#ch 1061

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

i think hibari is the first female character we’ve seen in one piece to speak in hiroshima-ben! normally you see it more with male characters, since it’s sort of stereotyped as the tough guy/yakuza dialect- for example jinbe also speaks in hiroshima-ben, and akainu has a quite heavy hiroshima dialect. with hibari, you can most obviously see it in her use of uchi as her personal pronoun, instead of the more standard watashi or atashi for women.

[curapicas]

OP 1061 SPOILERS/// oh hey this Bonney fanservice scene happened in front of 3 of the most "could not give a fuck about horny to save their lives" male characters of the group, where they also had their shirts off, and ended up going quite naturally

[capisback]

Jewelry Bonney || Chapter 1061

[larkreadsop]

‘we’re enemies’

Oh, Bonney.

I have something to tell you.

[onepeas]

CH 1061 SPOILERS !!

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You know the deal: no thoughts just screaming

Bonney!!!! Oh how I’ve longed to learn about your whole fucking deal. Please Oda leave no stone unturned

I love some good old fashioned sea monster scares.

Tashigi!!! The kids from vegapunk!!!! Mocha!!!!! And… 👁👁 Ma’am…I don’t think we’ve been formally introduced…

Actual image of me thinking abt Coby rn

Giant robot <333333

STOPPP STOP YOURE JOKING YOURE FUCKING JOKING SHUT UP YESSS YEEESSSS HELL YES

[ninhaoma-ya]

Chapter 1061 — Egghead, the island of the future

….okay, based on the chapter title I’m guessing we’re going to learn more about Vegapunk.

But my academic soul is writhing in agony at the name of the place.

Seriously? Egghead?

Anyway. We start with…

…A GIANT SHARK. Because why not. I wonder if the warm-water bubble last week had something to do with the shark? Changing water temperatures because of its size?

Two things: a) nice contrasting of size and great feeling of doom, but b) horribly slapdash line-work. I was hoping we’d get some cleaner art after Wano, but doesn’t look like that.

But then we’re straight back to comedy! Snap, indeed.

And of course it’s 3/5 fruit users that fell into the sea, making Jimbe’s recue sensible and timely. Good addition to the crew.

Usopp is also on fire, flying in the background and noticing details about their attacker like that. Good boy.

And of course the shark has “…PUNK” written on it. How much for it starting with “VEGA”?

The thinning paneling to the left, complimented with a darkening shading, is a nice little visual cue for time running out.

Let’s see… Usopp, Brook, Zoro, and a happy-looking Sanji saving… Robin? Oh, my, can he leave a woman (Nami, floating away to the top right) to fend for themselves? Apparently so! Probably because he just made a call to save the one who can’t actually swim, but still. Growth!

Tashigi, my love! My light! My unfailing champion of justice!

And new characters! A whole bunch of them ,all connected to SWORD somehow.

So… Egghead is the place where the seraphim are?

And Drake! Hope we’ll get an update on him. We know Izo didn’t make it past CP0, but I really hope he did (although those holes in his chest did not look promising).

a) The place actually has an egg. I’ll be damned.

b) Is the egg connected to the egg on Roger’s ship?

c) Is your business connected to Kuma and his androidification, perhaps?

A pretty panel, emphasizing the size difference of the robot and the ship. Sunny’s not going anywhere.

Although the sea looks rushed, the robot and the ship are quite nicely detailed.

It is sweet how Usopp and Franky still are over the moon when they see a robot. Or a ninja.

And Caribou is out of his barrel? Wonder where that’ll lead.

AND WE HAVE A NEW CHARACTER.

How much shall we wager that this person here is not the real doctor Vegapunk? She even has a 2 on her chest. Android, perhaps: the earpiece and clunky boots would suggest so.

And not a nice person! Antagonist in making already: “Oh, you think I saved you? How wrong you are. You’ll see…”

Interesting chapter, although the crew’s split-up suggests some more jumping-between-perspectives to come. Although they are all on the same island. But Tashigi and Helmeppo are close by. And where is Smoker?

Great chapter! Looking forward to some science!

I give it a test tube, a soldiering iron and a punch in the mecha-shark’s face.

[larkreadsop]

I’m sure it’s no coincidence that Lilith’s the first ‘Vegapunk’ we see, since she certainly doesn’t line up with any of the descriptions or mentions of Vegapunk that we’ve gotten so far and she doesn’t really clarify that there’s several of them running around, at least in this chapter.

[larkreadsop]

Bonney and Luffy can already bond over their love of food but she’s kind of been running solo for a while at least since we came back from the time-skip so her crew doesn’t seem to be in the picture at this point...