Oda doesn’t typically do poetic chapter titles like this, makes me wonder if there’s some sort of reference here I’m not getting

Ace's great search for blackbeard

does he tell himself this so he doesn’t focus too much on bokuto’s form? 😏

And it’s interesting how similar in many ways Noland’s death is to Gold Roger’s. They’re both public figures who accomplished impossible things while on grand adventures, but where Roger was able to inspire an entire generation of pirates to follow in his footsteps, Noland is reduced to a children’s morality story against lying. 

Even while getting the crap kicked out of him with the wrath of an angry king breathing down his neck, Noland’s first and only concern is his friend

What ended happening to the Shandorians on Skypiea was a tragedy, but if the emperor cloud hadn’t been floating overhead the exact moment the Knock-Up Stream exploded they all would have died

Hey, Kuma’s not the only Bible thumper in the series

Kind of wild that kingdoms need permission from the WG just to enter the Grand Line, but in a way it makes sense. Gotta make sure the plebs don’t end up anywhere they shouldn’t