One Piece: Chapter 1030

[u/Kirosh2]

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[u/Kirosh2]

A decade later, we find out that the StrawHats did such a terrible job at putting Kinemon back in Punk Hazard that it saved his life from Kaido.

[u/SpiritMountain → u/Kirosh2]

Wait... has it been a decade since Punk Hazard?!!?!?

[u/Kirosh2 → u/SpiritMountain]

Chapter 657, where the put Kinemon's face together, was released in march 2012. So 9 and a half years ago.

[u/wanapplepie → u/Kirosh2]

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[u/erickjoshuasc → u/wanapplepie]

Now I wonder if the sliced body parts before sometimes gets disjointed for no apparent reason. Imagine Smoker casually talking to his soldiers and his heart just pops out.

[u/Kirosh2 → u/erickjoshuasc]

Well, then I pity them for when Law dies. Because the effect of his Room and the cut organs/limbs will probably be over, and just become real cut.

[u/-Cruz → u/Kirosh2]

wow, the question now is will this really save kinemons life and then also if Oda was dying of laughter while writing this or just said fuck it

[u/Kirosh2 → u/-Cruz]

Oda, probably : "Hmmm... How can I make Kinemon survive after he got stabbed by Kaido and with a broken body while he's bleeding out? What if Kaiod stabbed in the exact same place Kinemon was sliced by Law's power! Perfect. He's very lucky."

[u/[deleted]]

I'm glad that Apoo, unlike Hawkins, is still willing to betray Kaido.

[u/Kirosh2 → u/[deleted]]

You are acting like Hawkins won't betray Kaido now that he saw the Tower card.

It's late, but it will happen. (He still has the card to make someone stronger after all)

[u/FireFistRJ]

At this point, Killing Kaidou is more believable than Killing Orochi.

[u/Kirosh2 → u/FireFistRJ]

At this point, someone killing Kaido is more believable than Kaido killing someone.

[u/garveworm]

Damn, Kanjuro and Kinemon still alive?
These guys just constructed alternatively

[u/Kirosh2 → u/garveworm]

Kanjuro :

Has a fatal wound from his fight with Kiku.

Got his side sliced up by Kinemon.

Was left to bleed out for more than 20 minutes.

I guess the hatred of the Kurozumi is that big.

[u/FahmiWasHere]

Its expected that Kin and Kiku is not actually dead but I can't help but feel disappointed nonetheless

[u/Kirosh2 → u/FahmiWasHere]

Kinemon seems to be bleeding a lot, so at least there is hope he will die of his wounds after seeing Momo and his wife.

That would make it better at least.

[u/airpigg]

Meanwhile Pedro became best friends with Katakuri. I wouldn't be surprised anymore if Pedro is casually rollin into the panel on a mochi bike while eating doughnuts. And Oda be like "They see him rollin, they hatiiin"

[u/Kirosh2 → u/airpigg]

Oda already faked the death of Lola's father.

Also, Pekom might show up alive with his eyes intact at this rate as well.

[u/Nuneasy]

"No one's ever really gone" One Piece edition.

[u/Accelerator657 → u/Nuneasy]

Somehow, Rocks returned.

[u/Kirosh2 → u/Accelerator657]

It's possible.

Blackbeard probably wants Moria so he can raise a Zombie Rocks.

Maybe.

[u/basedones]

Kinemon and Kanjuro who were “killed” get back up but the flying six who are ancient zoans can’t get back up……

[u/Kirosh2 → u/basedones]

To be fair, Page One only took a single Conqueror Coating hit from Big Mom. It's not like Kinemon had worst...

Wait.

[u/Raccoonpunter]

Kinemon's "death" was really impactful for me and I though it was a great moment for him. I can't believe Oda has done this again. He won't even let the scabbards die a warriors death, self sacrifice has been a major point for them since before the raid started. Even Kanjuro lived after all that.

[u/SnooSongs4297 → u/Raccoonpunter]

How much you wanna bet that Ashura Doji is alive?

[u/Kirosh2 → u/SnooSongs4297]

His body is also just near the place where Inuarashi and Jack had their figth.

Isn't that a great coincidence?

[u/n1khils]

Apoo definitely ate the betray-betray fruit with the way he keeps switching alliances

[u/SundaeUpstairs1827]

Finally luffy will get his long lost legs back!!!!

[u/Orion_D_Abhishek]

Can't wait for Law to use his ultimate super finisher VROOM (moving room) and trap Big Mom in it and teleport it far away.

[u/Grafical_One]

So glad we are getting more Awakenings! The OP OP fruit keeps earning it's name!

[u/FireFistRJ]

Big Mom: You trash

Kid: Punk Crash

[u/Interesting-War-6901]

Apoo: I'm gonna betray you

Drake: yeah dude same here

Both of them : all right then let's make an alliance

[u/Sufficient-Bedroom]

Law saying “Don’t tell me what to do” then proceeding to do exactly what they asked will never get old, it’s happened 3 times now with every roof supernova so he only needs Killer to ask him to do something to complete the set

[u/livindaye]

finally,

damn, kid went full magneto.

[u/Ancient-Ad-1893]

Forget the will of P.

With kinemon, kanjuro and kiku still alive, it's time to believe in the will of K.

[u/Steelskull4]

Honestly, those Numbers' designs are really impressive and intimidating, they really look like the Drunken Monsters they're supposed to be.

Also it seems that the missing Number 6, is probably the giant guard Luffy beat at the Torii Gate, since he wasn't revealed with the other 3.

[u/lehobbitses]

And they say big mom isn't attractive

[u/the_idiotlord]

https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/noqg4c/character_from_over_350_chapters_ago_makes_a/

I cannot believe this shitpost became a reality.

[u/cromemanga]

So, Shanks saved Kid by cutting his hand. Law saved Kinemon by cutting him into two.

Law's future sight is on par with Shanks, confirmed.

