#ONEPIECE1035
Okay so... I'll try, emphasis on try, to go through this chapter without it being 90% me ranting about how good King looks because wow - King looks great. Anyways...
The chapter title is: Zoro vs. King
We start off by confirming that Sanji won that fight, and it's concluded. That's what I was a little confused about last chapter because it seemed like a finisher but at the same time I wasn't sure...
But there ain't no coming back from Queen, Sanji's choreography of hit-after-hit-after-hit knocked him out.
Also... can we talk about how Sanji's first reaction after knocking Queen out is to make sure Osome is alright? And give her back Chuji, her pet mouse, after he starts reminiscing about his own pet mouse. He kept the mouse in his suit-pocket the whole time, like this man's kindness never stops.
Then we move back to Zoro vs. King (and let's take a moment to appreciate how we got these chapters in a row:
Chapter 1031 - Soldier of Science (Sanji centric) Chapter 1032 - Oden's Beloved Sword (Zoro centric) Chapter 1033 - Shimotsuki Kozaburo (Zoro centric) Chapter 1034 - Sanji vs. Queen Chapter 1035 - Zoro vs. King
Like we've been getting Zoro and Sanji action back-to-back for five chapters in a row now, and Oda is just finishing off all these fights so we can get to the main battle.
Anyways, Zoro is starting to figure out how King's powers work, and how his flames contribute to the fighting. King is faster when the flame is out, but his defenses get weaker and so Zoro can take advantage of that time to attack him. He just needs to keep up with his speed...
King's mask starts to peel off, and it is at this moment that I remember when I was wondering how Oda was going to make King look, right - Comedic or serious?
and honestly... nothing could have prepared me for this. I mean we got Katakuri, it's only right we get
LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING ME? ARE WE SEEING THIS? LOOK AT HIM???? I-
I was really going through it at this point, because Oda just doesn't miss with his right-hand man designs. King is described as having black wings, white hair and dark brown skin.
Will Zoro beat the racist allegations, man atp I don't know.
He is so wanted by the government people get 100M berries just to tell them details about how King looks, or any information. That's how much the government want information on the Lunarians.
That's why King was also seens being experimented on, in Punk Hazard, along with Kaido who saved him because he saw potential in him, in how strong King really is.
He recruits King and tells him he'll "change the world" -
And here's the interesting part, because in chapter 1014 after throwing Luffy down Onigashima into the ocean Kaido looks down and says "So you couldn't be joyboy either" and at that point I wasn't sure who else he was referring to but after this there's the possibility that he thought he himself could be Joyboy... but found out he wasn't after all...
Anyways, Kaido gives him the name King, since his original name is Arber/Alber/Albert (different translations but we're hoping the last isn't true because come on, albert?)
We're back to Zoro and King going at it, and Zoro telling King that "You've had your time on top!! Now you've gotta make room for us!!"
King produces "magma-like fire" and creates a Dragon to attack both his subordinates, who comment on his looks, and Zoro.
He tries to attack Zoro by changing his sword again, and taking Zoro's own swords but Zoro says that king won't "take away my named swords" and deflects the attack...
KHe attacks King with Bird Dance and slices him up from vertically from top to bottom (or well, he slices him from bottom to top but whatever)
Zoro figures out how to attack King so that his attacks have damage and tells King that he went from taking the attacks to blocking them - "Are you scared of my attacks now"
King: "I'll remember you as a swordsman that had some skill."
Zoro: "If you manage to survive, I'm the one that's gonna beat the memory of me into your skull."
Finishing moves - King's Imperial Guardian Flaming Dragon versus Zoro's King of the Underworld's three bladed dragons - 103 emotions - Flying Dragon Hell Blaze!!"
And honestly... look at this:
Peek the Ryuma parallels too, of Zoro slaying a Dragon! Amazing chapter.
No break next week?