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tbp's Top 10 One Piece Chapters
Part 2: #9

Took a few days off and returning to the list now, placing each of these is harder than the last!

tbp's Top 10: #9
Chapter 623: Fisher Tiger the Pirate

Chapter 623 starts right after one of my favorite scenes in all of One Piece at the end of 622 (seriously, for a top 10 list Oda's habit of bisecting great moments is a bit annoying!). In 622 Fisher Tiger ended the chapter by taking the newly found slave Koala and branding her with the Sun Pirate mark, hiding the Celestial Dragon hoof the slaves are branded with. I always found this ludicrously impactful, and Koala and Tiger's story is really one of my favorites over-all.

If there's one thing Oda is truly an all-time master at, it's short-form stories with huge emotional impacts. The Fisher Tiger backstory is precisely that to me, an incredibly effective piece of storytelling which gives us a ton of information, revelation and characterization all in very few panels. And 623 does that same sort of storytelling right off the bat, instantly showing us how much Koala has changed with only her short time with the Sun Pirates so far, all through a redesign:

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However, the topic of slavery is one that Oda absolutely treats with deftness. He's not so naive as to say "she's good now! they're all pals!". Koala is still massively influenced by her time as a slave, and the status of several of the Sun Pirates as former slaves forms a sort of tension on the crew, which we see through Aladdin and Arlong's interaction:

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Arlong's psychology is really interesting to me, as revealed in this flashback. I don't know the proper psychological terms for it, but I think that Oda does a really good job showing how conflicted Arlong is internally through his interactions in this flashback coupled with the arc hundreds of chapters ago. Arlong seems to have such a deep (and, justified! given the behavior of humans) inferiority complex. But the way that he fights back against that feeling is to (lie to himself?) convince himself that Fishmen are genuinely superior. He's so deeply convinced of the evil in humanity's heart that counterexamples won't sway him, but it's genuinely very difficult to even say that he is wrong, given the history of the crew:

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As I write this, I realize that I'm copying down basically every panel - it's hard not to, this chapter is really, really filled with excellent characterization and deft exploration of the themes Oda wants to talk about. In other words, it's an incredibly effective chapter. We get to see the beginning of Jinbei's transformation - while last chapter he was asking Fisher Tiger if it was okay as long as they kept their murder of humans to a minimum, now he's conversing with Koala and starting to see the bigger picture (also Koala playing with Hachi is really cute):

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Fishman Island's theme of there being generations who "know nothing" so they can be taught is especially powerful. It's a bit of a shame that the theme wasn't communicated as strongly with Hody as it was in this flashback. Koala correctly identifies ignorance as the problem, but that also provides an opportunity - the ignorant can learn, instead, that Fishmen are just like anyone else (+ gills).

The Sun Pirates bring Koala back home, eventually, after a little of exploring the world. There are some great panels during that exploration, but I'll just show my favorite:

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And finally they make it to Foolshout Island, where Koala was born. Fisher Tiger offers to walk her from the shore back to her village, and Koala continues her naive, but good hearted, intentions by claiming that she'll be the one to teach her village that fishmen are good. Arlong continues his negativity, claiming that the effort is futile. And on these panels we are basically getting the entire crux of this storyline at once: who is right? Is Koala right, with her naive intentions to make peace? Is Arlong right, and that it's far too late, there's nothing to be gained by interaction with humans? We know what Otohime thinks as one pillar of thought, what does Fisher Tiger really think?

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As we watch the panels of Tiger leaving, it's very hard to think anything other than: Arlong is wrong, eventually the new generation can forgo all prior biases and live in peace. Fisher Tiger walks away with a small smile, Koala is crying her eyes out.. it seems very effective. We know where Koala's story goes after all of this, which does indicate that Tiger made the "right" moves inside the One Piece universe. Her status as a revolutionary in the current timeline is one of my favorite things, she was so impacted by the kindness of the Sun Pirates that she had to step up to the plate for them once she could. I also love the shot of Tiger walking away with the sun on his back - it's very Nika-ish, a Sun God liberator bringing peace.

