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Chapter 1108: "Attention, World!"

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Ch. 1108 Official Release (Mangaplus): 25/02/2024

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u/zebrahawk1 Pirate Feb 22 '24

That last page goes Hard. Luffy just stopping an Elder and Admiral while Vegapunk's message plays? So chilling. That might be the most intimidating Luffy has looked in a minute.

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u/GangsterRavioliGuy Pirate King Feb 22 '24

The way he talks to them as well.

"No way I'm letting you escape" Sounds like they're not the threat, and for once Luffy seems like the final boss.

Emperor shit right there.

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u/Marliix Feb 22 '24

Fuck yes he looks so mighty here. The power of an emperor.

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u/Chaosblast Void Month Survivor Feb 22 '24

Compared to poor Saturn. My man is looking silly in this arc. Even Kizaru is looking better than him.

He hasn't even had a chance to shine. I think he'll do in the post battle tbh. Oda won't allow us think the Gorosei are useless.

And that ongoing transformation, that change in the eyes... it's going to get more beastly it seems.

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u/LngJhnSilversRaylee Feb 22 '24

I'd prefer if the old men behind the curtains weren't secretly the most powerful fighters

Their power is in corrupting the world and puppeteering events to be in their favor not in on the field battles

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u/VTWut Feb 22 '24

To be fair, Saturn's strength so far seems to largely be connected to his devil fruit/invulnerability, rather than personal battle strength.

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u/Unabashable Feb 22 '24

Yeah. Like in One Piece, size alone doesn't really seem to be much of a threat to a capable fighter. Just gives them a bigger target to hit. Main reason he hasn't been squashed like the bug he is yet is because of his healing factor like you said, and his mind 'sploder preventing all but the strongest to even be able to move in his presence.

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u/Kleavage Feb 22 '24

That's my impression as well. He probably hasn't really used his devil fruit much at all and even when he does, people's heads are exploding or they can't move.

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u/OhItsKillua Feb 22 '24

Saturn can suck relatively speaking, but I doubt all of them are lackluster in combat against the likes of Luffy or whoever they may need to fight against

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u/LngJhnSilversRaylee Feb 22 '24

There's only about 4 pirates at any given time that are on the level Luffy's on right now

Maybe more during the Roger era depending on how powerful the Rocks pirates were but its hard to know because a lot of them that went on to be top tier were still young like Kaido and BM

If the Gorosei and Imu are on that tier or even higher with the combined power of their admirals im not really sure why they'd even feel the need to play this shadow game for so long

Im sure there's risks involved in revealing their authority like risking a world revolt but if they have that kind of power it shouldn't even matter

The story makes more sense to me if they need the Admirals to do the on the ground work and their power is in planning and plotting

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u/Unabashable Feb 22 '24

The Gorosei aren't "in the shadows". It's common knowledge that they are heads of the World Government. It's Imu being the true ruler that's their dirty little secret.

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u/LngJhnSilversRaylee Feb 22 '24

Nobody has access to them except for Admirals

They are working in the shadows even if they are known to exist

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u/Unabashable Feb 22 '24

I don't think you know what "working in the shadows" means. It means no one knows you're doing it. You can't "work in the shadows" if the shadows in question are the ones being cast by the gigantic spotlight on them. Imu is "working in their shadows", sure. However if you're gonna continue with your mental gymnastics I refuse to spot you.

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u/Chaosblast Void Month Survivor Feb 22 '24

It's a Shonen. They can't be. Power dictates. They wouldn't feel important if they were mediocre in battle.

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u/LngJhnSilversRaylee Feb 22 '24

Oda like Togashi really likes to play against tropes when he wants to

OP has been redefining the genre I don't think that's necessarily a good argument

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u/Aspie_Astrologer Void Month Survivor Feb 22 '24

Yeah, it seems like Oda is showing the Gorosei as being on the level of a strong Yonko commander, but not on the level of an Admiral. Seems like a hint that Imu is Yonko/Roger level and that the Gorosei are like his Executives.

