Chapter 1044: “Liberation Warrior”. -Some of Luffy's allies (Sanji, Kid, Law, Hyougorou and Marco) feel his presence and that he is still alive. - Conversation of the Gorousei in the castle of Mary Geoise. -The World Government has always tried to get the "Gomu Gomu no Mi", but they have not been able to do it in 800 years. -It seems as if that Devil Fruit ran away from them. -A member of the Gorousei says that he is not crazy, since the Zoan fruits have a mind of their own. -The Gorousei says that the "Gomu Gomu no Mi" is actually a Zoan-type fruit, and that its real name is "Hito Hito no Mi" (Human Human Fruit) Mythological-Model "Nika". -In the chapter we also see a part of Hiyori and Orochi. -Luffy has awakened the fruit from him and now he feels he is fully. It's his “Gear 5”. -Luffy vs. Kaidou. -Luffy grabs Kaidou from the roof and takes him upstairs, then attacks him in a savage way. -Luffy grabs the ground and transforms it into rubber to return a Boro Breath to Kaidou.
A small addition from TalkOP: - Luffy decided to call the fruit's awakening "Gear 5": "My ultimate, that's it...!! Gear 5th" - Luffy can jump very high, and it looks like the Nika silhouette seen before. His body was still as flexible as rubber.
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TITLE: “The Drums of Liberation!”
COVER PAGE: Germa 66's Ahh... An Emotionless Excursion, Vol. 8: “Reiju and Ichiji are destroying Cacao Island.” On the cover, both looked stuffed while eating a house made from cake.
Summary from J&Z Manga Scans.
[Skull Dome, Rooftop] Kaidou: I have no time for games...Hick...Hick... I will now end this...
Kaidou is preparing to wipe out the live floor.
Kid and Law are shocked to see Kaidou at the live floor. Kaidou looks depressed.
Kid: Trafalgar.. Huff.. Huff.. I will dedicate my life to this one last shot..
Law: Eustass-ya, We will both die fighting!
Kid: It is a pleasure that you didn't betray me until the end.. I will not forget this Alliance..
[Outside Onigashima] Momonosuke: Sniff.. Sniff.. Luffy..? Where are you..? You said we will kick Kaidou out of Wano.. Sniff.. Sniff..
pt2:
Brody Collins
I THOUGHT IT'D BE FUUUUUN AND GAAAAAMES (FUN AND GAMES) INSTEAD IT'S ALL THE SAAAAAAME (IT'S ALL THE SAME) I WANT SOMETHING TO DOOOOOOOOOOOOO I NEED TO FEEL THE SICKNEEEEESSSSSSSSS IN YOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Nicholas Davis
Does a bigger asspull exist? I think I've gone into shock.
Connor Smith
I'm okay with Luffy's fruit being a mythical deity Zoan but Oda needs to explain two things.
1. Why does Luffy's Awakening have Paramecia properties when he's actually a Zoan?
2. If the WG desperately tried to acquire the fruit for the past 800 years why didn’t they send CP0 after Luffy when he was still a 30 million East Blue weakling?
Yamato: Don't cry Momo.. We've already reached this far to surrender.. Atleast, we have to save the people of Wano even if it means our death.. That's the samurai's way!
Elsewhere inside the castle, CP0 Agent is talking to the Gorosei.
CP0: The boss is dead. I found his body smashed by Kaidou. I will now be taking strawhat's head.
Gorosei: Make sure he is dead so we can reclaim the fruit!
Back to the Live Floor. Marco rushes towards Nami and Chopper to get them to safety. Suddenly, Kaidou becomes wild and attacks all the members of the Alliance.
Marco: It's so hard to save people and fight at the same time-yoi.
Chopper: Go ahead Marco.. I'll take care of Nami..
Marco Vs Kaidou. Marco transforms into a Human-Phoenix hybrid. Kaidou smashes him with his Kanabo but Marco defends with his wings, which got broken but immediately regenerates.
Marco: At this point, I might die. He's strong! Just like Oyajii.. Huff.. Huff.. Ace! Oyajii! I might be seeing you soon..
Back on Top of Onigashima. There is a sound of drums that is getting louder and louder. We see the ground starting to melt becoming a rubber.
Zunisha: He is back! The will of Joy Boy cannot be brought down easily!
In a Special Colored Double Page. We see Luffy who is about to stand up with a smirk. He is melting because of his devil fruit awakening and anything it touches is getting affected as well as the ground.
Luffy: Kaidoooou!! I will not die until I become the King of Pirates!! Shishishi..
END No Break Next Week! . . . . .
Zachary James
>It is a pleasure that you didn't betray me until the end.. I will not forget this Alliance.. Is this actually true?
