#One Piece chapter 1041

[algumaideia]

No:(

They want Luffy

Good Luffy

Law and Kid won, I don't think Big Mom is dead but I hope so

[amzyspinkarch]

Go Pudding. Beat them up, yesss

[justsomeboredgirl]

one piece 1041

disclaimer : im sharing this for fun and not to ruin anyone’s day with spoilers also one piece belong to odacchi

SPOILERS!!! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

the cover tho HAHAHAHAHA!! you go girl! i love that pudding is representing us and punch sanji’s assholes brother

WE DIDN;T LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT ZUNESHA???? ODA??? HELLO???? “oden tore out the most crucial pages” HELLO???????? I THOUGHT WE’RE GETTING SOME BACKSTORY HERE

“what made oden and roger laughed at the final island” THAT’S WHAT WE WANNA KNOW TOO DAMMIT!!!! WE’VE BEEN HANGIN FOR LIKE 500+ CHAPTERS ODA PLEASE

OROCHI’S GOING DOWN MUAHAHAHHAHA GO HIYORI!! srsly, in your fuckin face orochi! komurasaki is oden’s daughter MUAHAHA

FUCKIN IZOU GOD I LOVE HIM

5 elders ordered cp0 to eliminate strawhats luffy, and considering the chapter with im-sama, what if it was a direct order from im-sama????? what if im-sama decided to erase another history, and this time it’s luffy?? im so scared holy shit

cp0 being scared shitless to interfere a battle between kaido and luffy hahahahha

FRANKY CAUGHT ZORO EVERYOEN!! HE’S GONNA LIVE OR THERE WILL BE ACTUAL RIOT 

“the name’s linlin, im the woman who will rule these seas” big mom is so bold, i like it

weeping drunk kaido lmao

FINALLY LUFFY’S GOING TO BEAT KAIDO GUYS

“your dreams made the people of this country starve!!!” LUFFY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH SOBS

the best part is : THERE WILL BE NO BREAK NEXT WEEK

conclusion:

[purplehairedwonder]

Chapter 1041: Spoilers, sweetie

First things first: I am here for Pudding punching Sanji’s brothers. Atta girl.

I’m not typically one to theorize on the lore of the series, mostly because it’s still so vague that I’m satisfied with letting that part of the story play out, but I have to wonder if we’re getting some hints that Momo is Joyboy. He can talk to Zunesha and then we get this panel:

That would be an interesting twist.

Also, it seems that Oden was anti-spoilers, tearing out the most important pages of his journal.

I see on Reddit people thinking that the fact that these pages are gone from the journal are a point in favor of Yamato joining the Straw Hats since she wouldn’t be bringing those spoilers to the crew (and we know how Luffy feels about spoilers). However, Yamato’s reaction to Momo’s worry made me think the opposite:

This expression Yamato makes me think that, along with having the Devil Fruit of the guardian deity of Wano, she might stay in Wano to help Momo rebuild and open the country.

Then we get Raizo being officially declared the victor in the ninja battle of the century. But what preparations is he talking about? 

And could this be where Denjiro has been all this time? I assumed he was with Hiyori, but if that were the case, I would have expected to see him in this chapter.

My favorite part of the chapter is, of course, Hiyori, making her move on Orochi. Fuck him up, queen!

It’s fitting that Hiyori wears her mask here because she spent twenty years wearing a mask as she hid behind the identity of Komurasaki, who, when we first met her, was portrayed as an aloof, greedy, and treacherous woman. But the one she was truly manipulating was Orochi. And she’s been biding her time for this moment.

Her finally revealing her identity is so satisfying.

@ninhaoma-ya​​ has a great analysis of the lighting in this panel, noting the contrast of light on Hiyori and dark on Orochi. So good.

Then we’ve got Izo taking down one of the CP0 agents. 

Whether this is Izo’s end or not remains to be seen, but his sacrifice fits one of the themes of this arc, which is the new generation taking the place of the old. The Whitebeard Pirates are remnants, their captain two years dead. They’re here to help the next generation rise.

And we have the shift of orders from capturing Robin to taking out Luffy. Does this mean Luffy’s fruit is the one the Elders were talking about previously? Honestly, I hope not. 

