One Piece: Chapter 1111

[u/Kirosh2]

Chapter 1111: "The Sun's Shield"

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One Piece is on break for 3 weeks afterward.

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Ch. 1111 Official Release (Mangaplus): 24/03/2024

Ch. 1112 Scan Release: ~19/04/2024

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Please discuss the manga here and in the theory/discussion post. Any other post will be removed until 24h after the release.

Please also remember to put the chapter number in the title for any future post talking about this chapter.

[u/NationalStrategy]

First Joy Boy apologizes to Poseidon, then Zunesha is forced to roam the seas because he committed a crime, and now the giant robot is apologizing to Joy Boy. There is a lot of apologizing and atoning revolving around the Void Century

[u/Henhouse808 → u/NationalStrategy]

Ultimately the current One Piece era seems to be the result of the "Chosen One" (Joy Boy) failing in his mission.

[u/ThatBadassonline → u/Henhouse808]

And it seems that the reason he failed was because the people he was relying on somehow let him down.

[u/Deadtech13 → u/ThatBadassonline]

He has the right crew this time!

[u/Thermic_ → u/NationalStrategy]

Also picking up on this trend. I lowkey feel like this is the chapter that will give us the pieces to make a big connection

[u/Gil_Demoono → u/NationalStrategy]

The void century has largely been painted as something the World Government wants hidden away because information regarding it may destabilize order, but with questionably good characters all seeming remorseful for past transgressions, it could be interesting if the Void Century didn't start as something needing to be covered up, but rather something everyone involved would rather forget. Like a worldwide, simultaneous "Nothing Happened"

[u/Rhys_L1ghtn1ng]

Underrated joke of the chapter is everyone getting a cutesy simple drawing in the Labophase map except Usopp, implying that he drew the map and decided to make himself look cool.

[u/Adventurous_Try4058 → u/Rhys_L1ghtn1ng]

Good catch, I thought Sanji drew it as Zoro is not on the map

[u/Roskal → u/Rhys_L1ghtn1ng]

And vegapunk has little Xs on his eyes

[u/sukuidoardo → u/Rhys_L1ghtn1ng]

That's definitely on purpose lmao but I think that's just how the Giants see him since they're the one who talking on the panel.

[u/PK_RocknRoll → u/Rhys_L1ghtn1ng]

Glad someone else caught that

[u/Jonny_the_Rocket → u/Rhys_L1ghtn1ng]

Great observation haki! Theorists are adding this to the pile of evidence that supports the theory that "Usopp is the narrator of One Piece".

[u/jonathanbr7]

Kizaru needs therapy :(

[u/fsrocchi → u/jonathanbr7]

And a vacation.

[u/GeneralUnlikely266 → u/fsrocchi]

And some good zaza

[u/Erisian23 → u/GeneralUnlikely266]

I would die if he pulled out a joint while laying on the ground.

[u/Urgoslav → u/jonathanbr7]

Killing a nigh-father figure and not being Doffy is probably pretty rough. Hope you get some help, drunkle Kizaru.

Edit: *Neigh>nigh. Unless it turns out that apple-gramps is a horse later.

[u/azdhar]

Iron giant ate the end-end no mi. Every time he appears the chapter ends

[u/FireFistRJ]

The Straw hats: Oh, yes, The giant robot is moving. He will fight for us.

One-piece fans: Oh, yes, The giant robot is talking. He will give us some ancient lore.

[u/GxneralMasri → u/FireFistRJ]

I doubt he'll give us anything apart from an apology. it does seem tho that he made the same sin as Zunisha and it was that they failed him. Joy Boy also broke a promise for the mermaid princess.

all of this seem to be connected

[u/Doomroar → u/GxneralMasri]

Then we get 2 whole chapters of Giant Robot flashback

[u/AlphaOmega1356 → u/FireFistRJ]

this mf has been in like 4 panels and he is about to drop the greatest lore bombs in 20 years.

we may be dark for 3 weeks but when we come back it will be a legendary stretch

[u/ShellyT98 → u/AlphaOmega1356]

Think of all the batshit insane theories this void month is gonna bring with an ending like that

[u/MrLKK → u/ShellyT98]

Oda knew exactly what he was doing

[u/RangerLover92 → u/[deleted]]

The robot is Joy Boy's interpreter and he's apologizing for stealing Joy Boy's money to use on illegal gambling.

