One Piece: Chapter 1109

[u/Kirosh2]

Chapter 1109: "Obstruction"

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There is a break next week.

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Ch. 1109 Official Release (Mangaplus): 03/03/2024

Ch. 1109 Scan Release: ~06/032024

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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/IIIlllIIllIllllIIlll]

You know it's gonna be a long time when a character gives you a ten minute countdown. Maybe we'll hear the message in the summer.

[u/nosoyunamulti → u/IIIlllIIllIllllIIlll]

Dresrossa PTSD intensifies

[u/tryingmydarnest → u/nosoyunamulti]

It took about 4 chapters in dressrosa for luffy to rest for 10mins post Gear 4. If there's lore/Gorosei reveal during these 4 chapters I can wait.

[u/VeryImportantLurker → u/tryingmydarnest]

There was also like 20 chapters at the end of Wano of the "5 minutes before Onigashima falls to the ground"

[u/Bucen → u/IIIlllIIllIllllIIlll]

that's only 3 months. I can wait

[u/[deleted] → u/Bucen]

In the southern hemisphere it's gonna be summer in 12! So have a bit of patience

[u/kuroinferuno → u/IIIlllIIllIllllIIlll]

Hope to god this ain't Hunter X Hunter minutes

[u/closetmangafan → u/kuroinferuno]

Cries in dragon ball minutes...

[u/Narharcan]

Damn, Vegapunk is a Twitch streamer.

"Be ready, this is gonna be the hypest live ever! ... In 10 minutes!" 

[u/GangsterRavioliGuy → u/Narharcan]

Sees Luffy fold Kizaru and Saturn summon the other elders.

"Chat is this real?"

[u/Not_Leopard_Seal → u/GangsterRavioliGuy]

"Morgans! Thank you for the 9 months of Twitch Prime!"

[u/_g0nzales → u/Not_Leopard_Seal]

"Mods, ban lazerBoy420, hes being a little bitch to me"

[u/Not_Leopard_Seal → u/_g0nzales]

"Thank you Fireboy for the 5. 'F for Lulusia' Oh fuck ToS."

[u/kuroinferuno → u/GangsterRavioliGuy]

Caesar and Judge banned by the mods for writing profanities in chat

[u/kuroinferuno → u/Narharcan]

Chat going hype, meanwhile Dragon in chat "...."

[u/toastycheeze → u/Narharcan]

"Shaka, it takes at least 10 minutes to setup Elgato and the OBS. Go mix up some Gamer Supps before we start."

[u/hutbear → u/Narharcan]

"Secret lore giveaway this stream POG"

[u/sk8rznvrquit]

"Man Egghead looks like it's going to be an easy escape"

Oda: " Hol up"

[u/bluegubble → u/sk8rznvrquit]

Yeah, the five elders mean business now and taking no chances.

They are now doing everything they can to stop Vegapunk’s message, otherwise their control over the world would be jeopardized beyond tipping point…

[u/MrLKK]

I love when Dragon says his catchphrase, "..."

[u/Malamasala → u/MrLKK]

An avid user of the mute-mute-fruit.

[u/kuroinferuno → u/MrLKK]

Dragon 🤝 King

[u/[deleted] → u/MrLKK]

He's just so good at looking east

[u/DanGimeno]

It's curious that every time Kizaru is laying, defeated for a minute, he's covering his eyes.

[u/Xark96 → u/DanGimeno]

He just wants to go home and cry in the shower at this point.

[u/DanGimeno → u/Xark96]

I imagine him depressed, turning into light and letting himself be drained by the shower. Which leads me to think that Kizaru must be doing very well at unclogging pipes. He doesn't even get dirty.

[u/maeschder → u/DanGimeno]

As cope as it is, there has to be a reason Oda has done that like 3 times by now.

[u/Nick2the4reaper7 → u/maeschder]

"I should have brought a darker pair of shades. I'm going to embarrass myself at this rate."

There's definitely something cooking here, I'm just not 100% sure of what it is.

[u/Vinyl_DjPon3 → u/maeschder]

I don't know what's cope about it.

He's not having fun and this is probably the most Unclear his Justice has ever been. His demeanor is apt regardless of whether he stays a cog or not.

[u/Neyubin → u/DanGimeno]

I think VP wanted Kizaru to kill him and told him to do as much to start the broadcast. Kizaru is crying for his dead friend.

