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One Piece Every Day is a column where I read a chapter of One Piece every single day—more or less—and discuss my thoughts on it. Each entry will have spoilers up to the chapter covered in that day’s column.

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Of all the bit characters One Piece has introduced so far, Gin is one of my favorites. Pin the guy to a dial with “total softie” at one end and “badass dual-wielder of what look like but probably aren’t tonfas” on the other, and then just wiggle it back and forth really fast. That’s basically Gin, who makes his third turn in the manga. To put it in wrestling terms; he’s gone from a face, to a heel, and now back to a face again.

Most of this chapter consists of he and Sanji actively fighting, and for most of the fight it really doesn’t seem like he’s pulling any punches. One of the spectator pirates describes Sanji having his “bones beaten to shards”, which is certainly a colorful bit of description if nothing else. The visuals we get as Gin’s legendary brutality is described are pretty evocative.

But of course, we don’t care about the scores of anonymous pirates that died before the start of this story, which is why the big tentpole moment of this chapter is Gin doing this.

Yeah, the guy has a change of heart because Sanji was so nice to him. The consequences of this? Questions for tomorrow’s chapter, although I will note that Krieg does not seem pleased.

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