beaverla's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
its_melissa0's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
kesterstichti's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ana_reads's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Minor: Cannibalism
hao_ming_zi's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The highlight of this volume was Sanji’s backstory which was beautiful and touching. The fighting was interesting, but felt a tad redundant. I hope the fight gets meaningfully resolved in volume 8.
bookedbyruqs's review against another edition
4.0
There's an unprecedented level of subtle gore in this volume that is slid into the story without emphasis that is quite astonishing but not bad in any way.
- This was a decent volume. I really liked it, but since I absolutely love Sanji and adore Gin a lot, that was to be expected.
- We also got Sanjis Backstory
- This is a really battle heavy volume (except for the flashback)
- The Baratie Arc coming to an almost end.
Spoilers:
- Continues the Baratie storyline as Monkey D. Luffy and the cooks defend the restaurant until Gin takes the one-legged head chef Zeff hostage, hoping to resolve the situation without Sanji's death.
- Sanji shows that he's more than cook when he defends the Baratie with a tremendous kick, deflecting the fish-head, to the amazement of his crew!
- His action re-energizes the sea cooks, who vow to fight for their floating restaurant to the end against the scurvy knaves that comprise Don Krieg's pirate crew.
- So of course Krieg has to throw them a curveball--
- Pearl, as his name implies, is a huge fellow covered in shields with pearl centers, and wears a pearl on his head.
- As he leaps onto the Baratie, he takes down two of the cooks with his Pearl Surprise move.
- One of Krieg's men attempts to take the knife from one of the dying men but Sanji puts a stop to that with a swift kick. "A chef's knife is his soul," he tells him. "A crap-bum like you had better not touch it."
- Pearl boasts to Sanji that he's been invincible in 61 battles to the death; in fact, he's never even been injured, and has never lost a single drop of blood in battle.
- Meanwhile, Luffy is clinging for his life to a mast--if he drops into the ocean, he's a dead man; since eating the devil fruit, he can't swim a stroke and would sink like a stone.
- Luckily, Krieg's maneuver drops him onto the Baratie, right on top of Pearl, drawing blood, to the pirate's surprise.
- When Krieg's crew see the blood, they immediately try to calm Pearl down, fearful of the consequences. Because of experiences as a child, when Pearl feels threatened, he sets himself aflame.
- Under the circumstances, being on a ship, afloat at sea and all, this is not a good idea.
- Ugh the Invisible Pearl character is boring and pathetic. I legit could do without him.
- Can't even say who really defeated him because it was a little bit of everyone. Luffy, Sanji and Gin.
- The sea cooks back down from the human wall of flame, but not Sanji. "Moron," he says, "you can't be a cook if you're afraid of fire!"
- Things are starting to look up when Sanji finds himself on the wrong end of a gun barrel, being pointed at him by Gin, the pirate whose life he saved when he was starving!
- Gin offers Sanji the opportunity to get off the ship, but he refuses, even when Chef Zeff taunts him, calling him eggplant head.
- Luffy tries to intervene, but to no avail. He certainly doesn't understand Sanji's attitude, and neither does anyone else.
- Especially when Pearl pounds him with some of his best moves. Still the stubborn chef refuses to go.
- But there is method to his madness, and he finally explains why he refuses to let the Baratie be taken away from the ornery one-legged Chef Zeff. It all began nine years before...
- Sanji’s kicking skill is as strong as “Red Shoes” Zeff.
- I absolutely loved Sanji's and Zeff's backstory. It is very different and it is an absolutely refreshing change. Simply cannot wait to see what transpires further.
- Chef zeff and sanji’s backstory was heartbreaking and very shocking, but now their dynamic makes sense.
- They got stranded on an island for 85 days when Zeff was a pirate and Sang and apprentice (kid). There was only 5 days worth of food which Zeff gave Sanji.
- Upon eating it all after surviving as long as he can without food, Sanji goes to Zeff and realises that in his bag instead of food there was treasure and hence Zeff had to cut off his leg and eat it in order to survive, since all the food went to Sanji
- He cut if off to eat so that Sanji (as a child) wouldn't starve!?!? Oda....
- I have no words. That scene was heartbreaking.
- Zeff saved Sanji’s life because Sanji has a dream which is to find “All blue” same as Zeff.
- When Sanji is done with his tale, everyone understands the debt he owes Zeff, and why he won't allow anything else to be taken from him.
- Still, Luffy thinks Sanji is being ridiculous, and he sees only one way out of the situation--he intends to sink the Baratie himself.
- He tells Sanji it's not worth dying over, and what use is Zeff saving his life if he's going to just throw it away?
- Don Krieg steps in and he and Luffy get into a battle of words, Luffy adamantly proclaiming himself the best pirate there is.
- Finally it comes down to Gin and Sanji.
- Can Gin kill the very man that showed him incredible kindness? Well, he is a ruthless pirate, after all...
- Gin totally has Sanji beat, but Sanji won out because of their honor.
