[Chris Beveridge]

Review by Chris Beveridge

Mania Grade: B

In Summary:

There isn’t a huge amount of really engaging material in this episode in terms of actually moving events forward, but it is an episode that revolves around moving the characters to where they need to be. Fans of Bon Clay must be thrilled to have him back and to have him meeting with Luffy and the others. The sequence with the Warden and Hancock as she finally meets Ace is really well done as well as it changes everything for Ace in how he views what’s going on. Toss in the little moments such as the Marines wanting to come inside to help and being rejected and there’s a lot of tension building in this storyline overall and it’s likely going to explode pretty soon, to wonderful effect. Hopefully sooner rather than later however.