Aaand we're back, guys! Here's the first chapter after the one-month-laser-eye-hiatus.
Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags
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Surely the translation "You raised a formidable foe" is wrong? The one in the spoilers was "you have a habit of raising formidable foes" or something like that, which fits Aokiji's manners a bit more? The dude's not full of himself.
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Said this in the spoiler thread, but if Garp dies, then he'd prob be the most relevant character to die since Ace and Whitebeard, even more than Cobra. I wonder if Oda would go for it.
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Everything in this chapter refreshes all the death flags for Garp. He fights his old apprentice (and the newer generation tends to surpass the former), he has his even newer successors with him and I cannot see him fighting in the endgame.
But it will certainly be with a DON!
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First off: how did the ship return so fast to sea?
Remember: They moved the buildings to isolate the plaza where the ship landed. So, I doubt the ship moved by Kujaku's whip or Grus' clay. It probably flew again.
But how did the ship fly? I feel it will be important later...
To me, the flying ship indicates there's a hidden actor in the scene with powers appropriate to that. If so, it stands to reason that this actor will be revealed in the appropriate time (in 1088, probably).
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It's cool to see how far Helmeppo came since the early One Piece days. He barely looks like the former villain he were.
Still, the chapter makes a point to show that, no matter how strong he became, he's still the weakest in this formation.
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Garp easily dispatched Sanjuan Wolf and cleanly avoided Vasco Shot's attacks. It's no coincidence that the first one to hurt Garp was Shiryu.
This entire scene is meant to show that the two top Blackbeard commanders are Shiryu and Kuzan.
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And don't underestimate Shiryu. While he used a dirty tactic, he was still able to pierce "Iron Garp". The comment is meant to showcase that Garp wouldn't be hurt by a normal sword. Shiryu also laughs after being hit by Garp and stands up, small hints that he's no pushover.
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I see many slandering the Blackbeard Pirates, but this is like if Zoro, Sanji, Robin and Franky were fighting an Emperor. Franky would easily be pushed away, Robin would be ineffective, but Zoro and Sanji would land good hits. Garp's bounty is even in Emperor range.
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I'm not 100% sure Kuzan has Conqueror's Haki. He may have it, but this clash can be interpreted in other ways too. The hit feels it's exploding in both haki and ice, and Kuzan coated his fist in ice beforehand. It may be that he's using his Devil Fruit in order to compensate.
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The chapter ends in an ominous cliffhanger. Everything points to next chapter concluding this scene so we can finally return to Egghead. So, what I think will happen?
I see many expecting Bogard to finally be relevant in the main story. The problem is that he's been just a background character. His last meaningful act was in a cover story over 1000 chapters ago. He had like two lines of dialogue since then, and has been missing since Water 7.
While background characters can step up at any moment, this is a pay-off moment. For a pay-off to work, it has to be set up beforehand in the story. Bogard should have been introduced formally already, or else his appearance will just be confusing to 90% of readers.
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From a narrative perspective I think this the moment Tashigi may finally shine and achieve a victory. Unlike Bogard, her presence and importance are already established, and her showing how much she has grown as a swordswoman would actually be a great pay-off.
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Speaking of Tashigi, her partner may be nearby. Tashigi being alone creates a case of "Shrodinger's Smoker":
If he doesn't show up, people will say: "It was obvious he wasn't there or he'd be shown already".
If he does, people will say: "It was obvious because he's never far from Tashigi".
We need to consider that flying ship (with no engine, but with smoke). Smoker can fly. He may have gotten strong enough to push an entire battleship. And, since only now the ship is back to sea, it explains why only now he could show up.
So, I think we may see Smoker may clash with Vasco Shot and rescue Koby, Helmeppo and Grus.
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But I feel Garp is doomed. There must be a reason for this entire scene, and this usually means a sacrifice. It would be pointless if the marines escape without losses.
