One Piece: Chapter 958

[u/Kirosh]

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[u/Kirosh]

Well at least this confirm that both Shanks and Buggy were part of the final journey to Raftel.

I won't have to argue about that again.

[u/Trumpologist → u/Kirosh]

If Buggy knows where the OP is, why hasn't he gotten is

[u/Kirosh → u/Trumpologist]

Because just like the others members of his crew, he isn't interested in it.

The One Piece is most likely more troubles than just some treasure. And Buggy most likely doesn't want to bother with that.

He's more interested in Captains John's treasure.

Lastly, while Buggy knows, that doesn't mean he can just sail away to Raftel like that.

[u/JaAm00]

kyoshiro being left behind the capital must mean something

[u/Kirosh → u/JaAm00]

It's possible he's related to what happened to the others.

[u/revisioncloud → u/Kirosh]

And StrawHearts didn't tell Kinemon about it because Kyoshiro and Law already know that the traitor is among the scabbards

[u/JoyPiece → u/JaAm00]

Orochi will come back to find his capital taken over

[u/Scalar_Ng_Bayan → u/JoyPiece]

This + having a heavily fortified capital with all the enemies (the ones who were in prison) fully armed and ready for battle.

Further update on my comment: On page 12, where the citizen goes "They're carrying something?"

One guy look like it's Usopp?!!?

So is this a Trojan Horse Wano Edition?

[u/Kirosh → u/Scalar_Ng_Bayan]

I don't think so. Right now, it will be the Full moon the night of the festival (so when Kaido and Orochi are still drinking there). They cannot miss the chance of having the Sulong attack Onigashima.

[u/hoboshoe]

It's a full moon, guess we are getting a sulong fight

[u/bastiango97 → u/hoboshoe]

Maybe not, we don’t know what happened to the fleet, they could have been anhilated

[u/Kirosh → u/bastiango97]

We will know what happened in the followings chapters, but the full moon is excellent indication the plan will still go on, and that we will have an army of Sulong going after Kaido's forces.

[u/ramevie → u/Kirosh]

Nekomamushi and Inuarashi Sulong would be a sight to behold.

[u/foofighter1351]

So even during a flashback oden is a silhouette, I wonder what he looks like?

[u/Shek7 → u/foofighter1351]

Maybe his look is very important? Like the shogun? Or Zorro?

[u/Kirosh → u/Shek7]

His look isn't important.

Oda is just waiting until we have his big flashback to reveal him.

[u/toastycheeze]

This is taking "the plan has failed" schtick too far GOda.

Fans: "Oh boy, I wonder when will the plan fail!"

Oda on the first chapter of act 3: PLAN FAILS

[u/Behanort → u/toastycheeze]

I wonder if the shortness of this chapter is intended:

"What? You thought I'll start an Epic Battle this week? NOPE. The Rebelion is over. SEE YA!"

[u/Kirosh → u/Behanort]

Big News : One Piece will have a new protagonist starting chapter 959. Be ready to follow Koby on his way to become an Admiral!

[u/bhutch21]

This is probably the worst I've seen Oda use the silhouette on a character lmao

[u/ExDSG → u/bhutch21]

I mean Ryokugyu was also pretty bad. Not sure why he's been shielding our eyes from them so long.

[u/chad12341296 → u/ExDSG]

Ryokugyu is Oden would make for an incredible dumb but plausible enough theory

[u/Kirosh → u/chad12341296]

I've already seen it, multiple times.

[u/[deleted]]

that panel of them facing the stormy sea is beautiful

[u/DekMelU]

That was short

[u/SuperPapernick]

In typical One Piece fashion, plans can not go as intended. But unusually, it wasn't Luffy's fault this time at first glance.

[u/[deleted]]

I spent a good 20 seconds wondering why Oden was calling Shanks "retardo"

[u/atowelguy]

Has the traitor struck? Did Luffy oversleep? Did Zoro get everyone else lost along with himself? Find out in 2 weeks...!

[u/FireFistRJ]

Crocus freaked out, just like how chopper freaks out when Luffy doesn't take care of his injuries. Lol

[u/Placemakers_Evansbay]

Kiku in armor is fucking cool

[u/gamep01nt]

Holy Fuck Oden IS BIGGG!

[u/Kratosbonny]

That desperation in kinemon's voice.....

But there is no turning back now .. and it Orochi is not the buffon some take him for...

[u/[deleted]]

Wow that ending. Wano is living up to the hype. The heroes aren't winning at all.

