Chapter 990: Army of One
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Cool, not much I can really say though, I had a feeling Sasaki was gonna re-join back in the fight at some point. Never expected it to be because of bad aim on Robin's part, lol.
The chapter just essentially the bad guys are regrouping, find out Drake's a mole (I'm gussing that means Hawkins isn't gonna Heel-Turn, pity. Two to one says Law takes him) and he hedges his bets on partnering with Luffy. Ho-hum. I do think this kinda come a bit too early in the battle though, would've been more suspenseful if this happened in the midst of the fight but eh whatever.
Get nuts or go crazy trying.
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Cool, not much I can really say though, I had a feeling Sasaki was gonna re-join back in the fight at some point. Never expected it to be because of bad aim on Robin's part, lol.
It was not Robin's attack, it was Big Mom's Ikoku attack (the one that breached the walls of the dome all the way out of Onigashima, just before Franky and Brook ran over her).
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I wonder whether Hawkins was talking about Luffy, instead of X Drake.
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always.”
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I wonder whether Hawkins was talking about Luffy, instead of X Drake.
Would make sense, him checking on whether Luffy actually has a chance, and then deciding what to do
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I wonder whether Hawkins was talking about Luffy, instead of X Drake.
I think those were Drake's chances.
Talking about Luffy having 1% chance is meaningless, we all know he will suceed. But Drake's survival? Now that's an interesting thing to create tension.
Of course, the confirmation is sure to come later. I bet Hawkins will fight Drake again, confirming it was Drake's chance, and also throw "The chances of the Beast Pirates winning this battle are 90%" or something like that.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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Another Supernova teams up w/ the Strawhats
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Glad Denjiro wasn't his best friend. That was too sad to be allowed.
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For anyone who cares, there's a challenge going around. Some are going to stop reading now and wait out chapter 991-1000 to binge. Reminds me of when I tried to sit out for Reverie event and overshot it to when Luffy and Zoro finally reuniting.
I'm definitely not trying it. I don't have the discipline. Especially with these recent chapters.
I keep forgetting how large the Numbers are. The Minks are ants on his body, even in Sulong, which I get isn't that much larger than their normal form. None of the Calamities have had to pull out their hybrid form, so if Neko and Inu don't get Jack here, he's meant for someone else.
I love how every Tobi Roppo has something to be antsy about, but Black Maria is just composed. She''s my favorite so far. Looks like she's being saved for last because most that has been done with her is laying next to Kaido and having a pleasure territory.
Drake said that the Navy is later, which is what I questioned for a while as his future after Kaido falls. Didn't think it would get any traction now. He could go back to them, but not yet. Leaving would mean that there's nothing more to salvage or in general gain. Staying undercover means there's another opportunity. Straw Hats as his next target or just being a pirate is still an objective after all this. What he does is more of an indicator of what SWORD's true objective is.
So that's 3 Numbers down. If they're not fully done for, maybe 9 and 6 show up next. The goal is to keep the crew and Supernova down there. BM, Pero and Marco are still out of the picture for now. I hope Oda doesn't sideline her for too long because it isn't realistic. The chaos is too much for this current area. Gotta spread it out. Where are the Kid and Heart Pirates?
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Jack keeping the minks at bay dude is a tank .
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Jack gonna die
no hybrid
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I think those were Drake's chances.
Talking about Luffy having 1% chance is meaningless, we all know he will suceed. But Drake's survival? Now that's an interesting thing to create tension.
Of course, the confirmation is sure to come later. I bet Hawkins will fight Drake again, confirming it was Drake's chance, and also throw "The chances of the Beast Pirates winning this battle are 90%" or something like that.Don't think there will be a confirmation, as the way the chapter frames it ("Sucks to be him") already implies it.
I think Hawkins is already done for fighting purposes. He's already been defeated by the alliance and had three different opportunities to face them, so his threat level is now established and Oda will want to focus on the new enemies.
He will probably be more of a support force from now on.
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i'm hoping Luffy remembers that it was Drake who attacked amigasa village a year ago, and that we will get some information regarding that.
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Queen going two sword. He's trying to one up Kaku in every way.
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Anyone still has expectations for chapter 1000? Like what are you even expecting to happen…
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@uniaka:
Anyone still has expectations for chapter 1000? Like what are you even expecting to happen…
Kaido defeated end of act 3
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This week more than any other week I felt like the official release made the chapter many times better than the scans, but I'm still of the opinion that the ending was too rushed and didn't flow well despite being the most important part of the chapter.
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Man, I wish Neko and Inu would just wipe the floor with Jack, no struggle or any problems. Be done with him, just like that.
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Imagine Jacku going straight into Awakened Zoan form. No hybird, no extra steps, just full Drool Mode.