But then we turn the page.

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The look on Tiger's face breaks my heart every single time I re-read this chapter. You can see the fear behind his eyes. You can see him remembering his time as a slave. You can see the heartbreak. Phenomenal art by Oda, in my opinion. It makes me sick to my stomach that the Vice Admiral claims he's guilty of "escape" - how fucking horrid of them.

Tiger puts up an incredible fight, but...:

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What's done is done. The people of Foolshout Island betrayed the Sun Pirates, and a military organization responsible for enforcing the whims of a genocidal slaver class descend on our revolutionary hero and... they win. Sure, maybe they don't kill him right away, but...

Fisher Tiger needs a blood transfusion. He's been too injured by fighting the Navy when escaping Foolshout and the ambush, and he needs medical attention ASAP. And then we get a string of pages with some of the most impactful panels in the series to me:

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We learn the big secret. Fisher Tiger, powerful and conquering hero to the slaves... was a slave. He cannot bring himself to accept human blood because in his heart, he cannot accept peace with the humans after the barbarity they showed him. It's just too much. Arlong is immediately under pressure, too, which hits me quite hard.. he can't understand the idea of Big Brother Tai having been a slave. He can't understand the no-killing policy in light of that. None of this makes sense, it's all just awful and miserable and depressing and no side it remotely happy. This is what slavery brings about, this confusion and anger and torture is what Tiger wanted to destroy... but he just, couldn't. He couldn't win.

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Fisher Tiger dies. He dies because, at the very end, he couldn't get rid of the hatred in his heart for humanity. Can you blame him? Can you blame someone treated as a slave and betrayed up until the very end? His story is heartbreaking for me, particularly with that last revelation - Tiger did all of his work in trying to treat Koala well after having been a slave. It's hard to comprehend what was going on inside his heart, as we see through Arlong. The cycle of hatred claimed a great liberator and spawned 1,000 more enemies to humanity, and for what?

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Chapter 623 is Oda at his best for me. The artwork is on the busier side in this chapter, but it is necessary given how dense everything is. The story of Fisher Tiger, the great adventurer turned slave turned liberator has captivated me since it came out in this manga. I love that he saved everyone he could atop the Red Line, I love that his instinct was to protect and help Koala, I love that he reformed a band of ruffians like the fishmen in the Fishmen District like Oden would later do.

But this is one of the few outright defeats we see in One Piece of a sympathetic character. Even a character like Noland was eventually directly vindicated - but Tiger dies as a result of the hatred the humans forced into his soul. He sees that Otohime is 'right', in general, but even acknowledging that he'd rather die than accept human blood. I have to wonder if the final betrayal upon dropping off Koala was the straw that broke the camels back, but really, I just hope he is at peace somewhere inside the story's afterlife.

RIP Fisher Tiger, you would have loved Luffy.

 

[Coronis]

I don’t think any of us saw that coming. Crazy chapter.

 

[Medeia]

Joy Boy and Emeth goat moment, Gorosei just couldn't believe what happened to them. Kaido was right that Haki transcends all.

 

[Coronis]

Crazy stat (spoilers WCI)

 

[Chou Toshio]

WTF Luffy beat Katakuri 6 years ago? My brain is broken

 

[Medeia]

WTF Luffy beat Katakuri 6 years ago? My brain is broken

Just shows again how dragged out One Piece is since the Timeskip for better or worse

 

[Local Dog]

1-2 epilogue chapters and we'll be off to Elbaf

I think the final poneglyph will be there. I imagine that the man with the scar (forgot his whole title) has it, maybe Whitebeard made a deal with him to take the Poneglyph from Fishman Island whilst it was his turf, because Newgate knew that Big Mom will get her hands on Fishman Island eventually

Hopefully Usopp will get to shine. Also, I really hope we'll see some dialogue between Lillith and Franky. I like Franky's performance during Egghead, but I think some interaction with Vegapunk would round it out well

 

[Coronis]

WTF Luffy beat Katakuri 6 years ago? My brain is broken

I know right. Also - feels like not long ago, but Luffy beat Kaido 2 whole years ago! Insane!

