One Piece 990:
-Ten chapters away from 1000
-Happy Pez makes up for the continuation of this cover story
-Sasaki is free
-Kaido is on standby
-Sulong Minks fighting the beast pirates
-The scabbards are also on standby, signifying that both are probably waiting for the path to each other to be clear
-Inu and Neko Sulong silhouetted, probably means their forms will be highlighted in a future chapter
-King and Queen banter as Queen tries to piece together what happened in Udon
-Drake talks to Hawkins about betrayal, and the chance of a certain man surviving until tomorrow
-The Tobi Roppo now have a new mission, to stop the intruders
-Ulti and Page One banter
-Who Who's approaches Drake, says they're going to kill someone, and that they're going to see Queen
-Some more chaotic action panels (samurai vs. beast pirates)
-Fukurokuju goes off somewhere, to Hotei's confusion
-The samurai think they can fight the numbers, but soon realise the task is too much for them to handle
-Zoro slices Goki's club, Jinbe catches the end, and Luffy talks up the power of the numbers, though talking up his crew even further
-"He looks just like a guardian deity" ~Hyogoro
-Drake is beaten, and Who's Who and Queen suspect him of letting Law escape
-This leads to Hawkins adding his opinion, Drake realising who they wanted to kill, and Queen and Who's Who confirming it
-Queen wants information from Drake, who refuses to give it up
-An explosion gives Drake the chance to escape, he takes it, while thinking about where he can go next
-Drake begins to attack Juki (I suppose then that the number's laugh should have been ju-ki-ki then, to differentiate from Jaki's ja-ki-ki)
-The named attack X Calibur hits Juki at the same as Luffy's Kong Gun hits Goki
-Drake thinks back to Coby's word, and uses it as a measure to have hope in Luffy
-The title drops here as Drake asks to join Luffy's fight against Kaido
Pretty nice chapter to answer some things and set up others. Looking forward to seeing where Drake becoming an ally goes, hoping not to see a repeat of Yamato as they are now in the thick of it, and I want the pace to ramp up here as we potentially start to get matchups for the Straw Hats and their allies.
This was more or less my review of One Piece Chapter 990, thank you for reading if you chose to do so.