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They both see each other so romantically that they’ve become a shojo

This is how Brook sees Jinbei

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THIS WONDERFUL MAN💖💖💖

Brook is such a lovely character and I could never stop loving him tbh.

And also happy late birthday to usopp and jinbei🎉🍰🎊

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I refused to read this at first because I know I’d start crying.

And then I read it and I did cry over this depressing skeleton man again. Thank you a lot 🥲

So here goes (spoilers for anyone who isn’t caught up)

I think what happens here is that most one piece fans tend to overlook Brook’s back story a lot and summarize it to “he died and spent 50 years alone and he wants so see laboon again” and that in its premise is pretty sad. However most don’t seem to go far into what led to those 50 years of his solace and what it really entailed.

It is one thing to spend 50 years alone with no human contact and it’s a completely different story when you’re the captain of entire crew you consider as close as family dies with you and you’re only one to come back because of some petty devil fruit that did nothing for you than not allow you to swim. Other than the already traumatic experience of his crew’s battle and seeing how each of them die one by one until ultimately the last members play a songs for Laboon. And even they end up all dying before you with smiles on their faces. Then you die and comeback to life to find yet another devastating experience. The remains of all your crew scattered about the ship, your ship that you once called home in ruin, and then when you try to find hope you find out the rudder is broken and you can’t even go anywhere.

He had to go through his own pain and grief truly alone. there wasn’t anyone to hold him comfort while he felt that way. Then he had to spend his life that way for 50 whole years???

On top of said grief and guilt for his own crew. He had to carry out the pressure of reuniting with Laboon. Which he already also feels clearly guilty about given his interaction with franky back in thriller bark. He does not excuse himself from keeping Laboon waiting despite having totally valid reasons?? Like it’s not like he wanted all this to happen on purpose and even worse yet it’s not like he straight up abandoned Laboon either. For him a promise is a promise. And as he says “death is never an apology”

And this is all after Yorki and like one other half of the Rumbar Pirate’s got sick and had to leave. I know a lot of people like to theorize that since it wasn’t confirmed yorki is still alive but being brutally realistic he most likely did. So he lost his best friend and captain and not too long after his entire crew.

For the sake of Laboon, Yorki, and his dear rumbar pirates he carries out the blame, the guilt, the pain, and he continues to live despite having expressed before how much he wanted not to. He’s such a loving man and he will do anything for the ones he loves even go through this sick twisted hell.

And honestly I know brook has a knack for doing or saying crazy things but I think given what he’s gone through that’s pretty tame. Also considering the rest of the strawhats do their fair share of wacky things. So I wonder to myself all the time. How the hell did he not go insane? Like not again not in the sense that he is right now. But how does one not absolutely loose sense of themselves and reality. I don’t know if being a pervert is part of this or if he was like that from the start. I don’t excuse his behavior but I could see why it would have happened if this started from being driven to the brink of like actual insanity.

I’d also like to mention that as much as I agree that meeting Luffy was super beneficial to his well being. I feel like he still has a long way to go in the sense of being able to heal from all that he went through. He’s already been able to accept the events that happened like he showed in the Black Maria Fight in onigashima but he hasn’t been able to forgive himself. And you can see that a lot in the whole cake island scene post Pedro’s death. I think if anything Brook was mentally prepared for his life to be sacrificed but not anyone else’s. So when he found out what happened to Pedro, he just snapped. When he cried about it, he wasn’t crying about “how dare perospero do that!” Or “why would Pedro sacrifice himself like that?”. No he started crying about how it was his fault for not being strong enough and how he failed to keep the sunny safe. And this all despite the fact that Pedro came along willingly, and Pedro knew he was going to die soon anyways because of his shortened life span, and Pedro’s life wasn’t brook’s responsibility anyways. However Brook made it his responsibility because he still cared about Pedro. And out of all the strawhats there he was with Pedro a longer time. So out of this responsibility he set on himself he blamed himself for Pedro’s death. Just like he blamed himself for his crew death.

I think ultimately, most of the issues derive from not having reunited with laboon yet. However that would only be one big step towards finally living a more peaceful life. I just hope that this lovely silly, yet super tragic and depressing, man is finally able to live happier.

The Brutality (and some censoring) Of The Rumbar Deaths.

