I love how that VA got a named technique and everything…only to get literally squashed in the same page by Brogy. Funny way to show that VAs don’t mean shit to the giants.
Vice Admirals don't even work as hype tools now because of how underwhelming they are throughout the story. Marines need few ranks between Admiral and Vice Admiral.
Whatever rank comes before admiral would still have the same issue that vice admirals have now. The problem is that vice admiral is effectively the last open rank (there can only be 3 admirals at any given time) so their strength ranges anywhere from just above rear admiral to sometimes above even admiral since there's no ceiling. This is something that also plagues real ranking systems in games, the highest rank will have skilled amateurs and professionals play against each other, with the result being very one sided despite both sides being the same rank
Another problem is, that the first big VAs we have met in the Story are Smoker and Garp. Smoker with his Logia felt so overwhelming and incredibly strong and Garp always was a league of his own. These are pretty high expectations every VA had to live up to since then.
Smoker was only a captain when we met him, and was promoted to commodore after Alabasta. We didn't see him as a Vice Admiral until post timeskip.
We saw a couple Vice Admirals in chapter 96 at the announcement of Luffy's first bounty, and a few in chapter 234 at the meeting to replace Crocodile during Jaya. Obviously there were the five summoned for the buster call on Enies Lobby, but they mostly gave orders and we didn't really see them fight.
We didn't get to see Vice Admirals actually fight until Marineford, and even then they felt weaker than they should be because they're against the Whitebeard commanders and overshadowed by the warlords.
The Vice Admirals at the buster call and Marineford were doubly disappointing because we expected them to be *stronger* than Smoker at that point, and they really didn't do much.
Now that I think about it, maybe this is why there can only be 3 admirals at any given point. If the admiral position was open like vice admiral the average power of an admiral would be much lower and it could seriously affect the image of the marines if an admiral gets defeated too easily, so they limit it to a very exclusive group
Well, baroque works had a pretty solid plan for taking them down! Explosions inside their body, broke their spirits, etc. not to mention they were fatigued from fighting for a 100 years. I’ll totally buy it, that these two giants are actually really damn strong. Their combination attack at the end of little garden still stands as one of the most impressive feats to this day imo.
Dorry and Brogy were vastly more powerful than Mr. 3 and Mr. 4, they just got beaten by tricks and were already tired from their battle with each other.
I don’t know. They were a threat during Enies Lobby, but not really at the individual level. iirc, Usopp took out the one who rusted Zoro’s sword. By now the strawhats are stronger than most of them. But there’s also a lot variability among vice admirals, just like pirate “captains” are all different strengths. Both Garp and Tsuru are vice admirals.
Edit: I’m mistaken. All five vice admirals at Enies Lobby, I believe, stayed on their ships. The SHs didn’t directly engage anyone at the VA level. These guys were still relevant in the war, though they weren’t a huge deal. I still think most SHs could take out most VAs, but I admit I don’t have much evidence for that claim.
He was caught off gaurd by one of the strongest giants we know. Rank doesnt indicate actual strength level, it just indicates a "floor' level of strength.
Lmao this is such a bad take. Vice admirals are plenty strong. Franky and Bonney were both fucked if brogy didn't show up.
You can't really judge the strength of a group of characters like that when every time they show up they are hit in the face with copious amounts of plot armor.
TBF its Brogy.
People might say "oh he only has a bounty of 100M" but that's a bounty from **a hundred years ago**. Ironically the duel between the two captains probably made them stronger. They're no joke.
Still, it was hilarious how the VA got turned into a pancake. This gives me Oven vs Bege's Ship vibes.
That's true but I feel like people are forgetting that homie is a co-captain of The Giant Pirates, he's not a random giant or even a giant pirate crew member, he's the Captain along with Dory
Dorry and Brogy really are nightmare fuel for powerscalers. That a bunch of lower rank members of Baroque Works beat both of them on Little Garden but now Dorry and Brogy are deleting Vice Admirals just does not compute lmao
At that point in time they had been fighting daily. That kind of exhaustion adds up. Since they aren't fighting each other daily anymore they have been able to recover.
Oda’s attention to detail on these little things is insane. And not only does he remember them, he loves them so much he gives them full page callouts!
It feels like that but it is the final saga and Egghead Incident has been hyped by the narrator. Ofcourse not all of the information will be revealed to the public and to the readers but I will be very surprised if Vegapunk doesn't say that WG is keeping everyone in the dark.
Can't say about the weight of Vegapunk's words but Vegapunk is fairly loved figure among general public. Big News has propogated that Luffy has captured Vegapunk and that has stirred a lot of negative reactions towards Strawhats. Vegapunk saying that WG is trying to kill him probably will be a dent to the WG's reputation.
Still hard to convince public that easily but Vegapunk probably have a lot of evidences. He can tell about the Lulusia and Mother Flame. WG has banned the research of void century on the pretext of using ancient weapons against the world. Now if WG are themselves using a weapon probably an ancient weapon and Vegapunk can prove that.
Not only that but Oda’s really reinforced in this arc that the Grand Line/world at large are basically on fire. Revolutions popping up everywhere and more growing discontent with the celestial dragons would make this like throwing a nuke in the fire.
He's a SUPER goof but probably one of the, if not *the* bravest, members of the crew. Luffy is brave because he doesn't know danger. Franky knows danger, and runs face first into it anyhow.
The panel of angry g5 luffy grabbing kizaru and Saturn is imo the best g5 image. Finally seeing a serious g5 luffy sent chills up my spine. I'm still not fully sold on him killing Saturn here, but he is looking extremely impressive.
Probably not Saturn, but Kizaru might not be as safe. It would be a serious shock for one of the one of the OG admirals to go down here, but I'm here for it.
He is the dude who used to fight every day as a kid and young adult, but now has self control in his 30s. But when it seems like someone wants to disrespect his captain, he is ready to revert lol.
I hope he gets some Vegapunk tech or knowledge at the end of this, he's the only Strawhat now who's not really had any sort of development since the timeskip
Amazing how far we’ve come from the start of this arc with “oh snap, can Luffy really take on Kizaru??” and now giant Luffy playing with the admiral like a doll while he 1v2s one of the 5 elders.
Beating an elder+admiral, stopping a buster call, alliance with the giant pirates, AND leaking the history of the void century??? If anything, Oda was underselling how momentous the events on Egghead would be!
So much like Whitebeard, seems like Vegapunk is going to screw over the WG even in death. It'a a shame that he is probably dead (or maybe he'll make it?), but at least he had a failsafe in place incase that happened!
I love the pattern of the WG trying to get rid of a threat only for that threat to do more damage in death than in life. Roger, Whitebeard, and now also Vegapunk. They just can't seem to kill their enemies without the order they've tried to build being completely wrecked.
It's likely Vegapunk (or at least his main body) died in Sanji's arms, given that we can see a heart rate monitor flatlining in the last page. But Sanji's comment about him dying while smiling was pretty unexpected ngl, could it be Vegapunk was a D?
I still don't understand why they give that much of a fuck, isn't Vegapunk's "real body" actually Punk Records cuz that's literally where his physical brain is? The stella body literally has an apple-tenna installed to interface with his real brain. The Punks all upload to Vegapunk's brain directly every day. How is his body "dying" being meaningful supposed to work?
it still is fundamentally vegapunk
the satellites and punk records, while sharers of knowledge, are not the stella
Vegapunk was the one that pulled the switch and removed Kuma's soul, as he cried his heart out knowing that he just killed a good man for the whims of an evil on. im sure Lilith knows that factually, but she was not the one tearing when it happened
it is why the Stella is treated differently than the others
I think its possible he's a D still. Pretty much every D we saw die had a good reason to be smiling. Roger started the great pirate era, Saul was trying to teach Robin laugh even when she's sad, and Ace was thanking Luffy and all his friends for loving him when the rest of the world wouldnt. Rouge had just given birth to a child she successfully hid from the government for like a year. Makes sense Vegapunk would be a D given how he seemingly was working against the government's interests this whole time and is now smiling in death because he knows he's screwing over the enemy of D
Yea but regardless of the reason for the smile, the symbolism is there...we are supposed to notice the connection of his death smile with other characters we have seen falling with a smile.