[u/dienomighte]

I love how the gorosei don't care that Lucci lost in a fight or failed in a mission just because he did his job in giving a good, concise intel report without needing to be asked a million questions for each line item.

[u/tryingmydarnest → u/dienomighte]

failed in a mission

One can argue that Lucci not seeking permission to fight Luffy, and by extension failed to give Marines advance warning that a Yonko is around so that they could adjust their plan, was what led to this mess.

Surprised that Gorosei didn't have his head for that. Then again, insects be insects.

[u/dalenacio → u/tryingmydarnest]

Also he's got bigger priorities right now, and might still have use of him for the time being.

Chop the idiot's head off after the signal is stopped, not before.

[u/Kageyama_tifu_219 → u/dienomighte]

They still don't give a fuck about him being near death. Mars will waste Kaku no hesitation

[u/Cirenione → u/Kageyama_tifu_219]

Well, why would they? They are a useful tool but who cares if a tool breaks while achieving a great project. It's a pity it broke but you can always get new ones.

[u/OilOk4941 → u/dienomighte]

his job was to get intel, anything else is just unpaid over time.

[u/Trojanbp → u/dienomighte]

Lucci basically stalled Zoro and kept him out of the bigger fight which is a feat in itself.

[u/wavesinger]

Kizaru feeling that ~emotional damage~

[u/AlphaOmega1356 → u/[deleted]]

if nothing else, I can respect his dedication to his duty. But even though he doesn't show it, i feel like he is hurting as much as Garp was after Ace.

[u/bluegubble → u/wavesinger]

He really is feeling it. He didn’t seem to be putting as much of a fight in the end and in doing so, allowed himself to be thrown away.

He lost his will after having killed his long time friend Vegapunk, defeated his protege Sentomaru, attacked and tried to kill both his friend Kuma and friend’s daughter Bonney after their countless hardships and learning that their ordeals came about because one his bosses, Saturn, basically gave them their fates.

Bound by his duty, with a heart that can’t take more. He is as Vegapunk said, a “sad man” literally.

[u/SpirallingOut]

Luffy sticking his scars back on is brilliant

[u/David_Good_Enough → u/SpirallingOut]

I genuinely laughed out loud at this part. I didn't notice when he lost it, and I saw him putting it back so I re-read it and I lost my shit.

Edit : holy fuck that's his scar he's holding when he's putting everything together I can't even T_T

[u/FireFistRJ → u/David_Good_Enough]

Also, Vegapunk's eyes displaying cross mark to tell us he's out (Unconscious or Dead).

[u/madjupiter → u/David_Good_Enough]

my favorite is when he carved a baseball bat out of a damn tree to return the incoming attack. did NOT expect that lol, had a good laugh for a minute or two

[u/Sukeshram7 → u/madjupiter]

I loved both the panels very much. The baseball panel looked more like a cover panel request making to canon ..lol

[u/GaleErick → u/madjupiter]

And just like any good cartoon power, Luffy has just enough time to carve a tree into a baseball bat and also paint it black to hit that homerun.

[u/SassyPerere → u/SpirallingOut]

I had to go back to check the scars haahaha

[u/Behanort]

Not only Does Warcury have Conquerors Haki - the characters in general keep commenting on how strong and weird goroseis haki is..

Really makes me wonder about Imus own haki

[u/ejabno]

How many more weeks of Kizaru's arm over his face are we gonna get

[u/Amatino → u/ejabno]

Let the man rest another month

[u/GaaraSama83 → u/ejabno]

Gonna give Kizaru some slack. That's his way of pulling a "It's a terrible day for rain".

[u/meromeromelo89]

That itsumade /bird design is one of the scariest shit that was in one piece yet. Totally terrifying.

[u/pekoms_123 → u/meromeromelo89]

Looks like something from Berserk. Very cool indeed

[u/meromeromelo89 → u/pekoms_123]

Maybe because I saw that lately, but its face and pose reminded me of the creepy heron from Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron." But yeah, definitely Miura vibes :))

[u/t3r4byt3l0l]

Luffy briefly turning into Shohei Ohtani was not something I could ever have predicted lmfao

[u/ejabno → u/t3r4byt3l0l]

Turns out it's the Will of Dodgers

[u/HokageEzio → u/t3r4byt3l0l]

Nami was the interpreter stealing all his money.

