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Chapter 1118: "Being Free"

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Ch. 1118 Official Release (Mangaplus): 23/06/2024

Ch. 1119 Scan Release: ~27/06/2024


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u/rychoft Jun 20 '24

Am I hallucinating?

No break next week???!!!!!

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u/opissus Chopper the Cotton Candy Lover Jun 20 '24

Exactly

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u/Rabishu98 Jun 20 '24

Please no one ask Dorry and Brogy who can dance better!

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u/MonkeyStealsPeach Jun 20 '24

Lmao the followup to One Piece is just another 100 year battle between the two for the King of the Giant Dance Pirates

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u/FireFistRJ Jun 20 '24

Someone will ask this question once they escape the egghead island, and all the giant peace will be gone for another 100 years.

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Jun 20 '24

Bonney will probably ask this question, since she's the little girl.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

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u/magicfaeriebattleaxe Jun 20 '24

Luffy making the ocean bouncy and all the marines freaking out thinking it’s the ocean rising was pretty dope

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u/Nickmcadv Jun 20 '24

Oh that’s what that was?

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u/magicfaeriebattleaxe Jun 20 '24

Yeah the ships all start bouncing on top of the waves and the drums of liberation are playing loudly so that’s the moment when he transforms and lets the dogs out

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u/littenthehuraira Jun 20 '24

So this negates Luffy's sea weakness. He can just bounce off the sea instead of sinking into it. Then again, he can also just bounce off air.

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u/magicfaeriebattleaxe Jun 20 '24

True—but he’s already shown in gear 5 being able to run on air when his legs go all hot wheels/roadrunner beep beep. But I think this is super cool to see. I love the bouncy house aspect of gear 5 so much

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u/BizzarroJojo52 Jun 20 '24

Had me thinking Blackbeard was going to make a surprise appearance, was a great show how strong his awakening is time and time again.

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u/Fiftey God Usopp Jun 20 '24

Oh so that's what happened, I didn't get it at first

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u/UziA3 Jun 20 '24

Warcury looking mad SWOLE

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u/Jpup199 Jun 20 '24

Just a chonky boar

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u/bluegubble Jun 20 '24

The marines have now seen a giant boar, bird monster, spider, a horse cutting up the pacifistas, a giant robot, a gargantuan ship, two nikas and more. Wonder what would happen to the average marine after all of this is over…

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Jun 20 '24

Can't stop the TOP!!

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u/zyd_the_lizard Jun 20 '24

Truly the TOP MAN

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u/khaledhn Scholars of Ohara Jun 20 '24

Rebecca is so done with how Leo is so Naive.

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Jun 20 '24

Leo later : "But Isn't Imu a good guy?"

Well, there is a reason why their entire race was enslaved by the donquixote before the void century.

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u/FireFistRJ Jun 20 '24

Leo: Whaaaat? Luffy-land wants us to be free from slavery and create a free world. That's so cruel.

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u/SuspectKnown9655 Jun 20 '24

He's like Chopper kinda

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u/guesswhosbackbackag Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

Even pre timeskip chopper wasn't that bad

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u/Gravelord-_Nito Jun 20 '24

Imagine going back to Sabaody and telling people that Bonney's fruit might even be more busted than Law's

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u/DargoKillmar Pirate Jun 20 '24

I would have had trouble believing she would even be this relevant

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u/ItsLoudB The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

Imagine telling your past self that Bonney is extremely relevant and Kidd gets oneshotted

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u/Reallylazyname Void Month Survivor Jun 20 '24

After delivering a coup de grace on a Yonko no less, in Kidd's case.

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u/Mundology The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

Eustass fell off harder than the Iron Giant after getting tackled by the Gorosei.

Hopefully this humbling moment motivates him to train harder.

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u/ItsLoudB The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

Can’t wait for his return in Two Piece: next generations

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u/Western_Bear The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

He is in two piece right now lmao

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u/TheBossman40k Jun 20 '24

Imagine coming back to this comment in a few months when Ma D. Monk Urouge makes his move and overshadows both.

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u/akaWhisp Jun 20 '24

I absolutely love how every supernova has had time to shine and be relevant in the new world. It's inevitable that Urouge will show up soon.