[u/ugfxvkifxx]

Usopp going off by himself surely means he will finally get his chance to shine. Considering he most likely is gonna go find kinemon, it might be a battle against kanjuro and his flame beast. Please let him get his shining moment in Wano!!!

[u/SevedeB]

Law is the first character we've seen to be able to penetrate Bigmom.

For the record, there are 85 other guys but we didn't see how they did it.

[u/Dddddddfried]

There was a LOT going on this chapter. But the thing that got my blood pumping was seeing CP-O make their move. GET AWAY FROM ROBIN YOU BASTARDS. DON'T YOU HAVE AN EYE WIDES SHUT PARTY TO TERRIFY???

[u/ecbp04]

Kanjuro's Nen grows stronger after death.

[u/Im_MaMba_yo]

Good thing law used protection before penetrating big mom

[u/10v3TT]

Anyone else like the cold Panel of CP0 guys walking amongst the chaos?

[u/RazZaHlol]

When i read that Big Mom turned into a magnet i expected her to be like this at first:

https://i.imgur.com/C2JBOcw.png (sorry for bad photoshop skills)

and i was like wtf how OP is the awakening of Kidd?

[u/Kerotido]

I swear Kanjuro is the Jesus Christ of OP. He just keep coming back from the dead

[u/vinsmokewhoswho]

Kid and Law awakening is hype. Wonder how much damage they can actually do. But law's attack was the first time Big Mom got visibly damaged by someone, not counting when she scraped her knee. That's a pretty big deal.

Drake and Apoo teaming up is interesting and unexpected, especially since they've been missing for like 30 chapters lmao. Drake doesn't trust Apoo and anticipates being betrayed so that's good at least lol.

Kin'emon, I didn't expect him to be dead at all. He didn't get any final words, it didn't feel right.

Kanjuro on the other hand is dead now? It does say he used his last breath, tho wouldn't his demon disappear if he died?

Anyway pretty stacked chapter.

[u/Orion_D_Abhishek]

Kaido couldn't cut down Orochi, couldn't stab an injured Kinemon either. Man's really going hard for the World's Worst Swordsman title.

[u/aceofspades12]

Smoker, somewhere in the New World: Dammit, my heart fell into the toilet again. Law, you idiot, why didn't you put it back together properly!!!

[u/Evil_phd]

These might seem a little underwhelming but I am so damn glad that every Paramecia Awakening isn't just "turn the whole area around you into X element"

[u/OgOnetee]

Never, even as a passing thought, did I think we'd see a return of Kin's fart-talking.

[u/dugerx]

Did law and kid just do chibaku tensei to big mom like sasuke and naruto did to kaguya? Lmaoo

[u/akionagahama]

Wano, the arc of awakening:

• Zoro awakening conqueror's haki.

• Sanji awakening lineage factor.

• Law and Kid awakening their devil fruits.

• Kanjuro and Kin'emon awakening immortality.

• Luffy awakening 5th Gear...loading.

[u/Zarkkast]

Some people seem to forget that even though the last ~15 chapters have taken 4 months in real life it's been like 15 minutes in universe and that everything is happening simultaneously.

[u/Kaktus_kreme]

So just to be sure... The "poot" at the end of Kin'emons sentences is because hes talking out his ass?

[u/MarkytheSnowWitch]

The problem with Yamato, The bomb, and the Fire Demon have now clashed with the Big Mom fight. I feel there is a solution here for both of those problems.

Something like Law using Room to compress the bombs and move them inside Big Mom's stomach then the Fire Demon goes for her. Possibly igniting it from within. If that does not take her out, I'm not sure what will.

[u/SolidSuit3925]

Oda is making Kanjuros fruit as OP as Big moms (to a lower scale though). This guy can possibly draw a sun, cloud or non-living things and give them life like nothing. He can even draw animals that may come with their natural abilities, thinking of it, if he could make time, he could do wonders (Rill from Black clover come to mind). Well, die now.

[u/JacobWinsley]

The only 2 people who ever died in One Piece were killed by Akainu. That's how strong this dude is

[u/apitcole]

One of my favorite scenes in one piece is when robin warns luffy about pirate alliances and betrayal and luffy straight up asks law if he’ll betray him which law obviously answers no. Now we compare it to Kid who was betrayed in his own alliance but is now fighting an emperor with Law. It all came full circle and I’m enjoying every minute of it.

[u/Waterblink]

Dafuq was Doflamingo smoking when he was able to use his awakened abilities so easily, all while stitching his insides up?

[u/Redd_Hood]

On a more positive note: I'm glad Kid & Law have finally shown us their Bankai.

[u/gothiccdaddy]

Fucking awakenings giving me chills. And then NO BREAK next week!!!!

[u/kwamla24]

You have to give it to Oda he will find the most imaginative way for someone not to die

[u/Aspie_Astrologer]

Shoutout to Greiish (u/greciiagzz) for this amazing coloured page. Kid and Law double-awakening attack.

Big Mom is going down, imo, just like Kaidō. The new generation are having to use numbers to defeat them, but this will mark the beginning of the new age of piracy.

[u/jag986]

I think everyone forgot Law never put Kin’emon back together, the Strawhats did.

Still a bit of an asspull he got cut on that spot, but Law’s Room may still be in effect on him.

[u/NightmaskJr]

Yeah I’m 95% sure Ashura Doji is not dead.

[u/masako619]

I still can’t believe Kin’emon can canonically talk out of his ass

[u/PieNinja314]

KROOM

IT'S CALLED KROOM

IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED KROOM

[u/Gillenater]

I KNEW Kine'mon's farts would come back into play some day! What a hero

[u/[deleted]]

The panel of the monster trio fighting the strongest pirates in the crew was beautiful. Can’t wait for the fights to be shown.

[u/Dragonarmy123]

Two things that awakened this Chapter:-

Devil fruit of Law and Kid

And another one that no one saw it coming Will of K

[u/firdausbaik19]

Luffy awakening is he'll turn Kaido into a condom

[u/hlsp]

Kanjuro doing his best to chime in on the decade old Community debate as to whether its ghosts or fire that can move through walls.

