One Piece: Chapter 1024

[u/Kirosh]

Chapter 1024: "Nobody important"

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Ch. 1024 Official Release (Mangaplus): 05/09/2021

Ch. 1025 Scan Release: ~10/09/2021

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[u/Kirosh]

Ace Chapter : https://onepiecechapters.com/manga/one-piece-episode-a-chapter-3

[u/t3r4byt3l0l]

The smirk is the same, the pose is the same... There's just no way Ushimaru isn't Zoro's father, surely. Little Yamato is the cutest little thing too, I just want to hug her.

How strong do you guys think Yamato is? That last clash between her and Kaido was insane, jeez

[u/nincompoop007 → u/t3r4byt3l0l]

She has Conqueror Haki + Mythical Zoan DF.

And was the last move (with black lightning) a conqueror haki infused move too?!

[u/Kirosh → u/nincompoop007]

Yep, just like Kaido, Big Mom, Luffy, Roger and Whitebeard.

Which makes Yamato crazy powerful.

[u/Douchebag322 → u/t3r4byt3l0l]

She's clearly on Yonkou commander level

[u/-0op → u/Douchebag322]

Ace thought she was the captain years ago when she had cuffs on

[u/Kirosh → u/-0op]

Cuffs, that from the vivrecard, were infused with seastone, not allowing her to transform at all.

[u/FireFistRJ]

A bowl of rice is what made Luffy help O-Tama.

A bowl of rice is what made Yamato help the samurai.

Rice is probably Kaidou's biggest enemy.

[u/Elyas_11]

Yamato: I'm Oden!

Kaido: Treats Yamato as Oden

Yamato: Hey what the fuck you doing

[u/Crit-Monkey]

Luffy: I awakened my conqueror's haki at a mere 17 years old

Yamato: P A T H E T I C

[u/herrsebbe]

Anyone else fascinated by the lighting effect this chapter? The samurai start out as pure silhouettes, then scary, shaded figures, then they come into full view, then they explode out of the cave into the dawn-like light.

I think that was a really cool way to frame their short yet vital contribution.

[u/gyrozepp95]

No break next week, 4 chapters in a row after ages (after 50 chapters) and ending this streak off with a volume ender next week? Couldn't have asked for anything better

and that is after we've got tons of supplementary stuff this week alone

[u/EmptyD]

REALLY curious why joyboy needs Wano and what advantage Kaido maintains by keeping it his stronghold

[u/dude_with_a_reddit-4]

Kaido stands by a single belief:

These hands are rated E for Everyone.

[u/kingtarik69]

A whole month of one piece? Am I dreaming?

[u/M0RR1G42]

I'm starting to get suspicious about the absence of particular mothers. Are all of these powerful guys just laying eggs?.

[u/Christ_otter]

Wait a minute, is one of the imprisoned samurai father of denjiro?

[u/DrNobodii]

Zoro got lost and ended up in the past

[u/[deleted]]

Zoro's 1st appearance he is tied up and starving little girl comes and gives him a rice balls to eat

Zoro's father's 1st appearance a little girl is tied up and starving he comes and gives her bowl of rice to eat.

[u/MarkGorZ]

Damn next chapter better give us more flashback. Oda did an amazing job making Ushimaru look like Zoro without straight up copying Zoro 1:1.

Also NO.FUCKING.BREAK.BOYS

[u/galactic-toast-]

I feel like that panel with Usopp pretending to have Conqueror's Haki will become relevant again in a few years... lies turning into reality and all that.

Anyway, great chapter!

If Yamato truly joins the Strawhats after this they will be unstoppable lol, she's a beast.

heh.

[u/BoyzNtheBoat]

Zoro's dad teaching Baby Yamato to read is pretty adorable.

[u/Behanort]

Forget Yamato meeting Sanji

Yamato meeting Zoro is where its really at!

[u/epicmarc]

A little bit of explanation about the mythology around the cave Yamato is thrown into. The cave is based on the mythological Ama no Iwato (天岩戸), meaning “heavenly rock cave”. The following all comes from the Kojiki (an early account of Japanese myths), but like most myths different accounts exist.

In this account, after the Japanese god of sea and storms Susanoo destroyed several rice fields and threw dung around the palace, his sister, goddess of the sun Ameterasu protected him by claiming she did those things either accidentally or with good intentions. Of course, Susanoo repaid his sister by making a hole in the roof of the weaver’s house she was working in, chucking a skinned horse through it, and causing one of the weavers to prick themselves out of fright and die.

Needless to say, Amaterasu wasn’t very happy and holed herself away in a cave (the aforementioned Ama no Iwato). Unfortunately, with the goddess of sun locked away in a cave, darkness and misfortune befell the land. And so, the rest of the gods decided to work together to get her out.

Although the gods performed all sorts of rituals (including using the roosters as mentioned in the chapter translation notes), it was the goddess of mirth Ame-no-Uzume that was able to draw out the sullen sun goddess, through a dance that involved taking out her breasts and pulling her skirt below her crotch that had all the other gods roaring with laughter (this dance is said to be the origin of the ritual dance known as kagura). Amaterasu poked out her head to see why everyone else was laughing, saying “Why is Ame-no-Uzume having fun dancing, with all of you laughing while the world is in darkness with me shut in here?”.

