#hawkins coming for zoro and luffy together.... it is so over for him it has never been more over | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

cienie-isengardu · 2 years

Text

The Development of Law and Zoro relationship: Wano, Clash of Authority

<Part I: Before Meeting>> <<Part II: Sabaody Archipelago, The First Meeting>> <<Part III: Punk Hazard: The Alliance (A)__(B)>> <<Part IV: Dressrosa, The Breaking Point (The Plan Failed)__ (Saving Law)__(Protecting Law)__ (Birdcage, Pica and Doflamingo)__ (Aftermath)>> <<Part V: Zou, The Kindred Spirits (Traveling Together)__(Searching for Nakama)__ (Reunion)__ (Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance)__(The Last Moments before War)>> Part VI: Wano, Against Emperors (The Untold Journey)__(Luffy & Zoro Means Troubles…)__(...and Law Is Not Happy About That)__(Separated Again)__(Clash of Authority)

Luffy and Zoro were separated from friends and in result, had their own adventures that ultimately led them to

obtain an important power-up (Luffy learned how to better utilize haki, Zoro got a powerful sword)

strengthen ties with Oden’s children - Momonosuke and Hiyori respectively.

The storyline of Wano Arc highlights the equality between both characters, about what I talked a bit more here. In meanwhile, Law stayed with samurais, his crew and remanding Straw Hats, helping to gain allies before the planned raid on Kaido’s mansion, until the plot did not separate him too from others (chapter 940)

During that time, Trafalgar has a chance to interact with Zoro’s crewmembers and those moments are a good way to see his and Zoro’s relationship from a different perspective. Law’s interactions with Usopp, Sanji and Robin are especially good examples to analyze.

In the previous part, I already announced Law’s “arising conflicts” with male Strawhats. So far it wasn’t outright any serious argument that made him feel antagonized toward allies yet once there is no Luffy or Zoro around, an unresolved matter of leadership will come up more and more often.

The issue of authority could be seen in chapter 922 (the whole scene was discussed more voluminously in the previous part)

where Law openly shut down Sanji’ critice, and looking at Sanji’s reaction, Trafalgar’s angry reaction was unexpected. Nami and Chopper were the ones that actually calmed the situation by rightly assuming the mess was Luffy’s fault anyway and apologizing for whatever their captain did.

When Luffy was defeated by Kaido (chapter 924) and taken to prison, there is no information that anyone blamed Law for not saving him. Straw Hats of course believed in Luffy’s unbreakable spirit and worked along others to recruit as many as possible loyal followers of Kozuki’s clan (chapter 926).

When X-Drake and Page One showed up in capitol to deal with Soba cook (Sanji) for beating men of Kyoshiro’s family alongside Basil Hawkins in his search for Law, Straw Hats and Trafalgar at first worked well. Law warned his allies that they shouldn’t fight against X-Drake and Hawkins because both will recognize them, thus the plan will be put in danger and so we see them running away together although still exchanging their opinions on that matter (chapter 930).

↪ Law isn’t Straw Hats captain, not their superior but he was telling everyone what they should and shouldn’t do, including demanding that if any of them get caught, they better let the enemy kill them than spill the guts about the plan or Minks. Usopp, understably, did not take that well and even compared Law to Luffy who would never demand from his crew members anything like that. And although it is true that Luffy wouldn’t say stuff like that Zoro in fact showed this “better die than fail” mindset before, in Enies Lobby arc:

“Losing a fight means losing time. Everyone, win even if it kills you!” [chapter 400]

Back then no Straw Hats questioned such “order”, including Usopp who joined others to save Robin but himself, officially, wasn’t part of the crew anymore. Of course, such words coming from Zoro, a trusted first mate, and Law, an allied pirate but not close friend really, will always be received differently.

→ Surprisingly, the matter of Law not being their captain (a superior) came after Law’s further instructions that in itself were very pragmatic. Here Usopp openly questioned his authority (“Who made you our captain?!”) and said he will choose his own life over the plan. The next frames present that threat as Usopp’s lie to make Sanji openly promise to protect him but in all fairness, Usopp knows Sanji well enough to be sure his comrade would protect him anyway. Because of that the statement stands out regardless of the final outcome. At the same time, Law was openly showing his anger at those two, for not being serious in the time of crisis.

(Once the proper battle with Kaido and Big Mom will occur, Law’s “die to save plan” mindset will take turn by 180 degrees, but let’s save it for discussion at an appropriate time.)

Despite Law’s warnings and instructions, Sanji went to face the Page One who was terrorizing local, innocent people. Usopp and Franky were concerned about Sanji’s choice while Law was more irritated judging by the puff of irritation and his very uncaring “Who cares about town? Just forget it” (chapter 931).

There is no clash with Straw Hats in regard to choice of action but there is pretty visible contrast in care or lack therefore for innocent people. In that case, this is another example in which Law outright states (shows) indifference to what happens with people who aren’t his crew or allies. It could be seen on Punk Hazard when he helped save children because Luffy (in Nami’s name) demanded it or during Dressrosa, when Law was ready to sacrifice whole country just to destroy Doflamingo or even few chapters ago he was irritated by Luffy and Zoro providing fresh water and food to starving folktowns. I personally don’t think that Luffy or Zoro would question Sanji’s decision, trusting their comrade.

There is however an instance change in Law’s reaction once Sanji starts using Germa’s suit.

Franky and Usopp, like always, were fascinated by the mystery gear. Law outright admitted to being a fanboy who hates the Germa 66 and said that in the most serious tone while Sanji got irritated by the whole situation. So we could assume that Law feels enough comfy in the presence of Straw Hats to be so open about his personal childhood hobby and nerd opinions. On Zou he too showed this side of himself, yet his interest in ninja seemed more a quiet occurrence and happening kinda just around Zoro who also kept some distance from the “center of ninja enthusiasm”.

During Sanji’s fight with Page One, Law was the one commenting and explaining to the rest of Straw Hats the whole deal with “Black Stealth”’s powers, including a source of such knowledge (comics strip in newspaper). Usopp, a nerdy man himself, instead of be impressed by such precise knowledge, actually was rather disturbed(?) by it (chapter 931).

When Sanji got hit by an enemy, Franky and Usopp showed concern for their comrade while Law came back to his natural, unmoved calmness. His “Those ancient types don’t mess around” comment sounds alike to Zoro, as in, not showing distress for Sanji - in case of Roronoa we may be sure his usual calmness comes from trust in Sanji’s skills, however with Law it is hard to say. Considering that once the fight gets more destructive, we could see Law, Usopp and Franky running away (as Sanji told them at the beginning), I think it is safe to assume Law too put some trust in Black Leg.

Since Usopp was asking why they’re leaving Sanji, it is most likely Law’s decision to get out once the attention of the enemy was focused on Black Leg. His decision once again comes from pragmatism than anything else.

The next time the manga presents Law with (male) Straw Hats, they were hiding in Ebisu Town. Sitting together in the room, the four of them were discussing the matters of latest events, including the death of beautiful Oiran (chapter 934).

↪ Unsurprisingly, Sanji was the most affected by the death of stunning woman while Law was totally unaffected by the event. That in fact makes him very much like Zoro, who also shows no concern for the beauty of women. The interaction between uncaring Law and angry Sanji reminds of the typical Zoro-Sanji dynamic.

↪ Law reading a newspaper to keep track of all needed information (similar to Zoro in Water 7 arc and post-Dressrosa scene) and showed interest in Eustass Kid. Law had knowledge of Kid-Hawkins alliance and was focused on news that Kid broke out from prison. Franky and Usopp paid attention to Law’s musing while Sanji’s perverted nature was solely focused on women in the bathhouse. Law’s reaction to his perversion wasn’t included but it is easy to imagine he wasn’t impressed by Sanji’s distraction. Straw Hats for sure weren’t and they are his comrades.

In Ebisu Town, the group met Yasuie, a new friend of Zoro. In contrast to Straw Hats, Law did not react much to Yasuie’s laughing at the fact there are plenty of empty houses because so many people die out of hunger. The man also told them about Zoro’s departure. In manga, the characters' reactions were put only in speech bubbles that aren’t even easy to tell which person said what. In anime though the mention of missing each other was clearly something that Law got interested in and he didn’t sound happy about such outcome. He at least didn’t voice the high possibility that Roronoa may get lost somehow, as Franky did (episode 931). Law was also the first to notice that Sanji disappeared.

As it turned out, Sanji was using Germa’s Black Stealth suit to gather information and spy on women in public bathouse. It is him who learned about the captured Heart Pirate crew to lure Trafalgar into a trap. While running away from the enemy, he said to Nami, Robin and Shinobu they must “get Law under control or the entire city will plunge into chaos” (chapter 936). This is an interesting detail since Sanji heard Trafalgar’s demands to put mission over own safety yet he assumed the Supernova would do something drastic to save his crew. And to be honest, he wasn’t wrong about that.

Chapter 938 is the most important moment defining the relationship between Law, other Straw Hats and samurai, as the one scene when the shaken balance of power - lack of Luffy and Zoro - became the most crucial. Because the plan leaked to the enemy, Shinobu accused Bepo and other captured pirates of betrayal and Law did not take that kindly.

Here some thought on that matter:

⏩ Law has been working with Straw Hats for awhile already. Despite some smaller conflicts here and there, in general they all were on good terms. Yet during the heated argument, with exception of Sanji, Straw Hats did not get involved much and specifiely, did not in any meaningful way support Law. Only Sanji actively tried to calm down the conflict but due to his treacherous stunt pulled in a public bathhouse, all his talk about trust between comrades was shut down by Nami and Shinobi (anime) since at that moment, he was the least trusted person.

Zoro would never be put in such situation for the simple fact he does not act on romantic or sexual desires and through the course of manga, has never broke the trust given by female characters, never had took any chance to peek at or grope their bodies. Which really makes him one of the safest men to be around for women. Zoro may not be the most respectful speaking person but for sure he does respect other people’s boundaries. And because of that, it is easy to imagine if he was there and told that comrades must trust each other, Nami would have no reason to insult his person. Similar to Luffy.

