English, but the phrasing here, in the little memory of Roger asking Garp to take care of Ace on the grounds that his unborn child “is not/has committed no crime,” immediately rang familiar to me. Specifically, it reminded me of Franky’s line with regards to Robin on the sea train- “Existing is never a crime.”

I think this is one of the first times we’ve seen someone pray in One Piece (setting aside the whole Skypiea mess because their god was both real and a bitch), which is kind of interesting! Her prayer is pretty appropriate for the moment it appears in, too, given this is basically the calm before the storm of Marineford.

神様、世界は一体どこへ行くのですか/kami-sama, sekai wa ittai doko e iku no desuka?