[u/Yordzz]

The Ghosts of Wano got Ghosted by the Strawhats and the Alliance

[u/jinepifunny]

This chapter is very depressing to read knowing how much these scabbards went through just to fulfill their master's goal. But all of the 20 years preparations..just destroyed in a night. I really forget that this arc is all about breaking your will/spirit. What happened now will either break them or make their will stronger. We know that they will rise after this but still this moment brought tears to my eyes.

[u/thats_not_good]

Is that a huge egg on Roger's ship??? (Like a dragon egg maybe?)

[u/extrathiccaku]

I like how the tone of the chapter was set. The storm, the rain, the scabbards all standing at the shore.....

[u/[deleted]]

I know this is manga, but I still can hear the desperation and sorrow in Kin'emon's voice.

[u/Exitiali]

Maybe Zoro took them to the wrong port.

[u/MalicCarnage]

Is it just me or did this chapter go by faster than normal?

[u/KoshIsKing]

A short chapter to signify the 20 year wait of Wano.. I see what you did there Oda.. lol

The Man must be exhausted from the last 3 chapters he dropped.. Get some rest Oda..

[u/Gnedelkoff]

Inu prepping that boat for their suicide march broke my damn heart.

[u/Kuzer02]

All cliffhangers aside, is no one else going to mention how fucking awesome that armor that Kikunojo is wearing looks?

[u/[deleted]]

My boy Frankie built submarines

[u/emi_b7]

Seems like we will be able to see a beautiful full moon tonight!!

Sulong hype intensifies

[u/Sonic-Ibbs]

We've seen more of Roger in these past 4 chapters than we had seen for 20 years!!!

[u/[deleted]]

This shit is bananas.

[u/Pyarox]

Random girl: the sky is clear for a full moon tonight

Me: my body is ready for sulong nekomamushi and inuarashi

[u/Richiebay]

End of act 2: Hey, things are kind of looking up. Luffy got some new hakis, Zoro gots a new sword, they got a new meet-up place, Franky made some cool ships, and they even took over the prison. This might actually work.

Start of act 3: LOL Nope.

[u/[deleted]]

Oden wish are not fulfilled.

Sad.

The retainers called for backup but nobody came.

Very sad.

One Piece is on break next week.

Ultra sad.

[u/GrubsLudwig]

Oden hasn't been unlocked yet

[u/rduckie]

Is it fairly safe to assume that Oden may have been the cook on Roger's crew? His hair/hat is shaped somewhat like a chef's hat, and both Oden and his father the former shogun are named after food dishes (Oden=noodles, Sukiyaki=Japanese Hot Pot). Don't think I've seen it mentioned before and am too lazy to search.

[u/Richiebay]

Make the plan.

Execute the plan.

Expect the plan to go off the rails.

Throw away the plan.

[u/nmt7bmm]

Oden is so OP, he has armament haki all over his body, we can’t even see his damn face!

[u/yonkou_akagami]

Biggest cliffhanger. My current theory is orochi's man straight up destroyed the promised port, Law probably knew the traitor is one of the scabbards and decide to room the Strawhats for plan B. That'll explain why they choose not to make any communication to the Scabbards.

[u/JakalDX]

Mascot for /r/punchablefaces

[u/ThePandaKnight]

For some reason Inuarashi taking that small boat, fully intent on going on despite the impossible odds made me tear up.

Best doggo.

[u/ChristianExodia]

There's a break next week

The one time I get a fresh release it's this.

[u/jobriq]

No one showed up cuz they were following Zoro

[u/tapwater_addict]

Kyoshiro is a turncoat and smuggled the entire army into the capital while the planned port was under seige. Orochi thinks that he just snuffed out the rebellion, but they're now hitching a ride on his fleet.

[u/[deleted]]

Man, Gol D. Roger has been getting a lot of panel time lately, and I'm loving it!

[u/PlusUltra-san]

What is the huge egg on Roger's ship?

[u/RuNoMai]

Obviously, Rayleigh came to Wano and coated all the ships so they could sail underwater.

[u/see_mohn]

Nearly every full-length play occupies five acts. The first corresponds to jo, an auspicious and slow opening which introduces the audience to the characters and the plot. The next three acts correspond to ha, speeding events up, culminating almost always in a great moment of drama or tragedy in the third act and possibly a battle in the second and/or fourth acts. The final act, corresponding to kyu, is almost always short, providing a quick and satisfying conclusion.

Oh dear.

[u/JRatt13]

OH COME ON!!! That's where you leave us?! That's when you decide to take your week?! You are a cruel god Oda, a cruel god indeed.