Oda didn't need the Gorosei to be 'top-tier' because he reserves that spot for captains/leaders, anyone who follows a higher boss just can't have true 'conqueror' level strength in One Piece, that takes haki/willpower/ambition that only their boss could have. The Gorosei aren't mediocre in battle, but they still can't compare to a Yonko in strength. :)

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u/Saturn-Is-Here Feb 22 '24

How Admirals > Gorosei? Do you realize that Saturn still has 100HP?

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u/Aspie_Astrologer Void Month Survivor Feb 22 '24

To be fair, we haven't seen enough to be sure of that, but that's how I feel Oda has portrayed their relative threat level this arc, maybe they are somewhat the same level, but I feel confident that he's at least indicated that Akainu is stronger than St. Saturn, even if Kizaru might not be. But still need to see Saturn really let loose, I guess.

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u/sack_of_potahtoes The Revolutionary Army Feb 22 '24

against tropes ? like how ? i can see that with togashi. but isnt most of the story in one piece something very unoriginal if you think of each island story as an individual entity.

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u/LngJhnSilversRaylee Feb 22 '24 edited Feb 22 '24

Without doing an essay on Shonen tropes and how they're subverted in this story the ones that immediately come to mind are

Gear 5 and its design

Mihawk and Zorro's relationship

Luffy and Shanks relationship

Garp and Luffy's relationship

In the cases of the relationships I use those examples because there's a lot of grey area and complexity developed in them where in most of Shonen they would be more clear cut

Mihawk and Shanks would either be rivals or mentors but not both

Garp would either be pro Luffy being a pirate or against it but not both

How this points towards Oda subverting battle shonen expectations that the Gorosei would be top tier fighters is that he's not afraid to tell more complex ideas in his story so he's not beholden to a simple idea like because they're end game opposition they have to be end game level strong he's more than capable of telling a story within that gray area and illustrating their power is more political than physical

Edit: Hodi Jones is another example of Oda telling complex stories, how the concept of racism itself created the villain and not a personal trauma experience, his reasoning for doing what he does is not typical of a shonen villain

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u/Vinestra Feb 23 '24

He also makes everyone ugly cry too.. He also didn't leave the female characters behind

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u/sack_of_potahtoes The Revolutionary Army Feb 22 '24

i do not know . honestly i feel that is not compelling evidence. also feels like these specific relationships are not so against shonen tropes

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u/Perpli Feb 22 '24

Maybe but there's no doubt it's going to be revealed that Saturn is the weakest of them and that the others are on a different level entirely.

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u/Jail_Chris_Brown Pirate King Buggy Feb 22 '24

"Saturn that slob was a scientist, never knew how to fight. I, however am a beast of a different magnitude. Prepare yourselves."

Getting Yakuza/Judgement vibes.

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u/Soul699 Explorer Feb 22 '24

It's not Yakuza until both fighters take their shirt off drammatically.

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u/Weltenpilger Feb 22 '24

I know it's anyone's guess at this point, but I don't think there's much more to be revealed as far as power levels go. We're nearing the end of the story and Luffy has most likely reached the full extent of his power. And also this fight isn't over yet, we don't know what Saturn's new appearance means for his fighting capabilities. What I think is the most likely is that there are simply no easy battles ahead and a lot more strategizing and ingenuity will be required going forward. Just power scaling everything up just doesn't make sense imo.

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u/Wolf308 Feb 22 '24

I wouldn't call it the full extent of his powers. Gear 5 is new to him and his Haki can probably also be polished seeing what Shanks is able to do

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u/Unabashable Feb 22 '24

Well as far as Saturn's new fighting capabilities seems like he doesn't have to use the staff anymore. So I'm guessing this form effectively gives him a 360 degree range because before he was just kinda stepping on people. Not sure if his full beast mode has any effect on his personality or gives a boost to his death stare though.

