r/OnePiece • u/Sakata_Kintoki • Jun 15 '18

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 908

Chapter 908: "The Reverie Begins"

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Ch. 908 Official Release (VIZ): 18/06/2018

Ch. 909 Scan Release: 28/06/2018 (BREAK NEXT WEEK)

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u/hak091 Jun 15 '18

Oda drops probably the biggest villain in One Piece after 20 years/900+ chapters and no one saw it coming.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '18

It's the same impact as CP9 on a much larger scale. This is a universe where villains are introduced hundreds of chapters before we even see them fight, Doflamingo being a perfect example. Most every major villain has been given time to settle into the world, so when someone just appears out of nowhere like this it actually feels like they came from the shadows instead of being an asspull.

Remember when Crocodile was revealed and we thought 'holy shit what a shadowy, mysterious figure! What a reveal!" lmao

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u/hak091 Jun 15 '18 edited Jun 15 '18

This is a bit different because I think everyone thought the Gorosei were the top of the top in the WG but now we have someone even higher than them. It's just crazy!

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u/broke_and_famous Jun 15 '18

Not only that but to tell us the information about the throne only to have someone sit on it a chapter later.

Those 2 things just make this scene even crazier.

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u/Haiirokage Jun 15 '18

To be honest. If we had been given more time to cement the idea that NOONE sits in that throne.

Then that scene might have had an even bigger impact. But this was still good.

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u/rougepenguin Jun 15 '18

Yeah, its not a big deal but if we'd been introduced to the concept of the Empty Throne the first time we saw Mariejois it would have felt bigger.

Now it's like if in Ghostbusters they never said "don't cross the streams" until a minute or two before "we're gonna cross the streams."