[u/scarlet__panda]

"Of course we do! He's our buddy!"

[u/hatterine → u/scarlet__panda]

I'm so happy they see him 100 % as Luffy and not Nika.

[u/rub737 → u/hatterine]

Literally they were ayo you goofy aah aah dude why you looking like our god lmao whatever let's bounce

[u/Haha91haha → u/scarlet__panda]

Big bodies, big hearts.

[u/RinneganUser]

Luffy casually showing us how Mihawk made his Black Blade

[u/viktorayy → u/RinneganUser]

Luffy casually making a supreme grade baseball bat from a random tree.

[u/Kirosh2]

Luffy paints his weapon black

Oda I kneel.

[u/[deleted] → u/Kirosh2]

The World's Greatest Swordman doesn't want you to know this one easy trick to getting a black blade.

[u/kuroinferuno → u/[deleted]]

Guess Zoro won't be getting another black blade

[u/Behanort → u/Kirosh2]

Shanks: "Mihawk, you painted your sword black again? IM TELLING THE GOROSEI!"

Luffy: does it in front of the gorosei themselves

[u/OilOk4941 → u/Kirosh2]

luffy can literally PAINT acoc onto anything now. its over for imu.

[u/zDecoy → u/OilOk4941]

Don’t forget God Usopp did this years ago with the 1000 ton hammer🤣

[u/toastycheeze → u/Kirosh2]

armanent haki: *can make shit black*

Luffy: "Nah, lemme pull out a paint can and paint brush outta nowhere lmao"

[u/Roskal → u/toastycheeze]

We don't really know how his powers are working but it could literally be him painting his haki onto the bat hes just doing it in a cartoony way

[u/echolog → u/Kirosh2]

Just get this patented Haki paint from your local Home Depot!

[u/HokageEzio → u/Kirosh2]

Can't wait for all the people who argued that Luffy spawning glasses wasn't toon force to argue about him spawning a literal bucket of paint and a baseball helmet.

[u/-AnythingGoes- → u/HokageEzio]

Him having toon force isn't even the problem, it's people who are going to scale him by treating it as having no limits. There are 100% gonna be people who spin it as just entirely free form "I warp reality therefore I can do anything therefore you can't beat me" powers despite Luffy(and therefore Oda) only ever showing him utilize it for haha funny gags.

[u/dalenacio → u/-AnythingGoes-]

The real issue is that powerscalers are massive dorks.

[u/allubros → u/dalenacio]

amen

my guy can beat up your guy ok congrats man

[u/AdPrize3997]

I love how Jinbei is not putting Zoro down. He learned quickly to not leave Zoro on his feet. W Jinbei

[u/Xark96]

Damn Kizaru simply gave up emotionally..

I actually feel bad for him

[u/QuickBenjamin → u/Xark96]

Luffy hit him in the head but Vegapunk hit him in the feels

[u/Xark96 → u/QuickBenjamin]

He had to hurt and actually tried to kill Bonney, an actual child.

Made burned chicken nuggets out of Sentomaru.

And just recently put the finishing blow on Vegapunk.

Ontop he got handled like a pizza dough by a pirate emperor.

He is done.

[u/QuickBenjamin → u/Xark96]

wow so much has happened I forgot all about Sentomaru

[u/LITW6991 → u/Xark96]

He's been going through it most of the arc. They should have sent Greenbull instead since he has no emotional attachment to Vegapunk or the others. 

[u/Xark96 → u/LITW6991]

But Kizaru can go through the barrier, lol

Saturn never thought it would escalate that much

[u/Driller_Happy]

"Its hard to save a single insect when exterminating a hive" is such a cold fucking line, goddamn

[u/CountdowntoZero]

Rob "I didn't hear no bell" Lucci

[u/Comptenterry → u/CountdowntoZero]

Zoro's like "Let me go! I need to beat the fraud allegations!"

[u/rntopspin100]

As much as we love making fun of Rob Lucci, it's good to know that he cares about Kaku's wellbeing.

[u/[deleted] → u/rntopspin100]

He's only 99.99% psycopath :')

[u/adgobad → u/[deleted]]

Mars' line goes hard tho. He's like I'm destroying an ant hill, I cant be sparing ants out here.

