One Piece 279

One Piece 279 is bubbish, no other word for it.

After last episode where Sogeking burns down the flag with a pwnage Hissatsu Fire Bird Star, the drawbridge lowers, but the Marines fire a Mortar Cannon and manages to stop it halfway. Kokoro starts the Seatrain, Rocket Man, and charges towards the Courthouse, telling Nami that she heard everything and asking her why didn't they jump. Nami told her that the drawbridge is only half lowered, but Kokoro tells them to jump anyway. Luffy gets what she means, stretches two arms out, seriously freaking everyone out, and jumps down with them, Nami, Sogeking and Chopper all crying. Franky also joins them and jump. As they jump, Luffy thinks of his past with Shanks, how he ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi, about Higuma the Bear comes to the bar, mock Shanks and Shanks still can laugh, how the Red-Haired Pirates defeated the bandits led by Higuma (actually just Lucky Roux killing one with a pistol and Ben Beckman defeating everyone else but Higuma by whacking them with a rifle), how Shanks protected Luffy against Lord of the Coast, a Sea King, and lost his arm and how Shanks gave Luffy his Straw Hat, telling him to return it to him when he surpasses him.

Meh, if I wanted to watch Luffy's past, I can just go to YouTube and watch episode 4, right? -.- Worse, they are showing two more next episode, Zoro's and Usopp's. Zoro's is actually pretty good, about Kuina, Wadou Ichimonji and their shared dreams, while Usopp's is downright lame, about his mother dying and his father becoming a pirate. Bleh.