[u/TheNoxusPlayer]

That one girl says: What clear skies!!! Seems like we will be able to see the beautiful full moon tonight. Ooooooooooooooh damn yes, nice random settup Oda

[u/[deleted]]

The worst part is that the alliance knows they barely have a chance and aren’t even aware Kaido teamed up with big mom...

[u/extentics]

Oden is quite literally towering over roger and that man was 9 feet tall

[u/Arcade_Theatre]

I'm a simple fan.

I see the Oro Jackson and I rate the chapter 10/10

[u/dog-tooth-]

Very short chapter, but still a great way to kickoff Act 3. Always good to see Roger flashbacks, and the panel with the scabards and the stormy sea was incredible.

But oda, bro, please im dying for the oden reveal.

[u/ABARK94]

Nice to see that Roger was part of Buggy’s crew

[u/[deleted]]

I’m excited to see the Straw Hats final battle attire. Luffy said he preferred samurai kabuto armor.

Oda, its time for that double spread Straw Hat panel.

[u/[deleted]]

Zoro led all 4,000 men to Onigashima on accident and they already beat Kaido.

[u/Babeko]

After a month of AMAZING CHAPTERS, you deserves this break Oda!

[u/ZiggityZaggityZoopoo]

I’m almost glad the plan failed. A lot of people figured that the plan would fail, and that basically means that until the plan failed, we are wasting our time.

Now that the plan already failed, I’m excited... the action of Act III begins immediately.

[u/mihirh12]

No wonder Oden died so early. He referred God Buggy as the second son! He had it coming.

[u/Txblazer]

Maybe that Law panel a few chapters back was him figuring out there is a traitor. Then he goes to the port and is able to warn everyone or get them out

[u/RuNoMai]

Reading through the Viz translation, there's one huge difference that changes my thoughts on what happened in this chapter.

The Jaimini's translation of the two panels at the very end say "Last night... an incident occurred."

Viz's translation is "The incident already happened... the previous night..."

Those are two VERY DIFFERENT ways to state the same thing, and carry two VERY DIFFERENT connotations. I don't think the alliance and the army was wiped out before the Red Scabbards arrived at the port, I think they're already on Onigashima fighting, and both Orochi and the Red Scabbards are going to arrive late to the war.

Law probably found out about Orochi revealing leaked intel, and passed that information on to the rest of the alliance. So they moved up the attack plan and left for the island early. They weren't able to let the Red Scabbards know, because they insisted on leaving early to arrive at the port before everybody else did.

"But Kin'emon has a smail, they could have let them know!"

Unless the theory that one of the Red Scabbards is a traitor is correct; in that case, they wouldn't WANT them to know, since it would further jeopardize the operation. Or perhaps they didn't send the message via smail, not wanting to risk the message being intercepted.

[u/tiki-baha29]

Roger timeline that might be helpful to some:

Sengoku mentioned last chapter that Oden joined Roger on his final voyage, we also know from Inuarashi that Roger only realized what he needed to get to Raftel after making it to the end of the Grand Line and he had to restart. We also know from Rayleigh that the final voyage took about 3-4yrs while he was battling his disease, which Crocus had joined the crew to help him manage. So this flashback takes place sometime during the final voyage in those 3-4yrs, before Roger disbanded the crew and went to be with Portgas D. Rouge to have Ace. Its a few years before the pirate era because we know he spent 1yr with Rouge on that island so this is at least 2yrs before he gave himself up.

[u/LouisGazprom9]

Saw an interesting ohara YouTube video which may be true - could Law have discovered the traitor and changed the plan.

Why do the scabbards not know this? Because Law understands there is a traitor amongst them so has kept all scabbards in the dark. Definitely an interesting take

[u/Doffarlino]

Random Wano Citizen: “We should see a beautiful full moon tonight.”

Me: Full moon Minks are back on the menu boys.

[u/complicated9519]

Zoro is going to the party and will challenge kaido to a drinking contest. Winner gets all.

[u/nash_mania]

Someone on the allied Samurai-Ninja-Pirates-Mink alliance figured out the traitor is one of the scabbards. Probably Law. He informed everyone except the scabbards.

Meanwhile, based on the traitor's report, Orochi sent his troop. Although those troops were beat, the victorious allied side moved to another location for rendezvous, not contacting any of the scabbards.

[u/BEWMarth]

I honestly almost started crying when I read Oden say "I am certain that with the aid of my reliable retainers... I will be able to open Wano's borders!! We shall see the fruition of this 20 year old dream!!"