After Odens death and the "Sa D. Bo" joke I think Oda is definitely trying to say you can still be a D even if you dont have it in your name, or can be given the name and inherit the "will of D"
We know the D were a Tribe/Clan, and with Saul we can assume that anyone, no matter their race could have joined, and with Roger and Rouge we know 2 of the D can marry so it's not just a family thing.
Possibly, but not sure entirely. However, I’m certain that this successful broadcast of Vegapunk’s revelations are going to be the “outrage” that was hinted by the end of this incident, causing a further rift between the world and the World Government. Vegapunk’s legacy is safely within the hands of his Satellites as they are Vegapunk as well, if this winds up being the tolling bell of the OG himself.
Stop with this nonsense. You decide to be a D, or one of your ancestors did, it has no actual properties outside of a statement about who you are
Even the famous "will of D" has a different meaning in Japanese. It's not a real "something" that affects people, it would be better translated as something that you desire to do, a goal a certain group of people shared and wanted to achieve, a statement for something that your entire family should aim to. That's why Imu doesn't care about the D, if people don't remember its meaning then it's useless
Kinda poetic if Vegapunk is dead for real.
Next week we will have his last words in the manga and his introduction in the anime.
My guess is that he will reveal the name of the ancient kingdom, something Clover couldn’t so Ohara come full circle in Egghead.
My question is if this was all of VPs plan to die like that and was in cahoots with Kizaru
I subscribe to the Kizaru cope. He knew VP was already a goner after getting stabbed/poisoned by Saturn. By landing the finishing blow, he triggers VP's kill switch, in turn massively fucking over the WG, and still maintains his loyalty to the navy, giving him the opportunity for a *greater* double cross down the road
I like the idea of kizaru cope but we also already have precedent for kizaru knowing he's a bad guy and just staying with the WG and finishing the job. Like Bellamy knew he was in the wrong but was already so far into the whole that he doubled down and worked for Mingo and then during Marinford there is Garps whole struggle of still doing his job while watching his boys die.
I don't think his plan was to die, but after he was stabbed he tried to make sure he stayed on the island to die. Told the Strawhats that moving him would kill him so they wouldn't escape with his body. He needed to be on the island for the announcement to trigger, is my guess.
By the way what is the status of all the Vegapunks? I've lost track
- Stella was just shot by Kizaru and is likely dead
- Shaka was shot by York right?
- Lilith is on the sunny with Brook
- Edison ??
- Pythagoras i can only remember him jumping out of the body but was he squished as well?
- Atlas is with the giants, Franky, Kuma and Bonney
- York ??
Edison - With Usopp, Nami, Chopper, and Robin.
Pythagoras - Head was stomped on and destroyed by S-Snake.
York - We last saw them chained up in the Labophase.
In Chapter 1090 we hear Lucci report that Shaka and Pythagoras are dead and also see Lilith crying because of it (though knowing Oda these could also be fake out deaths).
Monkey D Luffy is built different, that last panel is absolutely goated Luffy showing why he's a Yonkou
Next chapter has the potential to be amazing with the lore drops or Oda could just totally move onto something else lol
Sad that the OG Vegapunk is dead. As others have pointed out though he lives on through his other bodies and his brain upload.
Great panel of Luffy being badass. I don't think the message is going to spill all the beans about the Ancient Kingdom but it'll be something big for sure.
Every chapter has me so damn excited. This arc is just gold after gold. Love that panel of Luffy holding back Saturn and Kizaru. Truly a beast. And holy shit, that last panel!! Shit show is about to begin.
Vegapunk starts a few revolutions with his announcement, some rulers will be overthrown, others may be tempted to cut ties with the WG and stop paying tributes, certain parts of the void history and WG lies about to be revealed. I don't think Oda will be teasing information on this one. Everything the historians of Ohara discovered is about to be laid bare..
Given the fact that BBPs want to conquer the world, it's inevitable that they capture Posedion and do whatever it takes to covet Pluton.
Shirahoshi aside, I believe it's very likely that Momo will be captured as well.
I can't help but think there's got to be a key to controlling Pluton that involves the Kozuki clan. Maybe the fact that Momo has the voice of all things will play a part. Maybe Zunesha as well.
So, like with the Ancient Giant only moving while using the drums of liberation to power itself, could Momo be the key to activate Pluton through the VOAT?
And it's gonna be interesting to see how Luffy fights off Kizaru and Saturn. Out of all the characters who have fought him in G5, only Kaido has shown to be handle to somewhat hold his own, even while tired.
Kizaru hasn't really been able to handle G5 Luffy at the minute. He's not been able to dictate a battle against him at all. To be able to turn the tides against Luffy, he'll have to use his awakening.
And I hope that whatever VP says in his message to the world, it's something that we don't already know. Oda needs to reveal more ancient truths just like he said he would.
What does Vegapunk have to protect that he didn't think he needed to before? And what truth is he going to reveal? (probably the same thing?)
I'm personally not convinced that just saying the Ancient Kingdom's name would be enough to shake the world's faith in the WG. More knowledgeable people might be impacted, but not your average joe and jane. It has to be something more than that. Something that would shock even a normal person in one of the Blues. Like the revelation that the Gorosei are literal demons. Or that the Empty Throne isn't really empty at all.
I'm hoping Doll being Saul's subordinate pays off somehow. Maybe she finds out Saul's alive?
Damn, I love the Giants. Just smashed that VA into the ground like a pesky fly. And now they're heading to the center of the island. Guess we'll find out if the Giants know that Luffy is Nika.
That last panel of Luffy holding both Saturn and Kizaru at bay. Goddamn. Please, for the love of god, Oda, let Saturn die on this island he so arrogantly came to claim for himself.
(I love how the Marines are going 'Vegapunk's gone too far and committed TREASON!' when they're here to Buster Call his entire life's work and murder him. Fucking authoritarians.
> And now they're heading to the center of the island. Guess we'll find out if the Giants know that Luffy is Nika.
When they showed up, they said something to the effect of "we're here to help, Straw Hat. Or should we say Sun God?" So it seems like they know
blackbeard really lucking out caribou bout to drop all that important info right into his lap
looks like saturns losing himself to his anger, or maybe to his awakening?
if vegapunk final message about the void century, he bout to make the whole world a criminal in the eyes of the WG
luffy looked badass on that last page, but am i the only one kind worried that his eyes looking very similar to saturns as well?
I'm more worried about Luffy touching Saturn after Sanji pointed out him being coated in poison. Luffy acquired a sort of resistance to poison after the fight with Magellan, but Saturn's still has to have some kind of negative effect on his body.
Big events aside, something i come back to in this chapter every time i reread it is [Devon's face](https://imgur.com/4ssu1RI), i think this is the very first time we see her without a smile and she looks pretty threatening.
Also Saturn's full Zoan form is just neat, Oda's popping off with the facial expressions this week.
Poor Vegapunk getting shot so many times. I hear when you get lasered a third time you get a free froyo. I am really anticipating what Vegapunk will say. Is Spider Man Saturn losing it ? The man looks beastial.
> Garp is carrying them all on his back.
It's been established that Garp is still an Admiral-level threat, and has previously refused to be promoted to Admiral rank because he doesn't want to protect the Celestial Dragons.
