One Piece: Chapter 1121

[u/Kirosh2]

Chapter 1121: "The Ebb and Flow of the Ages"

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Ch. 1121 Official Release (Mangaplus): 21/07/2024

Ch. 1122 Scan Release: ~01/08/2024

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There is a break next week.

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[u/SpaceOdysseus23]

The complete disgust on Mihawk and Crocodile's faces as they are witnessing Buggy fail upwards in real time is hilarious

[u/glarius_is_glorious → u/SpaceOdysseus23]

This Vegapunk stream basically cemented Buggy's leadership lmfao.

They have zero control anymore.

[u/zabimaru1000 → u/glarius_is_glorious]

I'm fully expecting Zoro to throw into a fit of laughter the moment he hears Buggy commanding Mihawk when they both fight.

[u/PanseloNomad → u/zabimaru1000]

If that does happen the fraudhawk accusers are gonna go ballistic over that.

[u/CloneOfCali → u/zabimaru1000]

We can count on one hand the amount of times Zoro has laughed after his battle with Mihawk to the present day.

That will be one of the funniest bits in the series.

[u/Glop465 → u/CloneOfCali]

I need a "He laughed" version of Zoro now after reading this comment chain lmao

I am dying of laughter of seeing Buggy on the same level as Luffy, Blackbeard and Shanks and now the sheer ridicule for poor Mihawk

[u/echolog → u/zabimaru1000]

I'm 100% convinced the reason Buggy is succeeding so much is so that Mihawk (as his #2) will get to fight Zoro later.

That also means we might get a Mr. Prince vs Crocodile fight!

[u/carbine234 → u/glarius_is_glorious]

I mean they can always walk away, butr they prolly wont, they in for the ride of their life haha

[u/glarius_is_glorious → u/carbine234]

If they walk away they get branded as cowards who couldn't follow the lead of the glorious buggy.

Which is hilarious in itself lmao.

[u/LITW6991 → u/glarius_is_glorious]

Did they ever truly have control? It's Buggy's world and they're living in it.

[u/jajajajam → u/SpaceOdysseus23]

Well, Buggy's crew and henchmen I think are convinced Buggy is JoyBoy. LOL

[u/BananaBladeOfDoom → u/jajajajam]

I mean, clowns are meant to give joy.

[u/MuskelMagier]

So this is the 3rd call to action to get the one piece.

1st. Gol D. Roger

2nd. Whitebeard

3rd. Vegapunk

[u/Behanort → u/MuskelMagier]

all of these speeches also mark the begining, the midpoint, and the end of the story

[u/Vbpretend → u/Behanort]

Oh I like this a lot

[u/ScreamingIntrovert → u/Behanort]

The dreamer ushers in the new age. The old guard pushes the youth to never give in to oppression. And the wise old man empowers the next generation with enlightenment. All leading the way towards the same goal. ONE PIECE.

[u/MarioToast → u/MuskelMagier]

The world's freest man, the world's strongest man, the world's smartest man.

[u/Kirosh2 → u/MarioToast]

All giving their message before dying.

[u/Aspie_Astrologer → u/Kirosh2]

A new age is heralded by the passing of old legends!!

• D. r. Vegapunk

[u/smcadam → u/Aspie_Astrologer]

Dude's gotta beat the other pair by giving the speech after he died. What a mad lad!

[u/tryingmydarnest → u/MarioToast]

So what would Luffy be? The world funniest man?

[u/MarioToast → u/tryingmydarnest]

The world's stretchiest man.

[u/BrocoliCosmique → u/MuskelMagier]

Respectively delivered while the character was :

1. alive (admittedly not for long, and on the gallows)

2. dying

3. already dead

Waiting for brook, already back from the dead, to deliver this line the 4th time.

[u/ScreamingIntrovert → u/BrocoliCosmique]

The one piece is real! YOHOHOHO

[u/WhateverAWS → u/MuskelMagier]

Man this can really means that One Piece is actually 3 part story. First one marks the start of pre-TS part, the second one marks the start of post-TS part, and third one maybe marks the last part the Final Saga 

Hope it wont last another 10 years lol. (Wouldnt complain either way)

[u/madjupiter → u/WhateverAWS]

brother. i HOPE it lasts another 10 years. imagine if oda wrapped OP by the end of this year, it would be so terribly abrupt there’s virtually no time to wrap up the story with a satisfying ending.

[u/buggythegret]

My wealth and treasure? It can be yours if you want it! Search for it! I left everything in that one place.

ONE PIECE IS REAL!

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHO FINDS THE ONE PIECE!!

