r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh2 Lookout • Feb 22 '24

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1108 Spoiler

Chapter 1108: "Attention, World!"

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

Ch. 1109 Scan Release: ~29/02/2024

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u/OPconfused Feb 23 '24 edited Feb 23 '24

The physical size of Luffy in this panel played a large role here too. We always see dominant characters being massive (relative to the size you'd expect). All of the yonkou except Shanks were always drawn huge—whitebeard towering over Akainu was a good one, but even Shanks I bet has a few panels where he was drawn oversized when he was flexing. We've also seen it at times with Garp or other admirals.

This is one of the first times we've seen Luffy in a flex scene looking this big. That's a subtle communication of yonkou energy for me. He's being portrayed physically like the top fighters in One Piece.

I mean I know his DF is manipulating his size, but the choice from Oda to portray him this large over his opponents is a callback to how he likes to represent power via physical size, and right now Luffy is dwarfing Kizaru and even Saturn. Big energy.

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u/mr_chub Void Month Survivor Feb 23 '24

People really should take note of how Oda actually respects his characters. All too often in Shonen the creator completely disrespects his main characters strengths that they've built up all for the sake of plot (Naruto, Bleach, DBZ, etc). It took Oda 25 years for Luffy to become an in world top dog (equivalent to Goku going super saiyan for the first time - which quickly become irrelevant lol). And so far he's doing him absolute justice.

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u/OPconfused Feb 23 '24

Most shounen don't have the luxury of decades of time to develop their manga and its characters the way Oda has. Oda's persistence and passion really shine through, if with a more subtle lighting than the direct brilliance of his more apparent drawing/storytelling proficiency.

I know One Piece is a shounen, but to compare it to other shounen at this point just feels like a different category sometimes. It does some things differently because of how long it's been around, and it's characterized in many ways by its more patient approach that Oda has afforded himself by taking so much time. It's a special manga for us to be able to watch unfold.

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u/MochiDragon88 Feb 24 '24

That's true. It's kinda unfair to compare other series to one piece because it has the luxury of it's long serial length. Not to mention, it's premature to say oda won't end up falling in the same category as other shounens anyways since....we're only one arc after G5's initial reveal. For me, it's been doing that already, but that's a different can of worms to dive into.