As the title of the episode says, this episode showcases the
mission to save Princess of the Tontatta Tribe, Mansherry, led by Leo.
The episode hovers over the Kyros, Rebecca and Nico Robin
situation, where they are in engaged combat with Diamante.
After most if not all the Donquixote family is defeated and
knocked out by the efforts of the Strawhats and the herds of people that Usopp
saved, Giolla of the Donquixote family remains alive and happens to discover the
method of Mansherry’s healing power.
The producers try to add comedic value to this discovery as
the contrasting personalities of Giolla and Mansherry are displayed, with
Gloria saying phrases like, “Did you call me Boa Hancock?” whilst constantly
poking the little head of Mansherry who like many Tontattas, cries helplessly.
It turns out that Mansherry’s tears can be used to heal
wounds of people who all but dead. While on this topic, I happened to notice
that Dellinger wasn’t actually killed by Hakuba, but rather knocked out, which of
course is very One Piece-like.
The introducing of the healing powers can make us think of
it's possible uses down the line, a possibility being, will the healing powers
be used to help Luffy fight Doflamingo. Or perhaps, if the near future
confrontation with Big Mam approaches right after the Doflamingo fight, will
Luffy require Mansherry’s help? Or maybe Mansherry will be targetted for her
powers later on. If I recall correctly, Usopp was shown to be quite
intrigued by the discovery of this power, which can make us wonder.
This episode managed to spend it’s entire span showing Leo and the
rest of the Tontattas running up to a crazy Giolla and quite easily taking care
of her as Beetle delivers an uppercut, and Leo uses his sewing powers to sew
away the fallen and sew up Giolla, thereby making her efforts futile.
I was quite disappointed by this episode as it hardly made any
progress in terms of the overall story line. I also feel that so much focus on
this calibre of fight is unnecessary. I was hoping for more from Mouji, the
elderly Tontatta. I expected he would do more to save his beloved princess than
just cry and scream as I believe the author may have given misleading cues for
this character. Did you have this thought?
The episode finishes with Bellamy still springing around
attacking Luffy, saying that if he takes Luffy down, then he could stay in
Doflamingo’s memory, even if it is for a bit. Quite frankly, after a
rollercoaster of emotions displayed by this character, one day he is good, the
other bad, and this repeats, I think the audience has had enough of giving
attention to Bellamy. As seen in the episode, it seems Luffy has had enough as
well and perhaps the next action Luffy is going to take is knock Bellamy’s lights
out.
We may be seeing the end of Senor and Franky’s never ending
battle of manliness, according to the preview. I really hope this brings us closer to the final fight as most of us are eager to see the end of this Arc.
I rate this episode a 6/10 simply because of how
disappointing it was with progression and failure to give us something more fast paced and interesting than 'Leo and his buddy' running seemingly forever while Viola acts as a commentator/television. I would have honestly preferred to see the family revived, as was proposed last week because it would have been more entertaining. The rating wasn't lower because it was enjoyable, even if for a minute, to see Leo own Giolla.
In the week where we all nearly had heart attacks (especially
Usopp), with the question posed – Will Sugar be back?!?!?
We didn’t learn much from this episode, but one thing we did
learn is..
TONTATTAS SURE DO CRY A LOT.
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