I like Luffy having a silly fruit and being endlessly creative with a seemingly crappy power. The less “Chosen One” narrative the better in my view.

Also, Drake is back up. Is he going to take out the other CP0 agent? That would be good; we’ve seen Luffy, Law, and Kid all get knocked down and get back up. Now it may be Drake’s turn. This also seems likely to fit into Hawkins’ 1% prediction.

Meanwhile, Big Mom’s defeat is being felt around the island. I raised an eyebrow at Nami only mentioning Law while Luffy only mentioned Kid.

Speaking of those two, Law is no longer upright. He admits he’s got nothing left. I really like Kid in this moment, though. He went from a doomed alliance and resulting cynicism to

“Should we brace ourselves?”

We saw some growth from him when he willingly went after Big Mom to keep the two Emperors separated despite having a vendetta against Kaido, and we see another one here; despite the bickering between the two captains during the fight, he’s not talking about himself only.

Law continues to show his unwavering faith in his alliance -- he did his part, now it’s up to his partner to do his -- and I think seeing the strength of that alliance has been important to Kid.

Speaking of alliances, Kaido is depressed that his seems to have crumbled.

And we get a brief flashback to Kaido meeting Big Mom for the first time. It seems he was quite young at the time.

This seems like a prelude to a longer Kaido/Rocks Pirates flashback. I’m pretty meh at the prospect at the moment. Kaido has been the weakest part of Wano for me (especially after two arcs with such good villains in Doffy and Big Mom), but maybe learning more about him will help. Doffy and Big Mom were good villains even before their flashbacks, though, and Kaido is just... not even remotely interesting to me.

Lastly, I was glad to see Luffy returning to his righteous anger. His enjoyment of the fight was rubbing me the wrong way considering how Kaido has hurt people he cares for -- something he finds unforgiveable. 

So the question remains whether Luffy and Kaido get the chance to finish their fight or if the World Government interrupts it. Most of the other plotlines are being tied up, and this is the biggest one left.

[ichigoginchan]

INSANE CHAPTER!

[opshizt]

it's happening someone hold mE

[simp4ace]

[spoiler under tags] after the new spoiler I just wanna say that....

I!

LOVE!

PUDDING!

SO!

FUCKING!

MUCH!

HA!

[alystar00]

*One Piece 1041*

(not really a spoiler but still)

This is one of the most powerful and terrifying images of Luffy I have ever seen.

And that panel after this- holy shit

[theladyofsorrows]

"Don't talk about your dreams! Your dreams made the people of this country starve!"

God we need a Luffy in real life...

[migila]

I thought Pudding would save them, but-

-sometimes it’s good to be wrong!

[chromatic-lamina]

songs to play at funerals—chapter 1041 spoilers

Okay, so we get Zunesha and Momonosuke’s besties relationship, and Yamato’s knowledge of Oden’s journal, and that rapscallion Oden, tore out the crucial pages about Laugh Tale (or did he)?

AND we get the Five Elders giving impossible orders to both the remaining CP0 and Drake overhears, I think. Whole page. And watch out for the last panel.

 It’s interesting too that CP0 feel for their colleagues here. We haven’t seen that before. And even the Elders aren’t privy to all the details (or CP0 isn’t)? 

Maybe because it’s Im’s instruction? Got the feeling that Izou’s playing dead there, but just in case he isn’t, take the panels below.

Okay, we do not want that to be the end of Izou. Nup. Nope. Never. Was it @ninhaoma-ya​ who noticed the foreshadowing on this last chapter? AND, CP0 asks:

why Izou was there wanting to help out, and so the family connection, and Wano connection is unknown. Man, I’m gonna be so sad if it’s curtains for Izou.

But I wonder also if the Whitebeards being involved links into something larger. Maybe  Raizou is also referring to this his talk of ‘preparations’. After all, why did Nekomamushi deliberately seek out Marco? For the past connection, for sure, but is there something else in those ripped-out pages of the journal?

It seems that CP0 would’ve known that Ace was Luffy’s brother, so—not dismissing that connection, but why wouldn’t they think that the Whitebeards would help Luffy? Not knowing about the Kiku connection is another thing altogether and very poignant.