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You sort of get the feeling that Kaido is just relishing in the chaos. If he is as bored as i've always assumed him to be i'm guessing that he'll want to milk these moments for all its excitement. Then once everyone is beaten up he can go for a shopping spree of interesting strong subjects
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Ooh, Jack is fighting the Mink Kings after all
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You sort of get the feeling that Kaido is just relishing in the chaos. If he is as bored as i've always assumed him to be i'm guessing that he'll want to milk these moments for all its excitement. Then once everyone is beaten up he can go for a shopping spree of interesting strong subjects
Seeing him traumatized by getting stabbed and hurt kind of contradicted that unfortunately
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Its hard to say how I feel about the chapter, its a mixed bag
-Beast Pirates further losing strength, yet another supposedly powerful member of them switching sides, making the alliance even more superior
-Kaido and the Scabbards just standing there, watching the show
-Luffy again being the one to one-shoot the enemy, especially after it was clearly stated, that the strawhats should conserve their strength (at the least, give the scene to another one of the strawhats)On the other hand
-Jack taking on the whole mink army and contrary to the spoilers not being freaked out (though it will be interesting how he handles Neko and Inu)
-more hype for Whos Who and Sasaki already freed
-with X Drake not being part of the Beast Pirates anymore, another potential trump card in favour of the alliance is removedI just hope that in the next chapter(s) the Tobi Roppo will get some opportunity to shine for once, and that things will finally turn against the strawhats/alliance and not everything is a walk in the park like right now.
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-Luffy again being the one to one-shoot the enemy, especially after it was clearly stated, that the strawhats should conserve their strength (at the least, give the scene to another one of the strawhats)
To be fair, Franky just took down (or at least greatly injured) one last chapter.
Also the point of that scene was to illustrate that the Strawhats are no longer phased by a massive foe like this, whereas the Numbers would be too much for the regular samurai. Luffy and the others have grown enough where it's just simply more sensible to take one out with a quick Kong Gun, Radical Beam, etc., than to let the samurai struggle immensely just to take one down. Luffy basically told them it's fine, they got it.
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Seeing him traumatized by getting stabbed and hurt kind of contradicted that unfortunately
People have all sorts of takes on that scene. For me all i got from that was real suprise to be hurt and a deep sense of deja vu. Like if he had gotten up from it all wailing about how he should never be hurt or something maybe i could've gotten trauma from that. But as it were it doesn't really contradict my image of him
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Since sulong doesn't last long and it's too early for jack to fall, either mink kings beat him later without sulong mode or luffy shows up and beats jack.
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By everything we know about the dukes and Jack and their power and Sulong, Jack should definitely be getting absolutely massacred in the very near future. There's no way Inu and Neko are gonna miss the scabbards fight against Kaido, either, so it really can only go one way.
Maybe he'll get back up later so someone else can take him on. That's his thing, after all. Getting absolutely demolished in fights he never had any chance of winning, but coming back anyways.
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For anyone who cares, there's a challenge going around. Some are going to stop reading now and wait out chapter 991-1000 to binge.
Every major thing would be spoiled for me through yt thumbnails, tweets etc. I will never even attempt stuff like this. xD
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By everything we know about the dukes and Jack and their power and Sulong, Jack should definitely be getting absolutely massacred in the very near future. There's no way Inu and Neko are gonna miss the scabbards fight against Kaido, either, so it really can only go one way.
Maybe he'll get back up later so someone else can take him on. That's his thing, after all. Getting absolutely demolished in fights he never had any chance of winning, but coming back anyways.
Jack shouldn't stand a chance, but the situation is not so clear-cut. The most obvious thing I can say is that Kaido is there and he can strike at any time before Jack falls down.
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So far the confrontation on the roof has been very underwhelming. Hopefully it changes now with Cat and Dog. It would help to dedicate at least an entire chapter to the fight instead of a couple pages at a time.
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1% is Law chance for living through this battle till tomorrow.
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1% for one of the Samurais because one of the Scabbards have to go
- personal stake
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This wano war is the biggest event the stawhats have taken part in the series. To me going after their first yonko, in a very luffish manner head on. After starting the assualt all the way back in punk hazard. The scope of this battle is immense, and its repercussions on a already chaotic world.
The crew and the crew's perspective which we are viewing is pretty cool but the big bad is relishing the challenge as he said to luffy bring it on few chapters back. He and his top two are yet to actually flex.They the alliance, are still out gunned, and this could get worst when the big mom pirates do make their entrance. Big mom might have been temporarily pushed to the side but a yonko infront you and a yonko behind you is daunting.