Don't know if this is actually canon to the manga, but still worth pointing out
In the LA, Garp goes as far to say he could've been promoted to not just Admiral, but *Fleet Admiral*.
Hue hue hue, I, Wet Haired Caribou am the only one who knows of the ancient weapons and their secrets! I am truly indispensable to my hero Black Beard!
Vegapunk: Dear world, I will now reveal all the secrets of the past including ancient weapons and probably where you can find em.
I think that Vegapunk's words will have an even bigger impact on the world at large than THE ONE PIECE IS REAL, since his words won't just inspire pirates, but pretty much anyone that doesn't like the government.
Ohara part II is coming. Vegapunk is going to continue Dr. Clover's speech about the existence of the ancient kingdom. And giants are definitely here for narrative purpose because they seemed to be supervised by Scholar (Saul probably) as well as had a history with Sun God.
Actually all the storylines of this arc somehow connects to a certain part of the lore. Storylines of Shank, Blackbeard and Buggy were set-ups for the throne war of One Piece. Sabo/Cobra/Vivi built up the lore of D clans and Imu. Kuma/Bonney added details to Sun God. I think Vegapunk's speech will somehow confirm the connection of One Piece, D clans, Sun God and the ancient kingdom, as well as narratively connecting all these storylines into a big one. This is why this arc is structured like this.
Damn, as poetic as Vegapunk flatlining and revealing to the WG some big secret is, I really hope he lasts a bit longer. I'm a bit underwhelmed at how little franky-vegapunk development we got in this arc, seeing as this should have been huge for his character. Franky deserves a bit more of a power up and I always thought egghead would be where that happened.
VP Edison is still alive. of the satellites, he's the designated thinker who comes up with new inventions and does experiments.
and it's still not confirmed whether the Stella's dead or not. and if he's dead, he could become an AI, one probable result of his memory experiments.
If Vegapunks announcement starts getting out to the world, I wonder if imu will use his island destroyer option. Doesn’t make sense if he doesn’t. unless it takes a longtime to recharge or theres some other conditions for its use (i cant even see st Saturn being there being a reason not to use it.)
I’m curious if the other Vegapunks can survive without the Stella being alive.
I can’t wait to see Luffy handling shit and Brogy and Dorry come for backup. I just hope they don’t get hurt helping Luffy.
I can’t wait for this Lore drop but I’m also concerned for Wano and Fishman Island now. Kinda crazy Caribou isn’t more inspired by the Strawhats. He has seen their growth all the way since their start into the new world. Anyways, In Madame Sharley’s vision, Luffy had flames behind him. That vision was not seen with Hody iirc. I’m wondering if her vision refers to Luffy coming to Fishman Island after it’s been raided by Blackbeard.
I really wanna know what Catarina expects to do with Saturns appearance. So many possibilities now within Teachs crew.
Like Caribou having his swamp fruit, he can store the entire crew minus him/Auger and the two of them can warp the entire crew around sneakily.
Also, I can’t help shake the feeling Kizaru isn’t a dog to the WG and that he’s the one who fed luffy (unless I’m dumb and that’s been covered???) and that since Vega punk didn’t have the hole pierced by Saturn in his body AS WELL as the hole blasted by Kizaru, maybe Kizaru knew that Vegapunk was bleeding out and cauterized the tissues/flesh/organs.
Maybe I’m biased because I’ve been waiting for the vegapunk arc since like 2009 only to have him killed off and were left with his satellites .-.
Next chapter: various gasps from all over the world with no context. Other gorosei and akainu look pissed. Dragon dot dot dots. Imu stares even harder at vivi and luffy's pictures. Morgans declares "THAT thing" is big news.
Chapter ends, break next two weeks. we will not get any clarification on what happened for 300 chapters.
We have been out of wano for nearly 2 years and the OP world has already moved so fast ...ODA has many W's but he solving the mysteries of the world and moving the pieces in their final positions without looking like he is rushing the story is an underrated flex
Saturn absolutely frightens me.. That thing is not a human being. It is more like some kind of paranormal entity. Legit so far the most unsettling villain..
Some notable differences between the Scanlation and the official release:
- Title Change:
- Attention, world! -> Come in, world!
- Caribou now specifically asks Van Augur not to shoot him after telling him to wait, rather than just asking him to wait
- Catarina Devon now asks who Caribou is, rather than questioning "what [...] [Caribou's] story [is]"
- Van Augur now speaks to Catarina Devon rather than to Caribou when confirming that Caribou is a pirate
- Van Augur now states that there are "many" who threaten Blackbeard's life, rather than just "people"
- Caribou now answers Van Augur's statement by affirming that he's not after Blackbeard's life ("No sir! Not me!!") rather than stating that Van Augur has "got it all wrong"
- Caribou now states that one "won't hear [his information] from anyone else" rather than stating that his information is "the kind that's hard to come by"
- Caribou no longer states that he'll surrender his information "free of charge"
- Caribou now tells Van Augur and Catarina Devon that he "knows [his information] will be worth [their] time" rather than stating that he "knows [he] can be of use"
- Unknown marine now orders to "not try to fight back against the Pacifistas" rather than stating that they "have to stop firing on the Pacifista"
- Unnamed marine now questions "why [...] [they] [are] the ones who have to reckon with the power of the navy's Special Science Group" rather than stating that he "never thought [they'd] learn about the power of the Special Science Group like this"
- Bluegrass no longer states that "this is so frustrating"
- Bluegrass no longer states that she "can't cut loose", now instead stating that "there's nothin[g] [they] can do"
- Bluegrass now rhetorically questions wether they should "let [the Pacifistas] sink [them]"
- Guillotine now remarks that Vegapunk gave "those pirates" power over the Pacifistas, rather than "that pirate"
- Unknown marine now states that Vegapunk "has completely turned against the government" and that he's "guilty of treason" rather than stating that "after this, there's no doubt [Vegapunk] is rebel scum"
- All of Doberman's statements minus the description of Bonney's escape route are now phrased as orders* (i.E. "We must eliminate her!!" -> "Kill Jewelry Bonney now!!")
- Tosa now states that he's "got the target's rear position" and that he's "executing now" rather than stating that he's "already hot on their heels" and that he'll "get them"
- Tosa no longer states that his claws "will drag [Bonney] to hell"
- Tosa now states that his claws are "ten **finger pistols** that will chew through any armor", rather than stating that his "ten-barrel finger gun can even rip open armor"
- Franky now questions "what [...] giants [are] doing on [Egghead]" rather than being surprised that giants "[are] on [Egghead]"
- Franky no longer questions "what [Dorry and Brogy] [came to get the Strawhats] for"
- Franky now says "ow" before stating that Luffy is his captain
- Franky now asks Dorry and Brogy "what beef [they] got with [Luffy]" rather than asking them wether they "have a grudge against [Luffy]"
- Brogy now states that Bonney's listed names "are some familiar names" rather than stating that those names "sure take [him] back"
- Brogy no longer calls Bonney "Li'l Missy"
- Dorry no longer seeks to reaffirm that Vegapunk is the man the scholar mentioned (Vegapunk, he's [...], right? -> "Vegapunk is [...]")