⏩ Franky, Robin, Usopp barely did add anything to the argument:

Usopp’s one comment was just how Shinobu’s mindset about killing captured comrades was scaring him even though in private talk with Nami he admitted to not hold any grudge toward Bepo and the rest, if they actually told the enemy everything (chapter 940). But such support wasn’t voiced to Law or samurais back then.

Franky and Robin simply watched the unfolding of the situation - what in case of Robin is really surprising, since she and Law had mutual respect and trust going between them.

Nami was angry at Sanji and she even beat him for what happened in the bathhouse. In the mentioned private talk with Usopp, she admitted to understanding Shinobu’s frustration over the whole situation although she too didn’t show any anger at Heart Pirates. In fact, like the rest of the crew, she did not openly support any side of the conflict.

⏩Sanji tried but failed to take control over the crisis or stop Law from leaving. In the anime the discussed scene was extended. One of the most important additions was Law’s reaction to Sanji's efforts.

The outright stated “You can’t tell me what to do, Blackleg-ya! (episode 934) once again comes down to the clash of authority. Nor Sanji, Usopp, Nami, Robin, Franky, nor the samurai were above him and he wasn’t bound to listen to anyone. On Zue it was made clear that leaders of the Pirate-Samurai-Mink alliance were equal.

⏩ Even if Luffy couldn’t order Law to do anything against his will, Luffy’s presence would definitely have an impact on the situation. Since Straw Hat himself is very nakama-oriented, he wouldn’t stand silent when Shinobu talked about killing Law’s comrades when there wasn’t even any proof of their betrayal. Law most likely wouldn’t want Luffy to get involved with saving Heart Pirates because Luffy already brought too much enemy’s attention but at least he would be given the needed support. Zoro’s mindset is more complicated, colder than Luffy’s but here is a thing - alliance is a form of deal and one that needs trust to remain valid. Zoro has a very clear idea of trust and honoring deals, what was seen in various situations, from joining Luffy (agreeing to very specific terms of their deal), then the matter of letting Usopp come back to the crew (not letting in someone who they can’t fully trust) to hostage crisis in King Neptune’s Palace (telling Usopp to free hostages since they failed to hold up their end of the deal, ’’We promised the hostages wouldn’t be harmed’’, chapter 617).

On Punk Hazard, when the alliance was freshly made, Law showed great concern about many things that needed to be done in a certain way for the plan to succeed, including stopping Buffalo and Baby 5 who got their hands on Caesar (chapter 695). Usopp took this task upon himself (“Leave it to me. Taking down flying enemies is the sniper’s job!) yet Law clearly wanted to stop the enemy all by himself because failing now would put the whole plan in danger - what sounds very similar to the current problem in Wano where a crucial part of the great scheme was threatened. Back then Straw Hats demanded from Law to believe in them (Luffy’s “Whoa, whoa. Usopp said to leave it to him”, Zoro’s “Don’t think just cuz he has a long nose our sniper can’t do his job!”, Nami’s “Are we in alliance or not?! We’d appreciate a little trust!!!”). Yet now, when Law asked alliance to trust his crew - or at least, to give them the benefit of doubt (“We’ll get to the bottom of this once we rescue and ask them!”), he got nothing of the sort. Available Straw Hats (except Sanji) didn’t get involved in the argument and didn't openly support any side. What is quite surprising, considering how Straw Hats are usually vocal about their feelings or support for befriended people.

This is why I think Zoro’s presence would be beneficial for Law. Because Trafalgar put a trust in Straw Hats when they demanded it, despite how much his plan depended on barely familiar people. Not trusting Law’s crew now, in a similar critical situation, would be not only unfair but also against the principle of alliance. Even more since there was no real proof of Heart Pirate crew’s betrayal, just assumption on Shinobu's part, clearly fueled by her own feelings (and Zoro doesn’t like to rely on emotions when it comes to choosing the best course of action). We may only wonder how different the scene would play if Zoro was there, to either support Law or at least to acknowledge Law’s arguments.

(And even if Zoro was there to support Law, the man could still be against taking Roronoa with himself on a rescue mission. The same as Luffy, Zoro has a bad habit of bringing unwanted attention of the enemy).

⏩ In the end, it was Kanjuro who stood up fo Law. Not as the “you should trust him” but as a reminder that not everything will go according to the plan and how samurais need the help of pirates to defeat Kaido.

Considering everything that happened - Shinobu’s blaming Heart Pirates, Sanji’s attempt to stop Law from saving his crew and silence of the rest of Straw Hats - Law’s final decision of leaving Ebisu Town shouldn’t come as a surprise. Nor his angry words (chapter 940).

“Don’t forget the fact that you doubted the loyalty of my crew. If we can’t trust each other in moments like this then I can’t expect to entrust my safety to you when the fighting is fierce.”

Available at that time Straw Hats and Shinobu failed the big test of trust before battle even started. From all of Zoro's friends, the manga showed only the reaction of Usopp and Nami who privately talked together about Law’s choice of leaving. Usopp hoped Trafalgar would decide to come back, didn’t blame Heart Pirates if they actually told the enemy everything (as Nami pointed out, because he would do the same, as she would too) and showed irritation at Shinobu who caused the rift in the alliance. Nami showed no opinion of Trafalgar’s angry decision in that discussion - in fact, she defended Shinobu what makes sense The two women worked together as spies in the last days and in process become quite close but also, Nami was once in a similar situation, living under cruel tyrant like Arlong. Shinobu’s frustration was understable to her.

In the end, to save his crew, Law agreed to exchange himself for their safety. In result, he was tortured by enemy who wanted to gain intel about Straw Hats and the goals of their alliance (chapter 950). Despite what happened between Trafalgar and Shinobu, Law did not betray his comrades.

Nami was glad to see Heart Pirates back in Ebisu Town (chapter 951) and the men claimed they were lucky and managed to run away on their own when in truth, their captain ordered them to keep quiet about this (“Don’t tell Straw Hat and the others that I’ve been caught!”).

The question is, was that solely a pragmatic decision on Law’s part, as in, to avoid more complications, especially if someone decided to come and save him - or was there some distrust in light of recent argument with Shinobu? Whatever the case, Law took it upon himself to secure his crew’s safety and apparently had a plan or two how to play the situation. He managed to beat down his oppressor(s) and gather important intel about what happened to the alliance between Kid, Hawkins and Appo (chapter 954).

(Interestingly, Zoro wasn’t named by name, it was solely Luffy and everyone else put into “the others” category though it could come from the simple fact that Zoro wasn’t around Ebisu Town for a few days already and even if Law saw him during Yasuie’s execution, he could also see him running away with woman under his protection. Anyway, Roronoa wasn’t the main source of potential trouble, not like Luffy at least.)

Ultimately, with help of X-Drake, Law got out of prison but did not go to the hideout of the alliance and wasn’t seen before meeting on the sea at the day of raid. Through the chapters, Sanji and Nami were shown caring about Heart Pirates crew (Sanji noticed the lack of Heart Pirates between captured and imprisoned samurais which suggest he was looking after them, Nami was glad to see them again), Chopper outright called Law a very powerful ally, Kinemon was worried about not hearing from Law. In contrast, Shinobu’s opinion on Trafalgar’s absence was pretty low (“If he doesn’t show up, that’s no skin off our back, is it?”, chapter 955). Law too seemed to hold some grudge against samurais just before the raid, because though he saved them at sea, he outright said “This isn’t your samurai garrison [ …] I’m not helping you! Get off!” (chapter 975).

(The samurai ultimately learned the truth that Heart Pirates weren’t responsible for the leak from Kanjuro in chapter 974 yet there was no apology for doubting them and Law so far. Of course, in the end, samurais traveled with Law to Kaido’s mansion so I think it is safe to assume that whatever tension was between Heart Pirates and samurais, it was put to rest, somehow.)

Before they got to Kaido’s mansion however, Law told Kinemon to not bother explaining to Luffy the plan. As he argued (and apparently, his opinion this time holds a great weight between samurais), there will be at least two idiots to not follow it (chapter 977).

“No matter what kind of plan you put together, I can think of approximately two idiots who will charge straight in regardless!”

In anime it was pretty clear Law meant Luffy and Eustass however manga is more vague about who he meant and I wouldn’t be surprised if Zoro was counted as one of the “idiots”. Eustass is of course an understable candidate too, but Law had more experiences working with Straw Hats than Eustass and Zoro proved to be as insane as his captain when it comes to finding trouble and not following the plan.

This nevertheless did not eliminate the clash of authority between pirates, because once Eustass Kid joined the alliance, the dynamic between Law and Luffy changed in visible ways every time the three captains were together. Zoro, on another hand, seemed to work well with every allied Supernova, but that of course will be a subject of the next part.

Here some additional thoughts:

→ Law is willing to sacrifice innocent people for his or alliance’s plans as long as safety of his crew is secured. He showed that uncaring attitude while working with Straw Hats - and yet Sanji was pretty sure Law’s cold-pragmatic mindset does not include his own men.

→ Trafalgar’s mindset about trust seems to be similar to Zoro’s. Also they share the willingness to stay behind, so they crewmembers could run away, as could be seen when Law agreed to exchange himself for captured nakama. Both men aren’t afraid of pain or putting themselves in danger..

→This part of the Wano arc seems to mirror Punk Hazard. During Punk Hazard, Straw Hats crew kept putting safety of each other (and saved children) above Law’s grand scheme (for example chapter 693, in which they refuse to get into cart cause not all of their people were there) while in Wano, it is Law who is putting his crew about alliance’s plan. The difference though is that Law compiled to Luffy’s wishes while when Law himself needed the trust of his pirate allies, he got almost nothing.

→ Jimbei officially joining Straw Hats for sure shaken the power balance of the pirate alliance. He is, after all, a former warlord and a well respected (formed) captain of famus Sun Pirates. Law and Kid were pretty shocked by the turn of events and it seems Straw Hats did not mention to Trafalgar about Jimbei’s decision to join them.