1-2 epilogue chapters and we'll be off to Elbaf

I think the final poneglyph will be there. I imagine that the man with the scar (forgot his whole title) has it, maybe Whitebeard made a deal with him to take the Poneglyph from Fishman Island whilst it was his turf, because Newgate knew that Big Mom will get her hands on Fishman Island eventually

Hopefully Usopp will get to shine. Also, I really hope we'll see some dialogue between Lillith and Franky. I like Franky's performance during Egghead, but I think some interaction with Vegapunk would round it out well

Man Marked by Flames iirc

 

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tbp's Top 10 One Piece Chapters
Part 2: #8

Whenever there's a new chap I'm gonna take a few days, mainly cuz that's what I wanna talk about when they hit!

tbp's Top 10: #8
Chapter 563: One Man, One Heart

For those of you that don't know me super well, one of my biggest hobbies is writing. I primarily write in traditional novel formats, but I am a big sucker for writing of all sorts. I love to analyze, interpret and engage with writing decisions as much as I can. Part of this, too, is that in some media I love when I see a writing decision that really just wows me. This chapter's huge sell for me is that it so deftly executes a piece of characterization that I'm awed by it every time I re-read. Oda plays to his strengths majorly and, within the space of a single chapter (even a single PANEL), he tells us most everything we need to know about a character.

Chapter 563 takes place a while into what we'd eventually call the Summit War. In fact, chapter 563 starts immediately after one of the most infamous cliffhangers the SA One Piece community had ever seen - Squard, at the end of last chapter, stabbed Whitebeard through the chest (to my Smogon readers, ignore this bit - hard to explain, but uh, 'nanomachines' were discussed). It's one of the really rare chapters that opens with a huge reaction shot, which shows the gravity immediately:

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I'm not entirely sure where in the write-up to put this bit, but it's important to mention that this chapter hits really well on a re-read if you're paying close attention to Whitebeard's characterization up to this point. What I mean is that there.. really isn't a ton? There's a lot of panels and parts of chapters where people do things on his behalf, and we've seen him thrash a giant marine, but he really hasn't done all that much in the story up to this point. On a re-read for this writeup, it hit me especially hard - he spends the early chapters of the war standing on a boat, guraguraing from time to time, but not doing a ton more. We really do not know much about him at the start of 563 beyond what his reputation as the mightiest pirate suggests.

Marco immediately pins down Squard, demanding an explanation, as the Pacifista-led slaughter of the allied captains continues in the background:

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I think Oda does a really strong job in this chapter and this arc making Marineford feel like fucking hell. In basically every chapter there are just tons of panels of pirates being skewered by beams, explosions destroying them, etc. I've seen a lot of the anime of this arc and it really doesn't compare (which most everyone agrees with, I think). The claustrophobia Oda imbues into the battle in this pavilion is really strong.

Squard is livid to the point of essentially committing suicide for two reasons: first, he did not know that Ace was Roger's biological son, and he sees it as a betrayal because Roger apparently destroyed Squard's crew; second, the Navy has been coordinating an attack during the battle against solely the allied commanders while neglecting to throw the Pacifistas at the core WB crew, lending credit to an Akainu "leak" that Whitebeard had sold out his allies in favor of Ace and his crew.

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I love the panel above of the Pacifistas (and, it's cool how relevant they've remained in the story since). They look genuinely demonic, unfeeling forces of destruction methodically slicing through the allied captains.

