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[s-hirokujira]

in the kitchen of Giant Warrior Pirates ship

[danwhobrowses]

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

Spoilers for the chapter below, support the Official Release too

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!

[tuna-core]

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

[firefistacesfreckles]

THE GIANT WARRIOR PIRATES ARE BACK!!!

[nature-nerd-sarah]

I'm glad to see Dory and Brogy re-enter the story, but now I'm wondering: Which of them won that fight?

[birthday-hell]

Broggy

Happy Birthday

February 1

[otakuradiance97]

Road: I just wanted my live-dolllssss..

[srpayt0n]

Sorry for being in love with this Freak...

[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! ❤️

[krongulous]

This is how they had road in the new chapter

[dockone]

Most OP fans may have noticed this, but every New Giant Warrior Pirate appears or is mentioned in Big Mom's flashback.

Stansen is the giant that Rayleigh freed at the Human Auction House in Sabaody. And Gerd, Goldberg and Hajrudin appear again in Shaka's flashback.

[bottlepiecemuses]

The Village Celebrates

I am sure Luffy will love this.

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1135 - Initial Thoughts

Spent waaaaaaay too long looking for a gif there XD

but we're back for the last chapter of the year mysteries afoot, but do we expect answers? Well, not anytime soon but there's still a chapter to get through

So let's see what Oda ends 2024 on

Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release Too

And as it should've been from the start of this cover story, Tama kicks Holdem in the face, citing how much stronger she is now

The Library group (Robin, Chopper, Bonney and Lilith) are reading the now gigantified books, which as theorized is due to the owl there

The owl is translated as Bibelot in TCB, but I have seen them be called Bilbo too

Regardless, he's been here for hundreds of years, is the head librarian and they're the cause of the books gigantifying

Saul also notes that they get the odd newspaper despite not being part of the WG due to Fishermen bringing them, which they take to the library to read

Lilith notes that the owl likely has the 'Rear-Rear Fruit', which I think is rear in the context of child rearing rather than your ass. Making it a 'nurturing owl'

She does make a note that 'even inorganic things grow' meaning that usually the power is used on organic

Robin continues to soak in the library, Chopper asks if there's any medical books as she remembers that there are some but mostly Ohara had history and archaeology books

Saul points out that there are medicine books of Elbaf too, but they are giant sized by default, wonder if Chopper will learn new medicines from Elbaf

By the school lot, Luffy is enjoying the swing, the two kids and Usopp are a bit scared of how high they are swinging though

Nami's quick to beat both of them up, even though as Usopp noted he also wanted Luffy to stop, got caught in the crossfire

The kids rush to Gerd crying, which Luffy reprimands them for since it's shameful for warriors to cry

Sanji defends them noting they were brought up with love and kindness, though is quick to notice that one of the kids has a familiar smirk (a la Momonosuke) while nestled in Gerd's bosom

Luffy's dejected due to Elbaf being peaceful, but Usopp is looking on the positive side

Until Colon comes up witha wooden sword to attack Luffy

Luffy breaks the sword and preps a Gear Third, the Elephant Gun intentionally missing its mark as Usopp reprimands him for going so far on a child

Luffy enjoys that someone has guts, but the rest of the giant children call Luffy out as mean

Seems Colon is the 'delinquent' of the class, skipping school and picking fights, he also calls the other students weaklings but approves of Luffy

Oh wow that mark over Ripley's eye goes ALL the way down

Ripley reprimands Colon for causing a scene, but commends him on his first strike

Oh? Seems the barmaid wasn't Colon's mother, Ripley is! The barmaid is called Mato

Someone, likely Luffy, shows surprise that Ripley's a mother, but commends her for teaching Colon the old ways. Sanji however asks if she's gonna make him apologise for the sneak attack

Additional intrigue, Colon's father is a human, to Sanji's surprise too

Seems one of Ripley's favourite food is Lingonberries, lingonberry sauce is used in the Scandanavian countries as a side to meat, another name for them is Mountain Cranberry since they're similar but grow in the tundra