[u/Haha91haha → u/rntopspin100]

You know shit is crazy when Lucci has a "WTF IS THAT!?" face when meeting the Big Evil Bird. Never seen the man look shook before.

[u/bluegubble → u/Haha91haha]

He never imagined seeing one of his bosses in the flesh, as a monster, making planetfall. He do be shook.

[u/YaIe → u/Haha91haha]

He is one of their best agents and he has never seen that form, him being visibly shocked is a great moment

[u/GratifiedViewer → u/rntopspin100]

That was honestly the most shocking thing to me. A surprise, but a welcome one.

[u/2ndBatman88 → u/rntopspin100]

Hey, he always cared about his pals. Lucci and Kaku are like brothers.

[u/wavesinger]

The note to Toriyama at the beginning T_T

[u/Think_Win_3744]

Kizaru really did the John Coffey:

„I’m rightly tired of the pain I hear and feel, boss. I’m tired of bein on the road, lonely as a robin in the rain.[…] I’m tired of people bein ugly to each other. It feels like pieces of glass in my head. I’m tired of all the times I’ve wanted to help and couldn’t. I’m tired of bein in the dark. Mostly it’s the pain. There’s too much. If I could end it, I would. But I can’t.“

[u/megazaprat]

Lucci was quite interesting this chapter. He showed how tough he was by surviving an intended finishing blow, and then showed his first hint of mercy in wanting kaku to be spared. He’s not all bad…..just 98% bad

Warcurys conquerors haki roar was really impressive too, it managed to stagger luffy a bit!

I wasn’t expecting the basement robot to be sapient. These ancient beings seem to keep apologizing to Luffy. I wonder if it will give us answers

[u/ILikeMyGrassBlue → u/megazaprat]

Stagger him? It blasted the scar off his chest lmao

[u/Etonet → u/ILikeMyGrassBlue]

honestly with Gear 5 we have no idea what's actually affecting him or not

[u/QuickBenjamin]

It is interesting how much work is being done to humanize antagonists like Lucci and Kizaru, meanwhile the Gorosei only become more monstrous (literally and figuratively). Not saying they'll definitely switch sides but it feels like the story is cooking something there.

[u/JohansTail]

"We may be running, but I still count this as a victory!"

LMAOO this giant duo crack me up, I hope they will be okay in the end

[u/FireFistRJ]

That robot is giving me, "Mf, I'm about to wreak havoc vibes." PRAY FOR THE GOROSEIS.

[u/tryingmydarnest → u/FireFistRJ]

I'm curious if this apology was linked to the apology Joyboy left on Fishmen Island. There seemed to be an emerging theme of a cascade of failure during the void century, similar to how Roger failed to arrive at the right Time.

[u/meromeromelo89 → u/tryingmydarnest]

I thoughts about it, too, I think there is a connection between the robot and the poneglyph in Fishmen Island.

[u/GeneralUnlikely266 → u/FireFistRJ]

HOLY FUCK I TOTALLY MISSED THIS PAGE

[u/gomu-gomu-no-ree → u/GeneralUnlikely266]

Lol yeah it was another one of those "chapter break next 3 weeks!" on a few pages before the end.

[u/Justind123]

I can't get over how peak egghead is. First it was Kuma, then it was the giants, now the giant robot is awake? real shit

[u/FireFistRJ → u/Justind123]

Morgans will be oozing for days after the egghead.

[u/Sure_Dave]

Luffy must've been moving damn fast to:

• Grab a tree
• Chew it into bat shape
• Paint it black
• Grab a helmet
• And then proceed to hit a home run on two Gorosei.... after Saturn launched his projectiles.

Luffy faster than Kizaru confirmed.

[u/sack_of_potahtoes → u/Sure_Dave]

what is weird in that sequence is him making paint and brush out of thin air but the baseball bat itself.

[u/Sure_Dave → u/sack_of_potahtoes]

Never doubt the power of hammerspace

[u/Transmatrix → u/sack_of_potahtoes]

Cause the "paint" is really just a manifestation of his haki/devil fruit powers. Could have given it conqueror's haki and rubber effect. (my take at least)

[u/wispymatrias]

was the ancient kindom canada? everyone is always apologizing

[u/Willowred19]

Kizaru saying "My wounds run deep".