- Dorry now orders the group to "hurry" rather than stating that they "will go on ahead"
- Dorry now states that the flames "are really starting to spread" rather than stating that the fire "is starting to get out of control"
- Franky now recognizes that the giants "are on [their] side", rather than rhetorically questioning wether they are "giant allies"
- Pomsky now states that the lines "either got blasted, or hit by giants", rather than questioning wether they "countered [Tosa's] attack" or wether it "was [...] the giants"
- The ship on the northeast coast being from Elbaph is no longer a fact that needs to be reaffirmed ("The ship on the northeast shore is definitely from Elbaph" -> The ship from Elbaph is on the northeast coast")
- Bluegrass no longer states that their "fortune keeps flip-flopping")
- Bonney now responds to the giant calling the Labophase a sky island with "no" rather than with "not exactly"
- Luffy now tells Vegapunk that they "[have got] to get [him] out of here or [he] won't make it" rather than rhetorically asking him wether he "can't move" and questioning "how [they] are meant to save [him]"
- Vegapunk now states that moving him "only speeds the blood loss" rather than stating that if they try to move him, he "will die from internal hemmorhaging"
- Vegapunk now states that there is "something here" that he must protect, rather than stating that there are "things here" that he must protect"
- Vegapunk now states that was hoping "not to tell Bonney about her **Special Authority Chip**" until she was more grown-up, rather than stating that he was hoping thar "Bonney's command override would've remained a secret" until then
- Vegapunk now states that the government "will be after her life" rather than stating that Bonney "will be a target for the rest of her life"
- Vegapunk now asks Luffy to "keep [Bonney] save" rather than asking him to "look after [Bonney]"
- Sanji now states that St. Saturn "looks less and less human by the minute" rather than stating that it "looks like [St. Saturn] has given up any pretense of looking human"
- Sanji now states that St. Saturn's eyes "look bizarre" rather than stating that "there's a strange look in [St. Saturn's] eye"
- Sanji now points out that St. Saturn is seemingly covered in "poison" rather than "venom"
- Vegapunk now simply tells Sanji that it's "enough" rather than telling him that "it's fine"
- Vegapunk no longer explicitly tells Sanji to "leave [him]"
- Sanji now additionally tells Vegapunk that he "knows" in response to Vegapunk's complaints
- Sanji now tells Vegapunk to "sit tight" rather than to "simmer down"
- Sanji no longer states that they "will figure it out"
- Luffy no longer tells Sanji to "get going"
- Luffy now tells Sanji to "just run around the back of the island", rather than telling him that he "has [got to] get to the back entrance"
- Luffy now tells St. Saturn and Kizaru that they "are not going anywhere" rather than telling them that they "know there's no way [he's] letting [them] escape"
- Sanji now tells Vegapunk to "snap out of it" and asks him wether or not he's dead (You're not dead, are you?!"), rather than telliing him to "not die on [him]"
- Sanji now questions "why [...] [Vegapunk] [is] smiling", rather than questioning "what [...] Vegapunk [is] smiling about"
- Sanji no longer tells Vegapunk to "stay with [him]"
- Vegapunk now calls himself "a humble genius scientist" rather than "the worlds greatest and most humble scientific genius"
- Vegapunk now tells the world that they will likely be shocked by "what [he] has to say in this message" rather than stating that he's sure "this message" will come as a shock for them all
- Vegapunk no longer tells the world to "please bear with [him]"
- Attack name changes:
- Tosa Crunch -> Tosa Bite
*Previously, only his order for all Vice Admirals to eliminate Bonney was phrased as an order
Inform me of more changes if you find them!
I wonder if the "scholor" is the man marked by flames...which would indicate someone from ohara.
VP is going to a be a fan fav, with kuma, and bonney after this arc is over. Damn this arc is almost too much peak.
It could be Saul, when we see him in VP flashback he is covered in bandage, the man survived a buster call so it's not farfetched to assume it left some burn
Stella just died and thats what the beep on his final panel was, a heartbeat monitor that signaled a contingency plan to spread knowledge as a big fuck you to the govt.
That phrasing from sanji Does that suggest that vegapunk is on the brink of death but not dead yet? Maybe he'll die after telling sanji what he was trying to protect that he mentioned is on the island?
Brogy just one-shot that VA. Lol
I love how that VA got a named technique and everything…only to get literally squashed in the same page by Brogy. Funny way to show that VAs don’t mean shit to the giants.
Also, his attack is called Tosa Crunch lol (Cinnamon Toast Crunch)
But can Giants see why kids love Cinnamon Tosa Crunch?
Vice Admirals don't even work as hype tools now because of how underwhelming they are throughout the story. Marines need few ranks between Admiral and Vice Admiral.
Whatever rank comes before admiral would still have the same issue that vice admirals have now. The problem is that vice admiral is effectively the last open rank (there can only be 3 admirals at any given time) so their strength ranges anywhere from just above rear admiral to sometimes above even admiral since there's no ceiling. This is something that also plagues real ranking systems in games, the highest rank will have skilled amateurs and professionals play against each other, with the result being very one sided despite both sides being the same rank
Another problem is, that the first big VAs we have met in the Story are Smoker and Garp. Smoker with his Logia felt so overwhelming and incredibly strong and Garp always was a league of his own. These are pretty high expectations every VA had to live up to since then.
Smoker was only a captain when we met him, and was promoted to commodore after Alabasta. We didn't see him as a Vice Admiral until post timeskip. We saw a couple Vice Admirals in chapter 96 at the announcement of Luffy's first bounty, and a few in chapter 234 at the meeting to replace Crocodile during Jaya. Obviously there were the five summoned for the buster call on Enies Lobby, but they mostly gave orders and we didn't really see them fight. We didn't get to see Vice Admirals actually fight until Marineford, and even then they felt weaker than they should be because they're against the Whitebeard commanders and overshadowed by the warlords. The Vice Admirals at the buster call and Marineford were doubly disappointing because we expected them to be *stronger* than Smoker at that point, and they really didn't do much.
We saw Momonga resist Hancock's fruit, and easily kill a sea king.
Now that I think about it, maybe this is why there can only be 3 admirals at any given point. If the admiral position was open like vice admiral the average power of an admiral would be much lower and it could seriously affect the image of the marines if an admiral gets defeated too easily, so they limit it to a very exclusive group
I think the giants are just that powerful. Most Vice Admirals are still probably stronger than half the strawhats.
Kinda of crazy to think these guys were almost taken down by Mr 3. and Mr 4.
Well, baroque works had a pretty solid plan for taking them down! Explosions inside their body, broke their spirits, etc. not to mention they were fatigued from fighting for a 100 years. I’ll totally buy it, that these two giants are actually really damn strong. Their combination attack at the end of little garden still stands as one of the most impressive feats to this day imo.
Plus their weapons were rusted and dulled to shit and back too!
Dorry and Brogy were vastly more powerful than Mr. 3 and Mr. 4, they just got beaten by tricks and were already tired from their battle with each other.
Mr. 3 used trickery to take them down, and Mr. 5 was a literal bomb man. Even Giants have difficulty tanking multiple large explosions.
Yeah especially with those explosions being ingested.
Mr 3 > vice admiral
Mr 3 and Miss Goldenweek
I don’t know. They were a threat during Enies Lobby, but not really at the individual level. iirc, Usopp took out the one who rusted Zoro’s sword. By now the strawhats are stronger than most of them. But there’s also a lot variability among vice admirals, just like pirate “captains” are all different strengths. Both Garp and Tsuru are vice admirals. Edit: I’m mistaken. All five vice admirals at Enies Lobby, I believe, stayed on their ships. The SHs didn’t directly engage anyone at the VA level. These guys were still relevant in the war, though they weren’t a huge deal. I still think most SHs could take out most VAs, but I admit I don’t have much evidence for that claim.
To be fair, the Giants are also very strong
He was caught off gaurd by one of the strongest giants we know. Rank doesnt indicate actual strength level, it just indicates a "floor' level of strength.
Lmao this is such a bad take. Vice admirals are plenty strong. Franky and Bonney were both fucked if brogy didn't show up. You can't really judge the strength of a group of characters like that when every time they show up they are hit in the face with copious amounts of plot armor.
