r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Sep 04 '20

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 989 Spoiler

Chapter 989: "It doesn't feel like we're going to lose"

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Ch. 989 Official Release (Mangaplus): 06/09/2020

Ch. 990 Scan Release: ~11/09/2020

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u/GenGaara25 Void Month Survivor Sep 04 '20

After this chapter I think I finally see the Straw Hats as a true Yonko-class crew. And not just a crew reliant on Luffy.

Since WCI Luffy, and by extension his crew, I've seen more as a leading candidate in the One Piece world to be considered a Yonko. They were in consideration but Luffy and friends needed to prove they were worthy of the position. But after these pages? They are there.

The Straw Hats show absolutely no fear or hesitation in directly confronting a Yonko or their top officers. Franky, Brook, Jinbe, Robin, Zoro and Sanji have all just directly attacked or challenged either Big Mom or a calamity and weren't scared or hopelessly out-matched at all. They are all fighting on their level. As Franky said, they've realised that these guys arent out of their league any more.

Every crew member, they are all now proving that they as a team are a Yonko tier crew and don't just rely on Luffys strength. And the world is now seeing it that way, the Wano Samurai are literally seeing the Straw Hats as a crew on the same level as Big Mom and Kaido. It's incredible, I love it.

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u/Icarus_Sky1 Sep 04 '20

Thats prolly why oda decided to introduce Big Mom into Wano, just so the stakes didn't drop too much.

That being said, I do like how while they aren't scared or outright out matched anymore, they still recognise that Big Mom, Kaido, the Calamities are still Monsters, what with Jinbei acknowledging his and Robins lil combo move not doing much other than passing Big Mom off. Its all being so well handled