Cooper Gonzalez
>when your husband achieves peak one piece strength without magical god fruit, special haki nor magical swords
So after all this time One Piece is following literally every generic shonen trope you could think. And everything that made One Piece unique according to its fans are now retconned. The only difference between One Piece and the generic shonen-shit is how slow One Piece is.
>Luffy is a slave to his fruit's will >Shackles he can't be freed of even if he becomes the pirate king >thus meaning Luffy's goal has lost all meaning and purpose AHHHHHHHH I'M SEEEETHING
Ryder Sanchez
have we seen an awakened legendary zoan? if nika's powers are rubberish than it would make sense. what would marco do if he was awakened?
probably garp. yeah garp.
Jose Morgan
>1. Why does Luffy's Awakening have Paramecia properties when he's actually a Zoan? Why does Marco's Zoan have Logia properties? Why does Katakuri's Paramecia have Logia properties? Why does Blackbeards Logia not have Logia properties?
>Kaidou's up against someone with a literal God Fruit He's extremely fucked, isn't he? Like, he's getting the beating of his life no matter what he does now. Might as well give up and get it over with. He's a walking punching bag now. Fuck Oda and fuck this Chosen One bullshit.
>damn my definitelynotsunwukong inspired character which is derived from a literallysunwukong character ended up being you guessed it >definitelynotsunwukong
Caleb Gonzalez
Alright guys, the current Odas starting to malfunction, prepare the next.
Noah Sanchez
People forget One Piece is made for children Just because it's so long that the children grew up doesn't mean its target audience changed really 9 years old you would have loved Nika
Ryder Martinez
>one piece is about muh freedom >b-but unique world building
There's absolutely zero significance to Luffy, a D., who it's implied always die with a smile on their face, dying WITHOUT a smile on his face? That shit's just gonna get glossed over? Seriously?
Maybe the ancient people who changed the name never revealed to what it was changed. This is why current government doesn't know? Just my theory though.
Isaac Collins
more of this please, it's not vore but it's close
Jose Martinez
ONLY SPEEDREADERS WOULD DENY THE LINK UP BETWEEN GOROSEI AND WHO IS WHO GUM GUM FRUIT.
IT WAS NEVER GONNA BE RUBBER AFTER THIS. HOLY SHIT YOU SPEEDREADING MONGOLS IN DENIAL.
Ian Wright
>become It always was.
Ryder Davis
If spoilers are true it's very underwhelming. Why would this be "le best chapter evahhh!!!" like the leakers said?
Ian Lewis
The Nika reval destroyed anyone that thinks Yamato cant join because of her fruit tho
Austin Powell
speedreader-kun....
Wyatt Sullivan
>Yohoho he took a bite of Human Human Model: Nika! Thanks for nothing, Hackda.
>got to where he is not by being a chosen one or shit fruits, but pure autism, determination, and a will capable of bending metal I FUCKING KNEEL TO ZORO
>Gorosei always knew but never did shit until now >It's not rubber but Zoan of a legendary figure never mentioned before prior to the current arc, who so happens to be made of rubber >This particular Zoan conveniently doesn't change the outwards appearance of the user so that there will never be any indication of it being a Zoan, until it awkakens The hackest of hacks
Thomas Smith
Oda didn't cocktease the concept of awakening when he made Crocodile say this shit He was teasing that Luffy, who possess an absurd amount of strength and ridiculous level of recovery, has been a zoan user since the very beginning ODAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YOU BRILLIANT PRICK
Marco doesn’t have Logia properties. He just instantly heals the wounds he received.
Blackbeard explained why he can’t evade attacks by turning into darkness.
Katakuri's fruit was a Logia that has been retconned. Oda forgot that only natural elements can be a Logia so he pulled special Paramecia out of his ass.
Jaxson King
A hack in motion.
Angel Hughes
All shown Mythical Zoans have extra abilities, why is this simple thing confusing you?
Noah Barnes
9 year old me was retarded but he still had taste.
The ones I posted. The one that's going around is just shitposting by literally taking every harebrained shitpost that has been going around here and on plebbit and creating a mash up.
Jaxson Rodriguez
>In a Special Colored Double Page Kengan bros get in here, OP is about to hit KINO levels on par with ch50
Xavier Nguyen
Oda should've never wrote that plotline if it led to this dumbshit, but you fags will slurp up anything
These colors aren't official. The hair should be orange.
Gabriel Baker
Why are people saying Luffy isn't rubber when he is clearly still rubber? Hell, his awakening turns things into rubber like most of of predicted for years now.
>not by being a chosen one literal ancestor of the supreme wano samurai
Parker Parker
GODA FORESHADOWING
Luis Morgan
>Marco doesn’t have Logia properties. >He just instantly heals the wounds he received. Now that’s some dodgy headcanon.
