User blog comment:12th Supernova/Chapter 776: Bastard of the Colosseum/@comment-24850639-20150213161101

Had to read it twice, because somehow once I again, I get a version that's backwards. Even had some panels cut off, so I didn't actually see Franky fall out and wouldn't have known that had I not read these comments. Anywho, after 2 solid read throughs I still agree with "meh" for this chapter. A lot more action than we've gotten recently. I mean the fight was practically the whole chapter, can anyone remember the last time that happened? LOL.

But I expected a much higher quality fight. If you'll allow a quick 'Tale of The Tape' here, Kyros: We all know how hyped up his fighting abilities are, several thousand victories, statue, yada yada yada. Diamante: "Hero of The Colosseum", expected to beat FOUR block winners, top executive, repeat the yadas. I mean I'll admit I gained a new respect for Diamante's devil fruit with this chapter, but to end it in essentially 2 moves? C'mon son. We expected A FIGHT. Not a joust. I wanted to see technique after technique flying back and forth at one another, devastating blow after devastating blow til they were both at their limit, THEN end it in a final clash. Forgive me for daring to make the comparison, but we're dealing with 2 of the best swordsmen here (1 of them taught Law his swordsmanship for God's sake) I expected a Zoro vs. Mr 1/Kaku type of fight to go down. It's cool to see someone overcome an opponent that fights extremely dirty, but I expected to be shown why someone as powerful as Doflamingo has this guy as one of his TOP right hand men. No backstory on who the hell Diamante is, nothing. You gave Senor Pink a better fight than this. It truly is a shame that so many of us are hoping the ANIME of all things fixes this.

Wow that was a rant. If Oda wanted to make this the most heartfelt battle of all them so be it, but Bellamy's little skirmish better end with one chapter too.....if this is over. I'm having a hard time seeing the panel where it's confirmed that Diamante's actually cut in half. Yeah he broke his sword, big whoop. Sabo did that without even trying, all while laughing at the fact that Diamante would even try him. In the panel where he breaks his sword, his body still seems intact to me (I mean he is a pretty tall guy). But of course the ever so infamous eye-whitening doesn't mean someone's down for the count as we all know, so if you can show us Law's arm, Doffy's head, and Law's other handiwork, I wanna see the 2 halves lol. He's definitely not getting back up, but I'm amused at how much more gore Oda is willing to show us lately.