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u/Anxious-Half9305 Jun 20 '24

Yeah she didn't give main character vibes at all in Sabaody. Now she is as significant as shanks or blackbeard.

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u/SanderStrugg Jun 20 '24

It already seemed broken as hell there. Turning the people around you into toddlers incapable of fighting without having to touch them especially since we didn't know haki could defend against devil fruits.

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u/Stefanikjesef Jun 20 '24

Exactly why. The most busted DFs are always almost useless, because otherwise they would solve everything. Imagine a top tier fighter with foxy’s or sugar’s fruit, especially before haki negging DFs

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u/Slammybutt Jun 20 '24

It's also kinda genius to add in that people/fruits tend to pair up based on personality and dreams. So the idea that foxy's fruit and Sugars fruit would land into the hands of a fighter aren't impossible but unlikely. I bet of we learned more past fruit users you'd see a trend of similar uusers for each fruit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

That's Oda for you. He went from coming up with a fruit that could grant enteral life to a fruit that allows you to pretty much mimic anyone's powers.

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u/FrostyTip2058 Jun 20 '24

I think a child's imagination is key to the mimic

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u/Crazyjacketfruit Jun 20 '24

That actually doesn't sound that unbelievable. Age manipulation is already kinda busted.

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u/misfit_xtnt Jun 20 '24

Bonney became Joy Boy before Kaido. 💀

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u/Haha91haha Jun 20 '24

Such is the power of actually having a fleshed out and good backstory. You need a powerful past for a powerful DISTORTED FUTURE.

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u/livefromwonderland Void Month Survivor Jun 20 '24

The first thing Luffy does is ask "where's Usopp?" when he gets on the giants' ship. I love it. He knows his boy is going to love this.

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u/Kooky-Victory-1301 Jun 20 '24

Yeyy for Usoop

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u/ArcadianBlueRogue Void Month Survivor Jun 20 '24

I can't wait for Elbaf. The giants are gonna be an absolute blast.

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u/thebrawlbro Jun 20 '24

We’re all focusing on Bonney, for obvious reasons. But we need to pay our respects to Edison. He was a real one. Really hoped he would make it out of this arc alive.

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u/dalumbr Jun 20 '24

Edison is damaged, that might be why he can't currently connect, or doesn't appear to York.

Maybe.

Hopefully.

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u/GapZ38 Jun 20 '24

I am crossing all my fingers(including my toes) that some VPs make it out of this. I am going to be heart broken if they all die and York is the only one alive.

This is probably how JJK fans feel when their fave gets fucked by Sukuna lol

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u/Cpt3020 Jun 20 '24

If any of the vegapunks are coming out of this alive it's probably going to be Lilith

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u/mazhas Jun 20 '24

I still have hope :(

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u/khaledhn Scholars of Ohara Jun 20 '24

I love how Saturn said Bonney was fed a useless fruit as an experiment. Yet here she's now, using that fruit to become his worst freaking nightmare.

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Jun 20 '24

He also tried to make her lose faith in Nika, to make sure she couldn't even think about using his powers anymore.

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u/tryingmydarnest Jun 20 '24

He also tried to make her lose faith in Nika

Tbf it would have worked too, if not for the coincidence that, in Yamato's words: there are as many pirates as stars in the sky, and among all of them, somehow he was the one she'd met and brought to this country.

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u/Evil_Lollipop The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

Seeing Kuma looking at his daughter as free as she can be after remembering his last words to Ginny almost made me cry in this chapter exactly because of that. The elders tried everything thay could to humiliate and kill Kuma and Bonney, and even after all that, they are the ones that won in the end. Very "the humiliated shall be exalted" of Oda!

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u/FlightoftheConcorder Jun 20 '24

I've said it before, but feeding people you have tortured like Bonney and the Gorgon Sisters Devil Fruits is like beating someone up really badly, then deciding to give them a gun immediately after. Unless you were sure it was like the Jacket Jacket Fruit or the Dachshund or Axolotl Fruits, why would you do it?

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u/Driller_Happy Jun 20 '24

I'm going go out on a limb and say it's because the celestial dragons thought it would be better if they had ubique slaves to brag about. It's why they loved renting out Kuma.

