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**Eiichiro Oda
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Guess all that hoopla over Yamabro was sort of pointless 
Yamato, smartest person on Onigashima…
That panel where Yams whacks dragon momo upside the head made me smile
Guess it really is a 1v1 fight for Zoro and Sanji, that's cool though. King definitely has the best hybrid(?) form of the three commanders, him using his wings as swords is pretty cool. Can't wait to see how he combines his attacks with his flame abilities.
Where do King's normal wings disappear to when he turns his arms into Pteranodon wings?
They probably also transform into his Pteranodon wings…
Why? They also disappear when he's fully transformed…
Not hard to imagine them as an extra set of arms... arms transform - wings transform
King being some kind of jet fighter made me lol a bit (and reminded me of Garchomp somehow)
Eager for a face reveal - since that's a promised thing since Who'sWho fight -, but now with more Plot to satisfy eager readers. will the face tattoo have a meaning? is it holy? sacred? Mystery-of-the-world-connected?
Zoro, King, Luffy, Momo, Kaido, Yamato, Neko, Carrot, Wanda and Peros are the only ones outside the dome. I wonder if Oda will use this formation somehow.
Welp, now Franky participation feels a bit fillery since the fight will happen outisde the dome…? But I'm always glad to see the SHs caring for eachother, so I'm a-ok with it.
Momo...wasn't already flying to get to Onigashima in the first place...? Yamato explaining the flame clouds again seems a bit misplaced to me.
and ouch, seems that even when succesfuly blocked a Thunder Bagua still leaves a hell of a headache afterwards.
Momo…wasn't already flying to get to Onigashima in the first place...? Yamato explaining the flame clouds again seems a bit misplaced to me.
Well, it was kinda weird, but he was flying by improvisation (and with his eyes closed) before, so he wasn't really aware of what he was doing, just like in Punk Hazard. Now, Yamato is teaching him the basics, so Momo can better control what he's doing, as well as keeping his fear of falling in check.
Really? You don't even have to imagine it…
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I know that there isn't a stated rule on how Zoan transformations work, but if King really fuses his wings with his arms then he is a clear outlier. For every other Zoan bar one, arms transform into wings/forelegs and vice versa, legs transform into hind legs. The one exception is Pierre where he's a bird that grows forelegs when in his hybrid form, and I believe that's mostly to get the Pegasus joke.
My point is, the general body structure stays the same for all Zoans except Pierre throughout all transformations where the body just changes length/thickness/fur/etc. We never really got fusing body parts.
We never got a Zoan user that had anything like wings or other unusual body parts… did we?
Actually, we got a bird with a horse fruit that became a pegasus, instead of having its wings turned into front legs.
Anyway, each zoan is unique. Oda is surely not even trying to have consistency with how hybrid forms work from user to user. My headcanon is that each users molds its hybrid according to some unconscious picture he has in his mind, and even users of the same fruit may look different.
Really liked the chapter. Higlights for me:
Great chapter. Nice to see Yamato displaying some leadership skills with planning to solve the situation with just Momo. Also hyping up Luffy's milestone fight, arguably his biggest since what, Crocodile?
King stuff is intriguing. Wonder what the face looks like. King's fighting style is kinda menacing looking, though I do kinda wish he was fighting Sanji instead. Would look cooler for a lot of reasons. (Also appreciate the rare Zoro/Franky interaction.)
My two cents:
This chapter was pretty good.
It was obvious that Momo would have to stop Onigashima, but I like how this duty is exclusively his (with Yamato's guiding) without mobilizing the entire cast to accomplish this task, like it usually happens in other arcs. I think we have good chapters ahead instead of the annoying boredom of the birdcage.
The little we got from Zoro vs King was cool. I like the latter's style and tactics.
The only thing I hate about Momo's role is how long we're going to have to wait to see his adult appearance.
Somehow the seemingly darker skin colour of King reminds me of the Kumogakure in Naruto.
