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Chapter 1,046: Raizo
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Alright good chapter and it will absolutely bollocks if Kaido doesn’t show awakening in the next chapter. Unless you think his mind and body didn’t catch up to him ability
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Alright good chapter and it will absolutely bollocks if Kaido doesn’t show awakening in the next chapter. Unless you think his mind and body didn’t catch up to him ability
Yeah his talk about Awakening suggests that he knows all about it.
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Don´t care about crazy eyes anymore.
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Yea no way Kaido doesn't have Awakening at this point. Also wow at Luffy being able to hold lightning now.
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If only Kaido had shown an unusual transformation that he only used sparsely because Awakening seems to be very draining…
Those two last panels give me a vibe of two rivals having a friendly match to see who's stronger
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One thing that has been floating in my mind after reading this chapter is that Oda felt it was a good idea to douse the fire.
Normally, you would expect him to keep the island on fire, especially given how a floating skull island on fire is just more visually and dramatically viable than a plain-old floating skull island. But then I remembered that he also went out of his way to engineer a situation where Big Mom and a bunch of gigantic bombs fall into a crater in complete silence as well. This brought this panel to my mind (ch 993):
Could it be that Oda is going to have the entire battle go down and end without any of the citizens witnessing the fight itself? With Luffy and co making the dream come true for more than just a day?
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It's strange that Luffy's punches are not being named. I'm still not sure what he is doing.
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One thing that has been floating in my mind after reading this chapter is that Oda felt it was a good idea to douse the fire.
Normally, you would expect him to keep the island on fire, especially given how a floating skull island on fire is just more visually and dramatically viable than a plain-old floating skull island. But then I remembered that he also went out of his way to engineer a situation where Big Mom and a bunch of gigantic bombs fall into a crater in complete silence as well. This brought this panel to my mind (ch 993):
Could it be that Oda is going to have the entire battle go down and end without any of the citizens witnessing the fight itself? With Luffy and co making the dream come true for more than just a day?
Might want to fix that link, its incredibly long when I quoted it
Anyhow, the citizens always get to witness the big bad's defeat, and I don't think it's a coincidence that Onigashima started floating, literally bringing the battle to them, making that now a possibility. To me, that was the whole ulterior motive of giving Kaido the ability to do that in the first place.
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The title is a pun. Raizou (雷ぞう) means “thunder elephant,” hence Zunesha’s role and that final page.
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If only Kaido had shown an unusual transformation that he only used sparsely because Awakening seems to be very draining…
Those two last panels give me a vibe of two rivals having a friendly match to see who's stronger
You mean his drunk mode? I don't know… I thought awakened zoans just became more animal- like, like the ones in impel down. I doubt Oda would stick to that for Kaido though.
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2 weeks of waiting, huh?
Damnit, Laslo.
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Kaido and Luffy was good.
I didnt care about the fire side.
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The final page is sick! Whatever Oda is planning for the final blow is going to be fantastic.
Very good chapter overall.
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Waking up to a new One Piece chapter and Kingdom Hearts IV announcement makes for a good Sunday.
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Really hope Franky gets Zoro to Chopper soon. Zoro deserves to witness what his captain is doing and I feel that Zoro still has more of a major part in this arc than what he has already displayed.
Momo taking over holding up Onigashima will be very interesting. I'd imagine as he "tries" the clashes of Luffy vs Kaido would make it even harder (more weighty).
It seems Luffy is getting more serious but I'll wait for more chapters to really tell.
The lighting panel is really cool. Lightning is cool. Kaido smiling, almost as if welcoming this attack tells me it might hurt him but not as detrimental as it may seem.
Kaido explaining the awakening was a nice touch.
I still don't expect Luffy to flat out win against Kaido, even with Goofy/Serious G5. I feel something else needs to happen to defeat Kaido IF Kaido is getting "defeated" at all in this arc. Regardless, Kaido needs to be "removed" from here in order for the SH to move on. Oda is Oda though and he can spin all of this in even more crazier unpredictable ways.
This break gunna suck.
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I'm glad Oda seems to be staying true to the idea that Luffy shouldn't defeat Kaido just by punching him, but I don't think lighting will cut it either. To actually defeat Kaido, Luffy will have to harness the power of the sun.
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I'm glad Oda seems to be staying true to the idea that Luffy shouldn't defeat Kaido just by punching him, but I don't think lighting will cut it either. To actually defeat Kaido, Luffy will have to harness the power of the sun.
I think that Nika's epithet of "Sun God" may be associated to the idea of wielding "plasma", like lightning and fire.
This and the thematic associations with "Sun", of course.