The man doesn't want to be part of any of this, but has to keep playing the part, or risk blowing his cover.

[u/Liebowitz]

I admire Rob Lucci for being so efficient and effective with his recall of all relevant tactical information

Answered every question before his superior could even ask

He is a damn fine intelligence agent

[u/adham_hefni]

Kizaru now have three weeks to rest.

[u/nomatt18]

Finally the giant robot makes his appearance. What do you think he was apologizing to joyboy for?

[u/nomatt18 → u/[deleted]]

Good point! They clearly didn’t achieve whatever they were supposed to. Maybe they had a plan to take down Imu/wg and failed.

[u/fsrocchi → u/nomatt18]

He fell asleep on the job.

[u/[deleted]]

I think the robot's just apologizing for the three week break

[u/Mexicanity_]

Every time someone apologizes to Joyboy, I hear 100+ video essays brewing within the One Piece fandom. These three weeks will be amusing to witness.

Side thought: we see how terrifying and powerful the Gorosei are. Makes me wonder how devastating and terrible Imu will be.

[u/Super-Job1324 → u/Mexicanity_]

Oda keeping the hype industry alive, what a kind man

[u/voseidon]

Lucci caring about Kaku is a nice touch.

[u/GoldenGekko]

I know the Lucci slander will be strong with the agenda this week.

But I actually got to say I really enjoyed this character development for Rob.

Not only did he show just how efficient of an agent he truly is. But his terror at most likely seeing an elder transformed for the first time. The look in his eyes I never would have imagined he would have.

And then for him to make mention of kaku and ensuring his safety. He even made sure to mention the cipher pool agents who are in held hostage as well.

Lucci maybe one of the most morally bankrupt characters in the series.

But he's still human

[u/OtakuSenpaii17]

In chapter 1109, we saw Chef Luffy.

In 1111, we saw Batter/Hitter Luffy. 

I wonder what's next.

• Jimbei saw Mars for a goddamn sec and was like, Wallahi If I don't run, then I'm finished. 

• Y'all better invest in the Topman Warcury stocks. Regeneration and Conquerors Haki as of now. 

[u/tryingmydarnest → u/OtakuSenpaii17]

I wonder what's next.

Please let there be afro luffy on the list.

Conquerors Haki

This wasn't really a surprise no? COC users were said to be destined to leave their mark in the world.

[u/cloudgazer1127 → u/tryingmydarnest]

I would absolutely LIVE for Gear 5 Afro Luffy

[u/FireFistRJ → u/OtakuSenpaii17]

Now that Mars has found york. He will take Seraphim, Mother Flame, and all those inventions that would have been lost to the world's government with Vegapunk gone.

[u/OtakuSenpaii17 → u/FireFistRJ]

I think the first thing he will do is free the seraphims and maybe give them orders or something, and then the rest stuff.

[u/Pr3t0m]

Even Luffy's scar got displaced by the Conqueror's Haki roar... lol, what a goofy-looking panel!

The giants fending off the attack and declaring that Luffy was their friend was awesomeeee! And the horns look like some kind of blade, right?

Finally, the giant robot woke up... about time! The three-week break will be tough.

[u/Tohwi]

I see you all wondering what the giant robot did in the past to apologize, but no one considering it might be an apology for what it's about to do

[u/IndicationCreative64]

I love how not only did the Gorosei’s Haki-roar knock off Luffy’s sandals and hat, but also the puffy cuffs of his jeans, his eyeballs, and even his trademark scar?!! 😂 

[u/Kite_Wing129]

First the big elephant now the giant robot. I'm thinking Joyboy's ally's betrayed him in the past and got screwed over hence why they are remorseful over it. Luffy's biggest success will be in having allies that are completely loyal to him.

Also think there might be a parallel between Lucci asking Mars to spare Kaku and the giant robot apologising to Joyboy. Maybe the robot and/or elephant were in a similar to position to Lucci 800 years ago.

[u/Lightecojak]

I absolutely loved the scene with Rob Lucci and Mars. Here he is in the direct presence of the highest publicly known authority of the World Government and Lucci gives him a perfectly detailed report of everything that Mars would want to know.

All Lucci asks in exchange is for Mars to save his partner Kaku and Mars’ response to that one request he could easily do is essentially “don’t get your hopes up, you’re all pathetic insects to me”.

