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

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u/ShukiNathan Chopper the Cotton Candy Lover Dec 21 '23 edited Dec 21 '23

Egghead is officially a top 3 arc for me, it's been absolutely amazing so far.

Kuma better get his sense of individuality back cause god damn if there's a character in this series deserving of a good ending it's him.

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u/MrLKK Dec 21 '23

This chapter really made it feel like Kuma's truly dead. I was hoping for this too, and still am, but this chapter makes me feel like he's gone.

Then again, Vegapunk did mention that personality switching circuit think kinda outta nowhere.

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u/Deadtaor33 Pirate Dec 21 '23

The sneaky self-destruct put in by Saturn has got to be a Chekovs Bomb that will blow up in his face lol

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u/AFineDayForScience Dec 21 '23

Speaking of chekov, why mention the personality switch if that wasn't going to make another appearance? Kuma's consciousness will get one final send off watching Bonney sail away with Nika. It's OP. The happiest possible ending is usually the most likely possible ending (with the exception of plot devices like Ace's death).

Saturn has to die, Kuma's story has to end happily (by our standards, not Kuma's), and the Strawhats have to gain something from the Arc. Vegapunk is too old to come along, Bonney's crew is essentially disposable for plot purposes, and Bonney wants to see the world. Bonney is the next Strawhat.

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u/Worthyness Dec 21 '23

I also have a hard time believing Vegapunk couldn't outsmart Saturn. Sure Saturn can be a genius science person too, but he doesn't have a devil's fruit that makes a person so incredibly smart that his tech is centuries beyond the current era

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u/littenthehuraira Dec 21 '23

Yeah, feels almost certain. Though I feel like a lot of Vegapunk's smartness is told, not shown. He's supposed to be the smartest person in One Piece but he doesn't realize a lot of things. Then again, Oda has to make his character more grounded.

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u/Mahelas Dec 21 '23

Vegapunk is very technically smart but not very wise at all

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u/AFineDayForScience Dec 21 '23

Even Vegapunk can't cure autism

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u/AlexHitetsu Dec 22 '23

Sure Saturn can be a genius science person too, but he doesn't have a devil's fruit that makes a person so incredibly smart that his tech is centuries beyond the current era

Vegapunk's fruit doesn't make him smarter, it just allows him to store all that information in his gnoggin whithout forgetting anybof it

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u/BrokenAstraea Dec 22 '23

They wouldn't need Vegapunk if Saturn could do all the science

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u/LeapYearFriend Dec 22 '23

I'm not completely sold on Bonney being the next Straw Hat, but if she isn't, she 100% becomes a part of the Grand Fleet.

With how much Oda has been hammering in her dedication to Nika, it would make absolutely zero sense if she just voluntarily gave up on that whole yarn and was written out of the story in like two chapters.

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u/Splinterman11 Dec 22 '23

Isn't Kuma's personality already switched? For some reason he's beelining it straight to (presumably) Egghead right now. It's probably that switch was flipped at some point.