→ So far, Law’s angry words about betrayed trust didn’t influence much of his choices during battle, albeit it seems he does not forgive easily insulting his crew. Of course, the harsh words to samurais to get off his submarine may be just his natural gruffness.

→ Lack of Luffy or Zoro really seems to set off the balance between allied pirate crews. Straw Hats cares about Heart Pirates and interacts with Law with little to no problems, but the matter of authority came up at least a few times. In previous arcs such arguments did not arise.

→ In chapter 938, when Zoro got seriously injured by Kamazo, his first thought was “Damn. Not when the big battle’s so soon!” Which shows how Zoro and Law had a similar mindset about injuries just before the raid. These could influence their effectiveness in combat and reduce the chance of winning. Despite the pragmatic approach, both get into trouble to save someone else and in process got seriously hurt.

→The previously mentioned information from SBS vol. 72 stated that Law addresses Nami as Nami-ya and Robin as Nico-ya instead of his typical nicknames (Straw Hat-ya, Nose-ya, Black Leg-ya, Robo-ya, Bone-ya). From the group of Straw Hats (not counting Jimbe who in Wano joined the crew just before the battle and so Law did not have much a chance to interact yet), so far only:

Zoro and Nami are addressed by their real name

Robin and Chopper are addressed by their surname

Of course, this is debatable which Law’s way of addressing people is more respectable - the more straightforward by name (that from what I heard may not be so polite in Japanese culture) or by surname but there is no doubt that these four for this or another reason are unique.

→ Like Zoro, Trafalgar isn’t affected by female beauty. He does not shows any romantic or sexual atraction toward women and definitely is not perverted. In that regard alone, he is a pretty safe man to be around and I strongly believe it to be one of the reasons why Robin and Nami like and respect him. Generally speaking, Zoro and Law are introverted and at times difficult men and they do not give trust easily to people around them beside their respective crew members. Robin is especially appreciated by Law, what was seen in the flashback from Zou (chapter 996)

Law told Robin about his hidden D. name and even called her the only person he would tell this secret. However, does that means he wouldn’t trust Zoro or is that rather the fact that Roronoa - like Luffy - does not care and can’t give Law the needed answers he sought. In contrast, Robin has knowledge and skill to learn the truth but has no obligation to share information with Trafalgar. Law sharing a personal secret may be less about trust (though he did trust Robin, there is no doubt) and more about making a deal. He offered something personal, to show no ill will and to get in return the needed data.

→ The bond between Robin and Zoro deserves a separate analysis, but for now what is important is how similar they are. Both are the “darker” members of the crew, always ready to face any danger, to fight and, if necessary kill, putting their nakama’s wellbeing above anything else. Both are also introverted, perceptive and not easily trusting people around them. In the last regard, Robin and Zoro are similar to Law, so I strongly suspect this is why the three of them get along so well.

→ In the Dressrosa arc, Nami made a speech how Straw Hats can’t fail Law who sacrificed himself for their sake and for the success of the mission. Now, although Law and Nami did not clash at all, she didn’t show much open support for Law. Frankly, it feels like she was more supportive of Shinobu than him in her private talk with Usopp.

Next part: Supernovas

#one piece #trafalgar law #roronoa zoro #The development of Law’s relationship with Zoro #wano arc #the moment zoro and luffy are out of picture #there is more direct clashes between law and alliance #especially usopp sanji and shinobu #or it is just me?#i'm really sad how straw hats didn't show law more support during his argument with shinobu

28 notes · View notes

crapitskizaru · 6 years

Text

Partner with an incurable disease: The Supernovas Edition

Hi! It's me again! I really enjoy your blog ❤ thanks for making me squeal everytime I log in to Tumblr ❤ By the way, I have something to ask again! Can you do a h/c where Luffy, Law, Zoro, X-Drake, Bonney, Hawkins, Kidd, Killer, Apoo, Urogue and Capone (basically Supernovas) react to finding out their s/o with a terminal disease? Like, its an incurable one? (coz I'm an evil brat, sorry not sorry, mwahaha) that even Law's ability can't do shit? I hope this is not too much! Have a nice day dear!

Warning: angst af and a rather long post ahead

Monkey D. Fluffy

“I don’t care, I’m not going to let you die!”

we all know he’d never accept this, and try to prevent the inevitable, even if he’s not really sure what to do and which medications he should seek for

Luffy wouldn’t really try to dig into the reason for his partner’s condition, he just needs a simple task that he can follow in order for them to survive

and when they don’t, even despite the boy’s pure intentions, he feels just as if he lost Ace for the second time

it would take a long time, and a lot of support from the Strawhats for the boy to get over it

Trafalgar Law

“I’m a doctor. You’re not leaving me, (Name)-ya. Not on my watch.”

but after all the check-ups and tests, deep down he knows there’s nothing to prevent their death, and that no matter how much he tries, the end result with always be the same

with this realization, he’d also lose his sense of purpose and all the goals that he wanted to achieve

“If you die...What else would be left in this world for me?”

so the man watches as life slowly leaves his partner’s body and soul with numb resignation, and would remain the same after their death

his crew would be the one to lift him up somehow, but it wouldn’t be enough for sure

he gets even more bitter, even more distant and empty, but I think he’d carry on until he either becomes the Pirate King or helps Luffy in becoming one

and after that, he feels like he can finally let it all go and indulge into his sadness, since there’s nothing else left for him to do

Roronoa Zoro

“How long do we have left?”

as much as he despises the sheer idea of it, he’d try to accept the facts and make peace with them, the sooner the better

wants to spend the whole time with them, not even necessarily talking, just simply being together and enjoying the simplest things about life

he wouldn’t talk much, if not at all, trying to remember every detail of their face, the tone of their voice and the manner in which they talk, to have something to remember

his coping mechanism involves spending his entire time training, exercising, getting stronger, to make sure he won’t fail his captain the same way he failed his partner

since, in his heart, he feels like it’s his fault they died, and that he could have done something to prevent it

Drake the T-rex

“No, please.”

he wants to cherish every moment he spends with his partner, whether on simple conversations, making promises, or staring off at the open ocean

makes sure they see as many wonders of the world as possible, that they are in their happiest state with no regrets

“That’s the least I can do for you.”

at night, when he holds them in his arms and listens to their calm breathing, he can’t help but shed a few tears, knowing that there’ll come a day when they won’t be around anymore, that he won’t be able to get their advice or simply trust anyone with his fears

as their body gets close to giving up, the man shifts into his most vulnerable state and sheer frustration

since he sees the only person who gives him hope, and who he can confide in, literally dying in front of his eyes and there’s nothing he can do

i don’t think he’d ever be able to form a relationship with anyone anymore, not after something like this

Jewelry Bonney

“No. No, you’re not.”

whenever she sees her partner, feels their touch, holds them in her arms, or simply hears them talk, she can’t help but burst into tears

“Tell me what to do. Tell me and I’ll do it.”

she’d seek for a cure, all the way till the end, so that she will be able to say that she’s done everything in her power to help them

would spend a lot of time either hugging them, or relishing in their closeness in their calming embrace

wants to remember all the little things about them - the way they smelled, talked and their daily habits

also keeps their personal items in a closed box on the shelf, so that she’ll be able to remember all those details, even years later

she’s secretly afraid that, after some time passes, she won’t be able to conjure up the contours of their face and how they looked, it’s just terrifying

Basil Hawkins

“Wait for me up there.”

I think he’d be most at peace with it, out of all those rebels

he might have even predicted it? so that, when his partner confessed, he already knew all about it

the man may be caught on tenderly caressing their cheek or hair while they’re asleep, telling them all about his plans and goals for the future that he’d normally never reveal, to anyone

he wants them to know just how much trust he puts in them, and that he won’t hold any secrets from them

also, would want to hear all about their own ambitions and unfulfilled dreams, so that, once they let it all out, they’ll be able to die cleansed, with dignity

after their death, Hawkins won’t let his goals out of sight, but would secretly wait to join his lover, and try to predict the moment of his own death

Eustass Kid

"What are you talking about? Don’t fucking lie.”

mostly denial, mixed with pure rage and frustration

would probably take it all out on his ship’s doctor, and even his lover couldn’t reason with him on this

all the time that they have left, Kid spends on circling around getting himself hammered and carrying out slaughters, since his blood lust is getting unbearable and he can’t restrict it anymore

it gets even worse when his lover dies, and he gets the news while coming back to the ship while drunk out of his mind

the regret would be literally eating him alive, but it’s his rage that won’t let him lose himself in the sorrows

his idea of making it up for his partner is becoming as strong as possible and getting the title of the Pirate King

after their death, he won’t recall the times they’ve spent together much, since he doesn’t want to weaken himself, and he’s aware that it can bring him down to rock bottom

but, during the nights, he does it nonetheless, he’s not able to stop and, what’s worse, forgive himself, even in a million years

Killer

“There must be something that I can do.”

he wants to help, he wants to cure them, to prevent it somehow, or at least drag it out in time for as long as possible

their alone moments would be filled with anxiety and pure sorrow, at least until Killer realizes that’s not how he wants to spend their last moments

he starts to talk, a lot, and envelops them with his arms whenever they’re together, breathing in their scent and trying to imprint it in his memories

above all, the man wants them to pass away with dignity and in his embrace, doesn’t matter how hard it’ll be for him, their comfort is the number one priority

i don’t think he’d seek for any other partners after their death, it feels like a wrong thing to do for him

Apoo

“I know what to do.”

acts like he indeed has it under complete control, to give his partner the feeling of safety

would want them to cherish and have fun in every moment - whatever they like, he’s there to supply them with his music, since it’s the most heartfelt thing he can give them

the man hides his sorrow very well, and directs his focus towards his lover, and his lover only

also makes sure they’ve seen all, or most of what there in the world to see - he can’t imagine dying without having the sense of fulfillment

Apoo would prefer them to pass away in his arms, listening to his farewell song and staring off at the ocean’s horizon, because that’s what he’d like to see in his last moments

Capone Bege

“I’ll take care of our child, my dear.”

if his dearest wife ever died, the man would be devastated, going through all of the stages of sorrow, and then mourning

meaning, he’d eventually move on and try to raise their kid as well as he can, while conjuring up the memory of his wife as often as possible

when watching her slowly passing away, he makes sure they spend their moments together, as a family, and he tries to bury his anger and frustration deeply, so that she won’t have anything to be upset with

he’s a tender man, he wouldn’t hide his tears in front of his child, he wants them to see how important his wife was, and how cruel life can turn out to be sometimes

Urouge

“What am I supposed to do when you’re gone?”

he strongly believes in fate, but this would be the kind of situation when he desperately tries to avoid/change it, seeking out for a cure

upon failing, the man blames himself the most, not even bothering to hide his tears while spending the last moments holding his partner in his arms

he wants to know all about their unfulfilled dreams, goals and aims in life, so that maybe, one day, he’d be able to turn them into reality, in their memory

Urouge also keeps all their personal things in his room, getting sentimental whenever his eyes land on one of those

would eventually move on, and only find a new love if fate brings it to him, he doesn’t look for one on his own

417 notes · View notes

yoshi4sushi · 6 years

Photo

(purupurupuru) (purupurupuru) (gocha!)