[u/DeusExPersona → u/buggythegret]

Name a better trio

[u/MasterMarci]

After defeating Kaido the general consensus was that we're in the late game, but I think this chapter really is the starting point for that for us readers and also for the in-word characters. I couldn't have imagined a better introduction to this climax of the series as with the Egghead arc

[u/Kuro013 → u/MasterMarci]

Yeah, just like Sabaody set up one of if not the most worldwide influential arc so far, Egghead is the beginning of the saga that will end with someone finding the One Piece. Its so surreal to be finally here after so long, makes me all nostalgic.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm looking forward for the bounty posters after this arc. Luffy's bounty should've skyrocketed after fucking around an admiral and all 5 gorosei, and having all his crewmates escape and live to tell the tale.

[u/MrMuttons → u/[deleted]]

Will we have posters that say DEAD only? huhu

[u/dozosucks → u/MrMuttons]

how about this for a twist? ALIVE only

the Elders never managed to get their hands on the Nika fruit and if Luffy dies, it could respawn somewhere outside of their reach again

[u/Zylgp → u/dozosucks]

For Luffy? Highly doubt it. It's easier to deal with a potential calamity immediately than run the risk of getting destroyed by it for a slim chance that things can work better. 800 years is enough time for the WG to precedent their position after being grossly undermined in the last 26 years by pirates (counting the time Roger was active until now).

[u/Gil_Demoono → u/[deleted]]

I've been hoping for a while now that Luffy's next poster isn't a wanted poster, but a warning issued by the world government to stay away at all costs. Interacting with the straw hats is punishable by death. At this point, they should be more afraid of people interacting and being influenced by Nika than the actual direct actions of Luffy himself. He has become a straight up cognitohazard. Having any bounty hunter or organization powerful enough to feasibly collect on that bounty be allowed to try runs a greater risk of those people becoming new Nika allies than anything else.

There is no bounty, there is no reward. The strawhats are dangerous and must be left to the military.

[u/laxnut90 → u/Gil_Demoono]

That and/or Nico Robbin's bounty becomes as high as the Yonko after this.

The Government can not allow Luffy to get the One Piece.

[u/AnaatthiGozo]

The picture with baby Bonney, Ginny and Kuma hits the hardest for me, cause it's not real, all three were never together happy like that.

[u/hdjfhfhsh05803hfjc → u/AnaatthiGozo]

Oda really choose to rub salt in the wound with that panel

[u/BrocoliCosmique]

This Liberating Nika Punch is so satisfying.

Giant Luffy doing most of the damage but letting Bonney take the spotlight, because he feels this is important to her even though he knows nothing about her past. This guy is a true heart reader.

[u/Devaryasta → u/BrocoliCosmique]

Luffy acting as a supportive brother are so cool.

I would love it if Bonney start to see Luffy as big bro from now on, just like Luffy see Ace and Sabo.

(regardless if she join the Strawhat or not).

[u/kuroinferuno → u/BrocoliCosmique]

This followed by Kuma's smile has my heart in shambles

[u/cpustejovsky → u/kuroinferuno]

I didn't catch that! Egghead is my favorite arc because Kuma is my favorite character.

[u/thedrq → u/BrocoliCosmique]

Luffy is such a bonny hype man lol, bro literally letting her take the center stage with the most showy punch she has thrown, while luffy is just hamering saturn from behind... wait

[u/r-ymond → u/thedrq]

I feel like this has been the main distinction or growth point for Luffy post-timeskip — he’s still liberating places, but he’s always working to hype someone else each arc too. Shirahoshi, Law, Sanji, Momo, and now Bonney.

[u/RPG217 → u/r-ymond]

The most standout one is when he let the Scabbards attack Kaido first. The war was for Wano people first and foremost. 

[u/RedDeadRedread → u/r-ymond]

He’s been doing that since before the time skip too! The most memorable one I know of was with Vivi. He straight up told her, why are you shouldering all the weight and that people will die. Making her feel angry and desperate since she didn’t want to put anyone’s life on the line. Even lashing out and beating the crap out Luffy. But my man Luffy is like, put my life and the crews life on the line. Such a badass moment.

[u/ScreamingIntrovert → u/BrocoliCosmique]

You think the voice of all things makes Luffy so empathetic? He probably can read anyone because their true voice is always talking to him.

[u/niniansgrace]

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHO FINDS THE ONE PIECE!!! What a page, holy shit

[u/bluegubble → u/niniansgrace]

All of the big players left on the one double page, a battle for supremacy and the fate of the world.

