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

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

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

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u/Pizzaplan3tman Dec 21 '23

The Page of Kuma running and growing up showing how much he’s fought, survived, and grown was beautiful. Then the follow up of how heartbreaking it is to see Bonney sobbing. Kuma one of the best characters. Seeing him too see Luffy hit the Celestial Dragons and realizing he is NIKA in that moment was awesome. What a chapter, what a character, hats off and salute for Kuma lads! 🫡

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u/le_trans_alt Dec 21 '23

What’s neat is that as much as people have complained about Nika making Luffy a “chosen one,” even with Kuma knowing the legend of Nika, it’s not Luffy’s fruit that brought his attention and support, but rather Luffy’s actions.

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u/Yangshuei Dec 21 '23

well said

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u/Pcaccount1234 Dec 21 '23

Zoans choose their users, so even if someone says it all because of Luffy DF but Luffy has that DF because Nika thought he was worthy

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u/Zenith_Tempest Dec 21 '23

yeah, the fruit didn't make luffy the "chosen one." even if he was a completely normal dude with no fruit powers he would have done the exact same thing. not like he used his DF to punch Charlos's teeth in - he decked him the same way a completely normal human would have.

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u/ilhamalfatihah16 Dec 22 '23

Luffy without DF powers would just be Garp honestly. Dude will still be a beast.

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u/hiero_ Dec 21 '23

I agree. Unfortunately that crowd does have an argument they are clinging too, which is that Zoans have a will of their own, and some have suggested that Luffy's will is actually his fruit's/Nika's - I don't buy into that theory, but I can see why people would think that.

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u/somersault_dolphin Dec 21 '23

Exactly. Sengoku ate the Buddha fruit, but is he a buddha? No. Does he act like a buddha? No.

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u/cataclytsm Dec 22 '23

There's like a ton of different buddhas with varying personalities and roles. And he didn't eat "the Buddha" fruit, he ate the Daibutsu fruit. His zoan is more vague than some specific buddha, the word just references the giant statues of various buddha.

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u/CRtwenty Marine Dec 21 '23

Only Nika could have awakened that fruit. Anyone else would have just lived as a rubber man.

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u/le_trans_alt Dec 22 '23

Huh? By Nika do you mean Luffy or Joyboy?

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u/chenj25 Dec 22 '23

I think both.

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u/Afabledhero1 Dec 22 '23

What does this even mean?

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u/chenj25 Dec 22 '23 edited Dec 22 '23

It means only someone capable of being Joyboy can achieve Gear Five. Anyone else would be stuck with Gears Two, Three and Four.