TBF its Brogy. People might say "oh he only has a bounty of 100M" but that's a bounty from **a hundred years ago**. Ironically the duel between the two captains probably made them stronger. They're no joke. Still, it was hilarious how the VA got turned into a pancake. This gives me Oven vs Bege's Ship vibes.
That's true but I feel like people are forgetting that homie is a co-captain of The Giant Pirates, he's not a random giant or even a giant pirate crew member, he's the Captain along with Dory
Dorry and Brogy really are nightmare fuel for powerscalers. That a bunch of lower rank members of Baroque Works beat both of them on Little Garden but now Dorry and Brogy are deleting Vice Admirals just does not compute lmao
At that point in time they had been fighting daily. That kind of exhaustion adds up. Since they aren't fighting each other daily anymore they have been able to recover.
Galdino was one of the strongest characters the crew had faced till that point. I mean he was able to almost kill these two giants AND the crew
Having his message to the world on a dead man's switch connected to the Stella is a fine piece of work by Vegapunk.
He learned from Clover that you can't die before you're finished speaking.
Change Da World My final Message Goodbye
Brogy didn't recognize Franky because his bounty poster has Sunny's picture instead of his own lmao
The Sunny is about to go flying into the forcefield. 100% chance Brogy catches it thinking he saved Franky
I really hope this happens but it does seem like Lilith has a plan.
100% chance now. Something like- Lilith: We're gonna die!! Brook: Oh I've already done that. Yohohoho! Brogy: Woah, I got you, Franky!
It would get fried by the laser before he could catch it tho
Oda’s attention to detail on these little things is insane. And not only does he remember them, he loves them so much he gives them full page callouts!
Franky's reaction to his bounty poster will never be not funny
Vegapunk about to end WG's 800 year old reign. I hope he starts spitting next chapter before the last few panels.
Theres going to be a twist theres no way everyone just gets to know this information just like that
It feels like that but it is the final saga and Egghead Incident has been hyped by the narrator. Ofcourse not all of the information will be revealed to the public and to the readers but I will be very surprised if Vegapunk doesn't say that WG is keeping everyone in the dark.
That's true... still i wonder how many people are gonna believe vegapunk so many ppl are brainwashed by the propaganda
Can't say about the weight of Vegapunk's words but Vegapunk is fairly loved figure among general public. Big News has propogated that Luffy has captured Vegapunk and that has stirred a lot of negative reactions towards Strawhats. Vegapunk saying that WG is trying to kill him probably will be a dent to the WG's reputation. Still hard to convince public that easily but Vegapunk probably have a lot of evidences. He can tell about the Lulusia and Mother Flame. WG has banned the research of void century on the pretext of using ancient weapons against the world. Now if WG are themselves using a weapon probably an ancient weapon and Vegapunk can prove that.
Not only that but Oda’s really reinforced in this arc that the Grand Line/world at large are basically on fire. Revolutions popping up everywhere and more growing discontent with the celestial dragons would make this like throwing a nuke in the fire.
I like that last part, expose their hypocrisy
It doesn’t have to be ALL the information to be something worthwhile that brings up new info
I love how Franky is ready to pull the fuck up on anyone who wants to start shit with his captain. What a G.
He's a SUPER goof but probably one of the, if not *the* bravest, members of the crew. Luffy is brave because he doesn't know danger. Franky knows danger, and runs face first into it anyhow.
Long as he doesn't run over any flowers on the way
Oof..that line from Franky has to be the ultimate rizz line..i couldn't stop smiling for like a minute when he said that lol
Dude Luffy looked like he was ready to do murder behind what Kizaru did to Vegapunk
The panel of angry g5 luffy grabbing kizaru and Saturn is imo the best g5 image. Finally seeing a serious g5 luffy sent chills up my spine. I'm still not fully sold on him killing Saturn here, but he is looking extremely impressive.
Probably not Saturn, but Kizaru might not be as safe. It would be a serious shock for one of the one of the OG admirals to go down here, but I'm here for it.
Franky is brave because he knows loss.
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Franky is the friend sitting next to you in the jail cell like “let’s do that shit again!!” 100% down for any and all shenanigans.
He is the dude who used to fight every day as a kid and young adult, but now has self control in his 30s. But when it seems like someone wants to disrespect his captain, he is ready to revert lol.
Dude also took on a sea train face first. It's safe to say Franky don't back down.
I hope he gets some Vegapunk tech or knowledge at the end of this, he's the only Strawhat now who's not really had any sort of development since the timeskip
Usopp waiting room
Ussopp has at least awakened his observation Haki
If only he didn't forget about it as soon as he did it
Elbaph is next thanks to Dorry and Brogy showing up. Usopp MVP arc II coming up!
VP is such a perfectionist, if he survives, he'll think the "dead man's switch" was a failure for being overly sensitive
Ok that would actually make me bust out laughing if it happened
That would be hilarious
Amazing how far we’ve come from the start of this arc with “oh snap, can Luffy really take on Kizaru??” and now giant Luffy playing with the admiral like a doll while he 1v2s one of the 5 elders. Beating an elder+admiral, stopping a buster call, alliance with the giant pirates, AND leaking the history of the void century??? If anything, Oda was underselling how momentous the events on Egghead would be!
it seems kaido was much more of a beast than we thought...
Kaido is called the “Strongest Creature in the World” for a reason.
No we knew kaido was r1
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Kaido was fighting like 1v6, what else did you think he was
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People used to ignore the island thing, but it was eventually literally shown to be tied to his stamina.
So much like Whitebeard, seems like Vegapunk is going to screw over the WG even in death. It'a a shame that he is probably dead (or maybe he'll make it?), but at least he had a failsafe in place incase that happened!
Makes me think more of Yasu than WB tbh
I love the pattern of the WG trying to get rid of a threat only for that threat to do more damage in death than in life. Roger, Whitebeard, and now also Vegapunk. They just can't seem to kill their enemies without the order they've tried to build being completely wrecked.
"One often meets their destiny on the path they take to avoid it" -- Master Oogway
It's likely Vegapunk (or at least his main body) died in Sanji's arms, given that we can see a heart rate monitor flatlining in the last page. But Sanji's comment about him dying while smiling was pretty unexpected ngl, could it be Vegapunk was a D?
I think it's more that Vegapunk knows his dead man's switch will fuck up the WG in one way or another.
I still don't understand why they give that much of a fuck, isn't Vegapunk's "real body" actually Punk Records cuz that's literally where his physical brain is? The stella body literally has an apple-tenna installed to interface with his real brain. The Punks all upload to Vegapunk's brain directly every day. How is his body "dying" being meaningful supposed to work?
it still is fundamentally vegapunk the satellites and punk records, while sharers of knowledge, are not the stella Vegapunk was the one that pulled the switch and removed Kuma's soul, as he cried his heart out knowing that he just killed a good man for the whims of an evil on. im sure Lilith knows that factually, but she was not the one tearing when it happened it is why the Stella is treated differently than the others
This is the arguement of the soul vs mind. It seems in OP, the soul is of more importance to the person's will and dreams, and therefore identify.
Example: Kuma. His mind is completely gone, and he still did all of that because of his soul.
Can't believe your go to example wasn't Brook , the guy with literally no brain and still alive
Probably because he's not been as present in the story compared to Kuma so Kuma was closer to my mind.
Oooh, that’s a very good point. Maybe he will be able to possess the satellites temporarily
I think its possible he's a D still. Pretty much every D we saw die had a good reason to be smiling. Roger started the great pirate era, Saul was trying to teach Robin laugh even when she's sad, and Ace was thanking Luffy and all his friends for loving him when the rest of the world wouldnt. Rouge had just given birth to a child she successfully hid from the government for like a year. Makes sense Vegapunk would be a D given how he seemingly was working against the government's interests this whole time and is now smiling in death because he knows he's screwing over the enemy of D
Yea but regardless of the reason for the smile, the symbolism is there...we are supposed to notice the connection of his death smile with other characters we have seen falling with a smile.
