As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, an enchanted Devil Fruit that gave him the ability to stretch like rubber. Its only drawback? He'll never be able to swim gain--a serious handicap for an aspiring sea dog! Years later, Luffy sets off on his quest to find the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world... Luffy and the Straw Hats clash mightily on the sky island of Skypiea with a wannabe deity named Kami Eneru. Kami's got an arsenal of thunderously destructive weapons at the ready, but the Straw Hats are just as determined to win the battle. At stake is a bounty of gold beyond the pirates' wildest imagination!
Eiichiro Oda (尾田栄一郎, Oda Eiichirō) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the manga and anime One Piece.
As a child, Oda was inspired by Akira Toriyama's works and aspired to become a manga artist. He recalls that his interest in pirates was probably sparked by the popular TV animation series titled Vicky the Viking. He submitted a character named Pandaman for Yudetamago's classic wrestling manga Kinnikuman. Pandaman was not only used in a chapter of the manga but would later return as a recurring cameo character in Oda's own works.
Please also see: 尾田荣一郎 (Chinese, simplified) 尾田榮一郎 (Chinese, traditional)
This volume continues the Skypeia Arc, with Enel revealing what a selfish “god” he is in a manner blatant enough that even the brainwashed Skypeians can see it. (The Shandians never trusted ANY of these colonizers!) The plot consists mainly of a ton of different fights, but there are also some interesting reveals and character development moments.
(I don’t think a series this big can really be “spoiled”…but discussion below involves some specific events of these volumes)
Most importantly, we get some insight into Wyper, the leader of the Shandian guerillas. He comes across as an angry extremist…but that is quite understandable! His people have been surviving on the margins for 400 years, he’s been raised to view getting their homeland back as the ultimate goal – but he’d never even seen that homeland until now. A such, he didn’t really have a clear positive goal to picture, just the anger that kept him going. “Young Wyper: If you really want the fighting to end, then return everything to us! Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten what your people have done to the Shandians over the generations?! It’s too late for coexistence! Gan Fall (when he was leader): I cannot return everything. We Skypieans have come to rely on the power of the [vearth] in Upper Yard…We simply cannot take it from those who are blameless! W: Sky people blameless?! Some might see it that way, living in peace, not knowing war – so let’s bring them into the fight along with your Heavenly Warriors!”
When everything has been taken from a people, when they have no proper resources to build with, no proper army to carry out war the “right” way…they’ll as often as not find another way to resist. And they’ll be all the fiercer for having nothing to lose. So when Gan Fall is like “You shouldn’t involve our civilians”, is it any wonder that Wyper’s response is “Whaddya mean?! Your decision to be colonizers made our whole population feel the effects of this war! Why should your ‘civilians’ be spared?” Now, is that approach going to bring about anything good? Almost certainly no…but it’s a lot easier to say “I’d never even think of that” if you’ve never been that angry and desperate. (And, god damn, is that relevant for current events as of time of writing! Except that Gan Fall’s response is not “Well, then I guess I should just start killing until there are no more guerillas” but rather “Shit, we are in the wrong here – But I’m not sure how to fix it without betraying my own people”…because we’re supposed to like him too.)
At the same time, there’s some commentary on the attempts people often make to “work from the inside” to soften a tyrannical rule (which we already have seen a bit of with the “good” marines). The White Berets used to work for Gan Fall, and when Enel took over, they stayed – even knowing Enel had destroyed his own homeland – trying to “keep people safe” by making sure they didn’t defy the “god”. Only to find, to their horror, that Enel considers Skypeia just as expendable!
With regard to the Straw Hats, Robin further demonstrates her archaeological skills and kicks some ass in defense of the ruins of Shandora – realizing its fall was connected with the “void century” the government down below is so keen to suppress! The ruins are beautifully drawn, and clearly inspired by the Mayan city of Tikal:
We get to see Chopper take out a powerful foe on his own for the first time. Though, his reaction! Aww, you were always a real pirate (doctor) little buddy!
Nami finds herself on Enel’s flying ark, hoping maybe she can con her way out of things (and maybe help the others too). But after seeing even lightning-resistant-rubber-man Luffy fall (literally, due to the giant gold ball stuck to his hand): “Enel: What is it? Be happy you survived and forget those who are no longer with us. You too must desire a future for yourself. Nami: A future I desire? Yes, I have one…There are a lot of things I want to do…But if I have to leave those guys behind to go with you, then I don’t want any of it anymore!!” Which is quite a change from her old go-it-alone attitude!
Sanji is being self-sacrificing as usual, despite jokes to the contrary (“Listen, Usopp, I…If it’s for Nami, I’m OK with you sacrificing your life!”). Because he gets himself struck by lightning to save BOTH of them. After cleverly pausing to disable the arks mechanism. And then manages to say, just before passing out: (Scorched and swaying) “Thanks.” (puffs cigarette) “I was just thinking how I needed a light!”