[u/makked → u/Neyubin]

Oooh, I like this. I like Kizaru and don't want all those panels foreshadowing to not turn into anything.

[u/GloomyLocation1259]

For some reason I never considered different time zones in the one piece world lol

[u/_kingardy → u/GloomyLocation1259]

Lol yea honestly same, it just goes to show how much Oda truly loves making the series, it’s such a tiny detail but one that just really makes it feel like a true world, and not just a setting where the story takes place

[u/gokuvega33]

That heart monitor is completely flatlined now, so Vegapunk is dead.

[u/bluegubble → u/gokuvega33]

His heart has stopped, but his brain in Punk Records should still be very much active, so long as it’s not destroyed in the ensuing chaos.

[u/whatever12347 → u/bluegubble]

This is actually a good point. The main purpose of your heart is to provide blood to your brain; does Vegapunk even need a heart?

[u/MrLKK]

It's fun that this end-of-arc time limit is for the villains this time.

[u/KagsTheOneAndOnly → u/MrLKK]

great point lol. it'll be awesome seeing the elders desperate for once i KNOW this has ruined their day and it brings me much joy

[u/[deleted] → u/KagsTheOneAndOnly]

Highest blood pressure they’ve had in years I’m sure 

[u/hiero_ → u/[deleted]]

Centuries, even.

[u/ItsLoudB → u/KagsTheOneAndOnly]

And you just know that they will reach the labostratum at the last second only to discover it's not where it is being streamed

[u/GriffinFlash → u/MrLKK]

You cannot escape the BUSTER CALL!

\reverse uno card*

Oh no

[u/Narharcan]

Readers: "Yeah, this is gonna be a short transition arc."

Oda: "Kizaru is coming to Egghead and will fight Luffy."

Readers: "What."

Oda: "Oh, and he's bringing one of the Gorosei with him, and he looks like a demon." 

Readers: "What the hell, aren't they endgame bosses?" 

Oda: "Did I say one of them? I meant all of them."

Oda, what the fuck.

[u/Xplorer67 → u/Narharcan]

Oda really couldn't hold it in lmao. I know he was dying to reveal their demon forms at once. It's gonna be insane

[u/X_Seed21 → u/Xplorer67]

Imagine he throws an Imu reveal there as well just to troll us more

[u/abobbobderson → u/X_Seed21]

I think thats probably going to be part of vegapunks message (in 10 minutes lol)

[u/mwar123 → u/Narharcan]

Readers: “Oda can’t end One Piece in 5 years”

Oda: “watch me (end it in one arc)!

[u/FireZord25 → u/mwar123]

Lmao my thoughts exactly. The moment Saturn summoned the rest of the 5 I knew he wasn't bsing this time.

[u/Gaelahad → u/Narharcan]

There's no way Toei won't stretch every panel of this arc.

[u/Volitant_Anuran]

Just wait till they perform Docking Five Big Elder.

[u/leighapparently → u/Volitant_Anuran]

Saw this in the chapter comments: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e4341a67a9e32b1a06851749884730436d4c8ce181a33d28dd529dd34ce29220.jpg?w=800&h=729

[u/MeSquawkMan2 → u/leighapparently]

We're not ready.

[u/7DeadlySynergy → u/leighapparently]

Oh shit its too powerful, no wonder the World Government rules the world for hundreds of years

[u/ImHereByTheRoad]

So we got 9.5 minutes. What we thinking. 30 chapters? Lol

[u/resso1991 → u/ImHereByTheRoad]

We might get a flashback now lol

[u/Nugur → u/resso1991]

….for each elder

[u/livindaye]

*injects it to my vein...

edit: 5 elders at the same time?? Goddamn.

[u/adnaphsaka]

FLATURN & PIZZARU GOT "CLAPPED" ! ! !

[u/guitarburst05 → u/adnaphsaka]

Oh no, "pizzaru" might catch on.

[u/XtendedImpact → u/adnaphsaka]

Saturntable and Kizarecord

[u/just-the-friend → u/XtendedImpact]

Apoo will be in his element

[u/Rysler]

That cover though👀👀👀

[u/CabbageTheVoice → u/Rysler]

Can we talk about that pls? what happened here? Onigashima was on land last, right?

[u/Rysler → u/CabbageTheVoice]

I went to check, and you are correct: when Onigashima crashed down, it hit the land and not water (chapter 1049). Huh. Maybe Momo threw it out of Wano with flame clouds, to get rid of Kaido's symbols? If so, the cover story might be an update on how Wano's healing after the battle.

