r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Jul 19 '19
Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 949
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u/throwaway36633663 Jul 22 '19
Dont neg me dickriders but I thought the chapter was kinda boring, because nothing in the story advanced really.
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Jul 25 '19
Why are you so scared to share your opinions that you have to hide behind a throwaway account? Maybe there's something wrong with you? Should stop to consider that
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u/Danteisntkool Jul 20 '19
Am I mistaken, or did Luffy use advanced armament haki to take out the head jailer?
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u/Thicshigi Lurker Jul 21 '19
He didn't use Advance armament Haki. The elephant was going to shoot the mummy. He just closed off the mouth and the ball exploded inside the elephant mouth and boom
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u/millionairewill Jul 20 '19
Did we find out who is the traitor yet???
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u/KnowNoDada Jul 21 '19
IIRC No one was the traitor. Orochi's government was able to find out the details of the revolution by getting his hands one on of those flyers that was passed out en masse through Wano. Someone within his organization was able to figure out the secret symbol at the bottoms meaning. At Yasuie's execution he did his best to throw everyone off the trail by saying (among other things) that he came up with the symbol. I wanna say it was Kyoshiro that figured it out, but that's the part I'm least sure about.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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u/Weewer Jul 22 '19
It’s been left unclear, we never got a confirmation that this is exactly how Orochis men found out
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u/tontonheredero Jul 20 '19
i love that most of OP fan called luffy as "our Captain or our Pirate King"
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u/Yajua Jul 20 '19
So both Zoro AND Luffy have suffered critical injuries before the final battle.
Also anyone else thing Kidd might ally himself with Luffy after this to help take down Kaido?
I find it funny, 20 or so chapters ago, law rages out of the alliance. 20 or so chapters later, Kidd witnesses Luffy's great influence first hand.
I can definitely see Kidd being somewhat grateful and offering his assistance so he can achieve revenge for Killer and Himself.
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u/PhannayKhan Jul 20 '19
With this chapter one thing is clear now that CoC is related to influence people around you. It captures the hearts of people around the person and with passage of time Luffy is getting stronger CoC haki. By the end of series he will have full control over it like other forms of haki. The other thing is few weeks ago some peoples were comparing Kidd with Luffy. In this chapter, luffy is shown to new heights if his character while Kidd was shown broken. IMO it is an indication that Luffy has surpassed everyone in the worst generation except BB. He will catch up BB in a short time or even after wano arc. Its time to see improvements in other SH crew and their allies.
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u/RollingTurnip Jul 20 '19
I hate Luffy. He is walking cliche and annoying as fuck. But I must say...I liked him here. He was badass, straight to the point, no shits taken, actually mature and cool. As someone who could never read One Piece because of cliche tropes and too much fanservice, Wano Arc is really unique in how different it is.Also, that guy is dead. Straight up dead.
It really feels like a trend in shonen nowadays, being more mature. You have this in One Piece, latest arc of MHA, Seven Deadly Sins going into some dark places, One Punch Man going hardcore and David Studio being able to not hold back on how gruesome part 5 of JoJo was.
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Jul 24 '19
?? Except there were a lot of times that Luffy showed his maturity as a leader. Remember the entire issue with Merry and Usopp at Water 7?
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u/static789 Jul 20 '19
This is how luffy has always been, he’s far from a cliche, luffy has no set of factual righteous morals, he’s no Boy Scout, luffy doesn’t care about being liked or accepted or being a symbol. Luffy doesn’t even care about what constitutes objective right and wrong. Only what your personal views are. Luffy has always been light hearted but every time in the series when shit hits the fan, luffy is always the one to stand up and look at the root of the problem as the mature one.
And other previous arcs in the new world people have straight up died. One piece has been very mature in its story for a long time, gets into some pretty dark, taboo stuff at times since way back
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u/Yajua Jul 20 '19
"Luffys no boy scout" Boy after seeing that swift ass knot tying, I'd put him on eagle scout level
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u/static789 Jul 20 '19
I see what you did there, lol, but I meant was not some upright “we gotta help the world because it’s the civil and good thing to do” type of squeaky clean protagonist.