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u/Gearsper29 Feb 22 '24

But there is a level above yonko. Prime Whitebeard, Roger, Im etc. I think the elders are at the level of the Yonko

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u/SanderStrugg Feb 22 '24

This. It would throw the entire worldbuilding off to have 5 hidden dudes run around comparable to Yonkou and admirals. A dude like Kaido or Shanks is strong enough to carve his own country in oposition to the World Government. Having 5 people like that in the background is stupid.

Even if the Gorosei are endgame enemies, there are more Strawhats than Luffy, who'll likely face Imu. Saturn, if he actually survives, could be an oponent for Robin or Franky. He does not need to be that powerful for that.

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u/krotoxx Feb 22 '24 edited Feb 22 '24

I think it could be a mix of both with the notion of it looks like Saturn is losing his mind and becoming more of a beast inline with the awakening of the DF. They could only be super powerful because they have had the ability to get the strongest devil fruits not because they have mastered their powers. If they never took the time to master their Zoan style fruits, then they could slowly be turning into the beast inside similar to the impel down zoan fruit users where the more they stay awakened the more they become the animal of the fruit since they never trained to keep the devil in check. So someone who has mastered their fruits like say Doffy could beat a legendary zoan type that the elders have because theyve never fully mastered it

Thus they can seem super strong to the average person even vice admiral, but a true fighter could see their weakness and exploit it. So they rely on their name and stature

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u/ChirpingReynard Feb 23 '24

Idk, in this setting/world, I think it makes sense that they're personally over-powered. You don't remain in power for centuries without some sort of actual power your own.

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u/LngJhnSilversRaylee Feb 23 '24

I mean Imu has some mysterious power that can erase islands that explains their control by itself

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u/revisioncloud Feb 22 '24

And standing up to Kuma Sanji and G5 Luffy is already super impressive

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u/HibariK Feb 23 '24

I'm comfortable with them having stupidly strong DF capable of stupidly silly things but them not having a lot of combat sense, be it because they never did or because it dulled out

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u/NOBEL1UM Feb 22 '24

Yeah but acc. to my head cannon, since he's a warrior god it's only natural that he'll be a powerful fighter. The other gorosei do not have to be all powerful.

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u/culesamericano Feb 22 '24

na imu is the puppet master they should be stronger than admirals

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u/tontonheredero Feb 23 '24

Those 5 elders definitely give those kinds of vibes

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u/ruisen2 Feb 23 '24

Him being around yonko commander level is honestly pretty appropriate.

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u/Behanort Feb 22 '24

i used to think that Saturn dies in this arc...

now? i think hes either a future matchup for sanji, or for bonney, or maybe even franky, tho im leaning towards the last two

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u/ravenarkhan Feb 22 '24

Who the duck would think that the Gorosei are useless? Saturn has proven to be a massive powerhouse, capable of wiping out the SH crew all by himself, save for Luffy. That's not an easy feat.

He's been shown to be extremely strong, and that only makes Luffy's power up to be even greater in comparison

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u/Hot-Beach2567 Feb 22 '24

What do you mean he didn’t have the chance to shine? He is a menace. Popping off heads, stalling sanji franky etc. with nothing more than his fuckin eyes. Regenerating every attack so far.

Saturn is a fuckin monster and if the other gorosei are the same they are the most powerful group in the story.

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u/mking1999 Feb 22 '24

in the post battle tbh

Bold of you assume Saturn is making it out of this alive.

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u/Chaosblast Void Month Survivor Feb 22 '24

He definitely is. There's not going to be a full scale battle here. Either the Giants stay for everyone to flee, or a small skirmish happens and then they flee somehow.

A Gorosei won't die without even showing he can do more than piercing you with his poison sting. Also the reveal that will shake the world will shake the battle as well, so I quite see it being interrupted due to a change of plans by either side.

Either Saturn orders island cleanup so the truth doesn't come out. Or SW realize this battle is not important and go onto more important things.

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u/mking1999 Feb 22 '24

Straight up... there's no reason to hype up Saturn. He sucks. There's nothing more to it. There's no reason for him to be in the story anymore.

