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One Piece 3-in-1 Omnibus #23
One Piece. Omnibus, Vol. 23
Join Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the ultimate treasure, the One Piece.
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 again--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...
Now that they’ve reached the New World, the Straw Hat pirates are up against things they’ve never seen before—dragons, deranged detached limbs and the deadly island geography of Punk Hazard! When Luffy and his friends witness the bizarre scientific antics of Dr. Vegapunk and his acolytes, the Devil-Fruit action’s really a gas!
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 again--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...
Now that they’ve reached the New World, the Straw Hat pirates are up against things they’ve never seen before—dragons, deranged detached limbs and the deadly island geography of Punk Hazard! When Luffy and his friends witness the bizarre scientific antics of Dr. Vegapunk and his acolytes, the Devil-Fruit action’s really a gas!
688 pages, Paperback
Published March 6, 2018
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About the author
Eiichiro Oda
2,088 books4,853 followersEiichiro 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.
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尾田荣一郎 (Chinese, simplified)
尾田榮一郎 (Chinese, traditional)
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)
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April 7, 2025
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Vice-admiral Smoker: You SAY you haven’t seen Straw Hat, but I think we better take a look around.
Trafalgar Law (newest Warlord of the Sea): You got a warrant, pig?
Giant furry thing kung-fu bashes its way through the wall, accompanied by a shirtless woman, a cyborg, a dozen giant toddlers, and a curly-browed dude carrying a severed head…who takes one look and goes: “Shit, the navy! Everyone back inside!”
Smoker: Just here on vacation, huh?
Law: OK, no, but…I don’t know what that was either.
[Credit: Paraphrase of Mugiwara no goofy's very accurate summary of this scene]
Punk Hazard is a trippy arc, featuring an island that is half on-fire and half frozen wasteland inhabited by dragons, artificially-created centaurs, poisonous slime creatures, talking severed heads, magical body swaps, and a villain made of gas. Fittingly, then, you could also call this “that arc where the Straw Hats bust up a drug lab and rescue the crack babies”! Alternately “the one where Trafalgar Law proposes an alliance to Luffy and immediately regrets getting involved with these lunatics”, or “the origins of Vice-admiral Smoker’s existential crisis.” Or perhaps “the one that revived my love for Sanji.” Yes, Sanji does still have some problematic ideas and he desperately needs therapy. But in terms of interesting characters, how can I not love the messy disasterbisexual egg? person whose bad attitude fails to conceal the fact that they have a heart the size of the ocean? (So long as he does not fall back into the behaviors I complained about last time, that is!)
Character interactions
The antagonists of this arc – mad scientist Caesar Clown (the gas guy) and navy double-agent Vergo – are not in themselves terribly interesting villains. But they are effective in representing, as Usopp and Sanji, respectively, tell them: “The kind of guy my captain hates the most!” Which is to say, someone who would betray comrades who trust them, and treat their subordinates as disposable! Not to mention, of course, being OK with testing drugs on children…
We got to see a little of Trafalgar Law and Vice-Admiral Smoker (plus his right-hand woman Tashigi) in earlier volumes, with the former helping a wounded Luffy escape from Marinefort, and the latter being one of the first to recognize what a dangerously chaotic person Luffy is and trying to arrest him…but also letting him go in Alabasta after the Straw Hats took out a villain the navy weren’t allowed to touch. At the start of this arc, Smoker and Tashigi still don’t believe that the Straw Hats usually have friendly intentions and are overall a force for good (because they’re pirates)…but the events of this arc and their encounter with Vergo kind of shake up their worldview! As for Law, the “surgeon of death”, he thinks he can use the Straw Hats to further his own plans – which involve kidnapping Caesar to put pressure on , a Warlord he has a long history with. Of course, within 5 minutes of making an alliance, the Straw Hats have dragged Law into their own plan to save the giant crack babies, while Luffy rejects all stealth and just yells at Caesar that he’s there to kidnap him!
Law’s “what have I done?” face (as Usopp ties the immobile Chopper to his hat - ruining his cool guy drip - so the two docs can go synthesize an antidote).
There’s a lot of lovely interactions between the various Straw Hats here that show how well they understand each other and work together.
In particular, Sanji says an unusual number of things about Zoro (out of his hearing!) in this arc that are both accurate and rather sweet.
AWWW!
