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Oh, man. What a chapter, Once again nothing wildly unexpected but it has all the right emotions in the right places. Bonney reverting to her child self to meet Vegapunk is a touching note, especially. The next chapter can't arrive too soon, with hope that Kuma gets at least one good hit on Saturn. He's done everything to deserve it and them some more.
The official translation changes a couple details, though. TCB made it seem like Ginny had been Saturn's wife, so him being an ass to his biological daughter was even more twisted. Now she was someone else's?
Second, right before Kuma reaches Saturn he orders marines to shoot him in the head when the scans had them try to execute Bonney instead.
Break again, though. Meh. I know this is nothing outside the normal schedule, but at this point it really feels like reading a bi-weekly title.
I knew that Kuma was about to show up at the end of the chapter.
So the flashback wasn't over and Vegapunk gave Bonney her 10th Birthday present in Kumas stead, what a sweet moment.
Who gave Luffy food? Could it be Caribou, the walking fridge, or someone else?
As far as I remember Zoro and Lucci are busy, Kaku and the Seraphim's are in sea bubbles, Franky, Sanji, old Vegapunk and Atlas are pinned down thanks to Saturn. Shaka and Pythagoras are dead. Stussy is tooo beaten up and Chopper should be taken care of her, Usopp was with him, right? That leaves Edison, Lilith, Robin and Nami to provide the food for Luffy.
Anyways Bonney throwing another Nika-like future punch is cool, but Saturn says something is laking. So if she turns herself white like Luffy, does she achieve the full Nika power set?
@The-Light-of-Shandora someone over in spoilers suggested Kizaru and the paneling does insistently show him right before and after. Plus, he's spent lots of time with young Sentomaru and Bonney, so it wouldn't be illogical that he has a soft spot for both and is trying to give them a way out.
#TeamCaribouFedLuffyAgain
God damn Yamato looks good with the crew
Makes me sad it didn’t happen or at least hasn’t happened yet
I mean does he not fit in perfectly?
So Nika Luffy is surely somehow going to have some effect on Kuma for Bonney to see... To what extent though? Full restoration? Not sure i'd like that.
Stephen's translation seems to clear up that Ginny was some Celestial Dragon's slave, not Saturn's.
Fantastic chapter. The series is the Kuma and Bonney Show at this point, Kuma's big entrance was one of the most satisfying moments in quite a while.
@Shiebs As good as Momo.
Can Luffynika help Kuma or Vegapunk science and what is the Job of ancient robot here?.
Are the seraphim mindless?. Maybe Kuma’s memories can be transferred to the Kuma seraphim.
I know he won't defeat him, obviously, but next chapter better just be Kuma beating the absolute shit out of Saturn.
See, having Saturn practically gloat how he personally pried his way into Kuma+Bonney's lives as the insects he viewed them as....still hoping for the final pain bomb that gives him his just desserts....but realistically I think it's probably gonna be "wound enough for Luffy/Bonney to have the last laugh and flee"
Two threads up, but this one has more replies. Sorry, Bugs.
Back for the year of the dragon! I'd completely forgotten the zodiac colour spread was coming until I saw it. Franky absolutely wins this one with the hair and the decals on his shoulders. The axolotl-y looking dragon on Nami's top is also pretty cute.
This was perfect note for returning from the flashback to the present. It puts a bow on the last few emotional beats of the previous sequence. Bonney is emotionally and physically disarmed by what she's seen, becoming the child we now know her to be for a cooldown chat with Vegapunk, presumably after he was rescued from York. The sapphire necklace she gets for her birthday resembles other sun symbols used previously in the manga, such as Alabasta's flag, the middle of Kuma's church's crucifix and on the Kozuki crest. I'm guessing we'll see more and more of this imagery as the series builds up to its finale.
And we cut from this moment of wholesome vulnerability between a little girl and a guardian figure, to a much more heartbreaking kind as Bonney, even acting the grown-up again, is helpless in Saturn's clutches. It's so frustrating to imagine how she must feel, especially having learned everything we just saw, and not even being able to get a single effective hit in. It's personal for her. She has every reason to be able to find that last reserve of strength for the shonen emotional powerup, but it's just too much. But it's a very One Piece thing to leverage that kind of infuriating feeling of impotency. Unless you're Luffy (and even then) you're going to end up in this position, having to ask for help, at some point in your life. There's no shame in needing to call for help in this series.
