#One Piece chapter 1033

[thedarkangel74]

For the longest time, I was stumped by this page back in Chapter 1033 in Wano.

I wasn't sure what the lesson Zoro was supposed to learn here. What was Enma teaching him? Don't hold back your power? Dont be afraid to die for your dream? Or was it some generic shonen fight logic that didn't deserve much speculation.

Then, during one of my rereads, I reread chapter 49 and got to this part.

Zoro's words struck me here and I was finally able to pick up what Oda had put down in Chapter 1033.

Enma was trying to teach Zorro that he was already dead. He had forfeited his life when he took on Kuina's dreams. So, to use Enma's power freely, he had to accept that the power could kill him. But since he was already dead, that shouldn't bother him. So in order for him to win, he has to be willing to wield his own mortality. It's all an edgy version of living life to the fullest (The Core Theme of One Piece) but framed in a way that makes sense in Zoro's worldview. Now, Zoro fully accepting the path of swordsmen is a path to hell, it makes sense that to become the strongest, he needs to become...

[algumaideia]

I think the sword disobeying Zoro is funny

His best friend<3

[beaulesbian]

i'm caught up with end of wano, so here's some parallels from one piece that could be or don't have to be connected, but are still pretty cool.

long post ahead & wano spoilers

protecting new era:

rayleigh protecting zoro at sabaody from an attack by kizaru, ch 511

luffy protecting law from an attack by doflamingo, with same move as rayleigh above, dressrosa ch 782

at the end of wano, ch 1055, shanks telling ryokugyu a similar thing as rayleigh above ("don't pick the buds before they sprout. their era is only just the beginning"),

shanks "when the new shoots that just changed pirating history are exhausted, (..) are you that afraid of the new era?!"

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zoro king of hell

same page as luffy protecting law - with haki clashing against doflamingo, the panels after that talking about supreme king haki - qualities of a king,. in this context for doflamingo, ch 782

at amazon lily ppl reacting to luffy using supreme king haki, while he doesn't know he just did, ch. 519. "that's the haki of the chosen ones' only one in millions has that spirit!"

vs, zoro unknowingly unleashing haki of supreme king for (possibly) the first time, ch 997

and later during his rooftop fight against kaido, (and still denies/ doesn't know what they're talking about, which is very interesting). ch 1010

then during his fight with King, unleashing haki, which makes others around fall unconscious (as mentioned above to doflamingo is a sign of supreme king haki), ch 1033

and some more chapters later, claiming the title of King of Hell (funny in this context it was told to doflamingo he was chosen by the heavens, and for zoro he became the king of hell. smth smth about the character work there).,

and as always - connected to luffy and his dreams!. ch 1036

then there's the asura figure surrounding zoro's powers,

and i find it so interesting that on wikipedia about asura (which zoro's sword and fighting styles are also based on with hindu and buddhist religions) is mentioned they're "considered enemy of the gods"

i like how it's the same phrase as we also heard in the manga before form law's flashbacks about corazon, ch 764

this is in the context of the people with the D. name, and then mostly used for law himself, and luffy and how far he's come to truly wreck the world government, as well as them being a threat to the celestial dragons.

luffy and nika:

from point above, i like how the "enemy of gods" being applied to people with the name D. is also interesting in the context of luffy awakening his devil fruit powers, which are named sun god nika. (i know that in the phrase "enemy of gods" mean gods as the celestial dragons, but it's still interesting)

which doesn't take away from luffy's character as i was a bit worried at first.

he's testing the new skills and powers, and he sees how he can reach the new limits he couldn't before. it might have been the devil fruit that chose who would eat it, but it's luffy and his dream that make the decisons., ch 1045

and ch 1049

luffy in ch 507 & 1053, his core ideals are still the same

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not fighting someone

shanks not fighting the mountain bandits, and luffy not understanding it, ch 1

jaya arc, luffy and zoro not fighting against bellamy, and nami not understanding at first, ch 225

and ch 1054, momonosuke telling yamato not to fight the navy guy because he wants to be able to protect wano, and let yamato go to the seas as he wants to - it's just that similar energy that luffy has when he tells someone not to fight (or when to fight), without almost any explanations.

also loved this usopp moment!, - could be paralelled to his whole character arc. ch 1036.

he's so real for saying this to kin and kiku (and samurai in general). he's always scared and sometimes can be acting like a coward, but he always, always, stands up for his crew and fights to live through whatever hell luffy puts in front of them.