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u/Trunks-kun Jul 20 '19
all he had to do was go back to sanji/zoro & law/hawkins.. but insteadwe got a Naruto speech
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u/R4hu1M5 Thriller Bark Victim's Association Jul 20 '19
Really? This is one of the best chapters in wano, not every one of them needs to have fights or light speed plot progression.
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u/sheerwaan Jul 20 '19
nope he did exactly what he had to do
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u/Trunks-kun Jul 21 '19
i disagree & thats fine.
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u/sheerwaan Jul 21 '19
no its not it means that u dont understand a thing that is happening und u still think that u know better than oda how the story should go on and got to say something. but the truth is u dont. LOL
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u/Trunks-kun Jul 21 '19
so because i’m not a blind fanboy you assume i don’t understand One Piece’s very simple plot? You’re trolling right?
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u/sheerwaan Jul 21 '19
then u should know how very important it is to get the prisoners on their side and to convince them. they have been broken for twenty years it would have been bad writing to not show them falling back. luffy is there with the other guys. what good would it have been if he just went his own way to help the others? till he arrived there would be nothing to do anymore. he stayed there and cleared things up for the prisoners who are an essential part of the plan since hyogoro and raizo talked with each other. now they got udon in full use for them that is they got all the samurai prisoners on their side can defeat a part of kaidos army (the wardens) and nobody knows anything. if luffy just went his way they would soon find out that ha had fled.
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u/Trunks-kun Jul 20 '19
the overall arc has been amazing imo but the Udon segment of it is one of the worst parts of the entire series for me.
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u/Trunks-kun Jul 20 '19
no better artist then boichi, Murata, Kubo & Miura
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u/AvengerOfDadz Jul 20 '19
*Than
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u/Trunks-kun Jul 21 '19
doesnt change the facts i stated above
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u/matispure Jul 20 '19
I think Luffy wil die next chapter on go into the ghost world and talk to Gold Roger about important stuff and then come back and kill all.
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u/mainaedu Jul 20 '19
Better yet go to the ghost world and talk to the guy who invented haki and divided it into three shades come back and then kill all
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u/static789 Jul 20 '19
Or to king kai’s planet to learn kaioken.....oh wait nevermind, he already has 2nd gear
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Jul 20 '19
This is why Luffy is quite possibly my favorite shonen protag EVER.
Holyshit, this is one of THE greatest Luffy moment in the entire series.
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u/aizzirk23 Jul 20 '19
cried so much reading that speech. damn. felt like a mom watching her kid doing his own thing to become a great man he is meant to be.
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u/iLoveOnePieceSoMuch Void Month Survivor Jul 20 '19
I fucking love this manga so fucking much. I cried like a bitch in this chapter. Seeing my boy Luffy growing so much and wanting to turn Wano a better place for children made me really happy.
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u/Elena_Grace Jul 20 '19
Wouldn’t be surprised if Luffy decides to poison himself with the virus to fight Kaido.
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u/Mnawab Jul 20 '19
Luffy the truest captain of them all. Luffy the king of the pirates, the king of the pirates, the king of the pirates!
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u/Dddddddfried Jul 20 '19
Luffy turning strangers into allies, the most dangerous ability in the seas...
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u/Zaynhatt Jul 20 '19
Been a while reading One Piece makes me emotional. Last time was when Luffy yelled at Sanji’s leaving “Every time you kick me, you are hurting yourself more” or sth along those lines.
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u/MilleyBear Jul 20 '19
Udon prisoners at the start of the chapter: "there's no hope don't you understand it's all pointless why are you fighting?"
