User blog comment:Neowitch/771 - Popularity, Crack Couples and Nintendo shoving their Products down our Throats/@comment-24850639-20141218143233

I must have missed something, so the people who show up on the cover page like that are considered the "top 10" most popular? Anywho, I'd have to disagree, Ace was pretty damn cool from the beginning. So was Sabo. I can understand not liking them as plot devices, but to me it only makes sense that Ace would have died at some point. As his big brother that watched over him even as kids, and with him being the main character, I think it would have been bad taste to make them have to SERIOUSLY fight each other at some point (which would of course include the WB pirates altogether). Its already hard enough with Shanks standing in the way. I think its quite awesome that Ace now gets to live on through both Luffy and Sabo, with moves like "Red Hawk" and probably plenty more Luffy has in his new bag of tricks. Not only that, but whats left of the WB pirates are probably going to end up being big allies to Luffy. WB didn't give 2 shits about finding One Piece himself, and now that he's gone I can't imagine his crew all of a sudden deciding to go for it. Not that they're done, but I just don't see Oda using them as any other way but support/Blackbeard revenge.

As far as this chapter goes, I agree......eh. I find it quite stupid that Chinjao would get his drill head back, just to have it fucked up again in the same arc, by whoelse by the dude's own son. There's a million other ways Sai could have shown that he's ready to take the mantle, while keeping Don Chinjao of use to everyone. But all's fair in Love & War, huh Oda? Baby 5 didn't surprise me, ever since they revealed that weakness of hers I saw the Straw Hat side using that to their advantage. Just always thought it would be Sanji. Sai is too ugly for me to look at for too long lol. I've always though Lao G was funny, but his antics were just starting to get annoying. Especially since Chinjao held his own against Luffy, and Luffy would wipe the floor with G.

Anyone else think its the King Punch that will take out the birdcage?