#chapter 1022

[zorostiddiesaretheonepiece]

[leo1132]

Chapter 1022

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mutton dressed up as lamb to the slaughter: chapter 1022 spoilers

Okay, you’re all there and all hyped for the KidLaw moment, right?

Remember, if anyone knows about Hawkins’ use of the lives of crew members to gain advantage, it’s Law. I hope we get to see the two of them against Big Mom.

And if KidLaw’s not your thing, then don’t forget about KidKil:

Hawkins’ a real right bastard, innit he?

And really, no flippant commentary is replete without a sketchy shot of the heart pirates and Luffy in his prime:

Caribou’s in despair at his own personal internal famine.

Marco’s exactly how I imagine him.

Well, not here, but how about

Here? 

And

Here?

And

Here? Totally his own man (and suited to Law, heh-heh. That’s an aside. You don’t have to disagree with me).

Now, I’ve been reading a few violent manga lately and it’d be good if they all treated their heroes a little like this at times (see below):

Like, how ignominious, right? To be carried around like one of Big Mom’s tampons, hybrid design: it’s got wings, ha-ha (don’t think about the design or application too much, but it could be like one of those corkscrews with arms).

But, never fear, Zoro’s ultimate sacrificial moment is almost among us. Marco’s fire is out. King’s Fire is Lit. Sanji’s fire is on fire!

Last one’s Sanji Marco against King, if you haven’t figured it out ( I obviously hadn’t figured it out. Then he takes a rest. Wicked move!). Sorry for the crop (Oda’s diagonal frames).

And that brings us to bringing mutton dressed up as lamb to the slaughter.

Let’s hope the official translation remains the same or my joke’s not gonna work (yes, yes, I know it’s struggling now). Let’s not forget that a nabe (hot pot) dish in Hokkaido that contains mutton is called Genghis Khan (a truly fearsome warrior) mainly because a lot of sheep were herded in Mongolia (?). Really, the connection is pretty tenuous, BUT anyway. It leads us to what will be the most uploaded image this week and into infinity, I think:

And don’t forget this comment:

And also, smack talk by Perospero about Sanji being a Germa defect, and putting the Charlotte family in the unenviable position of allying with the Beast Pirates because he didn’t marry Pudding (not quite sure what the logic is there. Mama’s rampage I guess).

Raizo is fighting his former ninja comrade, Fukurokuju, from the Orochi Oniwabanshu and Nekomamushi has gone after Perospero. 

So, do we have six scabbards down and all of the tobi roppo? (even stevens). Raizo, Inu and Neko are all still standing, right, if we include Kanjuro among the scabbards. How about Denjiro? Kawamatsu went down, didn’t he? That’s four, perhaps. I have to reread. Where’s Izou? Or where’s he going?

Anyway, it’s the Strawhats’ time to shine (or Sanji and Zoro’s, and maybe Chopper’s).

[notboo]

[kstarlitchaotics]

He needs to stick with that new nickname I love Moss-Mummy

[one-piecee]

time to start crying over the best chapter that we could've gotten now!!

❗❗ one piece chapter 1022 spoilers ❗❗

we're all down, I'm thinking someone needs to help us from king or Queens attack and in my mind zoro is going to stop the attack or sanji or whoever and then WHITEBEARD PIRATES SECOND HAND MAN MR MARCOOOO COMES IN AT CLUTCH AND DOES IT AGAIN! I JUST NEED THIS ANIMATED ASAP

and then he says, and I quote: "it's time for the stars to take the stage" ITS TIME FOR THE STARS TO TAKE THE DAMN STAGE AND TAKE THE STAGE THEY DID WITH THE SIMULTANEOUS ATTACK

and that dialogue at the end made me cry... it'll finally be in sight!! LETS GO DEFEAT THESE IDIOTS 2/3 OF THE MONSTER TRIO IM SO EXCITED

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OP CHAPTER 1022 THOUGHTS

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the war on Onigashima might have showed some of the shortest fights for the Strawhats in modern One Piece. This has really been on my mind. Up until 1022, I was fully expecting all of the Tobi Roppo to get up and keep fighting and even bring out bigger, badder techniques.

So what’s with this? I think that Oda sped up their defeats for a reason.

First, who are the Tobi Roppo? They’re defeated captains. Not only defeated, but recruited to work for the man who brought them down. On one hand, I think that this literally pounded respect for Kaido into their skulls. On the other, I don’t think that this made them devoted. They have, however, repeated their faith in Kaido over and over. But so have the Strawhats (and that’s the real kicker).

Ulti, for instance, threatened to kill Nami unless she admitted that Luffy wouldn’t become the Pirate King. Did she do this to assert that it would be Kaido instead? I doubt it. It was because SHE had lost her chance to reach this dream. Next, Black Maria mocked Sanji’s capabilities and Robin’s own worth. This one might have been more in line with showing pride in the Beast Pirates, but it came across as desperate and petty. As though she was anxious to steal something that would give them an advantage (Robin) and finally make her feel proud to be on Kaido’s side. The nine red scabbards also stand to juxtapose the Tobi Roppo in terms of faith. Their leader had been dead for 20 years and they needed no show of power to keep them moving forward. It seems to me that the Tobi Roppo fully represent the undevoted follower. They are a crew clinging to personal pride and self pity, not strength of will. Faith in their captain? They have it only because he forced them to believe it.

I also want to mention their former statuses. They were CAPTAINS. And they were defeated by mere members of a crew. Not leaders, not even someone as strong as Kaido. So what made them so weak since joining the Beast Pirates? Their wills. Oda needed to use the Strawhats to show just how pitiful Kaido’s forces truly are. Not only physically weak, but spiritually as well. These former captains were literally crushed by the willpower of the Strawhats and allies, a battle that I don’t think Oda has ever showed us so obviously before. The repetition of faith vs. raw power/intimidation is a driving theme in the Onigashima battle. This is why the fights were finished so early. This is why the Tobi Roppo had no astounding follow-up techniques. This is why, especially in comparison to the Donquiote family in Dressrosa, the Tobi Roppo are not fighting for any semblance of love and therefore had no ambition to prevent their own defeats. I could be wrong, but I really believe that the Strawhats might have lacked all the physical capabilities to bring their opponents down and won simply because they believed when the Tobi Roppo didn’t. And somehow, this was more than enough.

[ghost-the-writer]

My brother and I were reading the one piece manga

And he wanted me to color a panel

Type shitty but I spent 2 and a half hours on this so