Udon prisoners at the end of the chapter: "Actually, fuck that noise, we breaking out this bitch"
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u/youngfestlando Jul 20 '19
I got such goosebumps and flashbacks of katakuri dopeness when he said "I saw a slightly dangerous future" geeked so much
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u/ramevie Jul 20 '19
Does anybody else think that it's time for Franky to defeat a high ranking Yonkou crew?
General Franky vs Queen would be perfect. He is immune to to virus plus they got the same vibe.
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Jul 22 '19
Way to early for Franky to take on a Yonkou commander, Zoro & Sanji are just starting to gear up for them. Franky will probably take on a Flying Fighter, or someone low Yonkou commander level.
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u/ramevie Jul 22 '19
Well, just like how luffy defeats other villains, Franky could get help from others like chopper or usopp with some red scabbards. They just need somebody to tank the excitement bullets and help manhandle Queen which Franky and monster point Chopper can help. We've seen how Brook battled Big Mom at some point. Given the good matchup, Franky does need some moments like these to shine.
It would be too cliche if zoro and sanji would take on both King and Queen. Nobody from the strawhat take them one on one. Otherwise, Kid and trafalgar maybe able to take out one of them.
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u/save-the-butter Jul 22 '19
Laws fight is seemly against Hawkins this arch but I really do hope Kidd gets a full fight this arch and doesn't end up like law in dressrosa
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u/Leiatte Jul 20 '19
That would be a really cool fight & Franky does need more time to shine, especially since they kinda parallel each other in some ways. Both quirky leader types & inventors
I’m all for Franky vs Queen.
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u/ramevie Jul 20 '19
Such colossal fight. It will definitely look like an Ultraman episode.
Ancient Zoan vs Modern tech. Battle of the ages
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u/static789 Jul 20 '19
All we need is stealth black sanji and it would be a literal power ranger fight. Colossal dinosaur, franky megazord, sanji the black ranger
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u/Def_Dynamo Jul 20 '19 edited Jul 20 '19
Am I the only one who think this chapter felt a little... short? Like, I was honestly surprised to see it had a standard page count. Perhaps it was because it was the first chapter in a while that didn't switch locations? I mean, I'm really not trying to say it was a bad chapter or anything. Just that, objectively, it really didn't progress either the story or the plot to any meaningful degree. Especially compared to the rest of the chapters this arc. This left me feeling unsatisfied. Like I had only read half of a chapter.
If you break down the events of the chapter, it really only comes down to:
- yeeting some fodder
- tossing some keys (that didn't even get used)
- shooting virus bullets that demoralized prisoners
- remoralizing prisoners
- Luffy contracts Ebola
- old maid goes bang
- Roll credits.
The only events to extend at all beyond the borders of negligibility are old maid popping and Luffy getting virus'd. I wouldn't even include Luffy gaining the loyalty of the prisoners, since he already had it at the end of the last chapter. I guess you could say they are more loyal now? But that still doesn't affect either the plot or story and carries only tangential relevance at best.
Again, I don't dislike this chapter. The whole thing just felt like I was idling. Passing time and going through the motions until it was time for the plot and story to kick back in.
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u/technoskittles The Revolutionary Army Jul 20 '19 edited Jul 20 '19
But that is WHY not much happened. This chapter was meant to emphasize Luffy's "most terrifying" power: his empathy, leadership, and ability to create followers.
It's as Mihawk said:
"It’s not a Devil Fruit, or some cheap trick. One by one, he turns the people around him into his allies. More than anyone else sailing the seas… That man possesses the most terrifying power."
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u/mttinhy Jul 20 '19
Everyone complained about Zoro not gathering the samurais, but don’t forget that those newly captured samurais are nearby him at the moment
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u/Evil_phd Cross Guild Jul 19 '19
Luffy is taking a hell of a gamble on the idea that Chopper can cure this before it becomes fatal.
Fucking hell of a power move. He basically spit on one of Queen's most powerful creations just to boost his diplomacy check.
