One Piece Volume 45

With volume 45 we finally finish up on the best arc that shonen manga has to offer. Water 7 and Enies Lobby are over. But we still have a few important things to get through, so let’s have a look at everything that happens in this volume. Let’s start with the crew themselves. They get … Continue reading One Piece Volume 45 →

One Piece Volume 44

Volume 44 covers a whopping 11 chapters. I’m pretty confident that’s above average and at this point in time Oda’s chapters were still longer than they sometimes tend to be now. Let’s ignore how unhealthy that work ethic was and appreciate what we’re about to read. The conclusion on what is probably Oda’s best arc … Continue reading One Piece Volume 44 →

One Piece Volume 42

Last week’s volume was such a fantastic volume that the only way to go from there was down. Luckily for us, we only went down a comfortable amount and this volume is still great. We pick up right where we left last volume as the gang minus Robin flies into the Justice tower with the … Continue reading One Piece Volume 42 →

One Piece Volume 41 – Peak Fiction

One Piece Volume 41 is the single best manga volume ever written and it’s not even remotely close. This entire Water Seven Saga has been a blast from the very start, but this volume has one of my absolute favorite moments in the entire series as well as the backstory of my favorite character whose … Continue reading One Piece Volume 41 – Peak Fiction →

One Piece Volume 40

Volume 40 is aptly titled ‘gear.’ If this is your first journey through One Piece, the meaning of this volume title will get clear as we continue, but if you’ve been here before, you know all about the gears. We also continue the baroque works escape cover story this volume but the real meat and … Continue reading One Piece Volume 40 →

One Piece Volume 39

They took the rocketman, going anywhere~ Welcome back to our weekly One Piece manga recap. Today we’re looking at volume 39. Last week everyone set off towards the dangerous Enies Lobby to chase after Nico Robin who has been captured by CP9. Luffy, Sanji, Nami, Robin and many of the people they met on Water … Continue reading One Piece Volume 39 →

One Piece Volume 38

Wow.When I first got into anime and manga I always said that One Piece was my favorite and that would never change. As the years have gone by that sentiment has definitely weakened. If you were to ask me for my favorite manga now I would probably hesitate and maybe say something like 3-gatsu no … Continue reading One Piece Volume 38 →

One Piece Volume 37

I forgot to upload this yesterday, in my defense, I was tired. With the recent release of the One Piece live action series as well as both the anime and manga being at amazing moments in the story, One Piece is riding a wave of popularity right now that is hard to understate. I watched … Continue reading One Piece Volume 37 →

One Piece Volume 36

We’re really here. We’re at the absolute apex of shonen storytelling. I’ve been a little bit sad this past week as I was waiting to continue my weekly One Piece journey. You see, I still love One Piece up until today, but there’s definitely a moment in the story where I think it peaked. And … Continue reading One Piece Volume 36 →

One Piece Volume 35

As I’m writing this it is pouring rain right outside my window. Summer has officially ended here in the Netherlands and I’m feeling two ways about it. Being able to hang out outside in a shirt is very nice, but the feeling of putting the duvet back in the cover and reading manga in the … Continue reading One Piece Volume 35 →