#NIKA ALSO!!!! NIKA IS SO IMPORTANT IN KUMA & BONNEY'S BACKSTORY

[pyrotechnicallyabee]

netflix what is this

you would think, "oh have they added all that seasons? i thought the last one they added was marineford not too long ago?"

and you would be right.

AND YOU WOULD BE FUCKING RIGHT.

IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY.

AND NOT ABOUT THE ADDING ALL THE SEASONS PART OHHHHH NO. ABOUT MARINEFORD BEING THE LAST ARC THAT THEY ADDED BEFOREHAND.

the complete and utter disbelief i felt once i witnessed this is indescribable.

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS????? WHAT THE FUCK???????? ARE THEY CRAZY??? ARE THEY INSANE????

theyre just dropping everything that happens in between and jumping straight from MARINEFORD to FUCKING EGGHEAD????

GIRL WHAT.

more screaming under the cut

YOU CANT JUST JUMP FROM EPISODE 516 TO EPISODE 1089???????? SO MUCH HAPPENS IN BETWEEN. fucking gear 4 and 5 are introduced. how haki works in introduced. SANJI'S BACKSTORY. JINBEI JOINING THE CREW!!!!!

AND YOURE LITERALLY SKIPPING COMPLETELY OVER WANO??? A VERY IMPORTANT ARC REFERENCED REPEATEDLY IN EGGHEAD??? the dynamic of the alliance between the straw hats and trafalgar law (+ heart crew but we barely see them interact with the straw hats)

WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKK.

its so sad. i might cry. like i get the pacing is bad, but what the fuck!!!!

no matter how outrageous netflix is, i never imagined they would pull this shit.

this has to be blasphemy or something. because NO WAY THEY ARE DOING THIS.

I HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S ONLY WATCHING ONE PIECE USING NETFLIX. THEYRE GOING TO BE SO FUCKING CONFUSED???? LIKE YOU CANT JUST JUMP FROM MARINEFORD TO WANO AFTERMATH ISTG. this is so stupid. its so dumb. if you were going to add post timeskip, add the seasons IN ORDER.

NETFLIXXXXXXXXXXX

WHYYYYYYYYYYYY

ARGH

UGH

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

WHY WOULD YOU DO THISSSSSSSS

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oh i made the word zoan NOT THE FUCKING POINT.

THIS IS COMPLETELY IDIOTIC AND CONFUSING AND THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE SHIT DECISION. FUCKING HELL. UGH.

I CANT BELIEVE THEYRE JUST SKIPPING OVER SOME OF MY FAVES

LAW'S BACKSTORY???? CORAZON???? YAMATO???? O-KIKU????? THE 9 SCABBARDS. I CANT BELIEVE THEYRE SKIPPING OVER FISHMAN ISLAND. THE LITERAL PONEGLYPHS AND LORE DROPS. FUCKING HELL.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

netflix add the seasons in between. you cant just fucking skip everything else. its so unreasonable and just plain confusing to fans who use netflix to watch one piece that dont necessarily know about the episode gap in between. even if big news morgan explained a bunch of shit that just happened its still not okay. there are still references to things are arent explained within the episode.

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One Piece chapter 1121 review

I think there can be no doubt about it – this is the climax of Egghead and the finale of volume 110. There may technically be one last chapter to go at the start of the next volume as Emet makes his final play and Vegapunk signs off, but there’s no mistaking that the moment Oda wanted to build to is this.

First thing of note here is the title. People have been saying this since the spoilers dropped, so you’re probably not hearing it from me first, but the chapter’s title references part of Roger’s quote from the start of chapter 100. “Inherited will. A man’s dream. The tides of the eras.” Both previous parts, at least in Japanese, have also been chapter titles and the titles of the volumes containing those chapters (chapter 145/volume 16 and chapter 224/volume 24). The English releases, unfortunately, have not maintained the same consistency of wording between the original quote and their chapter/volume titles. I really don’t want to become the kind of content creator you come to for a simple review and have to skim over him pitching his side projects, so I won’t go on too long, but catching these kinds of things is exactly why I wanted to start my One Piece Rewrite Project for so long. This is such a powerful set of series-long connections to draw and a shame for English readers not to have, but also not something you can blame the older translators for because it would take more than 20 years of foresight to know how important it was meant to be.