The following exchange follows up two nit picks from the flashback sequence, once again exposing the risks of doing a week by week critique without seeing the full story. I actually really like the logic behind the Distorted Futures - wrapping it up in a child's logic and having it get limited by a more mature view of reality is a really fun view of the ability and would have been cool to see further explored. It can only be overpowered in the hands of someone drastically underpowered. The idea that the power as a whole was the result of an experiment is... eh, it doesn't actually add much in tangible terms, just ties off the loose end of no one knowing how Bonney got the fruit. And makes Saturn seem like more of a bastard in hindsight, not that he needed it. It's weird that he implies the Sapphire Scale was a side-effect of his work though. The doctors were talking about it like it was a rare but known-of disorder. Or does that just speak to the number of people Saturn has tried this one then released?
But also, the symbolic value of the bad guys literally creating a disease that makes people unable to walk in the freedom-representing sun is pretty good, so maybe we let this one slide.
And I also like that we're learning something about alternative Devil Fruit applications in the arc. I still haven't forgotten Oda's promise that Vegapunk would explain how inanimate objects could be made to eat Devil Fruits when he appeared in the story (from I think a Water Seven-era SBS) and I'm still waiting on that explanation. Come on, just a little more in that direction.
All evidence suggests it was Borsalino that fed Luffy, which is a fascinating, fascinating move for the character after so long putting his job before his feelings. Was it Saturn's cruelty that finally inspired a small act of rebellion, or was it just that this was the only opportunity he saw to strike back with some plausible deniability?
Kuma's rampage is the perfect climax to the chapter and just what the story needed after returning to the present. I would liked to have seen more of the battle damage from his encounter with Sakazuki sticking, but that's a small complaint in the grand scheme of things. From seeing the guy take more and more pain as the Marines try to gun him down, to Saturn's firing squad exploding, to the last second save of Bonney, this is a brilliant sequence. And despite his silence, we get a bit of evidence of what's happening to Kuma. This isn't some secret program or protocol put in his system by Vegapunk, Kuma truly has pushed through the mind wipe and is able to act on an extent of his own emotions and willpower. He has his Haki, and he has his anger. While I still think this battle ends in tragedy, I'm thrilled to see that punch land and see what happens next.
This is the start of a good year. Promises of Egghead's climax, the conclusion of Kuma's gripping narrative and a whole new (likely Elbaf) arc in the next 12 months makes me very excited to be on board for the ride.
Don't have much to say about this chapter. All I can say at this time is I am looking forward to a righteous beatdown on Saturn. Go Kuma, punch that prick square in the face!
Hey, wait a minute, how come Momo and Yamato are on the color spread with the Straw Hats and not Kinemon, even though Kinemon was offered Straw Hat membership like how Momo and Yamato also were?
That is Kinemon erasure.
I liked the little moment between Vegapunk and Bonney. Bonney reverting to a child was cute, and I feel we will see her showing her real age far more often from now on. I wonder if Kuma's present has more than just meaning. A "luck charm", he said?
Is Dragon coming to Egghead? He probably can fly, but Kuma took several hours at least to reach Egghead. Even if Kuma wasted time climbing the Red Line, Dragon is still in Kamabakka right now. I doubt Dragon can be faster than Kuma. If Dragon shows up, the action should take at least a few more hours to give him time, and he'd probably arrive near the end of the arc. The only way I can see he having a more active role is if we are to stay in Egghead for a day or more.
The chapter heavily implies Kizaru was the one that brought food to Luffy. But I don't think he's changing teams. He's trying to help Sentomaru and Bonney escape. He will probably carry out explicit orders and defend Saturn, but hoping his friends can escape in the chaos.
While Saturn says Bonney is weakening because she's losing belief in Nika, Bonney says she got weak "again" after she tries to attack, and later her powers don't work. In all cases, Saturn was holding her. Death glare, summoning circle, mass paralysis, weakening touch? It makes sense that the more Bonney knows of reality, the narrower her future possibilities become. However, this shouldn't impact Bonney's powers beyond the Nika form.
