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One Piece Chapter 1145 - Initial Thoughts

And we're back

little late I know but TCB was playing up yesterday and thus I have to try and sneak it in between work hours

but One Piece returns once more in the nightmare fight, some lore, some questions, but we've yet to reach the boiling point

will it happen here? Let's find out (also belated RIP to Gene Hackman given the gif - he was the blind guy)

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As promised, a colourful cover celebrating the anime's return graces us, with the crew watching Gear Fifth Luffy on several tvs, it's very pretty - also Robin is very pretty

Can't believe it's been six months without the anime - I mean there's the Fishman Island revamp but still, I feel like I've turned into 3 different people since then

There is also the cover story, Ulti hugging Pay-Pay and Yamato reclaiming Yasuie's sword

Onto the chapter though, and in the Realm of the Dead we are hunting for food

Goldberg faces down a dino, using his Homie Shield Nash - who claims not to be ready - to defend himself

Seems Nash can increase in size, and is dense enough to break the dino's teeth

Zoro and Sanji are next, bringing back a rare classic of the Armée de l'air Power Shoot - the attack they used against Oars where Sanji kick/catapults (kickapult?) Zoro at the enemy

Zoro beheads the dino, apparently it's a Groggysaurus

Goldberg - being the cook for the New Giant Warrior Pirates - knows just how to serve it, but notes it takes time given the thick layer of fat, it's tasty when cooked in booze

Sanji notes however that they brought no booze, I mean that's gotta be one of the worst things to say in front of Zoro

Fortunately for Zoro, there is a hunter's cabin with supplies to help

Zoro meanwhile is more curious about Nash, asking if it's a devil fruit

Goldberg clarifies that it's a Homie, Big Mom clashed with his father and brought the shield to life in the conflict

Zoro notes that it's like Zeus then, which Goldberg is surprised that they know of - even more surprised when he learns that the High Ranking Homie is now their Navigator's slave

Loki spills the beans on the God's Knights, Hajrudin suggests that it's because he made enemies when he was on his rampage overseas, but Loki scoffs at it - noting that he'd already be King of the World if he was drawing those kinds of enemies

Luffy seems at the least curious about the concept of World Government knights, but is quickly distracted by food

Zoro claims the kill, but Sanji's gotta throw in a little jab by calling him a piece of broccoli flying in the air XD

Luffy gives Loki some meat, by slamming it into his face - burning him

Loki gets angry, but Luffy shrugs it off - taking it as a sign that he's getting better

Loki struggles to eat because he's lying down - which yeah, easy to choke - pushing to be sat up

He starts choking, so Luffy rushes to get him some soup...and spills it all over him XD

Loki's gonna get PTSD from being around Luffy and I'm kinda here for it

Gerd approves though, even if the damage is accidental

Sanji and Zoro mull over about Loki, Sanji wonders what he could've done while Zoro notes that his promise is probably a trick

Loki claims that he does indeed know Shanks' whereabouts, but still won't tell because he's not been fully unchained

Interestingly, despite his contempt for Shanks he seems to relate to Luffy's admiration of him

Luffy asks if he felt the same, triggering a mini flashback of kid Loki asking a pirate to take him with, who flatly refuses

Loki then challenges the pirate, but gets defeated and chastised by his crewmate - a crewmate by the name of Newgate

It seems Rocks D. Xebec was Loki's idol, which does explain a lot of his mannerisms - at least from what we've been told of Rocks

Loki laments that he was born in the wrong era, feeling that if he was older then Rocks would've let him come along

Back to the classic Giant Warrior Pirates and Gaban, they are swiftly cutting through the nightmares

Since the kids never knew their 'real versions', the strength of the nightmares are shallow representations of the real deal

Does that mean there's a real draugr, nidhoggr, fenrir, and dapper ghost out there?

It also feels like ominous foreshadowing though, as if Killingham may take nightmares from the adults who know better soon...

Gaban seems to sense three voices with his haki - which we are to assume are the God's Knights - and he laments that if Elbaf is not safe then the world truly might be ending

Back by the fires, the Firefighters are using the island clouds to try and put out the blaze

Saul - having bonked Fenrir - calls out for the firefighters to try and put out the fires before the children enter it

The giants are trying but the fire doesn't seem to be going out, leading to a lot of panic

Back to the 'God's Knights are evil' part, Sommers asks Gunko if being in the fire will wake the children up, which Gunko confirms, meaning that they will wake up being burned alive

But not today! Because Jinbe is using his Fishman Karate to move the island clouds and put out the fire - just as Sommers was gonna probably orgasm upon seeing children get set on fire

Also cute Robin panel holding Chopper, though she could've attempted to use her DF to grab the kids' ankles now that I think about it

Announcements come through that the kids made it past the fire, but are still on the move

The giants praise the firefighters, unaware that Jinbe was the saviour - Robin and Chopper expect his hand in it though and decide to keep quiet

Colon praises Jinbe, noting how even though the kids pick on him he still considers them friends

However, Gunko has arrived on the ship, noting a wayward child not at school

So we're finally in for a confrontation with the God's Knights

I doubt Gunko will just face Usopp, Nami, Brook and Jinbe alone but there is that ominous foreshadow that stronger nightmares may be utilized. One would expect that Nami will doggedly try and protect Colon even if he attempts to fight, but we do know that Gunko is pretty tough given how she was able to damage Loki. Given how she likes his music, it's gonna be interesting if she reacts to Brook, there could be a subversion there, but Robin and Chopper may also get involved seeing as they know that Jinbe is nearby.

