meheartonepiece  

Eyyyyyyy, you’re back!! Great to see you again XD Man, it’s been a long time since I last saw this part, but Hancock’s scene with Ace is still one of my faves. The look of realisation and fear on Ace’s face shows a different side to him. I agree with you on hxh: even if I don’t get anything happening right now, I’m so glad it’s off hiatus XDDevil fruit weaknesses are often found in the weirdest of places; I’m sure Luffy will find some way to defeat Magellan ;D Great having you back!! :D

Thanks, meheartonepiece! Good to be back. ^_^

Pfft, I have no clue what’s going on in HxH. I’ve seen people posting what they think the tactics are but when I read them, I feel like Gon when he’s trying to think too hard. xD

sdcharm 

Glad to see you again. Two things though: Mr. 3 did instantly know it was Mr. 2. Maybe the anime did something different but he did. And also Magellan is a paramecia. He just looks like he can turn into poison because he’s coated in it.

Thank you! Ahh, thanks for that. Glad the manga addressed that discrepancy. I thought it was weird Mr 3 didn’t recognise Bon-chan’s voice. A paramecia? That’s good, actually. Luffy has a slightly better record against paramecia fruit wielders.

fuzzyzergling

Wait, HxH is back? WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME (also hey nice to see you again)

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD. THAT IS AWFUL. I AM OUTRAGED.

(And thanks, haha!)

martyslittleusedblog

For some reason, I imagined Magellan being defeated by somehow getting all his poison crystallized. (sigh) That doesn't happen in the show, but I sure wish it did.

I thought Luffy would be able to melt the poison (there was a scene where Magellan’s poison didn’t react well to fire) but it didn’t work out that way in the end. Back to the drawing board!

sebazu

Awesome, first you come back and then i hear that  what-the-fuck-is-one-piece is coming back soon too!!! This is the best May 23th ever!!!!

We’re all returning to One Piece! Maybe a sign there are good things to come. ^_^

sparktehfox 

Woo! It’s good to see you back! I was thinking you’d given up writing :¥ Here, here!!

Nah, I just suffered a bit of burnout. I love this show. Can’t really stay away from it. ^_^

creative-type

You're alive! Yay! Also, Magellen isn't a logia, as he only generates and does not have the ability to become poison

Yay, I’m not dead, lol! And that’s actually good news about Magellan not being a logia. Luffy has a slightly better record against paramecias.

x-chick303

YOU HAVE RETURNED! Glad you're back! And brace yourself, it only gets worse from here!

I am so ready for drama. Nothing can beat the Hunter x Hunter tension right now. #1 fave and #3 fave fighting to the death. Anything else will be a welcome distraction. xD

voidwinter

I'M GLAD YOU'RE OKAY. I think I have way too active an imagination...

I’m a terrible ghoster. Should have said I’d come back, eventually. If I have to go on hiatus again, I’ll definitely let you guys know. :)

leo-regulus 

It’s been a long time! Welcome back! Agreed, I was totally fangirling when Bon-chan came back. I was so relieved. I missed him so much!!! (And as far as Luffy’s mom, Oda has said he knows who it is, but he’s not sure if it’ll ever be relevant. So, we have no clue who it is.) Not gonna lie, I’m REALLY looking forward to reading your reactions to Magellan and Luffy duking it out.And yeah, Ace really hasn’t shown any fear before this. We’re getting more development with him, that’s for sure. Oh...

Thank you! ^_^

Bon-chan was one of my top faves in the Alabasta arc and I kind of hoped he’d escaped Hina. I suppose it’s turned out well in the end because if he had escaped, I wouldn’t have seen him again in Impel Down. ^_^

If Oda knows who Luffy’s mother is but queries her relevance, I’m guessing she’s not important enough to the plot to matter (which is quite sad, actually, though stereotypically shounen).

Luffy and Magellan’s fight was great. Very creative and the pace was blistering.

cheffailure 

Well, well, well. Looks like the prodigal son has returned. Was wondering where you ran off to. So Hunter X Hunter is coming back? I wasn’t expecting there to be just enough material yet, but that is good news to hear. At least you are the type to come back to a project; I currently have three pieces of writing under my belt, one clocking over 200,00 words, and none of them ever made it two-thirds of the way. In other news, the latest One Piece film will be coming out in one month. Don’t go...