Remember, this is not the main story nor the main heroes. There must be some consequences here that will affect the main story somehow. So, I think Garp will stay behind to hold off Shiryu and Kuzan. He's here to secure the future of the marines, after all. The era is changing.
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So, that's what I'm expecting for Chapter 1088:
The tragic conclusion of the Fullalead plot.
And the closing pages finally returning to Egghead. After four months of real-time hyatus, we get to see the Straw Hats again.
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
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But I feel Garp is doomed. There must be a reason for this entire scene, and this usually means a sacrifice. It would be pointless if the marines escape without losses.
Remember, this is not the main story nor the main heroes. There must be some consequences here that will affect the main story somehow. So, I think Garp will stay behind to hold off Shiryu and Kuzan. He's here to secure the future of the marines, after all. The era is changing.
Vivi’s dad already got killed which would affect not only Vivi, but surely also Luffy himself. Having Garp get killed would I think serve to motivate Luffy further to take down Blackbeard Pirates and further Koby’s story in light of his naivety. If Garp doesn’t get killed here, then that might just got to show Oda has bigger plans for him in the future we’d have to look forward to, since otherwise there would be no point I’d say.
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@electricmastro said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
If Garp doesn’t get killed here, then that might just got to show Oda has bigger plans for him in the future we’d have to look forward to, since otherwise there would be not point I’d say.
If Garp is not killed here, then the scene must serve some other purpose in the grand scheme of things. If we are to entertain the idea that the marines are escaping successfully and without any sacrifices, then we need to ask ourselves: what is the point? What consequences this will cause in the main story?
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
@electricmastro said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
If Garp doesn’t get killed here, then that might just got to show Oda has bigger plans for him in the future we’d have to look forward to, since otherwise there would be not point I’d say.
If Garp is not killed here, then the scene must serve some other purpose in the grand scheme of things. If we are to entertain the idea that the marines are escaping successfully and without any sacrifices, then we need to ask ourselves: what is the point? What consequences this will cause in the main story?
Also, chapter already showed pirates seeing he has been handicapped due to the stab and feel motivated enough to still chase after Garp for his 3 billion bounty. It was already mentioned being hunted is already challenging the morale of the marines, so Garp getting killed would really make crap hit the fan there.
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I think this is the first time we hear Garp being referred as "Iron Garp"? i assumed it was a early translation think but apparently its not.
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I'm in the camp that Garp will die, but I think Oda will wait until the SHs are there. We will probably see a rescue attempt from the SHs and the Marines at the end of the next arc and it will all end in tragedy. I'm expecting death by Pluton.
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Oda pushing Koby to be Garp's replacement is annoying to me
Koby is trash, an utter garbage of a character, forcibly replacing a character that we all love and admire, I'm just disgusted by the whole thing and it will be much worse if Garp actually dies because of this useless twat
I did not expect Aokiji to be this weak, man the admirals keep on disappointing or maybe Garp's too strong
however I'm sure Sengoku & Tsuro are on their way, Garp must not die like this. hell even Blackbeard ain't there
Also huge thanks to Oda for not returning to boringhead. I hope we stay off longer.
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Some people are saying Koby is going "Super Saiyan" in 1088... While I think it's very likely that he may have a haki bloom, I don't think he can change the course of things. Maybe he knocks out fodder with Conqueror's Haki, or he knocks Kuzan off his feet with a well-timed strike. But more than that? Not happening, I believe.
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
Some people are saying Koby is going "Super Saiyan" in 1088... While I think it's very likely that he may have a haki bloom, I don't think he can change the course of things. Maybe he knocks out fodder with Conqueror's Haki, or he knocks Kuzan off his feet with a well-timed strike. But more than that? Not happening, I believe.
Oda didn’t even have that happen when Ace died right in front of Luffy. If anything, the best time for his adrenaline to go up with his Haki would have been when Garp got stabbed, but Oda didn’t even give that the time of day.
