#one piece chapter 1045

[drowning-moonlight]

Public Executions in One Piece, Inherited Will, and how Gol D Roger Haunts the Narrative

Since I've gotten caught up in the manga, I am struck by how executions - especially public ones - are used as a narrative device and are even used for character development in some ways as well. Specifically in how the characters that are executed may die physically but their Wills and spirit lives on. There are the obvious ones like Ace and Roger but I also see this with character such as Mont Blanc Noland and Kozuki Oden. I see certain parallels between these government sanctioned killings that I'm sure Oda wrote the story that way on purpose.

Historically and in media like One Piece, public executions serve the purpose of not only punishing the person being killed for crimes they committed - real or perceived - but also to discourage others from committing similar crimes. The thing with One Piece though is that most of these public executions backfire on the ones in charge.

Ace and Roger's executions mirror each other in that the Marines and World Government wanted to end piracy but instead both of them being killed actually ushered in new ages of piracy.

Roger turned himself in and the Marines used his public execution as an opportunity to basically say something like, "Hey, we have the King of Pirates here and we're going to kill him in front of the whole world. This will happen to every pirate we can get our hands on. We are able to kill the King himself, we can definitely get you small time pirates too so you might as well give up being pirate!" But Roger's last words of course completely flipped this around declaring, "If you can find my treasure, the One Piece, then you too can be the next Pirate King!" He destroyed the Navy's plans with his final words and kicked off an era of far more piracy than there ever was before. He dies in body but not in spirit. His spirit and Will lives on for literal decades after his death in every single person who goes searching for the One Piece. The Marines may have succeeded in killing the man but they failed so spectacularly with killing his spirit.

Likewise with Ace's execution, the Navy wanted to end Roger's bloodline and pick a fight with Whitebeard, the strongest pirate in the world at that time. By doing this, they wanted to end this New Age of Piracy. If they could kill the son of the previous Pirate King and also kill the pirate closest to becoming the next Pirate King in one fell swoop then surely this would discourage pirates the world over and prevent people from wanting to become pirates in the future. But again it backfired. The Marines may have succeeded in killing Ace and Whitebeard but their deaths - just as Roger's - ushered in another New Age of Piracy. Whitebeard's last words especially kicked off more people becoming pirates, "The One Piece is real!" Throughout the story we see a few times when characters don't believe that the One Piece is even real, and the Navy probably wants people to think that because if there's no big treasure to find, then there's less of a reason for people to be pirates. But Whitebeard stomps on that notion with his last words:

Ace's execution, which was meant to discourage piracy and get revenge on Roger for starting the New Pirate Age, actually sets off more piracy and changes the story from here on out. Though they both die, just like Roger before them, Ace and Whitebeard's death's carry on meaning and inspiration for future pirates. The world of One Piece is forever changed from this one moment. The story and main character is never the same again after this. Again, the Marine's may have succeeded in killing their physical bodies but the inherited Will of Ace and Roger and Whitebeard lives on in the next generation of pirates.

Roger's execution is also heavily paralleled by the execution of Mont Blanc Noland in the flashbacks of Skypeia. This execution wasn't as grand or far reaching as the Marines killing Roger but the parallel is there. Noland was executed by a king for the perceived crime of lying to said king. He wasn't a wanted criminal the way Roger was but their ends are the same.

The framing of his execution is so similar to Roger's. And later in the series, Ace's execution mirrors them both as well.

The visual parallels are so striking that I doubt it was done accidentally. And just as with Roger, Noland's execution spurred on others to look for the lost city of gold that Noland had found, not knowing that it was in the sky instead of in the ocean. Nolan's death didn't necessarily start a new age of piracy but it did inspire people to go looking for treasure. Which is exactly what Roger's death caused. This search for treasure trickled all the way down to his descendant Cricket and also Luffy, furthering the theme of Inherited Will.

Then there is Kozuki Oden's execution by Kaido in the Wano flashbacks. Kaido wanted to kill Oden for the danger he posed and so that Kaido could further take over Wano without the head of the Kozuki clan stopping him. Oden also wanted to open Wano to the rest of the world and Kaido wanted to stop that. But Oden's death had basically the same affect that Roger's death did: inspiring others and carrying on his will. Even Oden and Kaido himself say as much right before Oden dies:

Is this not metaphorically exactly how Roger died too? The circumstances of their deaths are different but they both still die knowing that their Wills will live on after they are gone. They know that they will not be forgotten. "My soul will live on!! For I am a story to accompany you drinks..." Roger lives on in this way as well, especially through Silvers Rayleigh.

Again, Kaido may have succeeded in killing Oden's body but his spirit lives on to inspire others in the future and thus doesn't really die. His execution backfires and Kaido is eventually taken down by those who carried on Oden's Will.

What's more interesting about this than the other public executions in the series is that Kaido seems to be aware that the death of Oden - and later Luffy - will be remembered. "They will speak of you for years to come," he says to a dying Oden. I find that fascinating. And when Luffy "died," Kaido again mentions that he will be remembered:

It's interesting to me that Kaido is aware that their death's won't really be the end for Oden and Luffy, whereas the Marines and WG definitely didn't seem to understand that publicly killing Roger, Ace, and Whitebeard would mean that they would essentially be martyred and live on in spirit. Kaido seems to have more understanding of what their deaths will cause than the Marines do, which I find... odd... and I'm not sure where to go with that thought.

I also find it interesting that Luffy doesn't care or even want to be remembered once he dies. It's just like Oden saying, "They can forget me, for all I care," but he does go on to say he's a story to accompany people's drinks. Luffy, on the other hand, doesn't seem to see his death that way. He says he doesn't need people to tell tales of his great battle and that once you're dead there's nothing left but bones. It honestly feels like sort of a hopeless statement from Luffy and I'm not sure how to interpret it. Roger seemed to know that his last words would insure that he would not be forgotten, so this difference with Luffy is interesting.

Now what Kaido did to Luffy wasn't a public execution like all the other deaths mentioned before but I think this interaction between them still sheds light on the theme of remembering people after they die. Even though Luffy seems to be saying that he doesn't want to be remembered after he dies, I think we can all agree that he will be remembered when and if that time comes.

And it all goes back to quite literally the very start of the series. Roger's execution is the very first thing we learn about in One Piece. It's the very first scene ever shown, the preamble, the prelude, whatever you want to call it. He's the first named character in the entire series. We learn about Roger's death and his impact on the story before we learn anything at all about Luffy himself.

Roger truly does Haunt the Narrative of One Piece so much and his execution is mirrored by multiple other characters throughout the series that it can't be a coincidence.

it's just... the public executions in One Piece truly do hit different than in other media, don't they?

[roguemushroom]

hear the drums of liberation

[dbphantom]

just got finished watching a few episodes of that one show where the main character dies. there was this transformation where his hair changed from black to white and all his clothes changed color too. yeah, yeah, the one where he's called a half-ghost.

[sweettsubaki]

Y'know ppl can say what they want about Luffy's Gear 5th and how he's overpowered and what not but....

The fact that his awakened fruit basically just makes him a human Bugs Bunny who very much also embodies freedom is so perfect I could cry every time I think about it...(I love it because...Luffy doesn't have a big imagination, but he is creative and very literal which is why cartoons are his best fit)

I mean I'm re-reading Wano and like he's so cute and happy and fluffy while altering all the laws of physics.

Bonus point for this

The little heart when escaping Kaido kills me every time🥰

Also the way he affects his allies but not his enemies (showed in the eye bulging)

Look at my baby 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

All of those are from chapter 1045

[algumaideia]

Luffy is flying???

What Luffy is doing????

It is like a cartoon fight

[beaulesbian]

i'm caught up with end of wano, so here's some parallels from one piece that could be or don't have to be connected, but are still pretty cool.

long post ahead & wano spoilers

protecting new era:

rayleigh protecting zoro at sabaody from an attack by kizaru, ch 511

luffy protecting law from an attack by doflamingo, with same move as rayleigh above, dressrosa ch 782

at the end of wano, ch 1055, shanks telling ryokugyu a similar thing as rayleigh above ("don't pick the buds before they sprout. their era is only just the beginning"),

shanks "when the new shoots that just changed pirating history are exhausted, (..) are you that afraid of the new era?!"

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zoro king of hell

same page as luffy protecting law - with haki clashing against doflamingo, the panels after that talking about supreme king haki - qualities of a king,. in this context for doflamingo, ch 782

at amazon lily ppl reacting to luffy using supreme king haki, while he doesn't know he just did, ch. 519. "that's the haki of the chosen ones' only one in millions has that spirit!"

vs, zoro unknowingly unleashing haki of supreme king for (possibly) the first time, ch 997

and later during his rooftop fight against kaido, (and still denies/ doesn't know what they're talking about, which is very interesting). ch 1010

then during his fight with King, unleashing haki, which makes others around fall unconscious (as mentioned above to doflamingo is a sign of supreme king haki), ch 1033

and some more chapters later, claiming the title of King of Hell (funny in this context it was told to doflamingo he was chosen by the heavens, and for zoro he became the king of hell. smth smth about the character work there).,

and as always - connected to luffy and his dreams!. ch 1036

then there's the asura figure surrounding zoro's powers,

and i find it so interesting that on wikipedia about asura (which zoro's sword and fighting styles are also based on with hindu and buddhist religions) is mentioned they're "considered enemy of the gods"

i like how it's the same phrase as we also heard in the manga before form law's flashbacks about corazon, ch 764

this is in the context of the people with the D. name, and then mostly used for law himself, and luffy and how far he's come to truly wreck the world government, as well as them being a threat to the celestial dragons.

luffy and nika:

from point above, i like how the "enemy of gods" being applied to people with the name D. is also interesting in the context of luffy awakening his devil fruit powers, which are named sun god nika. (i know that in the phrase "enemy of gods" mean gods as the celestial dragons, but it's still interesting)

which doesn't take away from luffy's character as i was a bit worried at first.

he's testing the new skills and powers, and he sees how he can reach the new limits he couldn't before. it might have been the devil fruit that chose who would eat it, but it's luffy and his dream that make the decisons., ch 1045

and ch 1049

luffy in ch 507 & 1053, his core ideals are still the same

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not fighting someone

shanks not fighting the mountain bandits, and luffy not understanding it, ch 1

jaya arc, luffy and zoro not fighting against bellamy, and nami not understanding at first, ch 225

and ch 1054, momonosuke telling yamato not to fight the navy guy because he wants to be able to protect wano, and let yamato go to the seas as he wants to - it's just that similar energy that luffy has when he tells someone not to fight (or when to fight), without almost any explanations.

also loved this usopp moment!, - could be paralelled to his whole character arc. ch 1036.

he's so real for saying this to kin and kiku (and samurai in general). he's always scared and sometimes can be acting like a coward, but he always, always, stands up for his crew and fights to live through whatever hell luffy puts in front of them.

-- wano was so good and there are so many thoughts about one piece in my head now, about each of the characters and their development/meanings/themes! OTL

[kermit-coded]

Carnelian And Gold (1045 words) by kermit_coded Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: One Piece (Anime & Manga) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Monkey D. Luffy/Roronoa Zoro Characters: Roronoa Zoro, Monkey D. Luffy, Mugiwara Kaizoku | Strawhat Pirates Additional Tags: Marriage Proposal, exchanging jewelry, Ear Piercings, Mugiwara no Ichimi | Straw Hat Pirates As Family, Post-Wano Arc (One Piece), POV Roronoa Zoro, Devotion, Caring Roronoa Zoro, Monkey D. Luffy is a Ray of Sunshine, Fluff, Established Relationship, Implied Sexual Content, this might be the softest thing ive ever written tbh, Mentioned Portgas D. Ace Series: Part 26 of yo ho yo ho (one piece fics), Part 1 of Stones And Metals Summary: Matelotage . . . Or, before they leave Wano, Zoro gives Luffy one of his earrings.

[moonpaw]

ok so i haven't read one piece and i only watched like 2 seasons of it a few years ago but i am curious so what is gear 5?

I was gonna type it out but, hey, if you don't mind spoilers actually, just go read chapters 1044 and 1045

[tryingtimi]

@the-wip-project Day 3: 1045

I found that what really helps me get going with this draft is when I just… don’t care if the prose is good, lol. I mean, I really like descriptive prose and metaphors, and more cinematic approaches, but to get from A to B I just gotta let the strain to make a piece of art prose go. Sometimes when I read a book that checks all the right boxes, I naturally go for a more poetic approach, but when I just write like most days, I get stuck on sentences when I concentrate on that. Plus, I also noticed that I overwrite now because I tell what people’s think and feel. It’s funny because once I heard someone who deliberately made that in first drafts, so in the next ones they already know what to show. Which sounds like a great approach to make a roadmap for these scenes imo. That’s why I try to let go of the “oh god am I showing enough” for now. I notice it when it’s not good or repetitive, but instead of stopping at it, I’ll just make a note and continue.

Also, almost at half of chapter 10 and slowly finishing a casino scene. I kind of wanted to finish the chapter today, but I think I'll do that tomorrow. There's a little spice at the end of it that I'm really looking forward writing, so that fuels me rn.

Hope y'all are enjoying your progress too! <3

[thelreads]

Since you mentioned that you hadn't read One Piece in a while thought I should tell you where the series currently stands [both anime and manga]

1. Chapter 1000, due to differing fan and official translation release schedules, was simultaneously the last chapter of 2020 and the first chapter of 2021. And the release coincided with Oda's 46th birthday.

2. Episode 1000 released in Nov of 2021, with several countries even having theatrical showings.

3. The manga recently finished its longest arc to date at 149 chapters and 4 years worth of serialization. Anime adaptation is still ongoing.

4. One Piece Film Red became the highest grossing one piece film to date with a Japanese box office sale of over 18 billion yen, and 5th highest grossing Japanese film of all time.

5. Following the conclusion of the Longest Arc So Far, Oda has stated we have entered the final saga of one piece. We are currently at 1071 chapters and 1045 episodes.

6. At this current point in time, we have an in-universe hypothesis on the origin of devil fruits. This has only brought up more questions.

7. The kingdom of [REDACTED] never existed.

7. The strawhat Crew now currently consists of 10 members.

I like how my sister told me that everything in this post was correct except for number 7, which then made her stop, look at the distance and run to the internet to make sure she wasn't forgetting something.

Also, funnily enough, I know pretty much all of this through cultural osmosis, not that I mind I know I'll forget everything before I actually get back to reading it. And ten members is an overestimating, 8 of those members are just Zorro with his swords.

[9animeday]

[Find The Truth] Who is stronger luffy or zoro in One Piece?

We have had to deal with the fact that Luffy’s Gear Fifth abilities were only revealed last week in Chapter 1045. We have seen only a small portion of these powers at this time, and although they look incredible, we don't know how much power Luffy might become. Luffy is also in a state of near death at the moment, so it's likely that he will be even more powerful.

Goku is on the other side, and he's already proven his abilities

#9anime #9animeday #9animewebsite #9animesafe

Read more: https://9anime.day/post/who-would-win-luffy-or-goku/ 

[gntkreed]

One Piece Color Spread 1045

[dbphantom]

the sounds coming out of this guy. unreal.

[bisexualgodofchaoss]

one piece chapter 1045

im losing my fucking shit im going insane im losing my brain i am not noraml wow this is crayz

is this really luffy? like we know awakened zoans have super healing from impel down but is this really that?

mark my fucking words luffy is going to have the next arc just to him being healed from his battle damage and it will focus more on the rest of the crew and understanding luffy’s fruit as well as the effects of all his abilites on his life span im willing to bet on it

seriously gear 2 eats at his life

gear 4 does the same

iva’s poison treatment takes 10 years

look at him this is not something he is just gonna shake off he is forcing himself back into power and thats just always came out with bad consequences for luffy

luffy is either gonna die by the end of the series or we will need to take a serious arc just to restoring him to health cause all of these effects HAVE to catch up to him at some point

[dodgedriftdietrying]

I'm starting to see a pattern here....

[hippiecana]