Unrevealed: Loki/Rocks/the man marked by flames/Im-san
Island: Elbaf/Raftel/GodValley
Unresolved: Weevil´s plan/Joy-Boy/Zunisha´s story/Rocks flashback/Void Century/Rioponeglyph/Uranus/the D.clan
DFWind/Metal/Acid/Liquid/Time-Stop
And who will be these 9 shadows ? Even on the allies side, a lot of them are unable to fight. Zoro will probably be out after is fight with King too
Even this chapter Oda has sided Yamatoto left luffy aloneThe prophecy can be seen as the samurais leading the raid.
9 characters still able to still fight and take on Kaido in front of the Wano citizens. The fight isn't ending now so the 9 do not have to show up now
I never said anything about Zoro. There are several strawhats far from being out of it and are able to fight.
Yamato leaving now to help Momo makes no difference. Yamato stayed behind to protect Momo and showed up to fight Kaido later.
Maybe you think Kaido has to be defeated before Onigashima lands/crashes. I think Kaido will still be fighting after that. Way after all of his crew have been defeated.
I dont think it's the samurai who were leading the raid cuz Oda made no note to even imply they were the 9 shadows. Also there was less than 9 of them after Kanjuro betrayed them before the raid started.
Queen and King acting like a meaner version of Sunk and Saur is cute too.
But i honestly can't make much out of the fight scene. Which i guess is kind of the point? Him being a speed demon of sorts. Too bad about it not being a 2 versus 2, but what can you do
My prediction is that Luffy will probably win this round 1v1 only for Kaido to awaken and become the final threat of this arc that rampages through the flower capital even after Onigashima has been stopped.
And then it's a team fight (probably Team Momotaro) against Awakened Kaido.
That way Oda can put a huge dent in the whole "In 1-on-1 always bet on Kaido" thing by having Luffy pulling off yet another unprecedented feat that he has always been known for doing BUT not shattering the expectation that Kaido cannot be taken out completely in a 1-on-1 .
We get a cool, actiony chapter for the likely opening of volume 102. There's not a lot of substance that can be said about it - all the main plot threads are just chugging along their expected paths - but that doesn't make it a bad chapter. I'm surprised time wasn't taken to wrap up at least one of the ongoing minor fights though. With five minutes on the clock and - I think - most people hoping to see the fighting wrap up by the end of this volume, every chapter that bit part enemies like Apoo and Fukurokuju keep standing through is an odd one.
I enjoyed Luffy grappling Kaido's neck and wanting to have the final boss all to himself. It's that classic Luffy levity the fights with Kaido haven't really left room for. And I guess the Momotaro theory is off the table if it's 1v1 to the end from here. Oh well. I've really got no strong feelings about that. I barely knew the classic story existed before it came up in One Piece, so I've got no attachment to it, interesting as it might have been.
Momo looks well and truly out of proportion near the whole flying island at the start of page 8. I don't think the sequence tells us much we already know - in my mind it's been a given for ages that Momo would need to use flame clouds to move Onigashima, but I'm sure the new revelation that the island would act as a bomb silences a few naysayers who were thinking Kaido just needed to be beaten early so the island could drop somewhere uninhabited. Yamato's imagine spot of the island exploding is a pretty sick panel though. On the other hand, what does the revelation about the castle being packed with explosives mean after Oda repeatedly emphasised that it's been set on fire and the flames are spreading…? Maybe an explosion of that kind could be just the solution Oda needs for the issue of Kaido being too strong to let live but not wanting Luffy to make an unambiguous onscreen kill. Kaido, barely conscious after being beaten up by Luffy, might even reject the chance to evacuate the island alongside everyone else (maybe onto the top of Mount Fuji) to accept it as the memorable death he wanted - after all, the sky island skydive proves it doesn't have to be a death by battle to be good enough for him.
The flight scene gives us another confirmation that Kaido is being worn down by all the damage he's taking. This is not new information - the moment he dodged Luffy's Red Hawk instead of taking it head on also emphasised that the damage was racking up - but it's a good moment for a strong reminder. Kaido's tough, but he's not invincible, and he's definitely going to fall.