This happens a lot, actually: Usopp being like “So you’ll save me if we get in trouble, right?” and Sanji responding “As if! I only rescue ladies!”…despite that being very demonstrably untrue. I think what’s happening is that Sanji knows Usopp has a lot of shame and insecurity about being weak – which (as we’ll see later) is something he has a lot of very personal experience with! So he’s kind of like the parent insisting their kid can ride a bike without them hanging on to it, but who still sticks around to make sure they don’t ride it off a cliff. And it seems to work: Shortly thereafter Usopp sneaks back on the ship when Enel’s back is turned to rescue the now-unconscious Sanji right back!
Speaking of Sanji, the last review was too long to bring up the new outfits Sanji and Zoro mysteriously acquire after they arrive in Skypeia:
I adore these looks! But I have to ask…did they consult on them? Or are they just on such the same wavelength that they independently decide to add goggles as an accessory? Either way, I feel like they’d be immensely embarrassed if someone pointed that out – so of course I must!
A tiny bit of a break from the One Piece saga reinvigorated my enthusiasm, which had begun to flag for the tiniest bit. (I've also started to watch the anime, so wanted to make sure that my manga reading stays ahead of the anime vieweing, so I can adequately compare and contrast the two.)
This is an enjoyable arc, a bit different in tone and pace for the series to date, while still giving us the tiny character moments that we enjoy.
se me ha hecho pesado el Enel y he acabado el manga y el payo sigue vivo, muérete de una vez , se me ha hecho bola está saga parece una Arabasta forzada IMO
A much stronger collection of volumes than the last with the final volume really amping up the arc. My favorite arc is Luffy vs Eminem anyway, so that last volume really pushed it for me. While not the greatest one piece arc (But we are going to get to it) this was still a TON of fun. A 4.5 out of 5.
great fights and I love the natural enemy thing. tbh Enel is terrifying against everyone but Luffy. I've liked this arc but it is not as great as arabasta idk
Series: One Piece #28-30 Rating: 3 stars - I liked it
This collection continues the Skypia arc and has the gang trying to locate the treasure and defeat Eneru. Eneru is a formidable opponent but Luffy is showing him that everyone can be beaten. It will be interesting to see how this battle concludes.
Marathon buddy read with the siblings. Feels a lot shorter compared to the anime TF. The crew take on various battles in a battle royale prediction. I love Eneru’s shocked face when he finds out the truth. Favourite character is the snake in this one.
My Least favorite arc so far. Not saying a lot though because it's still very entertaining! If you've made it this far, keep going! BONUS: Sanji has possibly the coolest panel in vol 30 that I've come across yet.
Was having a bad day but One Piece never fails to make me happy and there where moments in volume 30 that had me laughing so hard. I love the Straw Hats so much
This is probably my last One Piece review in this format. You can thank the FBI for destroying Z-library. Anyway, this was much better than the other volumes in this arc so far. We've got some amazing fights and they also developed Eneru as a villain in a great way. I like that we're finally getting a threat that Straw-hats can't defeat as easily.
So, from now on you'll not be getting reviews for singular volumes so enjoy these last few... They do contain SPOILERS though.
Volume 28; 5/5 Now this was an improvement over the last few volumes. I really liked it, especially its structure and its goofy villains. It's really cool how chapters are centred around one single fight between the characters. I love Zoro's fight when he is really respectful to the other dude. I mean... He's like "yeah dude, I'm sorry I underestimated you but can we fight for real now." The Kami guy is a good villain but I must admit that I love the guy who can't see because he always roles back his eyes. He is so cartoony and he even thinks the things that he is supposed to say. Comedy gold. Chopper standing up to him is really wholesome because for once he doesn't run away like usually. Overall, a great volume and I'm really excited for what follows.
Volume 29; 5/5 This was actually really cool. Not yet Alabasta level of cool but it's coming close to that. I love that there is this big dude that Robin just casually defeated like it's nothing. I love that they're finally together as a crew again. It was pretty lame when they were separated. Luffy and the others meeting in the belly of the snake was amazing... Not to mention the fact that Luffy didn't even know that he was eaten by a snake. I love how stupid this guy is. Something really compelling for me was also kind of a cooperation between the straw hat crew and the Skypeian people when it came to defeating Eneru, aka the OP godlike being that no one seems to be able to kill. I mean... That dude whose name I forgot kinda killed him but then this asshole just resurrected himself with some lightning. I guess Luffy will have to find his way out of the snake if anyone wants to get rid of this dude.
