#ch93

A funny still from the episode has been posted to twitter. source -----

Omg I'm sobbing, this is from chapter 93. I can't wait to see this when it gets added to crunchyroll. First time I read this in the manga I was crying from laughing.

Here's the manga pannels for those who are curious.

I feel it’s important that Lucy and Juvia are both completely knocked out. Especially Juvia because honestly, a mage as wary and capable as her would be the last person to sleep through being carried, so the fact that she is would mean that she's really knocked out due to magic exhaustion.

In the anime Lucy is awake as they’re carried, for a bit oof comedy, so it actually creates a bit of a question of why Juvia, the one that is more experienced in dangerous situations, is asleep instead. They both used the same amount of magic, so they should both be knocked out.

What gets me about this first fight versus Crocodile is that a lot of the moves Luffy’s using here got him through other fights. Gum-Gum Axe was the finisher for the Arlong fight, bazooka for Krieg, etc., etc. 

I realize that Luffy doesn’t get his first proper ‘shonen upgrade’ until Enies Lobby. These attacks are part of his normal repertoire and not necessarily special, but the strain on Luffy’s face here isn’t all that dissimilar to what we saw during the Arlong Park arc