It's possible that her powers don't work on him because he's ageless as well. However, I have my doubts on the Elders having the eternal youth surgery. First, they are public figures featured in books. People like Ivankov would have noticed if they ruled for centuries. All the speculation on Imu being eternal would be unnecessary if every Elder was also eternal. Second, humans in One Piece can live over 130 years. The Elders may just be really long lived. If Saturn was, say, 90 years old in God Valley, he'd be 128 years old now.
And that ending... As satisfying it may be to see Kuma getting vengeance, I fear there's a high chance of the punch not connecting at all. Why end the chapter like this, instead of a double spread with the hit? I feel Saturn may avoid it, on his own or through marine help. I think Chapter 1104 may break our hopes in very twisted ways. A reversal of fortune that complicates things even further. I really doubt we are anywhere near Saturn's defeat, there's still a lot to be resolved in Egghead.
Addendum: What's happening to Kuma?
Well, in Ch 1101, Vegapunk explaining the "losing his free will" means losing "memories" and "human emotions".
In Ch 1102, Vegapunk says he developed a personality switch, but wasn't allowed to test it.
So, it seems Kuma regained his emotions, but not his memories, and is acting on instict like Dragon surmises.
My guess: this is Shaka's doing. Throught his contact with Dragon, he instructed how the Revolutionaries could switch back Kuma's emotions. Now he needs his memories.
@electricmastro said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
Hey, wait a minute, how come Momo and Yamato are on the color spread with the Straw Hats and not Kinemon, even though Kinemon was offered Straw Hat membership like how Momo and Yamato also were?
That is Kinemon erasure.
Who cares about kinemon. Quite frankly the MVP of wano was Hyogoro, without him rallying up all those prisoners, the raid would have been in trouble. Kinemon got lucky that he met Luffy by happenstance. Hyogoro and Denjiro were the heroes.
the entire fandom wants to see Kuma have his revenge on Saturn ( sweet dreams )
meanwhile in ugly reality Kuma is guaranteed to fail to get his revenge so our protagonist can rise and steal the heroic spotlight for himself ( even though he has no personal beef with Saturn and never met him in his life ) the rubber ultra boring tom & jerry fucker will have it all. even though so many of us wants to see Kuma the one to do it.
as for the question he may not be able to, reminder that Kuma has been absorbing very enormous pain and he should be able to extract his own pain and use it as a finishing move on his nemesis, if Kuma with low consciousness was able to use ursus shock multiple times then he should be able to use his other abilities.
reminder that Kyros got his revenge on his wife's killer without Luffy's help. the same should apply here.
Luffy doesn't have to fight everyone just like the fact he never fought Diamante and instead he fought the stronger opponent. in this case that stronger enemy is unquestionably Kizaru who's soon about to rise again and it is Luffy the one to stop him
I believe it was Caribou who fed Luffy, there are no switching sides anymore. Kizaru is not like Sentomaru and it is disrespectful to him to accuse him of sudden treason.
we deserve to see a proper fight between Luffy and an admiral, the first round was far from serious as each had their own objectives interrupting the fight
Kizaru was razor thin close to execute the almost dead Luffy at the end of the summit war. I want to see Luffy get his revenge too because I'm not satisfied with just a dizziness punch. that's too soft for a man who almost killed him and his crewmates.
regardless of that, what a cliffhanger we got. with the worst timing possible. I advise to avoid spoilers as we're hitting the climax.
I had thought Bonney would be happier after getting reunited with her daddy.
Kuma's suicidal rescue mission is very reminiscent of Newgate's destruction of Marineford. I don't see how he's getting out of it alive.
@Barkworm said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
Kuma's suicidal rescue mission is very reminiscent of Newgate's destruction of Marineford. I don't see how he's getting out of it alive.
And Oda didn't even have Whitebeard kill Sakazuki even though he killed Ace and caused massive trauma for Luffy.
