The One Piece Thread: Gear 4th!!!

Reticently · September 3, 2021

Gotta admit, today's chapter really didn't do much for me- I feel like we could already assume Kaido was a shit dad based on what we've previously seen. Unless it sets up some later weird interaction between Yamato and Zoro based on the resemblance, but at this point I don't know if those two are ever likely to be in a panel together.

Live action One Piece is going to suck, that's just destiny. I don't even know why anybody feels comfortable throwing money at it as a project.

TheInfernoman · September 10, 2021

https://onepiecechapters.com/chapter/one-piece-chapter-1025/

Reticently · September 10, 2021

Break next week though, right when things are picking up for reals.

I love the way literally everyone stops fighting to the death for a moment just to collectively ask what the fuck is going on, lol.

*.:White ShadoW:.* · September 10, 2021

54 minutes ago, Reticently said:

Break next week though, right when things are picking up for reals.

I love the way literally everyone stops fighting to the death for a moment just to collectively ask what the fuck is going on, lol.

To be fair Oda has given us a ton of chapters uninterrupted, I can only imagine how much sleep he's lost for our enjoyment. For the first time in a long time I can say I can actually wait 2 weeks.

Some more things of note:

-Zoro's dad and the story involving how he (and presumably his mother) left Wano will probably be reserved for the end of the arc but nonetheless intrigues me, as Zoro is the last OG Strawhat to not have a real deep dive into their origins.

-Like other sky races, Lunarians have wings. But one thing I noticed is unlike the Skypeians, Birkans, and Shandians the Lunarians have fully formed angelic wings, while the other sky races have these tiny cherubic wings by comparison. This leads me to believe that they're definitely offshoot of the Lunarians, only inheriting some of their characteristics.

-In the Vivre Card releases in Japan King's bounty was revealed to be 1,390,000,000 beri, eclipsing even Commander level Katakuri. Although completely unfounded I think in addition to the Beast Pirates being more destructive overall, a lot of King's bounty might be owed to simply being the member of an ancient race the WG wants erased from history. The same way Nico Robin had an 8 figure bounty as little kid because of being an Oharan.

Now as for 1025:

Spoiler

-Yamato's Ice manipulation abilities are cool (seriously, no pun intended) and the fact that Kaido doesn't consider he and his "son" as humans leads me tobelieve that his definition isn't merely symbolic but they belong to another race. The Ancient Giants like Oars and The Numbers, but Kaido is probably half-Ancient Giant, which explains his size and appearance.

-Momonosuke mimicking his scared antics like in Punk Hazard was a nice callback, and I liked how he showed resolve when confronting Kaido again.

-Luffy deciding to take Kaido on via Snake Man is interesting as this form is designed for speed and not power. We haven't seen Luffy fly in that form, so I wonder if that's possible?

And it needs to be said, the amount of punishment Kaido has received from so many foes and just keeps brushing it all of is just ridiculous. Luffy's Gear 4th + Ryuou/ Conquerors haki barely makes it an equal playing field... and unlike Luffy Kaido has no time limit.

Last but not least... 💀

Reticently · September 10, 2021

3 minutes ago, *.:White ShadoW:.* said:

To be fair Oda has given us a ton of chapters uninterrupted, I can only imagine how much sleep he's lost for our enjoyment.

Oh, don't get me wrong- I've always thought Oda should take more breaks. I'd just rather they were on a predictable schedule, like 2 weeks on, 1 week off or whatever. How it actually goes though seems to be on high story beats or when he's completely frazzled, and I'm not sure that's really great for either him or us, lol.

Sacr3D · September 11, 2021

Oh wow I completely forgot that King is a Lunarian.

So if Sanji was actually a Lunarian he should have wings unless Judge Cut them off? I mean I always thought that pyrokinesis was a manifestation of haki.

Edited September 11, 2021 by Sacr3D

*.:White ShadoW:.* · September 11, 2021

11 hours ago, Sacr3D said:

Oh wow I completely forgot that King is a Lunarian.

So if Sanji was actually a Lunarian he should have wings unless Judge Cut them off? I mean I always thought that pyrokinesis was a manifestation of haki.

Sanji likely has Lunarian genes via the "Lineage Factor" experimentation Judge spoke of, but didn't inherit all of the racial characteristics of a Lunarian (i.e., wings or even stature?). Shandians, Birkans, and Skypeians are likely their true descendants, if anything. Bear in mind Sanji was considered a complete failure of an experiment according to Judge, since he was born with empathy and no obvious superhuman abilities. Diable Jambe likely manifested later and Sanji blindly believed it was solely due to his passionate nature.

On the other hand, techniques like Luffy's Red Hawk— which conjure fire, are likely based off Haki.