Robin gives no comment about her makeup or other beauty methods here, so I'd assume she wears no makeup and either sticks with just showering/bathing for her skincare, or maybe she follows Nami's procedure once in a while for a Girl's Night. And it seems that she gives Nami massages when requested!

i know the minotaur's labyrinth was almost certainly actually a maze but it's really funny to imagine theseus was just so fucking stupid he couldn't even find his way out of a unicursal, non-branching path without ariadne's ball of string

I do think it's kind of cute that Perona's ideal vacation spot is basically Thriller Bark, and funny that Kuma heard her say this and immediately decided to dump her on Mihawk

The Minotaur in his Labyrinth

Roman mosaic

Conímbriga, Portugal

3rd century CE

it used to be 2007 you know

Mannn Oda’s REALLY good at introducing characters I automatically dislike but then end up falling in love with later. Like Bege. I was so mad at him for hurting Pekoms and taking Sanji but now I’m like. LOVE THAT GUY. He’s a mafia boss he’s ruthless and will shoot his own comrades if necessary he’s an expert in backstabbing and is notorious for murder but he’s also SUCH a loyal husband, he loves his wife SO much and he loves his baby boy SO much and would move mountains for them. He ends up getting drawn into the utter chaos that surrounds the Strawhats and despite every aspect of his character that says otherwise he ends up believing in them and what they can do. One minute he’s threatening to shoot someone in the head and the next he’s baby talking to his son and cooing over him. The DUALITY OF MAN

Mildly curious about the accuracy of the translation here. As written, it implies that Zoro already knows that all black blades have special properties, but I could see it also be Zoro saying that hardness is one of the special properties of this black blade in particular.

Also, the attitude that Zoro takes here fits well with the general themes of the series. Luffy does end up beating Moriah and saving the crew, but the Straw Hats as a whole still have to fight their hardest for that to actually happen. Salvation isn't something that comes to people sitting down waiting for it.

Fascism sells a synthetic nostalgia.

Well apparently RDR2’s dev didn’t work on the game enough

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The Palm Beach Post, Florida, November 30, 1942