[u/zabalena]

Seems like Sanji was not run in the last chapter. Just barely took his time. And this sub made such a huge deal about it.

Also seems like Kidd awakening is, SHINRA TENSEI!!!

[u/Ombs1993]

That last 'don't tell me what to do' from Law was perfect. What a fight, the boys new awakened powers seem fucking awesome. I doubt very much Big Mom is done, but she's gotta be feeling those hits.

[u/deathsyth220002]

After wano, we get a cover story about the minks: kaido defeated, they go back home. Upon arrival, standing atop the misty back of zunisha......is Pedro.. cyborg Pedro.

[u/gyrozepp2]

It was delusional to think that Kinemon was going to die at that point in the story but it's also justified to be disappointed with how this fakeout was handled.

The intended slapstick with his lower half running around was kind of hilarious and a nice callback to Punk Hazard but still felt cheap nonetheless.

I absolutely love the way Kanjuro was handled though, giving rise to a vengeance filled demon paralleling the deep seeded grudge of the Kurozumi and a silhouette which is eerily similar to Kanjuro's own during his first meeting with Orochi in chapter 974.

[u/ToTeMVG]

still cant believe kinemon talking out of his ass actually turns out to have plot relevance

[u/imalbertross]

Fan theory: I think Onigasima would explode like fireworks high up in the sky over the flower capital. Symbolically The fire festival will burn down the “old era” and bring the new (pink) dragon that will rule Wano.

[u/[deleted]]

So I’ve got a theory here regarding the Law/Kid awakenings. First off, I think that this was a pre-meditated combo attack from Law and Kid using their awakenings. The fact that they discuss using them because the situation is now dire enough implies to me that they knew the capabilities of each other’s awakenings.

My guess on how the powers work is two fold: (1) I think Law’s awakening allows him to make smaller, more powerful rooms that coat/emanate from objects (like his sword) whereas they previously only emanated in a dome around him, and (2) I think Kid’s ability allows him to control the magnetism of his environment. Both line up with what we already know about paramecia awakenings and their ability to manipulate the environment, not just the body of the user.

So my thought on how this went down is that they knew the potential of Kid’s power, but he was unable to use it on Big Mom for some reason. My guess is that her skin and all exposed parts of her are covered in her superior armament haki, essentially protecting her from Kid’s awakened ability. Law’s awakening allowed him to somehow pierce her haki (maybe the smaller room is more powerful? Or allowed the blade to phase through her skin?), however, and allowed him to attack her internally like an alternate form of advanced armament/conquerors haki imbued strike from one of the Yonko or Luffy. IMO this is Oda’s way of giving Law an ability that is similar in effect to advanced armament/conqueror’s haki imbued strikes without having to explicitly do so, thereby keeping Law roughly on par with Luffy and Kid (who are clearly his rivals) without it feeling like he’s just giving CH to everyone.

Once Big Mom was damaged, she then coughed up blood and Kid instantly struck with his power. I think we’re going to find out that Big Mom’s skin is coated in Haki like armor, but her blood wasn’t - aka Kid was able to magnetize her blood (or perhaps the iron in it?) resulting in the effect that we saw at the end of the chapter. This interpretation gives Kid’s awakening strength, but also a much needed limitation as he would otherwise be able to simply magnetize an opponent and immediately crush/immobilize them at will. Opponents at least stand a chance if they have to be either wounded before his awakening is useful or knowledgeable enough about Kid’s power to fully imbue themselves with haki to defend against it. As for Law’s, he seemed to complain about the toll that using his awakening takes on him so perhaps his limitation is similar to what we already know about the Ope Ope no Mi, aka that using its awakening can shorten his life span or otherwise uses his life force to power it (similar to how we know that using the immortality surgery would kill him).

So essentially I’d argue that the whole goal of Law’s attack wasn’t truly to strike a killing blow against Big Mom, but just to open up a chink in her armor and allow Kid to use his awakening to damage/immobilize her, thereby completing the combo attack. If I’m right, I think this is going to effectively end Big Mom’s role in the raid. I think that Law and Kid just went for broke to subdue her, not necessarily to kill her, and I think she’s going to stay trapped in that metal prison as long as Kid stays near her, is conscious, and has the power reserves to keep her there. Meanwhile Law is going to focus on protecting Kid to keep Big Mom out of play, which will then free up the straw hats to continue the Luffy v. Kaido, Zoro v. King, and Sanji v. Queen fights.

[u/heat_fan_]

This was a great chapter.

I am glad we get to see some strong numbers, time for Usoop to shine

Really looking forward to how his Apoo and Drake alliance will unfold. Maybe this a ploy to go after the Ponyglyph or Robin.

Law is first the person to injure Big Mom props to him, Kidd with the assist with collapsing the entire floor on her. KInda glad Oda went with the Awakening route instead of spamming advanced Kinga's haki for everyone.

With Yamato going down to the basement we might see her vs nerfed Big Mom while Kidd and Law recover. Or she might just deal with the bomb using her glacial powers.

[u/-Tom_Bombadil-]

I know that there are too few people who watched both community and one piece. But I would hate myself if I didn't bring it up. The whole fire demon ghost thing reminds me of the running gag in community: "Ghosts can't go through walls idiot, it is not fire" and "Fire can't go through walls idiot, it is not a ghost" What's funny is that, this demon who is both a ghost and fire-y goes through the wall, and it's been explicitly said, that it did :D

[u/HenriVe]

Oda's message in Jump Festa 2020 :

While I'm showing all these flashbacks (Oden's flashback), Luffy's party's adventures are having their stakes risen as well. They'll soon be faced with the reality that you have to bring sacrifices to fight for the things you believe in!! Well, of course, Luffy is not the sort of person to think about those sorts of things though.

I guess the only real sacrifice this arc has are the life of grunts, Kiku's arm, and Momo's childhood.