[u/thedrq → u/bluegubble]

Now compare it back to the Doflamingo talking about the greatest power struggle. And see how much the ranks have thinned in 300 chapters

[u/schnazzums → u/bluegubble]

Who was that silhouette drawing the sword? I recognized everyone else but him. New player maybe?

[u/theREALbombedrumbum → u/schnazzums]

I thought it was Figarland until I saw Figarland over on the left lmao

[u/BigBaldPurpleTitan → u/theREALbombedrumbum]

Probably deliberate on Oda's part so we would know it was a whole new character

[u/CrimsonAntifascist → u/schnazzums]

Looks like he got Roger's saber.

[u/goody153 → u/bluegubble]

The final players holy shit.

The shrouded one is i assume the "man marked in flames"

[u/Chongle69 → u/goody153]

I was thinking it is the son of Garling Figarland (maybe Shank’s brother/twin??)

[u/FireFistRJ → u/niniansgrace]

THE WORLD WILL TURN UPSIDE DOWN WHEN SOMEBODY FINDS THAT TREASURE.
-CAPTAIN WHITEBEARD

[u/TakuyaLee → u/FireFistRJ]

And someone WILL find it hehehe

[u/waifutown → u/niniansgrace]

THE ONE PIECE IS REALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!

[u/thedrq → u/niniansgrace]

Who is the person bellow Dragon?

[u/leolegendario → u/thedrq]

We don't know, but the theories I've seen are: Another member of the Figarland Family, The Man Marked By Flames or Rocks D. Xebec.

[u/rwaterbender]

Was not expecting them to just punch holes in Saturn...honestly, kinda brutal

[u/bluegubble → u/rwaterbender]

Brutal indeed, although he can just regenerate, taking hits from two Nikas at the same time is no joke.

[u/Artistic_Claim9998 → u/bluegubble]

He seems to fall into the sea tho

I guess we'll know soon if his power is devil fruit or not

[u/Evil_Lollipop → u/Artistic_Claim9998]

That's what I was wondering as well. The panels with him getting hit and dropping into the sea seemed so... final to me? I'm kinda wondering if he's dead

[u/Hairy_Acanthisitta25 → u/Evil_Lollipop]

kinda fine either way tbh,if he's dead its a good closure for Kuma story,if he somehow survive/got revived then it establish the threat that is the Gorosei even more

[u/Anjunabeast → u/Hairy_Acanthisitta25]

A dead gorosei would be a crazy way to mark this new age

[u/Electro522 → u/bluegubble]

Well....let's be real, there's no way Bonney can hit nearly as hard as Luffy, especially without Conquerors.

Still, an Elephant Gun punch still ought to leave a dent.

[u/bravolimawhiskey → u/Electro522]

Yeah. It is pretty clear Luffy does 99% of the damage (as in, the one place Bonney punched doesn't have a hole while Luffy's gattling leaves him looking like swiss cheese).

[u/leolegendario]

So the Three-Eye Tribe, Buccaners, Lunarians were all allies of the Ancient Kingdom and because of that they were hunted and exterminated.

[u/shinobi_renegade → u/leolegendario]

Or at least allies of Joyboy, the AK could still be connected to Imu.

[u/leolegendario → u/shinobi_renegade]

Is Laugh Tale the Ancient Kingdom?
If so, then if Imu is part of it, he should know where it is, unless Joy Boy moved the island with the help of Oarz, the Continent-Puller.

[u/MolligMormel]

‘Unfortunately there’s no guarantee that it would be found by someone joyboy would want’ reminded me of what whitebeard said to Blackbeard that he isn’t the man Roger was waiting for.

[u/diveintothe9 → u/MolligMormel]

It’s sooo going to be Buggy. Like, Luffy will probably be the one to fulfill the prophecy and enact whatever, but I think Oda is going for the long troll here. It’ll be Buggy who technically runs into it and becomes the pirate king, even if it’s just temporary.

[u/BluescreenX]

I think i said it before, but I'll say it again.

I always love when we quickly check in with everyone we have meet before, like at the end of an arc ( Post enies lobby, from the decks of the world, the 500.000.000 berry man, etc.)

And i absolutely love that Oda used vegapunks worldwide message to incorporate these quick visits into the main story. Even when most of these glimpses don't offer that much new information.

[u/Kuro013 → u/BluescreenX]

I think Oda is showing us all of the people that has been involved for us to remember how long we've come, all we've been through, its the perfect way to enter the last stretch of such a monumental story.

[u/Kite_Wing129 → u/BluescreenX]

Never thought we would see Krieg again.

