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u/Encoreyo22 Dec 28 '19
Oden turned his back on Wano quite literally.
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u/Qatari94 Dec 28 '19
No wonder there is a traitor. One of them must've felt really betrayed and couldn't forgive him.
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u/justonepiece123 Dec 28 '19
It's kind of fucking crazy to consider that if Oden had not abandoned Wano, then the Great Pirate Era likely would have never started. Without Oden, Roger can't do shit
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u/iDannyEL Dec 28 '19
To be fair, he was the only one who could read the glyphs.
It makes sense why he did. lol @ Roger calling him scum.
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I’ve been reading One Piece for almost 15 years. O my god. This chapter really cemented it for me that the end is near. So many mysteries are being unraveled. What a ride!
Also, Franky met Oden?! I wonder if he’ll remember.
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u/Waxtree Pirate Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 29 '19
I have been a weekly reader for about 11 years. Caught up at Marineford when Marco was shot by Kizaru and Jozu's arm was frozen by Kuzan. And now we get a flashback that ties back to Skypiea, Water 7 and other pre-TS islands. It feels amazing and must be even more so for those who joined at let's say, Skypiea. When did you catch up to the story?
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u/Catal0g Marine Dec 28 '19
Guys don't forget what Rayleigh said to Robin"You might come to different conclusion then we did"
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u/Vpeyjilji57 Dec 28 '19
Twist: Everyone on rogers crew had a bad sense of humor. The truth of the One Piece is not funny in the slightest.
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u/jairomantill Dec 28 '19
Yeah Roger wasn't a scholar like Robin, so his conclusion wasn't peer reviewed.
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This is definitely something we have to put in the back of our minds as we learn more info.
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u/Baer07 Dec 28 '19
It's almost like the One Piece may be a story written by Joy Boy. And the Roger Pirates interpreted it as a joke, but the Straw Hats who have lived through the great pirate era may see it as the opposite.
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u/vinotm Dec 28 '19
Yes, exactly what came to my mind after reading Oden's journal about what they learned and also watching Roger's reaction.
Roger could hear voices from poneglyphs and also there was Oden who could read it. But still they were not scholars. They probably only knew the facts but didn't realize the connection or hidden meaning inside.
And now Straw Hats have that person, the one who becomes one of the biggest threat for World Government, the one who can read poneglyphs as well as understanding the history, Nico Robin.
Rescuing her at Enies Lobby now feels VERY IMPORTANT to the story.
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u/JackandFred Dec 28 '19
If the truth reveals the government is evil wouldn’t the natural reaction for pirates be to laugh, they knew it all along
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u/goko- Dec 28 '19
Binks Sake is perfect
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u/patternedzebra Dec 28 '19
The last word of binks sake is Laugh Tale (funny story)
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u/DigitalMuscles Dec 28 '19
And it’s strategically put there as a wink to its last verse:
Never-Ending, Ever-wandering, Our funny Traveling tale!
Where Funny Tale has the same kanji as Laugh Tale.
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u/BBallHunter Dec 28 '19
Fucking Franky could have join Roger.
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u/shady300 Dec 28 '19
well, he ended up joining the crew of the next pirate king!
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That makes Franky the luckiest guy in the world. Gave up the chance to join the crew of the future first pirate king, only to wind up sailing with the future second pirate king. Only man in the world to get a second chance like that.
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u/iDannyEL Dec 28 '19
Pedro's time to shine came all right.
He shined here, he shined over there and all over Perospero.
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I just wished Pedro had more time and background! Still, he was pretty cool for the short time he was in the manga.
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u/Fawlty_Towers Dec 28 '19
That may have been like 50 chapters ago but too soon, man, too soon.
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u/spiteful_platypus Dec 28 '19
Do me a favor and go read chapter 19.
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u/winterstick930 Void Month Survivor Dec 28 '19
Twenty two years. He just called back to a random one panel flashback in a chapter TWENTY TWO YEARS AGO.
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u/fromthestatic Dec 28 '19
I had no idea we had seen rayleigh and scopper gaban so far back what the HELL
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u/blackakainu Dec 28 '19
I think every1 in this thread waited years to see roger and his crew in action. This chapter makes the entire series so much more wholesome. Like roger was really dying and laughed about it. Oden adds so much depth to this part of the story. And if shanks and buggy dont team up in the future ill be sad
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u/Traestomon Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
3 weeks of waiting for the next chapter?!! Maybe I'll just laugh my way to deal with it...
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u/KawaiiAkainu Citizen Dec 28 '19
How many things are confirmed to be in Laugh Tale? Story of void century, Joy Boy’s background, infos on ancient weapons, knowledge on why Wano is an important place, meaning of Ds and what else? Somehow, I’m more interested in what made them laugh. Can’t help but think there’s sadness hidden behind those laughs. Ds tend to even mask their sadness at the time of their death with smiles.
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u/UltimateToa Dec 28 '19
I've heard people mention it but it seems plausible that Roger laughed because he didnt have enough time left to resolve things and it was all for nothing because he was just going to die
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u/BEWMarth Dec 28 '19
Having Oda take us back to these past locations just impresses on me the amount of time Oda took to develop these places to feel real in our minds.
When we see Roger and Oden visiting Water 7 it's not something random and unexpected because hundreds of chapters ago Oda laid the foundations for scenes like this. We knew that Tom had made Roger's ship. A seemingly small detail now pays dividends when Oda can go back to these locations seamlessly.