@Deicide said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
Is Dragon coming to Egghead? He probably can fly, but Kuma took several hours at least to reach Egghead. Even if Kuma wasted time climbing the Red Line, Dragon is still in Kamabakka right now. I doubt Dragon can be faster than Kuma. If Dragon shows up, the action should take at least a few more hours to give him time, and he'd probably arrive near the end of the arc. The only way I can see he having a more active role is if we are to stay in Egghead for a day or more.
I know this kinda passed by under the radar, but we had a day shift in the middle of the arc. Kuma took several hours to reach and climb Mary Geoise and then one day for EH.
@rayleigh92 said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
@Deicide said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
Is Dragon coming to Egghead? He probably can fly, but Kuma took several hours at least to reach Egghead. Even if Kuma wasted time climbing the Red Line, Dragon is still in Kamabakka right now. I doubt Dragon can be faster than Kuma. If Dragon shows up, the action should take at least a few more hours to give him time, and he'd probably arrive near the end of the arc. The only way I can see he having a more active role is if we are to stay in Egghead for a day or more.
I know this kinda passed by under the radar, but we had a day shift in the middle of the arc. Kuma took several hours to reach and climb Mary Geoise and then one day for EH.
And that's on Kuma going on fast forward, so yeah, Dragon likely isn't to show up.
It was a great chapter to start the year. The punch will probably no deal great damage to Saturn but it will most certainly hurt his pride. At least us readers will be happy with it.
I'm not very optimistic with Kuma's fate. Savingnhis daughter may be his last heroic action. Luffy will taie the realy thanks to a mysterious man. I'm on team Caribou. Kizaru, would be a bit stange after all he has down. I'm curious on his behavior in the next chapter. We know he is not very happy to hurt his friends but can he really rebel against Saturn ?
@rayleigh92 Traveling times are weirdly dictated by narrative purposes in One Piece, so I try to not delve too deep into it.
For instance:
So, trying to be precise with travel times don't work well in One Piece. But still, we have the internal logic of the arc to consider.
We know Kuma left Mary Geoise "the day before", but that may not mean full 24 hours. It could have been 12 hours ago, or 16 hours ago, or any other number. We just know he was in Mary Geoise at some time yesterday, and now we are in Egghead in the morning. Anyway, Kuma traveled from the Red Line to Egghead in those hours.
Dragon may make the Kamabakka -> Red Line journey in less total time than Kuma because the later wasted hours climbing the Red Line by hand and crossing Mary Geoise on foot (while harassed by guards). But Kuma has no disadvantage in the Red Line -> Egghead portion.
The problem is that Dragon is still in Kamabakka, so he'd need the start everything now, while events are already happening in Egghead. So, it would still take him "around a day" (which could mean 12 or 16 or 24 hours, we don't know).
Now, if Dragon can travel as fast or faster than Kuma, it opens several questions. Like how is he always away from action when he could easily reach any losing battles to turn the tide, like we saw Kuma doing in the flashback.
@Kdom said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
It was a great chapter to start the year. The punch will probably no deal great damage to Saturn but it will most certainly hurt his pride. At least us readers will be happy with it.
I'm not very optimistic with Kuma's fate. Savingnhis daughter may be his last heroic action. Luffy will taie the realy thanks to a mysterious man. I'm on team Caribou. Kizaru, would be a bit stange after all he has down. I'm curious on his behavior in the next chapter. We know he is not very happy to hurt his friends but can he really rebel against Saturn ?
I’m def feeling that Kuma will be like Whitebeard here, getting to beat down the big bad before snuffing out.
Can't kuma just slap away gorosei at the bottom of the ocean and that's it?
Oda made powers so broken he wrote himself in a corner because characters only remember the full potential of their powers when the plot demands it.
@zorosempai Think of it more like we don't learn every limitation of powers not belonging to main characters (and sometimes even then) because there's not time to explain every little thing in the story without it sounding like an RPG manual. Both in-universe, for the sake of intimidation, and by Oda, for the sake of hype, it's natural for powers to be initially presented as invincible, but if a character or skillset sticks around long enough they'll eventually run into a limiting factor, or opponents are going to start problem solving and find the ways to exploit them.
How many years did we spend talking about how broken Law's powers could be before it was casually dropped that Haki could be used to resist being teleported?
