User blog comment:Fliu/Farewell Zou Arc/@comment-5398287-20160415021221

I loved Zou - it managed to establish not only a crap-ton of incredibly important story information for things we haven't heard about in a long time (Roger, Raftel, the Poneglyphs, etc.), but also an entire race of badass warriors that can easily hold their own against the underlings of a Yonko. Inuarashi and Nekomamushi are both great characters - personable, yet undeniably powerful leaders, something we've been lacking in the countries visited by the Straw Hats for a while now.