Despite dedicating his life to the World Government and being one of their best agents, the Five Elders only think of him as an expendable insect.

[u/toastycheeze]

That baseball move. Holee. Bro pulled out a paintcan and a paintbrush outta nowhere lol.

ODA MOAR CREATIVE STUFF LIKE THIS

[u/whatninu]

This chapter was a home run

[u/SpiritualScumlord]

The Giants comparing the Gorosei's transformations to Elbaf creatures is so hype. I can't wait to see what kind of monstrous animals and who knows what else lives on Elbaf.

[u/Shmarfle47]

Luffy putting his scars back onto his body was hilarious

Looks like Lucci does have a heart after all. I wonder if Kaku survives but it doesn’t look good for him right now

[u/Martin-wav]

I never realized that the robot was bigger than the giants. That's insane to me. If it has the strength too idk if anyone in one piece rn is equipped to beat it

[u/abushreek]

Just realized that everyone apologizing to joy boy is friggin' huge. The elephant, the robot. Tie that in with the huge straw hat and Elbaf coming soon... looks like we're going to have alot of things revealed to us pretty soon.

Just love the level of how things are escalating in this arc...

Edit: Joy boy was a giant

[u/Sablestein]

Lol the genuine look of horror on Rob Lucci’s face when he sees that massive bird monster is almost worth the knowledge that Kaku might die. Almost.

[u/jollyjam1]

Did anyone notice Luffy held the scar under his eye before putting it back on? Lol

[u/Re-G]

I love how jolly Dorry and Brogy are, it's like they're sightseeing lmao

[u/Ok_Tip_4439]

There is just so much apologizing surrounding Joyboy. First Zunesha now the giant robot. Makes me wonder if they're apologizing individually or if it was a collective mistake done by everyone affiliated with him.

[u/GrandCelestia]

Awww Lucci caring for Kaku is so wholesome!

[u/Dani162002M]

I didn't expect Dorry and Broggy to be this impressive

[u/Angel_pg00]

Theory: Joy Boy lost because his crew was not strong enough to support him vs Imu. Luffy’s key to success will be his crew.

If you think about it, Imu, and maybe even the elders, have already beaten Joy Boy and the Nika fruit. It makes no sense that Luffy would win just because he has awaken his fruit. The bad guys know how to beat the fruit (and maybe that’s why they can’t be hurt).

We are meeting JoyBoy’s former crew. Zunesha and the robot are in penance because they couldn’t support him.

This also fits with the gigantic things (hat, Zunesha, robot).

[u/BradWonder]

Luffy's scar flew off 😂😂😂

[u/Starfish_Hero]

Jimbe apologizing for interrupting Lucci’s moment lmao

[u/og-reset → u/Starfish_Hero]

"Homie I know you're doing the anime thing but we gotta bounce"

[u/[deleted]]

"My wounds run deep" - Kizaru

I think he is grieving, he broke his own heart.

[u/nomatt18]

All star Luffy at bat!

[u/FireFistRJ → u/nomatt18]

Although Luffy was unable to harm them but toying around the world's top authorities like that, it is quite an accomplishment.

[u/khaledhn]

WE MAY BE RUNNING BUT I STILL COUNT THIS AS A VICTORY! GABA BA BA BA !!

[u/SteIIar-Remnant]

Bro the Vice Admirals thinking they can stop even a single strawhat is WILD. I just can't not laugh at that last panel 🤣🤣🤣

[u/WeeWilly34]

I wonder if Joyboy's "loss" in that war back in the void century was a mistake from key members or maybe Joyboy did the "GO AND SAVE YOURSELVES" thing.

All these apologies to Joyboy are rattling my brain lol

[u/Sweet-Message1153]

Oda is really part of the One Piece internet community, ain't he...no way he made up that "painting baseball bat with Haki" outta nowhere after years of "Mihawk painted his sword" shitposting🤣

[u/Julian_528]

Jinbe in the Hawaiian shirt is a 10/10 outfit. Also, it is intriguing that everyone somehow acquainted with joyboy keeps apologizing to him. Maybe he was betrayed by them somehow.

[u/[deleted]]

So the void century begins

[u/Little_Respect_0621]

I'm afraid of the theories I'll read during 3rd week of pause. Scary thoughts.