If I had to spitball on a Kuma ocean push, I'd say we know his power can't push people through solid objects, having seen him hit the Redline and need to climb over it. It's not full teleportation, his targets genuinely have to travel. Even if they do it so quick they seem to blip seamlessly from place to place in close quarters, they're still travelling through 3D space. The natural resistance of the water would likely halt the momentum of a push and quickly bring it to a stop if the target was dunked. And that's if you can get a good diagonal or downward angle into the sea anyway, which might be hard from ground level in the middle of an island.
And why not just throw people to the surface of the water then? Look at Luffy's landing on Amazon Lily. A paw bubble cushion softens the impact of people being given a big push. You don't just get to throw people into solid objects at cruising speed, the power saves them. If the same thing happens at the surface of the ocean, anyone with a sky walk equivalent or attack they can throw down hard enough to get upward movement (so basically everyone of note) is going to be able to save themself.
Now, that's my conjecture and it might not be entirely accurate. We could learn that Kuma can choose to turn the cushion landing on or off at will (his hit against the Redline looks a lot harder than Luffy's landing, but we don't really see for sure if it left a pawprint on the wall or not) or any number of other conditions, but it's a starting point for reigning in a potentially dominating power.
Something I didn’t catch in the spoilers and unofficial scans is that Bonney was looking for Nika to free Kuma. I gotta wonder how Bonney is gonna feel learning Luffy ate a Nika devil fruit but probably doesn’t have that capability, unless Oda’s throwing a curveball and saying Luffy can liberate Kuma.
Haki is the ultimate antidote against all the "Why doesn't X character just do Y to beat Z in one move?" questions. It's the ultimate equalizer. Anyone who has sufficiently powerful haki is immune to all DF hax, and in the New World, everyone relevant has sufficiently powerful haki.
Saturn likely has haki. Would be weird if he didn't. And haki likely can be used to block Kuma's DF, because it can be used to block literally every single DF.
@Captain-M Heh, I love to speculate on how powers really work, their weaknesses, limitations and so on.
Like, every logia we see, I try to think what can hit it, despite the story not really exploring that weakness since Crocodile and Enel. For instance, I think you can fight Kizaru with black objects and mirrors. Mirrors can divert his light attacks, and black objects (like gloves) hit him as if he's solid (because black absorbs light and turns it into heat, so it forces Kizaru to revert solid).
For Kuma, I'd bet on his ability to send people away not being able to land on water. How? As you said, the person that is sent away is encased in a paw-bubble. If the paw-user sends someone randomly or onto the ocean, I think that paw-bubble bounces off water and keeps flying until it reaches land.
I just love overthinking those small details.
@Deicide It would definitely be cool to see those kinds of logia weaknesses coming up more. Breaking out the vantablack (and maybe doing a callback to Luffy getting covered in ink back at Arlong Park) to fight Borsalino would have been a fun touch, even if only used as a stopgap while most of the fighting is done with haki.
The idea of a pushed person skipping along the surface of the ocean like a stone is cool too. It makes sense for bubble/seawater/devil fruit interactivity, as well as the vector Kuma victims would fly at from an on-land push.
It’s wild that Oda created photonic gloves this arc which would allow non-haki users to fight Kizaru and yet that likely won’t play a part against him given the trajectory of his role will likely just be fighting haki users.
@Gizmo Those gloves are likely to have some role yet, but I never thought it would be due to Kizaru. Before the cutaways and the off-screening of the arc's first phase conclusion, I was expecting the Vegapunk traitor to use those holograms in some clever way, and the gloves would be used to fight them.
Since Bonney got powers without eating a fruit, do you think that Oda will give her the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi as well? Kinda OP but cool enough for a kid that will matter during the Dawn.
@puffing-cinema Of course it could be expanded into something bigger, with more consequences, but for now I have the feeling this was just to explain how Bonney getting the fruit could be traced back to Saturn (since he only had access to Bonney as a newborn, Oda had to find a way to justify her eating a fruit before a baby could eat solid food).
For now, I see it only as getting a fruit's power by drinking its juice instead of eating it, so with no different consequences.
