Chapter 926: The Prisoner Mine

Krazykwasi

It seems like the WG is really moving on something big, as the officials made the comment that “are they going to start a war” based on the size of the sea stone weapon shipment. Maybe more credence to the thoughts of the WG going against the Shichi.

I really liked this chapter. Good to see Kidd and Liffy getting prison buff, even with seastone shackles on. Kidd was at a higher bounty than luffy, yes he would’ve been more ruthless but still, he’s up there with him in terms of resolve strength and will! They both have different styles (luffy paying close attention to the half dead old man in each panel whereas kidd really didn’t give a f) but they are on the same level. Going forward they can’t be too weak when faced against such seastone weapons. It’s the new world and if they are at the level they are they can’t afford to be bested by a mere seastone weapon or shackle alone. So a show of seastone tolerance is a level up for them that Oda wants to show for sure.

PS chances are the mysterious fishbone prisoner doesn’t have… hands?

Krazy

Shezar

Quite fun chapter i laughed quite bit, Oda is having fun with Smile users.
Hmm Nami is receiving Kunoichi training don't know why i find quite appropriate, more dodge skills are welcomed for her since she is glass cannon .
Usopp is doing job quite well on is own which is always nice to see.
Things are being setup quite nicely.

KageKageKing

Am I the only one who thinks Shinobu is by far the most annoying character in this arc?

uniaka ikuzakas

@Razh:

Just the first thing I thought of. Only someone who works with food would be that bothered by a new chef in town making waiting lines.

Since he calls Sanji a boy, I doubt it's a biggest ladies man on the island or something like that.

Killer better be part of that cooking contest. SBS did confirm he is the cook of the kid pirates, about time he shows up again after kaidou attacked KHA alliance.

Btw kid's cook is part of the supernovas of worst generation, unlike sanji.

kevo_koma

@S.C.:

Also, regular Karate is also a thing in Wano.

Ah remember back in the day when we were all hyped for the Fishman Karate Dojo.

good times

Razh

@KageKageKing:

Am I the only one who thinks Shinobu is by far the most annoying character in this arc?

I'm undecided between her and Sanji.

Brack

My first thought for Kamazou was that he's Killer unmasked given the choice of weapon and the fact he's one of the Kid-Hawkins-Apoo alliance not accounted for post-Kaido suicide attempt.

ArmamentHero

6.5 or a 7 for me on this chapter. Pretty solid transition and set up chapter. Liked Luffy and Kid's interaction the most.

Highlight of the chapter is the Shiba Inu :wub:

sonnet

I don't like at all how the saga is being conducted.There's no thrill, and this prison seems a joke.Even Dressrosa seemed more scary

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@Brack:

My first thought for Kamazou was that he's Killer unmasked given the choice of weapon and the fact he's one of the Kid-Hawkins-Apoo alliance not accounted for post-Kaido suicide attempt.

I didn't even remember Kira used scythes. That would be interesting, good way to use a rather ignored supernova. But I don't think so.

Had Oda given Kamazou a generic silhouette, I would take it as a placeholder design used just not to give any hints on Kamazou actual look. But the one he used seems distinct enough to believe it actually is the guy's actual appearance - and it actually seems to fit the sillhouette of Kawamatsu/Denjirou, so I think this one is a given.

Green-Hair 0

If ive got to say anything about this chapter, its that its really awesome and hilarious to see Captain Kidd in action again. As little as he's been shown, almost every appearance has been epic to see and I feel like he's definitely gonna be one of the best parts of this Wano arc. Really hope/wish we still get to see the Kaido VS Kidd fight flashback.

deltabrain

@.access:

and it actually seems to fit the sillhouette of Kawamatsu/Denjirou, so I think this one is a given.

That panel of him and shutenmaru in 922 fighting kaidou had him wielding a sword, not sure why he'd switch to a scythe.

Razh

@deltabrain:

That panel of him and shutenmaru in 922 fighting kaidou had him wielding a sword, not sure why he'd switch to a scythe.

He may still have a sword too. Or he wasn't that attached to his to begin with.

Equally, not sure why would Oda give a similar ponytail to another Wano character opposing Kaido and Orochi.

Watch-man

@Razh:

He may still have a sword too. Or he wasn't that attached to his to begin with.

Equally, not sure why would Oda give a similar ponytail to another Wano character opposing Kaido and Orochi.

I think that guy in prison has to be 3rd shadow on the right on panel mentioned in earlier post.

This guy is likely someone else that will also join fight. Maybe son of said character- good reason for him to have a similar ponytail. Or he is Ryuma descendant.. or something ;)

dark knight

Blackbeard wilp kill Kaidou and take his fruit then he will have the strongest Logia,Paramecia and Zoan fruits setting himself up to be the preultimate boss.

uniaka ikuzakas

I'm betting on diamond blackbeard. Marshall D.iamond Teach.
I wonder if blackbeard plans to break in impel down again to get fruits, it's much easier with invisible fruit and 9 tail fox now.

.access timeco.

