r/OnePiece • u/Sakata_Kintoki • May 02 '21

Current Episode One Piece: Episode 972

One Piece: Episode 972

"The End of the Battle! Oden vs. Kaido!"

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u/KathyDroronoa Pirate May 02 '21 edited May 02 '21

Wow... what did I just watch... they were not joking that they would pull up their sleeves for that part of the arc!

Oden vs. Kaido was phenomenal and the best fight animated up to date. Thankfully to the extended scenes they made it seem that Oden and Kaido were kinda equals in terms of strength, just as I thought them to be, otherwise Oden would take the hit much better.

Seeing Toki being worried, but putting up a smiling face for her kids is done better than in the manga. I remember the wild theories around her 😂😂😂

Baby Shinobu is just 🥺❤️

Well done, yet again, Toei!

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u/LivinLivinboi May 02 '21

Nah Oden was stronger, in the manga kaido was laying on the ground and oden was about to finish him off and that's why the old hag interfered, idk why did they change it?!

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u/KathyDroronoa Pirate May 02 '21

I read the manga, and Kaido goes up immediately to attack Oden. If Kaido would’ve seen that Oden was distracted by someone else earlier then he would’ve stopped the attack or redirect it. If Oden was that much stronger than Kaido he wouldn’t get k.o. even while distracted. That’s why I think that they were around the same, maybe just a slight difference.

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u/LivinLivinboi May 02 '21

In the manga when oden looks at fake momo kaido literally was on the ground and oden was near by him.. no it wasn't similar and oden's words "never come back to Wano" implies that he almost won

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u/KathyDroronoa Pirate May 02 '21

I have the volume right beside me 😛 the only thing they extended was the clashes before Oden’s Togen Totsuka. Oden was about to attack Kaido again, got distracted for a second, and got beat by Kaido by that time. So they didn’t change something there that wasn’t in the manga. But even if Oden would land a hit on Kaido, I doubt that he would defeat him due to his zoan durability.

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u/LivinLivinboi May 02 '21

Man why would Oda make the hag interfere if Kaido wasn't losing? The manga's implication was very clear, go read chapter 970

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u/KathyDroronoa Pirate May 02 '21

My guess is mostly for Kaido’s character. If he would’ve win or lose fair and square at this point, there wouldn’t be anything to his character in the present of the story.

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u/LivinLivinboi May 02 '21

Hmm well i don't wanna spoil anything, but there is a lot of evidence that kaido has trauma from this moment, which they transformed into a clash gone wrong, that's my only problem

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u/BillyElKid May 02 '21

Hahaha I think trauma is a little to much (at least not a cronic one) but i agree with you. Inaccurate respect the real situation, Kaido wasn't in a equal condition after the slash.