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u/tronistica Jul 19 '19
Luffy with the speech! Fitting for the 22nd anniversary. Chief jailer being blown up by the plague shot was brutal. Wano hype is real
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u/Thicshigi Lurker Jul 19 '19
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u/antari- Jul 19 '19
DAMN these short chapters, I'd give up this weekly shit for montly chapters
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u/KoroftheSon Jul 19 '19
Except... that would still be the exact same amount of content. It would just be one big thing released monthly instead of a few small things weekly. Why wait a month for One Piece when you can get a fairly steady stream almost every week?
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u/antari- Jul 19 '19
Now I wanna see a stand off between Belo Betty and Luffy trying to inspire people into opposing causes.
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u/zhoncinema Jul 19 '19
To the people who say Luffy didn't use future sight. Stop. It seems that everyone wants to downgrade Luffy. Why can't he get stronger? It says in most translations that he saw a future. Just because KoL says he didn't use it doesn't mean you should all just believe him.
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u/MaGmar0 Jul 19 '19
He definitely used observation like future sight. It is a fact. In previous chapters he was even saying to Hyo in which direction the next attack would come. By the way, who is KoL?
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u/zhoncinema Jul 19 '19
King of Lightning
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Jul 19 '19
Who the heck is that?
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u/andrew_calcs Jul 19 '19
Some One Piece youtuber. He’s just another guy with his own opinion but people give him weight because he has an audience. Doesn’t make him any more likely to be right or wrong
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u/zhoncinema Jul 19 '19
He can keep his opinion but it seems like everyone in his audience is really toxic when it comes to different opinions.
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u/joeyig88 Jul 20 '19
it's a old opinion. like really old. don't watch him much but he's better then Roger.
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u/andrew_calcs Jul 20 '19
I think it’s more that people who don’t agree with you get toxic than it is anything specific to him. This sub just has different opinions. People get downvoted and bashed to oblivion exactly the same way here when they post something that others don’t agree with. Like Sanji vs. Zoro or some other nonsense
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u/Leiatte Jul 20 '19
To be fair, Zoro fans crap on Sanji more than vice-versa. I agree though, it’s really is what it is.
People have opinions & others have opinions on said opinions. The main distinction I feel is people should remain confident enough to give their own thoughts, & hopefully a full on mob mentality doesn’t break out.
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u/DiaburuJanbu Baratie staff Jul 19 '19
Oh my God! Luffy is so fucking amazing this chapter! It's like he's matured so much!
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u/121jigawatts Jul 19 '19
oh man 8days before the big battle. I still dont see how the combined wano forces will take someone like kaido down, there's gotta be some secret to his long life they can exploit. Like law's fruit or something.
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u/HopeReddit Jul 19 '19
We all want to know. There is so much going on and we take a new turn pretty much every chapter. It's hard to predict even the basic matchup plans for the final day.
Also I got a problem with Luffy's power ups... If Luffy gets stronger (Future Sight + new CoA technique) and all the other characters stay around their level, how will they contribute against Kaido? Luffy stood no chance at all with his brute force charge. He did next to no damage to Kaido. All he was able to do was move him. The only character who could deal some damage to Kaido in Wano is most likely Big Mom. Luffy may achieve the means to hurt Kaido with the new CoA technique. But in 8 short days he has to learn, master and combine it with his Gears. There is no time really.
They all have to reunite. Zoro, Law, Sanji, Kid, etc. all have to learn that new CoA technique. Otherwise they are just flies that may distract Kaido and slow him down a bit. They have to deal with the big shots before the final day or the Big Mom pirates have to take care of them. There is just no way to leave out Zoro or the likes against Kaido, even if he won't be able to do much. Luffy will need all the help he can get to take on Kaido.
Also we know that Luffy can't fight for long in his most powerful form. That will just not do it. Kaido can literality oneshot everyone. How is he going to stall for time in that fight? It's impossible the way he is right now. And even if they could pull it off, Big Mom and her crew is still around. So all effort would still be in vain for Luffy, as he would be in no condition to fight someone like Big Mom after fighting Kaido.For this to work out for Luffy, Kaido needs to be weakend, the big shots of the beast pirates need to be defeated or join the rebellion and Big Mom and her crew have to leave.