Okay, so Kiku and Kin’emon are hanging by a thread, and so is this guy (above. Our man Zoro). He’ll be okay, but, and these two (below) are knocking on death’s door, or will be if Kaidou (or any other opponent) comes down/out to play:

So last chapter I said it was unusual that Law was upright after such a wild ride, ant “THUD”, there you go, he’s out for the count.

Kid too. Law said, and Kid agreed, that their awakened powers would put them in jeopardy. It was a great fight. Don’t care what unawakened dude bros say anywhere, I loved it.

Now, also a chapter of bullies somewhat getting their comeuppance:

Pudding’s not happy with the Vinsmokes, but more so, Komurasaki plays the song that her father requested he play at his funeral, he loved it so much (and caused her to cry for the day). The below is from chapter 973.

And from the current chapter:

I’m also hoping that her playing the tune somehow helps this guy:

due to the Enma connection, but I don’t think it will contribute to Zoro’s survival, but who knows?

And Nami crediting Law, and Luffy crediting Kid (or Tora-o and Giza-o: Like, credit can only be given on Straw hat terms, and fair enough), the crews kinda know their names:

But that brings us to Lin-Lin, and Kaidou’s Weepy Drunk stage. Man, I guess the Emperors need to be taken out, but I don’t want to think it’s the end of Big Mom. I’m not surprised that the woman got taken out first, or in conjunction with Kaidou, but at least her strength wasn’t underestimated, even if she was basically a running gag. Though I know aspects of all the emperors and bad guys are lampooned.

Kaidou’s still as drunk as, and it seems he was a quiet kid. I’m not gonna show that panel, but Big Mom asks if he knows how to talk and asks how old he is, 15? (yup).

Now that I think about it, he says, we were great friends! Sentimental drunk is sentimental. Even if we say he’s weeping. And she did rule the seas of certain domains. Vale Big Mom, if it really is an end.

Oh, Carrot, Wanda and Neko are going in to the castle (I think), or away from the edge of the island. Nami and Zeus cement the contract between them, Marco is with Toko, Nami, and Toko’s dog and baboon (I know  they have names. Forgive me). Luff’s fighting, of course.

[fly-chicken]

This quote right here…peak Luffy. It’s why I love this MC…ambitions mean nothing if others have to suffer to fulfill them. He wants to be king of the Pirates and has been liberating everyone from oppressive rules bc to him the king is the freest person…GOD I LOVE HIM

[animebw]

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-So that’s the voice Momo’s been hearing all this time. It’s the fucking walking elephant island.

-”Am I simply a coward, Yamato?” God, I feel Momo’s uncertainty here. He’s trying to follow directions left behind by someone who no longer exists and has no idea what the present day even looks like. Can he really rely on such a person’s advice anymore?

-”How could it possibly put a smile on my face?” hahahahahaha get fucked Orochi

-What the shit? The Elders want Luffy dead now? What are they so afraid of?

-Yep, this whole battle seems to be winding down now. Nothing left but an island falling apart... and one last face-off to settle.

-”Your ambitions mean nothing to be! Especially if it leaves the people here with no food to eat!” Remember when Luffy said he didn’t consider himself a hero? Yeah, me neither.

-OH CHRIST ALMIGHTY PLEASE DON’T EAT HIM

-okay I can’t tell if Luffy just bounced off the falling rocks or if he bounced off the goddamn explosion itself

-”Strong, or just stubborn? The victor needs no epithet!” Kaido continues to be the most sensible, even honorable opponent Luffy’s ever fought.

-OH FUCK YOU CP0 YOU KNOW KAIDO’S NOT GONNA LIKE YOU MESSING UP HIS DUEL

[ichigoginchan]

big mom is kinda...

[opshizt]

oda: *decides to shed light and give hints to op fans that everything is slowly working its progress in revealing some of the mysteries regarding joyboy, junesha's crime, the void century, one piece etc.*

also oda: SORRY NOT SORRY BUT IMMA RIP THE PAGES ON ODEN'S JOURNAL FIRST BITCHES YOU ALL THOUGHT

[maplejordan22]

One Piece Chapter 1041

Aww, Pudding must have seen Sanji's memories of him getting bullied by his siblings, and she served up her own sense of justice on them.

Really cute detail by Oda.