One Piece - Halfway Broken (Ch 26-28)
Added 2024-05-09 16:45:37 +0000 UTCWhew! Didn't quite manage to make it by the 8th, which would have been the usual release date for the poll story. But I got close, despite the late start to the month due to illness. Honestly, the writing was actually done, but I ran out of steam last night trying to edit it.
Anyway! These three chapters amount to a bit over 17,000 words. Though they is...basically no action. Well, no fighting type action. The release does contain the very first lemon/smut segment for this work. A whooping 3,000 word lemon, in fact! So, if you consider that 'action,' you're in luck ;-). Future lemons likely won't be quite that large, but I wanted to properly cover Nami and Luffy's first time. As always, the lemon is clearly marked with a -Lemon Starts Here- and -Lemon Ends Here- for those that aren't into that sort of reading.
The reason for the lack of fighting isn't a secret. These chapters transition the story from the East Blue to the Grand Line. And my meddling with the timeline resulted in no logical reason for a fight to occur at either Loguetown or Whisky Peak. Don't worry, though. This isn't some sort of pacifist run of One Piece, as you should be perfectly aware from the fact that I've actually boosted the level of violence in previous encounters for them so far. I fully intend for there to be a rather major confrontation for them at their next stop. I just didn't get that far with this release.
I'll likely stick some Author's Note in the comments later. For now, it's lunch time, so I'm just getting the uploads out first! As always, the new content is attached here in both PDF and Epub formats. And I'll be updating the Master Files for the story in the Pinned Post within a few minutes.
P.S. The art is just an AI generation for flavor, as far as I know. Nothing particularly special and no specific artist to link...
Comments
This story is one of the 'secondary stories' that are subject to a poll every month. With the winner getting updated. That said...so far One Piece: Halfway Broken has won every single one of the polls it's been in :-p. Including the most recent one. The secondary story winner gets a single monthly update of between 15 and 20 thousand words. Usually on the 8th or 9th of the month. As it did win the most recent poll, the next update of One Piece: Halfway Broken will be the next updated story (usually the 8th). The other two stories (which are the current two 'primaries') for the month will get updates on the 15th and 22nd. Or as close to those dates as can be managed, at least. One of them, My Hero Automata, also gets an update on the 1st of the month. Essentially, SOMETHING gets updated once per week. With three stories each getting between 15-20k new words per month.
Novus Peregrine
2024-06-03 09:46:23 +0000 UTCBTW what is the release schedule for this story?
Emir Güven
2024-06-03 08:46:54 +0000 UTCzegz
GreyBoy
2024-05-30 22:47:50 +0000 UTCI think that's probably a firm 'maybe.' But probably not with Vivi. Too many complications given her age and status. She's younger than both of them, and the Princess of a kingdom. That spells trouble for a fling that neither would probably consider worth it. They'd likely only get with her if they thought there was a chance of it lasting, and thus being worth the potential drama.
Novus Peregrine
2024-05-15 14:00:53 +0000 UTCLoved Nami and Luffy's banter/teasing of Vivi in this chapter, though it does bring up the question of whether the couple will actually be open to/pursue any casual flings/single nights in the lead up to adding another member to their relationship
Keht Jelicho
2024-05-14 14:04:07 +0000 UTCPlease
nasapeepolover116
2024-05-10 21:21:36 +0000 UTCShe certainly seems to be one of the more popular options for people to push for. Also, one of the only ones people have conversely rejected as well. People seem to be split over her... :-p I'll likely wait until at least one more specific character is introduced before making a decision. As it's possible the changes I'm planning for that character might make people ship her as the third ;-). But Boa is a strong contender.
Novus Peregrine
2024-05-10 13:39:08 +0000 UTCReally hope the third girl you’ll decide one after Nami and Robin (best girl btw) will be Boa! There’s no way she won’t fall for him after finding out his views on slavery and the people he saved on Tequila Wolf!
Rhyalys
2024-05-10 00:34:36 +0000 UTCChapter 28 A/N: Whisky Peak. I'm not entirely happy with how contrive the end result of this feels. Unfortunately, it was one of the few places I needed to at least loosely resemble canon. The other islands will have much larger divergences...
Novus Peregrine
2024-05-09 17:40:03 +0000 UTCChapter 27 A/N: So...ugh. Sorry for bludgeoning you all over the head with Stat Block hell. Unfortunately, it needed doing before they hit the Grand Line so you all have some idea where they are at. Right now, based on the power scaling I've created, Luffy would curb stomp most Grand Line Marine Commadores, he could fight most Rear Admirals to a standstill. He'd only be able to take Vice Admirals (aside from Garp) with a lot of dirty tricks, luck, and possibly type advantages. Full Admirals, the Yonko, and a few of the more powerful Warlords like Hawkeye, would currently curb stomp him. Like Luffy, the others of the crew are more powerful than their canon iterations, though the degree to which that is true varies widely. Sanji, being the late joiner, is currently lagging behind. But will catch up a bit as he picks up a few things most of them have already learned. While Luffy himself doesn't explicitly know this (since he can't see the calculations behind the level system), Level is effective the System's combined threat value for an individual. So learning something like Soru or Geppo can cause a level jump. This is in place of an XP system, which doesn't really exist even for Luffy. Luffy's 'level up' rewards are provided simply as System gifts for him reaching a new 'level' of power.
Novus Peregrine
2024-05-09 17:36:28 +0000 UTCChapter 26 A/N - So, this is one of the oddest Author's Notes I've ever needed to make. When I actually got to the Lemon in Chapter 26...I stumbled over a detail I hadn't considered before. This Luffy hasn't had his growth restricted by the Gomu Gomu no Mi, which means he favors Garp and Dragon for size. Dragon is 8 Foot 5, and Garp is freaking 9 foot 5. A lot of the powerful people in One Piece seem to be SUPER tall, like they have giant blood maybe? Regardless, while I haven't explicitly given Luffy a height, I'd generally say he's at least 7 foot tall and likely has a bit of growing left to do. Nami, meanwhile, is a comparatively sane 5 foot 7. If we consider this weird giantism of the setting to extend to...other things...than Luffy might actually have one of those giant hentai dicks that can't exist in reality. Yet, I've always found people writing about genitals you could club a baby seal to death with just flat weird. Which left me with a very strange situation in which I needed to at least allude to the size issues, without explicitly defining it. Essentially letting the reader decide how ridiculous Luffy's Giant Hentai Penis is. Like I said, this is absolutely one of the strangest Auhtor's notes I've ever had to write -_-.
Novus Peregrine
2024-05-09 17:27:05 +0000 UTCThe comments nested below this one are Author's Note for the three chapters! I recommend not reading them until you've read the chapters in question, as they may contain spoilers.
Novus Peregrine
2024-05-09 17:17:15 +0000 UTC