@deltabrain:

That panel of him and shutenmaru in 922 fighting kaidou had him wielding a sword, not sure why he'd switch to a scythe.

Despite their popular depiction, samurai were expected to use many weapons, not just katana/swords. Although I agree Kamazou most likely uses only a scythe, based on the name he goes by.

Still, even if he is not one of the three, I am still sure the look on the portrait is accurate to how he looks, so Killer or any known character would be ruled out.

For now I am more curious about the "witching hour boy", though. The "boy" part would instantly rule out this one being any of the retainers, so I am curious about this one (I saw someone suggesting it could be Hiyori. A woman being taken for a boy could work, I guess, due to their small frame).

Sereques

You just have to admire Luffy and Kid, they turned a suppose hard labor to sport. I can forsee them turning Kaidou beat up to some kind of competition

Razh

@Sereques:

You just have to admire Luffy and Kid, they turned a suppose hard labor to sport. I can forsee them turning Kaidou beat up to some kind of competition

It's just like Undisputed 3, lol.

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kevo_koma

@Sereques:

You just have to admire Luffy and Kid, they turned a suppose hard labor to sport. I can forsee them turning Kaidou beat up to some kind of competition

I really like that their relationship is more of a rivalry and not respectful and stifled like with Law's.

X-Ray

@.access:

For now I am more curious about the "witching hour boy", though. The "boy" part would instantly rule out this one being any of the retainers, so I am curious about this one (I saw someone suggesting it could be Hiyori. A woman being taken for a boy could work, I guess, due to their small frame).

What if Hiyori is pulling an Arya from GoT and is passing along as a boy to hide her true identity. And its just a play off on The Faceless. I don't know but it's the first thing that came to mind.

DollarScholar

I wouldnt be surprised if all of that heavy work while wearing seastone cuffs will grant luffy a much needed powerup before fighting kaido. Makes me think of those time-chambers in DBZ

MrBits

@DollarScholar:

I wouldnt be surprised if all of that heavy work while wearing seastone cuffs will grant luffy a much needed powerup before fighting kaido. Makes me think of those time-chambers in DBZ

While that's definitely a possibility, since this is a cartoony shonen manga, I REALLY hope that isn't how things turn out. If two years of training with Rayleigh wasn't enough to damage Kaidou, two weeks of lifting rocks shouldn't make any difference, especially since they haven't been tired out by it.

Watch-man

@Sereques:

You just have to admire Luffy and Kid, they turned a suppose hard labor to sport. I can forsee them turning Kaidou beat up to some kind of competition

I hope for rather dramatic fight at the end of arc. No sloppy jokes when fighting Kaido, still its clever way for Oda to do some small training for both of them.

KageKageKing

Uuuuuh….Mods. Help.

TaKe_Copter

@Darkestsith6:

There's like a 60% chance Orochi ends up being a Spandam tyoe of chump. I don't know how someone who is supposed to be a top tier would act so scared unless it was all an act and a lie. It's probably why he had to bring Kaido into the picture to take over.

But you can also say that, while Kaido is probably capable of taking over Wano all by himself, he chose to ally himself with Orochi and let the guy rule the country as he likes. I still hope Orochi turns out to be really strong and Kaido may even respect him to a certain degree.

Wano is still known for having "strong samurai" even after Kaido took over, so we can assume that at least there are some strong samurai serving Orochi.

blackness662

It was an okay chapter, but the SMILE users are pretty dumb and weak so far.
Kid and Luffy is a nice team, their rivary is enjoyable. :)

desa

@kevo_koma:

I really like that their relationship is more of a rivalry and not respectful and stifled like with Law's.

Luffy should tell him he has 3 time his bounty

Monquito

damn Kid lifting and carrying stones with one arm.

Witching hour boy, the kind of interesting stuff that keeps you thinking

Kawamatsu is in, meaning Bone Spitter could only be Denjirou now(unless he's not), there seems to be more mystery around Bone Spitter than Shuten and Kawa, so he's up to be anyone still.

KageKageKing

@blackness662:

It was an okay chapter, but the SMILE users are pretty dumb and weak so far.

Kaido has over 500 of those users. You can't expect all of them to be a Lucci.

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I just realized Oda apparently changed how SMILE fruits work. Back in Zou and Sheepshead group, they gave their users weird versions of Zoan transformations (with a head appearing where your hand should be when you activated it, for example), but now it seems they give the user a permanent "animal deformation".

BekaDidAct

@KageKageKing:

Kaido has over 500 of those users. You can't expect all of them to be a Lucci.

They'll be fighting Moria's loser zombie army

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Nectar

Usopp, Nami, Robin, and Franky are the real Strawhat MVPs this arc.

vlad Dracul

@Forseeable:

Excellent chapter, classic SH hijinks galore

Lol at Beast Pirates plan to break Luffy's spirit with food and exercise

haha yeah so true, what are they even thinking. boredom and being locked up unable to do anything are luffy's nemesis'

desa

Smiles continue to be a curse on your consensual sex life.

uniaka ikuzakas

Based on how luffy and kid are able to workout just fine with seastone cuffs, this makes it even more likely that kaidou's club is fully seastone, it doesn't affect him at all because he got trained with it like luffy and kiddo.