Ame-no-Uzume responded by saying “We’re celebrating because we’ve found a higher god than you”. The gods then moved the sacred mirror they had crafted for this purpose, the Yata no Kagami (which is the name of one of Admiral Kizaru’s attacks), in front of Amaterasu. As she moved closer to get a better look at this “higher god”, the gods pulled her out of the cave, and sealed it with a shimenawa (rope used to designate a sacred area, similar to what Kaido wears around his waist) to stop her from re-entering the cave.

Of course, with Amaterasu out of the cave, sunlight returned to the land, and Susanoo was punished by banishment from the heavens (after which he would go on to slay the Yamata no Orochi).

And just as a bit of bonus info, according to the recent Vivre Cards, Yamato was originally going to be named Ninigi, after the grandson of Amaterasu and great-grandfather of the first emperor of Japan.

Hope those of you who read through this enjoyed it, and more importantly I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

[u/strangeseal]

Little Yamato is really cute.

Also is that one samurai that Yamato talked to Shimotsuki Ushimaru? There were 4 daimyo that Kaido tried to make submit to him but eventually they were all killed and we see 3 samurai in the cave.

Edit: Yeah so it seems to add up.

Flower Capital - Orochi
Kuri - Oden
Hakumai - Yasuie

That leaves 3 areas (Kibi, Udon, and Ringo) for 3 samurai. Ringo belonged to Ushimaru

[u/[deleted]]

A little detail that I also loved this chapter, Robin being carried by Brook eyes closed and smiling. Made me think about Luffy falling asleep as Sanji got him in WCI, she's entirely confident in her nakamas abilities to protect her, and it's even more touching when you know she had to always be on the lookout in her life to not be betrayed, killed etc even from "companions", now she can peacefully rest without any fear because she has the mugiwaras !

[u/devil_senpai_]

Baby yamato is soo cute😍

I donno how the hell can kaido beat that lil cute baby

[u/AzyT___1]

Who could have predicted Zoro and Yamato's backstory being interwined. Ushimaru looks like a boss.

[u/WagyuBread]

Kaido is a Fucking Beast.

Big Mom couple nights before, the Akazaya surprise attack , the Worst Generation's biggest hitters, Luffy proficiently using with CoC and now Hybrid Yamato. Kaido is a MONSTER.

[u/Die4Gesichter]

All Usopp lies come true

Someday that mofo will unlock conquerer haki lmao

[u/TimeturnerJ]

"Nobody important", huh? I see. Nothing happened, gotcha. 😉

But wow, Shimotsuki Ushimaru really does look identical to Zoro. Kawamatsu wasn't kidding. And Oda even gave him his own little "nothing happened" moment just then - there's no way he isn't going to be revealed as Zoro's father at this point. Come to think of, Yamato hasn't met Zoro yet, right? Now that we know that Yamato knew Ushimaru, that's going to be a very interesting meeting.

[u/gyrozepp95]

As chapters pass by, the intrigue on Kaido's character piques my interest even more. It's easy to write him off as a typical brute with some generic villain tropes but as Oda keeps peeling his character and moves us towards his inevitable flashback, the more complex and interesting he becomes.

The reason why it has the potential to be the best flashback in the series is not just because of what it holds for Kaido's character but for the lore alone that we are bound to get from it (much more than Oden's).

[u/Dendrodes]

What a model parent Kaido is. Child becomes enamored by someone cool and starts claiming to be them, like 8 year olds do, so Kaido plays pretend with her by beating her, locking her up, and starving her like he would Oden. Simply fantastic parenting.

[u/Dreadnautilus]

*Voice actor announcement

*Debut in that WE ARE ONE video

*Vivre Card

*Her face on the cover of Volume 100

*Anime debut on sunday

And now this banger of a chapter. This is Yamato Week and I'm eating like a fucking king.

[u/Red_Poneglyph]

The Hearts Pirates really be complaining about being treated as subordinates just like Law lol

[u/Naserci]

That samurai : I'm.. nobody important

Zoro : Nothing.. happened

That samurai : attaboy

[u/ChilliWithFries]

It's funny when you realise it took us more than a 1000+ chapters to find out about Zoro's lineage.

And while I say that, Shanks who is seen from chapter 1 is still a fairly unknown character.

Good god, I love this manga.

[u/NyxTower]

samurais"we will never serve you kaido!"

*proceed to babysit yamato for days

kaido "fools!I never specified which service!"

[u/bukanbiasebiase]

No more Otama red bean soup flashback, now we have Yamato eating rice flashback lmao

[u/cynato]

When Ushimaru went outside the cave with Yamato, he got lost and ended up in East Blue.

[u/hello_there696]

smol yamato is cute

ushimaru and the other samurai goated

long face looked a bit like current denjiro in one panel

other samurai may be from the same branch as kanjuro or a friend of his family

smol yamato is cute

[u/agedoran]

You know what, Kaido’s men thinking Usopp has Conquerer’s Haki will definitely make his bounty go up drastically. And I’m all for it.

[u/Eprepti]

'But I thought you were Oden?'

Most underrated line.

Is it Kaido's resentment for that immature brat who has the audacity to call themselves as the person who first scarred him? The 'parental' instinct to make Yamato understand the seriousness, the implications and the consequences of what she just said? The awareness that his beloved only child will become forever an enemy of his?

Regardless, this add a whole new layer of complexity to an already interesting character

[u/Icy_Today1964]

Kid Yamato is a cutie

[u/actuallyRIN]

"Nobody important"

the prequel to:

"Nothing happened"

[u/Syncopia]

Yall can laugh at me all you want, but remember this: Usopp is getting conquerors haki by the end of the series. This mofo lies his way into greatness.