-- wano was so good and there are so many thoughts about one piece in my head now, about each of the characters and their development/meanings/themes! OTL

[shinysylver]

Precious Gift (659 words) by shinysylver

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: One Piece (Anime & Manga)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Roronoa Zoro/Sanji

Characters: Roronoa Zoro, Sanji (One Piece)

Additional Tags: Love, Idiots in Love, Wano Arc (One Piece), Episode Related, episode 1033, Established Relationship, Partnership

Summary:

Sanji had fallen in love a thousand times before he turned nineteen and first set foot on the Going Merry. Or at least thats what he thought.

[ao3feed-khunbam]

by RayoftheSea

A collection of one-shot writing exercises with songs used as inspiration in each piece! I made myself a Bingo Card for 2024 and these are my Tower of God pieces from it!

- Star of the County Down - Khun falls in love with Baam (a pub dancer) at first sight.

Words: 1033, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Writing Bingo Card 2024

Fandoms: 신의 탑 | Tower of God

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Khun Aguero Agnis, Baam | Jyu Viole Grace, a waiter

Relationships: Baam | Jyu Viole Grace/Khun Aguero Agnis

Additional Tags: Love at First Sight, Pining Khun Aguero Agnis, inspired by a song, Writing Exercise, Soft Khun Aguero Agnis, Fluff, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Rating May Change, Not Beta Read

[ao3feed-ladynoir]

The Library

The Library by The Christian Countess

Everything was normal, until Adrien heard her say one phrase, and then it all went to pieces.

Words: 1033, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Nathaniel Kurtzberg, Surprise entry of Plagg at the end

Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Additional Tags: Fluff, Identity Reveal, Library, Adrien inadvertantly and then advertantly breaks the rules, No beta we die like Marinette's chill

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48748798

[yukishirostar]

I will protect this tiny mossball with my life

[ichigoginchan]

THIS PANEL RIGHT HERE 💳💥💳💥💳💥

[jotunvali02]

If Zoro is the king, because he's fighting King,

then Sanji is the queen.

this manga's subtlety

[disgruntledface]

All Zoro’s fans after OP ch 1033

[chhoso]

op ch1033 was soooo damn gooooooood

[fly-chicken]

Absolutely done…dead…slain

Zoro and Luffy are best friends. We all knew but omg Zoro saying it…Zoro verbalizing it while thinking of their first interaction?! Thank you Oda

[theladyofsorrows]

Ugh what a chad ❤ and of couse in a critic moment like this he thinks about Luffy

[hellfire-fist]

NO BECAUSE ZORO'S FONDEST MEMORY OF MERRY IS A MOMENT WITH LUFFY

[bobauthorman]

Oh, so that’s where he got them.

[chromatic-lamina]

read all about it: zoro stans and swordbros well-fed, ch: 1033

Ah, this is going to get covered everywhere and so much, and yes, Zoro gets a back story, and it’s not huge and hopefully it develops more, but it’s huge enough for me, and I know people are gonna complain, cos’ that’s what the One Pice fandom does, and healthy criticism and run-on sentences are a thing, but I LOVED it. 

Also, if Sanji is a Lunarian then he is also a god? More subtle ZoSan moments there, yeah? Not my ship, but you can’t deny that canon sure feeds it. Well, y’can deny it. I can’t stop you.

So, I’ll put up the page that interests me the most, because the cursed swords interests me the most, and this gives some information that I can use, and I guess that I was hungry for.

Ooh, Kikoku head canons reinforced!

Anyway, I liked the chap, but won’t got into detail, cos I think a lot of other people will. I want to know what King’s thing is with tempura and udon though. Last week and this week both of his attacks were tempura udon-named.

I’m a fandom blow-in, btw. I came to one piece, piecemeal, through fanfic and read randomly and eventually read kinda in order, so I don’t have the emotional investment that folks who’ve read the series from childhood do. As such, I’m happy to get Zoro development, but yeah, conqueror’s haki. I dunno (I mean, Kid has it too. It kinda seems kinda common nowadays, but I’m sure Oda will let us know his game plan sooner or later).

Oh, one more pic! Very fitting that Tashigi was on the cover, and that’s an Orca on her head, right? Cue the ShaTash ships, cos, like why not?