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u/sack_of_potahtoes The Revolutionary Army Feb 22 '24

he still needs to be alive for the fact that devon needs saturn to be alive to impersonating him.

unless the only reason they copied his form is to control the pacifista and the new models.

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u/RestrainedEmu Feb 22 '24

Not true. Absalom got killed but Devon still had his appearance.

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u/sack_of_potahtoes The Revolutionary Army Feb 22 '24

I meant Devon wont be able to infilterate Mary Geoise if Saturn is dead. So it might be to use the command structure to control pacifista and the newer models

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u/PinkieBen Pirate Feb 22 '24

It also depends on if how well known his death is, for all we know he'll die and no one will know it, then Devon shows up disguised so they think he's fine.

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u/Cheeky_Hustler Feb 22 '24

Wouldn't it be harder for Devon to infiltrate if Saturn is alive? Saturn would know there's an imposter and be able to deal with that accordingly. Best case for Devon is if Saturn dies but nobody knows.

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u/echolog Feb 22 '24

I get the impression that the Elders have never been challenged, so they don't even know how to act in a real fight. Saturn is probably immortal/invulnerable to some extent, so he is simply not concerned with whatever gets thrown at him.

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u/tveye363 Feb 22 '24

There's still 4 more Gorosei. It's likely that Saturn was the weakest of the five.

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u/ravenarkhan Feb 22 '24

Who the duck would think that the Gorosei are useless? Saturn has proven to be a massive powerhouse, capable of wiping out the SH crew all by himself, save for Luffy. That's not an easy feat.

He's been shown to be extremely strong, and that only makes Luffy's power up to be even greater in comparison

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u/ravenarkhan Feb 22 '24

Who would think that the Gorosei are useless? Saturn has proven to be a massive powerhouse, capable of wiping out the SH crew all by himself, save for Luffy. That's not an easy feat.

He's been shown to be extremely strong, and that only makes Luffy's power up to be even greater in comparison

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u/QuantaPande Feb 22 '24

It seems to me that all the Elders might've just used external means to awaken their powers. It seems on brand for them to just use their power to get broken fruit, and then use some scientific or other ritual to force it to awaken (kinda like using GameShark to get rare candies in Pokemon and pushing all your mons to 100).

So for 99% of the people they are super strong, nearly invincible rulers of the world, but the top 1% can either counter them with skills, strategy or even just raw power.

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u/BobbyRayBands Feb 23 '24

I mean. Has he not already proven that he's not fodder? It takes being a crew member of one of the four strongest crews in the world to be able to move around him. And even most of the crew still struggled to move.

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u/Saturn-Is-Here Feb 22 '24

How Kizaru is looking better than him?

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u/Eaziegames Feb 22 '24

I’m starting to wonder if his invulnerability isn’t similar to Hawkins. Like that stare of his takes part of the person and he uses that to take damage. He hasn’t even seemed concerned about taking the heavy hits he has taken. Perhaps it’s just hitting people he’s done that to before and we haven’t gotten to people that are here yet. He clearly doesn’t care about regular people’s lives at all.

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u/RealZeusWolf Feb 23 '24

I think Oda is okay with making the Gorosei seem like mere figureheads while Imu is the real threat. They aren't really that built up and barely ever appear anyways. They might be powerful, but I don't see why Luffy can't solo a Gorosei, lol.

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u/anti_dan Feb 23 '24

I don't know Saturn's actual end power level, but it doesn't really make sense for him to be tip top tier. That would be far too many tiers to climb for the crew given that we are supposed to be in the endgame. If Saturn was Luffy level right now, we'd need Sanji, Zoro, and Jinbe to exceed current Luffy by the time they faced the WG.

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u/Zealot_Alec Feb 23 '24

Like the awakened Zoan's at Impel Down?

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u/oo-_- Feb 22 '24

Not an emperor, a Pirate King!