BOO! Happy Halloween days! I hope everyone had a good weekend. Everyone got their costume ready? Be safe and enjoy a spooky of candy, party, and fun! With that said, let’s get this week’s news on the road. We have much to share with you. First off, last week’s chapter was a total meltdown. Kaidou shows up at Leftover village. Luffy and the gang are shocked to see the great man himself appear for the first time. Everyone is panicking that their plan to foil and raid his castle would be revealed, but Luffy went out right away so that everyone’s whereabouts are kept secret. Law then of course had no choice, but to go after the rubber captain to stop him from making the situation worse now that he knocked out Holdem. At the village, Kaidou demands Jack if he had seen Luffy, but he had no answer to provide him. However, Hawkins did rat out and that he seen him and the gang at the ruins of Oden castle. Of course, Kaidou was all drunk to stay on his errr…um… on his scales. So he sees the ruins and throws a powerful fire spit at the ruins. At the end, Luffy was angry to see that the gang’s life was threatened and lands a powerful punch on Kaidou’s head. YIKES! The angry arises. How will the powerful yonkou react to his threat? Is raid plan gonna be ruined? Guess we’ll see this week. Don’t miss it. Next, this past weekend’s episode was ballistic! Luffy was able to escape from mirror world so he can regain his strength, but he and Brulee showed up at Nuts Island with Big Mom causing so much rampage and struggling to escape from her wrath. Meanwhile, Sanji and the girls finished the cake. The handsome chef is in disguise and everyone was awed to see the fluffy cake. Just as they were about to leave, Oven stands in their way. He allowed Pudding and the chefs to pass, but he attacks poor Chiffon for her betrayal and allowing Bege to assassinate their mother. Just was he was about to attack, dearest daddy, but cowardly Mr. Pound shows up to her rescue unknown to her of his identity. Sanji then jumps in and kicks Oven and rescued Chiffon. At the end, just when they were able to escape, Oven appears again and takes Chiffon as hostage. However, the beloved gangster husband, Bege, arrived at Chocolat town ready to lay his life down to rescue his beloved wife. Next time, Luffy and Bege are ready for round to take down their enemies. Will they succeed? Don’t miss it this weekend! Now on with the goods, first off, look who showed up to haunt our beloved home. It’s our friendly, ghost mascot tower, Tongari-san. Why the sudden haunting my friend? Tongari-san says he’s happy to celebrate Halloween at the tower even though the month is over. First off, a new, horrific show event is coming soon in December. The event is called “Ghost Horror Event: Invasion of the Mummies!” The story goes that the gang comes across a haunted ship only to find out that it’s crawling with many scary mummies. The tower will be the entire and you, the audience, are part of it. Only three days will be premiered. It will commence on Dec.2nd, 8th, and the 14th. It will start 5:50 and 8:20. Ticket reservation will start this Thursday. Be quick cuz they will be sold out quickly and the tower will not sell these tickets. This is only online reservation. The Seven Eleven website have them available. Next, new posters will be given at the Tongari store if you make a purchase over 2500 yen. The store will give out 10 different posters of the Straw Hats from their attractions and two special posters from the live show that has Ann and Ace. You will draw out an orange ball that will have a number of the poster. Or if you draw out a blank orange ball, you are free to choose the poster you like. Next, new birthday goods are released. First, if you visit the tower and purchase goods over 1000 yen, you can choose one birthday bromide card of Zoro, Bepo, or Katakuri. Next, here are the new birthday buttons of Zoro and Bepo. Also, if you purchase goods over 3000 yen, you’ll receive a free poster of Zoro or Bepo. You can only choose one. Next, the tower will also sell the Nov. birthday buttons that also include Zoro, Bepo, and Katakuri. Also, this last weekend’s Halloween costume contest has ended and it was the kid’s contest. Many adorable competitors participated and Nami’s lovely seiyuu, Akemi-san, was this year’s judge once again. The winners this year are chibi Zoro, Doffy, and Sanji which they all got neat prizes. The grand prize winner was the adorable chibi Doffy who got a trophy and official Halloween goods. Congrats you scary winners. Next, new mugi mugi plushies! This time, they’ll have Ceasar, kid Sanji, and Bege. Not also that, they’ll sell big plush mugi mugi of Chopper and Law and introducing, mugi Katakuri! YOWZA! SUPER KAWAII! Next, the store also started selling these new mugi red bean snack of the ASL brothers and these adorable fluffy slippers of Chopper and Bepo. Next, in January, the stores will be selling these new goods such as this sleeping mask of Luffy, a tote bag and these comfy warm jackets of Luffy and Zoro in black color. Next, in December, they’ll sell these new puzzles of Robin, Brook, and Ace. Puzzle and hobby stores will also have them available as well. Next, coming soon, stores will be selling these rad should bags and leather wallets of Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Ace, and Law in neat colors. Next, in Oita prefecture will have a temporary Straw Hat Store at Amyu Oita Plaza on east garden on the 1st floor. It will only be available for a week from Nov.2nd to 11th. So if you’re traveling around, be sure to stop by if you have a chance. Next, new point bromide cards will be released at all stores. This time, they’ll have Bege, Drake, Hawkins, Apoo, Bon-chan, Iva-chan, Jinbei, Cesear, Pekoms, and Big Mom. Be sure to have a point card with you, if not, one will be provide for you. Next, the new Jump Force game will be released on Valentine’s day next year. It will be available in x-bow, PS4, and other game systems. It will have various popular characters from including from Dragon Ball, Naruto, and such. Last, but not least, here are the WCI gang together drawing on the weekly episode board. They always enjoy doing this every morning. Well, that’s all we got for now. Tune in next week for more goods and all. Special thanks to Tongari-san. Our home is always open to you, my friend. Have a safe Happy Halloween, minna-san. BOO! All right you scaredy cats. Just chill out. Let’s pack it in.

#one piece #seiyuu #event #merchandise #video games

4 notes · View notes

cienie-isengardu · 3 years

Text

The Development of Law and Zoro relationship: Wano, ...and Law Is Not Happy About That

The fight between Law and Hawkins was stopped; Law didn’t manage to eliminate the enemy nor prevent information leakage about alliance presence in Wano. He almost was run over by a speeding cart with stolen food (another “crime” against Orochi & Kaido, which Straw Hats committed in his absence). No wonder why Law was so pissed of at Zoro (chapter 918):

➽ Up to this point, Law never have been so openly angry at Roronoa, nor aggressive toward the other man. Now, Law vented all frustration and anger while Zoro kept silent… and maybe felt some embarrassment(?) about Trafalgar’s unusual outburst, considering bubble speech with three dots and “sweat drop” expressing Zoro’s reaction in a more visible way.

➽ Another interesting detail is how calmly Zoro endured Law’s angry rant. He simply let the other man scream at him, and even tolerated grabbing his kimono and invading his personal space. When it comes to scolding, Zoro reacts differently, depending on the seriousness of the situation and who is scolding him. He either fights back in such situations or doesn’t respond to angry rants and taunts. For example, if Sanji started screaming and pointing his faults, Zoro most likely wouldn’t be so tolerable because those two like to antagonize each other. Seems like Roronoa opted for the calm approach with Law. Maybe Zoro knew that Law was right and his anger was justified. Maybe he simply figured it will be better if Law got all the anger and stress out of him. Or maybe he was just taken by surprise by the sudden outburst?

↪ In all fairness, I think he perfectly knew what Law’s reaction will be, especially considering this ambiguous frame:

At first it seems like Zoro talked about Kinemon, what honestly would make perfect sense. He already mentioned Kinemon when repeated samurai’s warning to Luffy but couldn’t really say his name in front of just met Kiku. At the same time, he could also talk about Law, because at this point he was familiar enough with the man to predict his angry reaction. Law seems to be prone to stress and he likes planning everything ahead and Zoro not sticking to plan (letting Luffy smash enemy) would definitely earn Law’s ire. Righteous so. Then what was the point of arguing with Trafalgar? Even more, when the man, despite stress and rage, doesn't hold on such emotions for too long. Which really seems like the best way to deal with a pissed off Heart Captain was just let him scream until he cooled down and adapted to the new situation.

➽ Because Zoro did not stop Luffy as he should - as Law hoped he would - Trafalgar was blaming Zoro for the whole situation, even though Luffy was as much guilty, charging into unknown without care for consequences. Zoro not once tried to excuse himself or Luffy, did nothing to stop Law’s outburst nor remind Law he wasn’t his captain (superior) thus he wasn’t obligated to listen. He simply let Law scream and blame him for the mess.

Anime expended this moment by actually giving Zoro a chance to explain to Law why he screwed so badly. Which literally was “I met Luffy” what immediately refocused Trafalgar’s anger from Zoro to solely Luffy:

This extended scene fits well with already existing Law’s personal experience from Dressrosa - the usually stoic and reliable Zoro will throw away rational thinking in the favor of Luffy’s whim and craziness. Monkey D. Luffy has that kind of effect on Roronoa.