- I respect gin’s actions. He is a man of character
- Outraged at Gin's disobedience, Krieg uses poison gas against his right-hand man.
- Damn that pirate crew really be carrying around gasmasks lmao
- Just die, don Krieg
- This was a decent volume. I really liked it, but since I absolutely love Sanji and adore Gin a lot, that was to be expected.
- We also got Sanjis Backstory
- This is a really battle heavy volume (except for the flashback)
- The Baratie Arc coming to an almost end.
Spoilers:
- Continues the Baratie storyline as Monkey D. Luffy and the cooks defend the restaurant until Gin takes the one-legged head chef Zeff hostage, hoping to resolve the situation without Sanji's death.
- Sanji shows that he's more than cook when he defends the Baratie with a tremendous kick, deflecting the fish-head, to the amazement of his crew!
- His action re-energizes the sea cooks, who vow to fight for their floating restaurant to the end against the scurvy knaves that comprise Don Krieg's pirate crew.
- So of course Krieg has to throw them a curveball--
- Pearl, as his name implies, is a huge fellow covered in shields with pearl centers, and wears a pearl on his head.
- As he leaps onto the Baratie, he takes down two of the cooks with his Pearl Surprise move.
- One of Krieg's men attempts to take the knife from one of the dying men but Sanji puts a stop to that with a swift kick. "A chef's knife is his soul," he tells him. "A crap-bum like you had better not touch it."
- Pearl boasts to Sanji that he's been invincible in 61 battles to the death; in fact, he's never even been injured, and has never lost a single drop of blood in battle.
- Meanwhile, Luffy is clinging for his life to a mast--if he drops into the ocean, he's a dead man; since eating the devil fruit, he can't swim a stroke and would sink like a stone.
- Luckily, Krieg's maneuver drops him onto the Baratie, right on top of Pearl, drawing blood, to the pirate's surprise.
- When Krieg's crew see the blood, they immediately try to calm Pearl down, fearful of the consequences. Because of experiences as a child, when Pearl feels threatened, he sets himself aflame.
- Under the circumstances, being on a ship, afloat at sea and all, this is not a good idea.
- Ugh the Invisible Pearl character is boring and pathetic. I legit could do without him.
- Can't even say who really defeated him because it was a little bit of everyone. Luffy, Sanji and Gin.
- The sea cooks back down from the human wall of flame, but not Sanji. "Moron," he says, "you can't be a cook if you're afraid of fire!"
- Things are starting to look up when Sanji finds himself on the wrong end of a gun barrel, being pointed at him by Gin, the pirate whose life he saved when he was starving!
- Gin offers Sanji the opportunity to get off the ship, but he refuses, even when Chef Zeff taunts him, calling him eggplant head.
- Luffy tries to intervene, but to no avail. He certainly doesn't understand Sanji's attitude, and neither does anyone else.
- Especially when Pearl pounds him with some of his best moves. Still the stubborn chef refuses to go.
- But there is method to his madness, and he finally explains why he refuses to let the Baratie be taken away from the ornery one-legged Chef Zeff. It all began nine years before...
- Sanji’s kicking skill is as strong as “Red Shoes” Zeff.
- I absolutely loved Sanji's and Zeff's backstory. It is very different and it is an absolutely refreshing change. Simply cannot wait to see what transpires further.
- Chef zeff and sanji’s backstory was heartbreaking and very shocking, but now their dynamic makes sense.
- They got stranded on an island for 85 days when Zeff was a pirate and Sang and apprentice (kid). There was only 5 days worth of food which Zeff gave Sanji.
- Upon eating it all after surviving as long as he can without food, Sanji goes to Zeff and realises that in his bag instead of food there was treasure and hence Zeff had to cut off his leg and eat it in order to survive, since all the food went to Sanji
- He cut if off to eat so that Sanji (as a child) wouldn't starve!?!? Oda....
- I have no words. That scene was heartbreaking.
- Zeff saved Sanji’s life because Sanji has a dream which is to find “All blue” same as Zeff.
- When Sanji is done with his tale, everyone understands the debt he owes Zeff, and why he won't allow anything else to be taken from him.
- Still, Luffy thinks Sanji is being ridiculous, and he sees only one way out of the situation--he intends to sink the Baratie himself.
- He tells Sanji it's not worth dying over, and what use is Zeff saving his life if he's going to just throw it away?
- Don Krieg steps in and he and Luffy get into a battle of words, Luffy adamantly proclaiming himself the best pirate there is.
- Finally it comes down to Gin and Sanji.
- Can Gin kill the very man that showed him incredible kindness? Well, he is a ruthless pirate, after all...
- Gin totally has Sanji beat, but Sanji won out because of their honor.
- I respect gin’s actions. He is a man of character
- Outraged at Gin's disobedience, Krieg uses poison gas against his right-hand man.
- Damn that pirate crew really be carrying around gasmasks lmao
- Just die, don Krieg
impasto's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5