Similar to my piece on Yorki and his lil sickness, this is again just something that haunts me constantly and is honestly something I don’t see anyone else talking about. Maybe this is because I have Rumbar Pirates autism. The deaths of the Rumbar Pirates are often thought to just be the snippet we see during their final moments, however Oda paints a much darker picture, with such dark hues the anime had to censor some of this. To begin, I am going to introduce you all to a certain Rumbar Pirate. Pirates.

This is Madaisuki! He has a twin brother named Madawadasuki Mizuta!

These Mizuta boys are named this because they are the japanese pun of “I love DOTS!” and “Dots ain’t half bad!” We know they were young, and that they wanted to be just like Brook. (I will go over these statements a bit later.) They wore matching clothing, mirroring one another as some twins do, having a tight bond. We already know their candles were snuffed out too short, but do you know how this happened to each? Madawadasuki is shown in the Bink’s Sake flashback, blood pooling on his temple and matting some of his hair. He looks tired, but with a smile, plays on with the other remaining crew. That is the key word here, remaining. There were hundreds of men on this ship yet THIS is what we see surrounding Brook on the deck? Where are the rest. THAT is where Madaisuki comes in. 

Madaisuki does not die on screen, but his body, just the body, is gruesome enough that the anime had to censor it. When we find the young man, he is in one of the off rooms, looks to be the dining area, thrown onto the floor with his arms outstretched, with his hair still attached to the skull.

This is not the reason behind the censoring, no, the reason is the cause of death.

Plunged into his skull and back, pinning his body to the floor with his jaw still open, are his own weapons. His own swords pin his body to the floor, so even if he somehow survived the attack, he could not get up, however with your own blade through your brain case and into the blood spattered floor below you, that is not much of an option.

This leaves a few things open for the reader to take in. Why is he tucked away in an off room like this? Well, it means the battle either continued into these rooms, not just on deck, which is more than likely shown by the shattered mirrors and doors in the bedrooms and hallways we see, or poor Madaisuki was cornered, and slain.

In any case, this means his brother either also saw this and continued to smile and sing for Laboon, or held a hope that somehow, his twin was just somewhere else, tucked away to die in peace. 

This is just one body, one upon hundreds, we know this because of a line Franky states so casually I am unsure if the anime added it; “We could not carry them all, we buried them here. The weight was too much for the Sunny to take.”

The weight was too much for the Sunny to take.

How many men died, because those multiple upon multiple coffins were not filled with bodies, but skulls. Only skulls.

If the ship cannot carry it, how do we expect BROOK?? He must hold grief for he was acting Captian, these things on his head alone, and knowing he failed his partner, my god, that must ache. To know you created widows, fatherless children, families who will never know if their little boys or men or partners or fathers would come home. No closure, only Brook, and the poison that caused the remaining light-hearted musicians to bleed out in their little heap.

When Brook picks up the skull of Madaisuki, a memory comes to mind. Perhaps not a recent one, for he knew them for many years, but one that stood out to him. One Oda chose for us to see as a representation of Brook’s thoughts;

“You’re awesome, Brook! Can you teach me to swordfight like you?”

We see the body, with his own weapons used against him, holding his corpse in place with a hole blasted through his brain. His polka dots he adored are spattered as well, torn where his ribcage was cut open. Brook failed him. He failed them all, in his eyes, not the viewer or actuality. And this breaks my heart.

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This is super valid. I refuse to believe this gay ass man died 😭

I’m still sad about Yorki, OKAY????

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-a blonde man unable to light up his cigarette in the rain

-a band or pirates, samurai, and furries (minks) win a war against a blue worm on a string and a mom who is big

-a skeleton crying about how he wasn’t strong enough

- a donut saying “thank you for loving me”

-eating a fruit that makes you smile :)

-a blonde haired mime who is tall tells his adopted emo kid “I love you” with a silly face.

Things in One Piece that Made Me Cry, (with no context)

Non One Piece Watchers, consider this your sign to start One Piece.

A dog sitting outside

A pirate with a peg leg

A reindeer

A ship

A whale

A skeleton

A ballerina

A flag being burned

A grown man in a baby costume

A mute clown

A piece of paper

A child wearing a helmet

People smiling

A Hat (especially when worn by others)

Come see for yourself, it's a funny silly pirate show, we promise ☠️

(Add on to the list!)

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I LOVE THIS PART OF THE MOVIE

I think it’s a really pretty scene

But also that last part where Sanji is threatening to grate him 🤣

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As a soul king fan I’d love to have something like this! This is so cool and the fact you made it yourself is even cooler❤️❤️❤️

It took a long ass time, but I'm finally done!