Christopher Thompson
chap piece are winning, our glory make every fag seethe from the narutard to the hiatusXhiatusfags even has far to awaken bleachpeople from their slumbers caused by the snorfest they're reading
STOP REACHING INTO OBLIVION YOU GRASPING STARS THERE BUDDY
Jordan King
He was fucking cryostased
Josiah Taylor
It's literally the legendary super saiyan I creamed my pants when Goku finally transformed, and also when a shitty robot made on Earth wiped the floor with the super duper legendary super warrior from space It was retarded but I loved it
Evan Taylor
Literally what happened to /snk/.
Adam Garcia
the op spoilers, some fake spoilerfag is mad the real spoilers came out when he was writing his fanfic
Luke Morgan
wtf oda
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
Thomas Smith
>There are people posting here RIGHT NOW who said the Gorosei were not talking about Luffy's fruit What was your DAMN problem?
>The World Government has always tried to get the "Gomu Gomu no Mi" These fuckers could have sent CP0 after him when he defeated Croc and became known to the world.
>JUST HAVE THE CHOSEN FRUIT THAT JOYBOY CREATOR OF ONE PIECE USED TO HAVE 800 YEARS AGO THIS IS SUCH A SHIT MANGA FUCKING HELL
Connor Sanchez
We knew he was going to still be rubber but with a twist. It's sad how many people were in denial.
Mythical Zoan awakening was an interesting choice, I personally didn't expect it, but it makes sense in retrospect and gave Oda a lot of flexibility in what he could and can do with the fruit.
Luis Torres
that's literally just like real life
Nathan Ward
>the ones I posted I still don’t know if you're OP or the other guy.
>luffy fights mingo, who has an awakened paramecia that effects the environment >luffy fights katakuri, who has an awakened paramecia that effects the environment It feels like it was clearly shaping up to be that Luffy will create a rubber world. But instead we got Luffy turn into Naruto. What the FUCK, Oda?
You were a rubber fag until 3 hours ago when you got BTFO'd. Don't act so smug now because when Yamato joins you'll get BTFO'd again.
Lincoln Campbell
All mythical Zoans have some turbobullshit in them. Marco = Logia properties + Instant Regen Sengoku = Logia properties + infinite wisdom and is extremely tanky Kaidou = Paramythia properties + Logia element powers + Extreme durability Chopper(not mythical) = created more Zoan forms
Camden Thomas
Three Mythicals and a filthy non-Mythical, don’t lump that mutt raccoon next to these gods.
This would feel a lot better if Nika was introduced back in Skypeia. Then he could have been connected to Joyboy, then this recent reveal would feel less forced. Shoving everything into 100 chapters is just too rushed compared to the 1000 before that. If this is something Oda had planned, he fucked up.
Before, Luffy was seen as a potentially dangerous threat to the world because of his tenacity, defiance, and his gift to draw others to himself. He garnered a reputation that made his relationship with Dragon practically obsolete. What made it even more outrageous was that Luffy made a name for himself with a fruit regarded as not special at all. It’s what made his victories all that more satisfying to see.
Him accidentally eating some legendary zoan takes away from it all.
Cameron Allen
>Chosenpiss shitposters were right all along Guess I am the speedreader
Jack Wilson
>It's literally the legendary super saiyan False equivalency
Tyler Green
One Piece is ruined. Can it get any worse?
Jack Cooper
What's the point of revealing his fruit wasn't the gomu gomu
This reveal is so bad I wish the resinfags were right.
Xavier Kelly
>>The World Government has always tried to get the "Gomu Gomu no Mi" Are they retarded? Is One Piece a world of the mentally deficient?
Landon Harris
Read the spoilers properly, dumbass. Luffy is already showing he can affect the environment, rubber world is in fact here.
David Lopez
Okay so, we know the Gura Gura no Mi is the strongest Paremecia, Is Nika the strongest zoan?
Oliver James
Magma > Fire Akainu > Sun God
Luis Harris
OPbros, please give me your strongest copes, I can't handle this chapter
Robert Garcia
t. coping resinfag
Robert Roberts
>This would feel a lot better if Nika was introduced back in Skypeia. Don't worry, it was. Robin read all about it but decided not to say anything because of OpSec.
He became known to the Marines as soon as he punched Alvida considering their information network meant they knew Coby was on her ship. So they would've immediately seen this brand new pirate with the Gomu-Gomu.
Liam Perry
What a clusterfuck. Buckle up, friends on all walks of life.
Hudson Hughes
>Gura Gura no Mi is the strongest Paremecia Ope Ope is
Evan Torres
what logia powers does Sengoku have, retard? And when did he use them in human form?
Justin Evans
One piece is dead.