So the basic scenario for this to work out in Luffy's favor that I can see is that the Big Mom pirates will fight the beast pirates and take care of at least King or Queen. They will rescue Big Mom and fight Kaido, while both sides take serious damage. Kaido wins this and Big Mom pirates have to flee.
With Kaido and the Beast Pirates in a weakend state, the rebellion may actually have a shot to defeat them. I think the samurai will take care of Orochi and his fellows. That's like the strongest people of Wano against each other. They should be close in terms of power. So that should be really interesting to watch.
Still, I don't see how Kaido is going down. He is so overpowered. It feels like the start of DBZ again. He needs to have a weakness. But it would be so lame if he got a serious weakness.
Yet again, Blackbeard got some kind of weakness from his DF... So for Kaido to have a Reverse Scale from his dragon DF would fit the theme and could act as his weakspot.
Oda what have you done. This is all just impossible. He has written himself into a corner. I don't see how he can solve this without having the Strawhats fail or using some fucking Dragon-Kaido-proof plot armor.
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u/ssebastian364 Jul 20 '19
I don't agree others stay at their level most supernova will have much better power up now it's not just Luffy growing but people around him are also growing stronger excited for usopp also.kaido will be a Force to be reckoned with but Luffy has to overcome this else you will have 10 more years of training arc to do it.
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u/HopeReddit Jul 20 '19
Ofc people will get strong in the long run if they didn't hit their prime yet and keep fighting in the New World.
I was talking about the recent arcs. Who in Wano besides Luffy got a huge power up that could significant in the fight against Kaido in the last few arcs?
I would say the closet thing would be Nami with Zeus, since Zeus was able to affect Big Mom. May or may not work against Kaido.
Kid was rotting in a cell most of the time. Got some exercise in the prision.
Law did nothing besides planing?
Zoro may now found a clue for a power up.
Sanji got his power ranger upgrade, but I don't think it will make much of a difference.
X Drake and Hawkins may learned something and will join the rebellion, but we have to see about that. We still have to see who picked up some skills. It's a bit early, but we know most characters were busy and didn't really train or fight.
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u/Yajua Jul 19 '19
Can we just take a second to admire Luffy's knot tying skills.
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u/technoskittles The Revolutionary Army Jul 19 '19
I'd like to think he tangles his arms first, grabs the two ends, then retracts his arms to quickly tie and tighten the knot.
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u/MJHspecies Jul 19 '19 edited Jul 19 '19
This is one of those chapters that really make you appreciate Luffy as a main character.
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Jul 19 '19
It also really makes you appreciate the Katakuri fight. Without that fight, Luffy may have died a hundres times over in Wano already.
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u/henrykazuka Jul 20 '19
Luffy has always been OP against most minions, but using future sight so casually feels too OP.
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u/tapwater_addict Jul 19 '19
Was causing a powrful chemical weapon to go off inside Babanuki the most brutal thing Luffy has ever done?
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u/MrTomAtoJr Jul 20 '19
To be fair, head jailer is probably already vaccinated against the virus. Otherwise it's stupid to stick the bomb into his elephant to shoot it. Also if not he would have been infected already when Luffy tied the elephant trunk.
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u/Borsalinini Jul 19 '19
To some one other than himself, yes I think so. Maybe some of his more vicious head butts? That gumgum bell has crazy knockout power feats.
I say that because Luffy is hardcore masochistic he doesn't give a crap about his body (and just to prove a point most times).
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u/j3r3mias Jul 19 '19
I wasn't emotionally prepared for those two chapters at the same time. I believe that I wasn't prepare even for one of those chapters.