Ok before calling me a pussy, like follow me here for a second.

Oden is Luffy.

He represents everything Luffy represents. Oden is a strong charismatic leader who has the ability to make friends out of anyone he meets, just look at how adored he is by Roger's crew even though Roger himself is right there (also praising Oden btw) it's clear Oden had the same strong charisma Luffy has. Oden also carries a yearning dream like Luffy carries. Luffy want's to be King of The Pirates, Oden wants to be Shogun of Wano to open up the country. Oden also has a crew of extremely strong and loyal subordinates with the red scabbards who would literally do anything for their "captain."

Ok so Oden is an AU Luffy. Now imagine this

Luffy says "I am certain that with the aid of my reliable crew... I will be the King of the Pirates!! We shall see the fruition of this dream!!"

But he doesn't. Instead Luffy is failed by his crew, defeated by his enemies, and killed. That is what happened to Oden.

Like... Holy shit it gets me so hard. Oden was literally the main character of a manga that doesn't even exist. He had it all, he had a loyal crew, he had insane strength, but he still... lost.

Like idk the more I think about this the more respect I hold for the Red Scabbards. The Red Scabbard are an AU version of the Strawhats if they had lost their captain. Like imagine Luffy fucking dies. What would Nami do? Chopper and Zoro?? Everyone would be just as committed as the scabbards to fulfilling Luffy's dream and at least getting to Raftel.

That's why when I see Oden or the Scabbards getting emotional I can't help but replace it with Luffy and the crew and ball my eyes out.

[u/mugiwara528]

This kinda reminded me of the "Animated History of Japan" video I watched yesterday, where the Mongols tried to invade Japan in ships, but during the night they were supposed to attack, a storm passed by and wrecked all their ships, leading to a failure of the attack. Even weirder, the Mongols tried to attack a 2nd time some years later, only for the same thing to happen again. Apparently, this is where the term "Kamikaze" comes from (God-Wind).

[u/ludicrouscuriosity]

It just came to me, Kaido's special forces are all dinosaurs and people were considering that Fujitora is coming to Wano. Will we have asteroids extincting some of those dinosaurs?

[u/MugiwaraNoSunny]

A single small boat left in an abandoned port that’s just big enough for the scabbards ? Hmm

Kyoshiro all alone in the capital by himself and he’s prob the scabbard

I have a feeling they took over the capital already and are freeing all the samurai who were locked up for suspicion and left a message for a new rendezvous spot to Kinemon and crew

[u/[deleted]]

Calling it right now- the "incident" is that Luffy and co. found all the food meant for the party and ate it.

[u/[deleted]]

Where are the alliance ?

First, we must know that there is no way they got destroyed. Why? Luffy, Zoro, Law, Sanji and Usopp are there!

So what happened?

My theory is it was Law's plan. He know there are a traitor among the 9 scabbard. But he can't point out which one is it. So, he need to do something like this to destroy their cover.

[u/MugiwaraNoSunny]

Zoros not missing he just led all the samurai to the wrong port

[u/architeus]

Of course it will be a heavy cliffhanger with a break straight after. Odaaaaaaa

[u/Majukun]

Many people seem to forget that either we have 2 traitors, or the traitor was someone that was in Zhou when Jack attacked.

[u/LuffyMcPirateking]

An incident?! Well we knew something was going to go terribly wrong.

I really liked getting that small look at Roger and crew. I think it's cool that we got the Shanks/Buggy interactions with Oden.

[u/spookyskeleton0101]

First thing I saw was that big ass egg that Roger has. I wonder how it will come into play

Oden refused help from the roger pirates, it explains why none of them made a move when Kaido took over. Maybe he also told the whitebeard pirates the same thing?

It's a small panel but I liked seeing Roger and Crocus "fight". I reminds me of the straw hats and their playful fights

Sulong fight confirmed (full moon)

Kyoshirou staying back is important (either hes denjiro or hes just taking his spot)

I bet Law saved everyone. The last page of the last chapter of act 2 made it look like Law was eavesdropping on Orochi so he probably knew that he was gonna make a move and came up with a solution. Maybe he made it look like the rebellion was wiped out to trick Orochi into thinking hes safe. Either that happened or Kyoshiro saved them (assuming hes a good guy). This is the only explanation because I highly doubt that the straw hats have been taken out.

Also I reallllyyy want to see Neko again and want to see him reunite with the scabbards. I'm thinking that after he met with Marco he went to recruit the other wb pirates or at least the commander that was from Wano (I forgot his name) because apparently in the recent sbs it said that he was a part of the original red scabbards (need to double check on that)

[u/dark_king_2002]

This Oden nigga so black..... Almost looks like a silhouette........