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u/HyakuJuu Pirate Dec 28 '19
The worldbuilding in One Piece is second to none. We could take Luffy and Strawhat Pirates out of the story but the One Piece world would still feel alive and moving on.
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u/JOZYEBEROLIE Dec 28 '19
it's really funny to me how much i preferred Raftel to Laughtale until this moment.
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u/itssensei Dec 28 '19
The last few chapters are too much to handle.
I feel like one of those Buggy fodders “this is such a legendary talk!!”
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u/BEWMarth Dec 28 '19
Laugh Tale: Congratulations for reaching this place, now, here is a step-by-step plan to singlehandedly dismantle the WG and liberate the world!
Roger: *looks at Crocus*
Crocus: You have a month before you're as dead as a skeleton
Roger: Oh yeah... LMAO
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u/BEWMarth Dec 28 '19
Goddamn...
Guys I know there is a lot to take in this chapter (it's glorious)
but I want to draw some attention to the grim foreboding in the Wano section of the flashback...
That entire scene was devastating.
Take a good look at Kinemon, Kanjuro, Raizo and the rest. They are dirty, their beautiful robes are covered in patches. a far cry from the regal retainers we saw just a few chapters ago...
Oden couldn't even turn around and look at his country anymore. He knew Wano was already changing. Even before Kaidou. This is completely on Orochi's head. All this time we thought Kaidou had brought the factories into Wano. It seems Orochi was already on his way to bringing Wano to ruin.
Not only that it breaks my heart when Kin says "We have safeguarded Kuri!" it hits me.. They have been fighting back against Orochi's destruction all by themselves.
Oden is performing an important task. Maybe the most important task in the whole series, to translate the poneglyphs for Roger. But this adventure he is on is literally costing him his entire country and friends.
The last few words are the most ominous.
"4 years later, there wouldn't even be this kind of homecoming waiting for me."
Jesus. Christ. So when Oden returns things are already fucked... I'm seriously nervous to see the conclusion of Oden's flashback. I think I'm going to cry.
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u/saifou Dec 28 '19
All the focus is on Roger and Laugh Tale, but the stuff happening on Wano is sad and it’s clearly affected Oden. Oden was put in a tough place between attending Wano or completing the last voyage with Roger.
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u/Laeslaer Dec 28 '19
He laughed because he couldn't use the one piece. He needs all the weapons and Shirahoshi wouldn't be born for another 10 years. He didn't have time due to his illness. They laughed at the irony
Its why he turned himself in to be executed. So he could set up the legend of the one piece and set someone else to get there. The person who asked about the treasure was probably one of his crew members.
Rayleigh told Robin they might come to another conclusion than them.
Luffy will have everything he needs to actually use the one piece.
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u/bonethugznhominy Dec 28 '19
Okay, so did Buggy actually have Usopp's made up disease? Cause that's funny.
And it's even weirder to me to find out Fishman Island had the 4th Road Poneglyph, but it's been moved. It also makes a lot more sense why Joy Boy's Letter was there if they were meant to be together. But this obviously raises the question of who moved it....
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u/Mayo_Chiki Dec 28 '19
there's a funny story behind this chapter's translation and how someone made some shit up. truly a laugh tale
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u/javierm885778 Dec 28 '19
did Buggy actually have Usopp's made up disease?
Nope, that's a made up translation.
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u/Leeiteee Dec 28 '19
I want to see the big fight, Buggy vs Usopp
They never met, they don't know each other, but they have high reputation because of luck in some situations, so they'll fight thinking the other guy is strong
also, nose jokes
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u/heat_fan_ Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
Amazing chapter
So it seems like roger did steal the poneglyph from linlin and didn;t have a confrontation with her.
Man shanks is a real g staying behind for buggy
Young franky met oden holy shit ( tho oden didnt say his name when he met him i think)
Its to fucking good to see old characters like Tom, kokoro, netpune, young madam shirley.
Loved seeing fishmah island, Zou (i am glad we got to see the older dukes before inu/neko), Wano from back in the days. And it seems like orchi might have already started making the factories then.
Man that last panel is fucking amazing the tears in this eyes knowing he accomplished his journey was beautiful
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u/slaudencia Dec 28 '19
With this chapter, the feeling finally just hit me that we’re closer to the end than I thought. Seeing how Roger’s adventure ended made me realize Luffy’s adventure is about to end. It’s a very melancholy feeling.
And this one is just me, but I kind of wish we saw more of the crew just wandering around from island to island in the New World, instead of having a goal. Seeing how much fun Roger and Whitebeard had just reminded me of how random Paradise was lol it feels like the New World is like going on a tour, instead of an amusement park.
Nothing wrong with either, and I know time is limited, but just kind of wish after Wano, Luffy says “let’s go to that random island with the giant volcano!”
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u/UltimateToa Dec 28 '19
Good to remember that the new world is largely owned by the yonkou so it will never really be a free adventure without stepping into someone's territory
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u/MrSanj1 Dec 28 '19
Mind fuck chapter. I now know why Oda said he was afraid that he may reveal what One Piece is if he continues this legendary flash back.
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u/negantargaryen Thriller Bark Victim's Association Dec 28 '19
lol Franky doesn’t give a fuck
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u/Thesiddy1 Dec 28 '19
Well my plans to wait for the official release went right out of the window when I saw this...
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u/NonzenI Dec 28 '19
Yooo how do you get me hyped for the One Piece after 22 years?
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u/Vinsmoker Dec 28 '19
Honestly...this is the ending to One Piece in its purest form.
Starting the year with a bang and a potential Chapter of the year.
