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It feels very intentional that Zoro ends up paired with Usopp and Brook in the Ryugu palace.

In Sabaody, Luffy, Zoro and Sanji split so they could protect everyone. Of course Zoro couldn't do that then.

It's really cool to see him, 2 years later, protect Usopp and Brook from Hordy, going as far as being able to keep up and fight on equal terms with a fishman while underwater.

#zoro #opmeta #roronoa zoro #manga #manga: sabaody #manga: fishman island #ch: 512 #ch: 617 #Honestly. He is so cool #§mine #§analysis #I think about ch 512 all the time #But that's a rant for another day 😂#§meta #§opmta

I see a lot of people worrying about the premise of fate, prophecy and Luffy being "the chosen one" all along after what happened in chapter 1043.

While I understand the worry - I too enjoy the fact that Luffy is just a regular kid and not some destined messiah - I think some ppl might be forgetting or simply misunderstanding how fate works in One Piece.

Fate is extremely significant in the story and is a concept Oda has been constructing and clarifying over the years. In One Piece a person’s fate or destiny isn’t something set to stone or that is created when they are born. Instead, a person’s destiny is something that becomes possible through the actions someone makes as they live.

A very obvious implication of this happens in Impel Down. Bon Clay constantly mentions Iwa-chan as a “miracle worker”, and he expects Iwa to make a miracle for Luffy and save him. Yet “Miracles only occur to those with the determination to never stop trying!” and that is the reason Luffy survived! This is exactly how prophecy works in One Piece, not to a born chosen one but to those that, through actions, determination, persistence, rise to unimaginable heights, making others see them as “saviours or godly”.

Luffy of course isn’t the only character in the story that can “create miracles”. Zoro is a good example too. In Dressrosa, Zoro turns says “I’m going to stop the birdcage” and Kin’emon looks at him like he’s insane. Of course you can’t stop the birdcage?! But in the end of the day Zoro did stop the birdcage. It was his actions that spurred an entire country to push back the birdcage and ultimately stop it and delay it enough for Luffy to win against Mingo.

Luffy will be the Pirate King. Zoro will be the world’s greatest swordsman. We know this. Chapter 5 is called “The Pirate King and the (world’s) greatest swordsman”. It’s their fate. But they will achieve this not because they were destined to or born to, but because they trained, fought, fell and got back up, again and again. This is how fate works in One Piece. It doesn’t happen to someone that has never done anything to achieve their goals, but to those with the determination and motivation to thrive.

While I don’t know much about Joy Boy or the Sun God Nika I do have the feeling that what is happening is something along these lines. If “Joy Boy” is a tittle, Luffy earned it through his actions. If “Joy Boy” is incarnating in Luffy, or his Will is being Inherited by Luffy, it’s because his spirit found in Luffy what he was looking for in order to bring the dawn to the world.

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#op spoilers #opspoilers #onepiece1043 #zoro #luffy #joy boy #nika #opmeta #op meta #§mine #i said i was not going to post spoilers until sunday but these are easily avoidable xd #I just want to get this out of my mind #§meta #opwmspoilers #§opmta

I've been extremely excited to see chapter 995 animated because I fell in love with that one Nami scene ever since I first read it a year ago.

Yet, when I saw the episode I felt the scene wasn't as impactful as I remembered it to be. So decided to go over the original panels and share why I love them so much!

1) Nami never denies Luffy's dream.

I know the translation had Nami say "Luffy will never be able to..." to give us the idea she will follow Ulti's demand! But in Japanese, because the negative of a sentence is made at the end, Nami never really says "Luffy will never be-"

Her words are ルフィは海賊王にはなります... 絶対に/Luffy wa kaizoku ou ni wa narimasu... zettai ni.

What Ulti expected her to say probably was "Luffy wa kaizoku ou ni wa narimasen" which translates to "Luffy will not be pirate king".

In fact, until Nami finishes her sentence Ulti, Usopp, and the reader don't know if she's going to deny Luffy's dream or not!

It's possible she intended to, but simply couldn't bring herself to do it.

She then adds "絶対に" (absolutely; definitly; unconditionally) which emphasizes how certain she is, how much she believes he will do it!