The colour spread has a very pleasant, summery vibe to it with some really strong colour work. It’s the coldest, wettest part of winter here, so I appreciate the reminder of warmer weather. Off-hand, the idea of a giant Nami and a lot of ice cream sounds like its reusing the concept from chapter 1011’s spread, but in practice the two look and feel different. But having seen the prototype with the crew building a model Merry, yeah, I wish we’d gotten that instead. It would have been a much better fit to celebrate the anniversary as well. Can only hope Oda decides to take another shot at the idea at some point.

Finally moving onto the chapter proper, the first thing that stands out is Luffy’s choice to elevate Bonney. He’s winding up his own attack when he notices her feelings, and, even without knowing the backstory himself, encourages her to participate in the final blow. This shows both an emotional perceptiveness and a willingness to share the spotlight that might scan as uncharacteristic of Luffy. But it feels like character growth to me. We saw this behaviour develop through his relationship with Momo, and it seems to have stuck. And boy does that final punch feel good. Bonney’s bit about her loneliness and the family she wanted to have is tragic and moving. Saturn well and truly earned that hit, even if he’s almost definitely not dead yet.

But I can’t help thinking this might have had more impact if this had been the first time Bonney achieved the Nika transformation. Let it be the giants and/or Strawhats who team up with Luffy to throw Mars away and save Bonney for the battle that’s personal to her. But whatever. Maybe the mood would have been wrong to achieve a Nika transformation if Saturn was already on deck. He’s not exactly a figure who inspires joy.

It might also have been cool to see Kuma contribute, but that tiny little smile he offers after it’s done speaks volumes. His survival, combined with Bonney’s little fantasy spot of living with him and Ginny, feels like death for Bonney’s odds of joining the crew. She’s got a home to return to that she’s been missing. Her happiest ending is getting it.

Vegapunk sneaks a few final revelations into his closing remarks. Connections are drawn between the Lunarians, Buccaneers and Three-eyes as races oppressed in relation to the Void Century. The first two we knew about, but as much sense as it makes, what with the ability to read Poneglyphs, the Three-eyes are not something I’d thought about tying into that thread. It’s reiterated, also, that the World Government might have usurped the top of the Red Line from the Lunarians. I wonder if the oni/ogres will eventually fall into this category as well?

And of course, we have the kick-off of the final scramble for the One Piece. Given what’s been said, it makes sense for the Marines to finally consider prioritising it to keep a pirate or Revolutionary from claiming the power the decide the fate of the world.

I’m going all in on the last spread being the key figures of this last war. Maybe Law and Kid could struggle back as wildcards, but I think Oda’s telling us they’ve lost their shot at being major contenders. Plus, we’ve got an existing wildcard in the totally unknown silhouetted figure down there. People are maybe jumping the gun being so quick to call him Shanks-y with so little info, but I am personally a believer in the evil twin theory. What’s sticking in my mind though, is how many of the faces shown are obstinately on the same side presently. Blackbead and Kuzan; Sabo and Dragon; and Sakazuki and Koby, who themselves are subordinate to Imu and Garling. I wonder if the suggestion is that each of these figures has some kind of their own agenda and could end up at odds with any of the others. For some, the divide is obvious. Kuzan’s true loyalties have been the subject of debate for years. SWORD making a splinter group of good Marines is on every final arc bingo card. But Sabo embracing his new solo identity as the Flame Emperor and creating friction with Dragon could be an interesting twist.

So that’s it. The world has caught up to where the readers are and the race for the prize has been officially declared. Things can only get really crazy from here. I’m tempted to use the break week to reread Egghead in full, but I’d rather save it for when the island is definitively done with, Emet and all, rather than have to adjust opinions over a last few chapters like when rereading Wano during the mid-epilogue break month.