One Piece, Chapter 786: Gatz
Well, this chapter was pretty good. I'm not sure I like using even more minor characters to kind of lengthen out the fight instead of bringing in pre-established ones like Don Chinjao and Hajrudin and the others, but it seems that they're not really going to be worth a damn thing. But I do like how the climax played out. Luffy falls, temporarily at least, so it isn't a too-easy victory for him and from the looks of it Luffy may not be the one to deal the final blow to the enemy in this arc, which is definitely a welcomebreath especially since I wanted Law to be the one to do it. And we finally bring in Sabo and Jesus Burgress, two characters who have kind of been just a hanging knife waiting to do something.
We start off with people reacting to the bouncing Luffy having beaten Doflamingo, apparently, and just cheering. Some people have weird misconceptions that Luffy is some giant or whatever, which is kind of funny. We get Viola reporting it to King Riku (of course), but both Luffy and Law realizes that Birdcage hasn't disappeared, which is what everyone thought would happen. Luffy Geppo's up to where Doflamingo is and is about to launch yet another attack... but suddenly he just falls out, mid-flight, because Gear Fourth has hit its time limit. Luffy falls to the ground, exhausted...
And we cut to Jesus Burgress! He just hops down all happy and shit, planning to kill the weakened Luffy and steal his Gomu Gomu no Mi. Apparently he's just been waiting in the sidelines to steal Devil Fruits, the bastard. Burgress jumps down from the highest levels and just lands on the ground near Luffy. Random citizens all get scared and shit and it seems like we're going to have Burgress fight a weakened Luffy... when the giant moutain suddenly cracks apart in an awesome two-page spread because Doflamingo is still alive. Well, so much for Gear Fourth! It was awesome, but Doflamingo isn't taken out that easily. Did... not expect Doflamingo to stil be in fighting shape, honestly.
I mean, I kind of thought Luffy and the rest of the good guys will have to deal with Burgress, CP-0 and/or Fujitora after beating Doflamingo, but Doflamingo is still in the game. Luffy keeps falling while Doflamingo is just smirking... and then this random dude, Gatz, the MC during the colloseum fight, shows up and helps Luffy up and says some generic inspiring things. Really... would be more of an emotional 'yeaaah' moment if it was one of the more prominent people we actually know about who he helped out, but whatever. Luffy wants ten minutes so he can recover his Haki and launch one final attack.
Doflamingo floats down, while Gatz and the gathered gladiators all charge Doflamingo, wanting to buy ten minutes. Spoiler alert? They'll probably fail until actual named characters show up. I mean, some of these guys are named (the dude with a leopard hoodie is definitely named, I remember him being taken out in the arena), but they're the ones that, like, get a couple of panels before the actual characters like Cavendish or Chinjao or Bartolomeo beat them up. Basically everyone who hasn't already joined up with Luffy now does. And as they charge Doflamingo, well, Jesus Burgress, giant of a man that he is, charges through a building and gets ready to stab Luffy with a knife... and gets kicked in the face by Sabo.
Now hopefully Sabo's fight with Burgress is a lot more climatic than his 'let's fight for three pages and get resolved by talking' fight against Fujitora. This chapter is more of a get-from-point-A-to-point-B chapter, but having Doflamingo still alive and having Sabo and Jesus Burgress participate in the finale is certainly awesome. All these parties with their own agendas clashing and shit... just a shame that the guys holding Doflamingo back isn't, like, actual people. Would rather have Zoro or Franky or Bartolomeo or some of the other actual characters instead of a bunch of generics be the one that fight Doflamingo.
I guess Luffy's still going to deal the finishing blow to Doflamingo after this 'ten minutes' thing. Maybe with a Gear Fifth? He seemed pretty sure that his next attack can one-shot Doflamingo. Or maybe with an awakened devil fruit ability?
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