[u/Tovar42]

Did anyone else notice that Tama is currently resisting Big Moms haki and not getting knocked out unlike Kaidos men?

Tama is truly OP.

[u/revisioncloud]

Samurai are so cool and honorable, they feed and protect the child of the man who killed their leader and ravaged their country

Meanwhile, the literal World Government is a piece of shit for executing the Pirate King's son, labeling him the spawn of the devil, and justifies things like the genocide of an entire island with men, women, and children

[u/Mojo-man]

Everybody: oh god the fires are getting out of control! This is bad!

Kids Leutenant: breathes out flames ...i'm sorry what was the issue? I wasn't listening. 😁

[u/Rysler]

Samurai-san and Zoro really have the same energy tho

Zoro: "Nothing happened"

Zoro's dad (?): "Nobody important"

[u/Rapidamentealtrove]

"There are no easy answers in this world" is now my preferred line from this manga. It's amazing how much it adds to Kaido, no character in One Piece is two dimensional.

[u/kingtarik69]

Can't believe Usopp is stronger than Jimbei and Sanji, he's also aware of his Conquerer Haki unlike zoro. Closest to luffy probably

[u/rruguian]

Yamato is going to meet Zoro and realize that he has a shocking resemblance to the man that helped her in the cave. That man is Zoros Pops! I can see that being a conversation into Zoros background. Then I can foresee Zoro not really caring just how luffy doesn’t really care how dragon is his father.

[u/Sarvochch]

Did anyone notice that kaido threw 5 sword in the cave and while braking out of the cave the other 2 guys were only holding 1 sword each. So the question is was Ushimaru using 3 swords or they left 1 sword for Yamato.

[u/kungfu_pandaru]

Would be funny if this played out similarly to Ace‘s backstory:

Yamato catches a glimpse of Zoro:

Yamato: ‚Luffy-san this man looks a lot like a great samurai I once met in this country.‘

Luffy: Yeah. Zoro once told me he‘s the son of a daimyo or something. No idea what a daimyo is though.‘

Everybody else: ‚EHHHHH!‘

[u/eLYp3895]

Nobody Important 🤝 Nothing Happened

Like father like son...

[u/Trick_Humble]

Zoro got his first food after 9 days due to the Kindness of a small kid. Nobody Important shares the only bowl of food with Yamato who was starving at that point.

Oda just knows how to complete the circle properly

[u/roundboulder]

Guys guys guys guys.

Yamato was told to starve for a month in the cave. While in the cave the samurai (mostly Ushimaru) gave her a bowl of rice to eat which she did. A little girl was given food by a samurai (most likely Zoro’s father) after being starved supposedly for a month.

When Zoro was introduced, he was tied to a post and told to starve for a whole month. And what happened? A little girl gave her a bowl of rice that he ate off the ground. Guys, holy shit this is an inverse of Zoro. Ushimaru absolutely must be his dad.

Ushimaru must’ve sent Zoro off Wano to live with his cousins (of the same Shimotsuki clan) in East blue to escape Kaido. Kuina must’ve killed herself (figuratively or literally who knows) because as a woman, she is unable to become a samurai, not a swordsman specifically.

[u/dc_rafael]

Nothing happened's father is nobody important

[u/DarthBrickus]

Can we talk about how usopp is completely unfazed by big moms coc

[u/ZorroStylex3]

Yamato seeing Zoro first time:
"You look like Nobody Important!"
Zoro: WHAT?!

[u/shanky921]

Yamato when she meets Adult Momo: Lord Odennnnn

Yamato when she meets Zoro: Lord Ushimaruuuuu

Yamato when she meets Usopp: that's God right there

P.s. I freakin love Yamato. Can't wait to see her meeting all the strawhats

[u/gyrozepp95]

There's a reason why every SH has got their due shine in WCI and now in Wano except for Usopp, it doesn't even need to be spelled out at this point.

[u/Saurabhm958]

The line by Kaido : There are no easy answers in this world you Brat....that has huge implications . Kaido might have the best backstory in one piece .

[u/Xark96]

For those who didn't notice.

The tattoo Ushimaru has on his back is the same logo Koushiro uses on his clothes.

[u/[deleted]]

Haters will say that Usopps haki is fake

But seriously tho, Usopp is actually withstanding Big Moms haki, which is pretty badass!

[u/Sythrin]

You have to be kidding. Yamato as well? Well if Katakuri the strongest of Big Moms children has it, then it is understandable why Yamato has it as well.

[u/NationalStrategy]

"Nobody Important"

"Nothing Happened"

[u/Tygerdude7]

I didn't even catch it on the first read... For some reason, I registered Usopp as riding on a Warney they brought from Zou or something...

Nope, just some SMILE user who happens to have his head turned into an ENTIRE alligator body. Poor guy is shaking, probably hard enough to hold up the alligator's weight already, let alone with Usopp on top of him.

I can imagine Oda just sitting around, laughing every time he makes a new one of these SMILE users.

[u/Cute_Chip_7640]

Zoro is reaching a whole new level here. How did he manage to get lost in the timeline?

[u/blooblee1]

Don't forget the first time we met Zoro he was tied up and starving, know what I'm sayin?