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@hideoushorrendous Where in the chapter even slightly implies that Aokiji is weak? That he's fighting against a Marine legend that is Garp? Is your complaint about Koby something along the lines of "not cool/powerful/manly enough" like what a typical power scaler who only reads One Piece for fights when they can just stick with DBZ would say?
Man, power scalers sure always jump to conclusions. And complains a lot in an over-reactionary manner too.
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@electricmastro Haki blooms in times of duress, and each character has its own breaking point.
I don't see it will be anything capable of turning the tide of the battle. It would be just to see a bit more of Koby's potential.
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We haven’t even been with Straw Hats for like four months at this point.
Maybe Oda should kill some more characters off so that Straw Hats can have less characters stealing attention away from them. lol
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My full Chapter 1088 predictions:
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Koby has a "haki bloom" under duress: he knocks out fodder with Conqueror Haki, or delivers a single powerful strike against a Blackbeard pirate.
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Tashigi cuts Pizarro's island-arm.
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Smoker is revealed to be with the team. He clashes briefly with Vasco Shot to rescue Koby, Grus and Helmeppo. Smoker trades glances with Kuzan. Callback to Punk Hazard.
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Garp stays behind to hold off Shiryu and Kuzan
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Garp's last words or thoughts
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Fight cuts off (we don't see its entirety). Garp is on the ground, smiling. Kuzan can't deliver the finishing blow, so Shiryu does it.
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Reaction of the marines on the ship.
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Narrator confirms Garp's death and says this is not the only tragedy this day.
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Back to Egghead.
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We get glimpses of the Straw Hats' defeat (some lying on the ground, many petrified), but we don't see details of what happened.
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(Probably) Narrator declares the Staw Hats defeat and informs the countdown to the marine fleet's arrival.
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Bogard is there?? Did the scans even show that .
Time for smoker to show himself and counter Pizzaro.
If bogard is for garp what zoro is for luffy, he could do it too.
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Bogard has spoken twice. This hype is weird.
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@zorosempai There's one single panel, when Kujaku is reporting to Garp and Tashigi is tending to Hibari in the background, that we see a character that looks like Bogard on the right corner, behind Kujaku's speech balloon. That's the most we see of someone who may be him.
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
- Tashigi cuts Pizarro's island-arm.
I don't think Tashigi has the strength to cut what's essentially a small mountain the size of a town. Her skills have always been speed-based.
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@King-Cannon
Side characters level up in mysterious ways, and at some point there must be a pay-off for Zoro berating her in Punk Hazard. -
@Deicide said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
@King-Cannon
Side characters level up in mysterious ways, and at some point there must be a pay-off for Zoro berating her in Punk Hazard.The problem is that such a thing would cheapen a lot Avalo's power, who still has to maintain threat for the future. If it was from someone that's more of a known powerhouse, then ok, but Tashigi should not be at that level yet. Even Koby probably isn't.
Again, this is a Blackbeard commander. It's a rank that so far has only been foiled by people like Sabo, Hancock or Kuzan, who are billion-bounty fighters.
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@King-Cannon Tashigi was already a decent swordswoman while Koby was a crybaby, I definitely put her above him.
Personally, I don't think cutting off Pizarro's arm would be a big deal. We've seen with Pica that a power such as Pizarro's gives him infinite disposable bodies and limbs, and the marines' objective is to just run away.
It would be a win for Tashigi but not really something that threatens Pizarro.
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
@King-Cannon Tashigi was already a decent swordswoman while Koby was a crybaby, I definitely put her above him.
Personally, I don't think cutting off Pizarro's arm would be a big deal. We've seen with Pica that a power such as Pizarro's gives him infinite disposable bodies and limbs, and the marines' objective is to just run away.
It would be a win for Tashigi but not really something that threatens Pizarro.
Tashigi was a decent swordsman that still needed help against someone Zoro didn't struggle against.
So far, there is no indication she has the capability to cut mountains yet. It hasn't been that long since Punk Hazard/Dressrosa.