The Loki stuff is still coming along, but we remain blueballed on his reasoning for killing King Harald. At the very least Hajrudin seems to be keeping his cool but since Sanji was wondering why Loki is so hated it probably means he's still waiting for an explanation like we are. Still, Luffy terrorizing Loki with good intentions was very funny.

Not much else you can say about the chapter, it was mainly the Loki stuff and the firefighting stuff, with a break next week we'll probably get an action heavy chapter in a fortnight but things are still verging on tipping over.

Still patiently waiting for the shit to truly hit the fan.

[s-hirokujira]

in the kitchen of Giant Warrior Pirates ship

[tuna-core]

I'm trying to get back into posting these on Sundays, oops. Any criticism is appreciated!

[birthday-hell]

Kashii

Happy Birthday

April 1

[op-smash-or-pass]

OP smash or pass

[firefistacesfreckles]

THE GIANT WARRIOR PIRATES ARE BACK!!!

[animeniacfan]

I knew from the second I heard that the Giants of Elbaph were trying to go the way of peace that things were going to backfire on them. It was too much of a coincidence for it to happen right as the world was facing armageddon. Hopefully this will make them understand that now is the time for them to fight! #OnePiece #Onepiece

[srpayt0n]

I'm in love with the idea of this greedy bastard getting what he deserves, the love of his 2 crushes. One from his childhood and the other (Loki) possibly his greatest admiration...who knows...🥪🥪🥪

[otakuradiance97]

Road: I just wanted my live-dolllssss..

[shishishi-sunny]

They’re literally ride or die, I love them

[wesleysniperking]

A new one shot out for Usopp’s birthday week! It’s Yasopp’s POV, but pretty much all about Usopp.

Happy Birthday, Usopp! ❤️

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One Piece Chapter 1131 - Initial Thoughts

It wasn't enough to have a 2 week break, the scans also had to come out late XD

But finally, One Piece is back, and Luffy stands before another self-proclaimed Sun God. We can see some writings on the wall but Oda does like a good swerve, so let's see what he has for us

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Yamato's cover is him on Komachiyo and Tama on Speed running after the katana thief, nothing too big really - and honestly Speed is really fast so this thief shouldn't outrun them

We pick up right where we left off with Luffy reacting with joy that they're in Elbaf

Hahaha Luffy's quickfire questions and observations quickly annoy Loki who's trying to honey his words

Loki yells and it causes the trees to shake and rumble, animals also seem to growl so it wasn't haki

Loki seems to truly believe himself to be the Sun God 'from all the legends', but telling Luffy not to speak unless he commands it isn't a good start

Also Loki has a 'special bounty' of 2.6bn, so above Yonko Commander (And Dorry and Brogy) but not quite on Yonko, wonder why it's special? Maybe it's not imposed by the WG? Maybe it's a Giant's bounty

When he asks Luffy what he thinks of his predicament Luffy just goes 'looks like you got caught' XD blunt as ever

Huh, Loki's only been imprisoned for 6 years? Last chapter they said 'a few years back' he was sentenced to crucifixion? Maybe a mistranslation? Six is more than a few

His chains are Sea Prism but he says he's the pride of Elbaf's strength

And the big tree is as many theorized Treasure Tree Adam, the same wood the Sunny is made out of!

Loki has a proposal for Luffy - who he called Loppy before being corrected - he wants Luffy to release him and in exchange he'll wipe out any pirate crew he wants

Seems pretty confident that he can solo a pirate crew, that or he just really wants to get out

He showed the carrot but here's the stick; he can't force Luffy to agree, but he has some leverage

The snowy lands here is known as the 'Realm of the Dead' (likely a reference to how Loki is Hel's father in Norse Myth) and is the lowest layer of Elbaf: a place for prisoners and executions

You know that kinda gives me the same vibes as Impel Down's level 4

Things have lived on this layer for thousands of years, so they also call it the 'First World' - which could mean we're blending Hel and Niflheim - the realm of primordial ice and cold, which does sometimes get mixed with Helheim

In Norse Myth (Prose Edda mainly) Niflheim and Muspelheim were the first realms of Ginnungagap (the void), fire and ice mixed to make steam which became Hel - but the Norse for fog or mist is 'Nifel' thus the confusion. The icy rivers of Niflheim melted by Muspelheim's fires also unleashed a yeasty venom that birthed Ymir, the ancestor of the Jotnar

Luffy is cornered by giant beasts, with a cute polar bear, and some humans, all of whom are in service of Loki. The beasts at least befriended him while he was a kid

There is the hilarity of Luffy not taking this serious because like, Loki has no fucking idea who he's talking to XD

Like, you threaten him with a bunch of giant animals? The feral forest child who trained with giant animals for 2 years?