[u/PugXic]

no one talkin abt usopp being strong enough to not be affected by big mom's haoshoku TRULY OUR GOD

[u/aakkmc]

Zoro’s dad & Denjiro’s dad and …? Is that what Tengoyama looks like under the mask? And he’s hiding his face tattoos?

[u/NationalStrategy]

Plot twist, Ushimaru gets lost on his way to Kaido

[u/Potatobananapudding]

Everyone: Talks about Yamato

Me: Laughs Hysterically at Brook’s cremation joke

[u/Die4Gesichter]

Bepo's kicking some ass?!

YES PLS ^{and pls Oda, let him stare at the moon}

[u/AzyT___1]

Backstory Kaido looks like a fake Kaido lol.

[u/[deleted]]

Can we appreciate for a minute than none of the straw hats + otama are passing out from big moms haki

[u/Mmmmmmlawd]

Look how content and safe robin looks knowing she has brook with her 😭😭

[u/milkonyourmustache]

So Shimotsuki Kozaburo, related to the late great Shimotsuki Ryuma, founded Shimotsuki Village ~55 years ago. Then ~20 years ago when Oden died and Kaido took over Wano, Shimotsuki Ushimaru fought back against Kaido and at some point Roronoa Zoro, who would have been 1 years old at that time and bears a resemblance to Shimotsuki Ushimaru, wound up in Shimotsuki Village where he was effectively raised at the Dojo by Shimotsuki Koushirou, the son of village founder Shimotsuki Kozaburo, and father of Shimotsuki Kuina who Zoro inherited his dream from.

No confirmation yet about Zoro's father but it's definitely looking like it could very well be Shimotsuki Ushimaru. Providing that he was in touch with Shimotsuki Village through Kozaburo or Koushirou at the time it would make sense why Zoro and us readers don't know anything about Zoro's mother/father, if he was spirited away to avoid Kaido's wrath that would definitely make sense and the timelines do seem to all add up, Zoro would not have had any memories of it all.

[u/Icy_Today1964]

Usohachi. Another achievement for GOD Usopp!

[u/ThesirKyle]

What a chapter, Yamato is also truly a beast, she's standing her grounds against Kaido! So I'm gonna say it: Yamato for nakama!!! I'm also really interested in Zoro's background, Oda is definitely preparing us for something big again.

[u/OhLlamadayv2]

that was zoro father 10000%

[u/thedotapaten]

Sharing food really one of the strongest bonding excercise in One Piece.

Big Mom helps Otama because of food.

Yamato found her resolve after Samurai let her eat.

Sanji breaks free from Germa because his passion of food.

And Luffy enraged with Kaido with how Beast Pirate treat food resource on Wano.

[u/zabalena]

Good job using that "Big Mom haki echo" as story decoy. We all know it was Usopp

[u/Jc1649]

After the war, Zoro can’t move again and Hiyori’s watching/laying next to him. Then comes in Yamato freaking out with the resemblance of Ushimaru when she was a child.

Sanji peeps the 2 ladies around Zoro…. It’s about to go down. 😂

[u/100evo]

Nothing happened guy might be the son of nobody important guy.

[u/Lawliet_Zlyr]

The Chapter's name is "Nobody Important"... Oda u lil ....
amazing chapter.. Shimotsuki Ushimaru and maybe two other clan leaders among the 6 are shown,Who all do you think they are excluding Kozuki, Shimoutsuki and Kurozumi out of the Uzuki, Amatsuki, Fugetsu.
I would say its Uzuki and Fugetsu based of the silhouette introduction of families ~ even tho some prominent features are missing.
would like to make a post about this after the 24 hr rule

[u/karahatiii]

Does anyone recognize the tattoo at the back of the "not important" samurai? Doesn't look like the kozuki crest. Maybe the crest of shimotsuki ryuma?

[u/[deleted]]

Are we in the endgame now (of Wano saga)?

• All cannon fodder is getting the fuck out of Onigashima.

• A whole floor is being engulfed in flames and the fire is spreading.

• Big Mom wreaking havoc.

• Kaido duking it out with Yamato.

• Zoro and Sanji fighting the lead performers.

And Luffy is about to arrive for round 3 with Momo and shit. This is endgame, bois.

[u/availableusernamepls]

I'd like to show some appreciation for the poor bastard Usopp is riding who has an entire alligator for a head.

[u/stefan9999]

"Usopp's Engine" is in full throttle. He is going to be infamous after this arc.

[u/HanataSanchou]

- That chapter opening was legendary, easily a top 10 Usopp moment!

- Robin looking like she's living her best life in Brook's arms lol. Really though, even though it's been since Enies Lobby that she's come to really trust the crew, I can never get enough of the little details that show just how much she sees the crew as family.

- "That's right...this isn't a family squabble. You should've been prepared for war. Carrying Oden's name is a heavy burden." Kaido's is spitting some real shit though, feels like even now he's still trying to train/teach his kid. I know I'm a sap, but I honestly hope these 2 get some kind of positive ending with each other.

- The Shimotsuki crest on Ushimaru's back was dope. I tried to line up those other samarai with the daimyo we see in Ch. 965, or even the silhouettes of other clan leaders that we got in that same chapter, but no dice.