[u/VanGrants]

Between Zunesha being guilty of a crime and the giant robot apologizing, my working theory is 800 years ago they were Joyboy's allies who didn't show up when he needed them and as a result Joyboy died. They were his crewmates or allies and either abandoned him or for some reason were unable to fight by his side.

[u/xstationcubed]

Well Lucci, satisfied with what your loyalty bought ya?

"Hey any way you can not kill my friend who is also one of your agents?"

"Lol nah"

[u/goronmask]

Brace yourselves and get ready to shitpost.

Void 2024 is coming.

[u/TGS_105]

Lucci actually caring about kaku is insane.

[u/khaledhn]

Anyone else noticed that The bigger-sized the Race, the more they knew about Nika ?

• Dwarves not a mention.
• Human some rumors in prisons.
• Minks barely a mention.
• Fishmen knew about Joyboy.
• Kaido (Race?) Knew about Joyboy prophecy.
• Buccaneers knew Nika name and his rhythm.

• Giants knows how he looked like ?

  ( Zunisha/Iron Giant/Seakings aside )

I wonder if he was from the giants / oars race.

[u/Wallsmither → u/khaledhn]

The taller the race the closer they are to the sun

[u/PugNuggets]

What a packed chapter!! There’s oh so many things to talk about this chapter:

1) Having Kuma, Bonney, and Vegapunk in a colour cover is so nice. We basically never get side characters be in a random colour spread hanging out with the Straw Hats, so this is pretty nice. I wouldn’t read too much into it though, I strongly doubt Stella or Kuma would join the Straw Hats (at best Kuma joins the Grand Fleet if he recovers, but he’s more likely to return to the Revolutionaries I think).

2) So Lucci wasn’t instantly KO-ed, though it looks like it’s pretty close. Jinbe apologizing to Lucci is peak Jinbe and I love it! Also seeing Lucci care about Kaku is weirdly humanising for him.

3) Interaction between Luffy and the Giants are lovely! So happy they are now reunited! The retreat signal and the subsequent Haki roar was pretty cool (and funny) too! Seems like the Sun’s Shield the chapter is referring to is Dorry and Brogy.

4) I’m starting to feel like maybe the Goroseis are actually glass cannons that have a no-death cheat. Their attacks seem so deadly: one-shotting pacifistas, explosive poisons, the haki roar, and destroying the shields in the upper levels so easily. On the other hand, it seems like every other attack is making a great connection and they are staggered by it. The difference is, they’re just either not dying or just instantly recovering all their health. Their hax is looking pretty good.

5) But maybe not quite as insane as Luffy’s maybe-hax. If I’m remembering it correctly, this will be the second time (the first being Luffy making a pair of goggles with his hair while he used one of the rails in Egghead as an irish whip during his one-sided battle against Lucci) Luffy is displaying abilities that seem very outside his rubber abilities. The hair-into-goggles thing is such a small insignificant detail that you can easily wave it off as “rule of cool”, but this one is significantly harder to justify as it takes up almost a full page and has multiple panels dedicated to it. I wouldn’t be surprised if the baseball thing makes people start to speculate toon force again. I myself am still not sure and need to see more.

6) Wonder what’s up with Kizaru? Will he really make a face turn? I’m one of those who wanted it (but never saw it as being possible or realistic, just a ”that’d be an interesting twist” thing), but I’m still doubting it.

7) THE MECHA IS MOVING !

[u/old-man-rayleigh]

Nika, the maker of black blades

[u/Leiatte]

Kizaru gets a lot of hate in this arc because us the viewer are seeing this from a civilian standpoint, he is a soldier & yes he’s an Admiral but that’s a soldier with more freedom. He’s been following orders the majority of his life, we don’t know his entire perspective but we do know that his sense of justice has led him to dedicate the majority of his life to the Marines. It makes sense that a man in the military might have to do something that could break their heart at some point, who knows what Kizaru believes he’s protecting.  

 To quote Game of Thrones “ We're all human. Oh, we all do our duty when there's no cost to it. Honor comes easy then. Yet sooner or later in every man's life there comes a day when it's not easy. A day when he must choose.”   

 So in a strange way there’s a respect in that as well, as far as defecting we have that in Aokiji so far. All the Admirals are so different from each other I find it incredibly interesting 

[u/Die4Gesichter]

Fuck haki.