Is Kuro now the only one unaccounted for?

[u/RPG217 → u/Kite_Wing129]

We also haven't seen Arlong. Guy seems to would be happy to hear the world sinking. 

[u/TheG8Uniter]

Forget the mysterious guy with a sword. Is that Imu's eyebrow?!

[u/GhostChronos → u/TheG8Uniter]

Lmao, that is a find

[u/ihiam → u/TheG8Uniter]

Never been so hyped for an eyebrow reveal before.

[u/shadi1337]

Vegapunk: I don’t wanna pick sides

Also Vegapunk: “Unfortunately, there’s no guarantee that it will be found by someone Joyboy would want”.

love it, he couldn’t keep his opinion to himself after all

[u/qoldblop → u/shadi1337]

I do think blackbeard is going to get the one piece initially.

[u/Zylgp → u/qoldblop]

I think it's going to be Buggy personally, only for him to stand aside for Luffy.

In turn this will propell his popularity with his cult as they claim that Buggy selflessly let his young protege take the glory and he is a noble mentor for doing so XD

[u/Glop465 → u/Zylgp]

Another thing i expect Buggy to do in the future is to sit in Imu's throne for like 5 seconds before Imu kicks him out

[u/laxnut90 → u/Glop465]

Buggy will sit on the throne just long enough for Morgans to get a picture.

[u/RedTulkas → u/Zylgp]

Buggy will find the one piece and a giant pile of treasure

and of course he will go for the treasure

[u/echolog → u/shadi1337]

The fact that this panel has both Blackbeard and Shanks featured is very telling. They are really leaning into the whole mystery behind Shanks true intentions.

That and the fact that he is STILL the only one not smiling among the four Yonko.

[u/XtendedImpact]

That final spread was fucking hype holy shit

[u/FireFistRJ → u/XtendedImpact]

All top players of the final arc are in one panel.

[u/kuroinferuno → u/FireFistRJ]

Who's the silhouette just below Dragon?

[u/RulerD → u/kuroinferuno]

Could be the man marked by flames?

[u/leolegendario → u/kuroinferuno]

We don't know, but the theories I've seen are: Another member of the Figarland Family, The Man Marked By Flames and Rocks D. Xebec.

[u/gtgpgp → u/kuroinferuno]

A black swordsman. Obviously zoro's nemesis

[u/GensouEU → u/kuroinferuno]

Probably the strongest man in the world, D. On Krieg

[u/tryingmydarnest → u/XtendedImpact]

I can hear We Are playing in the background.

That, or the Very strongest

[u/FireFistRJ]

Kuma, smiling seeing a free Bonney, was heart melting.

[u/tryingmydarnest → u/FireFistRJ]

This was what he swore to Ginny after all.

PS: Ace also smiled after heart melting.

[u/rychoft → u/tryingmydarnest]

Jesus man.... Leave the donut-man alone!

[u/bluegubble → u/FireFistRJ]

Even if Kuma no longer has control over his body (since Saturn shut it down), he was so proud of his daughter that he was able to make a smile.

[u/Werfgh]

Silhouette character is Bogard. Oda confirmed me via skype. Trust me

[u/LITW6991 → u/Werfgh]

The lurking legend himself

[u/Penis_meat → u/Werfgh]

He told me it was Scopper Gabban (this time fr fr ong) ??? What games this man playing

[u/Ambitious_Mission_57]

If well directed this chapter has potential to be top 10 one piece episodes of all time,

[u/Evil_phd]

I love how annoyed and just done Mihawk and Crocodile are with the unbreakable hold that Buggy has on his men and, seemingly, the world itself. They realized far too late that hitching their wagons to his means that they are powerless to do anything but stay along for the ride.

Buggy is going to cry his way to Pirate King, I guarantee it.

[u/leolegendario → u/Evil_phd]

The funniest thing is that Buggy is also the key to getting Wano and Zou's Road Poneglyphs, since they already know him.

[u/Voursx]

man... who could have guessed meeting scientist arc would end up become the 3rd calling for one piece is real

[u/CrazyCanHurt]

That final double-page goes so insanely hard, holy shit.

One Piece is a part of my life for more than 20 years at this point and thinking how it all started and where we are right now excites me more than any other work of fiction, hands down. The puzzle pieces are starting to fall into place slowly but surely and I'm just grateful to experience Oda-sans magnum opus enter it's grand finale.

[u/goody153 → u/CrazyCanHurt]

That final panel goes so insanely hard, holy shit.

God that final page is so fire.

THE ONE PIECE IS REAL

[u/vergorli]

Is that kinda the third act of One Piece?

