#op chapter 990

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(current wip ask game)

💯: How many words does your WIP currently have? How many words do you hope it’ll have when it’s done?

4674 first chapter, and 990 in the second so far. Though I've got way more lines lying around in physical notebooks and secondary text files because my main WIP has been one of the messiest bits of writing I've done for a while.

I feel it might be around 10k-ish by the end. I'm aiming for three total but that first chapter honestly needs a total rewrite because it simply does not move right now.

The secondary WIP's at 686 only. I think it'll be somewhere between 6k and the above 10k when I finish it. There's not as much happening in it.

🖋️: Describe your WIP in a single, terrible sentence.

Two characters both find out that the other is far more knowledgeable than they would've expected :)

or: op takes umbrage with a lot of literary ideas of intelligence and knowledge and is determined to be at least marginally more interesting about it than the average guy thanks to uni and in this essay I will-

As for my side wip? among us

[trickstermelon]

If its hope you need….!!
(THIS CHAPTER WAS EVERYTHING I WANTED AND MORE AMEN BABY)

[h0estar]

-AaAaaaAaaaaaHHHH DRAKE !!!!!!!!!!!! i knew it would come to this @ some point!!! cant wait for him to join the alliance ssksksks. (the fact that he went to Luffy when he thought of "hope".... yall dont touch me--)

-Koby being a luffy fanboy is a whole mood. what a cutie. ♡

-i love how every One Piece update is like my knight in shining armor from all the pain & depression AoT & Norgami bring me every month. tnx Oda <3

[mizumizunomi]

BITCJSJMSNSNSNANS

[everypageofnicorobin]

At first I thought Luffy’s sash was miscolored, but then I realized he tied his cape around his waist.

[mariegeoise]

This time it’s different

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

so the title of chapter 990 is fairly different between the japanese original and the official english translation. the official has it as ‘army of one,’ but in japanese, it’s the word 孤軍/kogun, which means basically ‘isolated/forlorn force’: a soldier or soldiers separated from the main body of the army. literally the kanji read something like “orphaned/alone army/troop(s).”

and that’s how drake identifies himself on the last page of the chapter. 

[wcterlaw]

always.

[marchthorn]

X Drake barging into the Strawhat alliance

[nicorobinscowboyhat]

coby is giving bartolomeo and hancock some serious competition for luffy’s #1 fan

[kstarlitchaotics]

CHAPTER 990 SPOLIERS

Things are really heating up

Hawkins has me so nervous I hope its not whom I'm thinking of 😰

Ahhh such memories

Apparently he and Coby met and I'm guessing he told great things about Luffy

"If its hope I need..."

"Luffy is absolutely incredible!"

Which leads to

Luffy has an amazing impact on people I wonder if he even knows it at all

[sashi-ya]

interested to know what you're thoughts are on how law's character arc will end in op? his alliance with luffy, his ability to obtain the one piece, anything really.

i'm convinced he's going to die. idk why, and i really feel like it'll have something to do with the eternal life surgery. hopefully i'm wrong! but as resident law lover, i want your opinion!

Hi babe!! thank u for asking! It is a liiiilte bit (a lot) long so I hope you don't mind ♥

Well, first in first I HOPE HE DOESN’T DIE because Idk if I can handle losing him. That being said, let me tell you what I think…

As much as Law tries to hide it, Law is Luffy’s friend. So no need to have an alliance anymore. He has found in Luffy someone who wants the same as him. Law is not interested in the One Piece treasure at all. His true motivations are a little different from being the “pirate king”. Let me tell you why….

Spoilers from “One Piece Novel: Law” (canon) and Manga under the cut. -And a LONG theory -

The novel tells us about what happened after Cora’s death, how Law managed to cure himself and how he ended up meeting Mr. Wolff, Bepo, Shachi and Penguin. In the novel it is stated that Law didn’t really care about being a pirate, but his true reasons to set sail were no other than taking down Doflamingo (What Law believed was Cora’s purpose). So, in order to fulfil Cora’s will he spent two years training not only his df powers but also as a surgeon working at a local hospital. Bepo, Shachi and Pen did the same, of course. So, to be honest, I don’t think Law's first purpose was in no way to become the Pirate King.

After the battle of Dressrosa, once Doffy was defeated and Law spoke to ex admiral Sengoku, he understood that;

First, as we all know, Cora’s love was beyond any type of revenge or plan against Doffy.

And then, the unknown meaning of the D. That meaning he was probably not really interested in until he saw how Doffy reacted knowing he was a D. And of course I’m sure he asked himself a lot about why Luffy has the same secret name? Is he supposed to do something similar to Mugiwara-ya? What does that D hide?.

Then, in Wano… he states his intentions to know about the meaning of the D clearly on ch. 995 of the manga. He even asks Robin if she knows about it.

But, let’s discuss something else here. His relationship with Smoker, X-Drake and Koby. (And ofc his step grandad Sengoku)

So, as you may know before the alliance with Luffy, Law was a Shichibukai right?

So, what happened in the two years of time skip for him to become a warlord? Most of the people accepted the quick explanation that this little emo doctor one day appeared at Marineford with a box of 100 PIRATE hearts and so the marine said “Oh amazing, let’s make him an ouka shichibukai”. Weird, right? Specially when it comes to One Piece. And mainly because how the fuck did they check if those hearts were from pirates? And what does that even mean? Did Law want to show the Marine how strong he was? or...

