One piece: Marineford Arc Review. VanishingBow 07/31/15. Eiichiro Oda creator of one piece was able to create a war that met my expectations. Going in I heard so many great things about this arc a lot of people said that this was the greatest arc ever, this was the best one piece arc hands down.
Ch. 34- The War's Conclusion
One Piece © Oda
Blizzard, Jupiter, Ken, Marine K9 Unit © Me
Previously, Law and his men arrive to help Luffy, Blizzard, and Jimbei escape. However, the Marines are determined not to let that happen. Coby, who claims that he is hearing voices in his head disappearing, is disgusted with how the Marines have turned into a bloodthirsty savages and decides to take a stand once and for all. However, Akainu becomes angry that Coby has decided to stand up pirates and attempts to kill him, but before he can, the surprising arrival of the Red-Haired Pirates saves him. Shanks picks up the straw hat that he gave Luffy ten years ago and claims that he has come to end the war.
'Shanks?!' Garp growled. 'He's the man that dragged Luffy into the life of piracy!'
Sengoku just stood there, saying nothing.
'IT'S THE RED-HAIRED PIRATES!' shouted the Marines.
'That fight he had with another of the Four Emperors, Kaido, was only yesterday! And now, he's here?!'
'What is going on?!'
Shanks looked down at his old straw hat. He missed the feel of the straw used to weave it and how it looked. However…he knew that for right now, this hat belonged to someone else.
'Hey!' Shanks called. 'Buggy!'
Buggy looked down.
'Huh?' he muttered. 'Shanks?! What are you doing here?!'
SWIP! Shanks tossed his old hat to Buggy, who caught it in his hands.
'Give that to Luffy!' Shanks called.
'What?!' Buggy asked. 'Your old straw hat?! And why should I?!'
'Because,' Shanks started, 'I have a treasure map I want to give you.'
'What? Really?!' Buggy asked, excitedly. 'A-all right! Hang on! I'll flashily deliver it to him, right away!'
With that, Buggy flew off.
'Hey, Boss!' called Lucky Roux, eating a slab of meat, as usual. 'It's been ten years since you last saw Luffy, right? Don't you wanna go see him?!'
'Believe me,' Shanks said. 'I'd love nothing more than to go and see Anchor…but…if I did…'
Flashback: 10 years ago
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'Do me a favor, okay?' Shanks asked as he placed his straw hat on a sniveling Luffy's head. 'Keep this hat safe for me. This hat means more to me than you'll ever know. Promise you'll give it back to me someday…when you've become a great pirate.'
Luffy sniffled.
'…o…okay…' he sobbed.
Flashback end
'Hey, Captain!' Bepo called to Law, who is standing outside with Jupiter. 'I know it's not everyday you get to see one of the Four Emperors and all, but you have to close the door! We're about to go under!'
'Just gimme a minute, Bepo!' Law called before he spotted something flying towards him. 'What's that thing?'
WHAP! Law grabbed whatever it was out of the air, and he saw that it is Luffy's hat.
In the Heartless' medical ward, Luffy, Blizzard, and Jimbei have been placed on separate examination tables.
'…if I went to see him now,' said Shanks, 'it would violate our promise. Isn't that right…Luffy?'
'Damn you, Red Hair!' Akainu cursed. 'Because of you, Dragon's son escaped!'
'Not yet, he hasn't,' said Aokiji. 'Ice AGE!'
KREK! KREK! KREK! KREK! The water began to freeze up.
'Oh, no!' Lucky Roux shouted. 'They're still trying going after the submarine! The whole sea's gonna freeze over!'
Down below the water, it is revealed that the Heartless had managed to escape the ice.
'Dammit,' Benn cursed. 'I told him not to make another move!'
Up in the sky, it is revealed that Kizaru still has one last trick up his sleeve.
'Yasakani Sacred Jewel.'
ZOW! ZOW! ZOW! ZA-ZOW! ZOW! Kizaru fired several laser beams at the water, trying to sink the Heartless.
'Watch out! It's gonna hit us!' shouted Penguin.
'Dive lower!' Law ordered.
Luckily for them, the crew still managed to get away, but the pirates up on land were still in shock.
'They just keep attacking until the very end.'
'Oh, dear god, I hope it didn't hit them!'
'What about Ace's little brother, White Wolf, and Jimbei?!'
'If they're still alive after that,' said Kizaru, 'then we'll just have to give up and just say they got lucky.'
Akainu seethed.
Shit…! he cursed in thought.
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Out at sea, one of the battleships is setting sail without orders from anyone but…
'FOLLOW THAT SUBMARINE, AT ONCE!'
'But how?!' asked one of the Marines on board the ship. 'It's completely underwater! I really doubt that they were able to escape the Admirals' attacks, just now.'
'No…' said Hancock. 'They're alive. I can feel it!'
SWUP! She went into her looking down pose.
'Listen here!' she said. 'You shall report to the Marines that I, Boa Hancock, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, will finish Straw Hat Luffy and White Wolf Blizzard!'
'Y-yes, ma'am!' said the blushing Marine.