Man, the idea of another Zoro and Sanji tag team with them fighting back to back was too good to last. We don't even see Sanji in this chapter. I hope Oda manages to get back to him and how he avoided King's rampage next week. King's presumed hybrid form is a simple but enormously effective design. Especially that imposing silhouette it casts coming out of the smoke and dust in the Right Brain Castle passage toward Zoro and Franky. I can see that slow, menacing villain walk play out in my head so easily. The way the wings themselves act as blades and smear with the line of action when he does his flying attack is great too. I hope we see more of this form.
Zoro doesn't know about Momo and Yamato being out there in the sky when he uses his flying slash like it's a Super Smash Bros up special. Lucky he didn't hurt anyone! Imagine if all the imagery of Ryuma slaying dragons and Zoro mirroring him was meant to lead not to the nonsense Zoro Kills Kaido theories, but to him accidentally taking out Momo in his recovery effort. I would laugh.
King's face becomes a point of interest along with his heritage. Skin and hair colour haven't typically meant much in One Piece, so there's not much to read into this top corner being revealed. I'm not even convinced his skin is meant to be read as darkened yet, if I'm honest. It might just have a screentone over it so it can be easily distinguished from the hairline and wrecked goggle - something the vein and markings could otherwise have complicated. Oda doesn't often make a screentone a permanent part of character design. Aside from Shanks's hair and Momo's flaming mane, all other character models are stark black and white. Even previous darker skinned characters like Miss Monday, Caribou and the (poorly aged) Kumate Tribe have no special effect applied to their skin in the black and white art. And Wano has already taught us a lot about assuming hair colours based on the black and white art. So uh, we've basically still got next to zero concrete information about King's real appearance aside from him probably having a tattoo. Skin tone could be anything, hair colour could be anything. Nothing's certain at all!
All in all, an alright chapter, but slower and more recappy than the last few. Hopefully that's just to set the scene for returning volume readers and we can get back into the meat of the battle next week.
@All:
My prediction is that Luffy will probably win this round 1v1 only for Kaido to awaken and become the final threat of this arc that rampages through the flower capital even after Onigashima has been stopped.
And then it's a team fight (probably Team Momotaro) against Awakened Kaido.
That way Oda can put a huge dent in the whole "In 1-on-1 always bet on Kaido" thing by having Luffy pulling off yet another unprecedented feat that he has always been known for doing BUT not shattering the expectation that Kaido cannot be taken out completely in a 1-on-1 .
I personally predict the opposite.
The entire idea of hyping up Kaido as an impossible to beat 1v1 opponent is to have Luffy shatter the impossible yet again (and nothing unique to One Piece either, it's a common story trope), having him do it, then undoing it with a bigger meaner form is kinda pointless to me since Kaido has already gotten enough shine in this arc.
Welp, now Franky participation feels a bit fillery since the fight will happen outisde the dome…?
Seems to me the express purpose behind this scene was to offer up yet another instance of another good guy seeking to fight alone…something I think is being ultimately framed as a foolish action.
All the more ironic in Zoro's case, considering the emphatic way he bushwhacked Apoo and retrieved the Ice Oni antidote while Apoo was contending with Drake.
I hope we get to see what he looks like next chapter!!!
Don't keep us waiting Oda!
@Don:
Somehow the seemingly darker skin colour of King reminds me of the Kumogakure in Naruto.
It's funny, because to me Zoro's skin color to looks the same as King's.
A build up chapter for sure, but I think we dont really need a page or 2 of Momo and Yam's bickering.
King becoming Garchomp is fun too! Also did he really have a skin TONE?!
Real good chap.
Yamato helping Momo was some good stuff as far as the path to the cool moment where Momo saves everybody.
Think we could've done without the Cat Viper start since it didn't even have significance for Carrot as a character. Would've liked to see more Sanji and Zoro tag team before it ended.
Cant wait to see King animated. Interesting fighting style with the wings and speed. Cool if he is a black guy.
It is funny that the King and Queen relationship is like Sanji and Zoro only a bit more deadly.@Rean:
I personally predict the opposite.