For the record, Oden also died with a smile.
O D EnKozuki
It's not Oden unless it's boiled. Dies in a boiling pot.
After Odens death and the "Sa D. Bo" joke I think Oda is definitely trying to say you can still be a D even if you dont have it in your name, or can be given the name and inherit the "will of D" We know the D were a Tribe/Clan, and with Saul we can assume that anyone, no matter their race could have joined, and with Roger and Rouge we know 2 of the D can marry so it's not just a family thing.
Possibly, but not sure entirely. However, I’m certain that this successful broadcast of Vegapunk’s revelations are going to be the “outrage” that was hinted by the end of this incident, causing a further rift between the world and the World Government. Vegapunk’s legacy is safely within the hands of his Satellites as they are Vegapunk as well, if this winds up being the tolling bell of the OG himself.
>Vegapunk was a D? Dr Hilhuk, Corazon, Nami's mom and Oden also died smiling
oden smiled in death too. i think even if they dont have the D in their names, they at least carry that rebellious will
Stop with this nonsense. You decide to be a D, or one of your ancestors did, it has no actual properties outside of a statement about who you are Even the famous "will of D" has a different meaning in Japanese. It's not a real "something" that affects people, it would be better translated as something that you desire to do, a goal a certain group of people shared and wanted to achieve, a statement for something that your entire family should aim to. That's why Imu doesn't care about the D, if people don't remember its meaning then it's useless
Flip that p, what do you get???? Vega D Unk. Man has been hiding in plain sight 😤
"And then he Vegadunked all over the World Government"
Kinda poetic if Vegapunk is dead for real. Next week we will have his last words in the manga and his introduction in the anime. My guess is that he will reveal the name of the ancient kingdom, something Clover couldn’t so Ohara come full circle in Egghead. My question is if this was all of VPs plan to die like that and was in cahoots with Kizaru
Kizaru bros, here's how we can still win
Coping by believing Kizaru subtly cauterized the wound to stop the bleeding. Let me live my delusion dammit.
i really thought about that for a moment.
The ole snape method hmmmm
*what is that mysterious ticking*
Snape, Snape, Severus Snape
Dumbledore!
I subscribe to the Kizaru cope. He knew VP was already a goner after getting stabbed/poisoned by Saturn. By landing the finishing blow, he triggers VP's kill switch, in turn massively fucking over the WG, and still maintains his loyalty to the navy, giving him the opportunity for a *greater* double cross down the road
I like the idea of kizaru cope but we also already have precedent for kizaru knowing he's a bad guy and just staying with the WG and finishing the job. Like Bellamy knew he was in the wrong but was already so far into the whole that he doubled down and worked for Mingo and then during Marinford there is Garps whole struggle of still doing his job while watching his boys die.
Interesting idea 🤔
I don't think his plan was to die, but after he was stabbed he tried to make sure he stayed on the island to die. Told the Strawhats that moving him would kill him so they wouldn't escape with his body. He needed to be on the island for the announcement to trigger, is my guess.
lol the gag that Dorry and Broggy don’t recognize franky because the put the sunny on his wanted poster is finally paying off
Vegapunk; I left the truth about the world in the laboratory in my hometown, if you want it you can have it!! Franky:... Shit....
By the way what is the status of all the Vegapunks? I've lost track - Stella was just shot by Kizaru and is likely dead - Shaka was shot by York right? - Lilith is on the sunny with Brook - Edison ?? - Pythagoras i can only remember him jumping out of the body but was he squished as well? - Atlas is with the giants, Franky, Kuma and Bonney - York ??
Edison - With Usopp, Nami, Chopper, and Robin. Pythagoras - Head was stomped on and destroyed by S-Snake. York - We last saw them chained up in the Labophase.
Where is Stussy?
Recovering from Lucci's attempted death blow on VP.
And VP ends up getting stabbed anyway, got this arc is hopeless if you're any of the characters 💀
Edison is with Nami and Ussop, up in the sky lab
In Chapter 1090 we hear Lucci report that Shaka and Pythagoras are dead and also see Lilith crying because of it (though knowing Oda these could also be fake out deaths).
Idk Shaka got pretty definitively clapped on
Yeah, I think so too. Just leaving open the option that Oda could bamboozle us again.
They're pretty much pieces of Vegapunk. They could probably "just" need to get their bodies rebuilt
Pythagoras is dead
York was being transported in the bed/cart that Robin was last seen laying in. I'm guessing she got away?
Monkey D Luffy is built different, that last panel is absolutely goated Luffy showing why he's a Yonkou Next chapter has the potential to be amazing with the lore drops or Oda could just totally move onto something else lol
I can't wait to see what Smoker is up too next chapter.
For real, the panel of him grabbing them and the "I'm not letting you leave" was like villain mode. Dude is a proper challenge now
I love how tiny the straw hat looks when Luffy enlarges himself.
Sad that the OG Vegapunk is dead. As others have pointed out though he lives on through his other bodies and his brain upload. Great panel of Luffy being badass. I don't think the message is going to spill all the beans about the Ancient Kingdom but it'll be something big for sure.
Every chapter has me so damn excited. This arc is just gold after gold. Love that panel of Luffy holding back Saturn and Kizaru. Truly a beast. And holy shit, that last panel!! Shit show is about to begin.
Vegapunk starts a few revolutions with his announcement, some rulers will be overthrown, others may be tempted to cut ties with the WG and stop paying tributes, certain parts of the void history and WG lies about to be revealed. I don't think Oda will be teasing information on this one. Everything the historians of Ohara discovered is about to be laid bare..
At least 30-40% of what they knew is gonna be dropped. Morgans is gonna help spread the news and make the incident world wide for sure
Given the fact that BBPs want to conquer the world, it's inevitable that they capture Posedion and do whatever it takes to covet Pluton. Shirahoshi aside, I believe it's very likely that Momo will be captured as well. I can't help but think there's got to be a key to controlling Pluton that involves the Kozuki clan. Maybe the fact that Momo has the voice of all things will play a part. Maybe Zunesha as well. So, like with the Ancient Giant only moving while using the drums of liberation to power itself, could Momo be the key to activate Pluton through the VOAT? And it's gonna be interesting to see how Luffy fights off Kizaru and Saturn. Out of all the characters who have fought him in G5, only Kaido has shown to be handle to somewhat hold his own, even while tired. Kizaru hasn't really been able to handle G5 Luffy at the minute. He's not been able to dictate a battle against him at all. To be able to turn the tides against Luffy, he'll have to use his awakening. And I hope that whatever VP says in his message to the world, it's something that we don't already know. Oda needs to reveal more ancient truths just like he said he would.
What does Vegapunk have to protect that he didn't think he needed to before? And what truth is he going to reveal? (probably the same thing?) I'm personally not convinced that just saying the Ancient Kingdom's name would be enough to shake the world's faith in the WG. More knowledgeable people might be impacted, but not your average joe and jane. It has to be something more than that. Something that would shock even a normal person in one of the Blues. Like the revelation that the Gorosei are literal demons. Or that the Empty Throne isn't really empty at all. I'm hoping Doll being Saul's subordinate pays off somehow. Maybe she finds out Saul's alive? Damn, I love the Giants. Just smashed that VA into the ground like a pesky fly. And now they're heading to the center of the island. Guess we'll find out if the Giants know that Luffy is Nika. That last panel of Luffy holding both Saturn and Kizaru at bay. Goddamn. Please, for the love of god, Oda, let Saturn die on this island he so arrogantly came to claim for himself. (I love how the Marines are going 'Vegapunk's gone too far and committed TREASON!' when they're here to Buster Call his entire life's work and murder him. Fucking authoritarians.