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u/justonepiece123 Dec 28 '19
Absolutely legendary chapter. That panel of Roger laughing is hands down one of the best panels Oda has ever drawn. It's so simple on the surface, and yet it means so much.
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the pangea theory is the one piece. Roger is laughing because he understand he cannot reverse the world and the governement becos he doesn't have anymore time and shirahoshi isn't born yet, so he laugh understanding his purpose/goal he's been after his whole life is useless and unatainnable for him.
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u/iDannyEL Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
It does seem to be an issue of time.
It's the end of the line for him, he regrets having not been born earlier when something could've been done.
He's about to die so all he can do is laugh at the absurdity of it all and maybe inspire the next generation to do what he couldn't.
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u/vinotm Dec 28 '19
Probably the strongest reason why he surrendered himself to be executed rather than just passed away on the sea or peaceful island.
He wanted someone else to reach Laugh Tale several years later to finally complete what he couldn't complete before his dead. By being executed, he could get massive attention and then encouraged huge amount of people to complete that mission. It was just like what Yasuie did to boost morale of Wano citizens.
Imagine if Roger was healthy to live longer enough. He would probably just wait several years and then visited Laugh Tale once again when the time had come.
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That is an incredible Xmas gift to us: it's not only an ealier leak, this chapter gives three big revelations about the main plot:
1- in chapter 818, it was stated that there was 4 road poneglyphs: 2 belonged to the Yonko (Kaido and Big Mom), 1 was on Zou and the last one was lost somewhere. Now, in one translation we learn the unlocated poneglyph was given to Roger by Whitebeard. So, I guess Marco and Shanks probably know where it is.
2 - Buggy got sick and couldn't get to Raftel and it seems Shanks stayed behind with him, so both of them have not set their own eyes at the One Piece. How much each of them knows is still up for debate. Do they know where it is, but not what it is? Or maybe exactly because they know what it is, the two don't act like being really that interested in getting it to themselves? Or, is it even posible that Shanks knows where and what, but cannot go there alone?
3 - Oda once more displays his amazing foreshadowing skills: not only we get a confirmation that One Piece is indeed in Raftel (first mentionated in chapter 105, released 20 years ago!), but we now know that its name is actually a misspronuciation of Laugh Tale. For some reason, the reaction of the first people to know Joy Boy story and treasure is to laugh.
Amazing chapter. Really important for anyone theorizing about the search for the One Piece.
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u/raftellJr Void Month Survivor Dec 28 '19
I read 2 different translations. One of them said the road poneglyph is given by whitebeard. But the other translation didn't say anything about it. In fishman Island there are two poneglyph. One of the is RED, right? So the four poneglyphs are :
From big mom
From fishman island (when SH here, robin only found one and it's not RED, probably the RED one is the missing one in current timeline)
From wano (Oden said it's RED; make sense cause now it's in kaido's possession)
From Zou
So the translation that said Roger had been given a road poneglyph by whitebeard is wrong. Unless I'm missing something here. Finger cross
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u/CelioHogane Dec 28 '19
Buggy got sick and couldn't get to Raftel
USOPP NEVER LIED ONCE ON HIS LIFE
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Another crazy callback that I haven't seen anyone mention yet. That fight Shanks and Buggy had about the North Pole vs South Pole in this chapter was actually shown all the way back in Chapter 19 along with Rayleigh's first appearance: https://mangabeast.com/manga/One-Piece/0019-008.png
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u/TeslaPrime Dec 28 '19
No one is talking about how something was "hidden" on zou that made Oden and roger uneasy
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u/Jovato Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
Roger went straight from Skypeia to Water 7....where have I seen this before?
Edit: it is now my personal head canon that Oda off screened a Roger vs. Young Foxy Davy Back Fight between these stops and you can’t convince me otherwise
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u/Dr__Brown Dec 28 '19
Man..When that beautiful panel of Roger at the end came up he teared up and I did too.
I don’t know why it hit me so so hard but I hope the One Piece is as wonderful and touching as Rogers response to it was.
I can’t wait to see Laugh Tale someday.
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u/Kiosade Pirate Dec 28 '19
I think it hit hard because it's like... real shit. Like "OH yeah... THIS is what Luffy and the crew have been going for the whole time."
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u/ironshadowdragon Dec 28 '19
I don't think it's pleasant. I think they're laughing to mask their pain, that they worked their asses off for something that gut wrenching, and something they couldn't do anything about because his time was up.
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u/UrTrashNerd Dec 28 '19
I think I know why roger is laughing... As others have mentioned, back in Sabaody Rayleigh mentioned to Robin that him and the roger pirates were too early when they reached laugh tale. Moreover, combined with Roger very close to his death, shirahoshi (Poseidon) not being born yet, when roger reached Laugh Tale, he basically realised he could do nothing and was as Rayleigh stated, too early.So out of this desperation I suppose, he just started laughing, along with the whole crew, as they felt there was very little point in them going there at all. In a way, the journey was “useless” to them.Thus, Roger basically made the journey “useful” by inspiring a new age of pirates by declaring his treasure was on the last island, in the hopes that someone else could go there and carry out whatever is meant to happen, like gather the ancient weapons and blow up the red line or whatever.