The entire idea of hyping up Kaido as an impossible to beat 1v1 opponent is to have Luffy shatter the impossible yet again (and nothing unique to One Piece either, it's a common story trope), having him do it, then undoing it with a bigger meaner form is kinda pointless to me since Kaido has already gotten enough shine in this arc.
But Luffy wont shatter it cuz Kaido has fought 20 other ppl and taken a great deal of damage from several ppl to point he's losing hold of the flying island he's controlling. Meanwhile, Luffy has had time to rest and eat before he fought Kaido again.
The whole 1 vs. 1 thing is over. If Oda wanted Luffy to shatter that it would've been a consistent 1 vs. 1 and during any breaks Kaido would not have taken any damage. Like with Crocodile or Enel or Moria.
Great chapter.
I imagine Luffy will not lose against Kaido again, but I am still expecting one more year of Wano until we are done
So Oda is really going to nerf Kaido by having him not possessing awakening
@Joy:
So Oda is really going to nerf Kaido by having him not possessing awakening
Maybe his awakening is transforming his fish into dragon!
@Zik:
9 characters still able to still fight and take on Kaido in front of the Wano citizens. The fight isn't ending now so the 9 do not have to show up now
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Will it really be interesting to have a mix of 9 characters for this prophecy being fulfilled ?
Also, the prophecy says the nine shadows will bring the new dawn, it doesn't say they will defeat Kaidou.
In this chapter Oda tells us that all the previous fights have weakened Kaidou and shows that Luffy wants to be the one to beat him. I rather want to believe that, than an unclear prophecy made 20 years ago
Zoro needs to watch where he aims that thing
@Joy:
So Oda is really going to nerf Kaido by having him not possessing awakening
Awakened or not, kaidou is already a special being (read:.Oni)
I wonder if somehow it would end something like… kaidou was a creature that was created by dr. Vegapunk or something like that. From fish?? XD
Let see, don't know about that. Hey we already know a bit about newgate's background, a peaceful person looking for family and advemture, shank's, a junior crew of the PK, big mom, an abnormal kid, even for the family of giants.
But for kaidou, we only saw him in oden's story, a glimpse about him joining rocks, absolutely nothing before rocks.
His conversation with yamato the previous chapter made me realized, his story was not told yet.
Will it really be interesting to have a mix of 9 characters for this prophecy being fulfilled ?
I'm not sure that matters at all. If it's not interesting to you or anyone else add it to the list of w/e else happened in this arc that you weren't interested in.
Oda laid it out so it's pretty clear its going to happen.
Also, the prophecy says the nine shadows will bring the new dawn, it doesn't say they will defeat Kaidou.
If you want to pretend those are two different things, okay.
In this chapter Oda tells us that all the previous fights have weakened Kaidou and shows that Luffy wants to be the one to beat him. I rather want to believe that, than an unclear prophecy made 20 years ago
Believe what you want.
9 shadows prophecy has yet to come to pass and it will before this arc is over.
You're talking as if Oda told us one thing about the story in this chapter and the unclear prophecy was told to us by someone else lol.
The 9 samourais from Oden have come with some allies to defeat Kaidou.
Kaidou will be defeated at the end of the day and it will bring a new dawn to the country.
The prophecy will be fulfilled.
On the other hand, what does the revelation about the castle being packed with explosives mean after Oda repeatedly emphasised that it's been set on fire and the flames are spreading…? Maybe an explosion of that kind could be just the solution Oda needs for the issue of Kaido being too strong to let live but not wanting Luffy to make an unambiguous onscreen kill. Kaido, barely conscious after being beaten up by Luffy, might even reject the chance to evacuate the island alongside everyone else (maybe onto the top of Mount Fuji) to accept it as the memorable death he wanted
I love how you describe the scene and I could completely see a weakened Kaido (insert flashback and getting punched hard enough gives him a change of heart) drive his ticking bomb of an island on top of Mount Fuji for a memorable explosion. I love it, I really do, but…Well, Oda having made the story the way he did, the thought of anyone who's anyone - and especially that guy - dying to an explosion in One Piece, ...It makes me cringe to imagine how it's going to be argued about for decades.