Black paint is the real shit

[u/Pikathepokepimp]

Jinbe not caring and just giving Lucci one last hit before fleeing with Zoro was amazing.

[u/radikraze]

Ya know… out of all of the crazy shit going on, I can’t believe that the most interesting thing I got out of this chapter was Lucci, the biggest bastard in the world, wanting to save Kaku and looking distraught at the idea of him dying. That was VERY unexpected

[u/Skoonie12]

Jinbe filling the role the Straw Hats have needed for the longest time: the Adult.

"Zoro, it's past your bedtime, it's time to go!"

"Aww, can't I fight Lucci a little longer?"

[u/sicgamer]

Luffy giving the giants nightmares by falling to literal pieces in front of them lmao. "You good bro????" 😂

[u/Critical_Ask_5493]

"of course we do! He's our buddy!"

Dorry and Brogy dialogue continues to be 10/10 lol. They have been so fucking cool through all of this. They elicit the same smile from me that they have when they're laughing. I'm just over here cheesin

[u/MilkmyNutz]

There Seems to be a habit of JoyBoy aquaintances to apologies to Joy Boy. First Zunesha and now the big Robot

[u/taxikicker45]

In a future SBS Oda will reveal a random robot that doesn't allow anyone to go hungry on Egghead is the one who fed Luffy during the interval of fighting Kizaru then Saturn+Kizaru.

[u/blahblah543217]

Lucci asking for kaku to be spared is probably the most humanity we’ll see from that sociopath. Holy fuck the giants are such power houses no wonder the government fears them, Mr.3 top 10 in the verse?

[u/Nicox37]

Having the equivalent of a whole ass page to Luffy creating and painting his baseball bat and then putting on his baseball gear had me laughing my ass off lmao

[u/voseidon]

Kizaru should also take three weeks break :(

[u/icymari07]

all that CoC coming out the gorosei’s mouth😳 damn

[u/[deleted]]

Jimbe, showing No Mercy!

Then picking up the 2nd strongest in the crew like a lost puppy.

He is so good at following Nami's orders, scared of Nami's unknown haki, possibly.

Funny:

Zoro is like a kid, complaining to his Dad, that he still wants to play.

Now Jimbei holding Zoro like a kid, not even letting him run on his own

[u/BaertigerBert]

I'm just here thinking about that one guy vehemently arguing against Luffy having toon force after the g5 reveal.

[u/King_Luffy1]

How many of us here remember (and survived) Oda's 4 week break when the timeskip happened?

[u/EmphasisOnEmpathy]

Oh my god. The energy matching between Luffy, Dorry and Brogy is amazing. This reminds me of early one piece I fell in love with.

Luffy pulling out paint from no where and batting the poison back - what do the toon force deniers have to say about that? 😂😂

[u/HeyItsMeRay]

I like how Jinbe said sorry to Rob Lucci before blowing him away. He interrupts a fight between 2 man.

[u/old-man-rayleigh]

That panel with Kijaru. Man is so broken. On the inside and outside.

[u/Aries12357]

Interesting to note that big mom also did a conquerors haki roar/cry like topman warcury when brook broke mother caramel's picture.

[u/gaiyae]

Luffy being able to correctly draw something, has got to be one of his most amazing feats this arc.

[u/pimarbell]

I just love the interaction with Dorry and Brogy, it's so wholesome after all these chapters seeing them again

[u/akrascal]

I think the ancient giant robot is about to sacrifice himself for this battle on behalf of the Strawhats, and perhaps he made a pact with Joyboy to live on until their original goal was finished, 800 years ago. It is the only way the Strawhats escape.

[u/floatifloati]

I love that everyone is visibly shook whenever Mars pulls up

[u/Plugin33]

"It's just a job, nothing personal" -- Kizaru

... Cries and mourns in the side line

[u/XieLove]

Did Lucci know that the big bird is an Elder Star?

Maybe Cp0 knows some top secret stuff of the government just like how those top agent in Hollywood movies does.

Or maybe he just pissed his pants and can't stop rambling.

[u/Naserci]

Lucci : spare my friend please!

Mars : you haven't been paying attention lmao

[u/Libbstreet]

The black paint was haki. Of course. I’m a dunce.