In fact, I can’t help wondering if Zoro’s reluctance to kill the female antagonist in question – which Tashigi calls him out on, saying it is insulting to women if he won’t fight them seriously – stems from wanting to be able to tell Sanji he tried non-lethal methods first! Tashigi’s not wrong that that’s perpetuating different standards, but I do think it is funny that her complaint started with Zoro not wanting to kill her. Because of course he won’t! As Zoro finally at least halfway explains to her, she looks and acts just like a grown-up version of the dead girl who was his childhood inspiration in swordsmanship!
And then on Zoro’s side there’s this:
“Vergo: (Turns on his G-5 navy team, including Tashigi)
Sanji: (Rockets over and flame-kicks Vergo in the face)
G-5: What’s a pirate doing here?!
Sanji: I heard the sound of a lady’s teardrops falling!
Usopp (at other end of the hall): Why did Sanji fly off in a rage like that?
Zoro: I felt an unfamiliar presence coming up behind us. Let him do his thing!”
So, clearly Zoro knows what Sanji is about and trusts him to “get it done when it counts” as well.
There’s some great moments between Nami and Sanji too, which is nice. Their relationship has always been a bit weird. Sanji - who acts like he learned about women purely from romance novels, fairy tales, and locker room talk…because he LITERALLY DID! - is always fawning over Nami, who is clearly not interested, and one can argue she exploits this simping tendency for her own benefit. They do collaborate and have an odd kind of symbiosis: Nami trusts Sanji to spend money wisely, the two lady Straw Hats are the only ones Sanji trusts with the combinations to the locks on the food storage areas, and, really, the “special snacks and favors in exchange for a smile/compliment and nothing else” thing seems to work for them. But with how obnoxious he was being in the last arc I wouldn’t really blame Nami if she secretly wanted to see him get hurt! So, it is quite sweet to see that Nami is actually just as worried about Sanji’s body getting damaged when it is in her care as Sanji is about hers!
Likewise, it is appropriate that when Nami declares that they need to save the children, Sanji is the first one to back her up. Not just because he’s always ultimately supports “Nami-swan”…but because, like her being picked up off a battlefield by Bellemere, he was also adopted by a stranger who 100% could have left him to die! They are assisted by Chopper and Franky, who are the other two Straw Hats with similar-if-less-dire backstories!
Queerness in One Piece, part 5
I had to bring back this segment because – while it isn’t too directly relevant to the story – there’s definitely some stuff in these volumes that’s kinda fruity, and I’m here for it!
1) Confirmation in a chapter header that Bon Clay is alive! In fact, they are I still appreciate Oda telegraphing REALLY hard that this was a fake-out sacrificial death, and that he was going to be keeping Bon Clay’s statement that “queers never die” accurate! I also like that they have their old outfit back! I’ve seen some clip compilations that suggest some fanboys thought Bon Clay was more badass in the Impel Down scenes where they were wearing more masculine clothing (prisoner and guard uniforms). No, no – Bon-chan has always kicked ass, and they prefer to do it in a swan cloak and ballet slippers, thank you very much!
2)Sanji OK, so as I’ve discussed before, Sanji has a habit of loudly declaring things about himself that are not accurate but which he thinks sound cool and manly. For instance, claiming to only save ladies and then 1 page later leaving Nami with Franky to go save Zoro and Usopp or, in these volumes, claiming to hate kids and only be rescuing them because Nami wants to – which clearly no one believes, because all the kids like and trust him! Now, consider how he was loudly claiming that his two years on the transvestite island were hell…versus how he acts when he gets switched into Nami’s body!
So…IDK, I can’t help but look at that and feel like it is either confirmation that Sanji went native on Kamabakka Island to a greater extent than he is willing to admit…or that maybe some part of him wishes he hadn’t denied the opportunity!
Note: Even given that hypothesis, I’m gonna keep calling Sanji “he” unless the curly-browed cook contradicts that in canon. But enjoy this little 1 min cosplay video clip referencing that one panel where Sanji looked REALLY HAPPY to be frolicking on the beach in drag. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hHkxWX...
(And another, just because I could totally see this interaction with Iva happening during his training: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-Ty2l9... “Sparkle?” “Like an anime character. Now…sparkle!” [attempt made] “Needs work.”)
