#one piece 1120

[maximumqueer]

Luffy still not realizing that he is who the Iron Giant is talking to when it is calling him Joyboy is very funny

but it also reinforces the themes surrounding Luffy and the concept of Joyboy and Nika.

Because while Luffy in gear 5 looks similar to how Joyboy has been depicted, he is not literally a reincarnation of Joyboy. He is not the second coming of a god, he is - first and foremost - Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will be King of the Pirates. And him still not acknowledging that he could (even potentially) be the "Joyboy" that the robot is referring to solidifies that.

And what is particularly impressive to me about this thematic throughline, is that it is able to coexist with the belief of characters like Bonney, Kuma, the giants etc. that Luffy is the second coming of Joyboy, of Nika. Because Luffy isn't that. We the audience know that Luffy awakened his devil fruit, and that his resemblance to the Nika and Joyboy of history is because they both had/have the same fruit. We know that Luffy is still Luffy. He has not been possessed by a god (hell, we don't even know if deities actually exist in the would of One Piece, as we have only ever seen the worshipers of them), or by the previous wielder of the fruit. Luffy is still Luffy. If anything, his awakening has amplified who he is, not changed him. And it is in this way that Luffy sort of becomes a Schrodinger's Chosen One.

Because the narrative of One Piece does not present him as a chosen one. He awakened a devil fruit, but not because that was his destiny, or because he knew of some greater prophecy surrounding it. Luffy's actions are for no one but himself and his friends (as in he is not making his decisions with the knowledge of a prophecy, whether it be to fulfil it or avoid it). He is not guided by fate, and anytime we see Luffy follow in the footsteps of another by inheriting their will, it is his own choice. Luffy chose to pursue being the next pirate king, and chose to keep Ace's promise to Tama (and the people of Wano). But certain characters within One Piece do view him as this pre-ordained return of Joyboy. And they are not treated as idiots for this, their faith in the return of their god is treated seriously, and with respect. And their faith IS rewarded, just not necessarily in the way they were expecting. They DO get Joyboy, but not as a reincarnation or a possession, but as a person who can choose to take up the mantle of Joyboy, if he so wishes. And even if he doesn't, Luffy cares enough about freedom (both for himself and others he cares for) that they will still get Joyboy, even if that isn't his name.

[beanghostprincess]

I love it when he's completely and utterly clueless 👍🏻

[iaxsl]

hehe

[taxreturnslut]

First Nika now Joy Boy, Luffy is finally getting a taste of his own medicine when it comes to nicknames

[trafalgarlawsfeathercoat]

he’s literally so babygirl i’m obsessed with him

[yamatohomo]

[luffypeach]

/inhales/

HE'S SO CUTEEEEEEEE🗣

[brookstolemybrand]

Episode 1119, you can see that Sabo left his pipe behind as he ran from Imu because it's lying on the ground when the Elders find Cobra's body

Episode 1120 HE STILL HAS A PIPE

Conclusion: Sabo 100% stopped along the way to vandalise some plumbing

[beaulesbian]

one piece chapter 1120 spoilers

ahhh luffy and the iron giant interaction!!! it was so cool!

luffy at first not realizing the iron giant was talking to him, so luffy even looked over his shoulder if he meant someone behind him asjdsjcd

luffy finding out he can hear the robot talk, hearing him in his mind, and the iron giant saying he would fight to protect him again. 'your enemy is my enemy' is a really cool line. (i want to know about the iron giant's and past-joy boy's adventures!!)

but i also really like that luffy didn't exactly confirm the robot is a 'friend', that's really interesting detail if the robot is already willing to protect luffy, but also it makes sense from luffy's perspective - he keeps calling luffy joyboy, and luffy doesn't know who that is

i can't wait to know if/when luffy finds out what's the meaning about nika and joyboy - and what would be his reaction.

usually, when there was an opportunity to hear other people's backstories, luffy didn't want to listen or didn't care for it unless it was something personally close to him,

but this time it's really about him as well, his devil fruit, his powers, his connection to these creatures like zunesha and iron giant calling him joyboy. and the scenes with him being addressed as nika or joyboy keeps growing, so i hope we soon get a scene with someone talking directly to him about it, maybe on the journey to elbaf.

[1000sunnygo]

One Piece 1120

friendly reminder that Law would've loved to see the robot 😔

some chapter thoughts and rambles under the cut

- We're so soo close to egghead's closure woah.

Next week has an anniversary spread so the chapter should be stacked. Throwing in an easy prediction: Emet will launch an attack that'll completely immobilize the gorosei, forcing them to retreat so Luffy and team can smoothly escape without the Elders chasing their tail. Basically, I think SHs escape within next chapter or the one after. Law update soon 😤

-Regarding D lore, I find it interesting that there are at least three D's who served the government. Recruiting them or purging them, both might've been a result of the government acknowledging their potential to upturn the world. Maybe Monkey family served the navy for generations even before Garp, and Saul had giant genes which gave the govt incentive to keep him on their side. The D's who defy the government never bothered to hide their identity, like Xebec, Teach, or Roger. Their families might've faced discrimination too, for all we know, Teach had a rough time growing up

- I wonder what happened to Portgas bloodline, were most of them already annihilated by the time Rogue met Roger? Did Rogue's resilience come from a difficult childhood? What happened to Gol family, and who gave Roger his hat? At this point, I'm pretty sure Roger will have his own spinoff at some point.

-Agree with everyone who speculates that Robin might be D. Hell maybe she is already by association, similar to Sabo.

