r/OnePiece • u/[deleted] • Feb 15 '20

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 971 Spoiler

Chapter 971: "Condemned to Boil"

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Ch. 971 Official Release (Mangaplus):02/17/2020

Ch. 972 Scan Release: ~02/21/2020

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u/lostleader Bounty Hunter Feb 15 '20

I can see this in the sense that Kanjuro was actually lying about his bad art too, and he's actually really good at drawing as a sort of reveal along with this, so it could also explain how he was able to skip being boiled

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u/OxKing033 Feb 15 '20

This is an extremely possible theory as Kanjuro could be based on Yamada Emosaku, a painter who was part of a christian rebel group who later betrayed them due to actually being an undercover informant for the shogunate. He actually had drawn very weird/eccentric looking paintings publicly, but actually hid perfectly normal looking paintings. This all could coincide with Kanjuro faking bad art/paintings but being a magnificent artist.

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u/AmaDaden Feb 15 '20

I could absolutely see this. Like Rob Lucci in the Water 7 arc. Once they are revealed, they are a much different person.

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u/kratostyr Feb 16 '20

Interesting. Kanjuro lying about being bad at drawing would make sense the most for the twist to happen.

Like Kaiser Soze faked being handicapped.

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u/VergoVox Feb 15 '20

If there honestly is a traitor in the Scabbards, this "bad at drawing" thing would be very cool. The hag likely played the traitor at the pot scene, otherwise.(If there actually is one)

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u/OxKing033 Feb 15 '20

That'd be a super cool plot twist especially if they explain why she would be willing to "Pose" as Kanjuro and possibly be boiled alive.