Zoro and Drake as seen from underneath a mysterious pair of legs! TO. So there were lots of fun things it’s just as usual it’s full of recaps and filler to stretch the adaptation out as loooong as possible… Other things I liked includes Marco the Phoenix arriving to help out as he’s always a fun character and in need of a place now Whitebeard is gone, X Drake being outed as a spy and having to jump sides to Luffy’s but being blocked by distrusting Zoro, and some funny Usopp and Chopper antics in Franky’s tank they were given. Still, they both get their moments to shine however briefly, which is more than a lot of the Straw hats get, though they all do get to come together for the big “it’s been I don’t know how many years since they’ve all been together, here they all are for episode 1000” group shot that I used as the thumbnail! That was a good moment for all of them at least. The same can be said for Zoro, who faces off with Apoo twice and declares his intention to head up to where Kaido is but has yet to get close. She’s a fun character to follow at least, and crazy strong too! Beyond a brief skirmish with Kaido’s righthand man King Sanji doesn’t do much here, he gets aimed in a few different directions but has yet to find his final role. Luffy manages to get the chains off and she soon not only helps him but later dedicates herself to saving Momonosuke after he’s freed by Sanji and escorted out of the line of fire by Shinobu, claiming to the young heir that she IS Odin, much to his confusion. Speaking of Luffy he finds Kaido’s “son” Yamato, who soon reveals that not only is he a she who was forced to pretend not to be one so as not to “embarrass” Kaido, but that she also idolised Odin and wishes to travel the seas like he did after taking down her father but she has a pair of explosive chains on her wrist to stop her from leaving the island. Yamato puts in her bid to join the Straw Hat crew! During the final episode Kaido puts the finishing touches to the Akazaya and then uses his power to life the entirety of Onigashima Island off the ground with plans to float it over Wano’s capital, for… a show of power, I guess? As I said though, they don’t actually achieve much, which was always going to happen as Kaido is clearly here for Luffy to overcome, not them. We also see all the Minks transform into their Sulong forms, which are larger more bestial transformations that often have some good designs with them. Kiku, who for the record avenged the Akazaya by killing the turncoat Kanjuro earlier in these episodes which was good to see, has an arm blown clean off in the fight, it falling from the roof where they’re doing battle being a good motivator for Zoro down below. This leads to the Akazaya and Kaido facing off… eventually, with Odin’s loyal retainers opening up the old wound their master inflicted on him but otherwise failing to do much more than force him to transform out of his large Dragon form. ![]() Kaido’s celebration is cut short however when the Akazaya Samurai appear and all stab him at the same time, knocking him off his podium. Momonosuke, who was captured at the end of the previous chunk of story, is soon set to be executed by Orochi as a final “victory” over his old nemesis Odin, but before it can go down Kaido kills unpleasant dictator and officially announces that he and Big Mom were now creating an alliance and all those who served Orochi can now serve him, which most agree to do. Our protagonist invaders start off in disguise and make their way to the party dressed as members of the Beast Pirates but after seeing them intentionally spill the same red bean soup that made young Otama so happy earlier in the arc Luffy and Zoro break their disguise and start an all-out riot, with Captain Kidd and his men soon joining in while the rest of the straw hats, Yakuza-like gangs and the Akazaya Nine (or Eight now, I guess?) stay undercover until the time is right. It’s actually quite hard to recap all of these episodes as despite the fact that some episodes feel like nothing has went on at all lot’s of little things do happen throughout, now everyone has entered Onigashima and began fighting Kaido and his Beast Pirates (plus others). ![]() The Akazaya actually get to do something! … For a bit.
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