'But Lady Hancock, how can we follow them?' asked another Marine.
'Just sail straight ahead, you louts!' Hancock shouted.
'Yes, ma'am! Right away! Oh, you may be crazy, but you're so damn beautiful!'
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'WHAAAAAAAT?!'
WHAP! Buggy grabbed Shanks by the collar of his cape.
'WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'NO TREASURE MAP'?!' he questioned. 'YOU FLASHILY LIED TO ME, YOU BASTARD!'
'Look, I'm sorry, but I couldn't see any other way,' Shanks said. 'I was in a hurry. Anyway, long time, no see, huh Buggy?'
'DON'T YOU GIVE ME ANY OF THAT 'LONG TIME, NO SEE' CRAP!' Buggy shouted. 'DON'T YOU FORGET THAT I STILL HATE YOU, SHANKS! YOU JUST USED ME AS A YOUR LITTLE ERRAND BOY! WHY, I OUGHT TO…'
As Buggy continued on with his ranting, his followers watched in awe.
'Are you seeing what I'm seeing?'
'I sure am. Look at how he acts toward one of the Four Emperors!'
The prisoners went into tears, once again.
Cap'n Buggy! they thought. We'll follow you to the ends of the world!
Suddenly, Buggy hatched an idea.
Wait just one flashy minute, here, he thought. If I stay with these guys, I'll be get off the island without a hitch! HAHAHAHAHA! Oh, what a clever man I am! I must get it from my mother.
'Red Hair…' Marco said as he approached him.
'Marco,' said Shanks. 'Stop all this needless fighting and retreat.'
'…right,' Marco said.
Just then, one Marine spotted Mihawk waling away.
'Hawk Eye! Where do you think you're going?! You're not done here!'
'Yes I am,' Mihawk answered. 'I agreed to fight Whitebeard, not 'Red-Haired' Shanks. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be getting home. Adieu.'
With that, he walked away.
'Listen, everyone!' Shanks called. 'To go on fighting like this would only lead to more loss of life on both sides! However, if any one of you still wants to fight…then my men and I will gladly take you on!'
The Marines gasped and backed away.
'What about you, Teach?' asked Shanks. 'Or should I call you…'Blackbeard', now?'
Blackbeard seemed to freeze at Shanks' glare. Although he had that smug grin on his face, inside, he was shaking. However, he couldn't let Shanks see that.
'ZEHAHAHAHAHA!' Blackbeard laughed. 'Thanks, but no thanks! I'll pass, Red Hair! I got what I wanted, after all! It's not time to be fighting you…not yet, anyway! ZEHAHAHAHAHA! Come on, boys! Time to hit the road!'
With that, the Blackbeard Pirates took their leave.
'Everyone, listen,' Shanks said. 'Withdraw now…and allow me to save face.'
The pirates stared at Shanks in disbelief. The Marines also stared at the Emperor while they tended to their injured comrades. Some seemed relieved, but others, mostly Akainu, seemed angry.
'We'll see to the proper burial of Whitebeard, Stefan, and Ace,' Shanks said. 'You've already broadcasted the battle throughout the entire world. I just can't sit by and watch you bloodthirsty idiots go on and make a spectacle of their deaths! Is that clear?!'
'That's absurd!' shouted Doberman. 'You can't give them a funeral! We need to show off their severed heads to celebrate our victory!'
The Marines began to argue at Shanks, saying how much they disagreed with his decision, but then…
'SILENCE~!'
The Marines looked to Sengoku, who is back in his human form.
'I don't mind,' Sengoku said.
'What?' Doberman questioned. 'B…but Fleet Admiral-'
'Enough!' Sengoku barked. 'That's fine by, Red Hair. I'll take full responsibility for this.'
'Thank you, Sengoku,' Shanks said.
'Hurry up and treat the injured!' Sengoku ordered. 'As of now…THIS WAR IS OVER!'
Thus ended the greatest battle of the Great Pirate Era. The Paramount War of Marineford will be deeply carved into the tablets of history. One era has died, but thanks to the efforts of brave souls, one will be able to lead a new era in its place.
TO BE CONTINUED IN THE POST WAR STORIES…
All right! It's done! AT LAST!
Must I say, this was a HASSLE, but I'm so glad it's done! Now, since I already did the Post-War one shots, I can get started on the Return to Sabaody Arc, followed by the Fishman Island Arc!
Review, please!
Ohayo guys this blog will be covering my first reaction and thoughts towards this specific one piece arc 'Marineford' I recently watched please reassure before you go on ahead it is not recommend if you haven't watched this series because this contains a lot of spoilers also please mind some parts aren't good because of my english and yes I know I am way behind XD in one piece episodes, without further a due let's begin :)
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Eiichiro Oda creator of one piece was able to create a war that met my expectations. Going in I heard so many great things about this arc a lot of people said that this was the greatest arc ever, this was the best one piece arc hands down. Hell I was even spoiled about the deaths of Portgas D Ace and White Bread and I still came out of this arc with a red face from all the grieving I've done. I came out with a beating heart upon watching all the pirates aim to save ace. Whitebeard showing feats that nobody else has shown and a character that is so impactful and unique that I regard him already with all the respect I gained for him in one arc, one of my favourite characters of all time.