Not that I like it, seastone was the only real counter for the fruit users yet now you can train to be less weak against it.

Sereques

@Watch-man:

I hope for rather dramatic fight at the end of arc. No sloppy jokes when fighting Kaido, still its clever way for Oda to do some small training for both of them.

It won't be a joke, Kid hates the way Luffy's name is always in front pages. It will be a race to KO kaidou. It will be a lot of fun.

killerbee1000

I can't wait to see how how Luffy's and Kid's rivalry develops throughout the arc. I wonder who it was that was watching Sanji?

One Piece Fan

@sonnet:

I don't like at all how the saga is being conducted.There's no thrill, and this prison seems a joke.Even Dressrosa seemed more scary

And I dislike that seastones doesn't make devil fruit users weak anymore.
And that Kidd seems to be a buddy now. Kidd was introduced as exaggerating violent and brutal. That's definitely not Luffys friend type.

So this chapter basically changed the canon.

Blissed

Changed the canon? Kid's a buddy? What?

Johnny B. Decent

I sure hope there's a rank between Headliner and All-Star, because the non-Supernova Headliners are a bunch of damn goobers.

Blissed

@S.C.:

I sure hope there's a rank between Headliner and All-Star, because the non-Supernova Headliners are a bunch of damn goobers.

There doesn't need to be one, it can (and is) working exactly like the Minister position.

MrBits

@One:

And I dislike that seastones doesn't make devil fruit users weak anymore.

A guard in this very chapter said that the seastone was weakening them, and that they would be stronger without them. The two of them are just super strong to begin with. And even way back during Enies Lobby and Marineford, a handcuffed Robin and Ace weren't so weakened that it had any visible effect.

Johnny B. Decent

@Blissed:

There doesn't need to be one, it can (and is) working exactly like the Minister position.

But the Sweet Commanders were also Ministers.

uniaka ikuzakas

@S.C.:

I sure hope there's a rank between Headliner and All-Star, because the non-Supernova Headliners are a bunch of damn goobers.

Doesn't need to be actual rank, but sure is time for kaidou to show his perospero, snack, daifuku, tamago, oven, and who else was there. The supernovas don't count since they are bound to betray and they just got here like 1 month ago(except drake).

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The fact we have a term for King, Queen and Jack as the Calamities, I am under the impression there may be non-Calamities All-Stars, the Calamities being the strongest among them. Joker (Doflamingo) could be an All-Star, for example, who knows who else.

MrBits

I'm satisfied with how the minor headliners have been handled so far. Between King, Queen, Jack, Hawkins, Apoo, and Drake we've got plenty of serious minibosses to keep us busy, and that's not even counting Orochi and any of his potential minions. Anyone else would just bloat an already huge arc. Having them just be wacky diversions is exactly what I want.

Blissed

@.access:

The fact we have a term for King, Queen and Jack as the Calamities, I am under the impression there may be non-Calamities All-Stars, the Calamities being the strongest among them. Joker (Doflamingo) could be an All-Star, for example, who knows who else.

It's possible, but it seems more likely that it'll just be parallel to the 3 Sweet Commanders. When a Headliner can be as strong as a Supernova, there isn't really any reason to have more than 3 All-Stars. It just needlessly lessens the role somewhat IMO when you already have a position that has characters with wildly varying amounts of strength.

@S.C.:

But the Sweet Commanders were also Ministers.

Not sure how that disputes what I said.

phoenix_fire

@MrBits:

Having them just be wacky diversions is exactly what I want.

They are facing a freaking Yonkou crew; I expect a bit more then just wacky diversions

.access timeco.

@Blissed:

It's possible, but it seems more likely that it'll just be parallel to the 3 Sweet Commanders. When a Headliner can be as strong as a Supernova, there isn't really any reason to have more than 3 All-Stars. It just needlessly lessens the role somewhat IMO when you already have a position that has characters with wildly varying amounts of strength.

Yeah, but what about the Daifuku, Oven, Perospero and the likes on the Beast Pirates? The Big Mom Pirates had a lot of monsters who were not among the Sweet Commanders but clearly the Headliners are not going to be around that level (we already saw Holdem, the headliner immediately below Jack, and…).
A headliner being as strong as a supernova at this point apparently seems to be exclusive to the headliners who are a supernova, as every other headliner we saw so far is leagues below that level - and the supernovae are not real real real Beast Pirates, they are just a temporary addition, Kaido's crew can't seriously have just him and the 3 Calamities as threats.

Even if we have more All-Stars, we'll still have the 3 Calamities to be a parallel to the 3 Sweet Commanders (and even the SC were actually 4 until a while ago). Actually, we always thought of the Calamities as being the Sweet Commanders equal, the term All-Stars only appeared a few weeks ago.