Usopp's right, calcium by itself couldn't possibly have healed Brook that quickly. He should have specified the milk had been fortified with vitamin D

Fun fact: Chapter 475 was voted highest in a poll ranking reader's favorite cover pages, and ended up being colored by Oda and used as the cover for the first volume of One Piece Doors, which compiles the cover pages and cover stories like the color walks do for the color pages.

I want to say that this might be the last time we see Franky fire breathe, and him tag teaming with Usopp is a super cool use of his power. These two in general I think could have a lot of synergy with their move sets if they were allowed to fight together more often

This move is appropriately called Jenga Cannon, and honestly it makes me want to see what the Straw Hats are like on game night

I love that the fight turns this idea on its head, and the lack of feeling is a big reason Oars is defeated. It fits with the overall themes of the arc as well; Moriah relies so heavily on zombie power because he didn't want to feel the pain of losing his minions anymore. That lead him to neglecting himself and his training to the point he couldn't handle his own Shadows Asgard.

Moriah using his shadow powers to make Oars stretch is my single favorite thing he does with his Devil Fruit. The logic of it is so simple, but it's one of those things I never would have thought of or guessed in a million years. Oda gets good mileage out of it, too, as it's the basis for the Straw Hats surviving getting mostly burnt to a crisp at the end of the arc.

Imagine trying to shoot a dude in the face and he looks at you like this

I always love it when Oda shades things like this

I'd forgotten they tried to beat the boys awake

Usopp is low-key the MVP of Thriller Bark

In an arc full of great gags, this is perhaps the greatest. I'm not sure I could choose between this and Luffy pushing a zombie into its own grave

This idea is so, so important to the series in general, and Brook in particular. There are times in One Piece where people die for noble causes, and others where people act knowing that there's a good chance that they could die, but knowingly choosing death over life is never portrayed in a positive light.

As someone who views One Piece through the lens of Romantic literature, this is really important because historically the Romantics, er, well, romanticized suicide and death and the historic last stand. It's doubly interesting to me as a Japanese story, with Japan having its own long, complicated history with the concept of honorable death.

One Piece directly challenges both of these ideas, with life and living being romanticized instead, even if that means you have to get on your knees and beg for it like Brook does with Ryuma later on.

And it's a tightrope that story has to balance. Nami willingly lived under to boot of the man who killed her mother for years, but there came a time when enough was enough, and both she and the village had to stand up and fight for her freedom. She carried that lesson to her fight with Enel, even though she was hopelessly outmatched and would have been reduced to a greasy smear if Luffy hadn't shown up to save her. Within the context of the story both instances were portrayed positively, with Oda indicating through his writing that she had made the correct decision.

But that's not what's happening here. This is Luffy being willing to run away at Sabaody because he knew the Pacificas were too strong. This is Usopp lambasting the samurai at Wano for rushing toward their deaths rather than living to fight another day.

It's Brook knowing he made a promise to a friend, and doing everything in his power to keep it, even if it meant looking like a sniveling coward groveling at the feet of his own shadow.

This is a perfect Franky gag, and I wish it showed up more outside this arc

Thriller Bark has no right to be as funny as it is

This is one of the few gags I feel is improved by the anime

Robin starting to call the crew by their names is genuinely one of my favorite bits of character development in the series

Lol. Perhaps, even, lmao.