@puffing-cinema She has normal Devil Fruit powers. She didn't ate the fruit but got its power anyway. All normal rules apply.
Since we are at the marvelous land of science I wouldn't put behind Oda some rulebending, but overall I agree with you guys.
@puffing-cinema Yes, there's room for bending the rules, the author can do whatever he wishes, but I don't feel like this is setup for Bonney to be equated to Blackbeard as someone capable of withstanding multiple DF powers.
Seeing Bonney return to her real age to talk with Vegapunk was really nice. I really do hope she starts staying in that form going forward whenever she doesn't need to be older for fighting. It just hits better to see her in her real age.
I'm at least a little curious to see if Vegapunk hid anything in that pendant gift, but there's really nothing to go on to assume that yet. It'd be nice if it has a chip in it with some final intel from Vegapunk if he were to fall during the escape (as I hope he does).
The end of Dragon's thought is likely to be, "I think he'll... go to Bonney/his daughter." I don't think Bonney being at Egghead was part of the news release, so it probably wouldn't even help them figure out where Kuma went. I still don't think they'll be on there way.
So Bonney's fruit is considered useless by the old rulers of the world, precisely because it's a fruit that gets weaker and weaker the older you get. That's some fun logic there for the villains. Pretty much cements that Bonney will do something impressive to surprise him before the arc is over. Gotta be something more than just a Nikaish punch that works.
Caribou is the best person to have drop the food. Kizaru will probably be the person to sus him out of hiding. Saturn's power/circle is gonna break soon, and everyone's gonna transition to fleeing back up to the ship next. Caribou can join the group at that point and serve as the pack mule. Everyone who can't defend themselves can ride in his swamp while the others fight off the marines (or it serves to the point Sanji only has to carry Caribou when they sky walk).
Meanwhile, Kizaru should jump back into action to chase them, but we'll finally get photon gloves to come back as Atlas gets some lucky shots in to delay him. It's a good setup for Atlas to go out on.
Ideally, Kuma's gonna get this 1 punch to connect, but then the self destruct timer will start. Whatever it ends up being, I'm sure Kuma will keep delaying Saturn until the timer is up.
@Marcotty said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
Seeing Bonney return to her real age to talk with Vegapunk was really nice. I really do hope she starts staying in that form going forward whenever she doesn't need to be older for fighting. It just hits better to see her in her real age.
Seeing as how she returned to her adult form after York got caught, I think she'd be in that form more just because she likes it more.
But also, I'm sure Oda has realizing the comedic potential that can be had with this. I can imagine the gags between Bonney and the Straw Hats now actually. Hahah.
Maybe Marco will pull up at Egghead, because of Bakkin telling Marco that Vegapunk can confirm Weevil's heritage.
@electricmastro said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
Maybe Marco will pull up at Egghead, because of Bakkin telling Marco that Vegapunk can confirm Weevil's heritage.
I know, we are all desperate for the next spoilers too.
So could Vegapunk have really left a touch of his ego intact? He seemed devastated when he pulled a switch and was surprised to see him come to Egghead, so maybe there's another reason.
Maybe Kuma is conected to S-Bear somehow
@electricmastro said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
So could Vegapunk have really left a touch of his ego intact? He seemed devastated when he pulled a switch and was surprised to see him come to Egghead, so maybe there's another reason.
I feel like Kuma coming in suddenly has to do with the present Vegapunk gifted to Bonney. Perhaps there's something about it that once gifted to Bonney activated a latent program in Kuma to make his way to where the pendent was located.
@The-Franky-Tank said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
@electricmastro said in Chapter 1103: I'm Sorry, Daddy:
So could Vegapunk have really left a touch of his ego intact? He seemed devastated when he pulled a switch and was surprised to see him come to Egghead, so maybe there's another reason.
I feel like Kuma coming in suddenly has to do with the present Vegapunk gifted to Bonney. Perhaps there's something about it that once gifted to Bonney activated a latent program in Kuma to make his way to where the pendent was located.
Could def turn out the pendant had some tracker Kuma picked up on.
@The-Franky-Tank The thing is that Kuma started moving long before Bonney got her gift. He was already climbing the Red Line when she got into the Paw Room.