Volume 30; 4/5 This was just a smidge weaker. I feel like there was too much fighting and not enough conversations and compelling character moments for my taste. And well, there was no Zoro so that's also a minus. I'm not really a fan of Nami so that's not in the favour of this volume, considering the focus was mostly on her. Speaking of Nami... Sanji mentioning the thing about her shirt being off was completely unnecessary, although I know it will only get worse. This battle is really long so that kinda bothers me a little... It kinda should've ended at least a volume or two ago. However, I like that we got more Luffy and his fight with Eneru. I like how lightning doesn't affect him since he's kinda made of rubber, but I hate that not even him could beat Eneru. Though I like that Sanji broke the ship or something so that might be a factor later on.
One Piece. Omnibus, Vol. 11One Piece. Omnibus, Vol. 12 Through this book, I realized the power of teamwork and friendship. While fighting the fish species, Luffy and his team were at the hinge of defeat and losing because the opponents were not human beings. Sanji, Usoppu, Zoro, and Nami are in danger because of their injuries, which agnoize them physically and mentally. However, not fearing death, the ambition to save their teammates, and their dream to become a pirate do not stop them from giving up and accepting defeat. Saving each other in their lowest creates a deeper bond within the team that makes them want to achieve success together. The book shows the importance of helping each other and not giving up when you see defeat. Not betraying others and trusting your surroundings can be essential as relationships starts to build up once you get through something tough together.
Luffy and the crew are under attack. Their quest for El Dorado has placed them in an all-out-war with two opposing forces. The native Shandians of Skypeia and the forces of Kami Eneru. And while it is not their fight, Luffy boundless optimist and freedom fighter, wants to help the people of Skypeia to get from beneath the mantle of Kami Eneru.
However, this means they must face off against the vassals of the Kami - seeming sorcerers with the powers to create and manipulate sky clouds. After which they must face a Logia Devil Fruit user in the form of Eneru himself.
There is great character development in these volumes with Chopper finding his courage and Nami learning there is more to life than money. The Straw Hats in general become a more cohesive team and I am looking forward to seeing the culmination of this arc.
Eneru is an awful guy, but I appreciate how his design is so unique that you can recognize him from a close-up on his eye alone. I also like how his default expression features an infuriating smile and a disdainful eyebrow arch. That's great villain design, in my opinion.
Story-wise, I'm really enjoying Skypiea. There's a lot of humor in these three volumes, from Usopp's panicked rescue of Nami to Zoro's beef with a random bird. Oda does a great job of simplifying certain panels so that the delivery hits harder, for both humor and drama depending on the situation.
Well, this is easily the weakest arc of the series up to now. Does this mean it's bad? Not really. It's still a fun arc with good moments and a few cool new characters, it's just... weaker than everything that came before. Enel is menacing as a villain, but he's also a bit uninteresting, in my opinion.
It's fine, but I'm glad this arc will apparently end on the next volume.
nevermind lo que dije con los 3 volúmenes anteriores. es verdad que he tardado un poco más en meterme en la trama de este arco pero el flashback gordo que cuenta los orígenes de esta historia me ha ultraencantado y una vez más oda ha conseguido que me ponga emo y que sienta todas las emociones humanas posibles. boffffff ff f !!!!!
O fato do Usopp ser um dos personagens iniciais que menos teve desenvolvimento até agora me incomoda muito. Já tá ficando chato TODA HORA ele sem querer lutar e arregando. Podia ter evoluído só um pouquinho sabe, tipo o Zoro melhorou muito desde a luta dele com o Mr. 1, a Nami até arma tem agora. Todos estão indo atrás do seu objetivo e são desenvolvidos pensando nisso, menos ele...
Essa é uma resenha padrão para a minha leitura de one piece já que o app só conta como lidos os livros com resenha vou deixar esse texto aqui. Perdão a qualquer pessoa que queira ler uma resenha sobre o mangá, mas está sendo uma boa experiência e eu recomendo que leia, vale muito a pena.
Ok, things really heated up for me with these three volumes! I love seeing individual crew members get into these intense one-on-one battles. Also, I low-key adore the moments where everyone is at their lowest because you just KNOW that Luffy is gonna swoop in and do his Luffy magic. I was quite sad not to have the next volume in my hands immediately!
I have made up my mind, I like this arc a lot. The villain is interesting and unique from the rest. The story is more complex than I thought now that the history of the islands have been revealed. The whole survival game was great suspense. Very satisfied with the turn of events.
The flaw with reading the series through the omnibus volumes is that things start to feel repetitive after a while. And while I do appreciate the social commentary that Oda is trying to make, certain aspects of the plot make it feel clumsy.
Robin is shining here, which is nice. The jokes are still laugh out loud funny in places and there are some very badass panels (Sanji) as well as extremely goofy panels (Enel face, Gum Gum Space Out). Feel ready to be done with Skypeia though.