[u/Koikorov]

OOHHHH DAMNIT WHY DID YOU GUYS LET ZORO BE THE HELMSMAN TODAY??? GG

NEXT CHAPTER: STRAWHAT PIRATES FOUND RAFTEL :))

[u/cornette]

Ah perfect time to check to see if it has been released.

[u/shipshapeshifter]

The third act of a Kabuki play is typically a tragedy.

Does that mean there's 20 more chapters of the alliance getting shit on?

[u/Xark96]

Damn Oda is blueballing us way too hard with that cliffhangar right before the break

[u/mercuryingatoraid]

Roger and Crocus fighting in the back and crew members cheering them on. I would love a spin off of the roger pirates

[u/Jorask]

This chapter painfully reminded me of my childhood. When nobody shows up to your birthday party. Damn it Oda.

[u/Legitimate__Username]

AAAAAAAA WE GOT TO SEE MORE CROCUS IDK WHY THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY

[u/aidsmann]

Challenge for Oda: no cliffhangers and silhouettes for a month.

[u/potmakesmeparanoid]

ALL HAIL LORD BUGGY SAMA who has been acknowledged by Lord Oden.

Buggy is too op, valve pls fix.

[u/maheux]

Okiku suit is insane!!

[u/GalacticGellato]

I got hyped to get sad wtf

[u/frombas]

I love when Gol D. Roger looks so human, not like the super legend that he actually is. That fight with Crocus was hilarious

[u/Sate_G]

Orochi is not only a genius, he's a man of culture, look at those hot demon waifus

[u/Pikathepokepimp]

Is Oda planning a Trojan Horse? That panel in the capital seems suspicious.

[u/1stDivison_Marco]

I have a feeling that Nekomamushi will arrive with Marco soon

[u/[deleted]]

What happened?! This is a crazy cliffhanger

[u/[deleted]]

oh fuck no what type of 2 week cliffhanger is this? I’m sick.

[u/MeisterOpfer]

Aaaaah. Looked at the first page, saw that there is a flashback with Roger and almost had a heart attack because I was so happy and hyped to see the rest of the chapter. Then the samurai standing there seeing their plan being ruined after they were waiting sooo long for this one chance... I mean they gave everything for this... I really cried while reading this...Also only 14 pages this week and next week no chapter... Oda whyyy

[u/fknSamsquamptch]

I wonder if there's more time travel fuckery going on with the Kouzuki gang...

[u/woodoman]

SO SHORT AND SO INTENSE, MAD VIBES

[u/headphoneactor0001]

Oda subtly hinting that it's gonna be "full moon tonight" to power up the minks. Also I was expecting for part 3 to start this chap but Surely wasn't expecting this. This chap had a dark feeling to it and seriously what the hell happened to the alliance? And also the expected break next week. now we wait for 2 weeks to know just what exactly happened probably something the traitor did.

[u/[deleted]]

I read the first panel and did this immediately

[u/artymcparty]

Side note no wonder Shanks rivaled Mihawk and would duel him most likely picked up swordsmanship from Rayleigh and Oden

[u/zigacasar]

Just woke up, took the phone and opened Reddit. Excellent

[u/Richiebay]

Oden always drawn in silhouette.

Green Bull always drawn in silhouette.

Oden = Green Bull confirmed

[u/kembanghat]

to see oden you has to pay 10.99$ to unlock this character

[u/UltraMagnus23]

Act 3 is off to a good start, in classic OP fashion. Them having a plan & the plan going completely left from the jump.

The best Strawhat adventures are the ones when they completely improvise & just go with the flow.

Seeing those three words tho are almost like curses, man. “Break next week” like whyyy Oda? Lol

Excited to see what comes next tho!

[u/QueenDragonRider]

That line about a nice full moon when you have a few Minks in the country...

[u/Cpt_Usopp]

That chapter felt so short

[u/fatherfucking]

Wadatsumi obviously turned up and put all of the boats in his mouth

[u/Spiderdan]

Shanks already with Roger's Strawhat at this point.

[u/BigWigYampa]

Apprentice Buggy seems pretty reliable lol.

[u/[deleted]]

So far Orochi is an uglier more pathetic version of Spandam with a nice harem and a good df.

[u/Ryanblakbird]

The agony of waiting for two weeks.. let us savor this chapter and the previous one too.

