#ch 1014

[larkreadsop]

This had to be incredibly cathartic, though, because for the rest of them it was one thing but Kin’emon specifically went along to Dressrosa and ended up in a potentially life-threatening situation with the birdcage just to rescue Kanjuro, so from his perspective there’s even more to this betrayal because he went to such lengths to save him only to have all of it thrown back in his face.

[that-cloud]

One piece chapter 1014

Pretty much everyone's reaction

Meanwhile, Oda

[one-piecee]

❗ one piece spoilers ❗

I apologize for the person i will become if we see any sort of tag teaming from zoro and sanji

[ask-evening-showers]

OP spoilers from ch 1014

// I got so emotional with the recent chapter so instead of doing a panel redraw I just did a whole page kjdfhg. Also drew and wrote it the way I wanted so my ship can be even more sad I am not sorry. This is 100% how I interpreted it. You can never tell me they weren’t married. That like canon. 

I was hoping Kin would be the one to cut Kanjuro down ever since they entered Onigashima so seeing this and seeing not only Kin being devastated, but also Kanjuro actually crying. Whether it was staying in the role or him having genuinely feelings at the last minuet, it all works out for me and my ship lol.

[ninhaoma-ya]

Chapter 1014 — A lifelong ham actor

Why do you do this to me, Oda? My poor heart. It can’t take much more.

First; Chopper, what have you done?

No. We don’t make deals with the devil or with evil scientists. That’s just not— no. Stop it.

Second, I wonder what Momo’s role will be, based on his readings? And who is he sensing?

What do you have to tell everyone?

And yes, deal with the frog. Always deal with the frog first.

And then my heart. Please deal with this scabbard-caused pain.

I’d love to read up on actor psychology to better understand Kanjuro:

Did he ever truly see Kin’emon as a friend? Where is the line between act and reality drawn?

If someone can enlighten me as to the chapter title in Japanese, that’d be great! For today I have learned that a ham actor is “an overacting inferior performer” according to English stackexchange, apparently originating from American English in 1882. I wonder if they use the same term in the Japanese original or a similar term.

And thirdly, Luffy.

Kaido mentioned earlier how Luffy glares at him, even when unconscious. But here his face is completely blank; what is going on? Is he really completely defeated?

Maybe One Piece will end next chapter with Oda going “and the lesson is that sometimes you just can’t do it, however hard you try”.

Sanji and Zoro here are a great proxy for the rest of the crew. The other crew members are shown while Bao Huang is still speaking, so it wouldn’t make sense for them to protest before they’ve heard it all. But Sanji and Zoro are shown last, when the speech is done so they can voice the sentiments of the whole crew.

I wonder where Sanji dumped Zoro, or if he’s still carrying him like an overgrown birthday present.

It’s also interesting to see Law and Kid’s quite different reactions - Luffy seems to have had some part of Law’s plan, hence an apprehensive/troubled look, while Kid really was just going his own way, not caring about Luffy’s fate at all. Go punk pirate, blaze your own trail!

Moreover, we see that Luffy really is in the water, but that he’s still alive with the air bubbles and all. But they’re quite close to shore, as is shown in the last panel.

Will the Polar Tang pick him up? Will he be washed ashore? Will a giant koi eat him? Will he get washed out to sea, never to be seen again?

The dramatic tension is rising! Will we get to the end of the act soon?

[larkreadsop]

I know I’d talked about the emotional impact of Ashura’s death not hitting that hard with me as a reader but I think the anger that the rest of the Scabbards are feeling comes through extremely well and you can just feel how much emotion Kiku’s dealing with here.

[larkreadsop]

Oh good Zoro’s awake but I love that both he and Sanji just immediately reject that proposal 

[larkreadsop]

This seems like such a random line but once again, it turns out to be foreshadowing