Also, another funny thing anime did with that scene is when Law was scolding his fellow Supernova, Zoro was maintaining eye contact.

But when he was saying “sorry”, he was clearly looking to his left, instead at Law. Which makes the apology feeling insincere. Zoro wasn’t really that sorry about the mess but he said it, most likely to placate angry (stressed??) Law. Seems like Roronoa is bad at lying; not on Luffy’s level of bad, but still not really into telling lies.

Law most likely could tell Pirate Hunter wasn’t sorry at all, which explains grabbing Zoro’s kimono and screaming more at the other man’s face.

➽ Zoro’s patience and lack of response makes an interesting contrast to Law’s unusual aggressiveness. We may only wonder if Roronoa already had some experiences with such an outburst from the other Supernova. Once again, there is little to no information how their relationship was affected by the journey and situation in Wano, nor why Zoro was so indifferent while Law’s level of stress so high.

➽ Manga and anime versions of the scene give us valuable informations. One: Law was aware that Zoro promised to not cause trouble, like not fighting with samurais and Kaido’s men. That of course was a rational thing to ask of Zoro, because the man is too bloodthirsty for his own good and is always up for a good fight. The manga translation makes it look like Law personally witnessed Pirate Hunter swearing to not cause any trouble. Yet Law’s screaming sounds a bit confusing. On one hand, he knew Zoro A) became a wanted man and B) was supposed to be in Flower Capital. So it seems Law was informed about Zoro’s mission of pretending to be ronin. Whatever Kinemon initiated him from the start or after the wanted poster was made public, Law understood the danger of drawing the enemy's attention to the alliance. Which may be the reason why he was so mad at Zoro and referred to him by surname or called in his mind an idiot. On another, asking Zoro - a wanted man - why didn’t he stay in capital sounds, well, kinda stupid (and interestingly, the additional symbol of irritation was added to this specific question / bubble). Roronoa killed in broad daylight an important person (magistrate), and either killed or injured the magistrate's samurais, so it is not like Zoro could wander through the capital or any city without causing more problems. Of course, wandering directless did not help the alliance at all but it was still the best outcome. As a wanted man, Zoro could either stay in capitol and draw enemy’s attention to himself - and in result, endanger Franky, Robin and Usopp’s missions and even alliance’s presence in the Wano or wander through the wasteland in which was easier avoid unnecessary troubles and, in case of fight, hide dead bodies without increasing the vigilance of Beast Pirates or Orochi’s samurais. As a wanted man, Roronoa wasn’t really in position to come back to Kinemon because of possible pursuit - though he managed to wander into Kuri region, but that is more lack of direction sense than anything intentional, I guess. Unless this is why Law was the most angry? That Zoro came too close to their main secret base of operation? Anyway, Trafalgar for sure did not hold back and vented all his anger and frustration at still passive Zoro.

Soon, the group made it into Okobore Town and gave the stolen food to starving locals while Luffy brought the fresh water with himself. Straw Hat told the happy people “I’m Luffytaro! If anyone asks, you tell ‘em my name!” (chapter 918). For the first time Luffy also noticed Law - now much calmer than a moment ago. Law made clear, that what Luffy and Zoro did was ultimately an act of rebellion against Wano (Orochi and Kaido) to which Luffy responded he was “repaying the favor” to Tama, who fed him, once again getting into additional trouble just because someone gave him free food. The serious note disappeared right away, when Luffy started screaming at the starving people to not eat all meat without him:

➽ The meeting between Luffy and Law is drastically different from meeting of Law and Zoro. Like was mentioned, Trafalgar didn’t show any anger or frustration, so either screaming at Zoro calmed him down or he already gave up trying to reason with Monkey D. Luffy. Taking into account all previous adventures from Punk Hazard to Zou, what in universe happened through what? One or two months at best? Law’s resignation makes sense. Luffy wouldn’t care nor bother to apologize for the pulled stunt, while Zoro, well, didn’t care much either, but at least didn’t try to argue back.

➽ Once the serious talk was done and Luffy literally jumped after the meat, Zoro and Law shared the same reaction (visualed by bubble speech with three dots, though the “sweat drop” symbolising embarrassment(?) is only on Zoro’s part). Despite the previous intense moment, both men were again on good terms and even in agreement toward Luffy’s idiotic/childish behaviour.

The next time we see Zoro, Law and Luffy, Trafalgar kept his distance from everyone else. He stood the closest to Luffy yet with back turned to him. Was that sort of ostentatious expression of dissatisfaction or did he keep watch in case of an enemy's attack, hard to tell.

Luffy loudly declared his intention about Wano to Tama (“By the time we leave this country, it’ll be a place where you can eat as much as you want, every single day!!!”). With a sigh, Zoro noted how because of Luffy’s action, the enemy will come after them for real. Law did not take such a comment from Zoro kindly, because the man ignored(?) his own part in the mess.

➽ Surprisingly, Law still was angry more at Zoro than Luffy, who was the main culprit. But it may be just Zoro’s uncaring attitude that provokes Law so much.

➽ Despite the still fresh feeling of irritation, Law decided to focus at the best course of action - moving on to safest place. In this case, to the ruins of Oden’s Castle, in which Kinemon and the rest of the alliance stayed in hiding.

The group said goodbye to Tama who was taken to home by Horselina (a former enemy-turned-into-her-loyal-servant thanks to Tama’s devil fruit powers). Like always, Law kept his distance from others (in manga on one frame, he kept close to Zoro, on another, to Luffy). In anime, between sharing food and saying goodbye to Tama, Trafalgar was shown usually close to Zoro, similar like he did on Zou:

At this point, there is something to ponder a bit about Law and his (lack of) interaction with people. Like in the scene above, does Law keep close to Zoro (or Luffy) because of their bond (trust?) alone or is that partially due to his minimal social skills? As in, he keeps close to people he at least knows and doesn’t make contact with strangers unless it’s necessary. Zoro and Law both have some asocial traits (seen especially in their tendency to isolating themselves from too large group), but in contrast, Zoro and Luffy were shown through the Wano arc to interact and even befriend the local people while Trafalgar was interacting only with his crew, Straw Hats, samurai group (extended of Shinobu person) - the people he already knew for some time. Law isn’t going out his way to meet new people (like Luffy) nor bonds with accidentally met people (like Zoro with Tonoyasu). It seems in Law’s nature to avoid interaction with strangers as much as possible. Which makes me wonder if that comes simply from his introverted nature, general distrust for people or maybe even some social awkwardness created by childhood trauma and growing up in criminal organisation (Donquixote Pirates)? Because Law’s way to interact with people he just met is either ignore them (seen above) or act in cool manners around them, like in Punk Hazard with Straw Hats… but frankly, Straw Hats freaked him there on so many levels it really makes Law looks like social interaction is not his thing.

This reflection actually comes close to another detail. Namely, Law’s general feeling about Straw Hats helping starved people. Because the locals were truly happy and expresses that just before the departure of Three Supernovas (chapter 919):

Law has strong opinions about pirates, it seems. And it comes from a man that admitted he doesn't like to kill but yeah, doing nice things for (poor) people makes him sick. Was he so annoyed by the cheering people, or did he simply didn’t know how to react to such situation so he went with a grumpy approach?

Law expressed a lot emotions; the outbursts of anger departs from the image of stoic captain but at the same it makes me think that Law must feel okay around Zoro to be so open about his frustration (and lack of control over situation?). At the same time, Zoro let him take out all anger on him without a word. But the most important thing, no matter how much Zoro’s screwed up, no matter how much Law’s screamed and accused and was unhappy about, it didn’t change their already estabilished relationship. Once the situation calmed down, Law again kept close to Zoro and shared the same opinion about Luffy’s antics and in general they were okay in each company.

Next part: Separated Again

#one piece #The development of Law’s relationship with Zoro #roronoa zoro #trafalgar law #wano arc #law & zoro #zoro & law #i loved so much this chapters #all law's frustration and anger #and zoro's calmness about the whole situation #my analysis

60 notes · View notes

cienie-isengardu · 4 years

Text

Luffy and Zoro, equality presented by Wano Arc...?

The feeling of equality between Luffy & Zoro has been sitting on my mind a lot lately, so I finally decided to write down my chaotic thoughts on that matter.

First, to be precise: I’m not talking about power levels between Straw Hats because One Piece proved on many occasions that power alone is not a good measure how one character will fare in a fight or that beating X does not automatically guarantee beating Y. In Thriller Bark Perona took down Luffy, Sanji, Zoro and Franky without a problem, but lost to Usopp out of all people. At the same time, Luffy, Zoro and Sanji will always be the main fighters of Straw Hats no matter the gap of power between them. Everyone is powerful on their own, but they may fare better in different fighting settings. I personally tend to think that Luffy and Zoro are closer to each other in terms of power, raw strength and will, but this is not exactly the matter of equality I wish to talk about. What I wish to talk about is how the Wano arc set Luffy and Zoro apart from the rest of the crew in a more tangible (visual) way.

Even before Wano Arc, Luffy and Zoro were singled out by narrative on various occasions. The most memorable is: the first meeting with Shichibukai (and Mihawk acknowledging them both), taking a beating in Mock Town to Nami’s dismay and Bellamy Pirates’ amusement, earning the title of Supernova and with that becoming part of the Worst Generation, independently attacking Charlos/Tenryūbito (though sadly, Zoro was stopped by Bonney) or killing together a dragon on Punk Hazard. In all cases, Luffy and Zoro were set apart from the rest of the crew and even other pirates, sharing unspoken understanding of other actions and needs or becoming a part of something bigger and more dangerous.

