#ch 982

What a great chapter, once again!

More insight into Robin; she’s come so far from Water Seven.

It’s so nice to see her accept her crew’s love and their trust in her. Sanji knew she was going to come and save him and that Black Maria wouldn’t be a problem for her so it’s fine to leave them — and Robin is so happy at having his trust. It’s just a very unexpected and sweet moment and character exposition all at once.

Speaking of character exposition; Black Maria is so interesting!

Look at that face, enjoying a lil’ light torture.

It’s also very, very rare for Oda to show a woman a) engaging in such an amount of excessive violence and b) enjoying it. I think the only other character to be portrayed similarly was Sadie in Impel Down, and she had more of a dominatrix-vibe going on.

Black Maria just enjoys hitting Sanji very much.

It makes me wonder about chapter 982, where she seems worried about Momo. Maybe it’s because he’s a child?

She’s also hitting Sanji hard enough for the web to keep bouncing once he asks her to stop.

That’s some serious oomph behind those punches.

Now that business is taken care of, let’s get personal...

Also, Sanji; did you really expect her to let you go? You poor summer child.

Well, at least you know your weaknesses..

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Good?

Okay *clears throat* AHHHHHHHHH

Oh my gooood it's HIM

I feel blessed omg I'll take every crumb, thank you Oda 😭😭😭

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