It's especially ridiculous because you still think Hancock would have trouble with Devon when she disposed of her and Vasco not too long ago. And now Tashigi, a Marine captain, can deal with BB commanders?
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@King-Cannon said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
So far, there is no indication she has the capability to cut mountains yet.
She couldn't redirect cannonballs when we saw her in Alabasta either, but she was doing that casually post-timeskip. Side-characters aren't static, Tashigi is bound to be stronger next time she gets to show her skills.
@King-Cannon said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
It's especially ridiculous because you still think Hancock would have trouble with Devon when she disposed of her and Vasco not too long ago.
Not only Devon can also level-up in many ways, Hancock is a special case because she has two "difficulty levels": one when the enemy can't counter her fruit power, and another when the enemy learns how to avoid it.
That's why I think a second battle is likely: Devon will have learned from her defeat.
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@hideoushorrendous said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
Oda pushing Koby to be Garp's replacement is annoying to me
Koby is trash, an utter garbage of a character, forcibly replacing a character that we all love and admire, I'm just disgusted by the whole thing and it will be much worse if Garp actually dies because of this useless twat
I did not expect Aokiji to be this weak, man the admirals keep on disappointing or maybe Garp's too strong
however I'm sure Sengoku & Tsuro are on their way, Garp must not die like this. hell even Blackbeard ain't there
Also huge thanks to Oda for not returning to boringhead. I hope we stay off longer.
I mean if anything I find it strange that Garp has an equal in a physical fight. I would expect him to dominate physically and you would need swords, devil fruit and other weapons to match him.
I dont care care either way with Coby. I neither wish him harm or care about his successes. He's just a forgettable character for me. Someone like Tashigi I would like to shine tho.
Sengoku and Tshuru cant show up or Garp would escape and the attack would have no major consequences.
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
She couldn't redirect cannonballs when we saw her in Alabasta either, but she was doing that casually post-timeskip. Side-characters aren't static, Tashigi is bound to be stronger next time she gets to show her skills.
Post-timeskip was two years. Punk Hazard was like two to three months ago. Maybe less.
Even Zoro hasn't improved that much in months outside of getting new swords and unlocking CoC in Wano. The heavy lifting happened in Kuraigana.
@King-Cannon said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
Not only Devon can also level-up in many ways, Hancock is a special case because she has two "difficulty levels": one when the enemy can't counter her fruit power, and another when the enemy learns how to avoid it.That's why I think a second battle is likely: Devon will have learned from her defeat.
Well, BB pirates aren't Haki monsters, so nullifying DF effects is out of the table, especially since Kuzan can freeze them all so easily.
The obvious path to me is that Devon will face someone below Hancock's league, and that doesn't have a broken ability.
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@desa said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
Sengoku and Tshuru cant show up or Garp would escape and the attack would have no major consequences.
Also, Sengoku and Tsuru were shown in New Marineford after the fight in Fullalead had already started. Unless they can teleport, it would take them days to reach the island, so I doubt a rescue is coming.
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@King-Cannon said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
Post-timeskip was two years. Punk Hazard was like two to three months ago. Maybe less.
Zoro learned flying cuts between Alabasta and Sky Piea, and started making huge cuts in Water 7. Those are mere weeks of training.
Characters level up as the story demands.
@King-Cannon said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
Well, BB pirates aren't Haki monsters, so nullifying DF effects is out of the table, especially since Kuzan can freeze them all so easily.
The Blackbeard crew is a paralel to the Straw Hats in many ways. They are still evolving and learning. They face defeats because they are meant to be stronger when we finally face them.
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
The Blackbeard crew is a paralel to the Straw Hats in many ways. They are still evolving and learning. They face defeats because they are meant to be stronger when we finally face them.
This is a bit of a double-edged sword because they still need to be at a level that the weaker SH can deal with them.
