#ch.1042

[akutagawa-daily]

Akutagawa daily 1042/★

[beaulesbian]

wano spoilers, ch. 1036-1042

i watched the ryuma one-shot before i got to the zoro vs king fight in wano, so only now i can appreciate the name of it even more! this connection between shimotsuki ryuma and zoro keeps getting better and better

plus the parallels of kaido and king, vs luffy and zoro are so insane! smth smth about saving a person (from navy/government) and they become so loyal to you and will want you to become the king of the pirates with their whole being, where your dream becomes their own in a way. different situations and people, but there's something soooo similar, it's very interesting! (one piece really doesn't have any captain and his right-hand man with just normal relationship aksjdskjd)

(and the luffy flashback!! even this one small panel of luffy from the mihawk fight and zoro promising to be stronger for him! to stand in future as the greatest swordsman beside king of the pirate!

it's so impactful! it's incredible how much it still gives zoro the strength after all that time. i will have to watch the anime of these parts, bc i read there's their first meeting scenes reanimated! can't wait to see that!)

zoro becoming king of hell after his fight with king and because of his enma sword?!! the sword that chooses its wielder and which wouldn't serve anyone weak, which recognizes what strength means to zoro and what his dreams/goals are?? incredible, brilliant, showstopping!

and then zoro seeing death itself?? and telling it not to kill him!

it rlly makes me wonder of these consequences of the drugs he took to become stronger. (which is another stuff i keep thinking about zoro and how he always thinks of himself as weak, not strong enough.. theres a lot to unpack here, but im so tired ;-;)

+ few chapters later, 1042, there was also one panel with luffy vs kaido that caught my attention, with luffy covering his mouth saying 'don't leave me yet, strength!' which is kind of unusual for him to say to himself something like that.

(which in combination of these two fights, where it could be assumed they're happening simultaneously, it's an interesting similarity - where neither zoro or luffy's body is listening to them much. one almost dead, the other losing strength...)

[kookoofufu]

Is it just me or do Wano's chapter titles go especially hard?

[larkreadsop]

Somehow I’m not surprised that these three are the only ones who would care about the concept of a schedule at all

[one-piecee]

#ONEPIECE1042

This week's chapter: Winners shouldn't need rationalizations.

Take-away from this chapter: Oda stays unpredictable like always.

First of all, I was so shocked reading this because this just came from nowhere and honestly I just thought that Drake was really stepping up right now but

I should have known that they wouldn't take down CP0 like that (but honestly, Izo took down one of the CP0 in one panel so it would'nt have been too big of a reach).

Anyways

The citizens of the flower capital are still writing wishes on the lanterns and raising them to the sky, and I would love for Luffy to take down Kaido with all of the wishes and lanterns flying in the sky.

We cut back to Kaido versus Luffy fighting, and Luffy still in Gear Fourth - although he's still worried his Gear Fourth is going to run out before he has time to defeat Kaido (which!! Listen!! I don't think Gear Fourth is his last power up though? Haven't we gotten a power-up for every fight, and yes I know we got Conqueror's Haki for this one but don't you think we could get something else?)

And only in One Piece will you find the main villain of the arc doing this:

What is Oda even on 😭 😭

And then!! Kaido "takes one out of" Luffy's book and looks into the future, which would make sense because there's no way the main opponent in Wano wouldn't have future sight!!

I've seen a lot of people (already) talk about how it's weird that Kaido didn't use FS before, but it really... isn't? We know Observation Haki can be draining, especially when you see into the future. Kaido wouldn't use FS unless he really thinks that he couldn't have escaped Luffy's attacks and when he's truly on the defense. It really makes sense, why would you show all of your powers immediately?

We've also got Kaido telling Luffy, after Luffy says the Samurai are strong: A brave face makes them strong? Winners shouldn't need rationalizations!! Which are you?! Winner or loser?!

-- Which is interesting. Could this be a facade? Is Kaido talking about himself in a way? (Remember his sad drunk/depressed drunk phase when he was crying about not being able to fight/being too weak and "something" being his fault?) I think we might actually delve into Kaido's past soon!!