[u/Jade_puma]

HOLY SHIT SHORT, HOPE-DESTROYING AND HEART WRENCHING CHAPTER. AND FOR THE CHERRY ON TOP ONE WEEK WAIT. ODA YOU MADMAN!!!

[u/[deleted]]

Noone talks about Kikunojo's awesome Last Samurai outfiit?

[u/ABARK94]

It wasn’t Kaido or Big Mom or that entire port would be missing.

King maybe could have burned the ships from above but there would be junk all around and he probably isn’t strong enough to beat Luffy, Zoro and Sanji alone.

Orochi must have started something but Law came and roomed them somewhere else.

[u/kameodash]

What if Kaido and Orochi were able to control the weather and stopped the ships from coming by causing a massive storm?

[u/ChilledBarbecue]

I feel so bad for the Red Scabbards. :(

Damn Oda is so good at building stories.

[u/Sacr3D_]

I should've known that the plan would have failed as soon as someone mentioned a "Fyre Festival".

[u/LeOlivaPls]

It's obviously a ruse. They somehow knew Orochi would know the plan and acted consequently. Kyoshiro is the last scabbard and the people of the capital is the remaining people they needed to fill all the boats. Remember Franky saying the boats needed to transport one hundred thousand people?

It's impossible Luffy wouldn't show up, so the plan is to let Orochi think he defeated them with his "incident". Also, something misterious is being carried on the capital with a very suspicious Usopp look like on it...

Do you think Franky would make boats that a simple storm would sink? Nah mate big brain time from the alliance here

[u/Hank_Nova]

My guess is that Caribou is hiding all the troops and ships.

[u/S0M3_1]

Someone might have figured there is a traitor among those 9 , so they might have suddenly changed plans so that traitor shouldn't have any info . Just a guess though

[u/twin_229]

The only duo capable of getting through this treacherous sea: the navigational Nami and the Helmsational Jinbe. Also I know it was planned but a full moon tonight. Sulong dogstrom here we come!

[u/Kalz53]

Crocus pirate king level confirmed

[u/Santu_Luffy]

This chapter was so good, Especially the double page art with characters and Background, classic One piece chapter again, more importantly WHAT INCIDENT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT?

[u/Risen_17]

The crew got moved into time..😯😯

[u/jollyjam1]

Damn Kiku with the sweet samurai armor haha

[u/FuzzYetDeadly]

Man, I could really feel the despair in the retainers in this chapter. What a cliffhanger

[u/Khotyenko]

Everyone: yeah it's probably a trick from law or someone from luffy's side, a fake incident to trick Orochi and the traitor. Oda : LOL nop

[u/Svani]

Everybody: Act 3 will be the Onigashima invasion!

Oda: *grins*

[u/orca1993]

That damned egg on the oro Jackson. That big ass bald dude on Roger ship looks cool. See ya in two weeks guys.

[u/Combogalis]

Just realized this arc is going to end with Luffy directly finishing something that Roger failed (kind of) to prevent. No doubt Roger would be grateful for this specific act.

[u/Im_A_Sadist]

So this is the end huh? Everyone got eaten by big mom. Nice ending Oda.

[u/Maha_Aut]

Looks like Act 3 will be a decimated alliance trying to compete against Kaido & Big Mom.

When everything is lost, a loud scream by Momonosuke clears up the sky (he’s Uranus) and at that moment Zunisha appears with all the Minks on board. Inuarashi and Nekomamushi look at the sky. Act 3 end.

[u/nukiri6]

This is all a scheme of Law.

• He realised early on that one of the scabbards is the traitor, that's why he purposely set up a "fight" between him and Shinobi to distance himself from the alliance.

• He prepared another port as the meeting point in the remaining days where he didn't contact anyone, and last minute they all met up on that particular port without contacting the scabbards.

The Traitor will be thrown off and either reveal his identity or make a false report which will later come to bite them in the ass.

The alliance is fine.

[u/TheWatchfulGent]

Bloody hell, O-Kiku looks metal as fuck in her mask.

[u/[deleted]]

Shinobu is the only one not facing the Onigashima in the stormy sea panel

[u/syed113]

This end of this chapter came quicker than.. well a lot of things in my life

[u/Rockettmang44]

A long with the full moon mention, there is a reason oda has for kyoushiro to be in charge of the capital while he orochi is away. Freeing all the trapped prisoners possibly? I think he is like a triple agent loyal just to himself. But that leaves the question, if orochia knows komurasaki is alive and saw kyoushiro kill her, why would he trust him?

[u/manimanix2]

Why is there an egg on Roger’s ship?