I do hope it addresses Kaido and Big Mom though...

[u/Bucen → u/Rysler]

Kaido and Big Mom or Momo and Yamato or someone completely else?

[u/guitarburst05 → u/Bucen]

This will tell the story of Kaido and Big Mom fucking off to some random small island off the grand line to start a small garden and sip tea from their veranda.

[u/LaloEACB]

All 5 of them??!!

I was expecting Lore Piece, but wasn’t disappointed… until I read “break next week”

[u/FireFistRJ → u/LaloEACB]

In naruto we had humans summoning monster. In one piece a monster is summoning another monster.

[u/Malamasala → u/LaloEACB]

Yea, it certainly looks like we are speeding towards the "Luffy beats the gorosei" part of the story. Unless it will just be mob-summons looking like devils.

[u/abobbobderson → u/Malamasala]

Nah i think were still running away to elbaf

[u/GangsterRavioliGuy → u/abobbobderson]

Yeah the summoning was done to make sure that the straw-hats actually have a reason to flee the island because the straw-hats + friends were wiping out the marines.

[u/littenthehuraira → u/GangsterRavioliGuy]

Yeah when they got the giants and pacifistas on their side it the power balance shifted really heavily towards the SHs. I was wondering what Oda would do to bring some tension back to the story. Did not expect 4 endgame bosses to be summoned to the island lol. ​

[u/Etiennera → u/Malamasala]

I mean the editor's note at the end of the chapter is pretty clear about what's being summoned.

[u/maeschder → u/Etiennera]

Also the fact that the Gorosei reply to Saturn saying "Imma start the summoning"

[u/BanjoSpaceMan → u/maeschder]

And sanjis "oh look, 5 exact same things that happened when Saturn appeared" lol

[u/MrWinks → u/Malamasala]

Sanji: that looks like when the old guy appeared!

Or whatever he said, and:

the planets align, next time, on one piece!

and

4 lightning bolts

and

summoning technique

Yeah, obviously it's bringing the other 4 in.

[u/Dankoregio]

The Earth may not be flat, but Saturn sure is.

[u/[deleted]]

The "Planets" are aligning!

Toward the sun god nika, that's some sick last panel dialogue.

[u/GangsterRavioliGuy]

Shanks saved Greenbull's life that day in Wano.

[u/DrTRex → u/GangsterRavioliGuy]

Now we need more WiFi Haki in Egghead

[u/[deleted] → u/GangsterRavioliGuy]

Who the hell did blud think he is going after Luffy at Wano

No way he'd have made it past Sanji/Yamato/Jinbei/Momo/Zoro even

[u/Emptypiro → u/[deleted]]

Like this man just beat Kaido, the guy you just admitted to being afraid of, and you come here alone to take on him, his entire crew, kid and his crew, Law and his crew, and Wano's protectors.

Kaido couldn't even handle all of them even with his army and big mom there

[u/Empty_Lemon_3939 → u/Emptypiro]

Getting Senpai Akainu to notice you > sense and reason

[u/lochnesslapras]

Just had the thought that it won't be Egghead Island where the broadcast is coming from but from Kamabakka Kingdom.

That's what the previous message to Dragon would have been about.

[u/Far-Wind2370 → u/lochnesslapras]

That would be a twist. They're all too certain its from Egghead which would be a nice swerve.

[u/Slammybutt → u/lochnesslapras]

And the signal of his death bounces from egghead, through the Navy transponders to activate on Kamabakka.

I could totally see that happening. It creates 10 minutes of tension so that Luffy has to hold them back. Only to perfectly fine when the 5 smash the upper stratum .

[u/Gil_Demoono → u/Slammybutt]

Also, the sense of urgency Vegapunk instills with that announced ten minute preamble could be a way to force CP0 and the Gorosei to over-extend and expose themselves as they rush against a ticking clock they can't actually stop. Saturn probably wouldn't have summoned the others if he didn't have that time limit.

[u/BillionaireBuster93 → u/Gil_Demoono]

I've noticed that a lot of the governments troubles seem to be due to over-extending themselves so that would be a perfect weakness for Vegapunk to exploit.

[u/CabbageTheVoice → u/lochnesslapras]

!

I can see it, Vegapunk is about to reach the most important part of his speech but the Marines/elders/Kizaru manage to destroy the Labostratum just in time!