Then Kaido and Luffy get ready to attack one last time (Luffy saying this is literally the last attack he has in him)

WHEN SNAKE ASS CP0 MEMBER COMES AND DOES IRON BODY TO HOLD DOWN LUFFY ?????? LITERALLY WHAT?????? I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN SO SOON IT WAS LITERALLY THE LAST CHAPTER WHEN THEY TOLD CP0 TO "ANNIHILATE" LUFFY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT THEM TO DO SO THIS SOON????

KAIDO WAS ABLE TO LAND A DIRECT HIT ON LUFFY TO KNOCK HIM OUT BECAUSE CP0 BUTTED IN LIKE THE SNAKE THAT HE IS LIKE WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT WHY IS IT WORTH RISKING YOUR LIFE JUST TO TAKE DOWN LUFFY DO YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS???? HE JUST RISKED ANGERING A DAMNED YONKO JUST TO TAKE DOWN LUFFY???? WHAT DID LUFFY DO WHO IS HE OH MY GOD

And also!! This has to mean something!!

This is Kaido's reaction to CP0 holding down Luffy, and a flashback of Oden's defeat gets brought to mind. It's sort of a parallell, and I'm pretty sure Kaido is going to go crazy in some way, but Luffy has to step back up and surpass that... damn

no break next week so we just gotta hope for some answers by then

[the-frizzle-fry]

Chapter 1042

Drake and CP0 doin the you are dead dance. Me:

Luffy bustin up Kaido. Me:

CP0 giving Kaido the unwanted double u. Me:

[mangamob]

[mangaritsu]

[ninhaoma-ya]

Chapter 1042 — Winners shouldn’t need rationalisations

This week won’t be as in-depth as usual. Partly because it’s a fight-heavy chapter with a lot of shoddy detailing, so I don’t have much to say about that. But also because it’s really hard to focus with a nuclear plant burning next door.

On with the story, in the hopes of better times to come.

Cover page was cute, pouting Pudding is such a 16-year old. Oven seems suspicious, though.

Some more info about CP9. Wonder why he envies Drake? Who doesn’t seem to be doing too well, getting a hole punched in his throat on the next page, and all.

I do like the layout/progression here as well, going from a focused shot on Drake’s sword to individual focus of both, to a closeup of The Agent.

Is that his face or a mask, by the way?

This is just a really nice pair of panels, with Onigashima falling into ruin (might be rushed drawing, might be Kaido’s powers weakening, but the supporting clouds seem less substantial/detailed than before) and Kaido being stuck between a rock (Luffy’s left fist) and a hard place (Luffy’s right fist).

Awakening?

And I’ll just collect all Drunk Kaido in one place:

I really like the thieving drunk, where his movement mirrors Luffy’s snakeman, although Kaido is drawn with a light streak as opposed to Luffy’s haki-coating.

This is just a really beautiful panel. Kaido being visibly annoyed at Luffy’s shenanigans in his mouth, while framing Onigashima from above. The clouds hovering over the island gives it further perspective — we’re really high here.

This is just a neat spread, with how Luffy interrupts Kaido’s attack. It’s also where we get the chapter title.

YOU SNEAKY LITTLE RAT.

Oh.

Oh no.

Look at how upset Kaido is, remembering the trickery that gave him the win over Oden. The anguish in his homicidal eyes, the surprise at CP0 being there.

Is this what the chapter title means? That Kaido didn’t really win over Oden and here he doesn’t really win the fight with Luffy. There is a rationalisation to his win, as there is to large people Luffy protects. They aren’t strong enough to stand on their own — but is Kaido strong enough, if his main battles have been won by cheating?

I wonder about The Agent as well. He does seem regretful here, gritting his teeth. Who could it be?

I give the chapter the possibility of awakening.

-

Just a short PSA:

At the moment it feels a bit too much to read about fighting in One Piece. I’ll probably keep up with it since it is escapism, but with how the world turns right now, the content is heavy. We’ll see how much energy I have next time.