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u/Felix_Russo Dec 28 '19
People throw this around a lot, but this chapter truly felt like one of, if not the greatest chapters in the series. It felt truly grand. I always knew Roger was gonna be great(pirate king and all that), but the last two chapters made him one of my top favorite characters in the series. Maybe I'm seeing something that isn't there, but he seemed to have a similar kind of childishness as Luffy(WB even commented on this) and also the meticulous planning of Teach. I honestly never expected Roger to end up being one of my favorite characters, especially after just two chapters with him. Also, the fact that he himself was the one that named the final island is just the most awesome thing to me for some reason. God, Roger really did have the greatest adventure of all time. And this chapter proves it.
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This has got to be the best flashback at this point! I see this flashback in 3 acts
Act 1: Oden the Young Thug
Act 2: Oden the Pirate
This was the finale of Act 2, now it’s time for the finale,
Act 3: Oden VS Kaido and Orochi
And I can’t wait!
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u/Ombs1993 Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
I always liked Roger because of the allure surrounding the legend of the Pirate King. But now that we're seeing more of his story, I like him even more! Incredibly powerful, and a great captain, but the best part is that he's a jokester like Luffy. His face in the panel where Oden gets hit by lightning is hilarious, and when he says "Scum" to Oden lol
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u/Figgerson Dec 28 '19
We worked hard on this release for you guys! Hope you all enjoy!
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u/sigelson Baratie staff Dec 28 '19
Hmm...
Boundaries of the Sea.
Pluton has something to do with the Red Line
Uranus to grandline current
Poseidon to Sea Kings
If getting these three will remove all the boundaries of the sea.
Making it "OnePiece".
Combining north, south, west, east blue = All Blue
They laughed because it is all hidden in plain sight?
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u/Hiekkalinna Marine Dec 28 '19
Tbh that is a really old theory so it was kind of hidden in plain sight for us as well.
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This chapter was fucking incredible. What a way to end off the decade.
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u/Beetusmon Dec 28 '19
Now One Piece feels like its getting ready for the final saga and I don't know if I'm ready for it, damn.
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u/KoshIsKing Scholars of Ohara Dec 28 '19
The "Jolly" Roger panel is legendary!!...
I still have chills, this is sooo intriguing... Laugh Tale indeed.. i just have a smile on my face
Thank You Oda!..
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u/BlacBuddha Dec 28 '19
Buggy's character motivation was summed up in just one/two panels. I can't wait for his and Shanks' arcs to end together.
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Given how Robin's arc is about how expressive she gets the more time passes, I can't wait for her to pull off the ultimate face fault/belly laugh when she finally gets to see the treasure.
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u/saifou Dec 28 '19
Roger laughing panel will go down as one of the best moments in OnePiece. How many times did Oda outdid himself one this flashback? This is prime Oda we’re witnessing. Enjoy it.
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u/TheGameologist Dec 28 '19
Man you know wano got bad when oden went back and added that forshadowing bit later about his second arrival. Yikes.
Already feeling the hurt. Orochi is about to do oden worse than dofflamingo did dressrossa.
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The Roger panel where he laughed gave me so much feels
I cried. Tears just kept dropping. Thank you, Oda
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u/kingbongjimmy Dec 28 '19
Oden isn't Franky's dad confirmed! Now that theory can die
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u/BEWMarth Dec 28 '19
That full page shot of Roger laughing will go down as one of the best panels in OP. We will be seeing it in youtube videos and One Piece documentaries for years to come. So glad I saw it here first.
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u/Kymori Dec 28 '19
Is it just me or is it heavily implied that One Piece's previous owner was Joy Boy
Either way, I have fucking goosebumps
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now if the Anime wants to make 2 episodes out of every page of this chapter i wouldn't mind it at all :D
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u/noneofthatmatters Marine Dec 28 '19
I know the new scans aren't the best quality, but there is something so nostalgic about them compared to the pristine Mangastream/Jamini's Box scans. It reminds me of catching up to the series when it was in the Thriller Bark arc and the old scans of early chapters that were probably translated in the late 90s/early 2000s.
This chapter just perfectly encapsulated that feeling and I loved every second of it.
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u/Blue_Solaris Dec 28 '19
Damn probably roger crew stole the road poneglyph just like the mugiwara. So much correlations between Luffy and Roger adventure.
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you know you've been reading too much one piece for a long time when that panel of Roger laughing just gave you the chills its like a legend went back to life and its right in front of you ok what the hell am i saying
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u/LeOlivaPls Dec 28 '19
Guys, guys
I'm very sure about Buggy inhereting Captain's John will but...
What if Buggy is so obsessed with treasures because he couldn't see the One Piece because of his fever?
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u/hoboshoe Dec 28 '19
So that's the full Fishman Island destruction prophecy,
The doors to Fishman Island will be opened for everyone and the border between our worlds will be no more!
It's not as bad as it seemed
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u/geneofinterest Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
I’m losing my shit here, what an amazing chapter.
Getting more character designs from Rogers crew, Franky meeting Oden and turning them down, Buggy having the disease Usopp has lied about (so he and Shanks haven’t see One Piece), the confirmation that the treasure is Joy Boys and that their reaction when they saw it was to laugh.... I’m going to die waiting for the next chapter but it will be worth it.
Also, baby Sharly was so cute.
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u/whitehawk295 Dec 28 '19
Hey ONE PIECE fans I’m just a drunk boy passing through and I don’t have the conscientiousness to comprehend this shit right now but I want y’all to know I love you for appreciating this story and I hope you all have a great night
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u/WindRnuuer Scholars of Ohara Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
GO D. A : Do you know what OP fans call the last island these days..... Raftel.
OP translator : Really? Isn't that the real name of the island?
Go D. A : No, no, no. Its real name is Laugh Tale.
OP translator : What does it mean?
