Talk:Come Together! Marines Gone Mad!/@comment-4080028-20160617094110/@comment-3560963-20160617180245

An understandable concern, and honest criticism. The very thing I was hoping for in this. :) And I totally understand your problems, even I'LL admit this chapter's a bit too short for my liking. But there IS method to this madness.

See, as the manga/anime have shown, a lot can happen over the course of a few decades. Add a few more than what happened after Gol D. Roger, and the Marines have more of an excuse to try and wipe out piracy for good this time. And note that by this time, many of the characters in the main series have either died, retired, or in some cases, both. Truth be told, there's also a bit of commentary to this as well.

Think about it, a well-meaning government gone at least in part corrupt due to forgetting what ACTUALLY made what it controls great to begin with, and being continually paranoid of stuff that may not even be there... Remind you of anything?

In all seriousness, if I discouraged you a little, don't worry; the arc picks up steam quickly afterwards, and this is less a full chapter, and more part one of a two-part chapter, with Negotiations Gone Sour! being part 2.