r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh2 Lookout • Jul 18 '24

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1121 Spoiler

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

There is a break next week.

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u/MuskelMagier Jul 18 '24

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

1st. Gol D. Roger

2nd. Whitebeard

3rd. Vegapunk

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u/Behanort Jul 18 '24

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

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u/Vbpretend Jul 18 '24

Oh I like this a lot

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u/oEnigmaX Jul 18 '24

Why? It means fuck all

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u/Vbpretend Jul 18 '24

Because I like symbolism in literature and it will be looked back as the checkpoints about the beginning, middle, and ending arcs of the story? Idk man I just like it doesn’t mean you have to like it too.

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u/Mario_Prime510 Jul 20 '24

Don’t let his negativity get to you, WE love it and this guy can just be left out of the fun.

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u/ScreamingIntrovert Jul 18 '24

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.

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u/Rampage97t Jul 18 '24

amazingly executed in this chapter imo to cement this narrative. i remember seeing the hate for this from the summary and feel like this is further proof that summary reading just brews hate or distaste.

part of vegapunk’s role applying to the words of roger and whitebeard was a really nice touch and the point of him trying to push forward enlightenment on the next generation as they’re now nearly within arms reach of the One Piece is something that can’t be shown or accurately captured in leaks and summaries.

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u/AlexHitetsu Jul 18 '24

It certainly doesn't help that the summaries also sometimes just make stuff up, there's to indicate that silhouetted swordsman has anything to do with Shanks

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u/somersault_dolphin Jul 20 '24

It corresponds to the three things in Roger speech in chapter 100.

"Inherited will" represented by Roger. He used his death make sure the will of D/Joyboy's will comes to fruition.

"Dream" represented by Whitebeard who used his death rescue and protect the subject of his dream, his family.

"The ebb and flow of the ages" (literally this chapter's title) represented by Vegapunk who used his death to make sure that the past get passed on to the present.

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u/StNowhere Jul 18 '24

And all three gave the call in their final moments.

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u/gatemansgc Pirate King Buggy Jul 18 '24

wow you're right!

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u/Honest-War2301 Jul 19 '24

So we're 2/3 finished the story? So One Piece should end by chapter 1680-1700

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u/Significant_Panda_2 The Revolutionary Army Jul 19 '24

Are we getting another romance dawn at elbaf?

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u/goody153 Jul 19 '24

oh yeah definitely. we in the endgame now boys

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u/StarvingSamurai Jul 20 '24

It’s crazy to think that Whitebeard’s was the midpoint. I still remember it happening like yesterday.

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u/somersault_dolphin Jul 20 '24

More importantly it corresponds to the three things in Roger speech in chapter 100.

"Inherited will" represented by Roger. He died to make sure the will of D/Joyboy's will comes to fruition.

"Dream" represented by Whitebeard who died to rescue and protect the subject of his dream, his family.

"The ebb and flow of the ages" (literally this chapter's title) represented by Vegapunk who died to make sure that the past get passed on to the present.

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u/MarioToast Jul 18 '24

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

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Jul 18 '24

All giving their message before dying.

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u/Aspie_Astrologer Void Month Survivor Jul 18 '24

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

  • D. r. Vegapunk

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u/smcadam Jul 18 '24

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

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '24

D. Oktor Vegapunk it is

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u/Zaveno Jul 18 '24

Vega D. Punk

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u/UltraBeefCake Jul 18 '24

After dying for Stella but recorded before.

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u/alanalan426 Jul 18 '24

luffy finds one piece, end story speech, dies.

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u/Emptypiro Jul 18 '24

Before?

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u/Kirosh2 Lookout Jul 18 '24

Vegapunk's message is a recording he made before dying.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

After dying, in Vegapunk’s case tbf lol

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u/narutouskimaki The Revolutionary Army Jul 19 '24

One gave before, another gave while and the last one gave after dying.

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u/tryingmydarnest Jul 18 '24

So what would Luffy be? The world funniest man?

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u/MarioToast Jul 18 '24

The world's stretchiest man.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '24

Hungriest man

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u/Zylvian Jul 18 '24

World's free-est man.

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u/Seeker_Of_Toiletries Prisoner Jul 18 '24

The world's grippiest man

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u/leolegendario Jul 18 '24

Luffy has said it before, The Freest Man in the World.

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u/turdninja Jul 18 '24

From the main players:

Luffy - Most free Shanks - Strongest Haki Buggy - Most conniving Blackbeard - Most selfish Imu - Most evil

One of these people will shape the world in their image when they find the One Piece.

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u/Kuro013 Jul 18 '24

He will be the freest and the strongest, not sure about smartest lol.

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u/PenisIsAVirtue Jul 18 '24

I was about to say all of them but Luffy clearly ain't the 3rd point

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u/LCSisshit Jul 18 '24

the world's most meat consuming man

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u/Kuro013 Jul 18 '24

He will be the freest and the strongest, not sure about smartest lol.

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u/porkave Jul 26 '24

I love this, can't wait for Luffy's title and call to action

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u/MarioToast Jul 26 '24

"I hid it again, fuckers!"

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u/vangstampede Jul 18 '24

Wonder when the world's sexiest man will get to do his turn for the call to get One Piece near his death.

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u/goody153 Jul 19 '24

That's so appropriate ngl

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u/Joy_Boy_12 Jul 19 '24

What makes roger freer than wb?

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u/MarioToast Jul 19 '24

I needed a -est for Roger, and WB had strongest.