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I think that Nika's epithet of "Sun God" may be associated to the idea of wielding "plasma", like lightning and fire.
This and the thematic associations with "Sun", of course.
Yeah, I'm imagining Luffy conjuring up a big white ball of plasma and just launching it at Kaido.
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Might want to fix that link, its incredibly long when I quoted it
Anyhow, the citizens always get to witness the big bad's defeat, and I don't think it's a coincidence that Onigashima started floating, literally bringing the battle to them, making that now a possibility. To me, that was the whole ulterior motive of giving Kaido the ability to do that in the first place.
I tried to fix it, but for some reason it still wouldn't show, anyways I added a hyperlink instead
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I think the "explanation" for the lightning is that Luffy "rubberized" it, so it's kinda solid in his hands. He probable can do it to anything, but he wouldn't be immune to fire or lava like he is to lightning, so only lightning is safe.
"Oh, but lightning burns anyway". Yeah, but cartoon logic and all.
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I love the fact, Kaido is still enjoying himself, even with all of this. He really does just love a good fight against a worthy adversary doesn't he?
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I can't help but feel Zunesha's arrival in this arc shouldn't have really happened yet. The joy boy reveal from him should've come later on as his presence kinda takes away from Raizo's plan.
Zunesha's bath water is just water…. since he's always travelling. What was to stop Zunesha just spraying Onigashima himself.
Without him here we could've just thought this was Luffy's awakening, keep some mystery about his cartoonish powers.
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I can't help but feel Zunesha's arrival in this arc shouldn't have really happened yet. The joy boy reveal from him should've come later on as his presence kinda takes away from Raizo's plan.
Zunesha's bath water is just water…. since he's always travelling. What was to stop Zunesha just spraying Onigashima himself.
Without him here we could've just thought this was Luffy's awakening, keep some mystery about his cartoonish powers.
Zunesha is many miles and miles away from Onigashima though, just look at the first page of the chapter. And I doubt Zunesha can walk on land considering his legs. It just happens that Zunesha's hearing is that good, LOL.
And I think it's a good moment to start revealing these big pieces of the puzzle.
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Interesting how Kaido is written with these lines even though Kinemon and Kiku are still alive.
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Interesting how Kaido is written with these lines even though Kinemon and Kiku are still alive.
https://i.imgur.com/JEvKhMh_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
I mean Kiku and Kinemon wouldnt be most of his men regardless.
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I mean Kiku and Kinemon wouldnt be most of his men regardless.
Which is weird since it puts into question how much Luffy’s losses including the cannon fodder samurai on Luffy’s side has really been emphasized on. On a surface level, one might conclude that he hasn’t lost anything at all.
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Yeah his talk about Awakening suggests that he knows all about it.
Unless he already awakened?
Lets think of it this way: IF Kaido still not awakened, how many chapters more needed for the battle to end? It was already dragging so much…
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I understand that Oda makes a conscious effort to include at least one thing in every chapter which immediately interests or surprises the reader somehow, and the fact that he included lightning Luffy at the end makes me wonder if he did that on purpose makes me wonder if he just knew that Raizo’s firefighting could only hold so much interest despite focusing on that in the chapter more.
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I think it's safe to say from the shifting focus here that we're back to the start of a new volume. Some people definitely won't like the change of pace, especially on the weekly read, but it was almost definitely a necessary step to wrap up the billion subplots of this battle, and hey, the art is pretty nice throughout.
Let's not be too quick to assume the mysterious figures in the cover story are Blackbeard's men making their move. He's still going to be at his home base for another week from when the cover story is taking place. The Reverie hasn't happened yet, and an invasion of Big Mom's territory by Blackbeard would definitely have made the news at some point during that arc. More likely it's some combination of a Germa counterattack, Pudding's play to help Sanji's family, or Pekoms (and a mysterious other party left over from the battle) stepping in.
Hopefully Luffy's declaration puts the idea of possession to rest, even Zunesha insists it hears Joyboy.
I really enjoy the action here with Luffy and Kaido's attacks both totally reshaping each other's body as they fight. It's somehow ridiculous and brutal all at the same time. The smoke from the fires down below only just now starting to billow up feels like something of a lost opportunity. Imagine the rooftop atmosphere with billowing smoke and clouds of embers whipping past during the dramatic pauses. Still, doing it now makes for a surprisingly smooth segue to the rest of the chapter.