In the same chapter Law is presented as “Trafalgar D. Water Law, Surgeon of Death & Mastermind of the Rocky Port incident”. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

So, the only information we have about it till now (+10 years) is that it also involves Koby. Koby was decorated as Hero and Captain of the Marine after that because he “saved many civilians' lives”. So, we could say that if Law was the one who planned the incident and Koby fought in it at least they have met each other -at least once-.

And of course we all think Law was probably the bad guy, right? But, there are NO proofs of it whatsoever. What if Law AND Koby worked together against the 100 pirates Law left heartless? What if Law is not a real pirate, but perhaps has something to do with the Marine? Maybe the idea of creating this incident was to show fake information to the Marine. One possibility is that they wanted to show Law as a rival to hide his connections with some marines (Koby, X-Drake, Smoker) or maybe just the opposite, like "hey, this guy helps the marine" let's give him the Shichibukai title.

And by this I’m not really saying Law is a Marine. I don’t really think so. But, maybe he has something to do with the S.W.O.R.D. project where Koby, X- Drake, probably Smoker and Tashigi and Kuzan are involved.

From here I think it is important for me to clarify that -in my opinion- there are two sides of the Marine. The “bad guys” who let’s say are represented by Akainu; people who use the word “justice” WRONGLY. Those who work in the Marine just to protect nobles and tenryuubitos. And then the "good guys" those represented by Smoker, Cora, Bellemere, Koby, Garp, X-Drake, Ishoo who fight for TRUE JUSTICE. Even though if that depended on fighting with and not against some pirates.

A good example and I think Oda wanted to show this as a foreshadow of the future big war was these specific moment at Punk Hazard

Marines + SWORD + Pirates together against people sent by Doffy (a former Celestial Dragon). Or even during Dressrosa!

Aaaand what about Law’s relationship with Smoker? Remember how Law saved Smoker ass during his fight against Vergo? Remember how Law told Smoker about Green bit? Why the fuck would Law tell a marine about his plans? There is some info missing here that I hope Oda will enlighten us with it sooner.

Another of the many reasons Law might be involved in the SWORD project is his relationship with X-Drake. Back to Dressrosa arc, specifically during Cora’s flashback, X-Drake literally saved Law’s life indirectly. How? Well… the Ope Ope no mi was stolen by Cora from X-Drake's father. Little Drake was there too.

When Doffy heard the Marine radio stating they had found a child he thought it was Law and so they escaped. But in reality, the child was no other than X-Drake. Drake was adopted by Sengoku, just as he did with Cora and became a Marine. Drake and Smoker TRAINED together.

And then again, up until the current arc, with the help of Drake I think Law was able to escape Wano prison and attacked Hawkins.

And why would Drake help Law to escape if after all his dad was killed because of the events that involved little Law?... well, maybe because they are more than fellow supernovas… and what's Drake? A marine from Sword like Koby.

(Not to mention how Drake got even with Law because of his past by hitting the shit out of him during the “acting” at Wano prison in from of Hawkins).

So… to not make this text endless (even though I have many other reasons to believe Law is not a pirate at all) I'm sure Law FIGHTS for TRUE JUSTICE (besides him wanting to know about the will of D) for many reasons; 1. To avenge his family deaths, 2. To end up with the endless night the WG has brought into the world… after all he is a D, right?

But if you ask me about what's gonna happen with Luffy? I don't think he will get mad when he learns the truth about his precious Torao. After all Luffy is used to fight with the good marines against injustice! He even accepted X Drake to join them during Wano raid (Ch.990)

About his possible death, I really hope he doesn’t die, but to be honest, Oda has the power to decide it so… let’s pray this won't happen. And as he said many times “the moment someone makes a theory that’s true I will change it”.

So I could make this theory ENDLESS but for the sake of your sanity I won't go any further hahaha.

Thank u for asking, darling! ♥

[crapitskizaru]

Hey! I absolutely love all your stuff! Thank you for everything! Have you read 990? Super curious to know what you think! Have a gorgeous day! <3

***slight 990 chapter spoilers***

HELLO, thank you very much, you have a great day as well! Not gonna lie, Drake is the only one who could have resurrected me from the grave, and that’s exactly what he did to me after that 990 chapter. Like. I cannot even. I am SO GLAD the story is focusing on him now, and on Hawkins! I still don’t understand what’s going on, at least not enough to write about them in the latest setting, but they remain the best duo in the OP universe and now i have no choice but to catch up with OP. 

Also, I will not accept any sacrifices that Drake might or might not be doing in the future, nor any 1% chance of survival bullshit. I hereby compel the dinosaur and the straw man to survive, by any means. Hopefully Oda receives the vibes i’m sending him rn

[mizumizunomi]

I'M TALKING WAP WAP WAP

[everypageofnicorobin]

Tiny Robin

[kstarlitchaotics]

Okay either Hakwins was talking about Drak or Law I hate to think either one who might die but I can't stop the upsetting idea that one or the other might not surive that 1% and no don't tell me its both it has to be one or the other I refuse to believe its both

Its bad enough its one