-Once again, the official translation did a better job. "what does he mean, Gol D.?" was better than "did he just say Gol D.?", Clau D. was also more Oda-like choice of word, better explained by Artur in his tweet thread.

-I wonder if Toei will give Emet a child-like voice? Similar to Alphonse, maybe?

-There's a Sulong Bepo vivre card on Sept 4th and this week's jump featured a page to promote it! Maybe I'll make a separate post on that one..

[badly-drawn-doflamingo]

Do y’all think that Emeth will have a vivre card or something paper like?

In the myth of the golem there is a piece of paper placed by Rabbi Lowe into the golem’s mouth which on it has written ‘Shem Hameforash’, which is one of the many names of God.

The card could lead to Joy Boy or someone of similar deistic importance? Is there some other kind of paper??

Not to even mention the fact the name ‘Emet’ is the word in Hebrew for ‘truth’, and if you erase the aleph you get the word ‘Met’ meaning dead.

[maximumqueer]

Chapter 1120 Spoilers

I really do love that the more we learn about Vegapunk and his past, the more it is hammered home just how flawed he was in his decisions. At every chance he was given to help those who wanted to uncover the missing history of the void century, to aid people trying stand up to the oppressive force of the World Government, he turned away. He cared too much about his funding. He couldn't picture how researching the past could possibly aid the future. He clearly cared about the world, but he didn't value information of the past that had be deliberately erased and hidden until it was too late.

By the time he started to more seriously research to void century, he had created his satellites, one of them being the manifestation of his greed, one of the reasons he refused to part ways with the government in the first place. And it was York (greed) that led to his downfall. His inability to give up funding, and his satellite's desire to become a Celestial Dragon, leading him to be sold out and ultimately killed. Which he clearly saw coming. He knew he waited to long, knew that he would most likely die before he could actually contribute to the causes he had previously turned his back on.

Which is why (for me at least) the speech he gives in an attempt to rectify his mistakes, his "sins" hits so hard. Vegapunk died before he could truly aid in any cause, and the guilt he feels for that fact is palpable. But, it doesn't stop him from giving his speech, from trying to make sure that others don't make that same mistake. This part of his speech in particular

does that. It speaks to the importance WHO is in control of history, of the narrative of the world, and how the oppressed can take back the narrative and carry it on to the future.

And that fact that this is all coming from beyond the grave for Vegapunk is both the culmination of his flaws and mistakes, but also his desire to try to rectify them, and hope beyond hope that someone hearing his broadcast will listen and not make the mistakes he did, and wait to act until it was too late.

[bottlepiecemuses]

Guys In One Piece Always Dig Giant Robots

All the boys at heart go starry eyed for big robots in One Piece as usual.

[iaxsl]

this panel of luffy is so cute

[rebe-cactus]

I was rooting for her to survive, but no, why the cutie deserve to die?!!!

Why oda?

Why?!!!

Atlas, mi chiquita porque tu 😭

Más les vale salir a todos los muguis ilesos pq si no, me mato.

[tae-rambles]

OP ch 1120 SPOILERS

My reaction as i read:

hi Denjiro where did you come from? was he just on a walk or did he come to meet w Yamato on purpose? also he's the new daimyo of Kibi? did we know that already or is it a new info i cant remember

also i like how Yamato is like "no need for all this, its ok"

a flashback?

oh... never even crossed my mind to ask why was Clover arrested and let go so many times... thats clever

"answer to good and evil"? what does that mean

oh my god another D family! (how do you even pronounce that surname) i wonder which other characters we know of were/are hiding the initial...

i wonder what changed Vegapunk's mind to continue Ohara's research and risking his life if he couldnt understand why Clover did it those 22 years ago

hi Zeff, Patty :D

oh Robin... this is making me sad

damn Atlas...

wtf was that "snap" coming from Lilith

oh Atlas please dont tell me youre about to do what i think

good job Atlas but can ppl pls stop sacrificing themselves for at least five minutes my heart cant take it

but what about Stussy? she can skywalk so she might be fine?

the Marines are just so out of their depth lol

Luffy can hear Emet! :D Luffy's so confused lol

lmao Emet's immediately annoyed w him i cant

oh Emet, he's so sweet! i love himm!! "i've known Emet for only a couple of chapters but if anything happens to him i'm gonna kill Oda and then myself"

aaaah he's talking to you Luffy! but i like how Oda keeps emphasizing that Luffy is his own person, not Nika, not Joyboy, but Luffy

"but there are those who cannot be stopped" under the imposing worm Peter going in for an attack - love this visual storytelling

uh oh... Emet's rusty

and still fended the worm off! you rock Emet! :D

Saturn doing a jumping spider impression

dont fucking talk to the precious Kuma and Bonney you damn spider!

Atlas! D: my poor heart! this is just Pedro all over again

fuck off, York

dont you dare Emet dont you fucking dare! no more sacrificing yourself! no more blowing yourself up! i said no! D:< (also Peter bit off his arm :( )

oh, right, the general population didn't know Roger was a D

Great chapter as always :D, even though it was painful, can't wait for the next one...

i really hope Emet won't sacrifice himself here but it seems that's where it's headed... dammit!

EDIT: i've thought about this some more and was Joyboy really someone who would instruct his people to sacrifice themselves for him and his cause? that doesn't sound right. so maybe Emet has something else up his sleeve?

also, Emet is the second person to lose their arm to a snake-like monster while protecting Luffy. both Emet and Shanks were also waiting for the awakening of the Nika fruit to make their move it seems. i wonder if there are any other parallels between them...