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https://cubari.moe/read/imgur/HHfJrLf/1/1/ - Alternative Translation Here.

Second image here, because I couldn’t figure out how to do multiple if it’s possible on Kbin

Welcome back aboard! :)

Same. Except less casual.

So - it looks like it was all before Luffy met up with them after Enies Lobby. Koby’s style of dress hadn’t changed yet, and Helmeppo’s style was still bowl cut and no eye covers.

That said - that’s just when Koby started training with the Battleship Bag concept. We saw last chapter that it took years for Kuzan to catchup to Garp in the quality of hits he was doing - so Koby being able to have a really destructive hit a couple of years into that type of training is maybe a little surprising but ultimately is why Garp had so much faith in him as the future of the Marines.

Now it’s much more believable that Garp is dead - he’s laughing while freezing.

With that said - Kuzan hasn’t really ever actually killed someone in the series. Legitimately everyone he’s frozen on panel has lived - Saul, Luffy, Robin, Buggy, Blackbeard’s crew…

I’m looking forward to jumping back to Egghead and seeing how the crew handles the Siege, and gets our stone-turned members back in action.

At this point - all we control is how we respond to it.

If it’s awful, then dang, the naysayers were right.

If it’s decent - are we a community that lifts it up to give it a shot at a second season and more refinement? Or do we let our nitpicks become grievances that drags the opinion down?

If it’s good - then it probably doesn’t matter what we think as manga/anime fans - a good show with these characters and key events will find an audience.

The weirdest part to me is that it doesn’t feel like we’re getting any hints of Kuzan regretting this or even being uneasy about it. Garp was his mentor even if it wasn’t as direct as Garp’s relationship with Koby and Helmeppo.

Is Kuzan actually a baddie, now?

That’s still a conversion. It’s just one that doesn’t really come with any pomp or circumstance.

NTA

I feel like the only thing that might be even remotely be a mark against you is if it really was as quick turn as your post makes it seem. Even if it was a deserved ultimatum - if you allow them the option to break the news themselves, I think an allowance of a day or two to form the right way to break it to them might have been better for her current standing with the kids.

But ultimately - no matter how much time you gave her to prep that speech, it likely wouldn't have saved enough face for them to feel more cordial in the short term.

To be perfectly honest - I’ll likely stay here for content that typically ends up in large subs. Programming, World News, Politics, Ask _? That’s pretty well covered here.

But I’d use my third party app of choice to check in on subs that haven’t really taken off here yet. I haven’t had a decent conversation about One Piece yet on this platform. The Colts magazine equally dead. Game specific magazines and conversations are not very active here.

Quicker access to magazines I’m subscribed to is like my only actual gripe about desktop at this point. Still rough on mobile because there’s no access to greasemonkey or stylesheet override tools.