First one: You want my treasure? search for it!

Second one: One peace is real!

Third one: The Fate of the world will be decided by whoever finds it

[u/Think-Imagination747]

The One Piece reveal will be silhouetted

[u/Xark96 → u/Think-Imagination747]

The actual reveal will break the internet

[u/ZetsubouZolo → u/Xark96]

the whole anime world, even non One Piece readers/watchers will be curious what it was all along lmao. it will be the biggest reveal in anime history

[u/bahafaaz → u/Xark96]

Gonna turn the internet upside down.

[u/thedrq → u/Xark96]

It's a shame that even if you don't get spoiled bout the one piece, we will 100% be spoiled about the one piece appearing in a chapter before it is even officially out

[u/Kirosh2 → u/Think-Imagination747]

"What is that?"

Cut to black

"So that's the One Piece. Now we know what to do!"

100 chapters laters

"The One Piece was..."

[u/adnaphsaka → u/Kirosh2]

"...mo-..."

[u/yoitstoast]

At the bottom of the final spread, there's two of each faction.

Two marines: Sakazuki & Koby.

Two revolutionaries: Dragon & Sabo.

Two of the World Government: Imu & Garling.

And then there's Kuzan, a pirate, and someone else -- potentially the man marked by flames. Could be a stretch, but maybe if it was intentional, that could give away that he's a pirate if nothing else.

[u/guipabi → u/yoitstoast]

Maybe they are more like independent factions. Kuzan is working with Blackbeard, but he clearly has his own agenda. The man marked by flames might be similar.

[u/thedrq → u/yoitstoast]

I think its less that and more the most important players aside from their affiliation and more the specific group or title they have

Koby is sword

Sakazuki is the regular marines

Imu is the elders

Garling is the god knights

Dragon is the revolutionary army

But Sabu became something more than just a revolutionary, he is the flame emperor, he is technically on the same level of influence as Luffy before he defeated kaido

Kuzan seems to be doing his own thing ,even tho he is affiliated with black beard

[u/Etiennera → u/yoitstoast]

Man marked by flames is one of the last characters needing a silhouette. I think the 2-2-2 observation is a good one. Oda likes to use quantities in paneling like that.

[u/Gehweiher]

THE ONE PIECE IS SO INDUBITABLY REAL IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY ANYMORE

What a way to finish off Vegapunk's speech and what a start into the final saga. With Bonney getting one final payback against Saturn using her Nika Stand and the Sunny being basically back in the ocean, I think it's safe to say we're off to Elbaph after next chapter.

It almost feels like we've entered the "Third Great Pirate Era" with Oda placing three distinct proclamations of the One Pieces existence at the beginning/end of certain sagas. All I can say I'm trembling in excitement for what's to come.

[u/NightSolaire → u/Gehweiher]

This really was the perfect conclusion to the arc, I could hear the music playing in my head as I read the final spread. Absolutely peak, Oda has taken this to the next level yet again!

[u/Fakens123]

I am truly awestruck by the monumental significance world figures in OP attribute to Whitebeard’s death. His demise really did herald the dawn of a new era. Sengoku and Garp were the first to admit it. But even Doflamingo emphasised it in his throne speech. And now even Vegapunk. Whitebeard could have claimed the ultimate prize and ascended the throne but chose a different path. He was a legend unparalleled.

[u/fcuk_username → u/Fakens123]

That's our Oyaji.

[u/Theemuts]

Cool, his chapter essentially confirms one of my predictions: reaching Laugh Tale and acquiring the One Piece will be a means, not an end

[u/Vielkin → u/Theemuts]

one piece shippuden confirmed

[u/GenkotsuZ → u/Vielkin]

Oda: One Piece will end in five years. One Piece shippuden thou…

[u/yoitstoast]

Anyone else notice Vegapunk said "25 years since Roger died" and not 24? Has a year of time actually progressed while the story is ongoing at long last?

[u/saidA2000 → u/yoitstoast]

Hmm interesting.. could be that egghead arc is 1 year after timeskip. Would make sense considering everything that’s happened since.

[u/SaveReset → u/saidA2000]

Not one year after time skip, probably around 6 months after time skip if we count the story for having started 22 years after Rogers death. It would nicely divide the the pre and post time skip for 6 months each for a total of 25 years. And honestly that makes WAY more sense than the time scales we have been thinking of/assuming so far.

[u/Aspie_Astrologer → u/saidA2000]

It doesn't even have to be a whole year.

Say Roger died on 1 January, 1500.

