One Piece 782: this chapter felt a bit clunky, really, though I loved that Trebol’s secret was so simple. The flashback was a bit awkwardly transitioned and Trebol being baited to go right up to Law seemed unconvincing. Still, it made sense in story terms and Luffy is finally ready for a big battle. He’s taking on the most powerful people in his world now – how much more One Piece will there be? Well, even with the characters we already know of, it can go on for hundreds more chapters, so no real worry there.

One Piece 783: setting up the big battle...Luffy seems to have done another random power-up. And we’ll have to wait for Oda to have a break to find out what it will look like!

One Piece Party 1: well, the idea of a cute, comedic SD spin-off written by someone else worked well for Naruto. How about One Piece? I have my doubts – it’s already much more comedic to start with and the art isn’t a dramatic change in style. And, well, it was just some messy random gag story. But hey, it’s more One Piece and it raised some smiles so I’ll keep reading. I don’t see it being as successful as Rock Lee’s Springtime of Youth, though.