I think it's safe to say this Chopper's volume. I remember his backstory, but I'm not sure what happens in between flashbacks. Probably middle-tier battle sequences that drag on forever. I like Dr. Kureha though, and it's hilarious and cute how Luffy reacts to Chopper at first and near the end. ( )

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Title: Carrying On His Will
Series: One Piece #16
Arc: Baroque Works #5
Author: Eiichiro Oda
Rating: 4.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Manga
Pages: 189
Words: 9K

Synopsis:

From Wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_One_Piece_chapters_(1_186)

"Avalanche"

"The Summit"

"Enter Tony Tony Chopper"

"The Castle of Snow"

"Quack Doctor"

"Skull and Cherry Blossoms"

"Clumsy"

"Snowy Tale"

"Carrying on His Will"

Luffy carries Nami, and later Sanji as well, uphill and over a steep stone wall to bring them to Doctor Kureha. Everyone recovers quickly under her care and that of her blue-nosed pet reindeer, Chopper, who can think, speak and assume human appearance since eating a devil fruit. Kureha tells Nami about Chopper's difficult past, and Luffy decides to take him with them. Wapol arrives at the castle, intent on reclaiming his former home. In a flashback, Chopper meets the quack doctor Hiruluk and spends a year in his care. When Hiruluk is dying of an illness, he chases Chopper away to spare him the sight. Chopper, learning about Hiruluk's reason for chasing him, goes on a dangerous journey to find a poisonous mushroom to cure him. Impressed with the reindeer's compassion, before he dies Hiruluk arranges for Kureha to teach Chopper medicine.

My Thoughts:

Yep, this had all the feelz. Even while I know that the manga-ka is doing it deliberately and trying to manipulate the feelings of his readers, it still gets me.

Luffy and Sanji are taking Nami to the doctor, only to face avalanches, giant killer snowboarding rabbits and then the doctor herself. Thankfully, Nami is saved but we're introduced to Chopper, a reindeer that ate the human-human fruit and so has human characteristics, as well as apparently 3 different forms.

Walpole and Luffy confront each other and then the manga-ka fades to black and tells the backstory of Chopper. With all the attention you know he's going to end up on the crew. It's also where all the feelz come into the picture. There is also some backstory to Vivi and the kingdom of Alabasta and the world government and rebels.

Overall, we find out a lot of “little bits” about the world we're reading and about some of the characters. The volume ends with the flashback fading to the presend and Luffy headbutting King Wapole. So you know the next volume is going to be an epic fight amongst gum-gum fruit powered people :-D

Chopper is definitely going to be just as humorous as the rest of the crew. In this picture is the first meeting between him and Nami. He's so funny!

★★★★✬ ( )

"I will die when people forget about me."
I loved it. Tony Tony Chopper's hard past and his present. The loss of the man, who was like a father to him. This was very emotional.
But I don't feel so sad about it because I know he's going to be happy again with his new friends. ( )

2nd volume to the Drum Island story arc and the introduction of everyone's (including mine) favorite character, Tony Tony Chopper. :D ( )