The shadow of the world government is also in the shadows. The cpo demand for weapons has to he important. They were willing to come directly n sit and talk with orochi. This certainly to me seem pretty cool. I don't see the strawhats losing but they could come out the losers in certain scuffles within the war. The war is not gonna have any pauses. It does not make sense. Although the writer could do it if he chose to. To meOnigashima seems as big as marineford with at least two layers. And big enough for the battles Looking from where queen n king was n the two numbers that luffy n drake knocked down. I can see danger spilling to wanokuni mainland via king and kaido… but i don't see any reason why the war it self needs to move to wano, that is the battle field. Onigashima is going to be the battle field. We have the representatives from wano on onigashima. Both those loyal to Oden n those who served orochi. More than that.. i see no reason why video den den mushi can't be turned on eventually for the mother land as luffy and kaido finished off the war. Which might be over the flower capital. Im looking forward to this war. And who will stop who. How kid n law will make it to the top. When they will. How much of a role drake will play.
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I just heard someone mention that Drake was the one who destroyed Tama's village. I had forgotten that detail. So Luffy might actually start next chapter by punching him in the face and require more convincing to accept him.
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Drake will have to tell Luffy who he is. I don't think they've ever met.
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I just heard someone mention that Drake was the one who destroyed Tama's village. I had forgotten that detail. So Luffy might actually start next chapter by punching him in the face and require more convincing to accept him.
With bege it was the matter of hurting his friend, pekoms. This time its just for destroying a village. Not sure about that. Its different this time.
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Luffy will probably not remember Drake’s name anyway. But, if someone points it to him…
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That huge helmet make me think if - with the huge sword outside - we're gonna know about some past wano giant
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WHERE IS MARCO??????????????
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@uniaka:
Anyone still has expectations for chapter 1000? Like what are you even expecting to happen…
Huge, huge event. The buildup's enough for something huge to happen, and 100 chapters do matter. (I've had this debate many times, let's not)
And yeah tons of people rightfully have expectations for it. Probably even Shounen Jump themselves.Sucks we are not getting kaido vs the minks
(from the chapter 989 thread)
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Croc or Enel would never.Wanna see the "ancient civilization destroyed" thing done really well? FFXIV did a great take on it. The bar's high for One Piece to beat.
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People have all sorts of takes on that scene. For me all i got from that was real suprise to be hurt and a deep sense of deja vu. Like if he had gotten up from it all wailing about how he should never be hurt or something maybe i could've gotten trauma from that. But as it were it doesn't really contradict my image of him
Yeah, i saw the dude lamenting about not being able to get hurt or even die panicking about getting hurt. Add to that his panic when Big Mom first arrived, yep was disappointing.
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By everything we know about the dukes and Jack and their power and Sulong, Jack should definitely be getting absolutely massacred in the very near future. There's no way Inu and Neko are gonna miss the scabbards fight against Kaido, either, so it really can only go one way.
Maybe he'll get back up later so someone else can take him on. That's his thing, after all. Getting absolutely demolished in fights he never had any chance of winning, but coming back anyways.
Both Inu and Neko have lost a limb, would be insane if they could compensate it that quickly.
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Do we know what made the explosion that let Drake escape ? That part is a bit confusing to me
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Do we know what made the explosion that let Drake escape ? That part is a bit confusing to me
It didn't look like an accident or something external. Drake probably caused the explosion himself.
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Luffy and Drake one shots a “number” each and an entire Sulong army is struggling with one?
Even Franky took one out easily.
IF YOU DIE, I'LL KILL YOU….
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What a fun chapter! I especially liked that panel of Kaido grinning over a battlefield. I've more and more started to see him as this mythical monster.
He btw looks a lot more comfortable in his dragon form, relaxed.I kind of laughed at Luffy being surprised/annoyed that yet again some freakshow wants to join him in his fight.
Raising a glass for my adorable failgiant boys ;( they were too pure for this world.
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Do we know what made the explosion that let Drake escape ? That part is a bit confusing to me
Dino-fart with a match. Believe me. Thats why he shoot out from There like cannonball.
Lol
On more serious note most likely he used some grenade to create opening. Kaido has weapon factories all over Wano and Queen so his people are quite well armed. I wonder if we will see any of military weapons being used in this conflict. Maybe slaves from factories will also go against Kaido goons when they will hear about big fight against Beast Pirates, that would be cool to see.
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What a fun chapter! I especially liked that panel of Kaido grinning over a battlefield. I've more and more started to see him as this mythical monster.
He btw looks a lot more comfortable in his dragon form, relaxed.After check, the sfx gogogogo means "a menacing atmosphere" so I'm not sure you are reading that scene correctly.
Where exactly is that grin ? The eyes are greyed which is not usually a sign that convey happyness -
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After check, the sfx gogogogo means "a menacing atmosphere" so I'm not sure you are reading that scene correctly.
Where exactly is that grin ? The eyes are greyed which is not usually a sign that convey happynessI mean to me that is clearly a grin shrugs
Like he is enjoying seeing all that fighting like a proper villain should.
Enjoy!