With retrospect, the further worry from the allies seems silly. But this is why I wanted to mention how little of Whitebeard we would have known when reading this for the first time. Does it seem like something he'd do? Well, narratively, probably not... but we really do not know this character or his motivations at this point. Oda really hammers it home by continuing to make the environment suffocating - there's little time to have this discussion or to prove his innocence, people are dying minute by minute here:

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Sengoku screams for Aokiji to freeze Buggy, who hilariously has the last remaining and functional den-den mushi. He does this as he does not want to televise what he expects to be an oncoming slaughter, calling for the walls to be raised around the pirates, thus fully trapping the allied captains that are starting to think that they may have been sold out:

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We then get a really cool moment, as Crocodile, for the first time in ages, shows a huge amount of emotion, screaming that Whitebeard couldn't possibly be the same man he was before, otherwise, he'd never have taken that stab from Squard in the first place. I really love this whole interaction because it tells me a lot about the psychology of Crocodile and the sort of mythic status the Emperors have in the One Piece world. They're meant to be these mythic gods, destruction incarnate, and Crocodile can easily rationalize losing to Whitebeard as long as he stays that way.

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Marco concurs that Whitebeard has weakened considerably, but what can be done about that now? And we see this mountain of a man finally start to give us HIS own reaction to the stabbing. We've gone several pages now with "..." and a hand-wave being the totality of Whitebeard's response here. Again, this adds to the mythic theming of the emperors - it's as important how others see them as their own actual reaction. And, now that he's reacting.. Whitebeard seems fucking mad:

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But, as we so often do in One Piece, we turn the page and...:

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What a masterful, genius, top tier panel this is. In one single chapter, one single page, one single panel, Oda has told me every single thing I need to know about Whitebeard. He is not walking earthquake. He is not an invincible emperor who will never lose. He is not angry, he is not a traitor, he is none of those things. He's a father, a pirate father. The sheer magnanimity Whitebeard shows in this single panel blew my mind when it came out for the first time (side note: anyone know which of the old threads this chapter would have been in? I wanna read my own reaction lol).

I wrote a lot in the last chapter about how one of the biggest themes I like in One Piece is unconditional love, and I'll be damned if this isn't a truly genius example of it. To be so strong that you can love others, even when they make mistakes this big.. it tells me the type of man that I aim to be. Maybe it's silly to get philosophical notions from pirate cartoons written in a language I can't understand but I do, and I would like to one day be the type of person that can take a betrayal and then simply hug the other person, forgiving them and moving on. I really, really love this panel.

Whitebeard continues and just flat out gives us one of the story's main themes, that is, sins of the father, and we can immediately see Squard start to tear up. He can't believe he was trick this badly:

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And now, round 1 of the war has ended. Being a man of action, Whitebeard shows his commitment to the allied captains in the simplest way he can, destroying the ice walls keeping them there and telling them that if they stay, they'll risk their lives together:

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And, true to the chapter title, and true to my review above, Whitebeard gives us a small and touching monologue, responding to Crocodile while Squard cries, realizing his error. He isn't a concept, he isn't a monster or a fiend, he's just one man, with one heart:

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And then, seeing how this is just the end of the first round of fighting, we get a truly epic panel announcing Whitebeard's entrance into the grand melee:

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All in all, this chapter ticks a ton of boxes for me. It's incredibly effective and shrewd characterization, teaching us everything we need to know about Whitebeard precisely when Oda wants us to learn it and without needing to dedicate too many pages. Also, one of Oda's biggest strengths, as we all know, is to tug at the heart strings, and he found a way to do that really powerfully here. There are other moments from this war that people like better, like Whitebeard's death or Luffy's attack on the Admirals. But for me, I think this is the best moment, the sheer grace he shows as he rages back against time, all in favor of his tiny goal revealed in the monologue: maybe he can help just one pirate achieve their destiny.

You were a treasure, Edward Newgate.

 

[olivia]

i like vivi she's pretty and funny and cool

 

[Coronis]

i like vivi she's pretty and funny and cool

Heavy “I like shorts” vibes here

 

[Hyjack]

Heavy “I like shorts” vibes here

I mean, I like pants. AND I like One Piece.

We all can find common ground in something, even with our differences.

