When watching this collection the main thought that struck me was this: we have been waiting since December 2018 to get a new One Piece collection, and the new one tells the concluding part of a major arc. When the rest of the Straw Hats see the photo, they know exactly what it means. One with the characters “3D” crossed out, and “2Y” below. There, Luffy rings a huge bell sixteen times to signify the coming of a new era, and has his photo taken by the world’s press, with his hat off, head bowed down in mourning for Ace, and with a new tattoo on his arm.
Luffy agrees to it, with himself, Rayleigh and Jimbei hijacking a Navy ship and returning to Marineford. Meanwhile, on Amazon Lily we see that another pirate that escaped the Battle of Marineford is Rayleigh, who comes up with a plan to improve Luffy’s chances in future battles. When the story returns to the present, we once again follow the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates as they face their own hardships, as each of them try to come up with ways of reuniting. Eventually all three do become friends, but a plan to destroy Gray Terminal by the World Government throws things into deeper chaos. The boys anger another group of pirates, but together they fight and protect each other. Luffy asks to join them, which causes trouble as Luffy’s loud mouth attracts trouble. Together, the boys have been stealing money from there and the town next to it in order to raise cash to become pirates themselves. Eventually Luffy learns that Ace already has a friend his age, a boy named Sabo who lives in a junkyard called Gray Terminal. At first, Ace ignores Luffy’s offer of friendship. This is where this collection begins, and when I say, “begin”, I mean right at the beginning, because the first bunch of episodes in this collection are flashbacks, telling the story of how Luffy and Ace first met back in East Blue, with their grandfather Garp ordering a mountain bandit named Dalan to raise the two boys up to become members of the Navy, otherwise she will be jailed. Eventually, Luffy comes to truly express his grief at the loss of Ace. Luffy escapes the battle with help from Trafalgar Law and Jimbei to Amazon Lily, the island home of Boa Hancock. Whitebeard, Ace’s captain, is also killed in the battle. Ace sacrifices himself to save Luffy, taking a deadly blow. Luffy, fighting against just about everything that World Government can throw at them at Marineford, where Luffy’s brother Portgaz D.
We have just witnessed a bitter and tragic battle between various pirate groups, including Monkey D. However, as it has been such a long time, we need to take a few steps back. With this collection, we pass the 500-episode mark and we witness the conclusion of a major story arc. Well, UK fans have had wait well over a year, but we finally have a new One Piece DVD collection.
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SPOILER ALERT: This is a review of a long-running series and does reveal details of past collections.
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