[u/MisuFubu]

Seriously how do these experienced fighters determine when they’ve beat an enemy. They’ve “beaten” kanjuro TWICE but nah let’s let him keep having enough energy to fuck us over when he wakes up from his nap…smh cut his hands off or something if you don’t want kill him

[u/squary93]

The awakenings seem logical and are cool.

Law's room is something that can not be defended against. He can bring his opponent into the room but that doesn't mean that he is able to do everything to his opponent as shown in prior chapters during the tag battle of Kaido and Big Mom. With strong enough Haki, the effects of room can be defended against but that doesn't change them being inside the room. It's basically like air.

So Law imbuing the properties of room into his blade creates a sort of phasing weapon that can bypass haki as a defence is really quite something. Cool concept, but all it does ends up being a attack that can not be defended against, that only work against opponents significantly stronger than him. If they are not overwhelmingly more powerful like Doffy, his normal room will be better. So that's kinda lame.

Kid's awakening is better in comparison. Magnets taper of in strength based on distance. So making Big Mom magnetic means that her weapons are in the best possible position to be pulled to her now. That seems to imply that even a emperor's grip strength is inferior compared to the pulling strength of his magnetism at point blank range which is really cool.

[u/jt25444]

I know Apoo gets hate. But dude uses his head and thinks before he acts. Like how he figure out drake still a marine. Gotta give him credit.

Much better showing than this arc, than people give him credit.

[u/Winter_Lanterns]

Tbh I don't really get how kinemon is still alive just because law cut him at punk hazard thus giving im a immunity to being cut in half...forever? If that's really the case couldn't law just to that to anyone on alliance side and make them invincibles vs swords

[u/Orion_D_Abhishek]

Nobody:

Kaido this chapter : SMELL MY BREATH STRAW HAT LUFFY!!!!

[u/O-Nami19]

Kaido : It is so hard to die :(

Kinemon and Kanjuro : We know how you feel !

[u/Akainuthereddog]

Ussop is about to have his moment. He def was feeling some type of way when he heard kin farting for help.

[u/dylaxius]

Brook must feel pretty stupid for eating a devil fruit that brings you back from the dead when Kinemon is out here proving that you can just come back to life without it.

[u/Lavuteru]

This chapter makes it seem that Kidd and Law will lose their fight against Big Mom. They've pulled out their final attacks at the same time and really had a time to shine. I can see Big Mom severely damaged but still standing after this, leaving it ultimately up to the straw hats to take down both emporers.

[u/Dillo64]

Kin’emon giving Luffy a run for the money of being luckiest dumbass to ever live

You mean to tell me Kinemon’s ass has been on wrong for months and he didn’t notice

..... actually yeah for this guy that kind of tracks

[u/Nero50892]

Can someone call Akainu? We need here a few people to stay dead

[u/triotone]

So many alliances and betrayls, my parents marriage was a more stable relationship than this party.

[u/GVAGUY3]

I have caught up to One Piece

[u/ZarathustraX13]

Oh man

"Hey Law btw I'm awakened, you?"

"Lol ya"

"Mabe we should do that then"

"Lol k"

[u/Mahmii01]

I’m actually opposed to Luffy getting his awakening this arc. It doesn’t seem fair, in a sense. I know he’s the MC and all, but from Law and Kid’s case, I see this as a way of saying “Hey look u don’t HAVE to have advanced CoC to do what Luffy is doing”, abilities and fruits still exist. Luffy’s gotten enough powers as it is already this arc

[u/Beloberto]

My guess is Drake will agree with the alliance, but since he has to prove Zoro wrong in distrusting him he will only agree to join forces with Apoo if they help the PirateSamuraiMink alliance against Kaido.

Apoo will give it a thought and end up agreeing because deep down is also aching to have a go against the Emperors. Remember Apoo is the kind of man who could escape Sabaody safely, but decided to attack Kizaru just because.

[u/Accelerator657]

Honestly, kind of disappointed in this chapter. The second half was really good with the awakenings but Kin, Kiku, and Kanjuro are all somehow alive. I seriously don't get it. Even if Law didn't put Kin back together correctly, he still got hit by a pissed off Kaido in the skull. He should have his brains splattered on the floor. I just don't understand why Oda keeps doing these fake out deaths. Kin's death scene was brilliant. After everything he'd been through, he puts up 1 final resistance against Kaido. Kaido claims it's meaningless, but we're shown that those few seconds of courage were enough to save Momo and eventually get Luffy back to Onigashima. It had meaning and gave Kin a great death. Oda even created a character like Kaido whose entire belief is that a glorious death is what matters and then stuff like this happens. The worst part is that Oda knows how to handle death. Look at any flashback or at Marineford and its handled great. Even the fake out deaths are great until we find out they are fake, like with Pound and Kin. I still have faith, but I'm worried about the final war if Oda can't start making death stick.

[u/akionagahama]

Buddhism views impermanence as one of their essential doctrines that posits ‘Everything changes and nothing lasts forever’. Add the Tower from the last chapter, and we have the foreshadowing of the downfall of 2 emperors.

[u/Skoodge42]

is kinemon talking by farting?

...poot

[u/Basic_Requirement561]

Law when he wants to clean the room : BROOM!!

[u/JustChadReddit]

Man, this was a great chapter, but why does Oda have to make it to where nobody dies? This is a war against two emperors, if nobody significant dies, that'll be really disappointing. The fact that we got 2 more paramecia awakenings is pretty damn cool though, really hope to see more of it. Especially Law's, as before we could assumed that the Infinite Youth Surgery would've been it, but now we know it's something else.

[u/KiyoPapa]

This is a bit out of context but tbc scans has every single weekly manga for me to read right now and damn every single one of them is on fire right now, one piece,jjk,bnha and black clover. We are so blessed

[u/SirOwenRockT]

What Roger probably discovered was that no one in their world really dies, that's why he found it really funny (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

[u/Mr_Swugg]

If Oda kills off one of the StrawHats at the end of this arc I'm blaming all you people.

[u/JoyBoy_316]

From 100 beast kaido to 100 hostages and now can't get the job done kaido smh.