Would be difficult for me to believe Devon can suddenly fight with a nearly 2 billion bounty who utterly humiliated her and Vasco not too long ago, but the others still need to be weak enough for Usopp and Nami to beat.
It's ok for Shiryu because he IS being portrayed as a bit above the others, so I can buy him fighting Zoro, but Devon is not in that ballpark. Reminder that Hancock is an 1.8 billion former Warlord and master Haki user, still a good deal ahead of the Monster Trio, and it's unlikely the SH will get another rise so soon.
So far, the only noticeable growth we've seen from the BB Pirates is Burgess, but only because he was DF-less before.
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One person I could see saving the ship is Moria. Such a thing would validate Koby's actions and show that his heroic decisions are not a liability.
Moria would also want to stick it to Blackbeard and Co.
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@King-Cannon
All the Blackbeard Pirates gaining experience and power does not mean they'll be all beyond the weakest Straw Hats. It's a matter of relative level: they level up, but each stays relative to each other, much like every Straw Hats leveled up over the story but stayed within their own levels relative to each other. I'm sure Usopp, Nami or Chopper will keep growing just like Augur, Shot or Q.The point with the Blackbeard Pirates is that they are not the ultimate challenges they are supposed to be yet. They are learning from being beat by Hancock or Kuzan, and they are learning from facing the Heart Pirates or Garp's team. I'm sure the ones in Egghead will also learn from whatever they see or interact with there.
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Again waiting for Wang Zhi and Gecko Moria to show up
Also what will stop the giant island hand
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@All-Fiction before this mini arc started i would've never imagined an old Garp would whoop an admirals's ass
maybe in his prime he would and not currently
but look what we got here
a severely injured plus old age geezer is too much for Aokiji to finish or at least have an upper hand over him
what a fucking disappointment
the correct assumption is that Garp's a monster but still i won't let it slide for a former admiral who has many advantages in this scenario to look this bad.
he's actually weaker than a 78 yrs old Garp
I can't be silent about this, especially that he fought Akainu for 10 days that means the other dog is also weaker than an old timer ( which is not a first ).
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@hideoushorrendous What are you surprised about? Garp was the chief marine rival of Roger himself and was offered promotion to Admiral multiple times. He's not some doddering old man.
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So it seems Fullbody and Jango have returned after Chapter 907, almost 200 chapters ago. Does anyone here care about this?
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The real mystery is why they're all the way in G-1 when Hina is at New Marineford.
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@hideoushorrendous said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
@All-Fiction before this mini arc started i would've never imagined an old Garp would whoop an admirals's ass
maybe in his prime he would and not currently
but look what we got here
a severely injured plus old age geezer is too much for Aokiji to finish or at least have an upper hand over him
Garp is on the same level as Sengoku, who was Aokiji and Akainu's superior not too long ago.
It's not a crazy thing.
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The Great Arlong Park Character Strength Paradox:
[CHARACTER A] is said to be really strong.
[CHARACTER B] is said to be really strong.
If [CHARACTER A] gets the upper hand over [CHARACTER B], then clearly [CHARACTER B] is incredibly weak.
If [CHARACTER B] gets the upper hand over [CHARACTER A], then clearly [CHARACTER A] is incredibly weak.
Ergo, characters who are said to be really strong should not fight each other, because one of them will be declared incredibly weak.
Rinse and repeat every arc for the past twelve years.
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It would make sense for a last minute smoker appereance. He had a connection to Ao Kiji in Punk Hazard and would help save Koby. But he hasn’t appeared yet, so maybe the injuries taken from Doflamingo were Edi big that Vegapunk have him a new stable smoke form that looks like a monster and is able to carry the battleship
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@Chams-0 said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
It would make sense for a last minute smoker appereance. He had a connection to Ao Kiji in Punk Hazard and would help save Koby. But he hasn’t appeared yet, so maybe the injuries taken from Doflamingo were Edi big that Vegapunk have him a new stable smoke form that looks like a monster and is able to carry the battleship
Smoker didn't even appear even though Tashigi has appeared multiple times after Wano. If he doesn't appear now, then it really makes it questionable what he's doing right now.