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u/BanjoSpaceMan Feb 22 '24

Luffy accidentally leveled up in a too high level zone, Wano, and now is just casually finishing the main questline.

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u/blackballath Feb 23 '24

Luffy is OP at this point

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u/TheDreamIsEternal Feb 23 '24

The power of an emperor

Of an *angry* Emperor.

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u/elrelight Feb 22 '24

Luffy pulled the "I'm not trapped in here with you, you're trapped in here with me" card

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u/SpacemanKayes Feb 22 '24

beautifully put

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u/sleepy416 Feb 22 '24

Also that look he gave when he first grabbed the two of them. People were complaining that luffy wasn’t serious enough when he was in G5. Should put those complaints rest

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u/FupaJesus Feb 22 '24

My thoughts exactly. One of the first time we have seen him not smiling, scowling even. Shits getting real quick.

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u/RenanSGr Slave Feb 22 '24

His smile was even more terrifying for me, real psycho vibes, I would NOT want to be on the receiving end of that smile lol

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u/zaxls Feb 22 '24

This is what I imagined G5 was always going to develop into, like a lot of emperrors have themes, luffy s is going to be basically dark comedy. Thats the terrifying part of it.

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u/Jwruth Feb 23 '24

It makes sense; he's basically a rubber hose character now, and the rubber hose era wasn't afraid to be dark or unsettling.

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u/Ichini-san Void Month Survivor Feb 22 '24

Luffy gave some intimidating Cuphead boss vibes in that panel.

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u/Flametoss456 Feb 22 '24

That's was I said, I was like "wow his smile makes him seem like an absolute psychopath who you don't wanna be across from"

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u/sunsoutgunsout Feb 22 '24

I mean he wasn't smiling when he hit Kaido with his last attack. Never understood why people glossed over that when talking about this.

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u/FupaJesus Feb 22 '24

So true! G5 haters want to further their agenda, I suppose.

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u/NeverFreeToPlayKarch Feb 22 '24

"Menacing + Manic" is usually a mood reserved for villains or heroes who are snapping/having a moment.

It'll be interesting to see it from the other side.

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u/XantifantiX Feb 22 '24 edited Feb 23 '24

Well he's not really "manic". He is "free". He does not care about how he looks or how he's percieved. He's doing exactly what he wants to do.

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u/ThisHatRightHere Feb 22 '24

I feel like we're seeing him grow more comfortable with using G5. Against Kaido especially, but earlier in Egghead too he seemed like he was almost "possessed" by Nika. All of the laughing, bouncing around, unserious nature. But now, in the midst of everything going to shit, he's using it to seem more intimidating than even a Gorosei member.

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u/stuckontwice The Revolutionary Army Feb 22 '24

Yup and he clearly showed care for Vegapunk. G5 can clearly be written in a serious way and this chapter proves it.

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u/temperamentalfish Feb 22 '24

That was always a ridiculous complaint. We saw Luffy get serious in G5 against Kaido. He wasn't laughing during the final struggle. He knew exactly what the stakes were, and his response ("a world where my friends get to eat whenever they want") was pure Luffy.

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u/Soul699 Explorer Feb 22 '24

He was smiling during the final clash tho. Kinda.

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u/mnmkdc Feb 22 '24

Him laughing while vegapunk was dying was the issue. I’m glad we’re seeing him being serious sometimes though. Makes it a little better

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u/Purelybetter Feb 22 '24 edited Feb 22 '24

Well its obvious, 5 is more than 4, so therefore, gear 5th breaks the 4th wall.

Since gear 5 breaks the 4th wall, Luffy is aware of plot armor and Oda's tendency to avoid killing characters off, so he laughs until he relizes Oda is gonna kill Vegapunk.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '24

HAHAHA

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u/Blackmanwdaplan Feb 23 '24

I see it more as tapping into so much power that it's impossible for you to actually be intimated. It's like he's absolutely confident in his ability to win. Nothings a threat to him

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u/Slice_Ambitious Feb 22 '24

I felt like he was laughing at Kizaru's "letter of apology" stuff, but that might be me

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u/Yergason Feb 22 '24

To be fair, this is the first time Oda drew him with a facial expression appropriate for the mood.

