One Piece Vol. 12

12/21/19

After visiting the town where Gold Roger is from along with some minor obstacles, Luffy and his friends are on their way to the Grand Line. The anime does follow this part a lot but it seems to do it in more detail because they are trying to fill up a certain time frame. Anyways, they get to the mountain that will lead them to the Grand Line. They barely make it and then get swallowed up by a big whale. Well everyone except Luffy. They make a few new friends after hey escape the whale and Luffy even makes a promise to the whale to come back. He only does this after learning the whale's past. Then they are off to their first island in the Grand Line and are given a welcome fit for a king. Soon you find out it was just a play at things to get their guards down. The town is full of bounty hunters and they want to gather the bounty on Luffy's head. Zolo/Zoro shows that he didn't pass out like the rest of the crew and tries to fight all of the bounty hunters by himself. And that is basically where the volume ends. It feels like it was so much longer in the anime, but like I said they are trying to fill in a certain time frame. I have a feeling until they get to the next big battle, some of the volumes are going to be quick and not have much that is new. But you need the side stories in order to enjoy the whole thing. Right?