James Diaz
Whats good my Nikka
Parker Evans
Why didn't the Gorosei just dispatch an admiral on Luffy's ass the moment they found out he's the legendary rubber god they were searching for?
>Luffy was already going toe to toe with the strongest creature on earth, masering muh super special ultra haki >Now has access to sun god mythical zoan powers and awakening Who the fuck is going to stop him now after he recovered? Admirals seem like a joke now
im defeated man im closing the thread see you in 2 weeks bro... maybe.
Ayden Bell
In the past, this wonderful place [Nika] was inhabited by magical creatures who were very intelligent: fairies and elves of the sea. It was told that they had colorful wings like fish fins and that they could light up in the darkness. This big tree, just in front of you, was their home. Its name is Nika. Nika creatures had a special power: they were able to speak with fishes, plants and even with stars…but, in addition to this special power, they had also another gift: they could listen. They listened carefully to the wishes and dreams of human beings. If humans desired goodness, beauty and altruism, their dreams could come true. But only positive thoughts could be realized by Nika creatures. Recently, someone has seen these special creatures flying near Nika tree…Thanks to the fact that everyone takes care of this special island, Nika fairies and elves now are back! They came back to realize the wishes of all the people who are here to enjoy this magical and sacred place.”
NIKA HERE IS A FAIRY. LUFFY IS STILL "HUMAN"
William Hall
I expected good writing not nonsense
Luke Bailey
because it would make lower ranked marines highly suspicious and implicate the government in a coverup
Sebastian Foster
>Who the fuck is going to stop him now after he recovered? Admirals seem like a joke now Akainu will push his shit in
Justin Carter
>Who's Who during Jinbe fight "Hey did I ever tell you about Nika, the ancient slave freeing God who's never been mentioned in this series before despite like 4 or more arcs being about slavery? What? Why is that important while we're fighting? No reason, don't worry about it" >20 chapters later Oda: OH GOSH IT TURNS OUT LUFFY WAS THE NIKKA NIKKA NO MI ALL ALONG I TOTALLY DIDN'T JUST MAKE THAT UP AT THE LAST SECOND WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
This has nothing to do with Nika, the problem is Oda only NOW introducing fruits based on in universe fiction. We never even had regular zoans of like banana crocodiles and now we have fictional gods? Does that mean there is an Elbaf fruit? a Vearn fruit? it comes out of nowhere
Gabriel Bell
>chapter one >he is in the company of one of the greatest pirates alive >chapter 10 he is the grandson of the legendary marine hero >chapter 100 >he is the son of the most dangerous man alive
hes been a special boy since the very beginning. and why wouldn'he? only special people reach the furthest after all
Kayden Rogers
Really forgot this is a thing. So it wasn't just Chopper and Sengoku either
How does having a Nika Zoan fruit make you turbo chosen god tier overpowered that it makes edgefags go ballistic? Explain to me how this ruins all Luffy's past achievements. Because it doesn't. It's quite literally JUST a power up with a twist. The reason why Gorosei and Imu are so cocky about this is because of symbolism alone. It makes them seethe just as much as it makes you edgefags seethe. Quite an irony, huh?
Dylan Ortiz
Reminder that if you were a resinfag you aren't allowed to post theories here anymore.
Tyler Edwards
>So, you wanna god too? Are middle-of-chapter color pages a warning sign?
Parker Gonzalez
why is everyone freaking out it just looks like standard one piss shit to me
LUFFY ISNT A REINCARNATION OF JOYBOY TAKE THAT HATERS
HE'S A VESSEL FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE NIKA ZOAN FRUIT WHICH JOYBOY ALSO WAS THIS IS CLEARLY WAY BETTER
Kevin Murphy
O, MY NIKA FRUIT...!! RETCON EVERYTHING
Liam Thomas
Don’t be fooled, all the doomniggers are actually resinfags trying to cope because GODA blew away their shitty forced theory.
Brayden Long
honestly this. With the Younko ended up being complete jokes I wanna see Akainu throwing some shit down. He is seems to be the one who actually isn't there for jokes
Jose Walker
Akainu ain't shit, Sengoku stopped Garp not for Garp's protection
As long as this powerup doesn't trivialize Kaido, I don't really care. Things should still be close with how beaten Luffy's body is at this point. If Luffy doesn't even get hit or spends the next two chapters stomping, it's BS.
Christian James
PISSFAGS WHY DID ODA DO THIS TO US
Grayson Thomas
I was expecting something mystical but not this, still kinda makes sense since a simple rubber fruit would've never beat stronger enemies.
Jaxon Clark
>mc works hard and makes the best out of a goofy looking ability >nvm he had the strongest most legendary power since the very beginning!!!!!! >mc is all about freedom and overcoming unthinkable odds >nope, he was just destined and the chosen one to become the pirate king LOL