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We see some major twist seeing black bread take the thrown so maliciously after doing all the things he previously did. And seeing shanks put a end to this crazy...epic.... Just amazing war. This arc was simply a master piece I have never seen an arc this good. It's a war that fulfilled all the potential and expectations that come with all the big names this arc used. Marineford made me a one piece fan.
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Oars the giant went to save ace countless times after building a bond with ace via a hat. Countless times was he shot down , impaled on his knees and after everything all he could think about was ace And he was only the opener. The emotions flowing through my body after seeing Garp say ' I have no sympathy for criminals but I do for my family' Garp is a interesting figure himself he really does hold his responsibilities to the marines and as you know the marines are opposing forces to the pirates so ace being a pirate it almost seemed in a away that he couldn't help. Seeing some of the things he did in this arc for instances after akainu put a f***ing whole through ace he told sengoku himself keep me down ' I'm going to rip his skull out' seeing him say those words it just goes to show you that he does care at the end of the day.
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In addition when I saw characters like crocodile actually help out and work with luffy was kinda of a relief because all of these forces were going against luffy but the people that luffy previously fought with, and I'm not gonna lie if luffy doesn't become the pirate king through strength he's going to become the pirate king through having the entire world as his friend.
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When luffy was repeatedly getting struck down ace kept telling him to run away leave. Luffy: 'I'm your little brother' aw man it doesn't stop the sh*t doesn't stop. After white beard had his forces go in and help luffy out, everything that luffy went through, even his own family member being a obstacle in his path to saving ace after everything luffy went through he still wasn't able to save...his brother. The intensity was just so great.
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Seeing one of white beards men swardo stab white beard himself after it took an entire navy just to stand at equally footing with his crew was just so crazy cause this guy white beard it's the guy that is hyped up ever since the beginning of the arc and now one of his own men put a sword right through him. But that didn't stop white beard he went and put his arm out grabbed swardo hugged him and gave him a speech about how he was important to him.....wow that's a real man right there that was some of the saddest sh*t ever. On top all the burdens whitebeard has he has to deal with his own crew members betraying him and he still shows love. The amount of respect I gained for whitebeard in one arc is just unimaginable. He so selfless.
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When ace died the character that means so much to luffy it was truly heart breaking what made it more sad was the reaction from the people around ace not ace himself dying wasn't the saddest part about it. Seeing Garp being held down saying 'you better not let go of me'. Oda is like a expert at making people cry it'll make like other bunch of characters crying than you start crying,like I mean have you guys ever cryed over a f**k***boat? cause I know I did in this series and it hasn't happen before. And than white beard after seeing his child ace get killed finally steps in to do what he wanted to do for the longest, the reason why didn't go in before is cause his own powers are so powerful that he'd hurt his own crew. So when white bread jumped in I was just argh kill f**k*** akainu take his face than squash it and whitebeard does that. He goes to Akainu from his back and starts beating him so strong that his fist aight even touching him his energy is touching him not his fist, and he just keeps getting treated like a ragdoll.
Imagine what he could do his prime, he just smashed the s**t out of an admiral subsequently after all of that a huge twist occurs, black beard and his crew appear out of no where after black beard went to impel down to get shiliew....aww man like it's sad to cause these are whitebeards children in his eyes to some extent like all of these people that white beard is a custom to are the cause to all of these things, like black beard if it wasn't for him this whole war wouldn't have gone down so if you think about it's like his children are killing each other of. To see his children die before him an old man it's like you know not a good feeling and his number one rule was broken black beard killed a crew mate than left. But after everything white beard went through he still went on to beat the crap out of black beard.
Black beard survives shoots white beard a 100x with his crew, white beard dies standing. Aww man his last speech about the one piece, shaking the world, him never getting a scar on his back , him getting shot 100x after being already Injured, him caring so much for his crew, him showing feats and him be so hyped up so much really makes white beard one of the greatest ever and his character was never degraded, I was spoiled already I'm like there's no way white beard can end of epically I was telling myself that but no he dies epically.
And after all that black beard toke white beards earthquake abilities here I could tell because I predicted it because before I was like what could he want from whitebeards body. Blackbeard has now two of the strongest devil fruits In the verse, he is the strongest in the era now.
And it doesn't stop there shanks appears out of no where in an epic fashion and he ends of the war that was suppose to end awhile ago. The war had ended perfectly so this war had everything monumental moments, redeeming moments with characters, big deaths, story wise everything perfectly the war was formatted amazingly. Seeing all of these characters being used in this war you'd think that the war would not reach it's potential but it does now just overall after pretty much worshipping this arc I'm really interested to see how black beard will use his new powers, what will he do with these powers and what are his motives at the end of day it's kind of clear what his motives are but I mean now he's in control of this era. This brings us to a conclusion... This arc made me a true one piece fan.
Episodes 457- 481
Rating 10/10