One Piece 563 just came out and while it's not
OMFG!!! like the last chapter, it was very much epic. you could feel the love/respect most of the pirates had for Whitebeard (son or not) and the love/care he felt for his sons in turn...even the foolish ones. And boy was Squado and idiot. Even with such a reason -and Roger wiping out his old crew or not that doesn't make it ACE'S fault! this whole Sins of the Father thing is getting old. He's behaving like the marines...- I'm still mad at him.. but maybe I won't wish him to burn in hell. WB forgave him so I'll trying not to hate him...so much.
Btw, Ace doesn't want to be pirate king! (his brother does not him!) and WB hasn't said that he wants to make the boy the PK either...Sengoku did and it's possible that he's just being his paranoid self.
damn them, the marines can be such tricky douches. Playing on the idiot's hate of Roger(and then comes another mystery! how'd they know Squado would be there? or was he just convenient and any old Roger-hating pirate would have sufficed?...then again how'd they know WB would bring roger-hating allies? what if he came by himself?) making the allies doubt each other by only firing on the non-WB ones and all to cause a betrayal to weaken the bonds between allies (divide and conquer...)...such devious underhand tactics. and plus they froze buggy and co right after Squado's ranting! now the whole world's in doubt about what the heck was going on and didn't catch the part where it's shown that the marines manipulated him...
and I'm not surprised. that it happened I guess maybe a little -I honestly thought they had more faith in each other than that or am I just so very used to the Strawhat-level of faith/trust?- but that Sengoku'd go there? not at all. He is the Tactician after all. And it would have been a good trick...and it worked at least to the extent of hurting WB (wonder if they actually thought Squado would be able to do that...maybe they were thinking WB would kill him so there would be no asking whys? but still cast doubts...then again maybe only capture as the screaming of "I trusted you damnit! You betrayed us!!" might have been crucial to the Plan? I don't know...) and casting some doubt but...!
On the stupidity question I still can't understand why Squado believed. I mean he didn't at first and it was the whole pacifista attacking the New World pirates only but for the love of the sea, he was talking to Akainu! mister I-kill-any-number-of-fellow-marines-or innocent-civilians-if-i-can-catch-the-cr
iminal. as if that guy would willingly let pirates go. he'd double-cross them immediately and not lose a minute's worth of sleep.
Go WB!!! I'm glad he's not dead but I'm worried! An old injured (and that stab would is no laughing matter!) warrior jumping into the fight -while epic to the extreme - really feels like his launching himself into a glorious death or something and he can't die! AAAAACCCEE!!! and all his nakama would be devastated. and not the way croc boy was. the glitch. though in a way, most of the world has the same fault: forgetting that Shirohige's mortal like everyone else. His power may not have gone down but his body is deteriorating. time can't be stopped and he is OLD. and yeah, I get that. sobering thought that it is I get it but still! Whitebeard can't die here! not now! who'd take care of his sons? especially the foolish ones. what'll happen to the islands he protects with his name? he's got some pretty big shoes to fill and I'm not sure anyone can do it so easily or on such slight notice.
and why do I have a bad feeling Sengoku's still got more up his sleave and that there's more shit to be had? Awww...darn it all. all this taking breaks' wearing me out...i know Oda's busy -new baby and all- but the stress!!!