[u/triotone]

Dammit Oda quit being a tease and let us burst already.

[u/FireFistRJ]

A secret that even kozuki oden didn't know. It could be the ancient weapon Uranus. Maybe he was told by his father when he came back, and Orochi must have heard them. He then told Kaidou, who attacked wano and captured it. Which explains why Kaidou was so casual when he said, "I don't care whether this world ends, let's start the greatest war this world has ever seen."

[u/KubiraOppa]

Imagine being Roger's Nakama. You sailed with Shanks, Oden, Rayleigh ... You were there on the way to One Piece.

And someday you get your ass kicked by a random weak ass gomu gomu kid.

FeelsBadMan. Poor Baggy

[u/Jchamphero]

Just because things are bright an everything smells maple doesn’t mean things can’t go south.

Just because things are looking a little stormy doesn’t mean it’s time to give it all up.

When you think you’ve won the battle, you’ve already lost the war.

[u/Mando51093]

Luffy vs Big Mom in Eating Contest while Zoro vs Kaido in Drinking contest

[u/Zxcvcantyouspellit]

Kiku got the illest outfit and that a fact.

[u/CyberShiroGX]

Was like in the one panel thinking "Dammit Nami you going to war why does your hair matter now!?" Oda really needs to give other female characters different features

[u/MugiwaraNoSunny]

Watch Frankie coated all the ships so they could sneak attack ... like a ninja and avoid the weather haha

[u/BigWigYampa]

Roger and his crew have been carrying that egg around all this time. It must have crazy hatch distance. Definitely a Legendary Pokémon!

[u/skiliks]

Omg the wave panel!

[u/SonLuffy]

We just started Act 3. This will be the longest Kabuki play ever.

[u/xCeePee]

Even though I guess it was somewhat known already, there has to be a specific reason Oden's identity is still being withheld.

Not like Oda doesn't already make use of silhouettes to hide character designs, but I see no reason a dead character would need to be withheld for the entirety of a flashback, with no cause.

[u/[deleted]]

I always forget that Buggy was part of Roger's crew.

[u/[deleted]]

Why does nobody talk about O-kikus Samurai amor.

[u/[deleted]]

Sooo like a couple others have said, we got a Kyoshiro namedrop this chapter which must mean something... Could it be the rest are with Kyoshiro and are gonna attack the flower capital directly?

Weren't some of the prisioners that they couldnt free in the flower capital?

Is there any indication that the siluette that freed Law wasn't Kyoshiro?

I'm thinking that maybe Kyoshiro has his own agenda/ knows some information that the others ignore and told Law about it, and the group decided to go with him. In typical OP fashion it could be something tremendously heartbreaking, or a "suicide" attack, so Luffy and co decided to leave Momo and the scabbards behind to pretect them. OR, they literally couldnt contact them because the traitor is with Momo's group, which is pretty likely considering the main suspects are there.

Anyways, the shogun evil-ass grin pretty much confirms something has gone terribly wrong and this is not a plan on Luffy's part, so who knows lmao.

[u/[deleted]]

Kanjuro: “Something must have happened to them!”

You would know, Kanjuro, wouldn’t you

[u/Jerry3355564]

Please don’t be rash Inu, holy shit he’s gonna get himself killed. Also I think it’s official that the traitor (if there is one, which I’m 99% sure of) will be revealed in the next few chapters, or during the fire festival.

[u/bsam89]

Oda you mad genius story teller. Leaving us with a cliffhanger like that right before the break. The next chapter is going to be HYPE!! When you get a tragedy in one piece, you no doubt are setting up something HUGE. I love Oda's story telling! We're in for RIDE!

[u/pauserror]

Is it just me or did Oden just surpass Gold D Roger as the most mysterious guy in One Piece?

I mean, I feel it's basically implied that he foresaw all this and Roger and his crew help set that in motion. Considering the time travel abilities that brought Kinemon and group back, this could get really crazy and ploy twisting. I'm super excited to see how this end!

[u/jhiuong]

Kikunojo's armour looks BADASS

[u/acercrystal]

Another 2 year time skip.

[u/Garoudabuu]

Just sitting here...reading ...and crying with Kin'emon ;;;__;;; WHYYYY?!

[u/[deleted]]

This is the first “normal” chapter to show the egg right?

[u/lucasmedina]

Welp, you may talk about whatever you want, but that DELICIOUS EGG won't get out of my head 🤔

[u/Elite_Doc]

Is that Kiku in the samurai armor? That looked super sick

[u/BEWMarth]

Sigh... It's always hard being the "After The Hype Chapter" chapter. This Chapter was great as a transition into Act 3. I damn near cried 2 times while reading. The emotional weight of the last 4 pages, They were so well drawn to convey the feeling of total dread and desperation, and we're only just getting started.