 

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tbp's Top 10 One Piece Chapters
Part 2: #7

Good afternoon friends

tbp's Top 10: #7
Chapter 972: I am Oden, and I Was Born to Boil

I am a huge fan of the Wano arc and an even bigger fan in particular of the Oden flashback and associated characters. In chapter 971 we saw what Oden's death sentence would be, and what a lot of us knew was coming - he was to boil in a pot of oil until he died. In 971 the imagery associated with the pot is completely brutal, taking a character as strong as Oden and causing him to break down quickly due to the sheer amount of pain. It is also where we get the initial imagery from one of the coolest, most heroic actions we've seen in One Piece. I'll break my rules a little and start with a good panel from 971, although this review is for 972:

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972 is where we start to get the silver linings of the tragedy. We begin with Shinobu, who has always been one of the Kozuki's loudest and most stalwart allies, spreading the fact that Oden had been protecting the people of Wano. Fukurokuju, steadfast in his role of "ally to whoever is currently in power", aims to stop her, but the goodness of Oden makes Shinobu want to die alongside her comrades:

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The people of Wano start to wake up and beg for the execution to be stopped, but the reality of their situation quickly sets in as they realize how powerless they are to do basically anything at all:

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Although they cannot help, the people turn back onto Oden's side, beginning to praise and cheer for him. It's hard to accept this as a reader, you want them to get some sort of comeuppance for their behavior so far, but Oden himself is happy to receive the words and uses them to push on:

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Oden then shifts, and begins to talk about the future. Oden is a character I deeply enjoy due to his many faults and mistakes - there were a lot of times in his life and in his story where he needed to make better decisions, but his heart and soul were always in the right place. However, for reasons we still do not know (as I'm writing this), Oden's voyage with Roger changed an important part of his heart and seemed to impress on him some grander, greater design which he must play a part in. Rallying the last bits of his willpower, he imparts this request on the Scabbards, beckoning Joy Boy's (or really, Luffy's) coming with his words:

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Oden's declaration and request are both sober. He's not under any delusions at this point that he will live which adds to the tragedy, but what he wants is ultimately clear - the samurai must open Wano's borders:

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There's this incredible tension that's played within the Akazaya throughout much of their time in the story. They have a death drive like samurai from old movies - they're not only willing, but happy to die if they think they've found a circumstance that calls for it. This creates a noticeable amount of conflict throughout their inclusion in One Piece, like when Usopp yelled at them or like when they went to the rooftop expecting nothing more than death. We see this tension at play here as Denjiro wants to die with Oden, but Raizo is actually the one to really hear the heart of his liege's words - they must fulfill his dream for them. This is what inherited will is all about.

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Oden's monstrous willpower and nearly unmatched fortitude allow him to survive the boiling, and we see an increasingly distraught Orochi watching. Oden even manages to clear the initial agreement he made with Orochi and Kaido, and even some of the Scabbards seem to think that this means they "won" the conflict, naive as that is. Kaido's face is drawn imposingly, and I may be reading too much into it, but I feel you can see the disappointment in his eyes, knowing he has to yet again do something incredibly dishonorable:

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Of course, Orochi had literally no intention whatsoever of honoring any sort of deal, which Oden (and Kaido) already knew. Oden, however, doesn't cry or complain, he just reiterates his will: OPEN WANO'S BORDERS. Oden knows that they will. He knows that it might take them on a journey across the world, it might pit them against unbelievably strong foes, it might require that they meet new friends and allies, it might require giving up decades of your childhood, but he knows that they will carry on his will:

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We're then treated to a few flashbacks from the Akazaya. This flashback hits so hard for me because I love how unconditional Oden is with his followers, how open minded and kind he is. We get a really touching two pages that show, succinctly, why they love Oden so much, why they love a man who took in a bunch of thugs, misfits and outlaws and made them into a happy family:

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Kaido, then, steps in and tells Oden that his death will be spoken of for a long time. I find this really neat for Kaido's characterization. He is, at the same time, a huge asshole who will resort to all types of underhanded tricks, someone who won't respect anything resembling honor over a win, but then at the same time he paws at this sort of high-minded conflict and code of ethics. It's like he can't be who he wants to be, so he just... pretends. Oden doesn't want nor need the sympathy:

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However, it's Oden's LIFE that means something. It's not his death, like Kaido thinks. He is not "a samurai who held up his comrades in the oil", he's "a samurai who took in the freaks" and "a samurai who lent money even when he didn't have enough". Oden is a samurai who explored the world and found out the truth. He's a samurai that was too big for the country of Wano. His name is Oden, and.... :

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And so the story starts to close on one of One Piece's most charismatic and interesting characters. Shot dead in the head after being tortured in a pot of oil, Oden smiles:

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The chapter closes with Toki reading Oden's letter, which tells her that there won't be a force available to defeat Kaido for 20 more years after his death. Toki understands what she must do, and there's this nice piece of characterization for her that echoes back to her time on Roger's ship - she refuses to be Oden's weakness, she refuses to hold him back in any sense. It's consistent theming and shows the depths of her love for Oden, and as such she understands his will perfectly, setting the stage for what we know comes to pass in Wano:

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All in all, this chapter hits me right in the heart mainly because of how much I loved the Samurai. The story of a crew so loyal, so willing to help one another that they are inspired to literally travel across time and space to achieve their dream.. it's very touching to me. We see the depth of their loyalty later in the story as well, but when I read this chapter I felt like I had a huge boulder on my back named Kaido, similar to the way the samurai act. All of this torture, this humiliation, this degradation and cruelty has finally come to a head, this flashback showing us the worst of it.

The tragedy ends here (more or less). Now it's time for Oden's will to be fulfilled, as the flashback ends and our heroes get ready to storm Onigashima.

 

[Local Dog]

Egghead is done it seems, we are officially entering Elbaf. Bonney and Lillith seem to tag along. That's pretty cool

Egghead is a top 5 arc for me. Didn't reach the absolute highs of Wano, but it stayed much more consistent. I worried after the raid for the quality of the final arc, with how unorganized and messy it all was, but Egghead juggled it's many different plotlines and characters very very well

I was especially happy with Vegapunk. He was teased for soooo long, and he really delivered. His morality and his relations with Kizaru and Kuma are fascinating

 

[Coronis]

First pretty meh chapter for a while I thought, but they had to leave Egghead

 

[Local Dog]

First pretty meh chapter for a while I thought, but they had to leave Egghead

yeah I agree it felt kinda unnecessary. The whole transmission backstory could've been condensed to like 2 pages. Feels a bit like that a chapter showing the Strawhats leaving was neccessary and there wasn't enough material to fill a chapter, so the that whole story was stretched out. Would've been fine if Oda just released 10-12 pages and said "I'll do more next time"

 

[SparksBlade]

It fills some holes of how vegapunk(s) knew it was york yet why their actions later didn't make sense with that knowledge. Could've been done in fewer panels though yes. It also tells us that Vegapunk was developing the mother flame with no idea that world govt has an ancient weapon and it can even be used for that.

The cloud technology panel is interesting - he must know something that is Up There for which this technology is crucial. Weatheria has that knot technique knowledge, and sky islands in general seem out of the world govt circle. Can't come up with a comprehensive idea from these scrambled thoughts though.

Sanji panels made me think if that'll actually be something relevant for his character moving forward but I'm not holding out any hope. The surviving Vegapunks being women also doesn't help with that.

A bit annoyed that - Vegapunk died, Iron Giant (Emeth) "died" - and Luffy is just "shishishishi".

PS: who's that on Brogy's beard?

 

[Coronis]

It fills some holes of how vegapunk(s) knew it was york yet why their actions later didn't make sense with that knowledge. Could've been done in fewer panels though yes. It also tells us that Vegapunk was developing the mother flame with no idea that world govt has an ancient weapon and it can even be used for that.