But oh noes, the broadcast doesn't actually come from there! You thought the smartest man wouldn't think about that?!

[u/FruticaFresca]

Ladies and gentlemen... Luffy is facing all 5 elders.

WELCOME TO END PIECE.

[u/GangsterRavioliGuy → u/FruticaFresca]

Yeah, you know it's close to the end when Luffy starts getting the Kaido treatment.

[u/JosephSim → u/GangsterRavioliGuy]

My guy is a Yonko.

[u/as0rb → u/FruticaFresca]

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[u/Kirosh2]

And there is the Timelimit for the arc.

Still can't wait to see what Luffy can do against the Gorosei, even if he will get help from Dorry, Brogy, and the Ancient Robot.

[u/HMKS → u/Kirosh2]

With Dorry and Brogy at his side soon, I wonder how much they can do against the 5 elders. Does it seem like they should run or would it make more sense to battle it out?
And even if they do fight, would it be enough with the 3 of them or should we expect another group to join?

[u/Kirosh2 → u/HMKS]

The Giants are proud warriors, they won't really refuse a good fight. Even more if they need to wait until the crew in Labophase is gone as well.

They need to last 10+ minutes, then they can leave. The pressure will be on if Luffy and co can last, and on Zoro ending his fight soon enough.

[u/bones2b]

Btw is nobody gonna talk about the gorosei communicating telepathically?

Edit: Like Luffy and Momo

[u/DeismAccountant → u/bones2b]

Kinda rules out Devon tricking the other Gorosei. Maybe it’ll have to be a WG facility or when all the others are away from Marygouise.

[u/Ankoria → u/DeismAccountant]

She could also theoretically use it to steal control of the Seraphim as long as the other Gorosei and Bonney aren't in the immediate vicinity

[u/SpiritualScumlord]

"It's Dr. Vegapunk!... I heard his mind was a cut above the rest but this isn't what I expected!"

Ok that was a pretty good pun Oda lol

[u/Popopirat66 → u/SpiritualScumlord]

I'd say good pun translator. Hard to tell what the original really says 

[u/SamYushin]

Pizzaru and Flaturn!!!

[u/MonkeyStealsPeach]

The summoning?!? Are the Gorosei actually from hell or something?

[u/MrLKK → u/MonkeyStealsPeach]

Also they can communicate telepathically hundreds of miles away?

[u/kuroinferuno → u/MrLKK]

Shanks 5G haki in shambles

[u/X_Seed21 → u/kuroinferuno]

To be fair, aren't these guys like alive for centuries? Big Mom, Kaido, Roger, and every legend we know of are children to these geezers

[u/SpaceOdysseus23 → u/MonkeyStealsPeach]

At this point I feel it's Devil Fruits that took over the bodies of people who ate them. Since we know Zoan fruits have a ''will'' of their own, it's not unlikely that Demonic Zoan fruits eventually consume their user in body and soul.

[u/MrZeddd → u/SpaceOdysseus23]

Vegapunk 10min wait is probably so all the elders will be there, so he can broadcast their true form to the whole world

[u/Evil_phd]

1108 Luffy: "Hah. Now you're the ones in an escape arc!"

1109 Saturn: "No u"

[u/fateoftheg0dz]

WAIT IS THAT SATURN SUMMONING THE REMAINING 4 ELDERS IN THE LAST PANEL??? HOLY FUCK

[u/bluegubble → u/fateoftheg0dz]

“The planets are aligning”, does not bode well, doubly so if even Luffy can’t damage them right now…

Makes it all the more important for that ancient robot to arrive any minute now

[u/tryingmydarnest → u/bluegubble]

“The planets are aligning”

Yet all planets revolve around the Sun. Luffy will figure something out.

He managed with Katakuri, he will manage this.

[u/[deleted] → u/tryingmydarnest]

I freaking love this <3

[u/Starob → u/tryingmydarnest]

Makes me wonder whether they all worked under Joyboy/Nika who was a benevolent ruler of the Ancient Kingdom, and they all performed a coup.

[u/BlankCartographer53]

I was a fool to think what Vegapunk had to say would be revealed this chapter lol

[u/JammyDodger133]

Water 7 being night-time because its on the other side of the planet to egghead is CRAZY attention to detail but its Oda so I shouldn't be surprised lmao

[u/Empty_Lemon_3939 → u/JammyDodger133]

Oda just world builds on a level

Like I can’t think of a writer besides maybe Tolkien who has built a bigger world from scratch by himself

Like even Star Wars has had a lot of hands on it

[u/mugiwaranocrazy]

I can't believe we got all hyped for Oda to blue-ball us once again with a time limit. At least we got Luffy throwing around admirals and gorosei.

