‘One Piece’ Shows-Off the Power of the Raid Suits

One Piece has reached a new stage of the Whole Cake Island arc in the anime as the failed assassination of Big Mom also leads to a failed escape attempt, putting the Straw Hats and the Vinsmoke Family in a precarious position.

After a stunning transformation sequence in the past, the Vinsmoke Family finally showed off the real power of the raid suits as they stood toe to toe with the Charlotte Family.

Escorting Caesar and Bege (who’s also carrying the escaping Straw Hats) to the other side of the island, each of the Vinsmoke’s raid suits demonstrated great strength. They have bulletproof capes, and each of them demonstrates how well they can stand off against the generals of the Charlotte Family.

Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji each battle members of the Charlotte Family that had previously demonstrated their strength in big ways. Oven’s heat didn’t seem to have an adverse effect of the suits, Yonji was able to counter Daifuku’s genie, and the three of them teamed up to take down a huge candy wall that Perospero had erected to stop Caesar.

This “Black Bug” technique was already impressive, but to see Sanji’s family battle thee strong opponents so easily is proof of the stories told of the Germa 66’s strength. They have the firepower to back up the reputation, for sure.

Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece first began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in 1997. It has been collected into 87 volumes, with a few chapters yet to be included. It has been a critical and commercial success worldwide with many of the volumes breaking printing records in Japan. The manga has even set a Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book by a single author, and is the best selling manga series worldwide with 430 million copies sold worldwide.

Eiichiro Oda also revealed some upcoming news for One Piece‘s future at Jump Festa 2018. Not only will the manga see Wano sooner rather than later, the next villain of the series is “one of the legends which lurks in the One Piece world. The greatest enemy ever for Straw Hats will hinder their way…Can you believe Marineford Summit War will look ‘cute’ compared to that?

The new live-action One Piece series also got some new information as it was revealed that the series will portray the Straw Hats’ adventures from the very beginning, and will take place in the East Blue. One Piece‘s anime series is currently in the middle of the “Whole Cake Island” arc and is now streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation.