#one piece chapter 1054

[brave-symphonia]

Oh man.

Does this imply that Shanks would've probably gone after the One Piece earlier, but chose to wait until Luffy had accomplished enough that they could both compete for it?

Because I really like the idea that Shanks decided that him and Luffy are equals now, so they can finally officially compete as pirate crews.

I wonder if they're going to meet at Laugh Tale, or if that theory that they're going to compete with all the Road Poneglyphs on the line through a Davy Back fight is right?

[algumaideia]

Prejudice gives stability??????

Kuma is well???

Sabo killed Alabasta king?????

Vivi disappearwd

What will they do to Alabasta?

Shanks will get the one piece????

[megashadowdragon]

yeah he is far worse then akainu ( who at least genuinely believes that what he is doing is justice and hates cd , and wouldnt just go attack people to feel superior)

I mean lets look at the 3 things he is hated on for

( the destroyingoharas ship for the chance scholars may be on it when he could have just checked or should have decided that the civilian casualty is too great ( justified hate )

or bringing up attacking koby for daring to suggest they stop is justified

but killing ace and the deserters ( is when you can argue because killing deserters in a war is standard in the times of golden age of piracy ( and ned stark would do kill a deserter)

and killing ace ( lets be real here ace was a pirate slated for execution had everything gone to plan ace would have died to a grunt)

and if ace doesnt die the marines effort would have gone to waste ( akainus pov)

not to mention akainu focusing on ace and luffy due to their fathers ( their bloodlines and showings would mean they have a great potential for power so in akainus eyes it would be him stopping them from reaching their potential and becoming serious threats ( they were already pirates )

Ryokugyu aka Greenbull is Piece of Rubbish and a Bootlicker! [spoilers from ch-1053/54/55]

Now that we have context after chapter 1054 and 1055, he came to Wano because he got beat up by Sabo and couldn’t face Sakazuki without showing some results!

He thinks he is mighty and all important! He cares about his image as big shot in Navy! Because he wants to be seen as someone influential and respectable, after his defeat he has lost his face, by extension credibility. To earn a pat on the back from his boss, he wants to attack a defenceless and vulnerable country with full man power!

Well, guess what you are still rubbish.

This father*fuc*ker will lick the roads of people who are higher in the food chain! To him the Celestial Dragons are gods, not because they did something divine or helped humanity because they are symbol of absolute power. He would bend over for World Nobles and over his arse to them to let those ras*cals fuck him over and over again if it means he could rise up the ladder or earn some favour.

And he would do the same to anyone beneath him in the hierarchy of social order! He will exploit and abuse people beneath him and fuck them over at every opportunity if it means he can prove his worth.

People of Wano have no human rights in his eyes is because they are not affiliated to WG, so for him it is a lawless ground where he can take out his own frustrations and anger and execute his own fantasies!

That is exactly what is expected of a celestial dragon and this what a celestial dragon does when they visit any nation (affiliated or not). They trample on people beneath them because that fuels their superiority complex. And to experience that same superiority complex Greenbull has come to Wano, to trample on people of Wano, Capture Luffy and get praise out of Sakazuki!

I would’ve still overlooked his behaviour because he is on the antagonist side and we are meant to dislike him. But that overlooking would’ve happened had he been an ignorant participant of the propaganda and just doing what he was told. Or someone raised to believe in the system as absolute guiding path.

But this filth is an informed and active participant of reinforcing hegemonic ideas! He cannot be excused!

We understand it better now, when Shanks arrives on the seas of Wano and stops him from rampaging! Greenbull didn’t stop because he is weak or too afraid of Shanks. He stopped because he knows Shanks is higher on the priority list of World Government and Sakazuki had asked him not fuck up it further. But he came, because he wanted to avenge his humiliation at hands of Sabo.

My dislike for filth grows every passing second!

Greenbull aka Ryokugyu is a Filth!

[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

[fallinblossoms]

ONE PIECE CHAPTER 1054 COLOR SPREAD

[justsomeboredgirl]

one piece 1054

YOOOO SHANKS FINALLY SHOW UPPPP

PROUD DAD SMILE KYAHHHHHHHHHH

and it's fuckin confirmed shanks was aiming for the gomu gomu no mi from the start. he really did attack marine ships without warning just to get it. even the cp9 agents didnt know about the devil fruit, they're literally confused why the heck would shanks attack them. makes you wonder how shanks even know about the gomu gomu no mi....

BARTYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHY THE HECK DID YOU REALLY BURN THEIR FLAG SOBS...

also shanks... why are you so scary.....

and he said "claimed" not "find", so shanks possibly already know where it is, he just refused to find it. i think maybe he's waiting for "dawn" bc whatever his thought process is, you cant deny that this moment is the best time to find one piece. more like this present time, bc everything's coming to an end now

the mariejois rn is a mess and the time of the celestial dragon is coming to an end. like SABOOOOOOO

im sure he didnt????? but idk. and vivi's missing too! i bet she's with the revolutionary army

AND FUCKIN YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS REVOLUTIONARY ARMY DID IT!!!! THEY GOT KUMA BACK!!!! and declare war with the world government

um.... wow sabo.... I SUPPORT YOUUUUUU!!! but idk i have a sense of unease seeing how popular he is... it can lead to an all out war but without proper preparation tho.

[ichigoginchan]

wohooo!!! finally shanks crumbs from today's chapter update!!

[saiyef]

Shanks having phantom limb pains while keeping a nostalgic smile on his face from reminiscing his time with Luffy

[chenziee]

Okay but it would have been so funny if Robin actually told Crocodile that Pluton was in Wano. It would just be like

Robin: Uhm it’s not here, it’s in the Land of Wano...

Crocodile:

Crocodile: Are you telling me I’ve spent like 10 years taking over the wrong country

Crocodile: And the right country is one that a Yonko already called dibs on more than 20 years ago

Robin:

Cobra:

Luffy:

Crocodile:

Crocodile:

Crocodile: I’m going to break something

[lovemizumikan]

Yassop Isn't ready to see Usopp yet

[brave-symphonia]

Ah, yes. Discrimination creates solace, allowing the "superior" countries to look down upon the "inferior" countries happily.

Yeah, totally not something villains say.

[missmungoe]

As much as I loved seeing the crew in the latest chapter, there was something missing, or rather, someone. And because a lot of my stories feature her going out to sea, have some Shanks x Makino and the Red-Hair Pirates! Or if you will, the Shanties version of chapter 1054<3

Times they are a-changin’

“Isn’t it about time to go and claim it?” he asked, his musing tone touched with the barest hint of an edge, as his eyes lifted from the cup. “The One Piece.”

A gentle snort shattered the weighty quiet, dragging all their eyes up the steps leading from the main deck, to the little figure that had emerged, standing with her hands on her hips, her laugh bubbling out of her with the words, “What was that?”

Cup still held to his lips, “What?” Shanks pouted. “I was trying to be cool!”

Walking down the steps, her graceful gait didn’t stutter, despite the churning waters pulling on his ship. She was handling the choppy sea with admirable fortitude, although Shanks noted the direction she’d come from, and wondered if she’d just finished puking.

He bit back the glib urge to ask, as she came up to the table where he was sitting with Ben. Bare-footed in rolled-up breeches and one of his oversized shirts under her flower-embroidered bodice, he had a mind to point out how much like a pirate she looked. Or at the very least, a very cute vagabond.

“Look at you,” Makino tutted, as a small hand lifted to card through his hair, pushing it back from his brow. The humidity was doing wonders to it. “You’d think there were cameras around, the way you’re strutting. And what is going on with your hair today?”

“Right?” His grin delighted in hers. “I don’t know what it is, but I look like I should be modelling for a shampoo brand. As for the strutting, you know what I say: you should always act as though there’s at least one paparazzi watching. That way you’re guaranteed there’ll never be any unflattering pictures of you in the paper.” Grinning, he chirped, “And if there aren’t any cameras, at least you look good. Honestly, i’s a win-win.”

“What wisdom you possess,” Makino mused, her laughter soft as he turned his head to kiss her wrist, a tender grin pressed to her pulse, before she reached down to pick up the newspaper he’d been reading, shifting so that she was leaning on the table in front of his chair, her legs brushing against his.

Shanks watched her skim the article, her dark eyes softening as they moved over the wanted poster he’d been considering earlier.

“Emperor, huh?” she murmured, her mouth curved up at the corners.

“Kid looks different,” Yasopp said, arms crossed where he leaned against the railing, before he added, this time with a different inflection, “’Course, he’s not a kid anymore.”

“He still looks like Luffy,” Makino said, without looking up from the wanted poster.

Shanks just smiled, but then there were few who knew the now-infamous rookie as well as she did. Then again, few others had seen him in diapers.

Smiling, “I look forward to seeing him again,” Makino said.

“Boss just announced we’re not stopping by Wano,” Lucky said, with obvious disappointment, and murmurs of agreement from most of their crew, having gathered around where they were sitting.

Makino’s smile said this wasn’t news to her, but her look didn’t divulge the reason behind his chosen course, as brown eyes lifted to meet his, watching her where she half-sat on the table, his legs parted to give her room.

Instead, “And good for Buggy,” she said, considering his photograph on the front page, predictably over the top. Shanks wondered if he’d personally requested they use that one.

“I hope you know he’s going to be insufferable,” Shanks said.

“More than you were?” Ben asked, and grinned around his toothpick when Shanks stuck his tongue out.

Shifting in her seat, his hand lifted to rest on her hip. “So, Emperor Red-Hair,” Makino said, with a gently arched brow. “You’re going to claim the One Piece? You’ve sure been taking your sweet time.”

His grin held no shame. “What can I say? I prefer a pirate’s life of leisure,” Shanks said. “Should probably get going soon though, or the kid’ll beat me to it.” His eyes danced. “If he wants it, he’ll have to go through me first. It’s only right. And he’s already defeated two Emperors; I’d be offended if he didn’t challenge me for it.”

“And what’s the plan?” she asked, reaching for the bottle to pour him another drink; a tender exchange rather than a habit left over from her former profession. Shanks only watched her, a broad hand skimming the length of her thigh where she sat, steady despite the gentle swaying of his ship.

Holding out the refilled cup to him, the smile dancing in her eyes said she was well aware of what he planned, but then Garp could blame him for a whole lot of things, but making her a good liar was not one of them. “He’ll reach the fabled island at the end of the world and find you waiting?”

“With drinks,” Shanks quipped, reaching to take the offered cup, his thumb sweeping the arch of her knuckles, startling a grin across her lips as he lifted his brows.

“We could barbecue if the weather is good,” Limejuice suggested, to hollering agreement from the rest of their crew.

“Let’s show these rookies how to party!!”

“And that we don’t take lightly to upstarts burning down our flag in our own territory!!”

“In that order, obviously,” Shanks said, tipping his drink back, and grinned when she laughed.

The roar of their cheers nearly drowned out the wind, leaving her grin helpless, although her look understood there was more than a party waiting, even as she told him, prim, “You better be prepared to face him then.”

His empty cup paused at his lips, “I’m sorry,” Shanks chuckled. “Are you saying I need to prepare?”

She gave a delicate shrug, holding up the newspaper. “You said it yourself: he’s already taken out two Emperors. Just because he adores you doesn’t mean he’ll go easy on you.”

“Hey, I’m featured on there, too!” Shanks protested, pointing to the four photographs gracing the front page.

“So is Buggy,” Yasopp pointed out. “What’s your point?”

Their laughter earned them all a middle finger, although hearing hers rising above the sea wind, wild as anything, his grin couldn’t have been helped if he’d tried his hardest.

She was considering his own photograph now, smoothing her thumb across the printed ink. One of his better pictures, if you asked him, and she wasn’t being subtle in her admiration, although the soft look in her eyes seized his teasing remark before it could leave him, as Shanks hid his smile behind the rim of his cup.

He watched her eyes shifting to the fourth photograph on the page, her soft mouth losing its smile, and the gentle look vanished from her eyes. And she never had been able to hide what she was feeling, Shanks thought, as he found it written across her face now, her delicate features furrowed with a rare seriousness.

But she didn’t invoke Blackbeard’s name, only folded up the newspaper to put it down, although when she reached for the cup he was holding, Shanks pulled it out of reach. “Hey!” He met her innocent look with a furrowed one. “You’re not drinking in your condition!”

“One tiny sip isn’t going to do anything,” Makino countered, but still complied, although, “I watched him take his first steps,” she said, gesturing to the paper, and Luffy’s wanted poster where she’d placed it atop it. “I just want to take part in the celebration.”

“We’ll do a jig later,” Shanks said, downing the last drops in the cup, just in case. “I can’t believe what I’m seeing,” he chided, putting it back on the table. “Most sensible girl I know, but a few weeks at sea with us and you’ve gone full rogue.”

“Hmm, well I learned from the best,” Makino said.

Sliding from the table, she leaned in to kiss him, and shrieked when he hooked his arm around her waist to pull her into his lap, her tiny frame shaking with laughter, softening as she supported herself against his chest.

His fingers skimmed her waist, the slight curve hidden by her bodice. One thing they were keeping from the papers, even if the evidence was there for those who knew how to look: his first mate’s missing cigarettes, and the way they’d all taken to hovering, especially whenever she wandered a bit too close to the railing. If she’d noticed, Makino hadn’t let on.

Running her fingers through his beard to cup his cheek, “I’ll behave,” she promised, kissing his lips softly as she withdrew from under his arm.

“Captain’s orders,” Shanks said. “But I could always discipline you a bit if that would give you more incentive.” Snapping his teeth at her playfully, his grin chased her laughter as she crossed the deck to where Bonk Punch was standing with their son on his arm, oblivious to the eyes tracking her passage, and the twitching hands ready to reach for her every time the ship gave even the smallest lurching movement.

Turning back found Ben watching him. “You’re an embarrassment,” he deadpanned.

Gesturing to his ear, “I’m sorry, what? I can’t hear you over all this wind!” Shanks shouted.

As though on cue, the rigging gave a warning creak as a strong gale sent the sails billowing out. But he knew these waters, and his ship, and knew the difference between a little rough weather and truly dangerous sailing conditions. Had it been the latter, he wouldn’t have risked coming here, their precious cargo taken into consideration.

The reminder drew his eyes across the deck to Makino, surrounded by his crew. The wind tugged at her loose braid, pulling rogue wisps free of her kerchief like thieving fingers. The overcast sky hid the sea glass in it, the sable colour stark against her salt-kissed cheeks.

“Won’t be long until he reaches it,” Ben said then, dragging his eyes back. His first mate’s look said more than his words, although he didn’t mince them, or beat around the bush. “Unless Teach beats him to it.”

Shanks said nothing, only poured himself another drink, his eyes on Luffy’s wanted poster. The way she’d placed it atop the paper left Blackbeard’s face obscured, but the reminder was ever-present, like a growing stain on his mind. His recent visit to Mariejois hadn’t helped; had only underscored that the World Government didn’t understand what they were up against.

Shanks understood. And soon, Luffy would, too. But then like he’d told Ben, it was time.

“You’re sure about how you want to play this?” Ben asked.

Shanks downed the cup, before putting it down. “I’m sure.”

Makino’s laughter drifted back, drawing his eyes across the deck, along with the rest of their crew. They were all watching her, the wind having dragged her hair completely free of its braid, but she didn’t seem to mind the weather, or the uneasy sea, her arms thrown out to the dancing waves, and her laughter carrying over the salt wind.

And as far as the world’s greatest treasure was concerned, at least among his crew, there was no question of what it was.

“So, uh,” Lucky said, after a beat.

“Someone mentioned a barbecue?”

[icedmochasi]

Benn’s face here really concerns me. This looks like concern. And resignation. This does not look like someone who is happy going on this adventure. Seeing his captain go after a life goal should make him happy. And excited. 

Not look like this. 

Couple this with the fact that members of Shanks’ crew who have been with him for decades seem genuinely surprised and don’t seem to understand why Shanks doesn’t want to meet with Luffy yet. 

Makes me concerned. 

(Disclaimer: I’m not saying Shanks is a villain or is going to turn out to be evil or anything, but I do think Shanks is much more morally gray than some people anticipate him to be. And it seems like he has kept vital information from most of his crew, which could very well cause massive tension down the line. And Benn Beckman does seem to know something we don’t.) 

[that-cloud]

One piece Chapter 1054

Dear gOda have mercy

[freinhardt56]

OFFICIAL GEAR 5 COLORS ARE HERE

[tangsakura]

[Spoilers for those not caught up with the One Piece manga]

Most Underrated Moment in One Piece Chapter 1054

Momonosuke: *opens mouth* Blast Breath!

Yamato:

Red Scabbards:

Greenbull: Huh?