Then there’s the bit where one of the G-5 Navy guys says to Sanji: “I’ll say this for ya, pal – When you blasted that fake-Vergo my heart nearly skipped a beat, even if you ARE a guy!”, to which Sanji replies (with more over-the-top denial) “Shut up! I told you I don’t want male support!”
But…we’ve seen he DOES like praise, even if he pretends what guys say doesn’t matter. And give the interactions mentioned above, I think he would particularly value it from Zoro (even if he pretended not to).
3) Yay for not-homophobic kidnappers?
“Nami (forgetting she currently looks like muscle-man cyborg Franky*): What do you guys want?!...I mean, I know I’m cute and have a hot body…
Yeti bro 1 (confused): What is this guy saying?
Yeti bro 2: He swings for the other team. That’s cool…”
*The first body she got switched into, before Sanji’s.
Stay tuned for a breakdown of Nami’s statements about sailor ladies in the next volume!
Depictions of samurai
This is the first time we’ve properly met “samurai” (from the isolationist country of Wano) in the story – well, if you don’t count the zombie swordsman who was reanimated with Brook’s shadow. And it is interesting that the depiction is not all that positive!
Vice-admiral Smoker: You SAY you haven’t seen Straw Hat, but I think we better take a look around.
Trafalgar Law (newest Warlord of the Sea): You got a warrant, pig?
Giant furry thing kung-fu bashes its way through the wall, accompanied by a shirtless woman, a cyborg, a dozen giant toddlers, and a curly-browed dude carrying a severed head…who takes one look and goes: “Shit, the navy! Everyone back inside!”
Smoker: Just here on vacation, huh?
Law: OK, no, but…I don’t know what that was either.
[Credit: Paraphrase of Mugiwara no goofy's very accurate summary of this scene]
Punk Hazard is a trippy arc, featuring an island that is half on-fire and half frozen wasteland inhabited by dragons, artificially-created centaurs, poisonous slime creatures, talking severed heads, magical body swaps, and a villain made of gas. Fittingly, then, you could also call this “that arc where the Straw Hats bust up a drug lab and rescue the crack babies”! Alternately “the one where Trafalgar Law proposes an alliance to Luffy and immediately regrets getting involved with these lunatics”, or “the origins of Vice-admiral Smoker’s existential crisis.” Or perhaps “the one that revived my love for Sanji.” Yes, Sanji does still have some problematic ideas and he desperately needs therapy. But in terms of interesting characters, how can I not love the messy disaster
Character interactions
The antagonists of this arc – mad scientist Caesar Clown (the gas guy) and navy double-agent Vergo – are not in themselves terribly interesting villains. But they are effective in representing, as Usopp and Sanji, respectively, tell them: “The kind of guy my captain hates the most!” Which is to say, someone who would betray comrades who trust them, and treat their subordinates as disposable! Not to mention, of course, being OK with testing drugs on children…
We got to see a little of Trafalgar Law and Vice-Admiral Smoker (plus his right-hand woman Tashigi) in earlier volumes, with the former helping a wounded Luffy escape from Marinefort, and the latter being one of the first to recognize what a dangerously chaotic person Luffy is and trying to arrest him…but also letting him go in Alabasta after the Straw Hats took out a villain the navy weren’t allowed to touch. At the start of this arc, Smoker and Tashigi still don’t believe that the Straw Hats usually have friendly intentions and are overall a force for good (because they’re pirates)…but the events of this arc and their encounter with Vergo kind of shake up their worldview! As for Law, the “surgeon of death”, he thinks he can use the Straw Hats to further his own plans – which involve kidnapping Caesar to put pressure on , a Warlord he has a long history with. Of course, within 5 minutes of making an alliance, the Straw Hats have dragged Law into their own plan to save the giant crack babies, while Luffy rejects all stealth and just yells at Caesar that he’s there to kidnap him!
Law’s “what have I done?” face (as Usopp ties the immobile Chopper to his hat - ruining his cool guy drip - so the two docs can go synthesize an antidote).
There’s a lot of lovely interactions between the various Straw Hats here that show how well they understand each other and work together.
In particular, Sanji says an unusual number of things about Zoro (out of his hearing!) in this arc that are both accurate and rather sweet.
AWWW!