The humans below are explained to avoid being eaten by dressing up in foul smelling clothes and being like 'living corpses' but the minions do kinda get their feelings hurt by this

They do scout out Luffy though, hoping he has anything good on him, before apologizing for fainting after Shanks appeared on the island

Mentioning Shanks perks Luffy up though, who has already befriended the giant animals to Loki and the minions' shock

Excited, Luffy asks about Shanks, but Loki sees an opportunity

Annnnnd chose wrong, he calls Shanks a coward and Luffy immediately goes Gear Fourth

The Kong Gun misses - Loki has been blindfolded this whole time, either he can still see a bit or he has his own impressive Observation Haki - hitting the tree instead

Loki's quick to backpedal on 'it's just a joke bro' and to try and throw a sense of honour in the mix by the fact that he's chained up

Luffy however ain't about that, you piss him off he'll be pissed off, Loki meanwhile already seeks to kill him once he's free in a thought bubble

Luffy asks why Shanks was here, but Loki plays coy, the gears are turning again

Back at the castle bridge, the bridge is shaking causing Nami and Usopp to panic

Usopp spots someone behind them running on the bridge

It's Rodo, still smoking from the lightning attack so the crew deduce he's the same guy

They're being chased by Gerd and Goldberg (and Piper the Owl) as Goldberg carries the Sunny

Zoro expects this to be unfriendly, but before he can draw his sword Usopp attempts pragmatism: they may be allies

For now the group agrees to get to the end of the bridge, so they're on solid ground and because a village may be nearby

Somewhere else in the Realm of the Dead, Hajrudin appears! He's been on the hunt and caught a Moose with Stansen

He specifically came down here to hunt for good meat, in order to have good food waiting for the Straw Hats' arrival

Stansen asks how they'll carry it, the translation is iffy since it even has a t/n, but it seems that it snowing prevents them from having an apparatus

There's also a quick recap of Hajrudin's loyalty to Luffy via Dressrosa, with Leo also there

The two giants instead just decide to carry the Moose, while singing a song about their crew - whose layout is also shown to be just those 5 members

Back on the Longboat, Brook has given Robin a haircut

Brook hasn't cut women's hair so he was nervous, also skull joke

Lilith enjoyed the skull joke because it's a scientific impossibility, Bonney, Jinbe and Franky like the hair too

OG HAIRSTYLE ROBIN MY BELOVED

Awwww and she wanted it that way because that's how Saul would remember it!

Franky of course is keeping it very emotionally together for her

Even Oimo and Kashii mention how it's the same style as how they remember in Enies Lobby

The longboat is also right by Elbaf, from this perspective you can see that the greenery we've seen when Shanks was there is more like an elevation, so this Land of the Dead may be the bottom of a cliffside

But we have a cliffhanger, Saul has fallen and can't get up!

Oda don't you fucking dare cause Robin heartbreak after she's gotten so excited about seeing someone from her past she thought was dead! It's not allowed! Forbidden I say! Don't do it!

Other than that, this was a chapter that seemed more dedicated to giving us more on the personality of Loki. He's definitely a little bit devious, but he's both completely unaware of how strong Luffy is and probably overestimates how tricksy he need to be with manipulating his freedom. Definitely has a grand opinion of himself, and over 2 billion berries as a bounty is nothing to scoff at even if it is lower than Luffy's. I do like though how Oda has knotted things up with releasing Loki, there was an obvious easy route but Loki spends more time shooting himself in the foot which makes it less and less likely that Luffy will simply free him. If anything, one Eustass Kid may be more compelled to free Loki than Luffy is - wouldn't put it past the giants fishing him out and throwing him into this Land of the Dead.

Usopp's observation may also work out with the rest of the crew buddying up with Goldberg and Gerd, maybe bullying Rodo a little more, or they'll just end up in the village and befriend some new characters. If the Land of the Dead has humans that betray Elbaf in some way there may be humans still living in Elbaf itself, I do continue to be intrigued as to how Oda will blend more Norse Myth into the story. If we get a character named Snorri you best believe I'm gonna talk about it.

With the Longboat docking into Elbaf too the crew will likely reunite sooner rather than later, there is still a wealth to explore and discover though, but seriously let Robin be happy!

[s-hirokujira]

Happy (belated) Belated Gerd!

[krongulous]

This is how they had road in the new chapter

[birthday-hell]

Broggy

Happy Birthday

February 1

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