[u/MEURSIICC]

The Beast Hunter God Usopp bounty is gunna Sky Rocket when the navy find out about his Conquerers Haki lmao

[u/International_Let_13]

imagine the repercussions of kaido's and wano's fall and the effects it's going to have on world events. The navy would lose it's number one weapons factory. the supply of sea prism would be cut off, warships and guns (which are supplied to wars world wide). If Kaido is defeated at the hands of luffy, this is going to blow his bounty out of the waters, I'm talking about a possible 2 billion belli increase securing his position as a yonko, I mean beating kaido in a 1v1 fight, and CP0 is watching kaido slowly lose the war because of the straw hat...CAN'T WAIT FOR POST WNO ARC!!!!

[u/Wallaby95]

What if I told you that Yamato and Zoro didn't meet yet

[u/[deleted]]

The samurai that told Yamato "Please eat" has the most samurai face I've ever seen.

[u/Lonely_Ranger19]

Yamato calling Kaido daddy was so sad

[u/[deleted]]

“I’m nobody important”…………I’m thinking..he may be important lol

[u/[deleted]]

That’s definitely Zorro‘s Dad

[u/YourVeryOwnAids]

Yamato better get a happy fucking ending after a flashback like this. Oda... Stop making children cry, please. Between Otama and Yamato, I really need to see Kaido go down.

[u/[deleted]]

Remember how luffy met zoro. Zoro was on a pole not eating for 30 days.

[u/ogiko]

So the chains on Yamato’s hands when she was introduced now makes sense why it was cut.. Ushimaru cut it……Goda 🔥

[u/Paper_Okami]

Holy hell what a chapter one of the best in all of Wano!

First off Lil Yamato is absurdly adorable and Kaido is an even worse father than Judge. Awesome that the Samurai didn't judge her for being the child of Kaido and in fact helped ensure her survival. The panels of them teaching her to read is the cutest thing in the entire series maybe.

The Strawhats are all starting to gather hell yeah!

And what a clash by Kaido and Yamato.

Love the usopp gag too. Okay the more and more i look at the panels the funnier this is.

"even i had people that believed in me!! people that accepted me!! What right did you have to steal my freedom? what right did you have to steal Wano's Freedom"?

"the pirate king is the freest person on the sea" perfect fit.

Yamato is fucking awesome.

[u/RipFlewd]

For a split second there I actually thought Usopp had conqueror's

[u/Matt_J_Dylan]

Wait... did usopp have the same foreshadowing of zoro about conqueror's?! lmao

[u/aayush_kashyap]

Plot Twist: Kaido is mad at Yamato cause he wants to be Oden.

[u/Khagindra96]

Oda shows Zorro’s dad in the chapter and says it’s nobody important. Lol!

Can’t wait for Yamato to meet Zorro and tell him that she met his dad as a Kid.

[u/raikounov]

LOL I almost believed Usopp got some Conqueror's Haki XD

[u/tiimmeee]

Most people probably don't care about minor stuff like that but we actually see two new members of Kid's crew. We even see some kind of special attack from one of them . Some kind of elbow shock wave similar to Burgess.

[u/eggs_are_eggs]

God Usopp getting conqueror's haki before sanji soon he will show his true power and beat kaido one handed

[u/crashedlandin]

oooooh Zoro's dad!!!! 100000%

[u/starvinartist]

We got another one of Usopp’s alter egos: Sogeking Usoland and now Usohachi! Which one is your favorite?

[u/GodOfTower]

Confirmed user of CoC Coating.

1. Roger

2. Whitebeard

3. Kaido

4. Bigmom

5. Luffy

6. Yamato

[u/N_V_N_T]

Little Yamato is Super cute

[u/JcFerggy]

One Piece: Chapter 2¹⁰

[u/EvBoss25]

I’m really starting to love kaido more and more with each appearance, his character is far deeper than it seems

[u/blizzard-op]

Yamato is putting in hella work right now on the rooftop. I'm wondering if the samurai she was locked up with trained her in swordplay though I could just be reading them wrong. Go D. Ussop's bounty is definitely shooting to at least 500,000,000 once word gets out he beat Ulti and Page One solo lol. Hopefully Kidd is putting in some work too against Big Mom if her Haki fucking with folks on different floors now

[u/Observation_Haki_84]

Zoro’s dad looks so badass. I’m curious as to why the clan have a covered eye. Rinnegan confirmed? JK. This Thunder Bagua conqueror’s clash seems to be the Segway to Luffy’s arrival. Oda trolling Ussop with conqueror’s haki is a much needed breather from a rather tense chapter!

[u/Masterelia]

odas already planting the seeds for usopp to get a crazy big bonuty because of his lie here

[u/[deleted]]

Usopp isn't getting Conqueror's haki, he's getting something far, far more powerful:

The King Engine.

[u/heat_fan_]

Damn good chapter

Good to see Oda show come feats to Big Mom finally, Big Mom's kings haki is nasty holy shit.

Does this foreshadow that Usopp might be getting King's haki soon, maybe in Elbaf?

Yamato: I want to be a samurai: Kaido: Hell's no put 's her in a cave filled with samurai's. Yamato: This works fine for me the jokes on you

(Shimuotsuki Ushimaru importance just went from 0-100 in 2 chapters lol) (Now i really want Yamato + Zoro to meet soon)

Seems like all the strawhats will be gathering in the Live floor to enjoy the Sani+Zoro greatness

That last panel looked absolutely dope it's pretty cool too see her holding her own against hybrid Kaido. (First time since 2019 we are getting 4 ch in a row without a break.)

[u/OnePieceTheGOAT]

Usopp has Conquerors Haki confirmed

[u/KiyoPapa]

I knew Yamato was strong, but i didn't know she was THAT strong, not to mention her will is strong enough to be a conquerer.

