User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 814: Mewl Like a Kitty, Bite Like a Viper/@comment-24850639-20160128161007

I disagree, I think the chapter was great and informative. Inu and Neko are going to be important characters in the future, so I'm fine with taking some time to paint out his personality. Especially since he's nowhere near as formal Inu-Arashi, making him more entertaining to watch. The chapter title is literally "lets go see nekomamushi", so how could you expect anything BUT a sit around and talk kind of chapter?

Anywho, as I expected Luffy wasn't cool with the Sanji situation when he learned what it actually meant. He's not going to be subordinate to anyone. What I like most about this development is that even though i totally called it and saw it coming, it went down NOTHING like how I expected. I was under the impression Luffy was just gonna get upset and say fuck that, we're getting Sanji back. What instead happens, is Zoro delivers yet another one of his perfectly timed monologues to re-assess the situation. Rather than the typical "dammit Zoro's right again", an actual argument breaks out with the crew and LUFFY PLAYS MEDIATOR. Luffy showed a very surprising amount of cool this chapter by not only doing that, but saying "lets ASK Sanji" instead of just flat out demanding his return. Furthermore, he's assessed just how strong the people are that he's dealing with, and actually suggested sneaking in rather than just bursting through the door with his usual style. I LOVED the maturity and character development as a captain I saw from Luffy this chapter.

As far as Pedro's concerned, the version I read introduced him as "Captain" of the guardians. Not sure if that means A captain or THE captain but what caught my eye moreso was what he whispered to Luffy. Basically Pedro assured Luffy that they've got his back if he wants to do something about Sanji, so to me that was the big deal of this chapter: if the Straw Hats wanna mobilize, the Minks have their back. The Vinsmoke Assassin revelation wasn't really that much a big deal to me, mostly because I don't place any value on the word assassin in this series yet. To me "assassin" is just a fancy word to describe a bounty hunter. Zoro and Robin could be described as assassins at some point. Its a very broad term, so as of yet I'm not completely convinced that the Vinsmokes can't still be of some societal importance ABOVE the Underworld, hence the bounty poster. On another note, I'm really loving the parallels that are developing between Luffy and Sanji.