I have returned and I am hungry for One Piece. xD (I’m terrible for not finishing things. That was my 2016 resolution: finish my two big projects. I’m close to finishing one, but this, I think will take a while...)

The anime hasn’t returned, but the manga is back! (I’d love for the anime to return, but you’re right in that there isn’t enough source material. Madhouse should go back to it, series by series, if Togashi can keep it up for a bit longer).

I wondered about the new movie coming out. I’m guessing it will be riddled with spoilers. Hopefully, the local theatre won’t pick it up. Then I won’t be tempted.

theshittymarimo 

WELCOME BACK!! I’m just so glad to see that you still want to watch one piece (because shit is about to go down, u have no idea) Breaks are understandable - we’re just happy to have you back!

THANKS! It’s good to be back. I just had a touch of burnout. Never lost the love for OP. (And I am so ready for drama!)

sarakuhd 

Welcome back! It’s good that you’re ready, because shit is abut to go down, and go down FAST. Just a suggestion - mentally prepare yourself. If you’ve got a weakness for family - such as Luffy and Ace’s interactions - please, do more than mentally prepare yourself and grab your favourite blanket along with a drink of choice.Seriously though, I love your reactions. I did a quick re-acquaintance with the blog again, and some of your predictions will come to light in the current arc. Dramatic...

I am so ready for the upcoming drama. Early on in this blog, some random decided to send me some spoilers. One was fake, the other was half-true and the last is still to be confirmed. I do fear for one particular character...

celelorien

Nyohoho! Welcome back! I'd say if you had to break for a while, right before Bon Clay reappears was a good time for it. As everyone else is warning you, the rollercoaster starts its first dramatic twist pretty soon!! :D

Thank you! ^_^  It was a good time to come back. Bon-chan returning, then that amazing Luffy vs Magellan fight.

I am ready for the rollercoaster! Bring it on!

nounoursonne

welcome back ! Not going to lie I started to worry a bit, then just thought you lost interest reviewing. But's it's good to see you again ! I think you think people told you to be prepared enough, but really.... be prepared :)

Thank you! I never lost the love for OP, but reviewing and replying started to take a really long time every night. I think I’ll have a new system, where I post a bunch of reviews, then do the replies later all in one post. :)

howshowbreadruinedmylife

Oh my gosh, I'm so glad to see you return! I'd just finished reading this entire blog when you posted your last post and then went silent, it was such a bummer. I'm really glad you're alright and back to One Piece blogging!

Ahaha, no way. Bad timing! At least I’ve returned, I guess, and now you’re one of the commentators. ^_^

slaxtheraven  

Yayyy you’re back! I missed your blog posts, they’re so fun to read!People in One Piece can be really tall, but Luffy and Bon-chan (OKAMA WAY!!) aren’t, Luffy’s 172cm (5'7½") while some other characters, like Doflamingo - 305 cm (10'0") or Moriah - 692 cm (22'8½") are much much taller.Can you post an image of the charm? I’m interested :P won’t tell you what it is though.

Thank you! ^_^  Holy shit, Doflamingo and Moriah are *tall*. I knew Moriah was huge, but I didn’t think he’d be 22′ tall.

Here’s the photo of the charm:

It looks kind of like a mine with a creepy smile.

paddster

Welcome back. I´m glad to see that your safe, healthy and just had a little OP burnout ^.^ You gonna love what is coming. I would wager it´s one of the best points in the series to return to it :)

Yeah, I should have said I was on hiatus. I’m sorry if anyone worried at all.

I’m so ready for upcoming drama. From what everyone seems to be saying, I’m in for a rollercoaster ride of feels. ^_^

blogquantumreality

Yaaaaaaaaay! You're back! :) I can't wait to see what you think of the rest of the Impel Down arc.

Thank you! And I cannot wait, either. It’s really got good over the past couple of episodes. ^_^

sabaody-go

Happy to see you're doing ok! How's One Piece stacking up against the other Big 3 and anime so far?

Ooooh, now there’s a question.  I’ve seen Naruto, Bleach and HxH. JJBA and OPM are on the list. Out of the three big shounen series I’ve seen, I’d rank them: 1. Hunter x Hunter, 2. One Piece, 3. Naruto, 4. Bleach. I completely lost interest in Bleach. I lost interest in Naruto at a certain point, then returned to it once the offending character was dead.

couldbebetterforsure

I'm glad to see you back! As someone who's been in the fandom for around 12 years now and it's fun to see new people, especially people who have remained miraculously unspoiled!