But anyway, back to anatomical questions, we get no explanation! That being said it means humans and giants can fuck somehow...maybe they did it in the library or something XD

The unnamed father is Ripley's husband informally, she does speak of him with love though, seems Ripley wanted the marriage too since he thought it'd be 'weird' given their age gap, given that he'll grow old much quicker than her

The school group move over to the library, where Robin requests that she stay there a little longer to chat with Saul, she'll reconvene with them later at the feast

Saul notes they'll have plenty of time because giants party for days

Chopper is staying too, so are Bonney and Lilith - who are looking to get a resident permit

Franky meanwhile wants to go check the tree, confirming it's 'an Adam tree', meaning there's more than one

According to Saul there are a few Adam Trees in the world, but this one is likely the oldest

Luffy's okay with both, noting that he's close to his limit without eating

Gerd interjects nervously as we get new threads for the rest of the crew, unlike Rodo she insists she only makes human clothes for fun, while again quietly marvelling at how cute they are

The other batch of Elbaf outfits are all winners, Brook looks similar to Sanji's fit, Jinbe could've gone with going shirtless but each their own, Franky decides to go with the full viking beard now which I am 50/50 on but the rest is cool, and Robin looks delightful and not overly sexualized which is a huge plus

At Ouest Castle (Ouest if you didn't figure out is just 'West') our two cloaked figures are spotted by giant guards

The guards ask if they are with the Straw Hats and request their business

The bandaged woman states they're looking for Loki, the giants wonder why anyone would go looking for someone who caused such disarray

She asks if they will tell her and they say no, in case they help him escape

A sfx of Dododdo happens around the figure, and the light haired giant 'Bog' suddenly starts writhing in pain before falling unconscious

After that display, the figure notes she wasn't asking, and orders them to tell her

That's all we'll get though, as the Giant's banquet begins, officially being welcomed with a grand introduction and reminders of their good deeds towards the giants (and taking down Big Mom, which they didn't do)

Luffy is more in his element now, sitting on a pile of giant meat

The giants cheers to the crew

Another ship sails down as Luffy meets Stansen properly, giving a brief recap on how he was the giant taken to the human auction house (he was captured while napping) that fled with Rayleigh, he was adamant to meet Luffy again when he heard that Hajrudin joined under his banner

Also there's always the welcome panel of Charloss getting decked

Elder Jarul has arrived to the party, the same guy from Big Mom's flashback

Jarul towers over even other giants, being twice the size of Brogy, also his laugh is Boja Ja Ja

Luffy however notices the very clear sword impaled through his head and panics

Jarul says his helmet saved him, even though it's gone straight through...

Anatomy took a hit on this chapter it seems XD

Though half-human and half-giant could be here Buccaneers descend from, who am I to argue with Elbaf's biology teacher? Would like to meet this lucky fellow however, for reasons and notes... Still, a sword through the skull would seem like death, maybe the sword is so wedged in place that it's sealed it all up?

Alas, Oda did not seek to give us any answers to the big twist of last chapter, our Shanks question remains up in the air as the woman in bandages did all of the talking, and torture. If I were to guess, I think she either has an invisible attack or a psychic kind of power. We only know that they're after Loki, implying cahoots or intentions to ally with him.

Colon will likely be our clutch side character of the arc though, the only child with a warrior's spirit it seems. Wouldn't mind seeing Ripley and Gerd throw down too, though that likely has ulterior motives XD

It is a slight worry with how the crew are split again, by the looks of things Robin and Chopper are in the Library with Saul, Lilith and Bonney, Franky is off to inspect the treasure tree, and the rest are at the banquet. It's an opening to get characters to have individual moments but it's also an opening to get jumped by antagonistic forces. In the end it's not the worst thing to end the year on a nice banquet, and everyone's all dressed up in Elbaf gear, now we can go full viking on it for 2025.

[stjarnskrik]

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Screenshot redraw of the New Giant Warrior Pirates!

[mitchelnguyen]

[birthday-hell]

Jarul

Happy Birthday

December 8