Luffy sets himself on a new mission. Oh yeah... Those guys... Summary: Out in the East Blue, Garp returns to the village in the Goa Kingdom, but he receives a not-so-warm welcome from Dandan who beats up Garp for failing to save Ace. The bar owner Makino comes out to break up the fight but she is also greatly saddened by Ace's death. After calming down, Dandan begins to worry about Luffy and she hopes that Luffy will stay alive. Somewhere along the Grand Line, Shanks and Marco stand before the graves of Whitebeard and Ace as hundreds of pirates gather in mourning. Marco asks how he can ever repay Shanks, but Shanks tells Marco not worry about it and then turns around to leave. On the Isle of Women, Luffy is stills screaming and crying about how weak he is. Jimbei is tired of Luffy's defeatist attitude and provokes Luffy into attacking so he can teach Luffy a lesson. After restraining Luffy, Jimbei tells Luffy to get back his confidence and realize that he hasn't lost everything. Thanks to Jimbei's words, Luffy finally remembers his missing crew and realizes he needs to get to their meeting place. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It sure took long enough for Luffy to remember that his crew was missing. Ace and Whitebeard's deaths have been very important events to the story and to Luffy's character, but we can't dwell on that forever, so it's good to see that the series is moving on. The flashback chapters weren't the most exciting things ever. This chapter neatly tied up the flashbacks and also the battle at Marine HQ with Ace and Whitebeard's funeral. The next logical order of business is of course for Luffy to get his crew back. I wonder if the others will all show up at Shabondy Archipelago? That might be too short and easy though. If Oda wants to make the arc longer though he can easily have Luffy go looking around for his crew. Let's see what the next story arc will bring. From the feed of A Product of Wasted Time
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