Reviews

One Piece: Skypeia, Volume 28-30 by Eiichiro Oda

jessa_yes's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

nyquilla's review against another edition

adventurous funny

4.0

maxsebastian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The second Skypeia omnibus continues to be enjoyable. While I am not a huge fan of the massive fight set pieces, the idea of a Battle Royale of sorts was a new way to approach this type of action. The addition of new technology in the form of dials also helped develop this world and broaden what characters are capable of. On to the last section of Skypeia!

loper100's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

redhairedashreads's review against another edition

3.0

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. 

kalyfornian's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted

3.0

kthedestroyer's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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. 

jmoravec's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

bookrobin's review against another edition

5.0

This volume was amazing! : )
There is so much I want to say yet can't give away.
Robin finally uses those bad ass devil fruit powers and it is good. Also she is protecting ancient ruins with them so I fell like I have warmed up to her character a lot more. This made me all the more angry when Eneru attacked her.

An amount of people end up doing the iron trial in a huge cage (including a massive snake that Luffy is inside). Lots of great fighting scenes in there including Zoro! yay :)

Also lot more hate Eneru moments, that guy is going down. I felt pretty bad for Chopper during a lot of his fights as well. One thing really gets me about Eneru's lightning powers though, rubber isn't a conductor. So shouldn't Luffy be less affected by it? Him being stuck in that stupid snake is really annoying me!

bookrobin's review against another edition

4.0

This volume is great, and my guess about Luffy was right : )

Basically lots of fighting madness and people trying to find each other before it all goes down.
I really want to know how the Sky Island story is going to end!