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Title: Davy Back Fight
Series:
One Piece #33
Arc:
Water Seven
#2
Author:
Eiichiro Oda
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Manga
Pages: 227
Words:
10K
Luffy and his Straw Hats run into another pirate
gang and end up playing three rounds of Davy Back Fight. The winner
of each round can pick a crew member from the loser’s crew and make
them part of the winner’s crew. The captain of the other pirates
ate the slow-slow fruit and can shoot slow-beams that make people hit
by it slow down. Fights ensue and poor Chopper (the reindeer doctor)
gets passed back and forth like a bag of peanuts. The final fight
comes down to Luffy and Captain Foxy. It’s a boxing match between
pirate captains who both have gum-gum powers. Of course the volume
ends before a winner emerges.
I must say, this was just over the top silly and I loved it. Captain Foxy isn’t a psychopathic killer, but more of a bumbling ne’erdowell who cheats outrageously every chance he gets.
I also noticed the length. At 227 pages, it “felt” long compared to the single issue comics I have been reading for the last couple of months. I think 200 pages is pretty optimal, as I didn’t have this same feeling with Fullmetal Alchemist #1, which clocked in just under 190 pages. I guess I’ve lost my manga edge and it will take a little bit to sharpen me back up :-D
Now, I mentioned over the top silly and I think the following picture exemplifies that:
Luffy is wearing an afro wig because Usopp tells him it will make his punches more powerful. That idea is played with for the rest of the fight and random pirates will ask “did the Afro make him more powerful?” in all seriousness. There were a couple of pages I was considering, but the above seemed to be the best one to get it all together in one page. And come on, how can you not laugh at at? Hahahahahahaaha :-D
★★★✬☆
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