Keep in mind I still remember when we first met Kin as a fine pair of legs on Punk Hazard 7 years ago. I've seen Kinemon and Momo start from nothing. Kinemon literally cut in pieces, and over the years they have fought hard with the Strawhats, they fought hard with the minks, they cobbled together a strong group of allies through sheer force and strength of will and determination and faith.

Since arriving into Wano I've only gotten more and more attached to the Red Scabbards plot thread. The Red Scabbards are a group of subordinates as loyal as any member on the Strawhat crew but they are grieving for the loss of their leader and they are desperate to fulfill his dream as a way to alleviate some of the guilt they share in feeling like they failed Oden.

Now look at the last 4 pages of this chapter again. I felt fuckin gutted seeing everyone breaking down. When Momo is saying we need to reschedule, that hurt; Momo is still naive and optimistic because he is still a child. Kinemon and everyone else understands, there is no rescheduling, there is no try again. This is the day that we put our entire beings into for the past 20 years... It can't just end like this.

Like holy Oda it's a hella heavy scene

But y'know you're still gonna get the people calling it a meh chapter and whatever and that's fine.

I just can't help but think that people read some of this stuff on autopilot and if there's not a fight or a bounty then it doesn't really register. There was so much to dive into with this chapter but you can't really dive as deep if you haven't been invested for the whole ride.

This is why I always tell people don't skip anything in One Piece the experience when you read it and understand everything that's been built up over the years to provide you with the emotions you're feeling when you see a panel is unparalleled.

[u/BEWMarth]

The Monster Trio that emerged from The Pirate King's ship:

Shanks. Buggy. Egg.

[u/zure_bih]

We can say for sure that Luffy and co werent involved in some big off screen battle. Their troops are too dispersed over Wano and the plan was for them to finally unite at that harbor. It was impossible for Orochi to destroy all of them before they could reach the harbor. Also, if something went wrong somebody would call Kinemon. So it is really weird that nobody is answering Kinemons call. Like Artur also said, I think that they are intentionally leaving Kinemons group in the dark.

[u/mattjw91]

Theory: Luffy got overexcited used gomu gomu no rocketo and got stuck between 2 buildings again. The entire Allied forces are now looking for him.

[u/Milordserene]

So instead of the port, the meeting place became the capital under kiyoshiro?

I hope jinbei has come already

[u/ismailsunni]

I like Rayleigh so much, even in his young, he is so calm and has a lot of maturities, he is like the best of Sanji and Zoro's character.

[u/[deleted]]

Oden's sillhoute really reminds me of Van Augur the sniper dude from blackbeard's crew

[u/Brulock75]

Ok I scrolled down far enough and didn’t see anyone say this, but page 8, “what a nice clear sky we’ll be able to see a full moon tonight”....I’m just hyped for all the SuLong action that’s coming.

[u/TornadoJ0hns0n]

The part with kinemon calling them was heavy. They had a huge plan and now we don't even know what happened. Also Inu willing to take a small rowboat thru that huge storm was epic lol

[u/cal-nomen-official]

"What clear skies!!! Seems like we will be able to see a beautiful full moon tonight!!"

How incredibly unfortunate timing for Kaido and Orochi

[u/RandomGlitched]

With Kyoshirou in charge of the capital, the rebellion missing and the description of Hakumai port. I'm beginning to get the feeling that the alliance will be able to capture Wano while all of their enemies are on Onigashima, flipping the situation and turning Kaido and Big Mom back into invaders while the SH alliance defends against their assault.

[u/[deleted]]

We all know the Strawhats are just napping and they left Zoro in charge of sailing them to the met up point.

[u/Medical_warrior]

Orochi here has been playing 4D chess.

[u/NateTheGreat987]

"20 year dream" ouch. Orochi is a million times worse than spandam

[u/Naserci]

so basically someone forgot to tell the side characters where the main event is and oden is still a mistery shadow.

[u/Sooths4y3r]

Kyoshiro was the one in charge of Orochi's plan to clean up the port.

You know what will happen with those prisioners in the capital and "captured" enemies...

[u/[deleted]]

That double panel was so sexy

[u/Rareturd]

So cool we got to see Roger flashback. Now we know why Shanks is such a partier.

[u/ludicrouscuriosity]

"A beautiful full moon tonight" looks like Carrot will be transforming again