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As much as I don't care for bounties, Garp dying seems like an easy layup to reveal or update the BB Pirates bounties. Last I checked, the highest shown outside of their captain was still under 100M.
So, anyone under the belief that bounties are some indicator for one not being formidable ae just leading themselves there. The crew have beaten opponents with larger bounties throughout the story. I don't get why it would be unrealistic for BB Pirates to fight on par with the crew due to bounties and receiving damage from...
Wait, why is receiving damage considered weak in the first place? I'll leave that alone.
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I hope if Smoker reappears here or at egghead he’s powered up considerably
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@Shiebs said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
I hope if Smoker reappears here or at egghead he’s powered up considerably
Oh wait, Smoker might just pop up at Egghead after all, since Doll said she'd be heading on over to Egghead. I guess Smoker was more interested in going to Egghead than Pirate Island, and thus Smoker and Tashigi went their separate ways here.
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It is well and truly good to be back! May we never have to go so long between chapters again. There's nothing particularly special about this return chapter - only 15 pages, no colour spread to save it for the anniversary next week - it really just picks up where the series last left off and moves forward in exactly the way it had already been. Which means yes, the cutaway sequence is still oddly placed in the Egghead story, and I'm still itching to see the Strawhats again, and it's very weird to get to the (likely) end of volume 107 without checking in with them. Actually I don't know where my gut lands on volume 107 currently. It's never safe to bet on 12 chapters, but the 9, 10 and now 11 chapter marks haven't felt like they're wrapping things up or establishing that big 'come back next volume' moment to close on.
But on the other hand. Garp VS Kuzan for real! Look at them go!
I forget what rank Jango's meant to be now, but damn, he's doing well for himself to be having a casual chat with Brandnew (the guy so high up he sets the bounties) and trading gossip about figures as important as Garp and Kuzan. It's definitely interesting that Kuzan is being set up as such a bruiser here. He's a really skinny guy and always has been! You'd kinda think that was what Haki was for, but it turns out he can arch the keel of a battleship with just his physical strength alone. But sure, why not? Far from the weirdest thing One Piece asks readers to swallow. It's also worth remembering that despite the illusion of equality the opening panels give, Garp and Kuzan did not start on their battleship bags at the same time and we don't know how long they took to reach their final state relative to each other. It also seems that Kuzan is using both Haki and his Devil Fruit in the chapter's climactic cross counter, so there's definitely some mitigating factors to keep me from thinking Kuzan has just been magically jumped up to Garp levels of raw, unaided might all of a sudden.
What is nice here is Brandnew throwing out that the kind of strength it takes to compete at this level goes beyond what anyone is born with, you still have to train and earn it. Should appease some concerns that areas of the fanbase have picked up around special birth powers and destinies as of late.
There seems to have been a small retcon on the effects of the Isle Isle Fruit here, with the great big Fullalead skull now having more detailed teeth and actual eyes in the sockets when Pizarro controls it. I wonder if we'll see at least the eyes edited for chapters 1080 and 1081 when the volume release comes around?
Whatever the case, Garp's devil may care attitude to the pirates' attacks is a joy in the early pages of this chapter. Enough that I'm not too concerned about how his ship got out to sea. Given everything else we've seen, I'm totally ready to believe he picked it up and chucked it. I want to see a Boggard scene though. Just a little acknowledgement of the dude. Look at the panel where Garp, Grus, Koby and Helmeppo line up. Wouldn't it have been more balanced with two guys on either side of Garp? Missed opportunity!
The parallel with Whiteboard in Garp's injury is hard to miss. I wasn't convinced we were really going to see the death of a legend so soon, but now I'm starting to wonder.