The cloud technology panel is interesting - he must know something that is Up There for which this technology is crucial. Weatheria has that knot technique knowledge, and sky islands in general seem out of the world govt circle. Can't come up with a comprehensive idea from these scrambled thoughts though.

Sanji panels made me think if that'll actually be something relevant for his character moving forward but I'm not holding out any hope. The surviving Vegapunks being women also doesn't help with that.

A bit annoyed that - Vegapunk died, Iron Giant (Emeth) "died" - and Luffy is just "shishishishi".

PS: who's that on Brogy's beard?

Looked like Chopper iirc.

Yeah its Chopper.

Well just in general the sea level is rising is important enough to be: we must go up! But I’m sure he has knowledge on Sky Islands. Would be shocking if he didn’t.

 

[Coronis]

Could be Crocus’ mate

 

[Chou Toshio]

That chapter was wild shit. I wonder if Imu has the ability to re-assign Saturn's powers. I can't imagine them killing off such a powerful pawn unless their ability was free to re-assign; if it was a fruit power difficult to reclaim.

 

[Coronis]

That chapter was wild shit. I wonder if Imu has the ability to re-assign Saturn's powers. I can't imagine them killing off such a powerful pawn unless their ability was free to re-assign; if it was a fruit power difficult to reclaim.

Yeah I had the same thought…

What a crazy chapter, don’t think anyone predicted that.

Edison is a genius heh, and Weatheria is getting involved. Guess Vegapunk knows all about it.

Confirmation that Saturn has been around for 200+ years without aging, confirms eternal youth theories regarding the Gorosei.

Also if you guys haven’t heard, Queen apparently had a child and abandoned it. Timeline could line up with it being Franky or Weevil. I kinda want it to be the latter. Perhaps Queen and Stussy’s kid spliced with some of Newgate’s DNA.

 

[SparksBlade]

What a crazy chapter, don’t think anyone predicted that.

It's funnier still that there were people who predicted it and all replies were "na i don't think so" when I saw this and a couple others my mind was blown as well

Earlier a point was made to remove Lilith's connection so York thinks she's dead, and in this chapter they said the satellites can access the Punk Records from anywhere in the world. So Lilith just has to remain disconnected from it otherwise York will find out. But how were the remaining non-dead satellites communicating? Where exactly do they exist if not in the Punk Records seeing as their main containers were destroyed?

Quite funny that the Tenryuubito always complain to the Fleet Admiral. I'm hoping Gods Knights take some initiative to shut up the whiners as they have been very absent, and also perhaps do some action as well.

 

[Local Dog]

really not a fan of the vegapunks being alive

They all had meaningful and well written deaths and it's all for nothing now. But that's just One Piece

I think the Gorosei are some of the founding members of the WG that Imu has infused with some essence, giving them power and immortality. Let's see if Garling will get this too

 

[Local Dog]

maybe a dumb question but how exactly are the bridges gonna help with the world sinking? Is it that they are so high that they give opportunity to land traversal when everything's under water?

 

[Coronis]

maybe a dumb question but how exactly are the bridges gonna help with the world sinking? Is it that they are so high that they give opportunity to land traversal when everything's under water?

That’s the implication.

It's funnier still that there were people who predicted it and all replies were "na i don't think so" when I saw this and a couple others my mind was blown as well

Earlier a point was made to remove Lilith's connection so York thinks she's dead, and in this chapter they said the satellites can access the Punk Records from anywhere in the world. So Lilith just has to remain disconnected from it otherwise York will find out. But how were the remaining non-dead satellites communicating? Where exactly do they exist if not in the Punk Records seeing as their main containers were destroyed?

Quite funny that the Tenryuubito always complain to the Fleet Admiral. I'm hoping Gods Knights take some initiative to shut up the whiners as they have been very absent, and also perhaps do some action as well.

I mean I saw people predicting his death, but I’m 90% sure I didn’t see anyone predicting Imu would do it haha.

Remind anyone of this?