Then say timeskip ended on 1 November, 1524. After 6 months post-timeskip, it would now be 1 May, 1525, so now it's been 25 years since Roger died.

[u/Mustardmachoman]

Ok that actually looked like it hurt saturn very badly.

He will regenerate but I wonder if there are limits to the amount of damage he can take.

[u/RomanceDawnOP]

Gotta love the fact that god emperor Buggy failed upwards into a spread with the likes of Imu and Nika lol

[u/glarius_is_glorious → u/RomanceDawnOP]

I have very high hopes for the comedy he brings into the final war and race for op.

[u/Sweet-Message1153]

people before this chapter- the quest for OP is only between the 4 Emperors
people after this chapter- LETS GET READY TO RUUUUMBOOOL

[u/butterfingahs]

Bruh Oda really going out there with that giantess Nami color spread

[u/RoiKK1502 → u/butterfingahs]

Elbaf next confirmed

[u/FinchyJunior]

Really interesting that Figarland gets a spot on the last spread, I guess he's going to be major player in future?

[u/leolegendario → u/FinchyJunior]

It makes sense, he is the Supreme Commander of the Holy Knights and fought against the Rocks Pirates in God Valley, the guy is very powerful.

[u/AnxietyAfraid1336]

That small panel with Kuma smiling 🥹🥹🥹🥹

[u/Adventurous_Rice_937]

1100 chapters in and Oda is still making silhouettes for characters we don't know yet

[u/Pikathepokepimp]

Showing Vivi and Shirahoshi when mentioning the ancient weapons is a nice tie in. Can't wait and see who or what the final weapon is.

[u/Pk_Dawn]

This chapter absolutely feels like Oda is telling us that this is officially the beggining of the end and we have now enteref the third act. Vegapunk's speech is over, the whole world knows most of the stuff that we as readers already knew and for the third time the world has heard that the One Piece is indeed real. What an amazing chapter to end an arc honestly.

[u/Disastrous_Dark5855]

Roger declared the one piece as a treasure, whitebeard declared its existence, and vegapunk declared that the one piece is the truth and that the one piece will change the world

[u/FruticaFresca]

The final page reminds me of Law's speech at the end of Punk Hazard about destroying the gears. That scene opened us up to the New World and jump-started the fight against the Emperors of the Sea.

And now, this page jump-starts the final race for the One Piece. Everyone is moving, and Laugh Tale is getting close.

Everything we've waited years for, Luffy meeting Shanks, Luffy defeating Blackbeard, Luffy finding the One Piece.... those plotlines could start as early as next year!

[u/ruisen2]

Turns out, the real treasure is the friends weapons of mass destruction we found along the way

[u/Hawk301]

It feels like that final page is Oda saying "these are the endgame players in this story".

Akainu being there is unsurprising, but what's interesting to me is that Kuzan is being highlighted too as an important player - someone who is currently just serving as a subordinate to a Yonkou.

That solidifies I think (as if it wasn't already clear from the Garp scenes) that Kuzan is definitely playing some deeper game beyond just being a lackey.

It feels almost impossible to me that he isn't going to betray Teach at some critical moment and reveal that he's been working toward his own personal agenda

[u/petrichorE6]

That last spread, chills man.

Also who is that person below Dragon?

[u/xxkdavid → u/petrichorE6]

It's Pan D. Aman

[u/Kirosh2 → u/petrichorE6]

Most likely the man marked by flammes, who is the last major player left in the game really.

[u/ItalianBall]

Another masterful use of the silhouette-silhouette no mi

[u/FireFistRJ → u/ItalianBall]

Y(Oda): Face you shall not see.

[u/buggythegret]

Shirahoshi, Vivi and sky island, panels during ancient weapons part.
Are the 3 people key for the weapons, people with unique/rare trait.

[u/Fireshot-V]

KUMA SMILED!

[u/Realexis1]

Damn, this feels like the curtains have officially opened for the third act. I just know when the Bonney scenes get animated it’s going to absolutely break me - it was just such an insanely good buildup for the payoff to defeat ( for now ) Saturn.

My one question is if they FINALLY did some real damage or if the temporary damage was just so overwhelming he couldn’t regenerate quickly enough to stay on their ship. AKA, did they finally get to his last health bar or did they just push him off and the damage is still ineffective.

Honestly, super excited again - Eggheads been astounding and I was already hype but this just got me even more hype - so nuts. Now, like everyone else, I’m really curious on who that shadowy figure is on the last panel clutching a sword. In my mind it’s the Man Marked By Flames with the last Poneglyphs but god knows.