In fact, I can’t help wondering if Zoro’s reluctance to kill the female antagonist in question – which Tashigi calls him out on, saying it is insulting to women if he won’t fight them seriously – stems from wanting to be able to tell Sanji he tried non-lethal methods first! Tashigi’s not wrong that that’s perpetuating different standards, but I do think it is funny that her complaint started with Zoro not wanting to kill her. Because of course he won’t! As Zoro finally at least halfway explains to her, she looks and acts just like a grown-up version of the dead girl who was his childhood inspiration in swordsmanship!
And then on Zoro’s side there’s this:
“Vergo: (Turns on his G-5 navy team, including Tashigi)
Sanji: (Rockets over and flame-kicks Vergo in the face)
G-5: What’s a pirate doing here?!
Sanji: I heard the sound of a lady’s teardrops falling!
Usopp (at other end of the hall): Why did Sanji fly off in a rage like that?
Zoro: I felt an unfamiliar presence coming up behind us. Let him do his thing!”
So, clearly Zoro knows what Sanji is about and trusts him to “get it done when it counts” as well.
There’s some great moments between Nami and Sanji too, which is nice. Their relationship has always been a bit weird. Sanji - who acts like he learned about women purely from romance novels, fairy tales, and locker room talk…because he LITERALLY DID! - is always fawning over Nami, who is clearly not interested, and one can argue she exploits this simping tendency for her own benefit. They do collaborate and have an odd kind of symbiosis: Nami trusts Sanji to spend money wisely, the two lady Straw Hats are the only ones Sanji trusts with the combinations to the locks on the food storage areas, and, really, the “special snacks and favors in exchange for a smile/compliment and nothing else” thing seems to work for them. But with how obnoxious he was being in the last arc I wouldn’t really blame Nami if she secretly wanted to see him get hurt! So, it is quite sweet to see that Nami is actually just as worried about Sanji’s body getting damaged when it is in her care as Sanji is about hers!
Likewise, it is appropriate that when Nami declares that they need to save the children, Sanji is the first one to back her up. Not just because he’s always ultimately supports “Nami-swan”…but because, like her being picked up off a battlefield by Bellemere, he was also adopted by a stranger who 100% could have left him to die! They are assisted by Chopper and Franky, who are the other two Straw Hats with similar-if-less-dire backstories!
Queerness in One Piece, part 5
I had to bring back this segment because – while it isn’t too directly relevant to the story – there’s definitely some stuff in these volumes that’s kinda fruity, and I’m here for it!
1) Confirmation in a chapter header that Bon Clay is alive! In fact, they are I still appreciate Oda telegraphing REALLY hard that this was a fake-out sacrificial death, and that he was going to be keeping Bon Clay’s statement that “queers never die” accurate! I also like that they have their old outfit back! I’ve seen some clip compilations that suggest some fanboys thought Bon Clay was more badass in the Impel Down scenes where they were wearing more masculine clothing (prisoner and guard uniforms). No, no – Bon-chan has always kicked ass, and they prefer to do it in a swan cloak and ballet slippers, thank you very much!
2)Sanji OK, so as I’ve discussed before, Sanji has a habit of loudly declaring things about himself that are not accurate but which he thinks sound cool and manly. For instance, claiming to only save ladies and then 1 page later leaving Nami with Franky to go save Zoro and Usopp or, in these volumes, claiming to hate kids and only be rescuing them because Nami wants to – which clearly no one believes, because all the kids like and trust him! Now, consider how he was loudly claiming that his two years on the transvestite island were hell…versus how he acts when he gets switched into Nami’s body!
So…IDK, I can’t help but look at that and feel like it is either confirmation that Sanji went native on Kamabakka Island to a greater extent than he is willing to admit…or that maybe some part of him wishes he hadn’t denied the opportunity!
Note: Even given that hypothesis, I’m gonna keep calling Sanji “he” unless the curly-browed cook contradicts that in canon. But enjoy this little 1 min cosplay video clip referencing that one panel where Sanji looked REALLY HAPPY to be frolicking on the beach in drag. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hHkxWX...
(And another, just because I could totally see this interaction with Iva happening during his training: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-Ty2l9... “Sparkle?” “Like an anime character. Now…sparkle!” [attempt made] “Needs work.”)
Then there’s the bit where one of the G-5 Navy guys says to Sanji: “I’ll say this for ya, pal – When you blasted that fake-Vergo my heart nearly skipped a beat, even if you ARE a guy!”, to which Sanji replies (with more over-the-top denial) “Shut up! I told you I don’t want male support!”