I keep saying this, but Onigashima is one of the series' best locations and being able to slowly track its deterioration and destruction toward the conflagration we see cutting back to the castle has been a joy. I can really emphasise with Chopper's panic over the size of the fire and feeling helpless not knowing where his friends are or if they can get out. We've seen how much time and fighting it took the alliance just to get a relative hold over the terriroty of the castle with its complex, multi-floored layout - there's no chance at all for an evacuation effort. And when we do get interior shots for the characters trapped in there, the foregrounds are cluttered with flaming debris, the backgrounds showing pieces of the ceiling still falling, the flames closing in claustrophobicly from every side. The place is literally coming down around them and they're trapped. It's a very real feeling disaster scenario.
Brook being mistaken for a really gnarly burn victim is hilarious though. A fantastic gag in the middle of an tense set piece, as One Piece is meant to be.
And it's a really clever solution to combine Zunesha's showers, Raizo's scrolls and Jinbe's water manipulation. That's thinking outside the box! I'm sure some are disappointed that Nami and Zeus were dismissed as an option so quickly, but I think it makes sense. Maybe a supercharged Zeus could fill the roof of the dome, but the castle is the main source of the danger, and it goes all the way to the ceiling. We've never seen Zeus get amorphous enough to fill in every room of the top floor of a building that big or generate enough rain to put the whole thing out, so I think it's fair to write him off for the task. And I love that the Jinbe solution gives the impression in paces of the water crashing down between panels. It's a really fun bit of art.
Oda, of course, doesn't care about the idea that that much water moving that fast would probably be just as deadly as the flames, and neither should anyone else. What I am wondering about, however, is what the water means for Orochi, currently burning to death. I guess the slimy bastard is getting another lucky break, only to be caught and finished off by the still-absent Denjiro at the last minute. In fact, it might be the safest bet for next chapter's focal point.
I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a tad frustrating that the final pages bring us back basically to the mid point of chapter 1027 - Luffy and Kaido's fight entering an apparent final phase while Yamato and Momo realise they have to use Momo's flame clouds to save the island from falling. Twenty chapters of wrapping up subplots and secondary fights while Luffy and Kaido push and pull and Momo flip flops on how best to help. There have been plenty of fun, memorable scenes within that time, but god damn this arc is long.
The final page is a real banger though. Definitely good to show some elements of the fanbase that Gear Five can look decently menacing as well as just fun. And I think the contact with the lightning proves that Luffy is still the same kind of rubber he was before, even with all the new powers. Can't wait to see what he does with that bolt.
This is the kind of chapter that is the exact reason I started staying out of spoiler discussions. You see a summary of it and ask 'why would we cut away to something so irrelevant in the middle of the climax of Luffy and Kaido's big fight, sounds like a shit chapter.' But in context, it's actually one of Oda's stronger cutaways. Kaido poses a problem to Luffy - while they slug it out, his friends and allies will burn to death down below. The danger to his friends and allies should be a devastating threat to Luffy, possibly even the distraction that would cost him the fight, but Luffy gets a strong charcter moment in announcing his faith in his crew, and Oda immediately proves him right by showing how his well-chosen friends and allies handle the situation themselves. It's a well-structured chapter that makes a whole arc problem into a Luffy vs Kaido problem just in time for the solution to serve both sides of the story. You can't find that sort of heart and soul in a summary, particularly not the super early partial ones. Execution is everything, but so many people seem to want to make their minds up as quickly as possible.
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Zunesha is many miles and miles away from Onigashima though, just look at the first page of the chapter. And I doubt Zunesha can walk on land considering his legs. It just happens that Zunesha's hearing is that good, LOL.
And I think it's a good moment to start revealing these big pieces of the puzzle.
I mean the size of Zunesha likely means he can spray water quite far since his bathing himself was going up against gravity, where it would presumably be more horizontal against Onigashima. or his size means he can probably cover ground quite quickly, if requested by Momo or Luffy.
Also Zunesha will be able to do anything in the story pretty soon. Animals in OP have always seemed so lively and colourful. Pre Zou arc if Oda said he was doing an arc on a giant elephant I don't think anyone envisioned it to be so decrepit, sunken eyes and frail looking and depressed.
But the reason for this I'm fairly certain now, since his reveal he's joyboy's partner in crime is that Luffy will use his awakened powers and make Zunesha a lively animated elephant
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I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a tad frustrating that the final pages bring us back basically to the mid point of chapter 1027 - Luffy and Kaido's fight entering an apparent final phase while Yamato and Momo realise they have to use Momo's flame clouds to save the island from falling. Twenty chapters of wrapping up subplots and secondary fights while Luffy and Kaido push and pull and Momo flip flops on how best to help. There have been plenty of fun, memorable scenes within that time, but god damn this arc is long.
Seems like the main reason the story had Yamato go down there was to manage the bombs while Big Mom was being blown down by one of them. Seems like it’s going in circles, but I suppose it could be seen as the calm before the storm before we finally see the finality to the Onigashima falling subplot.