[u/kuroinferuno → u/mugiwaranocrazy]

This felt like those announcements for the announcement date for a game's trailer lmfao

[u/topdangle → u/mugiwaranocrazy]

the blue ball looks like its to setup the ENTIRE GOROSEI ARRIVING, though.

jesus christ how the hell is this going to work? Shanks has gotta be hiding a corner somewhere because the SHs are completely dead if the Gorosei are really teleporting there (the "planets").

[u/Penis_meat → u/topdangle]

Idk we still got the giants who are whooping ass

[u/Brownbeluga]

WE GOT DRAGON LOOKING EAST SAYING "..." LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO

[u/Animeop]

Addicts could barely handle a day delay... This break is gonna cause the nastiest withdrawls.

[u/SomeBoxofSpoons → u/Animeop]

I think the frenzy this chapter's delay caused was more the wait combined with the fact that we just got one of the biggest cliffhangers in One Piece history. We knew the answers were out there, but we just couldn't see them.

[u/Werfgh]

Seems like All Blue is our balls all along

[u/BillyHalley]

Wow another great speech by Dragon himself

[u/OrionJohnson → u/BillyHalley]

I remember last week somebody laid out their predictions for this chapter. It was a bunch of people around the world reacting to the news and then Dragon just saying “….”. That dude really nailed it and I wish I could find the comment now.

[u/Franzlosel]

I have a feeling that those 10 minutes are going to feel like 3 months.

[u/YorkshireBloke]

Dragon with his usual thoughtful input 😂

[u/old-man-rayleigh]

10 minutes...

Namek PTSD intensifies

[u/FireFistRJ]

So at last, Luffy forced Saturn to use the all powerful spell- SUMMONING JUTSU.

[u/rahmanm855]

I think Vegapunk is smarter than the Gorosei give him credit for.

The ten minute "wait" is on purpose. It's buying him time.

He knew if the island ever goes down (an island full of the research and truths he spent decades on), he anticipated the Gorosei landing to shut him up.

With the Gorosei showing up, that is the exact truth he wanted to show the world--they are devils.

Imagine the entire world tuning in to see that. He's giving the entire world ten minutes to prepare their videos on purpose.

They will both 1) see Luffy in Joy Boy form escaping while 2) the Devils are the supposed leaders of the world.

So Vegapunk took a gamble and broadcasted a dud display, originally at some point thinking an hour would be optimal for the both the world to get ready and the Gorosei to definitely show up and make their presence known but eventually realized ten minutes is enough, "waiting for coffee".

At the end of the ten minutes, he will activate a second dead man broadcast, perhaps a random snail on the ground OR the ancient giant which will display a birds eye or front eye view of the Gorosei, showing the world these demons are their leaders!

[u/Money-always-talking → u/rahmanm855]

cooked a 5 star meal, if this doesn’t happen i’ll be surprised

[u/Suitable_Still_8572]

Me: Nice that we don't have a timer for once at the climax of an arc.

Oda: And then the message will be sent in ten minutes...

Me: Of course...

Oda: ...but with a twist. This time our heroes will want the timer to reach zero.

Me: I guess that's a different spin on it.

[u/kewpietamago]

The panel of the 4 elders being summoned has got to be one of my faves now. The multiple black lightning strikes, ominous/creepy vibes, and the destruction at the background is just amazing

[u/The_Real_Baws]

I fucking love One Piece.

[u/Lightecojak]

Okay, I think I have a good idea about what’s really going on here.

This broadcast is Vegapunk’s Batman Gambit.

Everything Vegapunk and his robot counterparts said about delaying the broadcast for 10 minutes so that everyone could see and hear it along with brewing coffee while waiting wasn’t something that was ad-libbed. It was all pre-planned.

Vegapunk knows the authority his words have as the world’s smartest man so everyone and every news source will want to tune in. But what he actually wants to show the world is just arriving.

The most common way internet scammers try to get a potential victim to act is by creating a fake sense of urgency that something bad will happen if you don’t do what they say. And with only 10 minutes left to intervene there are only a few people that could reach EggHead that quickly. In this case, the only people that could make it that quickly outside of Kizaru would be the Five Elders. The Five Elders believe that Vegapunk is going to reveal something huge about the Void Century soon and while he might do that, the real reveal is just arriving. The Five Elders themselves!!