Luffy will always be the captain (leader) and as the main character, the hero saving the day at the end of the arc. At the same time, Zoro may never be officially called the vice captain by other crew members (which is fair, Straw Hats Pirates don’t care nor have any need for ranks) but narrative puts him as the protector of crew (i.e. Kuma), the leader in the absence of Luffy what consistently is marked by narrative boxes (i.e. “Zoro team”,”Zoro side”) and the layout of frames (Zoro taking the central position that normally belongs to Luffy) or even having some confrontation with the final boss (Arlong, Hody). Zoro is also treated like the voice of reason; even if his words are harsh and emotionless, he will speak what must be said for the Luffy and crew’s sake (Alabasta, Davy Back Fight Arc, Water 7, Enies Lobby, Zou). He is also the one that provides Luffy comfort and support in dire situations (Usopp leaving the crew).

Luffy cares equally about his nakama, yet the narrative likes to single out Zoro as someone usually standing by him but also as someone taking Luffy’s position of captain very seriously. Further details adding to the feeling of equality set up by narrative include the visuality of their most notable scars (under left eye/left eye and middle of chest), the running joke of people mistaking Zoro for an actual captain of Straw Hats Pirates or acknowledging him as a dangerous “beast”, Luffy and Zoro’s very similar mindset and attitude towards fighting powerful enemies and all the parallels in which both captain and first mate* did the same things on various points in the manga or color spreads/covers (x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x).

In general, the story established how despite their different nature of extrovert and introvert, Luffy and Zoro are similar when it comes to the serious and trivial matters about whose I could talk for days. What is vital though, for years such treatment of Zoro created the feeling of equality between him and Luffy. Not in the power sense per se because narrative has never been objective about that, but how they progress from rookies to men getting closer and closer to fulfilling their dreams.

And now the Wano Arc seems to single them out in ever more visible ways.

For one, anime dropped the individual eye catchers for the whole crew, except for Luffy and Zoro. At the end of each, all Straw Hats are showed standing together:

In both cases, Zoro is on Luffy’s right and both carry similar looking katanas: Kitetsu II and Sandal Kitetsu III. The swords may have different colors, but their tsuba have the same patterns, which double the feeling of equality between those two.

Manga provides similar moments, starting with chapter 912

and cover of volume 91 (which was used for Luffy’s eye catcher apparently) and inside illustration included in volume 92

Then from all the crew, only Luffy and Zoro were pretending to be ronin (the masterless samurai), seen in box info

while the rest Straw Hats played the role of ninja (Chopper), kunoichi (Nami), ghost (Brook), geisha (Robin), toad oil salesman (Usopp), carpenter (Franky) and soba cook (Sanji). Even Law, another Supernova and equal to Luffy, hid his identity pretending to be some sort of wandering monk. And thinking logically, Law would be better ronin because unlike Luffy, he knows how to use sword in fight.

Another visually prominent detail - Zoro and Luffy are the only one Straw Hats who have kimonos with ornaments resembling the sun that may be a symbol of the coming dawn, foretold by Lady Toki. A dawn that will end Kaido and Orochi’s reign on Wano.

Luffy’s ornament is straight taken from the crest of the Kozuki clan (and resembling the symbol Alabasta Kingdom). I have much more to tell about Zoro’s design but that will need wait for another time. For now, though it looks much sharper is no less reminiscent of the same solar symbol. Adding to the sign their status of ronin and we may call Luffy and Zoro, figuratively speaking, the samurai bringing sun (hope, new era, peace) to a country plunged in darkness, most likely in nearest future fulfilling late Kozuki Oden’s desire to defeat Kaido and open Wano to world.

Of course, all Straw Hats, Heart Pirates, Minks and people of Wano are working together to defeat Kaido but Luffy and Zoro were visually set apart from everyone from the beginning of the arc. There is also their personal, strong connection to Oden’s children: Momonosuke and Hiyori who both were very impressed and protected by Luffy (Momonsuke) and Zoro (Hiyori).

Another detail binding Luffy and Zoro more to Oden and setting them apart from the rest of characters are new things they have acquired through the course of the arc. Namely, the better understanding & advanced techniques of Busoshoku Haki (Luffy) and late Oden’s great sword Enma (Zoro). Both things are capable of hurting Kaido.

Usually, during the arc, Luffy gets separated from the crew for the longest part of the story. And indeed, he gets struck first in prison (where he managed to win over imprisoned there samurais) and now, during battle, is running to face Kaido escorted only by Jimbei and Sanji (who wandered away in chapter 997). Surprisingly, Zoro too was separated by quite a long period of time, in which he met and befriended Yasue, Hiyori and Toko before he rejoined the crew for the final battle. Luffy and Zoro are the Straw Hats that openly admit they want to face Kaido in fight.

Another detail setting them apart from the rest of the crew: interacting with (and in case of Zoro, beating down) other Supernovas. They met Hawkins at the beginning of arc and fought him (Sanji too, met Hawkins and Drake once in public baths but ran away, securing Nami, Robin and Shinobi well being), then Killer and Kid before and during battle, Apoo and Drake which whom they had small crash, but now Drake were working with Roronoa against Apoo. Ironically, Drake is a friend with Coby who is a friend of both Luffy and Zoro. Coby literally met those two before Nami debuted. Also, the Supernovas allied with Luffy are learning in hard way that dealing with Zoro is not less stressing that working with Luffy.

How the Wano arc will turn out will show the upcoming chapters, for now though, not only Straw Hat has a strong connection to people of this land. For one, there is Tama, that both Luffy and Zoro came to like very much and literally started wreaking havoc in enemy territory because of her. Twice. Then there is mentioned connection to Oden - symbolic samurais of dawn and carrying Momonosuke and Hiyori’s wish to defeat Kaido and save the country but also Zoro’s personal connection to Shimotsuki clan that was hinted time after time and briefly explained in SBS that may or may not play bigger role, especially since Shimotsuki clan support Kozuki family. Which only adds to the whole connection between Luffy and Zoro and (good) people of Wano.

I feel like Wano arc was set up to establish the equality of Luffy and Zoro, not in the power sense that so many fans love to argue about, but as the relationship between them. Not just as captain and (powerful) subordinate but more like partners, the way Roger and Rayleigh or Kid and Killer are seen. The manga put a lot effort in creating parallels and the visual similarity between those two characters to dismiss the potential hints of Luffy and Zoro slowly falling apart from the crew in the sense of the role they will play in this and maybe future arcs.

68 notes · View notes

danwhobrowses · 4 years

Text

One Piece Wano Theory - The Fall of Onigashima

Spoilers for Manga Chapters leading up to and including c997

So yeah, that happened Not content with just throwing his weight around in beating 8 Scabbards at once, Kaido decided to up his power play by LIFTING THE WHOLE DAMN ISLAND which he’s gonna then carry across this storming sea, to the Flower Capital - which is in the midst of the Fire Festival and completely unaware that this raid is taking place - which he likely will drop on top of the Flower Capital with the people below: destroying its aristocracy, a large chunk of rebels and leaving the weak and weakened at the mercy of Kaido’s (and Big Mom’s) military might.

So now we have more stakes to deal with, 2 stakes primarily:

Stake 1 - Defeat Kaido before Onigashima leaves the ocean, allowing the island to fall before it damages any populated area in Wano Stake 2 - Prevent Onigashima from falling on the Flower Capital, but at the same time defeat Kaido Obviously, neither are easy, but 2 is much more difficult than 1 to achieve, which means that Stake 2 will almost certainly come to fold, so the question is this: How does the Alliance STOP Onigashima from Falling?

No easy feat, but maybe this is a place for other Straw Hats and side characters to shine. So far I have 7 possibilities linked to who could help save Wano from ‘New Onigashima’.

Option 1 - Gods, Titans and Homies

Option 1 considers the idea of what, or better yet who, can amass to such a size to cushion Onigashima, and the first answer that comes to mind is Prometheus and Zeus. We’ve already seen Zeus and Prometheus grow to incredible sizes in Whole Cake Island and they both are able to carry Big Mom with ease, so who knows how much weight they can carry at that size. Zeus is probably the easier bet for cushioning Onigashima since Prometheus would burn everything too, allowing Zeus to be the pivotal character also allows it to go two ways, either Nami reclaims Zeus from Big Mom in some manner - which will likely lead to BM’s defeat - or Big Mom turns on Kaido and works with Nami to help. This allows Nami to show the strength of her Clima Tact, being able to strengthen Zeus beyond Big Mom’s own capabilities.

Option 2 - The Last Gift of the Minks

Currently the Minks are completely weakened by fighting Kaido, despite their Su Long form they have been left with a stalemate, however the Minks do have a disadvantage: if they turn off Su Long they are out for a considerably long time, too long to return to the fight, but if they don’t turn off Su Long they will die from exhaustion. Unfortunately I am convinced that many Minks will fight to the death, including at least one of the leaders, but there is a more valiant way they could go out, and it’s a power all minks had which is overlooked: Electro. Electro is born from every mink, the ability to produce electricity which is further empowered in Su Long, but when Carrot fought Big Mom’s fleet she was able to somewhat float off the ground, and that is what can help Onigashima float. If enough Su Long Minks surround the bottom of Onigashima, they could provide an electromagnetic field that can keep the island from even touching the surface below, pure static electricity as the Minks give every ounce of their life to save Wano.

Option 3 - Rise of the Kozuki Dragon

Momonosuke has an artificial Devil Fruit of a Dragon, one where he too is able to produce these clouds to float. The problem however, is that he doesn’t know how to use them, Momonosuke has been so busy training his human form that he’s never considered the benefits of a dragon form. Of course, this means Momonosuke cannot do this alone, but fortunately he’s got people who can help; Yamato has extensive knowledge of how the clouds work, Nami has weather magic, Shinobu’s ‘maturing’ theories could help strengthen Momo’s dragon powers or even his own age and experience and, should she turn on Kaido, Big Mom could imbue the clouds with souls to make them Homies, not only being able to funnel more power but give more sentient intent to the clouds themselves, she could even enthrall Kaido’s clouds this way.

