I've just finished vol 10. I'll be buying the next 4 soon.
Looks like the conclusion to the Arloong saga will come soon.
I've seen bits of the Arloong saga on the old Cartoon Network channel, bits of the Alabasta saga and bits of the introduction of Chopper. It'll be nice to read everything in order!
I've put in an order for vols 16-20, which would put me depreasingly up-to-date with the american/english release of the manga. Depreasing because it now means I have to wait a month and a bit before each subsequent release. I thought they were all out already.
Where would you have the tat and how many colours?
Probably his hair, his bandana, his swords, his shirt, his skin... Fully colored, maybe a colorbombing effect. Possibly black and white, possibly not. I'm not thinking about my next tattoo anymore as I owe over 500 dollars to various friends and have way too many bills and way too small a paycheck presently. Fun times!!!
But the good news is I finally am all caught up in One Piece and holy shit the current arc is pretty amazing. Google One Manga in the meantime, I read all my stuff on that site every week ^^
I'm collecting those standard manga format editions that you see in shops. The One Piece chapter that book 20 (or 21) finishes on is chapter 195. This book is the latest released. One Piece, on that site, appears to go up to 500 +!!!!! I'm guessing these chapters have been scanned from something like Shonen Jump US?