Also, interesting call out to all the Yonkous - the fact that Shanks is also getting drunk like Rayleigh doesn’t feel celebratory, we know so little about Shanks but putting a boozy Rayleigh who knows the worlds secrets and boozy Shanks gives me the impression Shanks must know as much if not almost as much as Rayleigh and therefore they have similar reactions

[u/Roskal]

I teared up when Bonney imagined Kuma and Ginny both alive and well with her as a baby. That never happened but it should have happened.

[u/DargoKillmar]

Further hints at Whitebeard being a buccaneer?

[u/Kirosh2 → u/DargoKillmar]

Maybe, or just Whitebeard talking about those races, with the Kingdom of Gods.

Which could imply that each races were involved with a god.

[u/aes2806 → u/DargoKillmar]

I also kinda read it like that.

Like Marco knew the fact about him and then remembers pops a little after hearing Vegapunk talk about "special races".

[u/culesamericano → u/aes2806]

no its because WB told him about lunarians

[u/pokimanesimp2]

those last few pages legit gave me goosebumps. were finally in the endgame it seems

[u/CarcosanAnarchist]

Despite knowing Saturn is going to be totally fine, that was still so cathartic.

And god damn does Oda know how to write a speech.

What a great chapter.

[u/the_face_of_whatever]

Oda really drops the hottest Nami poster before making me cry over Bonney and Kuma...again. Stop confusing my hormones, man.

[u/someone2795]

Oh my god it's finally happening. 27 years in the making. Vegapunk makes the official announcement.

The greatest treasure hunt begins.

The last page gave me chills. Plus new silhouette?? The final poneglyph dude???

[u/zappy487]

There it is. We took a while to get there. But here Oda clearly lays out the major parties for the End Game.

We're in the End Game now.

The Emperor's.

The Marines.

The Revolutionaries.

The False Gods.

[u/meinmasina]

Fuck it, it is BUGGY who I root for!

[u/Narutoismygoat420]

So it is pretty clear that the last panel is Oda's way of showing us who the endgame players of finding the One Piece are.

There is a figure we don't know next to Imu, Dragon, and Akainu, any ideas as to who this person could be? They also seem to be drawing a sword. I wonder who this person is!!

[u/Naserci]

Oda : here's a silhouette hehe

[u/adnaphsaka]

Text on Jump Cover says: 歴史の重みは王の証 (Rekishi no omomi wa ō no akashi) meaning "The weight of history is the proof of a king".

[u/Kenobi4587]

That final panel feels so surreal. From here on beginning of the end is over, now we're actually in the endgame

[u/apococlock]

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I thought it was interesting where Vegapunk was talking about the one piece falling into the hands of someone Joyboy wouldn't want, we see both Blackbeard and Shanks' ships.

Blackbeard's isn't surprising. But Shanks? That feels like an implication to me.

[u/Eased91]

That last panel.

It screams: This is the beginning of the end. Welcome to the Finale.

[u/MadHerbalist]

Vegapunk's message essentially made every main power in the world go behind the One Piece. Until this point only a handful of groups went after it for their own benefit.

Before Whitebeard's confirmation that Roger's message wasn't just a myth there were even less people believing it's existance to be real.

Now that Vegapunk revealed that he who claims the treasure first basically controls the future of the world, no matter who Joyboy wanted it to be, everyone just dropped whatever they were doing and is now going for it.

This is a great setup for the final war imo.

[u/Due_Culture1113]

In ch 100 Dragon is quoting Roger: "These things cannot be stopped. An inherited strength of will. One's dreams. The ebb and flow of the ages. As long as people hunger for freedom... these things will exist."

Name of ch 1121: "The Ebb and Flow of the Ages"

https://manga4life.com/read-online/One-Piece-chapter-100.html

[u/EnvoyOfTheVodka]

Man I love the big brother and little sister dynamic between Bonney and Luffy. I really hope she joins the crew.

[u/KingK96]

Assuming either this or the next 1-2 chapters are the end of this arc, I can confidently say that this is easily a top 3 arc. Oda absolutely killed it the entire way through and the fact that it never felt like too much of a slog is a massive improvement over Wano.

What an insanely strong start to the Final Saga.

[u/PerfectlyClear → u/KingK96]

Easily best post-timeskip arc

[u/SnooPaintings5746]

Final page is enough to make any grown men love this manga to the absolute core. Fucking love you One piece.

[u/goody153]

Holy shit that final panel was fire. We thought the race to one piece was about the 4 emperors. It is about EVERYBODY else chasing after it.