But…we’ve seen he DOES like praise, even if he pretends what guys say doesn’t matter. And give the interactions mentioned above, I think he would particularly value it from Zoro (even if he pretended not to).
3) Yay for not-homophobic kidnappers?
“Nami (forgetting she currently looks like muscle-man cyborg Franky*): What do you guys want?!...I mean, I know I’m cute and have a hot body…
Yeti bro 1 (confused): What is this guy saying?
Yeti bro 2: He swings for the other team. That’s cool…”
*The first body she got switched into, before Sanji’s.
Stay tuned for a breakdown of Nami’s statements about sailor ladies in the next volume!
Depictions of samurai
This is the first time we’ve properly met “samurai” (from the isolationist country of Wano) in the story – well, if you don’t count the zombie swordsman who was reanimated with Brook’s shadow. And it is interesting that the depiction is not all that positive!
February 4, 2024
Esta serie parece que dices lo de "se prendió esta wea" a casa arco que pasa.
Te hypea para lo que se viene de manera perpetua madre mía, y renta, lo que pasa es que hay tantos frentes abiertos que tengo muchísimas dudas y curiosidad de todos.
Te hypea para lo que se viene de manera perpetua madre mía, y renta, lo que pasa es que hay tantos frentes abiertos que tengo muchísimas dudas y curiosidad de todos.
June 16, 2023
Very exciting, I can’t wait to see the end of it!
January 1, 2024
Just so good
February 22, 2025
This was hilarious!
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December 27, 2021Pre-Read Question:
This is more of a question about the series as a whole.
Are many volumes out of print (as of today [10-12-21]?)
I've gotten the omnibus series up thru Volume 26, but I cant' seen to find Volume 27 at any sort of reasonable price. Are others experiencing this, too?
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UPDATE 12-27-21: Seems like Book 27 is back in stock (re-printed?). I've now picked up the rest of the series to date.
REVIEW: Seems like they've amped up the crazy since the New World/Time-Skip. But it's good to see some underused characters shine (SMOKER!!) and meet new characters (LAWS!). And it's interesting to see the Straw-Hats continue their inevitable path to being heroes. (While they've always been seemingly on the brink of heroism, it's only after the Time-Skip that they're starting to really let their ideals guide their story, IMO.)
This is more of a question about the series as a whole.
Are many volumes out of print (as of today [10-12-21]?)
I've gotten the omnibus series up thru Volume 26, but I cant' seen to find Volume 27 at any sort of reasonable price. Are others experiencing this, too?
***
UPDATE 12-27-21: Seems like Book 27 is back in stock (re-printed?). I've now picked up the rest of the series to date.
REVIEW: Seems like they've amped up the crazy since the New World/Time-Skip. But it's good to see some underused characters shine (SMOKER!!) and meet new characters (LAWS!). And it's interesting to see the Straw-Hats continue their inevitable path to being heroes. (While they've always been seemingly on the brink of heroism, it's only after the Time-Skip that they're starting to really let their ideals guide their story, IMO.)
April 30, 2023
To be perfectly honest, I'm not head over heels in love with this arc. It's not bad but it's not as interesting as it could've been. One of my biggest issues is probably the environment. I don't really like the lab aesthetic as it appears extremely dull when compared to all the other islands that the crew visited. Another problem is that my favorite characters don't get nearly enough moments to shine. I would love more Sanji or Zoro but this arc just doesn't allow that.
There is also a huge focus on Law. I like Law, but it's also a bit too much of him for my taste. He takes away the time that could be used for developing the other characters.
I'm not a huge fan of the children either. They are harming the progress of the crew more than anything else.
Overall, this is not great, but it's still quite entertaining and it's also a good set up for the ending of the arc (which will probably explain why we are dicking around in this lab for so long). I think this is somewhere between 3 and 4 stars but I have decided to give it 4 because it's still One Piece and it's very fun and amusing.
The rest of this review will contain SPOILERS!
So now it's time to gush about the things that I did like.
a) Law's powers... they're just so cool and he makes such chaos with them (I love it)
b) Sanji in Nami's body... it's just so hilarious, especially the fact that he hates people for punching him, not because they punched him but because they harmed Nami's body
c) Luffy... he's just so cheerful and doesn't care about anything... I mean, they're locked up and Luffy is just like "Hey, remember Alabasta when the same thing happened"
d) Kidd showing up... it just made me happy
e) Vergo breaking Sanji's leg... okay, I didn't like that but I was in shock when it happened
f) Law without his hat... he's hot so yeah
g) Sanji telling the marines to insult Zoro... when Zoro just wants to be rid of them and tells them where Nami and Robin went
Okay, that's it. Enjoy your life.