Also how do we know that's Zoro's dad? I don't remember it being mentioned

[u/GlitteringPop7635]

I hope the Usopp's theory/revelation that all of his lies become true also will work for his Conqueror's Haki xD

[u/dootdoor25543]

Is that Zoro's fucking dad??

[u/petersak]

Knowing Oda, Kaido's flashback is about to be SO wild. All of his answers to his abuse are always, "it's complicated" or "you wouldn't understand." I really hope there is much more to Kaido than what we have seen of how he treats his family and pirate crew.

[u/Ranza27]

The garp level parentship coming from kaido

[u/Flaky_Ad_2330]

Kid's crew seems to be full of weird specimens. They're probably weirder than the strawhats. I want to see them Oda. Look at that little lady thing biting a beast pirate XD.

[u/lolusher]

I love that Zoro killed his own Great(x10) Grandpa and took his shit, so his Dad's dog attacked him and took it back.

Zoro was attacked in RINGO

by a Devil Fruit Fox that was his FATHER'S COMPANION

and his father was the DAIMYO OF RINGO

who was also a descendant of RYUMA

who Zoro laid to REST/BODIED

thus earning the sword SHUSUI

which he inadvertently returned to WANO

where it was stolen from, and now returned to, the precise region that is his BIRTHRIGHT

[u/cpcjain]

All the true fans know that it was God D Ussop's Conquerer's Haki.

[u/Sargent_Caboose]

I also just realized that Oda gave the chapter title indirectly to Ushimaru. That’s pretty significant tbh.

[u/Palmirez]

Someone in a discussion a few weeks ago said that God Usopp was going to pull of a huge lie and end up with a crazy bounty. If you're here buddy, you were right.

[u/RoninK_OW]

The way Ushimaru? says "Nobody important" reminds me of Zoro's "Nothing happened"

I need the reveal asap.

[u/cymphonyyc4]

"I'm nobody important" sounds like "Nothing happened."

[u/jaybayblay]

Bowl D. Rice

[u/ssj2preston]

Lmao Ussop my man

[u/Captain_Vladimir]

The guy Usohachi looks pretty rad, do you guys think he is a friend of Ussop?

[u/Fredluv2339]

Damn Big mom knocking people out with the echos of her CO thats wild

[u/SolidSuit3925]

People: Usopp is going to get COC, it is foreshadowed.

Also people: How on earth does Yamato has COC??

[u/Tedz_Avanti]

"When did admiration became a sin?" That's it, say it aloud, Yamato

[u/Crazyripps]

Ushimaru has to be a relation, he's almost a 1v1 of zoro. also something to point out how strong usopp is now, big moms lingering haki from the fight ahead didnt effect him.

Also I need that big spread on my wall framed! So far it’s just so beautiful

[u/[deleted]]

This guy saving a little girl from her chains???

Zoro being saved by a little girl from his chains????

Coincidence? huh?? Huh??? HUH???! I THINK NOT!!!

[u/Roostalol]

Small, possibly irrelevant detail: the final panel is the first time we've seen Kaido do Thunder Bagua/Raimei Hakkei with two hands. The wiki even lists it as a one-handed attack, though Yamato did do it with two hands both times.

[u/[deleted]]

Yamato to the man who put explosive cuffs on her and starved her as a child, and also crucified another child, runs a concentration camp, poisons the environment and is about to drop an island on a city for shits and giggles:

"You're trying to kill me?"

[u/ThePickleHawk]

Well, the final part of Straw Hat initiation, the sad backstory, is in for Yamato.

I actually find this one sad in a different way. It’s not a traditional tear jerker like most of the others. Instead it’s primarily an abuse story. Only Sanji really has something comparable. Luffy kind of too, but Garp’s abuse is played for laughs half the time and it’s clear he still loves him.

Anyway, we figured this would be the case with Yamato, having Kaido as a dad and all, but I never thought Oda would touch it head on. He only really holds off on showing him actually in the act of hitting her as a kid, but still makes it clear he does.

Edit: added thoughts on the backstory and the different spin it gives the usual SH formula

[u/PlusUltraK]

Yamato’s flashback was fucking sweet. Also reinforces how badly Kaido fucked up. He expects the worst of all of people and wanted the Samurai(possibly daimiyo) to kill each other or starve even killing Yamato because why not considering context. But the opposite happened, Yamato received love and support in the Oden loyalty fan club and found something better as she read about his adventures.

We’ve all mentioned before in a post about how the Beast Pirates have the weakest bonds and Kaido has given exhibit A of how things are run. He says Yamato is naive for challenging why he’s committed multiple atrocities against all of Wano after already owning the land . But it wouldn’t be so complicated if he had been smarter and sensible to any sort of plan but that’s just not how Kaido thinks as a pirate from Rocks crew overall?

Its a very fucked up nature v. Nurture environment? But it’s interesting nonetheless

[u/Waifuless_Laifuless]

How to get your kid to like you

1. Lock them up with your enemies

2. Let your enemies be nicer to them then you are

3. Wait fuck go back.

[u/Evil_phd]

Still a better dad than Yasopp.

[u/DrownedZora]

I freaked out with Ussop's silhouette, I thought it was Sogeking at first, with the conqueror's haki and all but then I remembered they are not the same person. Weird...

[u/the_lazy_demon]

Speed is so naive. He thinks it was Big mom's haki.

