#chapter 1134

[fallensnowfan]

The first page of 1134 is up on the Japanese site and I want to talk about it.

Luffy is speaking so formally haha. Though seems slightly unsure if he's saying everything correctly as he introduces himself to Saul.

"Old man Saul!" "A long time ago, you took great care of my friend." "Thank you very much!" After this, Luffy says “ohike nasutte kure!!” As Wano's iconic "Beng!!" sounds off in place of the usual "Don!!" We've heard that phrase before!

As some may be aware, "Ohike nasutte" is the title of chapter 976, where Jinbei arrives in Wano! Translated as "Begging your Pardon." I love it and it's honestly really cool seeing this from Luffy.

Then the others are like "Where did you learn that?" comical sweat drop*

Luffy continues and uses another phrase of Jinbei's from 976, dochira sanmo, a polite way of getting everyone's attention, though he seems to be running out of steam to talk so formally. Big kudos to Luffy for the effort! Poor guy, tired himself out.

There is a bit more after this, though this post is really about the similarities to 976. I am eager to get to the full chapter on Sunday.

[basedkikuenjoyer]

Beg Pardon?

Who are you and what have you done with our future pirate king? Seriously though, this is adorable but what about Saul made Luffy decide to go all Yakuza? It's a little ambiguous in the next panel but I'm really hoping Jinbei is asking where the hell this is coming from. He should know, because Luffy is actually mirroring the Yakuza formalities Jinbei used when he showed up in Wano. Either way, it's really really funny Luffy is calling Robin who is significantly older than him his child.

Cool stuff. I always like seeing Luffy be more socially graceful and this is a great example. It's cute how he acts towards Saul. Makes me kinda want to see something like how he'd act towards Heracles or Yorki or something. This chapter has a lot to cover but I couldn't not start with this great bit at the start. Especially when a big crux of what I've looked at specifically is how that time back in Act 1 with Kiku showed a development towards a more mindful Luffy building off of what he learned from Katakuri.

Saul...bruh. You can't just ask someone why they're a woman now. But this does provide us with an answer to one of the lingering questions from Egghead and it's one that makes sense. Looks like we're moving on from Vegapunk and Bonney pretty quick because yeah them staying here on Elbaf just makes sense. We'll see if they factor into this arc in other ways but I wouldn't be surprised if this is pretty much it.

Moving on though this is the big shocker for me and it comes off as such a casual thing compared to later developments. That said, Big Mom's flashback does kinda show an Elbaf consistent with this. But I do wonder how important it could be for Usopp. Elbaf...is not currently the warlike nation it may have first seemed. Fascinating. Though it does make a certain amount of sense. I don't exactly think of modern Scandinavia as a proud warrior culture and with Road's Lego room we've already established a blend. Kinda like if Wano ended up being much more modern.

I really care about Usopp being the one to stumble on this revelation because Elbaf is so tied into his own personal arc. And in a way that's already gotten more interesting through Wano. A less mature Usopp might be disappointed in this but he's had a chance to be disillusioned with the culture of honor so we'll have to see how this break between expectations and reality unfolds. Also...this revelation instantly makes Hajrudin a lot more compelling as a character because we now know he's someone that represents the pendulum swinging back the other way.

Then to fit that mold we get back to Loki for something quite intriguing. Talking to someone he calls Mosa via a snail. Pair that with:

And we have some hooks for next year! Definitely on team this is a Shanks doppelganger but who's the mysterious girl? They're coming through the Gorosei pentagram and everything. Not too much to say about these last two developments yet but I'm sure they'll be incredibly interesting as we get into Elbaf's actual plot.

[moongothic]

Chapter 1134 minireaction

EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP THIS IS THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT

KUMA'S GONNA BE OKAY!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also yeah, I had been wondering like. OP's science is whimsical so you can't be ever sure how things would work, but I WAS thinking it was odd Vegapunk had died when his brain is literally inside a jar, still functioning and running Like logically you'd think that Vegapunk's conciousness was still technically inside his gigantic brain, and so even if the rest of his body perished as long as his brain works and can be connected to a new body he'd technically be okay. Or at least that's what I HAD been thinking. But then when Vegapunk supposedly died and the whole "where is your conciousness" was mentioned, I figured, maybe Vegapunk's literal soul (as those exist in this universe) isn't in his brain (maybe in his heart instead) and he really did die, the brain being literally nothing more than a supercomputer (made of flesh) with unfanthomable amounts of information stored in it

But no, my innitial thought was kind of right. Cloning exists in this world and Vegapunk can be brought back with the help of that, that's neat!