Option 4 - Combined Might and Monsters

While we expect at the least Luffy and Zoro to have a crack at Kaido in the final fight, and hopefully more if not all the Straw Hats, there becomes a matter of what others can do to stop Onigashima from falling. We’ve seen Nami’s potential with Zeus but others can also combine in strength. First is Robin, her Gigantesco Manos or even a Spider’s Web could help resist the fall, but of course even she cannot carry that much weight. This is where Chopper’s Monster Point and Franky’s Iron Pirate can also assist with their raw strength, and this is where Usopp can also shine. Usopp’s weaponry appear to involve plants now thanks to his pop-greens, but what if he could influence existing flora? One of the main pieces of the Flower Capital is a giant tree and if he could influence that he too could be able to contribute to pinning Onigashima above him. But it can go farther, Tama’s DF allows the opening to control the entire flying squadron, anyone Tama brought with her (remember she has something brewing in 3 minutes), Drake’s Allosaurus form, Hawkins’ giant Straw Demon, Jimbei can even call the giant Koi from the waterfall (though it may serve more to drag it back), Marco’s phoenix flames may also have influence on top of Apoo’s sound manipulation, Kid’s metal, even Law’s shambles could assist - since I don’t think he could make it big enough to cover all of Onigashima. There’s also the matter of Perospero’s candy if he survives to help and anyone else not revealed to have been present in Onigashima, the possibilities are wide and combined could hold up an island.

Option 5 - Outside Parties

By raising Onigashima from the ground, Oda wants to give us the perception that no other external forces can roll up to Onigashima and support for or against Kaido, but that could be a misdirect. Currently on the surface as far as we know, Big Mom’s remaining forces, Law’s remaining crew and any other samurai, prisoners, SMILE members Tama had taken control over and as far as we know Hiyori, Hitetsu, Onimaru and Caribou, maybe even the Mountain God(s) from the Oden flashback. But outside of who we know is in Wano could be others we didn’t expect to be there; Germa 66 for one may come to ‘repay’ Big Mom for her attempted assassination, reengaging Sanji with his estranged family - and Baeju...which holds bias in this hope - which could just send all the other North Blue boys in a frenzy. The other outside factor is the Marines, Drake may not have called for help but circumstances outside of Wano may call for it: the marines going for a Warlord we didn’t know about (We only knew about Weevil, Mihawk, Boa, Buggy and Kuma, meaning Law and Doffy’s replacements were unknown), if Fujitora also shows up then Onigashima is no problem to his Gravity DF, but it will snowball another conflict.

Option 6 - The Sky Ships

This is probably my most deep-cut part of the Onigashima theory. As much as Luffy has to defeat the Yonko, Wano will never be free unless they see it for themselves: Orochi dead, Kaido defeated, until that is something the people can even believe in, Wano can never truly escape that oppression. Which is why arriving at the Flower Capital during the Fire Festival may actually allow ‘Wano’ itself to help save the country and a key part of that is the Sky Ships. Oda made note of paying attention to it, and making sure that the Fire Festival is as big as ever because this is the 20 year prophecy, every person in the Flower Capital right now is as spirited as ever because they desperately are clinging to the idea of salvation, so what if Oda is actually giving them an opportunity? The Sky Ships alone may actually be imbued with the spirits, the will of those who died for Wano, in that way the spirits of Wano itself could prevent Wano from falling atop of them, the same way Skypeia’s golden bell was to reach Noland and Calgara. It may be simple as these mythic powers from Wano’s culture, but it could be ushered by someone else - Brook. In WCI Brook proved himself capable of suppressing souls of chess soldiers via his DF, able to harm homies via Soul Solid, so what if via his Soru Soru no Mi he would be able to temporarily raise the souls of Wano’s dead and empower them through the memory and belief of the people symbolized by the Sky Ships they would release into the sky.

Option 7 - All of the Above Outside of Luffy suddenly awakening his DF and making the island bounce off or a surprise Katakuri appearance, there aren’t many other options outside of the six detailed. But, why settle for only one option? Each of these options are feasible together as well as apart; Nami can empower Zeus and Momo’s clouds while Usopp, Robin, Jimbei, Chopper and Franky provide weight support as the Minks surround the island and Momo’s clouds with electro and raised by Brook’s soul-powered Sky Ships. A culmination of an absolutely bonkers scenario we’ve found ourselves in which can allow every Straw Hat a vital means of contribution but also allowing Wano and its citizens to have a large part in liberating its country from Kaido, Orochi and the Isolationist Regime Wano currently has.

Whether that comes to be remains to be seen, there are many pieces moving and as with this moment itself, it can go any manner of directions, we just have to wait for Oda to weave his magic.

10 notes · View notes

danwhobrowses · 4 years

Text

One Piece Chapter 987: Initial Thoughts

Whoa Baby, this is gonna be big Chapter 987 is back and fans did not wait to translate it early like previous chapters, a colour spread as well telling us that this is a big one! So let’s jump in! Spoilers for c987, Support the Official Release!

So just to talk about the Colour Spread first; Jimbei finally on it! Also there’s some doggos, isn’t the pug like Crocodile’s thing? just a nice blue and angry red and dark blue ones. Also ALL THE FROBIN! Plus, Sanji has a huge number 3 on his shirt, Luffy’s shirt almost looks like the Gomu Gomu no Mi (kinda mix of it and his Dressrosa shirt) and the Polearm he used with Ace and Sabo as a kid! Jimbei’s kimono has dogs as well on it, can’t decipher Usopp’s shirt though ‘Good Usining’? Looks like a Cow-Gorilla though, Usopp beats Kaido confirmed!? Chopper seems to have a word on his shirt too but I can’t translate it. Odd though that Zoro doesn’t have Wado on him for this spread isn’t it? Just Kitetsu and Enma for the spread.

We see as Kaido remembers Oden and being cut, causing his scar to throb. It also seems implied that the Scabbards are using Oden’s Ryou, perhaps an inherited will kinda thing as they successfully pierce Kaido

Raizo though, you’re at the throat you have to follow through!

Kaido falling is the signal as the Samurai arise from the crowd, Robin and Jimbei though are not shown to blow their covers yet

Interesting though that Big Mom appears fine over whether or not Kaido got killed, that or she knows that won’t kill him.

Ulti though is first to make it to Yamato, and she has a European-style Spiked Ball Mace it seems. The interaction is also interesting, other than Luffy calling Ulti ‘headbutt’ XD, seems like Yamato and Ulti may have gotten along before, thus her confusion about Yamato saying that the time to be Oden has come

Yamato is in full on forsaken mode too, surprised the goons still think that Yamato would be caring for Kaido after what they’ve seen, big ‘I’m not your friend, guy’ energy

As Ulti and Yamato tussle, Big Mom rolls up like a Final Boss to Luffy, giving Carrot and Nami a chance to escape the homies. Though I did consider Sanji and Brook saving them, I am quite happy that the women escaped themselves. Also Big Mom is trying to make this like some epic thing “I came all this way just to kill you”, like yeah we figured, not like you came here for a resort holiday XD

Back to Kaido though and he is legit hurt! Praising the Scabbard who encircle him for their plans, but he also tries to sow doubt. Noting that the pirates will betray them once they realise the odds are against them, I feel like this is a little flat though, especially since WB Commander Izo is like, right there...

Didn’t expect Kin’emon to have a ‘Luffy will be King’ speech but I’m here for it...even if it is an alarming death flag to talk about them dying

Big Mom of course asks the obvious ‘why’d you come’ question, and though Luffy’s ‘I’m gonna beat the lot of yas’ is a totally Luffy answer I did kinda hope he’d mention that part of it is saving Wano, especially so Tama won’t have to starve again. It’s also worth reminding that it was Law’s plan to go for Kaido, Big Mom was a pit stop due to Germa and Where Is My Baeju!?

I don’t think I can get enough of Queen’s shocked face XD though it does make me wonder what King, Queen and Jack will do for this raid. Regardless, the allies sprawl in by the thousands; Kid and Killer are still together, Zoro looks disappointed in the Gifters’ strength, interesting though is the panel underneath

That looks like Hawkins with Law doesn’t it? He only bought 3 of his crew with him and that looks like none of them (the trio are missing in general for this chapter), I would be here for Hawkins being on-side as you already know, so I hope it is him

The one that made me lean out of my seat, Marco and Perospero working together!? I wonder what led to that agreement, maybe something bigger than both of them is making its way to Wano too, or maybe Perospero just really doesn’t wanna work with Kaido

Small note but they showed that Giant Sword again outside of Onigashima, I wonder if it has a part to play

Kaido’s hurt but now he’s dangerous, accepting the challenge as he turns into his dragon form. But Luffy looks like he has to face down Big Mom first, leaving the first round of Kaido to the Scabbards

What a shot though, Dragon Kaido and the Scabbards in the snow and pale moonlight

And the Pale Moonlight is the focus, because all the minks are here and they can see it clearly, Su Long is coming!

now that was a big chapter, tons of juicy stuff to dissect I mean we didn’t even get to Chopper/Usopp and Shinobu/Momo stuff yet! Not to mention that we still don’t have accounts for Sanji, Brook and Franky, Caribou and that shaded person Robin and Jimbei were near. The two also haven’t made their move, but neither has Kaido’s commanders, BM’s commanders seem to have not been carried in by Perospero, Hiyori hasn’t pulled up nor has Speed or Onimaru like I’d hoped, Drake is still missing, Who’s Who didn’t make it to Yamato before Ulti. Like sweet jesus is there so much still to unravel! The heat is very much on, and though I kinda hope that BM and Luffy can reach an agreement too, it seems that Kaido is the final boss right now, but the scales can so easily change. Have to keep a level head about it though, Su Long doesn’t last forever and you can wear yourself dead, it’ll be interesting to see Su Long Inu and Neko but remember these are still Yonko, it’s still a stacked deck and they’re against Luffy and co’s favour. But it is a strong start for the raid.

However, still did not cry. The editor must be weak :P

18 notes · View notes

danwhobrowses · 5 years

Text

Tinfoil Discussions: One Piece Wano Arc

So this is gonna be a new thing; I don’t particularly post on Tumblr but I am the kinda guy who likes to put thoughts out there, so this is the first ‘Tinfoil Discussion’ where I’ll just be ranting personal opinions of various mediums. This first discussion involving One Piece’s Wano Arc.