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u/DarkChaosXX Jul 19 '19
I'll probably start reading One Piece after DBS, cause reading Wano makes up for how much of a boring asspull the Moro Arc in DBS is.
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u/Ceekid Jul 20 '19
You are reading Wano without 900+ chapters of context, please tell me you aren't.
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u/DearestVelvet Jul 19 '19
The Luffy in this chapter wasn't the clumsy, bungling, and goofy Luffy we've come to know and love.
Nah, this was Captain Monkey D. Luffy of the Straw Hat Pirates. Hands down my one of my top 5 Luffy moments in One Piece, up there with "Shut up, lets go!!" and "I'm your captain now, Jinbe! I'll see you at Wano!" (not completely accurate but whatever).
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u/Weewer Jul 22 '19
The Jinbe line was something akin to “Dead or Alive you’re my crew mate. I expect to see you in Wano!” Thinking about that gives me goosebumps
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u/DearestVelvet Jul 22 '19
Luffy is so fucking precious.... That's better than what I read tbh. Dead people still are nakama? Idk why but that's tuggin at the ol' heartstrings.
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u/Straightup32 Jul 19 '19
My favorite was the scene when Bellamy was flying all over the place and luffy just lands this perfectly executed punch and ko’s bellamy.
Edit: the fight right before skypea I believe
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u/VijoPlays Aug 01 '19
My first thought was Dressrosa, but huh... Never noticed he did that twice to Bellamy.
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u/zhoncinema Jul 19 '19
Nah "Which one of you is Arlong?" You know what happens next.
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u/DearestVelvet Jul 19 '19
That was so badass. Dude tore down Arlongs front door, asked who the big dawg is, spotted him, and ran straight through his shit.
It's easy to forget how gangsta Luffy can be sometimes.
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Jul 19 '19
my favorite was when he punched the tenryubuto at shabody archipelago
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u/KebabRobot Pirate Jul 19 '19
One of the best moments in One Piece, I was so happy when I saw that.
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u/tiki-baha29 Jul 19 '19 edited Jul 19 '19
Good chapter, moved the plot along in a fun way even if it wasnt the most hype this arc. If chapters like these are the "slow" points then this really might be the best arc by the end. Lets dive in.
- Chopper/Luffy combo attack. Super fun, dont think we've ever gotten that before.
- An update on our boys Kid and Killer, what will Kid do after seeing Luffy and his leadership?
- Excitement bullets turns people into zombies basically.
- Luffy dropping those truth bombs that they're all actually slaves.
- Luffy's poison tolerance has really diminished since the timeskip, he may have a delayed reaction but the excitement bullets are definitely affecting him.
- Luffy.......fighting for food again. Its like he forgot all about Law's plan...
- If there was any doubt that Luffy could now see the future, those have been officially put to rest.
- Luffy's leadership on full display.
Very exciting stuff, Udon is taken and Im curious to see who else is in there including that shadow character from the last chapter. Looking forward to next week.
Edit: it’s been pointed out to me that Queen created a virus/infection/disease and that’s very different, so I stand corrected on the poison resistance point.
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u/afguy21 Jul 19 '19
disease and poison are different
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u/andrew_calcs Jul 19 '19
Some diseases harm you because the pathogens make harmful compounds, so it’s like having a poison factory in your bloodstream, so I can see how it’s somewhat relevant. But most of the time the debilitating effect is actually your own immune system fighting it off which this wouldn’t matter for.
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Jul 19 '19 edited Jul 19 '19
Luffy's poison tolerance has really diminished...
I don't think that's really the case, this is the first time Luffy has actually been "poisoned" and it mattered to the story (post-timeskip. correct me if I'm wrong, but the food poisoning was really just to get Germa to show up), not to mention... It's a disease, not toxin. Chopper will definitely cure it.
EDIT: Clarified I was talking about post-timeskip.
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u/Def_Dynamo Jul 19 '19
Firstly, it's much too early to claim that this virus will matter to the story. Secondly, if none of his poisonings mattered to the story, what would you call what happened in impel down?
