Blog Post #6!

 For this Japanese watching blog post, I'll be discussing my experiences watching episodes 1151 and 1152 of One Piece. The Egghead Island Arc is wrapping up, and the Strawhat crew is barely managing to escape the 5 immeasurably strong Gorosei thanks to the help of their allies, the giants and the Vegapunks. The most notable thing that happened in these episodes was Bonney realizing that Luffy was the reincarnation of Nika, the Sun God she'd been hoping would save her throughout her sad, tragic life. She's able to then channel that energy herself, gaining power she wouldn't have otherwise had, using her Future-Future Fruit to distort her future to "the one where I'm the most free" and gains similarly absurd Gear 5 powers as Luffy. It was incredibly cathartic to see her rise up against Saint Saturn, the evil demon who'd been causing her suffering, and finally be able to strike back against him thanks to our protagonist. 

Language-wise, I felt that I was recognizing plenty of words, such as ちち and はは, when Bonney was referring to her parents, and lots of number phrases/counters, like "*blank* years ago" or "1 hour left". Some sentence structures started to feel more familiar as well, which was reassuring that I'm actually learning something after all this time.