Well MY slave can turn into a cool snake!

Shortsighted but makes sense to me

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u/BizWax Pirate King Buggy Jun 20 '24

Yeah, that does make sense. Also don't forget that many gladiators in Ancient Rome were slaves, armed and trained by or at the behest of those who held them in bondage. It did cause problems sometimes.

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u/AceyPuppy Jun 20 '24

Wouldn't the axolotl fruit give you ridiculous regeneration abilities?

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u/Glop465 Jun 20 '24

I feel like every single DF is dangerous and powerful

But it all depends on the user

And giving the user motivation and a revenge motive certainly helps to make the most out of it

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u/MaezrielGG Jun 20 '24

Unless you were sure it was like the Jacket Jacket Fruit

TBH - If the Jacket Jacket user were put in a similar spot as Bonney and the sisters there's a good chance we would have seen that consent has nothing to do w/ the fruit and the user could take over literally anyone if they're strong enough to fight their will/haki.

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u/evilmojoyousuck Jun 20 '24

even without the distorted future ability. manipulating age is still broken.

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u/Ghost-sinister Jun 20 '24

Now I am starting to think these elders are quite stupid. Looks like they did not know the full extend of each devil fruit and assumed it superficially. So much for being an “elder” hahahaha

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u/khaledhn Scholars of Ohara Jun 20 '24

I said it before, they assume all humans are insects, they can't fathoms the possibility that some insects can sting back, or punch back in this situation.

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u/S-r-ex Jun 20 '24

Fucken' insects! *kicks hornet nest*

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u/birracerveza Jun 20 '24

*One Piece theme song starts*

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u/SoloNexusOrIFeed Jun 20 '24

Reminds me of Three Body Problem and the bug allegory.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

Apparently so, because some Devil Fruits have powers that sounds dumb on paper, yet their users manage to make very good use of them.

And, in a way, I can't blame them.

If you were reading this manga for the first time, would you really believe a boy that can stretch like Mr. Fantastic would make for a genuinely fearsome pirate?

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u/HeyThereSport Jun 20 '24

It's also implied from some flashbacks with young Luffy that without superhuman strength and training people with his fruit are basically useless gummy bears and can't even throw a punch.

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u/khaledhn Scholars of Ohara Jun 20 '24

Everyone : Luffy's gonna eat the mother flame and became invincible.

Oda : Two Nika's, take it or leave it.

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u/misplaced_my_pants Jun 20 '24

FUUUUUSSSSIOONNNNNN . . . .

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u/asianant Shanks' evil hot sister is REAL! Jun 20 '24

Five Elders: What could be worse than a giant paint bubble Nika?
Luffy: I know, two giant Nikas!

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u/khaledhn Scholars of Ohara Jun 20 '24

Marine ships look like the Iron Giant's bath toys.

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u/GeneralUnlikely266 Jun 20 '24

That panel with kuma was beautiful

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u/kyuriin Jun 20 '24

Wtf 2 Shens?

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u/kotkvo Jun 20 '24

LMFAO what a throwback

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u/ItsLoudB The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

Hopefully one of them is the one true river Shen

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u/jobriq Jun 20 '24

The scuttle crab’s natural predator

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u/crysomore Bounty Hunter Jun 20 '24

unexpected reference

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u/jou1993b Pirate Jun 20 '24

I don't get it and i play league

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u/mking1999 Jun 20 '24

Like 11 years ago, Korea used to do blind pick for game 5s and Shen was good then.

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u/Ziiaaaac Jun 20 '24

Brings a tear to my eye.

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u/KessKielce Jun 20 '24

If you saw this reference live, you're now qualified for senior discount

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u/thebrawlbro Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

There is something very poetic about how all of Saturns efforts to ruin Kuma’s life, and take away the hope from him and his family, resulted in another Nika.

The kidnapping of Ginny, the experimentation on both her and Bonney, and forcing the robotization on Kuma. It’s only because of all that he did that Bonney reached this point.

Man did all he could to try and make people lose belief in Nika, but that belief only got stronger.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

That's a Self-fulfilling Prophecy for you. Everything Saturn did to try and prevent all this from happening is exactly what NEEDED to happen so all this could.