A little warning, you might wanna stay extra on guard for the next approx. 50 episodes, some stuff goes down and it's most fun to see if you're unspoiled of it. And the stuff in question is INFAMOUSLY easy to get spoiled on, it's like a series of Citizen Kane "it was his sled" moments.

Twelve years? You’re a proper OP veteran! It’s equally nice to see long-term fans sticking with the series. That bodes well for the rest.

I’ve been spoiled a bit, recently. I was checking for the latest HxH chapter** and the translators posted a note about names in OP right on the front page. I learned that Sanji has a sister, but nothing more about her than that she exists. Thanks, MangaStream.

**(I have a full 32 volume collection of HxH and fully intend to buy 33 when it’s released. I am just impatient for plot. xD)

paddster 

true, Bentham did some awful things in Alabasta, but I kind of thought that there might be a “good” reason for him to enroll in Baroque Works, since as far as he knew when joining BW that the goal would be a Utopia. You know what I mean? Like “for the greater good” or some personal stuff or so *shrug*

blogquantumreality @paddster​  

That’s one of the things that made me a bit less than enthusiastic about Luffy seeing him again with the whole “yes we r solid frandz nao” bit because what Bon Clay did in Alabasta comes under the heading of a false-flag war crime.

It certainly show’s Luffy’s moral greyness. It doesn’t matter if you commit terrible war crimes if you’re friends with him. I wonder what Vivi would think? xD

Maybe Bon Clay figured Okama would be accepted in the BW Utopia?

tempus-nexus

Hannyaball actually gets a particular scene later on that might affect how you view him and the rest of the prison crew. It's a very meaningful moment.

Ooooh, I’m looking forward to that. He seems to be a comedy character, at the moment.

lordjeanliness

I'm glad you like Hannyabal. He's wonderful.

I love him. He’s hilarious.

sarakuhd

Hannyabal is amazing and terrific. He's another dumb dweeb. Oh, and that shit about to go down? It's going to happen so, so soon.

Soon? Oh, man, I am so incredibly hyped...

livesmileandstaystrong

YOU'RE BACK!!! I missed reading your lovely posts. And yeah, I agree with you completely. Impel Down is one of my top favourite arcs, for the reasons you've stated. I personally do like Magellan and Hannyabal (I agree with tempus-nexus there)

THANK YOU! ^_^  I missed talking to all you lovely OP fans.

It’s a fab arc, actually. Magellan and Hannyabal make it, to he honest. Without them and their bickering/rivalry, it wouldn’t be half as good.

blogquantumreality

Magellan and Hannyabal. :') Never change, you comedic duelling duo of wardens. Did I mention how much it cracked me up when Hannyabal was like "OMG STOP BREATHING ON ME I'M DYING HERE OKAY???" X-D

They are my favourite pair of grudging colleagues, at the moment. I’d love an office-based AU with those two. xD

slaxtheraven

Hannyaball is my favourite character from this arc. Magellan is pretty cool too though, his Hydra looks sick in the anime as well

I love them both. Hannyabal is a comedy Slytherin and Magellan is a complete beast.

howshowbreadruinedmylife

Magellan is freaking terrifying, man. It's good for the World Government that he's a man with a strong sense of justice, or he could have been a pirate as threatening as a Warlord.

*gasp*

I am now imagining an AU with Magellan as a Warlord. Hannyabal would be his first mate.

He would be *brilliant*.

nounoursonne

I got to admit when I first watched I wasn't the biggest Hannyabl fan but he definitly did an impression on mr by then end, so you'll sure get to enjoy him more !

I just found him hilarious from beginning to end. “I want your job, Shit-Man--- Errr, I mean, please don’t kill me.”

leo-regulus  

I know the feeling, I know the battle with Magellan did NOT go how I expected it to. It’ll be so much fun to see what you think :)Hannyabal is totally the scheming co-worker, and he’s so funny!!! I like him more than I should, if I’m honest XDOooh, things are about to go DOWN! Please enjoy the twists and turns of this wonderful blend of an arc!!

I thought Luffy would win, or someone else would jump in to help him. I guess not! It was pretty reckless of Luffy, actually. How can he rescue Ace when he’s dying in a cell?

It seems a lot of people here are secret Hannyabal fans. XD

meheartonepiece 

Oh man, shit is gonna go down!! 8D