I’m very certain that the true purpose of the broadcast is to lure the Five Elders to Egghead so that Vegapunk can reveal their evil monster/devil fruit forms to the world!

Vegapunk must have figured out the Five Elders are somehow immortal (I don’t know if they’re 800 years old or not) and have been ruling the world for centuries with their dark powers (I don’t know if Vegapunk knows about Imu). Having their true forms exposed will terrify the world and make them want to start rebelling against the World Government.

Let me say that I do believe that Vegapunk will also reveal something about the Void Century, but everything about the broadcast preparations was done to lure the Five Elders to Egghead as a trap so that he can give them the biggest middle finger possible by exposing what they truly are. All of this is revenge for what they made him do to Kuma and blocking knowledge for centuries. And of course, for killing him.

Edit: To add on to my theory, here’s another thing that is planned pretty conveniently for that to happen (by Oda, not Vegapunk). Wapol is one of only two outside people that knows what the Five Elders look like and is currently standing right next to Big News Morgan. As soon as the Five Elders appear on screen in their monster forms, Wapol will panic and confirm it’s them to Morgan. Sabo will do the same with the Revolutionary Army.

[u/MoonMan080]

If Vegapunk would have said 20 minutes the TCB discord would have melted away

[u/FireFistRJ → u/MoonMan080]

Maybe he did and TCB translated it to 10 minutes.

[u/sicgamer]

Damn, seeing Luffy manhandle people of this level is so satisfying.

[u/Far-Wind2370 → u/sicgamer]

Feels like we've earned it after 25 years... lol

[u/NationalStrategy]

The whole chapter was Vegapunk setting up the stream

[u/luckyd1998 → u/NationalStrategy]

It needs to be 10+ minutes so he can get more of that YouTube ad revenue

[u/Prodesia]

Why do I bother trying to come up with predictions this arc when Oda always comes up with something beyond anything that I could imagine. Time to just sit back and enjoy the ride I think.

[u/Knightofexcaliburv1]

My bro vegapunk really is gonna milk us before he drops the info. Mans waiting for the stream to hit 100k before the info drops.

Stream name is probably something scandalous to get people to tune in but he’s gonna make a tone of sub money

[u/Hfudge7]

This could actually be a pretty smart play by Vegapunk. He knows that if he just says that the gorosei are evil then people aren't likely to believe him. But by giving 10 minutes, he's baiting them to come stop him and will get video proof of their true form.

[u/Training-Home-1601]

[Everyone going crazy with speculation and fan theories about Vegapunk's broadcast] 

Oda: "lol what if Kizaru was pizza"

[u/seenzoned]

Pizzaru 😂

[u/GeneralistJosh]

Okay…admittedly…the Gorosei ALL showing up on Egghead was not on my One Piece bingo card this year…!!!!!

This escalates everything and completely changes the game to put Luffy and the rest in real danger if that’s indeed what is happening. Unless…Saturn is something else (seems unlikely though with that “planets are aligning” comment).

Also, they can communicate telepathically?????

[u/RaidanRam]

bro that panel of Kizaru's eye's lighting up is good meme shit

[u/Cuckledoodle]

Kizaru is just like "I'm fucking done bro... he turned me into a fucking pizza."

[u/Sparowes]

Kizaru is so tired of this day at work. He had to beat the shit out of his disciple, kill his friend, and now he keeps getting knocked across an island by the literal reincarnation of the Sun God Nika during the middle of a buster call in front of his boss... and about to be four of his other bosses all the while the Giant Warrior Pirates returned after 100 years and are wrecking his subordinates/comrades while laughing like maniacs. I would just stay down even if I could get back up at this point, bro. Dude is gonna need a long vacation and some therapy after this shit.

Also we got another classic "..." from Dragon. Truly inspiring words for the Revolution, big guy!

 

Jokes aside, this arc has been peak and it's still peaking! If the end of it lands, I think it will be the most consistently great arc in post-TS One Piece and one of the best in general.

[u/LogenNine9Fingers]

I dread these 10 minutes will have the pacing of an indian soap opera

[u/[deleted]]

Not original to me, but I think Vegapunk has baited the Gorosei into coming to Egghead so he can broadcast their demonic forms fighting with Nika to the world.