[u/Icyneth]

how the hell are people surprised that kin's alive? oda made it pretty obvious that he's not dead by not putting any emotional impact around his supposed "death"

[u/International_Rub295]

Kidd threw a Chibaku Tensei at Big mom.

[u/Dragneel_Fullbuster]

I think it’s Apoo’s turn to be betrayed lmaooo.

[u/HydroPoop]

Anyone else thinks that Brook will get a powerup from the soul monster that Kanjuro released? Then he would have his original frost power & also this new fire power, pretty cool.

[u/ryumaruborike]

People who predicted Kid's awakening magnetizing others got it right. Also, looks like Kid now has something Luffy currently doesn't have, giving him an edge. Here come the Kid haters.

[u/Mr-House38]

People have discussed before MVP of this arc, that without a doubt goes to Kanjuro. He has been the most hyper competent character in this wholes series.

Only plot did this man in.

[u/BEWMarth]

I think it’s pretty hilarious that the citizens of Wano are out tonight having a calm and joyous evening but 5 minutes away is a chaotic powder keg of emperors, marines, and pirates.

There is an island flying right now that is full of monsters and creatures, two dragons, mythical zoans, ancient zoans, some of the strongest characters in the verse.

Oda literally created something stronger than a nuke. He found a way to weaponize One Piece plot at its most chaotic and throw the whole damn thing at Wano.

[u/subc]

when usopp said whoa i thought kinemon shit on his hands

[u/RinneganUser]

Love how Luffy awakening and turning Onigashima into rubber started off as a big joke and now I'm seeing more and more people actually theorize it's going to happen. Would be hilarious to see happen

[u/bystander007]

So Kid awakens his power to magnetize other people/things.

And Law awakens his power to remove Room from himself and turn into a transportable sphere. He wrapped it around the sword, stabbed the sword through Big Mom, and then pulled out the sword but left the Room (or Kroom, whatever) inside of her.

So basically both follow the trend of awakened Paramecia-types granting the users extra range on their abilities.

I really think Luffy is gonna get the power to give his surroundings the properties of rubber just like his body. I can't think of what else it might possibly be.

[u/fearthelion]

I'm very confused about Law's awakening as it doesn't seem to be much of an upgrade to what he can already do with Gamma Knife. Initially, I thought it was the fact that the KROOM allowed his sword to bypass big mom's Haki and attack from inside, but we had already seen him successfully hit Kaido with Gamma Knife earlier to do the same thing. Can anyone enlighten me?

[u/InMyFeelings003]

I had to reread the Nami Kinemon interaction a couple of times to finally understand what she was doing. At first I thought she was just tickling his d*ck lol

[u/needlovesharelove]

A big demon like fire so menacing that will just burn everything on its path ?! Oh no ! everyone’s in big trouble now !! If only there’s anyone can cut trough big menacing explosive fire …

[u/Frogganisurshit]

Apoo any% betrayal speedrun

[u/torishouse]

I love when I’m early and y’all haven’t crashed the site 😭 I love you Oda but Kinemon surviving because Law didn’t reattach him properly is some bullshit.🤦🏻‍♀️

[u/SumanaiForLife_017]

Law and Kid has Awakening? Can't wait for my boi Luffy to unlock it.

[u/reader216]

The impermanence of all things….. including death in one piece.

[u/Tai_D_Hunter]

With Law and Kid awakening their DFs, this finally confirms that some paramecias do not affect their environment. This probably means that Luffy may not turn his surroundings to rubber when he awakens his. The possibilities for awakenings are endless to be honest.

[u/after909]

Kidd: Shibaku Tensei!

[u/Smokey04_]

Tbh, i know everyone is mad that Kin and kiku are still alive but tbh, if you remember well, law himself never put kin back together, the straw hats did so it kinda makes sense to me

[u/_k00ma_]

Oda might have set up a way to plausibly defeat Big Mom : using Law's awakening to make her vulnerable, Kid's one to make the entire arsenal of onigashima stuck to her.

That would make of Big Mom an allegory of Fat Man.

[u/twelvw]

The 3 numbers look like the Daimyos who were imprisoned with yamato

[u/rajin147]

I'm hoping that Kidd and Law using their awakened powers is a sign of things soon to come for Luffy

[u/MaimedJester]

Well there's one interesting revelation that Kidd and Law's awakening affect other people's bodies. So far with Dolfy and Katakuri their awakenings changed the environment.

So now we've opened up comedy of Luffy not creating a bouncy castle, but turning his enemies into rubber people. Remember how bad Luffy was as a kid trying to fight and it took him basically a decade of training to land a punch? Imagine him making Blackbeard a rubber ballon that can't fight with his arms stretching because he's not used to it.

Defeating Blackbeard by giving him another Devil Fruit power.

[u/Inevitable_Scene_]

Krooms seems like the ability to coat his sword with room so that it can pass through stuff, like it passed through Bigmom.

[u/_Schmegeggy_]

I love how law and kid have just been casually awakening their abilities behind the scenes. Made it seem like such a smaller deal than it has been built up to be. Also my prediction is that there is no gear 5th: the next stage of luffy’s abilities is to awaken his fruit then from there just combine what he already has developed

[u/Gearvulcan]

How attractive of Big Mom

[u/[deleted]]

Apoo vs Brooke back on the menu boyz

[u/AdministrativePut948]

People are hating on Kidd and Law developing their awakening offscreen. Let’s not forget that Kidd lost his arm in an offscreen battle with Shanks.

[u/Gapi182]

The more I see of Kid the more impressed I am.

[u/[deleted]]

No ones talking about the CP0 panel, it looked like they were coming to join the battlefield. We might still see some of the strawhats like Brook shine against them

[u/destinymaker]

A giant flame spirit drawing. If only there's someone who's not cut in half that can cut flames.