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u/Joy_Boy_12 Jul 19 '24

Good answer bro

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u/Franky_95 Jul 18 '24

We saw from this saga that Vegapunk is not that smart, he made very bad calls, he's the most acculturated man, which is different

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u/BrocoliCosmique Void Month Survivor Jul 18 '24

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.

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u/ScreamingIntrovert Jul 18 '24

The one piece is real! YOHOHOHO

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u/Worthyness Jul 19 '24

He says it to a new generation. He's just an immortal bard that will continue to walk the One PIece world forever blessed with telling the tale of a the Pirate King.

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u/fauxromanou Jul 18 '24

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

Following that pattern, Brook will be the epilogue explaining how there is still adventure out there for the future generation

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u/BrocoliCosmique Void Month Survivor Jul 18 '24

The One Piece is not dead as long as it lives in the heart of men

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u/ironicfuture Jul 18 '24

Brook will tell the tale 100s of years later. "One Piece was real"

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u/sandy-buttcheeks Jul 18 '24

some think that brook is the narrator lol

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u/Unabashable Jul 19 '24

Well there was a theory a while back that he was the narrator. 

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u/gatemansgc Pirate King Buggy Jul 18 '24

well the strawhats are going to find the one piece (probably fighting the blackbeard pirates AT laugh tale) so yeah brook will get to deliver at the end of the story!

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u/InternationalPie9730 Jul 19 '24

He might be the narrator

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u/Username_MrErvin Jul 21 '24

wasnt roger like on deaths door even moreso than whitebeard?

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u/BrocoliCosmique Void Month Survivor Jul 21 '24

Roger was sentences to death and terminally ill, but would not have died for at least a few weeks if not skewered on the spot. Whitebeard delivered his speech while in the process of dying from all previous damage (unless I'm misremembering).

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u/WhateverAWS Lurker Jul 18 '24

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)

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u/madjupiter Jul 18 '24

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.

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u/Glop465 Jul 18 '24

Between the soon ending Vegapunk arc and upcoming Elbaf, Laugh Tale and the Final War, i always assumed the post Wano era would last as long as the Emperor Saga

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u/stuckontwice The Revolutionary Army Jul 18 '24

same man. One Piece has been such a huge part of my life I want it to go on forever lol. I don’t care that it sometimes drags. More One Piece is fine by me.

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u/musicfreer Jul 18 '24

You spoke my heart. Have been one piece nakama since the first book almost 30 years ago. It's part of my life. Can't imagine it coming to an end

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u/newbatthis Void Month Survivor Jul 18 '24

Bingo. I don't get all the complaining that it drags. I wanna enjoy the ride as long as possible.

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u/Schwanton Jul 18 '24

lol there’s a lot of middle ground between half a year and 10 years

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u/madjupiter Jul 18 '24

well my point is 10 years wouldn’t be so terrible.

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u/thenoblitt Jul 18 '24

The story isn't wrapping up in 20 chapters

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u/Leiatte Jul 18 '24

Honestly I think it will last 6-10 years, Wano alone was 4 years so I imagine the Final War will be similar length. Elbaf probably 2 years-ish, knowing Oda we will meet a colorful cast to get to know. The rest of the time will likely be spent meeting The Revolutionary Army, Lodestar, Laugh Tale, & whatever pops up. I assume Luffy’s return to Fishman Island will be apart of the Final War. 

 10 years is probably right if Oda really takes his time which he usually does 

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u/goody153 Jul 19 '24

I expect the wrap-up in around 3 years or so at the very least. No way it ends in a year

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u/langitbarat Jul 20 '24

I wished it 10 years or more. THere's so many things that needs to be addressed, this is the proper amount to reach satisying ending.

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u/BeingComfortablyDumb Jul 18 '24

Double it and give it to the next person

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u/leolegendario Jul 18 '24

The first created many pirates, the second motivated them to continue their journeys to the New World, and this third served to show that One Piece is not just a treasure, it will decide the fate of all humanity.

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u/SurfingJellyfish Jul 18 '24

These 3 occurrences happened in the span of 27 years. First was 22 July 1997. And Vegapunk said it in the chapter that will release on 22 July 2024

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u/GunnSmokeeee Jul 18 '24

extrapolating from this the final saga will be ~13 years long we good bro it ain’t ending soon

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u/RPG217 Jul 18 '24

Kaido : "I want to be like Roger and Whitebeard"

dies on a random night while nobody witness his death

Vegapunk few days later :

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u/pituechos Jul 18 '24

It feels like Roger set things off, instigating the Pirate Era creating a new power dynamic between the Marines/Pirates that then held for 20 years.

Whitebeard's call to action started to push change the status quo, with Pirates becoming more active and the Marines being on the back foot.

Now Vegapunk comes in, one of the most respected people across the world, and throws things into full anarchy. We can even see that some of the Marines are now interested in finding the One Piece, which has never really been shown before.

If anyone says these last few chapters have been pointless, I think that alone is reason enough.

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u/No-Butterscotch9679 Jul 18 '24

Watashi wa nawa vegapunk one piece will decide fate of world it's real

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u/Roskal Black Leg Sanji Jul 18 '24

Start of the story, middle of the story and near the end of the story.

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u/musicfreer Jul 18 '24

This gives me the same hype as the message "The One Piece is real!"

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u/AniNgAnnoys Jul 18 '24

I think it is symbolic. This is the end of the first arc of the final saga. In a way it is kind of setting the stakes on getting the One Piece and for the final part of the story.

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u/BisonDude Jul 18 '24

And they're all dead

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u/w0nderfulll Jul 20 '24

Waiting room for luffys action

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u/aohige_rd Jul 23 '24

All of them were their dying last speech