One Piece: Chapter 1102

[u/Kirosh2]

Chapter 1102: "The Life of Kuma"

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There is a break next week technically

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

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

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Please discuss the manga here and in the theory/discussion post. Any other post will be removed until 24h after the release.

Please also remember to put the chapter number in the title for any future post talking about this chapter.

[u/Cyshix]

I genuinely havent cried for an OP chapter in a while. Goddamnit

[u/Rehpotsirc0615 → u/Cyshix]

I read the chapter super engaged and just completely broke down on the last panel, absolutely ruthless

[u/32SkyDive → u/Rehpotsirc0615]

That last page was both absolutly beautiful and horribly painful. Immediate tears on that panel.

We love Oda and the entire chapter was beautifully orchestrated and tied together so many things

[u/ITagEveryone → u/32SkyDive]

Did the last panel show Bonney crying in real-time? I was a little confused where that was in the timeline

[u/sayurisatoru → u/ITagEveryone]

Definitely before and the entire reason she's so stab happy at Saturn.

[u/ITagEveryone → u/sayurisatoru]

So it's basically her reaction to seeing this whole flashback in the form of Kuma's memories

[u/jumbohiggins → u/32SkyDive]

It's a bad day for rain.

[u/Nanto_Suichoken → u/Rehpotsirc0615]

I started crying when he wondered how much trouble his actions caused and his life was shown.

The last 3 pages hit me way harder than i imagined.

[u/CRoseCrizzle → u/Rehpotsirc0615]

I'm happy I'm not the only one, lol. The panel just got to me completely.

[u/Shinsekai21 → u/Rehpotsirc0615]

I think it is also due to Oda’s incredible skills of drawing crying characters

Every single back stories hit so damn hard because of how well his drawing of ugly crying

[u/DandyReddit → u/Rehpotsirc0615]

Oda is ruthless.

My eyes, they vaporized.

[u/TheKingofHearts → u/Rehpotsirc0615]

The last panels hurt even more when you realized the beginning of Kuma's flashback in ch 1095 is "When I was a kid, I wanted to be a hero". 😭

[u/revisioncloud → u/Rehpotsirc0615]

I'm supposed to be on my holiday vacation and enjoying the outdoors

Literally can't leave my hotel room crying over this shit

Damn it, Oda

[u/dare_dick → u/Cyshix]

I can't remember the last time I cried for a chapter! This one damn!

[u/Inuma → u/dare_dick]

Did you cry for Merry?

[u/CoolMahaGuru → u/Cyshix]

There are 3 times I cried for an OP chapter.. 1. When Going Merry burned (chapter 430, 2006) 2. When Sabo came back (chapter 731, 2013) 3. This chapter (chapter 1102, 2023)

Damn, Oda...

[u/Foxisdabest → u/CoolMahaGuru]

"ME?! Pirate king?! I am SO weak!" was the one that did it for me. And why Jimbei will always be my favorite character. Helped Luffy in his most difficult moment.

[u/HistoryWillRepeat → u/Foxisdabest]

Luffy counting his fingers absolutely SENDS me

[u/Foxisdabest → u/HistoryWillRepeat]

"It may be painful for you now Luffy, but fight it!

Don't dwell on what you've lost, what's gone is gone forever!

Try to remember... What you still have!"

"... My nakama...!"

Absolutely GOATED script writing and character building right there. We will never see a manga with such great story telling as One Piece. Jimbei instantly became my favorite character in the series right in this chapter.

[u/HistoryWillRepeat → u/Foxisdabest]

😭😭😭

Also, Jimbei telling Luffy to eat always makes me emotional. He says something like "to eat is to live, luffy." I think of that whenever I'm sick or grieving. Such a goated scene.

[u/Mindless_Bad_1591 → u/HistoryWillRepeat]

Iroh and Jimbei would be the best of buds

[u/Raptain → u/CoolMahaGuru]

for me it was 1. Robin tells her mother she wanted to hold hands with her all her life (ep. 277) 2. Luffy tells Sanji he's the one who keeps getting hurt for every of his kicks (ep. 808) 3. this Chapter (ch. 1102)

[u/Masterkid1230 → u/CoolMahaGuru]

Mine were

1. Going Merry burning (430)

2. Brook's crew dies (488)

3. Corazon's flashback (767)

4. This

[u/Rekcs → u/CoolMahaGuru]

Oda's gonna get you again sometime around 2035

[u/LeloGoos → u/CoolMahaGuru]

Were you one of those unfortunate enough to get spoiled about Ace's death?

[u/Mindless_Bad_1591 → u/CoolMahaGuru]

Not "I want to live"?

[u/CoolMahaGuru → u/Mindless_Bad_1591]

Nope. I didnt buy the emotion...

[u/Mindless_Bad_1591 → u/CoolMahaGuru]

???

Uhhh, how? They gave her backstory and reasoning behind why she was doing what she was doing. It was the moment she accepted hope of a better life over the miconception of peace with death.

[u/Kashmir33 → u/CoolMahaGuru]

What the hell are you talking about ? Sabo came back like 3 years ago not 10...right? 🥲

[u/BreafingBread → u/Cyshix]

I'm not a person who cries with a lot of frequency. In One Piece, the only thing to make me cry (consistenly might I add) was the death of Going Merry.

This chapter is now the second OP chapter to ever make me cry.

[u/kosaki16 → u/Cyshix]

when I saw little Kuma running, i knew I'm finished

[u/Vawd_Gandi → u/kosaki16]

lmaooo me too 😭

[u/randomkoala → u/Cyshix]

Same, this chapter made me cry a few times

[u/The_SystemError → u/Cyshix]

That legit was the first time I ever cried during one piece. I binge watched the anime and started reading the manga during onigashima. I have never cried actual tears while reading it until this chapter.

[u/far219 → u/Cyshix]

I cry all the time to One Piece but I haven't cried this much since Merry or even Noland and Kalgara

[u/Yontoryuu → u/Cyshix]

Dang you didn’t cry at the start of Kumas backstory where we see him and his family get enslaved? So many sad moments man, one piece has been crazy good for a long time now. So many great and heart wrenching moments

[u/marshaln → u/Cyshix]

First time for me

[u/Worth-Afternoon5438 → u/Cyshix]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Maybe sometime later during a reread, but this chapter did it.