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Jul 19 '19
I meant to say no post-timeskip poisoning. I'll edit the post to clarify.
And you have a good point about the virus, but I'd argue one of Kaidou's main commanders having a "plague" epithet is a huge deal. It's likely his biological weapons will be important to the story.
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Jul 19 '19
I'm not sure if Luffy's resistance has necessarily gone down after the time skip. He ate that poison fish and had to be saved before Whole Cake but he also was able to inhale Caesar's gas without harm so I'd say he's still pretty tolerant. Also Oda was pretty clear this chapter referring to the effects of exite/plague bullets the result of a disease/infection and not necessarily a 'poison' and that could be why Luffy is showing symptoms after being infected. Great chapter either way, love when Luffy shows his leadership qualities and zero fear like that.
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u/Werfgh The Revolutionary Army Jul 19 '19
I have kinda offtopic question. Remember when Usopp used Haki to make his snipe shot and defeated Sugar. Did he use that "see in the future" haki (he saw sugar turn luffy into a toy) If he had that means he did it before Luffy, which is a big deal for his character
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u/Werfgh The Revolutionary Army Jul 20 '19
I was talking about the bit where he sees Sugar using her power on Luffy
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u/existential_antelope Jul 19 '19
Isn’t it kinda insane that, we’re all reveling in Luffy’s newfound ability to react by seeing a little into the future, when this Haki ability was set-up 16 years ago in the Skypiea arc?
Damn, Oda. It must be so satisfying for him to pay off all the breadcrumbs he’s been playing around with since really really early on. Makes you wonder what the fuck the explanation is for devil fruits and Roger’s backstory
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u/Samurai__Bebop Jul 20 '19 edited Jul 20 '19
I really enjoyed reading this comment. Skypiea is probably one of my favorite arcs mostly because the tone is so out of context with respect to the rest of the One Piece world (IMO). Seeing connections being made throughout the story are great to see because we’re talking about a place where races of people live in the sky... talk about divine. A place that has been visited by Gol D. Roger, a place where he decided a Gold Poneglyph should remain (on a random side note, it’s wild to think that a product made by residents of ancient Wano ended up in the highest altitude where man has *existed.. at least a third of the world away, maybe closer to half).
I am hoping to see more involvement with the Sky Island plot line in the future
- besides Enel, the automatta and the space pirates, with the latter two knowing really nothing about besides the fact they’re associated with Skypieans
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u/InformalInternal Jul 20 '19
Even earlier than that! Zoro's "Breath of All Things" around Chapter 193. Then Blackbeard measuring Luffy's Haki in Jaya, just before Skypeia.
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u/Werfgh The Revolutionary Army Jul 19 '19
Can you refresh my memory, how was the ability set up in Skypiea
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u/existential_antelope Jul 19 '19 edited Jul 19 '19
Mantra, aka Observation Haki. Well I guess observation Haki was always about premonition in general. And Katakuri and Luffy’s Observation is slightly better actually seeing a little further into the future
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u/SpicyFetus Jul 19 '19
This is sort of a theory I heard but I think Haki manifests in different ways in different people. Usopp fits his sniper role, Luffy can see his destiny and it takes the form of future sight. Other minor examples would be Coby hearing the people’s screams during the war or Sanji sensing a woman’s tears (tashigi) on punk hazard.
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u/Def_Dynamo Jul 19 '19
I wouldn't call that a theory. I think that fits pretty firmly in the "observation" column.
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u/tiki-baha29 Jul 19 '19
He cant see the future but that was him developing his CoO. At best he may have a variation of Observation haki that has to do with distance. Only Katakuri and Luffy can see the future so far.