Cartoonishly protruding telescope eyes is appropriate as being surprised when a thunder bagua is about to flatten his head, not when he sees Vegapunk with a fist-sized hole in his chest bleeding and dying on the floor

At least this chapter made it clear that smiling/laughing expression is the base form of his face in G5, not that he really finds everything "funny"

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u/Numbuh24insane Feb 22 '24

To be honest, I was not complaining about Luffy's non-serious attitude in G5. I thought that was one of the drawbacks of the fruit. That it changed ones personality when using the Awakening and I thought that was rad as hell.

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u/Cirenione Feb 23 '24

It's not really a complaint as much as it is an observation. So far it seems like G5 results in Luffy losing himself and his sense of urgency. He laughed when he usually wouldn't. Which alligns with zoans having a will of their own. Users of carnivorous fruits get more ferocious and Luffy in his awakened state focuses on joy and fun. Maybe he finds a way to control that part of it or maybe it will be a reason to use lower gears in the future.

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u/skynet01101 Feb 22 '24

Luffy is not in danger but he is the danger. He's the one who knocks

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u/Prize_Weird_603 Feb 22 '24

Kizaru is pretty much like CP0 agent that interrupted Kaido.

Kaido: You do realize what you have done.

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u/Devoidoxatom Bandit Feb 22 '24

Fr. I can't imagine the other emperors (except Buggy lol) being threatened by these 2

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u/Kyotoshi Feb 22 '24

i couldn't imagine any emperor doing anything like that while smiling. just roger

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u/Dirtysouthdabs Feb 22 '24

I’m not trapped in here with yal. Yal are trapped in here with me. Epic line 

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u/jmj666 Feb 22 '24

I’m the danger

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u/Odd_Yam3983 Feb 22 '24

They angered a god.  Now this God may be about to kill.

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u/Reasonable_Cup1794 Feb 22 '24

luffy is the final villain

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u/Starob Feb 22 '24

I'm pretty sure it's literally what Kizaru said to Luffy back on Sabaody.

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u/Blackmanwdaplan Feb 23 '24

Reminded me of Big Mom

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u/Yessiro_o Feb 23 '24

If anyone didn't take him seriously before they def will after this arc

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u/Lexicorint Feb 23 '24

A king. No mere emporor.

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u/ovrlymm Feb 23 '24

“You think you get to just leave? Did I give you permission to leave? Nah…Let me show you why destroying Kaido and his entire crew didn’t just come down to Luck and a fluke.”

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u/Sahtras1992 Feb 27 '24

the fight against kaido shouldve been enough of a teaser that gear 5 will not be beaten by any opponent.

the only way luffy gets beaten is if he runs out of stamina, which i can totally see this time again. it might work out like gear 2 where luffy gains stamina over time but hes not there yet i think. hes gonna put up a huge fight because he just ate a good a amount and then some cafuffle happens as always where luffy needs to regain strength first before getting on the fight again.

i can see kizaru getting flattened next chapter but saturn is a real tank it seems, and he also seems to change his appearance the longer the fight goes on?

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u/NightSolaire Bounty Hunter Feb 22 '24

I hope Big News Morgans gets a shot of the fight so the world can see how powerful Luffy has become

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u/Jail_Chris_Brown Pirate King Buggy Feb 22 '24

If Morgans sees any of the stuff happening on Egghead right now, Vivi and Wapol will be thinking it's snowing.

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u/aLittleBitFriendlier Feb 22 '24

Does he get dandruff when he's excited?

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u/Andrex316 Feb 22 '24

Wapol about to get a new power with that mouth of his

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '24

if Morgans takes a photo of the Gorosei in transformed mode, I mean, they were willing to kill all Marines who witnessed it, the world in its entirety would have to burn.