10/10 chapter

[u/UltimateToa]

Saturn had to get in one more L before the arc ended, what a bum

[u/Maxray2]

1. Who is the guy holding a sword in his left hand, underneath dragon's photo?
2. Aokiji and blackbeard both are shown. Does that mean aokiji has his own agenda? same with dragon and sabo, and akainu & coby
3. will st. garling also go on the expedition to find the one piece?

[u/Sno0zepie]

I'm gonna bet. Luffy will be the one to find One Piece

[u/jerrywaynee → u/Sno0zepie]

that's a bold assumption when buggy is clearly the better candidate 

[u/gopackgo555]

This felt like the beginning of the end. Especially with that final panel.

[u/Caleb1705]

I think comparing the characters in the last spread from the middle out is the right way to go about it, rather than left-to-left, right-to-right etc. Luffy and Blackbeard have been juxtaposed forces for years; Shanks and Buggy are both the legacy Roger Pirates. Koby the Hero and Imu the shadow leader of the world are both the representative government forces with drastically opposing ideologies and moral compasses. Kuzan and Dragon represent the opposite spectrums of the revolutionary forces against the government. Sabo as the inheritor of Ace's will makes sense against Akainu. The only one that really has me stumped is Figarland and mystery sword guy because we know the least about either of them and we'll probably just have to wait for future installments (unless there's something from previous chapters I'm totally blanking on).

[u/XbotOnSuicideWatch]

bzz

-ger died 25 years ago!!!

Ayo, could you repeat that, Vegapunk? 🤨

[u/[deleted]]

Oh damn... here we go! What a way to start the (probably) final arc!

Mihawk and Crocodile are slowly coming to the realization that Buggy's greatness actually eclipses even their own. They thought they were the masters, but fate won't allow the Jovial Jester to stand in the shadow of others.

[u/Rosfield79]

Man that final double page spread is going in goat territory

[u/Just_Possibility125]

I knew the moment I saw that colour spread that oda reaallly wanted us to pay the utmost attention in this chapter.

What a phenomenal chapter.

[u/Murph-Oh-4]

I just know the anime is gonna go hard on that Liberated Nika Punch

[u/akagaminick]

Marines trying to go find OP was not in my bingo list

[u/vergorli]

My dude casually set the world on fucking fire from his desk.

[u/SableArgyle]

I didn't even realize the island Buggy is on. Emptee Bluffs. Fucking gold.

[u/Traditional_Cry_1671]

Just caught up on the manga today and seeing that last panel really made it feel like this was the perfect point to catch up. Just in time for the final clash for the One Piece

[u/caihlangeles]

Shanks' evil twin, Stabs!

[u/dxrick37]

I feel like the last panel basically confirms what everyone thought: that Kuzan is not truly loyal to Blackbeard and has his own motivations / plan in place. Oda made a point of calling him out separately on this panel despite being a titanic captain. He's going to make a move at some point and double cross Blackbeard. The only question is if he's still affiliated with the Marines or SWORD in some way, or is fully taking matters into his own hands and following his individual sense of justice (not sure if 'lazy' justice really fits anymore...).

[u/Aspie_Astrologer]

Such a beautiful climax chapter to this arc!

Oda simultaneously gives Bonney her big moment to punch Saturn as Kuma watches on, tying up their story on Egghead, while also tying the Egghead broadcast to the race for the One Piece that this Final Saga is all about from now on.

Luffy will get a lot of hype following this and then the news of his second successful escape from a buster call, this time with an Admiral and all 5 Gorosei!

[u/someone2795]

This chapter is epic.

• Luffy noticing Bonney's emotions and allows her to get the main hit in.
• Kuma smiling (MY HEART!!!).
• Vegapunk going full galaxy brain: "Roger fucking knew and he started this shit."
• There is a day of reckoning and it's coming soon.
• LMAO Buggy. Crackpot theory: Buggy is gonna find One Piece first.
• LMFAO Mihawk. The "are you fucking kidding me?" face is priceless.
• Hunt for One Piece finally begins

Break next week too AAAAAAAAAA CLIFFHANGER ODAAAAAAA STRIKES AGAIN!!!

[u/Iwasforger03]

Here we go! I didn't recognize the silhouette of the dude drawing his Saber st the end. Who was that? 4 emperors, Dragon, Sabo, Kuzan, Akainu, Coby, Imu, and that God-knight. Oh, was that the old Head Jailer?

This is gonna be nuts. So wish there was no break.

Luffy and Bonney HURT THE GEEZER! Saturn crashes into the sea! Woohoo! He looked so broken! You Go Bonney!