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u/bluegubble Jun 20 '24

There are so many things that the five elders have done which have made things worse for themselves:

Tried to eliminate Luffy by sacrificing Guerinica, that cp0 agent back in Wano.

Trying to kill Vegapunk, turning him and his satellites (except York) as allies of Luffy and messing things up massively.

Experimented on Bonney and driven Kuma to lose his personality, subjecting them both to so much hardship.

Destroying Ohara with the sole survivor on the Straw Hat crew.

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u/Zuko09 Void Month Survivor Jun 20 '24

id argue they achieved exactly what they wanted in ohara. The others are totally examples of them ironic justice tho

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u/ThatBadassonline The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

That’s prophecies in general for ya. You build the trap and walk right into it.

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u/FireFistRJ Jun 20 '24

Not only has Bonney superior authority on pacifistas than the elders', she can also now transform into NIKA. Saturn's Karma is coming back to him in the worst way possible.

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u/ThatBadassonline The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

In general, trying to make someone lose faith in something, for better or for worse, usually winds up making their faith in that specific thing even stronger.

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u/justadepresseduser Jun 20 '24

Bonney and Kuma background is the arc that I like most in One Piece. I didn't care about Kuma before that, and then in a few chapters he became my favourite character ever.

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u/Pikathepokepimp Jun 20 '24

The giants preparing a bunch of food prior to Luffy boarding is really sweet! Also means Luffy will be at full power to kick some ass!

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u/see_mohn Jun 20 '24

SHE CAN DO THAT?????

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u/jvken Jun 20 '24

I guess she might as well since she did the rubber attack earlier this arc.

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u/YamiPhoenix11 Jun 20 '24

Yes her fruit appears to be taking into account possible futures. So a future/reality where she is Nika or has Nikas fruit is possible. If that really is the case though her fruit would be so broken.

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u/Sea_Broccoli1838 Jun 20 '24

I don’t think she can just wish a future into existence, I think she has to truly believe that future is possible. 

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u/stefanurkal Jun 20 '24

shes also only 12, anything possible when your still a kid

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u/bluegubble Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

It was building up to this for a little while since the arc began. Her fruit is the epitome of the hopes and dreams that Vegapunk theorized as how devil fruits came to be.

Her abilities are based off what-ifs e.g.: what if she ate the gomu gomu no mi, what if she was born a buccaneer, what if she was younger or older…

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u/Skeleboi846 Jun 20 '24

The fact Bonney can transform into Nika means that despite the horrible tragedies she’s been subjected to that she really can envision a future where she’s as free as Luffy one day and I think that’s such a feel good moment for her

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u/FireFistRJ Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

You can feel how proud Kuma must be seeing this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24 edited 19d ago

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u/misplaced_my_pants Jun 20 '24

Happy Father's Day, Kuma.

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u/sleepy416 Jun 20 '24

It’s also because of that child like imagination. No different than a kid saying they gonna be a superhero when they grow up

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u/SpiritualScumlord Chopper the Cotton Candy Lover Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

I love how Warcury just knocked the Iron Giant onto a bunch of Marines with no concern for their safety lol

Warcury: "Eh fuck 'em"

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u/Tasty_Tones Jun 20 '24

Imu-sama …

There’s been a second Nika.

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u/kirin900 Jun 20 '24

It would make a hilarious couple of panels. The elders return to Imu:

Imu-sama: is it done? Is he dead?

Elders: No and now there's two Nikas.

Imu-sama: At least Vegapunk is dead and we secure York.

Elders: Yeah about that..... there's also another 2 still alive.

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u/Perial2077 Jun 20 '24

What's better than one drum of liberation?

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u/Desperate_Method4020 Jun 20 '24

Drum of liberation in double tempo

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u/mido0o0o Jun 20 '24

Edison :(

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u/Pimma Jun 20 '24

Does this mean he is dead? I was surprised by York stating that only 2 other Vegapunks remain, I thought that Edison was in critical conditions but alive :(

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u/Blepple Jun 20 '24

Yeah does this mean he died or just disconnected?