There is also a huge focus on Law. I like Law, but it's also a bit too much of him for my taste. He takes away the time that could be used for developing the other characters.
I'm not a huge fan of the children either. They are harming the progress of the crew more than anything else.
Overall, this is not great, but it's still quite entertaining and it's also a good set up for the ending of the arc (which will probably explain why we are dicking around in this lab for so long). I think this is somewhere between 3 and 4 stars but I have decided to give it 4 because it's still One Piece and it's very fun and amusing.
The rest of this review will contain SPOILERS!
So now it's time to gush about the things that I did like.
a) Law's powers... they're just so cool and he makes such chaos with them (I love it)
b) Sanji in Nami's body... it's just so hilarious, especially the fact that he hates people for punching him, not because they punched him but because they harmed Nami's body
c) Luffy... he's just so cheerful and doesn't care about anything... I mean, they're locked up and Luffy is just like "Hey, remember Alabasta when the same thing happened"
d) Kidd showing up... it just made me happy
e) Vergo breaking Sanji's leg... okay, I didn't like that but I was in shock when it happened
f) Law without his hat... he's hot so yeah
g) Sanji telling the marines to insult Zoro... when Zoro just wants to be rid of them and tells them where Nami and Robin went
Okay, that's it. Enjoy your life.
February 13, 2023
Series: One Piece #67-69
Rating: 4 stars - It was really good
This volume continues the Punk Hazard journey. The Straw Hats end up finding and reassembling the Wano Samurai, Kin’emon, they are determined to save the children that Caesar has been experimenting on, and they create an alliance with Trafalgar Law. A lot happened in these three volumes. We start with the crew all separated and then finally reuniting again to fight Ceasar and save the children. We also see them work with the Navy and Smoker to save as many people as possible and stop the Navy members who are helping Caesar. Caesar and his experiments are very interesting because he uses the Gas-Gas ability and that makes him very dangerous. It will be interesting to see how Luffy defeats Caesar and how they deal with his monster slime. Overall, I had forgotten how crazy and action packed Punk Hazard was and I am enjoying revisiting it and seeing the start of the Worst Generation’s alliance.
Trigger Warnings; experimentation on children; addiction in children
Rating: 4 stars - It was really good
This volume continues the Punk Hazard journey. The Straw Hats end up finding and reassembling the Wano Samurai, Kin’emon, they are determined to save the children that Caesar has been experimenting on, and they create an alliance with Trafalgar Law. A lot happened in these three volumes. We start with the crew all separated and then finally reuniting again to fight Ceasar and save the children. We also see them work with the Navy and Smoker to save as many people as possible and stop the Navy members who are helping Caesar. Caesar and his experiments are very interesting because he uses the Gas-Gas ability and that makes him very dangerous. It will be interesting to see how Luffy defeats Caesar and how they deal with his monster slime. Overall, I had forgotten how crazy and action packed Punk Hazard was and I am enjoying revisiting it and seeing the start of the Worst Generation’s alliance.
Trigger Warnings; experimentation on children; addiction in children
December 28, 2025
❄️ PUNK HAZARD: 5/5 STARS 🔥
Potential Spoiler:
I know this is controversial, but I’m judging anyone who calls Punk Hazard a lesser arc. It is brilliant.The mix of humor and action is great, but the real "chef’s kiss" is the focus on the cruelty of human experimentation. It asks heavy questions about sacrifices for science and exposes the facade of so-called heroes.
Why it’s top tier:
• The Marines: I loved seeing the empathy Smoker and Tashigi showed toward the G5. Their justice doesn't include sacrificing their men or their innocence, which is a massive contrast to Akainu’s "Absolute Justice."
• Heart of the Crew: Sanji’s sense of responsibility toward Kin’emon and Nami and Chopper’s genuine empathy for the giant kids really grounded the stakes.
• The Dynamics: Brook and Zoro’s hilarious dynamic was such a highlight, and it was amazing to see Nami and Usopp really start to step up more in the action.
• Trafalgar Law: He was absolute peak this arc. He slayed every single page with pure coolness.