An additional speculation that I have is that Nika becomes more powerful as more people believe in him, so as the world watches Luffy fight the Gorosei and Vegapunk tells everyone to cheer/pray for him, he gains the power to defeat them.

[u/ASAP_CREED]

Kizaru really just wants to sit this out

[u/ChimeraAnt]

Is this the first time we see actual time differences and timezones in one piece?

[u/see_mohn]

Nine minutes and 30 seconds until namek explodes

[u/deathsyth220002]

It's so funny to me. 

Wano was so hyped up for YEARS, but egghead is clearly oda at his best.  Holy fuckles. 

[u/Ayzkub3]

Hope the 10 minutes are not Frieza’s 10 minutes.

[u/TommieBuncetti]

teases a grand reveal in the very next chapter

next chapter comes

there is a countdown

there's no reveal this chapter

break next week

[u/Joliene_washingtonn]

Theory; Vegapunk is stalling to reveal the Gorosei to the world and they are falling for his bait.

[u/jollyjam1]

Oda is such a troll. He teases last week that we'll be hearing VP spill some spicy gos and then says jk it'll happen in 10 minutes which is the equivalent of weeks for us lol. But in the meantime, I'll send all the Gorosei down to fight Luffy.

[u/King_David5759]

We’re getting a panel of the planets circling the sun aren’t we

[u/NedDKenway]

Us: Oh, Egghead going to be a quick, relaxing arc before Luffy and co. leave for Elbaf!

Oda: How about G5 Luffy vs 5 Elders?

[u/CTsmith415]

What if this is all Vegapunk’s final ploy to reveal the true forms of the Gorosei? As in he predicted if he got killed by one, and the dead man’s switch started, the others would be summoned. And the reasons he gave it 10 mins was for them to be summoned due to the urgency and for the masses to get their video snails ready, then the pre-recorded vid will end and a bunch of video transponder snails on Egghead will simply broadcast Luffy in Gear 5 and the 5 Gorosei in their yokai / devil forms. Finally depicting the truth.

[u/MochieelpelicanKing]

Did Saturn just summon 4 gorosei on the same turn? That's against the rules, isn't it?

[u/Sean_Dewhirst]

10m 14d

[u/Thema03]

where is that madlad who actually predicted Dragon "..." in this chapter?

[u/matheusco]

Godanmit, the joke about Dragon "..." actually happened.

[u/Neyaltar]

There is something about these Gorosei summoning panels that feels so foreign to One Piece, yet so dark and forboding

[u/icingwinds]

I am thinking to stand towards the "gorosei bait" theory as Vegapunk knows about the void century and if the gorosei were there, Vegapunk could grasp what they were capable of. I think Kizaru was in it with Vegapunk to bait the gorosei to be summoned on EggHead so Vegapunk could show the world who the gorosei are (demons) through a live broadcast. It is a genious plan to fool around for "10-minute interval" to get everything set up but really Vegapunk is just waiting for the (gorosei) fish to bite the hook. Looking forward to see what Vegapunk planned to do after gorosei arrives!

[u/Aquamarinate]

I have a theory:

Vegapunk is giving them a 10 minute time frame on purpose, it's been calculated because he knows the WG would react, he will go from a pre-recorded message to a livestream of the Elders destroying a nation. They will incriminate themselves saying something or revealing some secret.

[u/fromthestatic]

damn, y'all ready for the Vegapunk Direct?! i hope he announces Mother 3

[u/IvansonStudios]

Kizaru is probably crying because he got turned into pizza, reminding him of his time with Bonnie, Kuma, and Vegapunk.

[u/cookusan]

I love how many people were correct about the Dragon "..." panel prediction. Classic.

[u/Cogexkin]

I appreciate that Saturn’s powers, for how crazy and demon-like they are, are also still kinda goofy. Him being thrown by Luffy only to swerve back like a boomerang was legit funny. The silliness kinda parallels Luffy and I like it

[u/ScareTactical]

All 5 elders converging on one location simply requires the revolutionary army to step up and actually do something in the main plot. This is prime time for dragon to make his introduction as the word governments #1 enemy

[u/ankorus]

Kizaru seriously does not look like his heart is in this. Not convinced he's turning, but he may just quit.

[u/willow_jin]

The stakes are so high now, that I don't understand the point of Lucci vs Zoro anymore. I hope that Oda planned something for this fight, like some crazy Lucci lore, or that Zoro just offscreens Lucci and move on.