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u/bluegubble Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

York used the words “interfacing with punk records”. As you said he could be disconnected, but things were looking grim for him.

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Jun 20 '24

Yeah, he was heavily damaged by the shield.

And we could consider what he said to Stussy as his last words.

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u/NextBerserker Jun 20 '24

I'm.assuming jumping into the barrier broke his connection

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u/keysonthemouse Jun 20 '24

we’re all Nikas

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u/meanoron Jun 20 '24

I dont think the world goverment will allow us the n word pass

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u/PandAmoniumBear Jun 20 '24

F the world government, Nika

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u/WhoThisReddit Jun 20 '24

You will always be, My Nika

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u/TwoHandedShanks Pirate Jun 20 '24

The real Nikas were the friends we made along the way

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u/FlightoftheConcorder Jun 20 '24

Saturn effectively gave the daughter of a Revolutionary Army leader (or I guess two of them) a Devil Fruit which ended up turning her into a clone of their greatest enemy. I don't care how senior you are. That's a mistake that gets people fired.

And he had the audacity to call it a bad fruit, even though it's being used to completely solo Vice Admirals. And giant machines, who can apparently age now? Too bad that was only found out after the Iron Giant submerged...

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u/GriffinFlash Jun 20 '24

Saturn is going to have to have a meeting with HR soon to discuss his "performance".

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u/khaledhn Scholars of Ohara Jun 20 '24

TWOOO NIKAAAAAS

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u/CertainDerision_33 Jun 20 '24

Robonosuke is about to go Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan 3

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Jun 20 '24

This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them.

And maybe more since Bonney will now be able to transform people into a Nika form.

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u/SpudBoy9001 Jun 20 '24

Everyone wearing Kurama's cloak again

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u/Rysler Jun 20 '24

Really putting the "ni" in "Nika"!

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u/Sufficient-Dig7568 Jun 20 '24

I don't know where people are getting the idea that Luffy can turn anyone into Nika. It's clear that this is a specific case for Bonney's fruit and a temporary ability. She can transform because of her fruits abilities, not because Luffy can make anyone Nika. I suppose that could change, but there would still have to be context for it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

People can't read some times.

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u/chef_wizard Void Month Survivor Jun 21 '24

Sometimes you gotta pop out and show Nikas

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u/niko-v Jun 21 '24

Certified rubberman, I'm the one that up the score with 'em

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u/someone2795 Captain Crackhead Jun 20 '24

BONNEY'S POWERS ARE ABSOLUTELY BUSTED LMFAO

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u/hesawavemasterrr Jun 20 '24

Bonny: look at me. I’m the captain main character now

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u/Vinsmoker Jun 20 '24

"The future in which I'm the main character" -> Luffy dies in the next panel for character motivation

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u/CertainDerision_33 Jun 20 '24

This means that she and Luffy can run Looney Tunes skits on people now, this is gonna be hilarious lmao

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u/Anxious-Half9305 Jun 20 '24

I am so hyped to see bonney use her powers. They're 100% going to play tennis or wack-a-mole with the marine ships.

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u/AtharvTandel Void Month Survivor Jun 20 '24

Prepare for trouble! And make it double!

To protect the world from devastation!

To unite all peoples within our nation!

To denounce the evils of truth and love!

To extend our reach to the stars above!

Nika 1!

Nika 2!

Team Joyboy blasts off at the speed of light,

Surrender now, or prepare to fight

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u/khaledhn Scholars of Ohara Jun 20 '24

Are those ships at the end bouncing in water ????

If Luffy can turn the Sea into rubber, i'll freaking lose my mind.

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u/ICantTakeThisNoMore9 World Economy News Paper Jun 20 '24

If aokiji can transfer his cold trough seawater, whitebeard his quakes, oven his heat and perospero his freaking sugar boat island, you can be sure as shit that luffy can make it rubber.

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u/Aiorosbot Jun 20 '24

I think the bird is gonna get knocked in the water and just fly out of it revealing that his powers are, in fact, not from a devil fruit.

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u/InvaderDJ Void Month Survivor Jun 20 '24

That panel of Bonney and Luffy really put a smile on my face. She finally not only gets to see the source of Kuma's faith and hope but becomes it in at least a small way.