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u/Unabashable Feb 22 '24

I don't think they were so much willing as indifferent to it. I took the order not to look at him as more "for their own good" as only Vice Admiral and above are strong enough to withstand the full brunt of his gaze. So more like a warning that if anyone lower were to do the same it would literally blow their mind.

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u/hunglow13 Pirate Feb 22 '24

Where's Guernica to take the photos when you need him??

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u/sagia5 Feb 22 '24

A good shot at that last scene of Luffy holding them + Vega punk message gonna wake some people up and the fire of revolution!

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u/kuroinferuno Void Month Survivor Feb 22 '24

Morgan's probably gonna shit bricks after seeing VPs internet in action

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u/OPconfused Feb 23 '24

Bro him flexing in that last panel should be Luffy's new bounty picture.

If Kizaru survives, imagine having to go home to the marines, where everyone is going to be reading the bounty posters, especially the one which has Kizaru looking like a kiwi fruit and getting completely dominated on it.

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u/Xelisyalias Feb 22 '24

I love the freakish look, seems like all late game big shots have a freakish look to them except for Shanks - Luffy has been on the same level as them for a minute, it’s time for a Yonkou to look like a Yonkou

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u/Unabashable Feb 22 '24

Well I'd say the look Shanks gave that Sea King was pretty freakish. Anyway I'm sure he has one. He just hasn't had to get serious enough to use it yet.

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u/tokyogodfather2 Feb 27 '24

And the looks he gave Greenbull and Kidd

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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 Feb 22 '24 edited Feb 22 '24

Luffy heard the dumbass Admiral vs Yonko power scaling and said hold my sake

edit. intentionally didn't say meat because uh pause

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u/Large-Ad-6861 Feb 22 '24

*meat

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u/XtendedImpact Feb 22 '24

I'll hold Luffy's meat any day

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u/TheCapybara9 Feb 22 '24

Weird nitpick to make here but I always thought of Luffy as more of a beer guy.

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u/ch3333r Feb 22 '24

*meat

no way Luffy gives his meat

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u/Skullwings Feb 22 '24

Food would’ve been better since luffy doesn't drink often.

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u/FringGustavo0204 Feb 22 '24

Luffy: Get an ambulance! get an ambulance! But not for me!.

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u/Blackwater_23 Feb 22 '24

Well, maybe for Vegapunk

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u/Evaprime89 Feb 22 '24

Tell me that face he makes with those eyes in the last panel wouldn’t terrify the absolute shit out of you. You’d be lying. Reminds me of the Judges eyes from Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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u/Ziiaaaac Feb 22 '24

I also hope this puts to death the constant bickering about Luffy vs Nika while he's in gear 5.

The panel after Kizaru shoots Vegapunk and the 'Apple Gramps' shows it clear as day. It's just Luffy.

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u/Radiant_Doughnut2112 Feb 22 '24

Luffy laughing his ass off as Vegapunk is dying right next to him doesn't bode too well with me. He's the kind of guy that would get pissed as soon as it happened but he let him get pierced and then shoot with a laser before he decided to act.

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u/Ziiaaaac Feb 22 '24 edited Feb 22 '24

Time moves a lot quicker in Manga panels and story telling.

I pencil all of stuff like that off to the entire past two chapters probably taking place in no more than a minute of in world time and don’t ruin my enjoyment of the story over it.

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u/Unabashable Feb 22 '24

Frieza minutes vs. real minutes

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u/Starob Feb 22 '24

It's gonna look completely different in the anime because Luffy is gonna have more serious moments in between the laughing.

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u/thats_not_good Feb 22 '24

Also on that last page it feels like there's a deliberate panneling to show both Saturn's eye and Luffy's eye right after Sanji said "there's a strange look in his eye" (is it just me or are Luffy's eyes also a little different than usual?)

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u/Etiennera Pirate King Buggy Feb 22 '24

Oda scribbles his drawings pretty fast these days. The eyes are otherwise fairly standard -- the scribble just really shows because the panel is zoomed in. If anything means anything, it's the zoom.