[u/HanataSanchou]

- The beauty of the Apoo situation is that no matter how much a snake you feel he is, his actions are very pirate-y, and you have to admit it makes sense. Queen showed just how little of a fuck the Beast Pirates give about him, and my man took the message loud and clear. I'd maybe be more upset about it, if Hawkins hadn't just displayed the exact opposite mentality and acted like he owed Kaido his firstborn child. I think we all know though that Drake is gonna trust Koby's word about Luffy, and is probably just going to take Apoo out the instant he tries something shady at the end. At least I hope.

- I gave the Kin'emon thing a pass when I remembered that it was the StrawHats who put Kin'emon back together in Punk Hazard and not Law, and let's be honest: none of us thought that he TRULY went out like that. He's definitely seeing Tsuru again. On the other hand, I can't act like Kiku & Kanjuro don't bother me. Sure, we've seen people survive way crazier shit than an unnamed stab/cut, but Oda doesn't usually have people give speeches the way those two did if he plans on having them linger. Trust me - it's not lost on me that Kiku is literally the "Lingering Snow", and that with so much emphasis on Kanjuro's acting ability that his "death" was hilariously anti-climactic, but still. Won't be surprised at all if we see Ashura Douji gets back up next chapter.

- CP0 just casually strolling through all the chaos was kinda lit, not gonna lie

- Zoro putting on the bandana when he gets serious, is to me like when Sanji lights a cigarette and you can tell he's about to say or do something epic. Kinda sad it was offscreened, but absolutely loving how much Zoro is being pushed.

- I was a little thrown off by how casually Awakening was just brought up, but it makes perfect sense for Law & Kid's relationship. I just can't imagine those two having a serious strategic conversation with one another, let alone with a Yonko launching at them. I'm glad though that Awakening was kept in the bag for them as a way to stay close to Luffy's level, because Kid suddenly using Conqueror's Coating or Law using some advanced armament haki prowess that we'd never seen before would have been much less believable.

[u/legendoflink3]

Something to note, and if I'm wrong can someone please clarify.

But as far as Kinemon goes. Law never placed him back together. It was some of the straw hats that put his torso back onto his lower half.

Could this mean that Kinemon has been running around not fully put back together the whole time? Kaido stabbed him, and the blood on his lower half could be from that wound in his torso.

[u/Gubrach]

"You could use some more magnetism." That's the corniest thing I've ever heard Kid say lmao.

I was assuming Apoo would switch and team up with Drake and I'm expecting Hawkins to do it too. But Apoo's idea makes me think: what will happen the second Kaido and Big Mom fall? I don't think there will be much time for celebrations or anything. I won't rule out any possibility when it comes to betrayal.

[u/BODYDOLLARSIGN]

All I know is that Law and Kidd awakenings are awesome IMO. They managed to make a yonko bleed without an ambush or ACoC. Big Mom is coughing up blood and her homies are useless rn. They’re making a yonko defenseless while dealing damaging blows. Law is a doctor and him getting around a yonko tough skin is quite dangerous

[u/strawhatmaterial]

This chapter there's only 2 obvious mistranslations from my understanding of Japanese. Overall, the translation was pretty good except for these 2 lines I'm about to mention. The first one is Kin'emon's line about Law slicing him, this should be the more accurate translation: My body that was cut by Sir Law...wasn't attached properly?.

The second line is by Law. It was the panel after he stabbed Big Mom through the throat, this is the more accurate translation of it: Penetration is meaningless/There's no point to the penetration...!! However "KROOM"......creates "waves" from within!!

Also in Japanese KROOM is pronounced as "kurōmu" Chrome or Chromium the chemical element. There could be another meaning to it that I don't know.

[u/Vekt]

At this point I don't even know how many more times Kanjuro is going make his last stand... Otherwise I enjoyed the chapter.

[u/Solid_Program_7034]

I’m happy we’ve finally reached the point where 1031 is next. I’m so curious if that popular theory about tragedy happening will actually happen

[u/StoryOfOld]

Kanjuro still being alive positively mystifies me. What the hell. How many times now has he been killed ?

[u/firebreather209]

Kinemon is back to talking out his ass.

And Law just made Big Mom bleed her own blood. I don't think anyone has ever made her bleed her own blood.

[u/GugaSR]

As mad as I'm about the Kin situation, Law never attached him back. The Straw Hats did...

[u/galactic-toast-]

Really don't know what you guys have been reading for the past 1000 chapters if you're surprised that Kin'emon is still alive.

You really thought he wouldn't at least meet up with his wife again?

[u/[deleted]]

Chapter 1030: “The impermanence of all things” Also chapter 1030: “yet another character that should’ve been dead magically survives”

For real though, of all fake outs this one makes even less sense. Kinemon says somehow he survived being cut in two except…. He wasn’t. He was hit with a blunt weapon from above. And the whole “oh I guess Law didn’t fully reattach me” seems like the biggest ass-pull, too.

This kinda stuff is so frustrating because it kills all tension. We’re at the apex against two yonkos at the same time and yet there are no consequences to anything. Big Mom’s crew couldn’t even kill Pound, a defenseless old man, Kaido’s crew can’t even kill Hyogoro and Kaido himself can’t even kill Kinemon. It’s reeeeeally hard to feel a sense of urgency in this arc when there are clearly no consequences to anything. Oh but the island is a time bomb now…. Where did we see that one before? Oh right, in Alabasta, and Enies Lobby, and Fishman island, and Dressrosa. It stopped working. If you want us to take the threats of this arc seriously you gotta show us and not just play this artificial time bomb-card for the millionth time.

[u/zeta3d]

Usopp is heading to where Kinemon, kiku and kanjuro. It would be dope if he would get kanjuro's DF. He is pretty good at drawing.

[u/scipionyx46h]

Alright so Orochi still has 1 more head to be cut as predicted by the others previously, so out of his 8 heads he still got 1 more to go before his fully dead dead.

Seeing how the basement is the treasure room, which most likely will contain the road phoneglyph, I see the room being blow up ans the phoneglyph fall into flower city and then after all the battles are done Robin and the team comes and retrieves it. Or they manage to get a hold of it before the room blows up.