I really want the Marines to find out that the monsters they are seeing that have no regard for them are the Elders. That could be an interesting storyline, and its one that I feel like Oda is trying to set up.

One random thought I had too is that this arc is turning out to be a great training arc for Gear 5. He's had to go in and out of G5, fight, take multiple hits, and refuel multiple times. He's pulling new moves out of nowhere, learning to conserve and refill his stamina and also finding out what his awakening can actually do. I would not be surprised that if in Elbaf, he's essentially mastered G5.

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u/jobriq Jun 20 '24

Damn Kuma would be so proud if he was still capable of feeling

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u/InvaderDJ Void Month Survivor Jun 20 '24

I still think we have to see Kuma do the Nika dance before the end of this arc. Maybe right before he dies. It just feels like that would be a nice full circle from Slapp to Bonney.

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u/masterjon_3 Jun 20 '24

Bonnie and Luffy have such big sibling vibes. It's like Luffy is her big brother. I mean, they both have the same appetite and powers that rely on imagination.

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u/NevikDrakel Jun 21 '24

The panel of them together at the end definitely gave sibling vibes

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u/Mundology The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

Bonney's fruit is even more busted than previously thought. The Elders are going to get PTSD by the end of this arc.

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u/bluegubble Jun 20 '24

I’d like to think she deserves it for all of the suffering that she, Kuma and Ginny went through.

Her being this busted, I’d imagine that she would travel with Kuma and be out of the picture after Elbaf for a while until the final war happens.

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u/seattlecoffeedonut Jun 20 '24

kizaru has been laying down for how long now?

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u/hesawavemasterrr Jun 20 '24

For as long as he need to not be ordered to kill someone he doesn’t want to kill.

“Is Bonney still here? Yea…? aight imma stay down for another 10 minutes”

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u/Gentlemenbig Jun 20 '24

At this rate the Grand Fleet should have a buffet division, to feed Luffy mid battle and keep him peak form.

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u/Kumbhankaran Void Month Survivor Jun 20 '24

The Robot is that kind of employee who starts working as soon as it hears the boss's voice.

Yeah it does need to apologise!

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u/Low-Ad-8027 Jun 20 '24

Kuma lived his whole life as a slave just so Bonney could envision a life where she is free

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u/AdebayoStan Jun 20 '24

Sometimes you gotta pop out and show Nikas

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u/oxy315 The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

Certified pirate king I'm the one to up the score with them

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u/Subaneki Jun 20 '24

Walk him down, whole time I know he got some ho in him

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u/WrapSpecific510 Jun 20 '24

Say Saturn. I hear you like them young

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u/RVAteach Jun 20 '24

You better never go to Impel Down level 1

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u/Kyz99 Jun 20 '24

DOLL IS DOLL SIZED! SO CUTE. And lmao Sanji simp mode is funny when done right (poor Usopp). And apparently it's contagious! The Giant Robo activated Simp mode... R63 Nika too OP. Great chapter.

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u/Tygerdude7 Void Month Survivor Jun 20 '24

As much as I trust the Strawhats, I'm thinking I'd much rather be Atlas right now than Lilith...

  • Atlas - Sitting on a Giant ship out to sea with two Nikas, Sanji, Franky, Kuma, and the entire legendary crew of giant warrior pirates themselves with only one flying Elder...

  • Lilith - Still sitting on the island (why has the Sunny not launched yet??) with Zoro, Jinbe, Nami, Robin, Chopper, Brook and Usopp and ALL the other Elders are coming at you.

Also does this mean Edison's confirmed dead, or did he just 'disconnect' from Punk Records for some reason, maybe to sneaky escape?

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u/PeopleCallMeSimon Jun 20 '24

Just last chapter we saw Zoro fighting the horse swordsman elder, im assuming he is causing delays to the launch.

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u/soleyfir Jun 20 '24

A thought crossed my mind this chapter, though it might have already been posited before, I don't read all the theories.

If Joy Boy was the first pirate, that means he had a crew. Seeing how much the story is about parallels, it wouldn't be unlikely for Joy Boy's pirate crew to mirror Luffy's.