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u/Tysanan Feb 22 '24

its nika, ive been saying all along, luffy getting rid of nikas will from his fruit will be a plot point going into the ending of the story

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u/abibyama Void Month Survivor Feb 22 '24

Zoan fruit taking over

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u/Ill-Shopping1921 Feb 22 '24

I thought the same thing. I think it was deliberate. I think the look mimics Saturn, and this is the first time we’ve seen him get serious in Gear 5 in a way in which he’s not overly smiling so we may see a new level just like with Saturn

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u/leolegendario Feb 22 '24

I would like to see Rob Lucci's reaction to this, if he doesn't accept him being an Emperor then the guy is a professional hater.

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u/0wlGr3y Feb 22 '24

'Luffy is not serious in gear 5' people are in shambles

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u/SMZCORE Feb 22 '24

I have a friend that was disappointed on G5 reveal in anime because it felt not serious and tom and jerry like, even tho he loves tom & jerry, but he said "there is a time and place for everything". I even told him luffy was always goofy, look at gear third and fourth, but he still can be serious. This chapter just proves it.

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u/Dankoregio Feb 22 '24

waiting for the people who say luffy doesn't get mad anymore finding a way to say that panel is funny and he's not taking anything seriously

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u/DatKillerDude Feb 22 '24

actual Yonko shit

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u/KOPLO97 Feb 22 '24

This might be the first time Luffy has shown that look in Gear 5. I think we’re in for something amazing when he fights Imu and hears his crazy talk about enslaving the world and how he did it

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u/tryingmydarnest Feb 22 '24

most intimidating Luffy has looked in a minute.

it's the eyes. Luffy looks scariest when his eyes become just shaded void.

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u/sicgamer Feb 22 '24

Goddamn has our boy made it.

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u/Kermitt7979 Feb 22 '24

“I’m not locked in here with you, you’re locked in here with me!”

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u/GustavoAlex7789 Feb 22 '24

He stopped Pluto but he fucking destroyed Kizaru with one arm. This is full power, well rested, serious Luffy a step beyond when he fought Kaido.

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u/amitd01 Feb 22 '24

Not just Pirate King. Pirate emperor! 

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u/HulklingsBoyfriend Feb 22 '24

He's also angry as fuck, look at his face (especially the eyes). He's just as pissed off as Saturn.

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u/Peddrawm Feb 22 '24

The “now you two” was so cold man 😭 He grabbed them like a toy 🥶

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u/guitarburst05 Feb 22 '24

When Gear 5 goes serious?

That's terrifying.

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u/Wasted_Comment Feb 22 '24

Where are the ppl complaining about Luffy is not serious in gear 5 at??

Chapter is fire

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u/Sir-Thugnificent Feb 22 '24

« So chilling ».

Lmao y’all are really a bunch of karma-hunting NPCs.

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u/Derpalooza Moon Arc Believer Feb 22 '24

Also noticed that the Luffy's Hat stays its normal size

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u/sbongers23 Feb 22 '24

Time to see the true unbridled power of a yonko

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u/heprer Feb 22 '24

Yes, now Luffy has the power to fight the world!

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u/DarthGogeta Feb 22 '24

I always said, it would be disappointing if Luffy wasnt overpowered in the end. Looks like we are at the end.

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u/MirageOpus Feb 22 '24

Sometimes I wonder what would these chapter comments look like to a regular reader from say, 8 years ago. Sounds nuts

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u/Sumrndmguy Feb 22 '24

Hands down my favorite gear 5 image so far. Seeing the normally jovial g5 not only serious but angered was haunting. 

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u/actual-hakim Feb 22 '24

After so long where luffy was continually being the under-dog, testing his strength against opponents who are much stronger than him, it is fucking awesome to see him be dominant, especially to a complete turd such as a gorosei

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u/ruisen2 Feb 23 '24

I wonder if Kizaru is just throwing the fight since he's not feeling motivated. For the fastest person on the planet, he gets caught pretty easily.