User blog comment:Dinosel/Chapter 871: Big Mom used thunderbolt... It was super effective!/@comment-24850639-20170706181537

Few things:

- Chopper & Nami's backhanded compliments to Caesar are too much for me. I'm bursting out laughing everytime.

- Big Mom's haki forms a flame-ish pattern on her arm as well, I think small things like this denote advanced levels of busoshoku haki

- The emphasis on Big Mom calling Kaido a "thing". We already guessed he wasn't human due to the whole "creature" in the epithet, but it's nice to get somewhat of a confirmation from someone who's likely tussled with him before

- Knowing the origin of the "66" in Germa 66. No idea what I was expecting to mean, but the historical context was very nice.This highlights that Germa CAN be redeemed. More than anything their actual goal is a land kingdom to call home, and they were intending to take over previously established kingdoms to do so. Their goal as an organization isn't bad, it's just the way that they are going about doing it. With the right revelations about what direction Judge has taken his life in, I can now see him turning for the better.

- Judge's mask off. Lets see those eyebrows dammit!

With that said, loved the chapter absolutely. While it was nice to see the Vinsmokes cut loose somewhat, I'm glad we finally got confirmation that they're not as strong as they may have been hyped up to be, especially the brothers. Sanji was at least able to parry an attack, Judge got sonned instantly. And while the squabble with Ichiji and Katakuri may have been off-panel, the ease with which they were defeated shows that there really isnt much of a gap between Sanji and his brothers strengthwise. Daifuku continues to serve Sanji Ls, and at this point it's just sad. The Stussy revelation was very unexpected, but I appreciate that it helps bring Carmel's story more full circle. I wasn't really sure what their point was in revealing her business dealings with CP-0 when it didn't ultimately amount to anything relevant in this specific storyline, but I see now that they've always maintained an interest in Big Mom over the years. Stussy has probably been to countless tea parties. It was also nice to see Big Mom cut loose a bit with her powers. Although Luffy didn't take any damage from their encounter either, this finally puts the nail in the coffin that he's truly not ready to deal with her yet. It looks like Gear 4th is the ticket he expects to take him to victory against the Yonko, but it doesn't appear he's mastered it yet to the point that he can go toe-to-toe yet with someone who can outlast the duration that G4 stays active for before needing a recharge. A LOT of people have predicted that the Tamatebako falling would cause the castle to collapse, but I've got nothing in terms of what this actually means for the good guys.