It’s worth noting that there are Spoilers enclosed in this discussion up to One Piece Chapter 954, if you’re not caught up then I would advise not reading this until then...unless you’re not worried about spoilers. Also this’ll be an essay, no light reading here I have a lot flowing through my head.

So the Wano Arc has been something we’ve been waiting long for, not just because it was promising to be a Zoro-heavy arc but because it had been mentioned continuously and central to many elements of One Piece Lore; it’s where the Meito are made, the Poneglyphs were carved and is the den of Yonko, Kaido. Right now we’re in the second act of the arc, in 5 days the Ninja-Samurai-Pirate-Mink Alliance will take back Wano from Shogun Orochi and then hope to defeat (and potentially even kill) Kaido in Onigashima

Here’s the But though, is that enough time?

Because I don’t actually think so anymore. Undoubtedly the Fire Festival will not go to plan, not that anything ever will, but such bodes the question where we go after. Right now I can only think of two routes; the first is that the Wano Country Arc is utilizing a 5-Act Structure rather than the 3 that’s common with story narrative or Wano is the setting of 2 Arcs (Similar to Jaya/Skypeia or Water 7/Enies Lobby): Wano Country and the ‘War of Wars’ arc. Either one is something I am all for, even both would make narrative sense, so how will it pan out?

What will go wrong? (Note if the discussion cut off here I apologise, it seems CTRL+Enter is to post) The Obvious thing that will halt the Straw Hats is the Alliance between Kaido and Big Mom, both of whom having an axe to grind with Luffy due to their activities in Punk Hazard, Dressrosa and Whole Cake Island. There’s also other things at play though; the threat of Law ending his alliance (doubt he will), Edward Weevil’s pursuit of Marco, the creation of Sea Prism Stone weapons, CP0 in the Flower Capital and the lingering uncertainty that is what Kyoshiro is planning. All of these will likely lead to the Alliance either failing at Onigashima or failing to reach Onigashima, hopefully the latter, but that does not mean that the arc will be for naught. The Straw Hats are not strangers to taking the Big Picture L; Water 7, Sabaody, Marineford and WCI prove this, so what matters to this stage of Wano (possibly Act 3) is the small victory.

The Small Victory The plan on paper is simple; meet at the port, usurp the vulnerable capital, sail to Onigashima, defeat Kaido. Since the last two as we’ve covered are where the L starts to take shape, the victory must lie in saving the people of Wano and fulfilling Toki’s prophecy. Usurping Orochi does not seem to be as troublesome as defeating Kaido, even ‘Hiyori’ was able to throw him into a wall, the only true threat level is in Kyoshiro and the All Stars. This is something that can easily pan out the alliance’s way, but the victory could be gifted rather than seized. As I mentioned, Kyoshiro has yet to play his hand, how ‘Hiyori’ faked her death still unknown, it would seem that the Yakuza boss has his own plans, something that when the Alliance comes could end the usefulness of Shogun Orochi. As a result, Kyoshiro may allow the Alliance to take Orochi down, losing the battle so he can fight in the War. This theory also aligns with why I’m using parenthesis on Kozuki Hiyori - I still don’t trust her. But we’ll get to that, the other victory that would need to be addressed is the cure for SMILE, a role that may happen before or after claiming the Capital, it is certainly a thread we must resolve before leaving Wano and it can be proving ground for Chopper’s medical expertise - already impressive since he easily remedied Queen’s Mummy virus.

Kozuki ‘Hiyori’ Even if she is Hiyori - not that Kawamatsu recognized her, there is the consideration that the considered ‘most beautiful courtesan in Wano’ may be on Kyoshiro’s side. For over a decade he did look after her and they made a note that she knows how to play the long con, Kyoshiro also compares the courtesan like one of his own family, something she may feel like her Father didn’t provide. This could make her the anti-Pudding of the arc, which some may be annoyed by but it would be an ironic juxtaposition since Pudding played the ‘Woman as Temptress’ role for Zoro’s...rival? Brother? Brival? Sanji, whatever Sanji is, but Hiyori has done little to truly connect with Zoro the way she has tempted other men, woman even jumped into bed with him while he slept and he wasn’t impressed. So her turning on her kin can also give a unique personal twist to the Oden Clan’s involvement against Kaido and it may gift Shusui to Kyoshiro for his and Zoro’s proper clash, Enma possibly being a fake as she finally found something she can con out of Zoro - that could just be me wanting Zoro to keep the black blade though. This is whether she is indeed Kozuki Hiyori, and not someone who knows the story, though I’m 80% sure she is on that front, Oda is a man of misdirection.

The Reverie Connection Part of what makes me think that Wano will go beyond the Fire Festival is this connection to the Reverie, the brilliant mini-arc left on a cliffhanger as intermission between Acts 1 and 2, and slightly carried by Bege’s cover story, but it had information that bled into Wano. Come Act 2′s end, I expect the Reverie arc to resume so that we get new action, the Alliance of Big Mom and Kaido will certainly reach the Marines, through moles or CP0 as they return, this is likely what’s going to cause them to converge and let us know more about the Rox Pirates. This may also be position for another mystery of One Piece to rear itself: Dr Vegapunk. Vegapunk is hot commodity, he knows how to manipulate seastone, has most likely treated the Punk Hazard children and knows about the Vinsmoke genetics from his old partnership with Judge, there is also the Warlord Replacement Fujitora and the hidden Ryokogyu have discussed. Atop of the Im and Revolutionary plot notes will lead plenty of butterfly effects for mid and post-Wano storyline, but for Kaido to get his war the WG would need to get involved (and they’d want to keep an eye on the land that wrote the poneglyphs), and it will take time either way, much more than 5 days.

What the Aftermath of the Fire Festival Will Bring The Alliance’s initial failure to defeat Kaido is likely what’ll lead to the thing that makes Oda tout that Wano will make Marineford look small. The convergence of the WG will bring big guns and showcase some more of the Marine’s strength of force and how it can impact the rest of the world, with hope I’d like to see Tashigi get the arc she was due from Wano too, she is a swordswoman and this is the land of swords, also I’m tired of people calling her weak (all her opponents are high tier; Monet almost killed Luffy, Vergo almost broke Sanji’s leg, Law cut a mountain and Vergo in half, I could go on), moments for characters to step up can be built properly in this time as well, because all the Straw Hats need that next level bolster. Sanji may have the Raid Suit, Nami may have Zeus and Luffy is learning the Advanced Haki but the likes of Zoro, Usopp, Chopper, Robin and potentially Franky can use this stage to properly announce themselves to the world. We can also use this time for the much-theorized Zoro origin lore, Poneglyph stuff and Marco’s message to Luffy, this may also provide time to pick up threads left by WCI; Jimbei, the Vinsmokes, Pedro, this may also provide time for Big Mom’s remaining forces (primarily Pudding and Katakuri) and the Straw Hat Grand Fleet to converge on Wano also. There are also loose ends with Wano; the person Hitetsu is waiting for, Kidd’s Crew, Denjuro, Ox Third Boy, Basil Hawkins (hope that guy is alive), the possibility of a codenamed Ace of Kaido’s crew, the frustrating absence of Carrot throughout most of the arc (such a downfall from potential Nakama to not even in background), possibly even the Oars connection to Kaido’s Numbers, above all of them however is the appearance of someone that has been frequently hinted as of late...

Gekko Moria Moria isn’t popular with fans, but his positioning in Wano is something we should take note, Bege was going to Thriller Bark, Moria has escaped Blackbeard’s clutches, Perona is looking for him and his graverobbing has been mentioned. I think Moria could get involved in Wano, and be partly instrumental in allowing Zoro to keep Shusui, his axe to grind with Kaido may also be a useful weapon against him and Big Mom, using Zombie Samurai to improve numbers. Like Buggy and Cesar, he may end up being a reluctant temporary ally to the Straw Hats. Moria can also provide Blackbeard intel, but I don’t expect him to stick, may go the way of Bellamy and bow out after.

So that’s stuff that mulls around my head, theories of factor as to why I expect Wano to last longer, possibly even beyond Chapter 1000. To conclude I’ll just throw on some mini theories I have:

Zoro will at least buddy with Onimaru the Lion Fox, for a while. Zoro is fox in Spanish and he has Shimotsuki connections even if he isn’t of their clan due to Koushiro living in Shimotsuki village

We’re gonna learn something about Ace, he was a Spade Pirate and Kaido names his ranks after playing cards, there is a link

Luffy, Law and Kidd will fight together, just as they did in Sabaody

The Crew will only properly reunite in Onigashima, where they will have a Walk

We’ll learn of why Wano was the City of Gold, and Caribou may reap from it (I like his face turn but I don’t trust his greed)

Sandai Kitetsu will break, probably to Kyoshiro’s hand - this could be a la Rurouni Kenshin, whose Sakabato was destroyed

Kaido will face Monster Point Chopper, Chopper and his Rumble Balls should really be something Kaido would want

Big Mom will betray Kaido (’mama always makes the preemptive move’), Hawkins will join a new crew (I think he was betrayed, there were cuffs on the wall where he lay before Law) - be it Big Mom or the Grand Fleet and Momo will not be the next Shogun, I guess Hyou could be but he was a Yakuza leader, but Momo wants to learn about Zou and I think he’ll stick with that

Dogstorm and Nekomamushi will go Su Long

As well as the Bounty Increase, several Straw Hats will get new titles. Titles like ‘Pirate Hunter’, ‘Cat Burglar’, ‘Devil Child’ and ‘Cotton Candy Lover’ are not befitting of crew members anymore

So yeah, got that all off my chest...I won’t just talk about One Piece I’ll have more, if anyone reads hope it had some refreshing insights, if not then we’ll see how wrong I was XD

#one piece #wano arc #luffy #zoro #kaido #big mom

6 notes · View notes