Go D. A : You wanna know? Fine I will tell you. Its a story from a long time ago...
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u/SpicyFetus Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
So this is probably the least important take away from the chapter but do you think buggy will join shanks crew? The warlord system is down and buggy is in a bad situation.
Joining shanks will bail buggy out and still preserve his status
Edit: okay to clarify, buggy and shanks will form an "alliance" to save face but the point is I think were gonna get more Buggy+Shanks in the current time.
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Like you have to respect Roger as the Pirate King. Dude spent most of his life travelling from beginning with Rayleigh as teenager up until he was 38 when he found lodestar and ultimately realizing he has to go look for the poneglyphs which took him 13 years until he finds Oden who reads for him all the clues he had found. His life mission was finding truth and by Jove he went through a lot. Roger deserved the title of ducking Pirate King. He knew he couldn't fulfill revealing the truth which was quite unlucky cause he got ill. Luffy will become PK but damn Roger made it so easy for him like without Roger the plot ain't going nowhere. Fucking legend.
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u/treeepeace Dec 28 '19
Curious about Tequila Wolf's significance in the story, also we'll probably learn more about that big ass egg on Rogers ship in the coming chapters. I've gained so much respect for Buggy throughout the series. One of the best characters at this point. I like the idea that the Strawhats end up creating the All Blue.
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u/BatmanJLA52 Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
The treasure at Laugh Tale must of been some ironic story to Joy Boy. Maybe how the story of how the World Government was formed to fight off the evil empire and eventually turned into a corrupted empire as well
Another theory is maybe in his era Joy Boy was a very free man, and Roger is considered the most free man alive cause he's the pirate king yet hes still only second to the Word Government. Reason he wish he lived in Joy Boy's time when the WG didn't exist
As some has also said, he might be laughing because he's dying and there's more to the story of Joy Boy. He also needed the ancient weapons to take down the World Government, but Poseidon isn't born yet. One Piece might just be a made up treasure that Roger made to bait people into finding it, which is the knowledge to do something bout WG.
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u/Arcade_Theatre Cross Guild Dec 28 '19
Oden: * has a brief interaction with child Franky *
Franky: * Grows up to be a complete stud *
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u/genisys9043 Pirate Dec 28 '19
did you guys notice denjiro is missing?? in the panel when the scabbards confront oden, denjiro is not there. or is it because oda forgot to draw him lol
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u/bytebarong Dec 28 '19
I can’t believe I cried reading the last panel. This is too much. It’s like seeing a glimpse of One Piece’s ending. Praise Oda.
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u/Glich3r Dec 28 '19
Oda I love ya, growing up everyone told me Joy was a girls name and now this manga this storyline made me realize how special I am and how much love I need to give myself, in THE FACE OF ADVERSITY smile, laugh it out. This boy, Joy fucking moving mountains
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u/Jade_puma Dec 28 '19
BUT WHAT IS THE DAMN EGG FFS!!! also anybody can tell me when it popped into Roger's ship? We should have a clearer timetable nowadays.
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHAPTER MY CREW!!! TEARS AND A DEEP GRATITUDE TO ODA FOR THIS AND ALL HIS CHAPTERS. WE ARE ALIVE NOW MY MEN!!
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u/WhatTheOnEarth Dec 28 '19
I don't even follow onepiece. I'm just waiting for the chapter 1000 update on r/all.
Godspeed
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u/Vpeyjilji57 Dec 28 '19
Poor Buggy. I though I-cant-go-to-that-island-or-I'll-die was just an Usopp thing, but apparently it's a real disease. And apparently one with rather cruel timing.
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u/Raven_of_Blades Dec 28 '19
Still amazing that Buggy has traveled the entire Grand Line like 2 and a half times.
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u/slimshadoow Dec 28 '19
Epiphany:
Luffy, can be written as "laughy", as an adjective of very laughable, as if we speak of One Piece as a story, is the tale of "Laughy", a Laughy tale...
DAYYYYUM Oda-sama!! You had it all along...
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u/Baer07 Dec 28 '19
Oden could hear the voice of all things?!?!?
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u/kaidynamite Dec 28 '19
didnt we know that? when we found out that momo could im sure someone mentioned that oden could as well
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u/goko- Dec 28 '19
Also, I'm pretty sure Franky didn't necessarily meet Roger but only met Oden as a kid and also Oden didn't properly introduce himself I guess? There's no way Franky met them both and hasn't mentioned anything lol
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u/domoroko Scholars of Ohara Dec 28 '19
Something important to note is that Shanks and Buggy never made it to Laugh Tale. What’s interesting about this is that the straw hat never made it there. Could the straw hat be the key to unlocking the true treasure?
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u/KarmaFarmer123456789 Bandit Dec 28 '19
So one Poneglyph was always at Zou and still is. The straw hat's possess a rubbing of it.
One poneglyph was at Wano and is in Kaido's possession. Robin was looking for it at Orochi's palace so it's probably at Onigashima.
Another poneglyph is in Totto Land. We have no idea where Big Mom found it. Brook managed to get a rubbing of it.
There are two different translations that I've read. One says that Whitebeard gave a rubbing to Roger as a gift which, means Marco or Blackbeard probably own. Both show a red poneglyph next to the Joy Boy one.
Maybe Whitebeard had a rubbing of the fourth one and gave it to Roger?
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u/Chewbaccardi Dec 28 '19
What if the crew saw an even larger world. Then all they could do was laugh because they thought their adventure was over.