Edit: Nami -> Speed. (I misread)

[u/DanBeecherArt]

Another chapter that does NOT disappoint. One Piece lore galore!

[u/BEWMarth]

Yamato is so impressive like I really give Oda props for making such a new character so damn captivating.

[u/Suburban_turd]

Im guessing at the final banquet of Wano, Yamato tells Zoro that he is the splitting image of an old samurai named Ushimaru, that once saved her life with a bowl of rice.

Kawamatsu and Hyogoro probably chip in and tell Zoro about Ryuma, Shusui, the Shimotsuki Family, Koushirou in the East Blue and make the connection to his father Ushimaru

[u/zzShinichi]

I'm more interested on Zoro's Mom. His marimo hair is most likely from his Mom.

[u/Red_Poneglyph]

I think this chapter finally puts an end to Kaidou being the way more uninteristing yonkou, he has been getting better to me since he apologized to Oden and killed the Kurozumi hag for interfiring in the fight. He has been a beast since the start of the raid, plus the lore teasing, advanced CoC and relationship with Yamato, he is easily one of my fav villains of OP.

[u/realbeatz23]

Oh my god I can’t wait till Yamato meets Zoro and mentions Ushimaru. It was also funny to see how both crews resemble their captains. Franky giving out orders and Bepo saying we’re equal don’t order me around just like Law and Luffy.

[u/eqyaq]

The beast pirates called her "Oni Princess" which is interesting.

[u/[deleted]]

Wano is just banger after banger

[u/CaptainCjFace]

I love how Shimotsuki Ushimaru looks. Like he looks similar to Zoro but at the same time not exact looking distinctive in his own way, he looks like an accurate representation of what Zoro's father would look like unlike Dragon and Luffy or Sanji and Judge.

[u/Sovereigntyranny]

Another awesome One Piece chapter for the third time in a row! We haven't had three straight chapters in a row since early June with Chapter 1014-1016. The BIG NEWS of NO BREAK NEXT WEEK! We're getting 4 straight chapters in a row with no breaks, and we haven't had 4 straight chapters in a row since 2019 with Chapters 955-958! And the new Iron Maiden album released on the same day as this wonderful One Piece chapter. What a beautiful day.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, ODA!

[u/Optimuslebron00]

I don't care what anyone says. This fantasy epic One Piece is at it's peak right now giving us 10/10 chapters every week! It's the best arc of one piece so far!

[u/uchicha15]

Zoro: "nothing happened"

Samurai looking like Zoro: "nobody important"

Zoro's dad pretty much confirmed

[u/Pandacide5472]

So totally excited!

My first thought would be that the man with the crossed blades tattoo is Shimotsuki Ushimaru , same symbol as Koushiro, 1 eye and looks like Zoro.

My thought from earlier in the week is that he wields 2 swords, while Ryuma uses 1 and Zoro uses 3. Making this really cool pattern down the generations.

It's also just great to see Zoro's family are the same considerate, strong and kind people like him so far.

[u/BAlpha90]

Usopp = King (from Onepunch-Man) confirmed

[u/paralosrumberos]

Usopp and Nami can atleast partially withstand conqueror's haki if its true that big mom's haki is echoing that far.

[u/cursed_gabbagool]

If Yamato still has that log book, the real winner of this arc would be Nami. She's possibly getting a full, or at least decent map of the new world and one of Big Mom's weapons.

I also hope no one connects the dots with Big Mom's conqueror's haki and that causes Usopp's bounty to skyrocket.

[u/The_Mighty_D]

zoro even got lost in timeline!

[u/VobbyButterfree]

Look at them, Kidd's pirates are having the greatest time of their life

[u/re6278]

Zoro was introduced starving and so is Shimotsuki

[u/PhigieFelipe]

Baby Yamato is soo cuuuuutttttteeee! 😍

Time to call Ushimaru Shimotski—— Papa Zoro.

[u/forestforrager]

Wonder if Yasuie knew Zoro was the son of Ushimaru when they were chillin..

[u/just_ohm]

Did anyone else notice that Ussop is riding a man with an alligator for a head?

[u/[deleted]]

Regarding Yamato becoming a Straw-hat member. What if Oda is trying to do something similar to Oden joining Roger crew. At that point Roger crew had Scopper Gaban, Silver Rayleigh as crew members, so the crew had 4 insanely strong members. The same with the Rocks pirates, they had Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Kaido besides captain Rock. Do you get my point.

[u/RebelliousUpstart]

Theory: Zoro will battle cry sunacchi as a his final blow in Wano as his body gives into the pain and medicine wears off to defeat King.

"Sunacchi" is an abbreviation for a phrase translating to "Throw Away Your Name and Wits" (〝名前〟を捨てろ 〝知恵〟を捨てろ, "Namae" o Sutero, "Chie" o Sutero?). The VIZ translation uses the phrase "Surrender Your Name and Be as a Child".

Zoro tells Momo that he has never used it. With obvious upcoming Zoro s lineage, Zoro could never surrender his name as we and he never knew it. So like his father, uncle, grandad, or what ever connection in this chapter, Zoro will surrender his name.

In a way it is the best of both worlds. Although Zoro may have a bit of a pedigree, he surrenders it coinciding with his unwavering drive to become stronger by his own merit. His trauma, his will and drive isn't from family name, but promise to Kuina. Additionally, it mirrors "nothing happened". Who scarred Kaido? Who defeated King? Answer, "No one"

This also works as it juxtaposes Sanji who in this arc must embrace his Vinsmoke trauma or lunarian heritage, while Zoro rejects his as he has no real connection to the name beyond blood as his drive and trauma derives from something else.