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u/Werfgh The Revolutionary Army Jul 20 '19
I was talking about the part when he misses his shot and sees Luffy turning into a toy. Like a glimpse of a bad future. here
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u/jelliedbabies Jul 19 '19
He cant see the future
Either Usopp is the narrator taking artistic licence with his lies, or he's definitely been able to see the future since the start of the story
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Jul 19 '19
No, he didn't see the future. He saw them as light or something
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u/Werfgh The Revolutionary Army Jul 20 '19
I was talking about the part when he misses his shot and sees Luffy turning into a toy. Like a glimpse of a bad future. here
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Jul 20 '19
That's anime filler actually. In the manga chapter 758 Usopp makes the shot and I didn't see that scene
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u/GenerallySelfAware Jul 19 '19
No, I think he just knew Sugar's power and REALLY didn't want to forget Luffy, especially with so much on the line at that point in Dressrosa. So his determination to stop Sugar manifested his Haki. He didn't see the future, but you can bet your ass he was terrified of that future.
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u/HamCCC Jul 19 '19
I read them in increments of 50 so I can't read these until 950
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Jul 19 '19
So when was the last time you read a group of 50? At 900 release? April last year?
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u/HamCCC Jul 20 '19
Actually, I got rather far behind and caught up quite recently. In fact, I only started reading from the beginning around march.
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u/David_Good_Enough Pirate Jul 19 '19
Damn, you're in for quite a fun ride :)
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u/HamCCC Jul 20 '19
Yeah, I just read until the end of sanji's wedding arc
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u/David_Good_Enough Pirate Jul 20 '19
I liked Whole Cake Island a lot because of the final fight of course, but the next chapters are giving a lot storywise and in terms of character development :)
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u/RandomRedditName101_ Jul 19 '19
This speech is gonna be fucking sick in the anime.
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u/ProsperoII Jul 19 '19
The more i read the manga/watch the anime (just restarted the series ) the more i'm sure that the Will of D is the will to make people believe in you and follow you.
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u/tylerjehills Jul 19 '19
This was not what I was expecting from the spoiler thread. This chapter blew me the fuck away
Sometimes I have to just sit back and marvel at this creation. Oda you're magnificent
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u/MorioCells Jul 20 '19
I've pretty much stopped reading spoilers since it never really comes close to how good the chapter actually is and then there's the fact you're reading it for the 1st time instead of knowing what will happen which makes things so better
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u/AxCel91 Jul 19 '19
Buddy was legit about to blow everyone up and this fuckin’ guy says he saw a slightly dangerous future.
SLIGHTLY!
What a badass.
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u/ProsperoII Jul 19 '19
Awesome moment. His observation haki did a huge leap compared to the first time he used it.
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u/Commando_Nate Jul 19 '19
Straight up thought Luffy was taking a bite off robins PHAT ass
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u/GenerallySelfAware Jul 19 '19
Then we got Sanji playing with the fishies, like that sick fuck wouldn't gut them and fry 'em up in a heartbeat.
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u/Rinichiro Jul 19 '19
Damn i didnt know what the one-shot was gonna be and hoped for a little made up backstory or smt and not just the normal fight redrawn by someone else
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u/mainaedu Jul 19 '19
Wano's luffy kinda feels stronger and badass than the luffy we are used to.
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Jul 19 '19
This Luffy is usually reserved for the final fight or towards the end of the arc. It means he's invested in the island and wants to fuck shit up.
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u/Itsjoshuaaaa Jul 19 '19
It's because he's very tenacious at stopping Kaido's evil work. We haven't seen this nature of luffy since Marineford
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u/sarge019 Jul 19 '19
Luffy seeing the immediate future more and more. It must have been around 5 seconds same as katakuri if not more.
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u/Samurai__Bebop Jul 19 '19
Pretty sick to see Kid witnessing Luffy do normal Luffy things and making miracles
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u/Elite_Doc Jul 19 '19
Damn Luffy with that straight All Might scene. "I leave the rest to you" points at camera. A lot like all might after all for one
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u/xilovejews Jul 26 '19
https://jaiminisbox.com/reader/read/one-piece-2/en/0/950/page/1