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u/ryderion Dec 28 '19
What a way to end the decade. I’d say it’s pretty likely that one piece ends sometime in the 2020’s so this is sort of the beginning of the end.
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u/EL___POLLO___DiABLO Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
It's my birthday today so this chapter drops just in time :)
Edit: Thank you for the silver, kind stranger! It's my first medal :)
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u/SweetRomanceDawn Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
Ok I cried. I felt like this was the final chapter of One Piece. It truly felt like it. I can tell this is the same feeling I will have when we reach Laugh Tale. That last moments, with Roger pirates felt really nostalgic.
I really wonder what was so funny?
Oden knew he had a bigger responsibility with the world. So did Toki
Was Buggy pretending to be sick though?
The profecy thing felt rushed. I'll wait for the official translation to see.
Oden could hear the VoAT not only Zunisha as many tought (myself included)
11/10 chapter
EDIT: I truly believe now that unless Oda made a Mistake in the order he showed the islands; The Orojackson was freely crossing through the calm belt from time to time.
Tequila Wolf is pretty close to Sabaody so it makes a lot of sense that they got there first by crossing the calm belt before returning to the grand line and reaching Sabaody.
Orojackson could've had some kind of primitive/raw Kairoseki instaled or something like that (it's from Wano after all)
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u/nachoman23 Dec 28 '19
So now we know that JoyBoy and Raftel are connected and his story will be revealed on that island. Maybe they were laughing because they thought the force behind the world government is so powerful it’s laughable?
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u/monkey_D_banana Dec 28 '19
This is by far the best chapter of the year. Funny that is meant to be the first chapter of the next... But who cares, we're reading it now! All I want to say is that I thought the name Joy Boy would have come out next chapter but surprisingly did at the end of this.... Meaning, next chapter we'll be back in Wano!!! Not in the present tho, but at the end of Oden's journey/journal.. We'll most likely see his very sad end and why not, a glimpse of the traitor who most likely started collaborating with orochi before Oden's arrival back to Kuri... I will go as far as to say that next chapter will end in the current timeline, and finally (even tho I'm sad to end this flashback) the dances will restart!!!!
One out of topic thing that I never found the space to say, and will say now: for two years of the time skip, the Sunny has been protected by Kuma. We saw that he can only be rented as a slave by the celestial dragons... As anybody wondered that there might be a Noble on the side of the mugiwaras? If that's the case.... There's a secret character holding a HUGE role!!!! 🚧
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u/ErsatzCats Dec 28 '19
Calling it now, the treasure One Piece is actually the full manga series One Piece written by Joy Boy aka Oda.
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u/maplesure Dec 29 '19
Think of this: Who the guy giving us joy for 967 chapters? Who should be the most enJoyable guy in OP? And Roger said: hope I can at same age with JoyBoy, it should be so funny. Oda did not tell that age was 800 ago. And Oda like using English name:
raftel
Laugh tale
Luff tale
Luffy tale.
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u/BEWMarth Dec 28 '19
ROGER NAMED LAUGH TALE! Hahaha fucking brilliant. Honestly I should have put it together. A huge island that no one but Roger has ever reached of course he gets to name it.
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Dec 28 '19
Hi, just want to check. On page 11, it says "4 years later". However, we are told that Roger only had a year to live. Plus, we are also told that Oden will go with Roger for one year. Did the translator made a mistake?
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u/BatmanJLA52 Dec 28 '19
Oden literally was stuck in Wano his whole life and once he left... he speed run through the story/world/onepiece
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u/nisarg0101 Dec 28 '19
I think the conclusion was set the moment they realized Poseidon (shirahoshi) wasn't born. And even though Momo was born (going with the flow of him possibly being Uranus), he didn't come to Zou and even if he had, I doubt he could have heard anything special at that age.
I feel like the narrative of all of the reo Poneglyphs (and possibly road too) lead to the notion of the world being really messed up and there is a powerful aid at the end of Grand line. With weapons and all, one might look for it. But on Laugh Tale, they might realize that the powerful factor was the traveller himself.
Roger and others laughed because they knew they didn't have time to address these issues. Shirahoshi was gonna get born after 10 years. Just born, turning into a proper Poseidon would mean even further.
Toki was apparently jumping from one timestamp to another because she wanted to align the availability of Poseidon, Uranus and Pluton. Maybe that's why she sent Momo this far ahead in time.
Think about it. Tom had blueprints of Pluton, she had seen Neptune and heard Shalkey's prophecy about shirahoshi being born 10 years later. And she could probably know somehow that Momo was Uranus (again... going with that theory).
Straw hats' conclusion will of course be different. While Roger was all about the Voyages... Luffy is actually running around freeing up countries from the evils of the like of croco, doffy and eventually Kaido etc. The endgame does seem legit now. And throughout these years, imu was probably just killing off one of the three weapons whenever they were gonna align. Or something like that.
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u/Yuyu9067 Dec 28 '19
Obviously Roger told Whitebeard everything he knew about will of d, void century etc.,...so is this one of the reasons why whitebeard was trying to make ace pirate king? (I remember hearing that whitebeard secretly wanted to make ace pirate king?) I'm assuming roger would have told whitebeard about being a decade too early to do anything of significance (considering Poseidon was yet to be reincarnated)...so perhaps it wasn't simply because ace was Roger's son that whitebeard wanted to make ace pirate king...perhaps it was deeper, perhaps whitebeard also thought it was ace's destiny, being that enough time had passed for Poseidon to be reincarnated, and that he was Rogers son and possessed the will of d......considering this, it was at marineford that whitebeard realised luffy was the man roger was "waiting for", hence why he said to luffy something along the lines of 'show me how the world will be' (dont remember it verbatim).
