#chapter 1130

[jaspbi]

So Loki got revealed in the the leaks of chapter 1130...

Oda made him hot god dammit

[migila]

Okay so yeah we got to see Elbaf and the island itself looks wild and all, but I'm kinda way more interested in something else:

VIVI SENT A MESSAGE TO THE CREW! She sent a message and all the ones who'd understand it are not there, damn it! Robin, figure it out, fast!

...Or not? I mean, there's probably no hurry; Vivi's telling them that she's out there and maybe trying to tell where exactly, but it's not like the whatever the bird's name was is gonna kick her out, so she can just sit tight until the crew gets her message, right? Or is she planning something?

[supernaturallyginger]

Monkey D. Luffy // chapter 1130

[naye-et-cetera]

For a Swede coming across a character called "Gerd" is like - idk, suddenly there's a sexy giantess called "Edna" or something! When I was little in the 1980s there were some very old ladies called Gerd, but it has yet to make a comeback as a cool old name. It's just. Very old. (A random statistic I found said the average Gerd is 77.5 years old and no new babies were named that in 2022.) So it's an amazingly random choice.

MEANWHILE, Loki... Look I'm not into MCU but I DID grow up devouring tales of our local (Norse) mythology, so. I mean. Checks out* so far!

*Loki was prophesized to bring about Ragnarök, and until he did he was chained up in a cave (... with the entrails of his son, oof, I forgot that!) where a snake dripped venom in his face. (His wife Sigyn would catch the drops in a bowl, but when the bowl filled up the pain from the drops of venom would wrack him with pain, and as he shook the Earth trembled.) And then in Ragnarök he helped the giants destroy the gods!

[basedkikuenjoyer]

Snort. Like...this is always pretty funny to me. The classic anime conk out. Hopefully Shino or Komachiyo are around to catch this burgular. Or at least wake our intrepid hero up. Meh, maybe it's time for Tama to have a proper ninja mission. This can't be harder than the bridge thing with Zabuza right?

[iamumbra195]

I feel like this is the first time the story has ever addressed how bounty photos are taken lol

[zonaenthusiast]

Testing if the girls and the gays are with me on this one...

ONE PIECE CHAPTER 1130 SPOILERS

HEAR ME OUT

A possible piece of shit... and in chains ????? I'm afraid I'm the target audience for this and I'm really in need of a hot villain right now. And if it's not going to be this man, Oda my bestie I know you can deliver me something.

[basedkikuenjoyer]

Ya Heard, With Gerd

Have I ever mentioned Parks & Recreation is one of my favorite live action shows? It perfectly captures the banality but sometimes cool stuff that gets done in local politics. I wish people would take half the passion they put towards yelling about global events on the Internet towards something attainable in their own backyard, things would be so much better.

I digress, but there isn't much to say about this big happening in 1130 apart from the main thrust. So...we all recognize the X right? Who's been with Morgans and would have the ability to pull her own 3D2Y? Miss Wednesday herself. Obviously this was Vivi, now we know why we split the crew the way we did. Which makes this pretty interesting actually. Because unlike Luffy's gambit the ones who need to see this don't get to. Robin kinda recalls something though and it is believable for her to remember the gang pulling this. Remember she struts out onto the deck right as they sail away, it's not unrealistic for her to figure it out. We'll see what it leads to though, usually with a paper going into an arc it comes back around at the end. Moving on though...we are here!

We'll get a little more into the Grand Fleet but I didn't want to miss this as we transition back from the paper. Hajrudin is a prince of Elbaf, who knew? This also makes me a little steamed with Dorry and Brogy because my theory the GF would come to Egghead was that close to being partially true.

Here and the fact the country is closed off we'll find out later, gotta admit that surprises me a little. The idea there's trouble on Elbaf. I just always thought the land of giants was sorta like Zou. Remote enough with a tribe that's hard to fight so the island's pretty chill. Looks like we'll be getting into something though. And idea we'll pick up.

But hey, lookie who we have here. Gerd and Goldberg, two more of Hajrudin's crew. And we have them talking a little about Road. I think it says something about Hajrudin as a leader that he'd try to bring in someone others don't like much. It all checks out, Road's kinda a weirdo and Gerd seems like a fairly girly girl.

I think it's very interesting you have what we see from the Straw Hats. And it does play into the idea Luffy has a way to go with realizing what he got from Dressrosa. If he was a little better captain...there shouldn't have been an issue. It doesn't take a lot to know a little about the crews who pledged loyalty to you. It doesn't even take knowing the subordinates! Look at Gerd's line, the one Usopp shows he heard part of. The same place she mentions Elbaf she mentions Hajrudin.

And that does make me wonder about seeing a sign from Vivi this chapter. Especially when it is something a little dodgy. If she comes back, she fills this niche. But it always seems like the scenes that nudge at her have something off. All that to say...this should have gone a lot smoother. But I guess we wouldn't get:

I wavered between showing this or Loki's full reveal. The panel on the left is what made the choice for me. So now we have another giant calling himself Sun God...but rather than being a liberator or creator like the other two he sees himself as a destroyer. We also hint at some kind of wild devil fruit.

Lot of cool stuff this chapter. Sadly it looks like we'll take two weeks off but it leaves us at a good point to ponder where this arc will go. I've always had a special place in my heart for the giants since I caught up first on Oimo & Kashi...feels kinda unreal seeing it finally. The Dragon Quest nerd in me will also always pop for Yggdrasil. At least we'll have HxH and a new Skip & Loafer soon.