#chapter 1176

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(Minor spoilers for chapter 1176)

THANK YOU ODA FOR PUTTING AN END TO THE SANJI HATES JINBEI THING, JINBEI IS THE CREWS UNCLE LEAVE HIM ALONE

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Both in pink and green... oh!

[naye-et-cetera]

Well, looking at the Jump cover included in this chapter I can tell exactly when it was released...!

HOW IS THE LIVE ACTION SO GOOD?! Thank you, Odacchi. <3

Ahahahah yeah without any explanation for what's going on it's all very THIS.

Love Nami being able to put this conflagration out!

Okay, Killingham interfered so - Lilith to the rescue! The library and school are SAFE! Cold, but safe.

Sanji is not gonna stand about and let a shitty Tenryuubito insult one of his crew...!!

I love this ridiculously overpowered crew. Yes. Perfect.

Oh! They're fighting Imu's powers!!!

I knew this had to be coming and yet...!!! I gasped. It's so perfect. The two locked in deadly combat for 100 years, finally getting the killing stroke in to save their nakama's soul...!!

Perfect... but futile. That regen power is not fucking around!!

Or. Wait. WAIT A MINUTE.

The flip.

They're flipping back over.

They're not Reversi'd anymore?!? IT WORKED?? KILLING SOMEONE REVERSI'D WORKS??? (It didn't work on Rocks, but he was finished off by the Knights of God so... maybe if Roger and Garp had managed to actually kill him dead he would've been okay??)

AMAZING.

Not only this insane lineup, but also the "Oh, so to save our friends all we have to do is kill them super dead? Let's fucking go!" attitude. They're all insane. I love them so.

I'm glad someone did think of taking the children inside first but...

Look at these bloodthirsty bastards...!!! OMG.

The subsequent de-Reversiing proves that Chopper punched a demon giant to death. I just. Yeah. They've all levelled up.

Okay. That's. Disturbing.

Franky, seeing a gigantic dragon for the first time with no context: Oh, he's a friend? He's so cool!

...omg.

Honestly kind of relatable, Nami.

And also: Nami, seeing the giant dragon for the first time, just scolding it for setting fire to half of Elbaph and telling it to cut it out. Amazing. I love her so much.

THEIR FACES

Brook telling Usopp to flee but of course, Usopp has leveled up, too. He's on Elbaph. He's a warrior. He's not going to abandon his nakama!!

And Imu hurt Usopp. Hurt Brook. Hurt Luffy's nakama. Which is a great way of pissing off even Nika...!

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A SUPER! Upgrade

Oh yeah! Vegapunk is still with us. Nice Franky chapter all around actually which is quite cool. Bonney on Franky's head is adorable, and I did get a kick out of seeing the invention deployed to put out the raging library fire. Good stuff all around.

But uh-oh...what's that I hear? Don't forget the words of our dear scholar Louis Arnote. Do not linger in Elbaph for too long. Seems to me like VP Lilith here would do well to remember that. I've been waiting for it to come back around, and I dunno...definitely feels like the first big nudge towards it to me at least.

This was way cooler than a piddly invention. Way to go Nami!! And Zeus but eh...Nami!!

I quite liked this first real time we see everyone getting a little worried for Zeus. Which is quite cute. I don't think he really fits into the niche of a crewmate like some try to argue, he is entirely subordinate to Nami not Luffy and in my book is like an intelligent weapon in an RPG. But he's still on our side and really fun. Also interested in seeing him deployed in Elbaph because I want someone to mention Mother Caramel.

Big upgrade! Vegapunk whips up a new cola I assume works like Nuka Cola Quantum and yeah...tracks for Franky. Not unlike Chopper getting a bump from all our time with Caesar though Franky obviously respects Vegapunk a lot more. Sunny getting an upgrade by the time they split could be cool too.

I quite liked the pun here too. Strong Dexter like Pointdexter but also dexterous (and sinister) come from Latin words for right/left. Cute. I mean SUPER! Jinbei & Sanji getting a big shot in is nice too. Love Sanji dropping the hammer on Killingham for being a racist shit. Sanji, civil rights ally confirmed. And he makes a great point about the God's Knights...yeah, how are you so far removed from the world you don't recognize the First Son of the Sea?

Then finally, comedy.

No notes, this is great. "Oh? They go back to normal if we kill em? Niiiiiiiiiiiice."

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One Piece 1176 first thoughts. Very fun and swift chapter, with a lovely color page recreation of a prior volume cover.

I love the triple attack and Nami gathering a ton of water, wanting to be able to put out a huge fire after she was unable to, due to lack of resources, during Onigashima.

I really like this as an alternative to all of the crew awakening Haki too. More variety.

Luffy, Nami sort of, Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, had various upgrades during Wano, and so far this arc, Nami is getting better at using Zeus, Franky has the super cola now.

Brook and Jinbei are the most experienced members, given they've lived longer than the rest of the crew, so I think it makes sense for them to be pretty static in terms of upgrades.

Then Usopp still doesn't yet know he has observation as far as we know. Luffy and Zoro both had to be specifically told they have Haki so it'd be the same for Usopp I feel, and nobody has told him.

I don't think Chopper ever would, but it would be interesting if someone put pressure on him to use bio weapons, ala Queen, to "kill" the domi reversi Giants.