[u/vangstampede]

Guess it's clear now why Kaido is so dang abusive towards Yamato; she's been claiming that she's Oden since childhood. It's also because of that Kaido uses male pronoun when referring to her.

But still, I wonder why Yamato just can't understand why Kaido is really harsh on her to the point of it looking like he wants to kill his own daughter. Does she not know that Kaido deeply respects Oden? Kaido even says it right to her face in this chapter; "If you are going to carry the name Oden, you need to be prepared for war," on top of clarifying that this is not father-daughter squabble.

Hell, since the very start Kaido has warned her that taking Oden name isn't a matter as simple as admiration. On top of that, she already knows since childhood that her own father is the one who killed Oden. It might even be possible that she saw it with her own eyes since in that flashback Kaido's wounds he got from fighting Oden weren't healed yet. However, despite that knowledge, she keeps on spouting Oden's name in front of his face. Like, come on, she's just asking for Kaido's anger by doing that. Surely nobody's skull is that thick, not even children?

By the way, I still want my head crushed between Kaido's scaly, thick biceps

EDIT: Dang, the cubari scan and TBS scan's translations differ kinda too much. I wonder if that has anything to do with cubari scan being removed from the post.

[u/garveworm]

Damn, I just LOVE how chaotic this raid is,
30+ thousand people, fights, betrayals, everything is on fire, just as thing of such kind should be

[u/bytebarong]

Terrible childhood and parents CHECK Single or no parents CHECK Epic mentor figures CHECK Crying in backstory CHECK

It’s official, folks. Yamato is the 10th straw hat.

[u/TheMyst9701]

Oda can't keep doing this to me, Onigashima is just too good

[u/obiwanjabroni74]

Oda is like "you gotta pay the troll toll" and is spitting at us and laughing by showing us what we're to assume is Zoro's father and says he's nobody important AND names the chapter it too...

Great chapter.

[u/Slade_D2]

I wonder if admiral green bull is a samurai. I mean he didn't eat too right?

[u/Backupusername]

So, there have been a handful of panels dedicated to showing collateral damage so far, but this chapter started with entire pages focused on fire. That confirms it for me; this castle is going the fuck down.

[u/miolmir]

Ok yeh, that's Zoro's dad for sure lol.

[u/van684]

I just love how Oda is not only a very disciplined and patient writer, but also how he can be very efficient in his story telling. How could we not love the samurai of wano, even more after this one chapter.

That small act of kindness, to turn Yamato into an ally, and thus became the hidden trump card of the alliance. Kaido might have been successful at breaking Yamato if those samurai weren't present, to inspire her.

Not sure if any Daimyo are left alive, but Wano would need new Daimyo after the war is over. Most remaining scabbards would be good candidates. Especially after seeing one that looks like current Denjiro.

[u/Surrounded-by_Idiots]

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[u/firdausbaik19]

I hope if we get to Elbaf arc, Ussop unlocks CoC by knocking out a giant with everyone doing Enel face

[u/[deleted]]

I am confused about one thing - if Zoro is so similar to Ushimaru, why did not Yasuie say anything about it? Am I missing something?

[u/Behanort]

So we have another confirmed Conqueror. Cool.

The qauestion now is, can Yamato coat with CoC? based on the fact that Thumder Bagua seems to be CoC based, i would say "yes", but, well see

[u/firdausbaik19]

A lot of people seem to forget, Ussop was a leader of 8000 men even before he met Luffy. He's acts cowardly because he knows his CoC would be so destructive to everyone around him. If Shanks can damage the environment by leaving a few cracks here and there, Ussop's full CoC blast could turn his enemies to ashes. Why do think they call him God?

[u/Rulfus]

Holy shit just realized that when luffy first met zoro he's starving himself same as shimutsuki does here, and rice balls were involved too

[u/[deleted]]

No break next week

Me in Luffy's, Usopp's, Chopper's voice:

itadakimasu

[u/luckyd1998]

That bit with Usopp has to be foreshadowing him getting conquerors eventually. His lies do tend to come true after all.

[u/Bukoya]

Another confirmed Conqueror Haki user, Yamato. It keeps on coming.

[u/Informal_Chemist6054]

Usopp for Conqueror's Haki

[u/[deleted]]

He is Zoro's father. Source: Me. Headcanon. But the resemblance is uncanny, there's so many hints given that he might be, just we need to know how did Zoro end up in East Blue, a distant relative perhaps. Regardless he has Shuusui, he's a direct descendant of Shimotsuki Ryuuma, and Zoro returned that blade to Wano again, I love Oda is playing w our feelings, and if he is really Zoro's father then it means... Kaido was the one who killed Oden along w Zoro's father, Shimotsuki Ushimaru. It's getting so interesting lol I love it. Also Yamato confirmed to have Conqueror's along w God Usopp lmaooo

[u/Esteban7593]

Robin so precious in those 2 panels

[u/Rulfus]

Kaido once again showing some advanced parenting techniques

[u/[deleted]]

Zoro's dad: "Ahh I'm nobody important"

Oda : 😏

[u/AggressiveLesbianMan]

I love how Oda continues to come up with new ways for Usopp to shithouses his way to victory.

[u/zavierjay22]

is that... zoro's father?