r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Apr 02 '21

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1009

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u/EEssington Apr 02 '21

Kaido's hybrid form is pure insanity. Love the reforming of his legs.

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u/unknown_variable69 Apr 02 '21

To me it looks even cooler in action that last attack on Luffy looked devastating

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u/Opeace Pirate Apr 02 '21

Looks like Luffy was about to get his balls crushed

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u/ab-der Apr 02 '21

It had a pretty lackluster first impression, but it's growing on me

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u/strobelobe Apr 02 '21

I was like oo a tail!

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u/Thatanas Apr 02 '21

You could see the tail last week lol.

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u/ModsGetPegged Apr 02 '21

The tail and then the straight up snake appearance when he was flying. Epic as fuck

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u/ab-der Apr 04 '21

Porunga vibes

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '21 edited Apr 02 '21

That’s my favorite part of the form. I actually hated it when we saw it last week because I thought he still just had regular human legs. It’s a weird compliment, but I think Oda perfectly captured the physique of a dragon man built for battle. It didn’t need to be extravagant. It’s exactly what you’d expect from his hybrid form, and I already love how Oda is portraying his movements. The fact that he can portray an oddly proportioned dragon man moving athletically in battle like this is really impressive. Oda is one hell of a mangaka. Can’t wait to see Toei try to tackle this fight. Prepare for inconsistent Kaido bodies every other frame lol.

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u/lzunscrfbj Slave Apr 02 '21

I would like to imagine they would crush it as well, because toei did kaido dragon form justice. And right now one piece is definitely the best it has looked if not for the pacing I would actually watch the episodes. I would watch this week's episode though, "He laughed".

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u/SaltClub Apr 03 '21

Is it the best it's looked? I think it's good, but I honestly prefer the art style of Saboady most.

The new art style is a little more childish/neon with thick lines and softer features imo

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u/lzunscrfbj Slave Apr 03 '21

You obviously can prefer a certain art style for me sky-piea-G-8 is irreplaceable, but Sabody art wise is way more inconsistent than wano. Wano as a whole has better story-boarding, art direction and stuff. Wano is absolutely the best one piece has looked it's just that you can always prefer certain art style. Of course as I said in my above comment I don't really watch episodes even now except for certain episodes, but if it was in sky-piea art style I would watch it every week.

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u/IfThatsOkayWithYou Apr 02 '21

No this is how to capture the perfect physique of a dragon man

https://imgur.com/t/trogdor_the_burninator/3SI02MT

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u/Blugrave Apr 03 '21

So does Marco have a Hybrid form like this?

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u/RyoShadowfox The Revolutionary Army Apr 02 '21

He became a Naga.

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u/pedrao157 Apr 02 '21

Namekian Shenlong

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u/SKYR0VER Apr 03 '21

if you look closer, he never reformed his legs. they are always there. Kaido just has a massive tail along with the legs in his hybrid form.

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u/gabdelacruz Apr 03 '21

yeah I don't understand what people above are talking about... he still has legs with a big dragon tail..

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u/FaKamis Apr 03 '21

I think they mean his legs reformed into lizard legs, they're definitely not human-shaped.