This arc is deep, dark, and criminally underrated. Stop sleeping on it.
Potential Spoiler:
I know this is controversial, but I’m judging anyone who calls Punk Hazard a lesser arc. It is brilliant.The mix of humor and action is great, but the real "chef’s kiss" is the focus on the cruelty of human experimentation. It asks heavy questions about sacrifices for science and exposes the facade of so-called heroes.
Why it’s top tier:
• The Marines: I loved seeing the empathy Smoker and Tashigi showed toward the G5. Their justice doesn't include sacrificing their men or their innocence, which is a massive contrast to Akainu’s "Absolute Justice."
• Heart of the Crew: Sanji’s sense of responsibility toward Kin’emon and Nami and Chopper’s genuine empathy for the giant kids really grounded the stakes.
• The Dynamics: Brook and Zoro’s hilarious dynamic was such a highlight, and it was amazing to see Nami and Usopp really start to step up more in the action.
• Trafalgar Law: He was absolute peak this arc. He slayed every single page with pure coolness.
This arc is deep, dark, and criminally underrated. Stop sleeping on it.
May 31, 2020
And so we come to the Punk Hazard arc. It has the return of some familiar characters and really sets a stage where the integrity of the Strawhats can shine, but for some reason I'm not super into it. It's definitely not a bad arc, not at all, just not quite as exciting or interesting for me as others. It does look as though it's more of a.....setting up upcoming events type of arc, similar to how Water 7 worked for Enies Lobby.
Not bad, has some really funny and touching Strawhat moments, but I'm excited to move on and see what's coming next.
Not bad, has some really funny and touching Strawhat moments, but I'm excited to move on and see what's coming next.
February 13, 2024
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.
Law meu amor comecei isso apenas por você.
Law meu amor comecei isso apenas por você.
July 17, 2024
This volume may have dragged a bit in some parts, and maybe it felt like Oda was trying things for a bit and walking back, in other parts, but, overall, this was an ok volume with very exciting moments and plot developments. Law, the fights and the hints of what's to come bring this up to four stars, but it's not the strongest the series has been - but still far from the worst.
April 7, 2025
This was a step up from fishman island in most regards. One piece world has become a massive intricate story that i can't wait to keep reading.
The epicness of panels and detail in them has also been noticeably improved over last few years of Odas' art. This is adding to the feeling that one piece is slowly growing with it's audience.
The epicness of panels and detail in them has also been noticeably improved over last few years of Odas' art. This is adding to the feeling that one piece is slowly growing with it's audience.
February 13, 2018
good manga
January 6, 2021
Drug addicted giant kids, an evil villian and his mad experiments, and dragons.
It's another crazy action packed adventure with Luffy and his gang of pirates.
It's another crazy action packed adventure with Luffy and his gang of pirates.
July 5, 2023
Getting into the new content (for me) is so exciting!
August 2, 2023
Vol 67 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Vol 68 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Vol 69 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Vol 68 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Vol 69 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
December 24, 2024
Finally things are getting interesting again
so happy to finally meet LAW , good volume.
so happy to finally meet LAW , good volume.
July 16, 2025
law eu te amo
July 20, 2025
Only slightly better than fishman island, going to finish OP re read and then tackle some more classics.
August 24, 2025
Nuevo arco, y por fin vemos mas de Traffy Law. Me sigue teniendo muy enganchada la historia, esta vez con temas de armamentística y experimentación en humanos.
January 10, 2026
I love how strong the Straw Hats are! I'm glad we get to see more of Law too.
August 12, 2022
What a way to start the new age.
December 1, 2025
08/27/21:
Notes: The runner-up for this omnibus’ screenshot was Robin threatening Franky with death for him doing his faces in Chopper’s body, but the transmogrification of Trafalgar Law from a lame “dark” / “edgy” character into kind of a goofball via the alchemy of Luffy being a carefree moron is too vital to not highlight. There’s a scene where he’s explaining in great detail a Very Important Plan, and Luffy interrupts to ask what’s for breakfast; everyone chimes in with their orders, and Law says “no sandwiches for me, I hate bread” and then catches himself being Strawhat-y. I love gags.
September 8, 2024
Pretty good arc so far. I like seeing old faces get more screen time like Tashigi and Captain Smoker. The storyline is getting intriguing and I hope to see Luffy and Laws alliance stick, since he is a new favorite character of mine.
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