This chapter confirms that the giant is a thinking being with what seems to be individuality. What if he was Franky's equivalent in Joy Boy's crew ? Someone who has gone full machine with the help of the advanced Void Century tech, allowing him to survive on low power mode until today.

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u/khaledhn Scholars of Ohara Jun 20 '24

I love the fact that Bonney is finally free from her trauma, and when she did, she became Nika herself, a warrior of liberation, just like her father, the selfless pacifist.

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u/Basic-Problem-356 Jun 20 '24

The best thing about all of this, imho, is that the Gorosei are absolutely, 100% at fault for everything that's going down right now. It's a fuck up of epic proportions on their side, and i hope Imu knows that and is going to give them a piece of their mind.

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u/Xyaibai Cross Guild Jun 20 '24

Get Bon Clay here so we can get 3 Nikas!

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u/caschb Jun 20 '24

A second Joy Boy has hit the Gorosei

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u/BloodBrandy Jun 20 '24

Right, so I see some folks here thinking Edison is dead already...however, York is only basing her claim on those currently still interfacing with the Punk Records, which we know from her own actions can be halted voluntarily

So don't mourn him yet, get hype for what the little guy is scheming

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u/Darkkingswrath Jun 20 '24

I can't believe Franky hasn't hit the pirate button and blown up Egghead yet.

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u/firstnamefree Jun 25 '24

i think people are trippin about the bonney thing because to me, the point is that luffy, the real joyboy + nika, can inspire someone else to be as free as him. it seems to represent how he’ll spread the truth of the world / pass on his strength. i doubt bonney will be able to be as powerful as him but maybe gets to operate in a similar liberated state when she’s with him? ima let oda cook

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Jun 20 '24

I was wondering when we would get to see Bonney use the Nika form, and I was starting to lose hope to see it in egghead.

Nice to see her do it.

She started to lose faith, but got to see the real thing, and had no more doubts because of it.

She knows Nika is real, so just like how she could use rubber power, she can also become like Nika.

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u/Behanort Jun 20 '24

the moment bonney used gear 3rd on alpha, it was obvious to me this was gonna happen eventually - im just suprised oda is doing it now and not during the final war as culimination of bonneys character journey

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u/SpicyMango333 Jun 20 '24

One reason imo is that the truth to who holds the strongest minds/creativity/imagination are children. Because Bonney is still a child, despite all the trauma she's gone through, the will hasn't been completely beaten out of her. Even when it happens, children bounce back again and again and again until they just can't anymore.... by the time they reach teen years and adulthood years, if all they experienced was disappointments, it's much harder to bounce back from that.

Robin is a good example of this because it took like 28 years of existence before she met the Straw Hats, and building and recovering that trust and inner-world was much harder then. Same can be applied for Nami who was I think 18? As well as Sanji who went through so much as a child, survived it, and then went through yet again another traumatic experience with Zeff, and then ignored all that until he had to face his past in WCI. It heavily affected his mental state and his ability to make healthier decisions because trauma by adulthood is not functionable.

It isn't functionable for children either of course, but I've seen this with children and when I was a kid, how much I'd bounce back and restore my faith in humanity/myself by myself, for no good reason at all, other than to hold onto hope. Anyway, to me this is why Bonney is able to back bounce so quick and suddenly gain that confidence and ability to transform into Nika (because children have limitless potential and imagination). Even when she told Luffy she couldn't keep up with him in that form, there were no sweat marks that usually indicate a nervousness/insecurity/etc (this emoji 😅 lol). Usually someone would have some level of insecurity and express that emoji when acknowledging there's no way they could keep up with Nika form let alone against literally demons lol. Children can feel that sense of comparing oneself to others of course, but again I hope you get my point. Children rule. It's both amazing and incredibly tragic that Bonney is currently TWELVE 💀

I also think Oda is aware that we the individuals living here on hell-like earth, need genuine hope right about now and the messaging with Bonney and the iron giant is pure gold for that. The concept that "there's Luffy who can save us and that's it" is instantly rewritten with "you can be Nika too" which is the whole point of Nika- to inspire confidence and freedom to everyone, to empower others. Bonney, a 12-year-old character who deserves to show the world what is possible when you tap into a potential future that WASN'T fked up by dystopia, further unrecoverable trauma and abuse, and corruption, is the perfect way to represent that. I often wish I had a different upbringing. I can see exactly how, when, and where my childhood stripped any bit of potential I had and did everything in their power to kill it. The gorosei successfully did this to Bonney's entire life and her family. It's incredible she gets to finally get a brighter future and I'd like to believe she's going to either stay with Luffy, or find somewhere safe to live with Kuma (if that's even possible with his current state) much like Rebecca+Kyros. I'd love to see her stick with Luffy between those two ideas though.