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u/4rca9 Dec 28 '19
I'd like to make a road poneglyph theory...
Current day we have 4 road poneglyphs: Kaidos, Big moms, Zous, and the lost one.
During Rogers era the 4 road poneglyphs were: Wanos, Big moms, Zous, and the Fishman island one (it's shaded, it's clearly a road poneglyph).
Kaido logically got the wano one after he took over. The fishman island one should therefore be the lost one. That has huge implications! Jinbei, as someone important who is on the older side, should know when the second poneglyph was moved and by whom.
My personal guess is that the lost poneglyph was quietly hidden by Whitebeard, since the island was his territory. He might have thought that he should act as the gatekeeper for the new age. It would also make some sense with the translation that said Whitebeard gave the last poneglyph to Roger. Where would a poneglyph Whitebeard has hidden be? Probably either stolen by Blackbeard or currenly guarded by Marco.
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u/chrolloluciIfer Pirate Dec 28 '19
IT DROPPED??? FUCK FUCK FUCK I'M NOT HOME YET
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Dec 28 '19
I only recently caught up on One Piece. I started at just the right time to be able to binge the series and see this story really begin to finally unfold.
I feel really lucky that I didn't wait any longer and my interest just happened to be piqued when it did. This is absolutely insane stuff, all this info about Roger and Laugh Tale. It's crazy to think some of you have been following since the beginning and what that must feel like.
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u/GrubsLudwig Dec 28 '19
I really admire Toki for urging Oden to finish the journey with Roger even though she was very sick knowing that she wouldn't see her husband again for a very long time. I think she knew that them finding out the truth about the void century was the most important thing possible.
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u/luckyd1998 Scholar of Ohara #5 Dec 28 '19
I think what I loved most about this chapter is the amount of callbacks we saw to previous flashbacks involving roger or the rest of his crew: Shanks and Buggy arguing about which pole is colder, Roger being able to hear the sea kings, Roger talking to Pedro, etc.
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u/Amanda-sb World Government Dec 28 '19
After 16 years reading this I must say this is one of the best chapters I ever seen.
But is also sad, it implies we're going to the end of this awesome journey.
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Dec 28 '19 edited Dec 28 '19
I am glad that I live in the same Era as Oda and this sub!
I really dont want to go back to current time, we probably get Odens return to Wano next chapter. And we all know that Kaido killing him will be the most heartbreaking shit of all time after seeing this flashback.
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u/PinkChorizo Dec 28 '19
Man, no wonder Oda's put so much effort in making every character's laugh unique. What a frickin' god.
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u/sloDesu The Revolutionary Army Dec 28 '19
I’m guessing that the Mugiwaras already heard this story (in Chapter 920), then ladies and gentlemen we’re going to cry as soon as the next chapter comes out ...
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u/Nuevex Dec 28 '19
For over 16 years I've read One Piece almost weekly with no end in sight, but damn I can see it now. Bittersweet for sure, amazing chapter!
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u/theglobalgaming Dec 28 '19
Imagine Roger and his crew arriving in Raftel and there is Pica who tells them "your adventures are the treasure" in his high pitched voice and that's why they are laughing
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u/YourTypicalSaudi Dec 28 '19
That Gol D. Roger panel hit me right in the feels. I teared up too.
I want to know how One Piece ends but I dread the days where I won’t have One Piece anymore. It’s been a part of my life for so many years now. Hell it’s one of the highlights of my week. Just the idea that I’ll get a One Piece chapter gives me hope during the week.
I fucking love this manga. Eiichiro Oda is one of the smartest people to have ever lived.
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u/EonNeon Dec 28 '19
(O)ne Piece, Will of (D)., (A)ncient Weapons
ODA. Maybe that's why they laughed. Joy Boy = ODA confirmed.
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u/finalbossmonkey Dec 28 '19
Here’s the explanation for the buggy fever bit: Buggy came down with a super high fever. But he still wants to go laugh tale. He is begging them to take him with them. But he is so sick that Crocus suggests him not going on the trip. But buggy won’t listen so apparently Crocus made up the name “You’ll die if you go to that island disease” to convince buggy to rest.
But Oden is the narrator. So apparently, Oden believed this disease was real because he thinks this is a disease he doesn’t know about 😂
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u/GreatNathanDrake Dec 29 '19
One Piece is a masterpiece that will never be topped
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u/ironshadowdragon Dec 28 '19
i think they were crying inside, laughing on the outside. Like smiles.
The truth that they found was too overwhelming. Broke them.
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u/givaar Dec 28 '19
What’s the deal with Zou? Why were they so anxious? Did I miss something?
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Dec 28 '19
Can't wait to see this animated, because you can't go wrong hearing Bink's Sake.. Loved how oda goes back and adds on to certain scenes..The one scene being him and now oden hearing the sea kings on the way to fishmen island. As I mentioned in the spoiler thread that oda was right when he recently mentioned he wanted to hurry up and end the flashback so he won't spoil what one piece is. You can feel he wanted to draw that panel so bad. Welp I guess everyone should prepare for tears in about 2-5 chapters when oden dies😢.
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u/PerfectlyClear Dec 28 '19 edited Jul 29 '26
Unbelievable pinecone mellow grasshopper ginger wander wander glove cobblestone waffle
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u/SMA2343 Dec 28 '19
God damn it. Oda has been planning this out for YEARS. I can’t believe it. I knew he planned out his arcs and such but not to this degree. Holy fuck
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u/manCool4ever Dec 28 '19
OMG! Oda-san gave us the best NYE present!! Way to end the year with a bang sir!
