r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh2 Lookout • Dec 21 '23

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1102 Spoiler

Chapter 1102: "The Life of Kuma"

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There is a break next week technically

Ch. 1102 Official Release (Mangaplus): 24/12/2023

Ch. 1103 Scan Release: ~30/12/2023

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u/SubtleTypos Dec 21 '23

vegapunk’s silly einstein face with the eternally hanging tongue was never quite my favorite, even though it grew on me. but there’s something about that face covered in tears and that silhouette of him breaking down as he’s pulling the trigger to erase kuma’s personality that’s so poignant and powerful.

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u/ffmad Dec 21 '23

That panel is just incredible. It's something that looks beyond his forces, he is pushing it while totally breaking at the same time.

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u/FringGustavo0204 Dec 21 '23

it's crazy how Oda can have that wacky ass face drawn for Vegapunk and still be so impacting and heartfelt, what a guy.

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u/TheOnlySkankyPanky Dec 21 '23

So true... He looks so goofy that it was kind of difficult to imagine him feeling serious emotions about anything really... and then the tears... that is when I broke down

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u/supersoldierboy94 Dec 22 '23

Bruh. We already go Señor Pink ahhaha

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u/divinesleeper Dec 21 '23

it's something to do with the fact that his emotions are admitting that the thing he loves most, his science, has been twisted into something horrible and yet he's forced to go through with it

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u/hdjfhfhsh05803hfjc Dec 21 '23

Agree, the tongue makes him looks so silly that is hard to imagine him making any sort of serious or emotional face but that panel… man it truly hit like a truck

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u/HulklingsBoyfriend Dec 21 '23

It's also a contrast to the other 4 genii - unlike Queen, Judge, Gangster Gastino/Caesar, and Buckingham Stussy, Vegapunk still has morals and empathy and humanity, even though he's considered the greatest scientist of them all (at least post-Void Century, he thinks very highly of the Ancient Kingdom's creations!). The other 4 are inferior to him in skill, yet are far less "human" than he is.

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u/Backupusername Dec 22 '23

It's a lot like Peter Porker in Into the Spider-Verse. When even the goofy comic relief cartoon is being somber, it's a sign that there is no room for levity.