[u/Coldcow]

Fans: Dragon will arrive at any moment in Egghead

Dragon: Ivankov, bring popcorn. Let's watch the Vegapunk broadcast.

[u/Much_Turn7013]

Gorosei really cancelled bingo night to jump a 19 y/o 💀

[u/ishmael555]

Dr. Vegapunk (the main body at least) is officially dead. 18 years since he was first mentioned by Koby at the Water Seven, he was finally introduced and killed in the same arc on his own island. He lived for science and died for science, godspeed Doctor.

[u/radikraze]

ALL FIVE ELDERS TEAMING UP LIKE THE POWER RANGERS WAS NOT EXPECTED

[u/laughtale0]

That 10 minutes is going to last for months. 10 chapters at least.

[u/mehmeh5]

Us: Finally, we're out of Wano in the manga AND anime!

Oda, making the new cover story: THE WANO ARC....NEVER ENDS

[u/Miggu-Man]

I find it funny how a lot of us predicted that Egghead is going to be short transition arc, back when it started in 2022. It became so much more than that. What a great start for the final saga.

[u/zabimaru1000]

I feel like Vegapunk is playing 5D chess and used the threat of his 10 minute prep time to get Saturn to summon the other gorosei. That way, he live broadcasts Egghead and essentially tells the whole world they are ruled by demons

[u/Smashmatt202]

OH CRAP, A NEW COVER STORY! ...Wait, when did Onigashima get submerged? Last I recall, it was sitting right outside the Flower Capital. I guess Momonosuke moved it with his dragon powers?

I think it's hilarious that Shaka interrupts the recorded message and Vegapunk just decided to keep it all in rather than re-record it all from the top (same goes for Pythagoras butting in). At least this helps explain to the audience how Vegapunk is able to do all this, not to mention it lets people around the world know that they need a visual transponder snail to get the full message and set things up. I also find it funny but also disturbing that Saturn still has that creepy, unchanging face, but he's still capable of thought. He seemed very animalistic before, so the idea that he's still capable of cognitive thought somehow makes it more disturbing.

Also... Are the Five Elders capable of communicating with each other telepathically? Is that how Saturn is able to communicate with the other four? ...Just what the Hell are these five old men?!

Seeing everyone all over the world prepare for Vegapunk's message is a nice treat, though for me, the funniest bit was seeing Morgans receive the message and Wapol just looks absolutely miserable. :P

Whoa... Things are REALLY serious if ALL of the Five Elders are going to show up to stop this message. This are getting SUPA intense!

[u/Winter-Success1615]

My guess is that the broadcast will only go on halfway. The goroseis will stop it somehow and leave us all hanging on some important details.

The line about how the chances of interference is exceedingly low feels like a strong foreshadowing that there will definitely be some interference.

[u/See_Eye_Eh]

Luffy can't hurt the planets, but the giant robot might be able to. What if the reveal is that Luffy gets launched across the island toward the robot, it opens up and is hollow and he gets inside and can fight them now

[u/totoofze47]

I thought audio would be enough, but if Vegapunk needs video, his message must really be huge. Here's waiting for those ten minutes before Namek blows up his message can begin proper.

But holy fuck, if the four other Elders are moving in, the giant can't wake up fast enough. The Straw Hats will need all the help they can get.

On a side note, I'm surprised to see Rebecca with a sword. I'm guessing either the Colosseum battles have become friendly-ish sports again or her dad is giving her more self-defense lessons?

[u/CyberShiroGX]

The dude who created the theory of all Gorosei true forms and origin of inspiration will be able to confirm next chapter

[u/ploptrot]

That panel on the final page with the summoning is incredible. I just realised how little Oda uses zoomed out perspective shots to show scale of the battlefield and environment.

Its such a breath of fresh air to see something like that in one piece. It gives a great sense of scale and the art is awesome. I really hope he continues to draw more panels like this instead of his usual character focused framing.

[u/cecilbasilio]

I’m noticing that these cartoon attacks hurt lol. First with Lucci that got KO after Luffy stretched his stomach. Then Kizaru got hit in the head and was KO. Kaido took so many of these and kept getting up. Crazy.

[u/BubbleMushroom]

That last page gave me chills. The elders have telepathy? And that summoning? Something tells me they aren't DF users, but actual demons.

[u/spin-city]

The winners of the prediction thread are….

Everyone who said “Dragon faces east and says ‘…’”

[u/Kumbhankaran]

Vegapunk's message will be live in 10 mins weeks