Zoro needs to watch where he aims that thing
Really makes me think why Oda felt the need to have Zoro use a new attack to propel himself back to the island.
One of Zoro's Pound Cannon attacks would be believable enough to do the job.
I love how you describe the scene and I could completely see a weakened Kaido (insert flashback and getting punched hard enough gives him a change of heart) drive his ticking bomb of an island on top of Mount Fuji for a memorable explosion. I love it, I really do, but…Well, Oda having made the story the way he did, the thought of anyone who's anyone - and especially that guy - dying to an explosion in One Piece, ...It makes me cringe to imagine how it's going to be argued about for decades.
Oh god, I didn't think of the Pell comparisons. The community would be memeing him as the world's true strongest creature until roughly the end of time, and Oda will have completely earned that treatment.
I'd love to see him dodging pointed SBS questions on the issue.
A Zoro battle with actual back-and-forth attacks and where he's having trouble… this is awesome! It's still a bit tainted by that whole revival medicine deal, as awesome as that rooftop battle was in hindsight I think it was a mistake to bring Zoro there. But whatever, I'm actually excited for this match.
Yamato continues being wonderful. I love his outlook on things, he gets Luffy - and in a refreshing way that doesn't feel like the passive devotion of his crew. And I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm enjoying Momo as well. Dragon Momo has always been leagues more interesting than his human form by virtue of seeing a mythical beast acting like an eight year old and Oda is taking full advantage of that. If Momo had ran around in his human form I don't think this would be half as entertaining.
That panel when Yamato bonks him on the head is priceless.
Fantastic chapter, a definite step up from the last ones.
So this week I hope for Sanji fighting Queen on some awesome panels. Zoro vs King seem to be delivering and I have high hopes for Sanji showing off his skills and showing more of Raid Suit capabilities before his genes fully awaken within next few chapters..
Panels with King properly shown how insanely strong he is. After this arc I guess that CP0 and Admirals will be next big enemies before Big Mom Pirates vs Strawhats happens on Elbaf..
What a fun little chapter.
It even looks like we're allowed to have fun again with Zoro battles, who would have thought.
If King had been built up as charachter even an half measure of what we had with Queen would have been even better, but eh, spilt milk. Also yeah, pity it's not 2v2, would have been neat.
Definetly not a fan of people just keep leaving Luffy 1v1 with Kaido, going "yeah you got this, you're the only one who can do it!" despite his questionable track record at this point. It's really dragonbally. At least Yamato was given a semi-reasonable task to leave, unlike Law back in the day.
Big Momo is funny.
Curiosity has its own reason for existing
So this week I hope for Sanji fighting Queen on some awesome panels. Zoro vs King seem to be delivering and I have high hopes for Sanji showing off his skills and showing more of Raid Suit capabilities before his genes fully awaken within next few chapters..
Come on, don't set yourself up for disappointment, it's Sanji after all. Deep down you know it's coming, he will either be too weak to finish the job (cue Zoro intervention) or catch the sight of a beautiful lady and faint right then right there :ninja:
*Hiyori appears
*Sanji is distracted
*Sanji suffers from daze
*Queen is dazed
*Sanji and Queen are knocked back from nose-bleed
*Queen transforms into erect Brachiosaurus
*Sanji evolves into Ero-Sanji
Battle progresses
Definetly not a fan of people just keep leaving Luffy 1v1 with Kaido, going "yeah you got this, you're the only one who can do it!" despite is questionable track record at this point. It's really dragonbally. At least Yamato was given a semi-reasonable task to leave, unlike law bacvk in the day.
I understand why these match ups keep happening, but I agree that it would be nice if we could get a team-up against the big bad sometime (and not just a "look I'm helping" at the beginning of the fight like with Law or more recently the supernovas and Yamato). Oars was bloody amazing and a good example of how Luffy could shine even if it was a team effort. It's a shame we never got more of that. In my perfect world Luffy would need help to beat Kaido and not have the honour of defeating an emperor by himself until Shanks or Blackbeard (or substituting for that, any of the admirals). That'd be a nice growth curve for him.