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Who do you think the people on the cover were?
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Big ass Mt. Fuji stands exactly between Onigashima and Zunesha (who is still fucking far away from the waterfall itself) . No use spraying water on it from there
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So glad to see Jinbei in water doing Fishman Karate. I thought for sure all we'd really see of that was his introduction back into the story. And yeah, Captain M said, that much water smashing through castle floors like that would kill people left and right. Not to mention devil fruit and Smile users. What about pleasures, do we know if water effects them like any other fruit user? I know I shouldn't be thinking so realistically since the water will likely just spread and not really drown anyone but still.
The cover story is probably the most exciting part to me even though the Germa kids aren't the most interesting to me. I'm looking forward to seeing Judge or whoever else capitalize on Big Mom not being home. Nice to see all those side and background characters again getting a little cameo.
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Fucking hell, I no longer think that Fire Festival will end within 5 chapters. Feel a little bit weary now.
My predictions/fanfic:
1047 - Focus on Drake, last CP0 agent, Apoo and Inbi
1048 - Denjiro, Orochi, and Hiyori, chapter ends with Kaido activating his awakening
1049 - "Pirate Luffy vs Emperor Kaido", ends with Kaido starting his flashback as he's receiving Luffy's "final" attack
1050 - Kaido's flashback part 1 of 2
1051 - Kaido's flashback part 2 of 2
1052 - Luffy ran out of Gear 5th, Kaido's gone berserk like pre timeskip Monster Chopper or the Impel Down guardian beasts, Marco goes to the rooftop, Onigashima starting to head to Flower Capital at high speed, the people of the capital FINALLY start panicking
1053 - Team Momotaro vs Berserk Awakened Kaido, Luffy forced ANOTHER G5 activation, chapter ends with Momonosuke dealing the final blow to Kaido
1054 - Adult Momonosuke human form finally revealed, to both the readers and the entirety of Wano, Kaido announced to be defeated and the raid's victory goes to the Samurai-Ninja-Pirate-Mink alliance
1055 - Momonosuke reunites with Hiyori, Wano citizens go hip hip hurray, chapter ends with THE DAWN
End of volume 104
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If Orochi survives the fire because of the water, let's hope he at least drowns in the water. I had enough of him really.
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Agreed. Orochi's lives ran out about 9 or so back. I'm not bothered that he's not dead, it's just…boring.
One of Oda's better modern 'chess move' chapters. He was able to add action, intrigue, reader question resolution, progression, and crew time.
It almost felt like a golden age Alabasta 'chess move' chap but it didn't make me laugh out loud at any point so that was the only thing really missing from my perspective.
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This chapter feels like a better Volume ender for 103 than 1,045 did.
Not only Luffy wielding lightning is a very nice last page for a volume, more effective than last chapter's comic punch, but this one also wraps most of the troubles bellow.
I'm not sure if 103 would have 11 chapters to fit it, thought.
Wano predictions: There will be 5 acts; All Straw Hats will get fights, some in Act 4; Big Mom Pirates will arrive; Carrot will have her moment, but won't join; Yamato will be a Kouzuki samurai and Wano's Guardian; Shanks will visit Luffy in Act 5; Next arc is Mary Geoise.
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I'm excited to see their new designs, but what are Patty and Pearl doing in the New World?
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I think the shadows are Niji and Yonji, Pudding just messed up Oven's memories. This is their story, after all, so maybe Pudding wants to escape Tottoland and they are her best bets.
(I wouldn't mind if Pekoms tags along, and even Pound is there, as this cover may have happened before Capone's, so it would explain how Pound reached Dressrosa.)
Wano predictions: There will be 5 acts; All Straw Hats will get fights, some in Act 4; Big Mom Pirates will arrive; Carrot will have her moment, but won't join; Yamato will be a Kouzuki samurai and Wano's Guardian; Shanks will visit Luffy in Act 5; Next arc is Mary Geoise.
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I think the shadows are Niji and Yonji, Pudding just messed up Oven's memories. This is their story, after all, so maybe Pudding wants to escape Tottoland and they are her best bets.
The left one seems to be wearing high heels which unless I'm mistaken neither Piji nor Ponji are wearing.
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Not only Luffy wielding lightning is a very nice last page for a volume, more effective than last chapter's comic punch, but this one also wraps most of the troubles bellow.
…..... it's rather questionable to say that was a comic punch. Looked raw and painful to me, and everything drawn in a more standard and intense way instead of funny.
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Who do you think the people on the cover were?
In my opinion, it's either the Black Beard Pirates or a completely random character which we'd never guess.