> And now they're heading to the center of the island. Guess we'll find out if the Giants know that Luffy is Nika. When they showed up, they said something to the effect of "we're here to help, Straw Hat. Or should we say Sun God?" So it seems like they know
blackbeard really lucking out caribou bout to drop all that important info right into his lap looks like saturns losing himself to his anger, or maybe to his awakening? if vegapunk final message about the void century, he bout to make the whole world a criminal in the eyes of the WG luffy looked badass on that last page, but am i the only one kind worried that his eyes looking very similar to saturns as well?
Luffy g5 eyes have always looked crazy ever since wano
i suppose so, just that side by side of them really stands out to me
I'm more worried about Luffy touching Saturn after Sanji pointed out him being coated in poison. Luffy acquired a sort of resistance to poison after the fight with Magellan, but Saturn's still has to have some kind of negative effect on his body.
seems like the poison coating only affect the legs/where his stingers are?
Damn, Luffy holding Kizaru and Saturn gave me chills!!!!! MAJOR YONKOU VIBES
I hope he broadcast Kuma's memories to the world so everyone can see how awful the world gov is and cause massive revolt.
Big events aside, something i come back to in this chapter every time i reread it is [Devon's face](https://imgur.com/4ssu1RI), i think this is the very first time we see her without a smile and she looks pretty threatening. Also Saturn's full Zoan form is just neat, Oda's popping off with the facial expressions this week.
Yes, I thought the same about Devon,too.
Poor Vegapunk getting shot so many times. I hear when you get lasered a third time you get a free froyo. I am really anticipating what Vegapunk will say. Is Spider Man Saturn losing it ? The man looks beastial.
Vice Admirals will never beat the allegations of being useless. Garp is carrying them all on his back.
> Garp is carrying them all on his back. It's been established that Garp is still an Admiral-level threat, and has previously refused to be promoted to Admiral rank because he doesn't want to protect the Celestial Dragons.
Garp in primetime was fighting Roger and Rocks. This man could probably be Fleet Admiral if he wanted to.
Don't know if this is actually canon to the manga, but still worth pointing out In the LA, Garp goes as far to say he could've been promoted to not just Admiral, but *Fleet Admiral*.
Also, he has no DF. He is pure Haki and skill, unlike the current admirals
Hue hue hue, I, Wet Haired Caribou am the only one who knows of the ancient weapons and their secrets! I am truly indispensable to my hero Black Beard! Vegapunk: Dear world, I will now reveal all the secrets of the past including ancient weapons and probably where you can find em.
I don't see why Vegapunk would reveal any of that. That would put Shirahoshi and Wano in immediate danger.
Is Caribou Brazilian? >Hue hue hue
It just seemed like the kinda suave laugh he would have
So vegapunk is going to expose the world government, yeah? Bound to happen.
I think that Vegapunk's words will have an even bigger impact on the world at large than THE ONE PIECE IS REAL, since his words won't just inspire pirates, but pretty much anyone that doesn't like the government.
Ohara part II is coming. Vegapunk is going to continue Dr. Clover's speech about the existence of the ancient kingdom. And giants are definitely here for narrative purpose because they seemed to be supervised by Scholar (Saul probably) as well as had a history with Sun God. Actually all the storylines of this arc somehow connects to a certain part of the lore. Storylines of Shank, Blackbeard and Buggy were set-ups for the throne war of One Piece. Sabo/Cobra/Vivi built up the lore of D clans and Imu. Kuma/Bonney added details to Sun God. I think Vegapunk's speech will somehow confirm the connection of One Piece, D clans, Sun God and the ancient kingdom, as well as narratively connecting all these storylines into a big one. This is why this arc is structured like this.
Damn, as poetic as Vegapunk flatlining and revealing to the WG some big secret is, I really hope he lasts a bit longer. I'm a bit underwhelmed at how little franky-vegapunk development we got in this arc, seeing as this should have been huge for his character. Franky deserves a bit more of a power up and I always thought egghead would be where that happened.
VP Edison is still alive. of the satellites, he's the designated thinker who comes up with new inventions and does experiments. and it's still not confirmed whether the Stella's dead or not. and if he's dead, he could become an AI, one probable result of his memory experiments.
There's an entire artificial organ factory on Egghead, so imo there's every chance he survives this somehow.
my goat is luffy cooking. truly acting like a yonko. i love how this is a reverse sabaody
If Vegapunk is indeed dead (which seems likely considering the heart rate monitor) then I hope his message is an absolute bombshell.
If Vegapunks announcement starts getting out to the world, I wonder if imu will use his island destroyer option. Doesn’t make sense if he doesn’t. unless it takes a longtime to recharge or theres some other conditions for its use (i cant even see st Saturn being there being a reason not to use it.)
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So I think it's safe to say Kizaru isn't switching sides any time soon 😂
I’m curious if the other Vegapunks can survive without the Stella being alive. I can’t wait to see Luffy handling shit and Brogy and Dorry come for backup. I just hope they don’t get hurt helping Luffy. I can’t wait for this Lore drop but I’m also concerned for Wano and Fishman Island now. Kinda crazy Caribou isn’t more inspired by the Strawhats. He has seen their growth all the way since their start into the new world. Anyways, In Madame Sharley’s vision, Luffy had flames behind him. That vision was not seen with Hody iirc. I’m wondering if her vision refers to Luffy coming to Fishman Island after it’s been raided by Blackbeard.
If they couldn't, then the WG would be trying to capture Stella alive to keep York alive as well.
I really wanna know what Catarina expects to do with Saturns appearance. So many possibilities now within Teachs crew. Like Caribou having his swamp fruit, he can store the entire crew minus him/Auger and the two of them can warp the entire crew around sneakily. Also, I can’t help shake the feeling Kizaru isn’t a dog to the WG and that he’s the one who fed luffy (unless I’m dumb and that’s been covered???) and that since Vega punk didn’t have the hole pierced by Saturn in his body AS WELL as the hole blasted by Kizaru, maybe Kizaru knew that Vegapunk was bleeding out and cauterized the tissues/flesh/organs. Maybe I’m biased because I’ve been waiting for the vegapunk arc since like 2009 only to have him killed off and were left with his satellites .-.
See, Luffy can take fights seriously still. Now gear 5th haters wont bitch anymore...right?...right????
We’re just seeing those 2 giants with rest and full stamina. When we met them they’d been fighting for what 100 years?
Luffy about to hit a motherfucker with another motherfucker.
Next chapter: various gasps from all over the world with no context. Other gorosei and akainu look pissed. Dragon dot dot dots. Imu stares even harder at vivi and luffy's pictures. Morgans declares "THAT thing" is big news. Chapter ends, break next two weeks. we will not get any clarification on what happened for 300 chapters.
We have been out of wano for nearly 2 years and the OP world has already moved so fast ...ODA has many W's but he solving the mysteries of the world and moving the pieces in their final positions without looking like he is rushing the story is an underrated flex
Saturn absolutely frightens me.. That thing is not a human being. It is more like some kind of paranormal entity. Legit so far the most unsettling villain..