2) Worthless Pride

Throughout One Piece Nami is probably that one main character who isn't bothered by lying about how she truly feels, especially if that will keep her alive.

A good example of this happens during Skypiea - While everyone present challenges Enel and is consequently left unconscious Nami immediately reverts to her old self and asks Enel to take her with him!

While most straw hats would rather die then throw away their pride, Nami is usually shown complaining about their worthless pride, and how those futile feelings will get them killed.

So it's peak character growth for her to have this moment - for her to so certainly declare her belief in Luffy and his dream, even at the cost of her own life.

In this scene, Nami picks death instead of living with the weight of denying Luffy's dream. Nami from 900 chapters ago wouldn't have hesitated to talk her way around this situation, to protect her life over anything else.

But here, Nami has something far more important at stake than her life - Luffy's dream, and that worthless pride.

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#opmeta #onepiece #nami #luffy #lunami #manga #manga: wano #ch: 995 #§mine #§meta #op meta #analysis #§opmta

i'm very curious about what you learnt in thriller bark 👀👀👀 i just reread it so it's fresh for me too hahah

Hello! It should be fairly obvious from my emotional rant that I was talking about the - Zoro begs Kuma to take his life instead of Luffy's - scene.

It's an amazing moment in One Piece, I'd say to many people it's their favourite moment, and it hits tremendously hard no matter in what language you read it.

But oh boy, Zoro's words in japanese are something else. The whole scene is amazing, from start to finish, but when I said that I was referring to this -

- which is the final thing Zoro says to Kuma after knocking Sanji out cold.

Viz translates this speech bubble as "I've shown that I'm a man of my word. Now it's your turn." Fan translations do it some better justice translating it as "This is my last request."

His words come from the japanese phrase 後生一生の頼み (goshou isshou no tanomi) which is, of course, a very serious way of making an extremely important or once in a lifetime request.

後生 (goshou) means afterlife. 頼み (tanomi) means request. 一生 (isshou) means whole life.

So, as Zoro throws his swords away, he basically tells Kuma that offering his head in place of Luffy's is "the request of his lifetime".

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#and im very emotional about this #§mine #zoro #luffy #zolu #kuma #manga #manga: thriller bark #ch: 485 #§ask #§meta #opmeta #§opmta

I love what Luffy replies to Zoro upon realising his swords were taken by Helmeppo in chapter 4.

In the last panel, Luffy says “Takaramono ka Soriya ichidaiji da na!!”

The official english translations, in my opinion, makes Luffy sound a little dumb, completely removing the impact of the scene.

Zoro refers to his katanas as treasure - ‘takara’ - the same way Luffy refers to his straw hat. Luffy obviously understands the sword’s value to Zoro parallels what he feels towards his hat.

But my favourite part is the use of “ichidaiji”

Hence, Luffy’s words roughly translate as “A prized possession? That’s an important matter, right?”

Luffy expresses genuine concern upon realising Zoro’s 'takara’ ended up in the hands of someone like Helmeppo - who had just admitted to Luffy and the entire town that he was not going to honor his word and planned to have Zoro executed.

Which gives a lot more meaning to his next words “I’ll get the katana back!”

Zoro is a swordsman whose skill does not depend on the swords he uses. There was no need to retrieve them, if you just wanted Zoro’s strength - Most people wouldn’t have bothered. Zoro would’ve been as strong with any other sword.

So Luffy’s action shows a level of respect to Zoro and his dream that you wouldn’t find in the typical ‘east blue pirate captain’.

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#zolu #zoro #luffy #ch: 4 #manga #manga: east blue #analysis #opmeta #op meta #onepiece #one piece #§meta #§mine #and then Luffy proceeds to blackmail zoro lmao #I could write and entire thesis about Zoro's introductory arc #:\ maybe one day i will lmao #//again im not a native speaker so if im misunderstanding smth let me know plz #§opmta

So..? Is Zunesha purpose to open the borders of Wano?

Oden predicted that Momo would be able to speak and give orders to Zunesha. Momo's hability resembles a lot Shirahoshi's and the sea Kings, which makes me wonder if Zunesha and Momo are the other ancient weapon.