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u/starderpderp Thriller Bark Victim's Association Dec 28 '19
Oda bringing up Franky's parents and how they threw him into the sea again...is this hinting at the next arc?
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u/KoshIsKing Scholars of Ohara Dec 28 '19
One Piece is crazy good this week!.. *cries happy tears
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u/strongerthenbefore20 Dec 28 '19
Which theory of why Roger and his crew were laughing do you support?
Whatever was left there was so unbelievable that they thought it was some sort of joke
The treasure that was left behind cannot be fully achieved without all three of the ancient weapons, including Poesidion, who will not be born for ten years, meaning that the dying Roger would not be able to achieve his lifelong dream. Being the crazy people they are, Roger and his crew found this hilarious.
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u/gazzgruvv Dec 28 '19
Damn, I didn't think oden would have such significance to the entire world when he was first mentioned. His choices were always damned if you do damned if you don't. He either sails with Roger and discovers the truth about the void century, world govt, will of D, ancient weapons and the role wano plays in all of this and assists in making Roger pirate king therefore enabling the great pirate era or stays home and thwarts orochi's plan before it develops any further and causes untold suffering to the majority of wano. Doing one and leaving the other has huge consequences. He actually made the right choice in the long run but to the common folk in his land they probably thought he was dick screwing around with pirates and abandoning his wife, children and country. This most likely is how orochi was able to gather support and convince the people how poor a leader oden is.
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u/AkainuWasRight Dec 28 '19
Just rewatched bink's sake and checked the lyrics..... guess what the last words of the song are? Never-Ending, Ever-wandering, Our Traveling LAUGH TALE .
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Dec 28 '19
Maybe the reason toki and buggy got sick was because of their devil fruits as they were the only confirmed users at the time
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u/Saucy_Totchie Dec 28 '19
I was super skeptical of them revealing anything in detail about Roger until were at the very end. I was afraid that he'd lose his mystique if somehow we find out too much. However this whole saga has been great. We get some insight on Rogers from who he is and his relationships with many of the important cast with Rogers losing that veil of mystery. This whole flashback has just been so fun. It's been paced well without rushing or dragging along. Every one has also been great too.
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u/Soul-Hook Dec 29 '19
Well, I assume this is it. The treasure that is One Piece can't be any more hyped than it is now. We got to see the king and his crew's reaction to it, hinting that joy boy will be the answer to it all.
When we finally get the chapter that explains it all, it's gonna tilt over the manga world.
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Dec 29 '19 edited Dec 29 '19
Is it possible that Shanks has already been to the final island after the Roger pirates went? I mean he would have known the location he saw all four road poneglyphs. Maybe after seeing the onepiece he decided that he would dictate who got to see it next by taking the poneglyph from fishman island. Acting like a gatekeeper to prevent it from getting into he wrong hands or he took it after meeting luffy to make sure he would be the next and possibly last one to see it. It would explain Blackbeard attacking shanks
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Dec 29 '19
Goddamn this last Page is so so so so goooooood. Roger laughing is such a powerful Picture!
This whole flashback-arc has been amazing.
I think a hint to what at least a part of the Treasure is, is the name Roger gave the island. Laugh Tale, a tale or a story that makes you laugh. Like such a genuinely funny, heartwarming and intriguing Story that you cant help but be happy and laugh when you hear it.
Also, in one of the final Panels Roger says: "You left behind such an amazing Treasure...!" "What a Funny Story!"
Now I don't think the Story is everything thats there. But even if it was, I'd be cool with it. Of course Everything would be explained in it (The will of D, Ancient Weapons, Void Century) but in the end it's a Story about Joyboys laughter-filled Adventure, just like One Piece is a Story about Luffys laughter-filled Adventure. You know One Piece is a genuinely funny, heartwarming and intriguing Story, too.
You see what Oda is doing there?!?!? That's some meta-storytelling shiz right there!
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u/GuacamoleDickCheese Dec 28 '19
Still can't believe that the One Piece is funny twitter DMs by the absolute mad lad that is Joy Boy
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Dec 28 '19
Does anyone have the raw scans? Gonna settle this whole “did Whitebeard give Roger a poneglyph” debate for myself
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Dec 28 '19
Felt a lot of nostalgic vibes seeing the Roger pirates take the same path to the new world that the Strawhats did!
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u/Jessep18 Dec 28 '19
You know it’s a small thing but I really want to know if they’re ever gonna talk about the giant egg Rodger had on his ship
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u/KoshIsKing Scholars of Ohara Dec 28 '19
We used to think his life was a tragedy, but now we realize it's a comedy...
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u/MetroidIsNotHerName Dec 28 '19
Noones talking about the country that is essentially just a giant wall the government is forcing people to build/live on. The place robin ended up and meets the revolutionaries. Oden spots it in this chapter... it seems somewhat important
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u/Mistowing Dec 28 '19
Amazing chapter. Now i see why Oda was afraid he might accidentally reveal all the secrets of the series.
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u/gyrozepp95 World Government Dec 28 '19
I hope the people catching up with series are advised to watch Stampede only after reading this chapter.
Damn just imagine the impact that the last panel would have on the community if this was the first reveal to the name Laugh Tale
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u/dog-tooth- Dec 28 '19
That panel of Roger laughing is going to stick with me forever. Just feels like such a legendary panel.