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I think this is part of a larger problem in that we haven't gotten much world building around Egghead this arc in general. Oda is showing us technology like the food machine, the gloves that interact with light, and such... but he hasn't actually delved into the science or culture of Egghead in an actual meaningful way; nor has he developed any meaningful relation between the Punks and the Strawhats. Franky probably would have gotten more character focus if this was a more traditional arc that explored the island and people, but Egghead has sort of been just a sci-fi set piece for the action, so at least Oda has given him a lot to do as a combatant.

Not familiar with their work, but they all look the part. The only thing that's a bit iffy to me is that I don't believe Julia Rehwald looks much like the actress who played Kuina. Which could be jarring if Zoro still claims Tashigi looks identical to his old friend, but it should be easy enough to alter Zoro's dialogue at Logue Town to be less about how Tashigi copied his friend's appearance and more that she vaguely reminds him of her.

Oda continues giving Franky some incredible treatment this arc. Oda highlights his punch alongside Sanji's strongest attack and Bonney's makeshift Nika punch, and he wasn't portrayed to not belong alongside them in that combo.

David Dastmalchian is probably the biggest actor they've got for this so far. Although Jamie Lee Curtis has expressed interest in being Dr. Kureha and Matt Owens was on board with that idea, so I'd expect to see that announced for Season 2 casting.

Just need to figure out how far I can push the NLF on this fruit. It's all fun in games in the OBD until Bonney fancies herself a Kryptonian future. :jerrykek

I'm curious what the limitations of Bonney's DF are beyond just not being able to maintain it for long. Like if she had been present in the Big Mom fight on Wano, could she have seen Kid and Law use their awakened fruits and said "give me a distorted future where I can use magnetism/spatial-hax too" because that doesn't really sound less silly than her copying awakened Nika fruit or changing species to a giant. She may just have the most busted fruit in the game right now.

It's created a big issue that Oda has started sprinkling in actual deaths and nobody believes them because we've been conditioned to expect otherwise. Good example is Ashura Doji and Izo died for real during the raid, yet nobody thought it was legitimate when it happened because we also had Kinemon get his skull caved in by Kaido and be fine.

Imu would be a lot easier to get invested in if Oda gave him a character design and he wasn't just a blob with eyes and a crown.

Something special about seeing Krieg and Gin again after all of this. That must be the longest character drought we've had between their last appearance and their return.

Gameplay is out already. Dialogue makes it seem he may not be the original Bison, just someone who resembles him and has taken on the name. Though it's also possible it is the real Bison who just got amnesia and a horse, or some sort of clone.

I know S2 has a damn strong line-up when Bison is the character I'm least interested in of the four. I was more 50/50 on my hype for the S1 choices, but here I'm excited for the whole selection. I can see Elena being a controversial one depending on how her healing ability is handled though.

Honestly, if we got a God's Valley flashback then I'd be most interested in seeing more of Captain John. He's a name that's floated around since Jaya as one of the main figures of that era, yet we've never gotten much of a chance to see him. Even if it were just a page or two of him clashing with Rayleigh or Gaban then at least we'd have something. I'm also interested in Wang Zhi, but more for his role in the Rocky Port incident than God's Valley.

Speaking of the Nusjuro feat, Franky just went out to silence the allegations that he's too slow. Oda's been giving him a great performance this arc.

According to the mental breakdown of Trolonoa after I tried walking him through the process explaining why slicing the horn of Onigashima wasn't exactly a relevant feat against a character who endured Puncture Wille and was back up a page later.

I believe a big part is the average OL member doesn't grasp just how absurd of a feat Puncture Wille is. They say if Kid's PCD can damage Big Mom then so can "insert attack here", but Oda's clear intended portrayal is that all of those attacks Kid & Law were pulling out at the end were monstrously powerful, and that's the only way to read into that battle when he shows the aftermath of PW had a side by side comparison with Bajrang Gun. I have to let out a chuckle when people pull out Zoro cutting off the Onigashima horn or Kizaru blowing up the mangrove trees as though they are feats equivalent feats to PW, because even just eyeballing should make that a ridiculous comparison.

Kizaru's performance against Snakeman destroyed the notion that guys like Katakuri and King are close to the Admirals, which a lot of people tried to run with over the years, so that's a win for the Admirals. He's also remained conscious after White Star Gun and Booming Dawn Cymbal, so he's not a slouch in durability, just naturally not up to par with freaks like Big Mom or Kaido. The biggest thing he's missing is good offensive showings because too many characters have been walking off his attacks. We have characters talk about how dangerous lasers are, but Sanji is countering them with his kick and the likes of Franky, Bonney, and Sentomaru have been recovering from his attacks. He's yet to put a dent in another top-tier outside of Whitebeard whose durability had taken enough of a dive to be ran through by Squardo. I don't believe his role in this arc is finished since Oda's made a point that he wasn't KO'd from the last attack and just resting, but until he pulls out some...

I like how Akuma's mentor cutscene is just him murdering your character with a goshoryuken.

The reveal that Robin is a terrible chess player? She's blocked off the path of her bishops, has set her knights to defend her pawns rather than the other way around, boxed in the Queen, and is sending her King out into battle instead of keeping him protected behind the wall of pawns. This is really going to damage the perception of her as a scholar.

Great chapter, Vegapunk is already dropping bombshells. Sanji and Bonney got to look really cool. My favorite was the panel of the Weak Trio against Saturn. This is the Usopp that I've been missing, the one that is scared and terrified of the situation, but when he sees Robin is afraid he doesn't hesitate to put himself between them. Chopper using his other points that aren't just monster point again. Probably the only time I can recall where Nami stepped in and made the save carrying someone away. We all know the Mid and Monster trio are fearless in situations like this, so it's cool to see the Weak Trio step up and be the brave ones against an opponent that has Robin shook.