One Piece 593

More updates on various supporting characters:

Way to show them who is the man around here, Sanji.

List of highlights:
- Nico Robin meets up with people from Dragon's Revolutionary Army and they provide a carriage to travel on the giant bridge. On the way she learns of Luffy's new escapades via a newspaper.
- In the Kamabakka Kingdom, Sanji tries to get Ivankov to tell him about Luffy's whereabouts, but Ivankov refuses as Sanji doesn't look like the picture on the wanted poster. Sanji tries to force Ivankov to tell him but gets beaten up, and afterwards Ivankov hands Sanji today's newspaper with news about Luffy.
- Ivankov and Dragon talk over the phone to discuss about their future plans and Kuma.
- On Sabaody Archipelago, Duvall and his gang guard the Thousand Merry against bandits while Keimi, Hatchan and Shakky are sitting nearby. Suddenly, Kuma arrives on the scene, and Shakky isn't sure if Kuma is friend or foe.
- In the Alabasta Kingdom, Vivi and allies learn about Luffy's escapades from the paper.
- Elsewhere, Crocodile and Mr. 1 also learn about Luffy's latest stunt and they plan to go to the New World.
- On an island somewhere on the Grand Line, Buggy reunites with his old crew and Alvida. Buggy is busy celebrating when Mr.3 alerts Buggy that he has received a letter from the government.

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For a third chapter in a row, it's more updates on Luffy's crew members and other important supporting characters. Sanji's update wasn't as funny as I had imagined it would be, but it's good that he is still himself and hasn't succumbed to the influence of the Kamabakka Kingdom. On the hand, I was pleasantly surprised by Vivi being included. It makes me wonder if the characters from the Alabasta Kingdom will return to a prominent role in the story some time in the future. Crocodile and Buggy are still in the thick of things and that's no surprise. The only people who might be in a bit of trouble are the people near the Thousand Sunny. Shakky doesn't know that Kuma has been turned into a cyborg, and Kuma is probably bad news.

Now that all of the Straw Hats have received their little update segment, so hopefully we won't see another updates chapter in a while. Having the narrative jump from place to place isn't the best way to tell a story, and I'm more interested in seeing what sort of stunt Luffy had pulled while the narrative was focused on the other characters. From what the other characters are saying, Luffy seems to have done something big after he met with Rayleigh, but the series has yet to reveal what. Hopefully the series will reveal Luffy's big stunt soon.