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u/Amasero Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

Idk what took longer, Yamato leaving the Capital, or The message ending.

Edit: The ship is still getting chased, even if they sail away, Bird Elder can just fly to them, and attack non-stop.

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u/ThermalNight Jun 20 '24

Wouldn't it be funny if the sunny launched from the labophase and hit Mars in the head knocking him out? Lol

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Jun 20 '24

I could see it. Ussop being at the helm as well, to sort of parallel how he landed on a celestial Dragon in Sabaody.

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u/33superryan33 7D4W Jun 20 '24

"This is getting out of hand!

Now there are TWO of them!!"

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u/ankorus Jun 21 '24

Let's just a take a moment to appreciate Luffy's intuition, knowing that Bonney could use her power to imitate him even at that level. He only saw her mimic him once and immediately started coaching her. His ability to see potential is amazing.

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u/KayleKarriesU Jun 21 '24

In hindsight I wonder if Saturn sees Bonney's fruit as useless because he and the rest of the Gorosei view themselves as Gods so why would they imagine being anything else?

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u/DJr9515 Jun 25 '24

Calling it now: Nika Cosplay Couples

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u/bigweight93 Void Month Survivor Jun 20 '24

I must see doubles! FOUR NIKAS??

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u/buji46 Jun 20 '24

why doesn't luffy simply just stick his ass out and twerk into the water while in G5 to propel the ship? should the clapping of his cheeks not provide enough force?

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u/Classic_Category_723 The Revolutionary Army Jun 20 '24

It's gonna be hilarious when the Iron Giant starts broadcasting from underwater so the Gorosei can't do shit about it.

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u/Koleslaw23 Jun 20 '24

Let's hope the snails waterproof and has a strong enough WiFi signal

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u/02ii3 Jun 22 '24

Luffy: "Prepare for trouble!" Bonney: "And make it double!"

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u/SuggestionLeading552 Jun 20 '24

Honestly the biggest surprise of this chapter was Luffy remembering Oimo and Kashi's names. He didn't even call Dorry and Brogy by their names when they reunited.

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u/adham_hefni Jun 20 '24

Bonney's future imagination of freedom = Luffy's present free reality.

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u/Hfudge7 Jun 20 '24

So are we ever gonna find out who gave Luffy that food when he was fighting Kizaru or...

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u/Slifer13xx Jun 20 '24

I was joyfully smiling ear to ear at that Nika panel, until Oda just sucker punched me with that Kuma panel, leaving me drowning in my own pool of tears.

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u/TheBattleYak Jun 20 '24

Good grief now there's two of them.

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u/Scrub_Me Jun 20 '24

"Protect the little people!"

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u/BrokenAstraea Jun 20 '24

Imagine Imu's face when the elders tell him there's two joyboys now

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u/Sufficient-Dig7568 Jun 20 '24

The contrast between Yamato's quaint outing and everything happening on Egghead

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u/PrinceCheddar Jun 21 '24

Bonney's connection to Luffy through their fathers being comrades, their interactions this arc and the fact that she's learnt to use her power to replicate Nika makes her feel like Luffy's cousin.

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u/jumbozeroone Jun 21 '24

I'm more interested in the backstory of the iron giant than anything else right now. Seems like its sentient

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u/Raccoonpunter Jun 21 '24

So first Zunesha and now the robot. Were all of nika's allies turned into weird giant things?

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u/Curious_Onion_587 Jun 24 '24

If the iron giant woke up reacting to the drums of liberation, wanted to meet Joy boy, do you guys think something similar happened 200 years ago when it "attacked" Mariejois? 

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