Anyway what the fuck was that ending

[cnidocyst]

The take that this is an evil shanks twin is very funny but God do I want normal shanks 2 just Be Evil . Although showing him playing Satan circle is a little much

[ID: A page from the one piece manga where two hooded figures stand in the middle of a Satan circle surrounded by fire. The man appears to be Shanks and the other character is a woman with a bandaged face. /END ID]

[calekinnieplus]

“The Abraham family wants to know how to get rid of the ancient curse.”

The dark vortex was silent for a few seconds before sighing.

“Set up such a ritual… Sacrifice one of the demigods of the Seer, Apprentice, and Marauder pathway… Once I leave the storm and penetrate the darkness… the curse will no longer exist…”

Well, well, well. Isn't that interesting...

[laughtalelogs]

my highlights from this week’s one piece chapter, spoilers below!

oda got babygirl looking like he’s in panties, just like how it’s supposed to be

I love that he’s smiling so much and enjoying the giant ladies, he deserves to be happy :,)

zoro’s hands are truly rated E for everyone.

he said fuck them kids

also why is he here and who’s that baddie? she reminds me of sheik

I stg if he ruins elbaph for all the babies I will jump through my screen… I got my eyes on u, ronald mcdonald. looks like he summoning something from dark souls ngl

final thoughts:

something is cooking and it’s oda

stella having a clone is so one piece no one ever dies and that’s why I love this show

I will never trust shanks, sorry shanks lovers. why is he so sad all the time? what are you doing???

when he betrays luffy y’all gonna be pissed but imma call it now LMAO

[joy-girl]

Y'all I can't 😭😭😭❤️

[sabo-torao]

will i ever stop tearing up over robin and all the love she receives from the straw hats? the answer is no

[ichigoginchan]

my pretty zosan 💚💙

[kacievvbbbb]

I know that the running theory right now is Shank's twin, but honestly, I'm inclined to believe it's a clone. Maybe a special one commissed for Garling to replace the child he lost, who knows. But the clone thing seems to be a running theme.

they cloned the seven warlords (who's even to say that the seraphim are the first tries) they cloned Stussy from the Rocks Pirate (the most regular-sized human of the bunch so maybe there's like a limit and Shanks is the most regular-sized yonko.) they clone devil fruits. It definitely feels like a setup for something much bigger and a cloned shanks is very much in that realm

like that really is the only explanation I have for why the "twin' looks so much like shanks. I mean it's one thing to be two siblings that look exactly alike (which isn't out of the norm for Oda) but to wear their hair virtually the same and have the same scraggly mustache even though he would have been raised as a proper celestial dragon with all the "propriety" and better fashion sense that entails and just generally everything (we've already been shown that either the clones are drawn to the same look as their original or it is forced upon them to make them resemble as close as possible.)

I don't know the idea that the world government would clone Shanks because why the hell not isn't so far-fetched honestly it might even be a clone of garling himself to explain the age.

Shanks holds a lot of power in the world a lot of people are known to trust him and he holds particular sway with the giants something that would be very valuable to the world government. And of garling's his dad it'd be pretty easy to get access to that DNA.

but yeah I'm interested to see how this plays out.

[fallensnowfan]

1134 is here! And we got a lot of cool stuff from Jump Festa, for many of the manga in the magazine.

I already talked about the first page from the Japanese site, though now it's time for some quick first thoughts on the full chapter.

Am I thinking correctly that this clone of Vegapunk has none of the experiences that the original had over the past 20 years?

And what of Stussy, Sentomaru, and Kizaru? They all were pretty devastated about Vegapunk dying, so what does a clone of him existing mean for them?

I like how the Giants of Elbaf have moved away from the more barbaric ways of 100 years ago, and are into trading now. Perhaps that's why Hajrudin's crew were so good at it, back when they were working for Buggy?

[missqueenpancake]

When your manga author is the biggest shipper of them all

Down so bad that one of the first sketches was even more shippy

[sapphicfandompirate]

Brook.

Explain yourself. RIght Now, Damnit!

[fairyfairchild]

So….. I guess evil twin confirmed

[calekinnieplus]

“The Abraham family wants to know how to get rid of the ancient curse.”

The dark vortex was silent for a few seconds before sighing.

“Set up such a ritual… Sacrifice one of the demigods of the Seer, Apprentice, and Marauder pathway… Once I leave the storm and penetrate the darkness… the curse will no longer exist…”

Well, well, well. Isn't that interesting...