Debates will rage (and have been raging since the spoilers) on the topic of Observation Haki and Shiryu's cheap hit, but it's not like Garp is taken completely off-guard here. We can see him with his hands firmly on Shiryu at the same moment he takes the hit, before the invisible pirate is revealed. It's not a stab and then a quick reaction before Shiryu can retreat, the stab and the grab are information given to us at the same time. Of course there is ambiguity in that, as reading a manga is always going to involve some level of personal interpretation to fill in the movements between panels, but in my mind the need to shield Koby was a bigger factor than the invisibility in making this trick a success.
A little more Cross Guild operational info is nice. I'd been wondering about how the crowns compared to the stars. People are making a big deal about Garp directly calling Dragon his son, but I always felt the idea that he wasn't was conspiracy theory territory anyway. I think we're well and truly giving up on the idea of Kuzan as a SWORD plant as well. I was having my doubts back when we saw how he joined the crew, but this parting of ways with Garp feels real.
The final spread is gorgeous, and while Pizarro's powers borrow a lot from Pica both conceptually and in how Oda has detailed and shaded the giant reaching hand, but the bulbous head and twisted up bundle of limbs he's made the island into give this version enough of its own flavour to keep me quiet. At least for the moment.
I think we have to see the end of this sequence next week, whether justice truly will prevail or not ("of course it will!" thanks, Doflamingo) because it just wouldn't do to have an anniversary chapter without getting at least a glimpse of the main crew. I've missed them, and I genuinely want to explore more of Egghead and learn the different things Vegapunk's been working on. I want to see how inanimate objects are made to eat Devil Fruits, damn it! Well whatever happens, I'm just happy to have my (almost) weekly dose coming in again.
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@Captain-M said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
Which means yes, the cutaway sequence is still oddly placed in the Egghead story, and I'm still itching to see the Strawhats again, and it's very weird to get to the (likely) end of volume 107 without checking in with them.
The fact that Oda is fine with pushing things aside at Egghead in favor of non-Egghead events might go to show how he's in no real rush since more interesting things are going on that justify cutting away. I guess I can't blame him if Egghead right now is just a series of repetitive back and forth attacks with some running around. lol
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@Captain-M said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
and it's very weird to get to the (likely) end of volume 107 without checking in with them. Actually I don't know where my gut lands on volume 107 currently
While I was placing my bets on 1087 being V107's ender chapter, after seeing this I think it's safer to bet on 1086. 1087 feels like the start of a new volume.
@Captain-M said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
Debates will rage (and have been raging since the spoilers) on the topic of Observation Haki and Shiryu's cheap hit, but it's not like Garp is taken completely off-guard here.
My take is that Observation haki CAN see invisible people, but because most users don't really train to act without using their eyes at least as assistance, Shiryu still has some advantage. Like, you can detect his intention and react to attacks, but when you are too used to your vision it's hard to not rely on it at least a bit. You must really close your eyes and not rely on them at all, like Fujitora does.
@Captain-M said in Chapter 1087: Battleship Bags:
The final spread is gorgeous, and while Pizarro's powers borrow a lot from Pica both conceptually and in how Oda has detailed and shaded the giant reaching hand, but the bulbous head and twisted up bundle of limbs he's made the island into give this version enough of its own flavour to keep me quiet. At least for the moment.
I think the biggest difference between Pica and Pizarro is that the former can mold a new body out of stone and dettach it completely from it's origin, while Pizarro is bound to the island. Pizarro can probably merge with any island he steps on, but at sea he's pretty much powerless.
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@electricmastro I don't want to argue over matters of taste, if you weren't enjoying it that's fine, but there's something that feels dishonest about characterising Egghead as "repetitive back and forth attacks and running around" when it's developed and changed the direction of its story more times in 20 chapters than Onigashima did in more than two years.
Even if we just take the Seraphim takeover of the upper lab as the start of attacks and running, that was only four and a half chapters before the cutaway sequence.
Egghead's not to everyone's taste, but slow-moving it objectively is not.