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Agreed

*bangs my hand on the table*

WE NEED MORE BROOK FICS. FLUF, SMUT, ANGST EVEN, I DON'T CARE, JUST GIMME THAT OLD ASS BAG OF BONES.

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I’ve seen some of these scenes so many damn times and yet I’m still here struggling to breathe because I’m laughing way too hard 🤣

I made a video out of spite (NEW LINK)

Please send me any if I missed some

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OMG IM SO SORRY THAT I HAVEN’T POSTED SHIT-

It’s just I’ve been so busy with school and it’s exhausting.

Anyways I know I’m a week late but happy birthday to my favorite bone man Brook!

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Zoro to Sanji: Twirly Ass.

The filler brought us some new crisp outfits (✨ᴗ✨)

You all know what that means

Nami - sorry love, it looks comfortable but basic and everyone else in on A game tonight. Tho the hair looks really nice. 6/10

Sanji - i kid you not once i was this close of making a post of Sanji wearing the printed tie shirt but i thought 'nah, too simple and silly, even for One Piece' Man i was wrong. The shirt is horrible, as he acustomes, BUT the detail of the twirl on the pockets of the jeans got me. 8/10

Chopper - simple but effective. The accesories make it better. 8/10

Luffy - the patter is a nice addition! But honeslty, the straw hats jolly roger sewn on the shirt? He saw Law and decided he wanted that too. Iconic 9/10

Brook - is he totally unable to wear something normal? Yes he is. The pink pants are iconic, he has a summer body, and i have nothing negative to say about the cotton candy afro. Kudos, you totally insane bastard. 10/10

Robin - i really really liked the sporty look. The top is actually really pretty and with the headband and sunglasses she looks great. Also this not an usual look for her but it really suits her. 9/10

Usopp - faultless as usual. Arguebly the most consistantly cool dressed Straw Hat . The one shoulder overall is a nice touch. 9/10

Franky - now we are talking business. Incredible. I think that the prettiest shirt he has ever worn and he accesorised perfectly. Headband, belt, he even seems to have built shoulder and shoulder pads? Its a solid look. He really thought this one through. 12/10

Zoro - virtually speechless. Its a matching ensable with sword patterns and little see through cut outs. Seems like someone bought Zoro clothes from Armani or some shit. Im only human, i cant do anything else but to give him 12/10

Bonus Boa - once she had actual clothes on she looked breathtaking. Cape, belt, jolly roger? check, check and check. Also a darker palette works really well for her 8/10

Here is a better look at all the Straw Hat's outfits with more details!

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Brook isn’t there to simp he’s there to be the simpe!

Not that Nami gives a fuck… rude!

Let us see our favorite skeleton man >:/

Fuck it, beach filler episode

(don't worry, Chopper has floaties. Luffy you should worry about)

(also the little kids might've been Luffy and Chopper)

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Hold on now!

I thought he was satan 🙄

(I’m joking but honestly either or are hilarious lmao)

Look! Pure malice within this skeletal creature

*pulls out the most wholesome, adorable, yet sassy old man alive/dead ever*

Ok: but it was the Mythical Human Human Fruit: Model Daibutsu. As in not Buddha, but a type of Golden Statue of Buddha. It makes you that kind of icon of the Buddha.

So it wouldn’t be the Jesus Fruit. It would be the Mythical Human Human Fruit: Model Crucifix. Which is arguably more terrifying

Oh i just assumed there would an actual Jesus like figure

I think the religion would predate the fruit? Or now that i think about it i could've started a cult bc of it? Im sinking into a rabbit hole here

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Well I should have made this it’s own post

this is a continuation of this

I had reblogged that post with this but I wasn’t sure if people where even seeing this since it’s an older post so I just put it in here (like I said I’m making it it’s own post.)

Anyways I hope you enjoy >:)

Bahahah I don’t know why I dedicate myself to doing art like this.

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Pain. 😭

The anime expanded on the memory mist scene in Robin and Brook vs Black Maria and let me just say OW. We did get a Rumbar Pirates version of Bink’s Sake where they’re not dying while singing, but at what cost?

oh god, i don’t watch the anime, what’d they add?

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Merry Christmas y’all I hope you have a good one and that there’s no troubles coming your way.