[sashi-ya]

Manga spoilers, kinda.

I just read some spoilers for 1042, and this has nothing to do but I come to think about something... Where the fuck is Sanji? We have seen every Mugiwara except him since Ch. 1036

WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING, MR. PRINCE? 🤭😏

[larkreadsop]

Once again we get a chapter that’s pretty much taken up by a fight so there’s not much to discuss but Luffy does put a time limit on himself because Gear Four can’t last indefinitely.

[uozlulu]

manga spoilers

My take away from the end of ch 1042 is boy what similar noses to the point in which they almost look like the same nose but with a little cybernetic tweaking

[dcmkscreenshots]

AHHHH I’M DYING SHINICHI’S SO GOOD AT INTUITING RAN’S FEELINGS

(Ch. 1039-1042: Lover Code Case)

[crouton-knight]

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

It's been a while since I've done this so here we go! Titles under the cut.

Chaptered fics

Arrhythmia (ch. 2) MadoHomu 0/2500

The Curse of House Carnall (2nd letter) 881/??

Mellifairies species doc, 1950/??

raze the sky in engine fire (ch. 13) SolKat 2324/2500

I'll Set You Up Against The Stars (ch. 2) DaveRose 1811/2500

Cascade (rewrite) (ch. 1) Sollux-centric idk 1779/2500

Private Relations and Resources (ch. 1) variousKat 1704/2500

The Theater of Dr. Zhuang (ch 2: City of Gold) DaveKat 1466/2500

Helter-Skelter (ch. 5) (DaveKat) 1289/2500

we daren't go a-hunting/for fear of little men (ch. 3) EriFefKat, 1211/2500

An Unfortunate Honor: Bearing, Duty, And Other Troubles (ch. 15) Karnaya 1198/2500

On Monsters Fair And Fearsome (ch. 3) 950/2500

Alternia Shuffle (ch. 7) DaveKat 812/2500

space cowboy disaster zone (ch. 8) DaveKat 797/2500

Jade (ch. 1) (working title) 710/2500

Stranger Stars and Suns (ch. 6) various 576/2500

Blood Worship (ch. 3) variousKat 509/2500

Danse Macabre (ch. 5) DaveKat 158/3000

Gardens of Coral and Pearl (ch. 10) EriDirk 110/2500

The Menagerie (ch. 9) various, primarily EquiKat 0/2500

Skaia City: Underground (ch. 4) gen 0/2500

Straight on 'til morning (ch. 1/5) variousKat 0/1000

Rabbit Heart (ch. 1) variousKat 0/2500

One-shot fics

Brother Lover: My Elder Bro Is A Pervert Loser And I Think I Might Be One Too!? (BroDave) (3422/5000)

Lawyer-in-a-box: Defrost 5 Minutes (space trucker, Dual/OC) 1042/5000

evening star (self indulgent OC/OC helmsman thing) PORTHOLES ZINE (UNKNOWN DATE) 0/3500

Star Shanty (steampunk, RoseMary) 4695/??

Matches and Tar (steampunk, SolKat) 4613/??

Equinox - (DirkJohn fantasystuck) 2270/??

Daddy AF (mixed world, DadKat) 2187/??

Price of an Empire, or, A Mutant MechPilot Gets Fucked (space opera, variousKat) 1095/??

The Oddities of Jake English (horror, DirkJake) 857/??

[untitled beach episode] (Earth C, DaveKat) 621/??

Let's Get Physical (kinky EquiNepKat) 539/??

go fuck yourself (time travel, Karkat selfcest) 0/??

Milk-Slime Treatment (Marzipan - original series) 0/??

Lays of Legend (Marzipan - original series) 0/??

[detectiveran]

Hey... do you remember which chapter it was, that had the flashback to Baby ShinRan eating donuts? I know it was definitely after Ch. 1000, but can't quite pin it down.

It’s Chapter 1042. 

[wheresyumeno]

Last seen: Vol. 8 ch. 31 (released around 4th September 2015 in Japan) or Second season, episode 9 (released 30th November 2016 in Japan)

It has been 1042 days.