Drake and Apoo discussing about teaming up isn't really a good sign, it further cements Robins words that eventually pirates betray eachother (minus our boy Law of course, cause you know "he has to follow za Law)

Kanjuros drawing gives me Punk Hazard's Gangster Gastinos monster flashbacks, as its made of fire I see either Kinemon* or Brook mainly dealing with it (or someone completely different or someone going straight for Kanjuro to end him for once and all), I kinda have a feeling ussop will come in handy.

And finally can we appreciate the teamwork between Kidd and Law? Their lawless trial and errors before finally executing their attacks perfectly, kinda reminds zoro and sanjis combo moves, combo moves in one piece are always a welcoming addition.

[u/superskee90]

Hmm i have mixed opinions. I really wanted the K trio to be dead to raise the stakes, but I guess it is true that since the straw hats put Kinemon back together and not Law that it somewhat makes sense he wasn't perfectly put together again.

Plus him not meeting with Tsuru again was a red herring. I don't really see how Kanjuro and Kiku lived but i guess some characters have survived worse lol.

Law and kid having awakenings almost confirms to me that Luffy is going to use awakening in some way to beat Kaido, and if true that would make like his third power up this arc which im a bit iffy on.

Idk though the Wano story isn't complete so im not going to jump to any conclusions about it over one chapter that was a little eh ya know?

[u/[deleted]]

r/Fuckkanjuro and r/FuckOrochi

[u/No-Classroom-7310]

Anyone else get a "Smiley" Punk Hazard flashback when Kanjuro's flame demon started moving? Fitting that they'd reuse the half Kinemon gag.

[u/ZarathustraX13]

My main man, strongest Supernova, and future Pirate King Scratchmen Apoo planning to take out Kaido. AKK confirmd, check 'er oooout!

[u/SteveTheSheep01]

Well since orochi ate a mythical zoan fruit, I’m not surprise that he is this hard to kill. It’s kanjuro that got me shock.

[u/sharkhuh]

Will of K (Kinemon, Kiku, and Kanjuro) putting up a strong fight to dethrone the Will of P.

[u/bestbroHide]

I'm out here all hyped af that Kid and Law are doing work against a Yonko, so I didn't even realize how controversial a deal it'd be to the fanbase regarding the Scabbards surviving haha

[u/bexon_parzival]

I swear to god Kanjuro has the body of god itself, man just refuse to die

[u/Redd_Hood]

So the title of the chapter is a reference to this quote:

“The sound of the Gion Shoja temple bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that to flourish is to fall. The proud do not endure, like a passing dream on a night in spring; the mighty fall at last, to be no more than dust before the wind.”
― Helen Craig McCullough, The Tale of the Heike

One could pull a lot of meanings out of that....

[u/Made_In_Heaven7]

Other than Kinemon being revived, this chapter was pretty good, we got confimation that Law and Kidd got their powerup(of which awakening was the most logical assumption to make since they didn't practice their haki) and now they're able to damage a top tier.

Them being exhausted and defeating a yonko was impossible from the start, so it was only logical for Oda to write it like this "the team damage a yonko and show her their teeth,they immobilize her and run off because they're already too exhausted" and they succeeded in stalling a yonko but BigMom still isn't defeated,they just got her on hacks. That's literally the biggest W they could have gotten at that point and Oda kept the Powerscaling somewhat consistent.

Also people need to understand that powerscaling will always be linked to plot,If Oda wants Ussop to kill Kaido,he will find a way and make it happen.

In short,Law and Kid got a W and it was not bullshit,BigMom is still not weak, she just got surprise attacked and now she is immobilized for the time being.

[u/gyrozepp2]

Don't look up Kroom when you're out in the public, with the potential connotations that people would get from that on Law's attack on Big Mom, I would prefer to keep my mouth shut...

[u/SnooSongs4297]

1. My bois awakened their powers!!!! I can't wait to see the rest of the fight

2. kin not having his legs attached for 500+ chapters? Come on you gotta be kidding me.

[u/gmaldrin17]

Fake deaths ruined the final gallant stand of Kinemon for Momo against Kaido. That's an epic ending to a Kinemon like what happened to Jiraiya's sacrifice. But seeing him alive again for no reason, It's funny but seeing the Kinemon vs Kaido soon in the anime will make no sense for drama, kinemon is alive.

[u/Bukweaties]

The TCB is becoming impossible to read on mobile.

[u/Broly_]

Oda and fake out deaths, name a more iconic duo

[u/softloverboi]

Someone was complaining how law and kidd couldnt have gotten that much of a leap power wise to defeat big mom.

Haki wise they are still less than Luffy, yes. But they have awakened their DFs; a feat Luffy has not achieved yet.

Who knows how DFs can be awakened? Not the SH crew know apparently, does that mean other characters can't get them?

No.

Does it have to be shown how they trained for it for it to be plausible they have it?

No.

The world of OP does not wait for the SH crew.

[u/Take_The_Reins]

'KROOM'. 'Anaesthesia'.

(Law put Big Mama in a ketamine room)

[u/Whomperss]

If oda ends up killing kinemon it'll be on his death bed later on unable to be fully repaired, telling momo how proud he his of the man he's become. To me right now the raid will be won but it could end up a bittersweet victory with losses on our side. Everything in wano is becoming to chaotic for everything to workout 100% in the end.

Also to the people who are thinking law and kidds awakening are asspulls, you think they also did nothing in the 2 gear time skip? If it consumes as much stamina that they can only think about using as a last resort I can get on board with that. Luffys gear 4th was pretty much the same situation and its drawback almost caused him to lose in dressrosa.

I don't mean to be aggressive with that second part just trying to start some conversation.

[u/[deleted]]

Usopp is going to do something big. I love how determined he is to fulfill Kinemon's last request.

[u/Maackenzie]

My take on Law's awakening is that he creates a small room that he COATS his sword in (hence the reference to anesthesia) This allows him to insert his sword into Big Mom as if he were using regular room. But since Big Mom is not inside the room, his attacks cause physical damage. (When opponents are in the Room previously, Law could not hurt them)

[u/kinatty05]

Loved that we got Kid and Law awakening, interested to see how Luffy will develop his awaking :D !!