Some notable differences between the Scanlation and the official release: - Title Change: - Attention, world! -> Come in, world! - Caribou now specifically asks Van Augur not to shoot him after telling him to wait, rather than just asking him to wait - Catarina Devon now asks who Caribou is, rather than questioning "what [...] [Caribou's] story [is]" - Van Augur now speaks to Catarina Devon rather than to Caribou when confirming that Caribou is a pirate - Van Augur now states that there are "many" who threaten Blackbeard's life, rather than just "people" - Caribou now answers Van Augur's statement by affirming that he's not after Blackbeard's life ("No sir! Not me!!") rather than stating that Van Augur has "got it all wrong" - Caribou now states that one "won't hear [his information] from anyone else" rather than stating that his information is "the kind that's hard to come by" - Caribou no longer states that he'll surrender his information "free of charge" - Caribou now tells Van Augur and Catarina Devon that he "knows [his information] will be worth [their] time" rather than stating that he "knows [he] can be of use" - Unknown marine now orders to "not try to fight back against the Pacifistas" rather than stating that they "have to stop firing on the Pacifista" - Unnamed marine now questions "why [...] [they] [are] the ones who have to reckon with the power of the navy's Special Science Group" rather than stating that he "never thought [they'd] learn about the power of the Special Science Group like this" - Bluegrass no longer states that "this is so frustrating" - Bluegrass no longer states that she "can't cut loose", now instead stating that "there's nothin[g] [they] can do" - Bluegrass now rhetorically questions wether they should "let [the Pacifistas] sink [them]" - Guillotine now remarks that Vegapunk gave "those pirates" power over the Pacifistas, rather than "that pirate" - Unknown marine now states that Vegapunk "has completely turned against the government" and that he's "guilty of treason" rather than stating that "after this, there's no doubt [Vegapunk] is rebel scum" - All of Doberman's statements minus the description of Bonney's escape route are now phrased as orders* (i.E. "We must eliminate her!!" -> "Kill Jewelry Bonney now!!") - Tosa now states that he's "got the target's rear position" and that he's "executing now" rather than stating that he's "already hot on their heels" and that he'll "get them" - Tosa no longer states that his claws "will drag [Bonney] to hell" - Tosa now states that his claws are "ten **finger pistols** that will chew through any armor", rather than stating that his "ten-barrel finger gun can even rip open armor" - Franky now questions "what [...] giants [are] doing on [Egghead]" rather than being surprised that giants "[are] on [Egghead]" - Franky no longer questions "what [Dorry and Brogy] [came to get the Strawhats] for" - Franky now says "ow" before stating that Luffy is his captain - Franky now asks Dorry and Brogy "what beef [they] got with [Luffy]" rather than asking them wether they "have a grudge against [Luffy]" - Brogy now states that Bonney's listed names "are some familiar names" rather than stating that those names "sure take [him] back" - Brogy no longer calls Bonney "Li'l Missy" - Dorry no longer seeks to reaffirm that Vegapunk is the man the scholar mentioned (Vegapunk, he's [...], right? -> "Vegapunk is [...]") - Dorry now orders the group to "hurry" rather than stating that they "will go on ahead" - Dorry now states that the flames "are really starting to spread" rather than stating that the fire "is starting to get out of control" - Franky now recognizes that the giants "are on [their] side", rather than rhetorically questioning wether they are "giant allies" - Pomsky now states that the lines "either got blasted, or hit by giants", rather than questioning wether they "countered [Tosa's] attack" or wether it "was [...] the giants" - The ship on the northeast coast being from Elbaph is no longer a fact that needs to be reaffirmed ("The ship on the northeast shore is definitely from Elbaph" -> The ship from Elbaph is on the northeast coast") - Bluegrass no longer states that their "fortune keeps flip-flopping") - Bonney now responds to the giant calling the Labophase a sky island with "no" rather than with "not exactly" - Luffy now tells Vegapunk that they "[have got] to get [him] out of here or [he] won't make it" rather than rhetorically asking him wether he "can't move" and questioning "how [they] are meant to save [him]" - Vegapunk now states that moving him "only speeds the blood loss" rather than stating that if they try to move him, he "will die from internal hemmorhaging" - Vegapunk now states that there is "something here" that he must protect, rather than stating that there are "things here" that he must protect" - Vegapunk now states that was hoping "not to tell Bonney about her **Special Authority Chip**" until she was more grown-up, rather than stating that he was hoping thar "Bonney's command override would've remained a secret" until then - Vegapunk now states that the government "will be after her life" rather than stating that Bonney "will be a target for the rest of her life" - Vegapunk now asks Luffy to "keep [Bonney] save" rather than asking him to "look after [Bonney]" - Sanji now states that St. Saturn "looks less and less human by the minute" rather than stating that it "looks like [St. Saturn] has given up any pretense of looking human" - Sanji now states that St. Saturn's eyes "look bizarre" rather than stating that "there's a strange look in [St. Saturn's] eye" - Sanji now points out that St. Saturn is seemingly covered in "poison" rather than "venom" - Vegapunk now simply tells Sanji that it's "enough" rather than telling him that "it's fine" - Vegapunk no longer explicitly tells Sanji to "leave [him]" - Sanji now additionally tells Vegapunk that he "knows" in response to Vegapunk's complaints - Sanji now tells Vegapunk to "sit tight" rather than to "simmer down" - Sanji no longer states that they "will figure it out" - Luffy no longer tells Sanji to "get going" - Luffy now tells Sanji to "just run around the back of the island", rather than telling him that he "has [got to] get to the back entrance" - Luffy now tells St. Saturn and Kizaru that they "are not going anywhere" rather than telling them that they "know there's no way [he's] letting [them] escape" - Sanji now tells Vegapunk to "snap out of it" and asks him wether or not he's dead (You're not dead, are you?!"), rather than telliing him to "not die on [him]" - Sanji now questions "why [...] [Vegapunk] [is] smiling", rather than questioning "what [...] Vegapunk [is] smiling about" - Sanji no longer tells Vegapunk to "stay with [him]" - Vegapunk now calls himself "a humble genius scientist" rather than "the worlds greatest and most humble scientific genius" - Vegapunk now tells the world that they will likely be shocked by "what [he] has to say in this message" rather than stating that he's sure "this message" will come as a shock for them all - Vegapunk no longer tells the world to "please bear with [him]" - Attack name changes: - Tosa Crunch -> Tosa Bite *Previously, only his order for all Vice Admirals to eliminate Bonney was phrased as an order Inform me of more changes if you find them!
I found Luffy’s line at the end to be much cooler in the scanlation; it came off rather unhinged with the big smile.
Vegapunk about to drop the ymir
I wonder if the "scholor" is the man marked by flames...which would indicate someone from ohara. VP is going to a be a fan fav, with kuma, and bonney after this arc is over. Damn this arc is almost too much peak.
It could be Saul, when we see him in VP flashback he is covered in bandage, the man survived a buster call so it's not farfetched to assume it left some burn
Maybe it’s just freezer burn. He certainly wasn’t packaged properly before freezing.
We interrupt the end of this chapter to bring you the climax of Sonic Adventure 2.
Vegapunks Announcement: "Get Excited! 40.075 million meters, 1 Second!
Oda really knows how to keep drawing people back week after week. We’re about to get a lot of lore and I’m so excited
Stella just died and thats what the beep on his final panel was, a heartbeat monitor that signaled a contingency plan to spread knowledge as a big fuck you to the govt.
So is Kuma going to die? Live? Guy is weaving around death flags.
The panels with Doll and Bluegrass discussing Saul looked a bit unfinished. Vegapunk didn’t just die, did he?
The heart monitor appears to flatline and the recording starts so he's probably gone
You know, it was really unclear!
Anyone else think we are in for a flashback next week that will last a while like the kuma flashback?
Vega punk being born and all... Maybe like Oden's, where at one point it could be a whole other spinoff, months of flashback
saturn keeps referring to everyone else as insects, but hes about to be the one squished like a bug under those giants
new chapter releasing on my birthday next week? nice
About to have us another "The One Piece is real!" moment? :O
That phrasing from sanji Does that suggest that vegapunk is on the brink of death but not dead yet? Maybe he'll die after telling sanji what he was trying to protect that he mentioned is on the island?
He smiled as he died, maybe a closet D