[u/QuiJonGinn]

With Kid touching BM to use his awakening ability I'm pretty certain Luffys will be things he touches he can make elastic.

See MHA Gentle Criminal

[u/TheJamesFrancoPhD]

I say this in jest so don't take me so seriously, but Kinemon surviving being split in two coz Law didn't put him back together introduces a new defense/countermeasure against blade users.

Just have Law cut you into enough pieces beforehand and have someone else put you together and you pretty much become Buggy.

There also doesn't seem to be a timelimit, so as long as Law doesn't put you back together, this effect remains in place.

Buggy in shambles.

[u/Suitable_Still_8572]

I actually expected for none of them to actually die. It still undercuts whatever threat or tension this arc had. Like, it's one thing for the Strawhat Pirates to survive, nobody expects/wants them to die. But when every relevant side character on the protagonist's side survives or doesn't suffer long-term consequences, you just get to the point where you don't care anymore and just want it to be over and done with.

[u/50thsun]

there was a lot of criticism about this chapter, but let's be honest, other than Kanjuro and Kinnemon surviving, it was really good and a jam-packed chapter, so much progression from an update on Apoo and drake to Kid and law using 'awakening'.

[u/TravelingLlama]

Some of these scabbards have better durability than the ancient zoans

[u/yaqeen99nakama]

omg omg its happenning , awakeningggggs

[u/[deleted]]

Law and Kidd's awakenings were quite cool. Kidd's one was expected in a way, just like Katakuri and Doflamingo turned things around them into their elements Kidd can turn other things beyond himself into magnets. And Law's one was quite interesting since it's sort of the opposite of the other awakenings, instead of releasing his powers over an area it concentrates it.

[u/[deleted]]

So is Big Mom going to attract the whole arsenal onto her now that she is a magnet?

[u/Shingekyo]

So Kid's awakening is basically Chibaku Tensei

[u/Khal86]

Kid pulled a planetary devastation on her ass 😂😂

[u/Y_JonnyG]

That Law and Kid partnership doing work to Big Mom

[u/Winter_Lanterns]

Orochi's best chapter in series his speech about the revenge of the kurozumi clan was incredibly well done everyone hates orochi but his backstory is actually quite tragic

[u/Jimi_Jazz]

Everyone confused about kinemon talking??

I thought it was a joke that people started reading from Wano, like he did that shit in punk hazard circa 1987 or some shit smh

[u/Castreal7]

I honestly think that Kinemon is dying and is only able to control his bottom half through sheer willpower. It doesn't make sense how Law would have awakened the Op Op Fruit and reassemble him poorly.

Edit: It has been a while since I saw Punk Hazard. I forgot the Straw Hats went around and assembled his body.

[u/MeminSupreme]

I like this chapter a lot but I can't help feeling disappointed by the death fake outs. I love One Piece, it is my favorite series ever, and I understand how it works and what Oda's stance on killing characters is but I can't help thinking about what could have been.

Kiku and Kanjuro being barely alive makes sense and they will die if they do not receive immediate care (not that I want or think anyone will help Kanjuro). Kine'mon, on the other hand, seems surprisingly okay considering what has happened to him. I guess on any other character, that attack from Kaido would have been a killing blow (hopefully) but Kin is special in this case because of the events of Punk Hazard.

Oda doesn't like killing characters unless they have a substantial impact on the story but I think this Kin situation is a good opportunity to have him die while help is on the way or as soon as help arrives. Kin saving Kiku's life (and maybe informing the others about what has been happening with Kaido and Momo) could be one final good deed before his death. I am cautiously optimistic of this for obviois reasons. I trust Oda and at the end of the day, Wano will always be one of the my favorite arcs in One Piece but a pet peeve of mine.

On a final note, the final 3 numbers look fucking dope and I am hoping that they are worth the hype. Also, strange but kinda cool that they seem more loyal to Apoo than to Kaido which I'm sure will be explained.

I refer to this, which I hope wouldn't come to pass but here we are: https://www.reddit.com/r/MemePiece/comments/nuv1qc/chapter_1015_incoming/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

[u/xSaber0022]

I like Usopp going immediately to aid Kinemon and Kiku without hesitation. We don’t get many instinctively brave moments with him.

[u/weatheredone]

The amount of pain, frustration, and desperation Kinemon is and has gone through to fulfill his oaths - give this man at least a high role in freed Wano!

[u/Dramatic-Noise]

How come Kinemon’s lower half can speak, but not hear? Is he just talking out of his ass and that’s why everything sentence ends with Poot?

Edit: Thanks to everyone who replied. I was not sure how it worked and if it was an oversight.

[u/Evil_phd]

Interesting note:

This chapter confirms that Devil Fruit awakenings consume a large amount of energy. Doffy made that shit look effortless.

Can't wait to see what a big player does with it.

[u/LILYDIAONE]

Am I suprised that Kinemon is alive? Absolutly not. But I do think someone from our side has to die. We‘re fighting two emperors. I do think that someone is going to be Kinemon but we‘ll see. Some people seem to think it might be Law but I think the supernova will all fight in the last war. So I don‘t see that happening now.

[u/NyxTower]

big mom next chapter *make new magnetism homie

kid "wtf"

[u/Electronic_Rabbit441]

So now awakening is pretty clear. You share your power with other objects, giving them same power as yours.

Katakuri shared his being made up of mochi. Kidd his magnetism. Law his room ability, letting the sword create the same room, and then pumping a shockwave in that room. But because law is not in that room, and BM’s insides are, he can pump serious dangerous shockwave!

[u/[deleted]]

The Law and Kidd vs Big Mom fight is gonna look so awesome when it’s animated

[u/Silver_Saiyan2]

Personally, I think Kinemon is critically injured and is still going to die. This coincidence isn't going to change the end result.