Somehow, the idea of Celestial Dragons being scared of rain is funny as hell to me. You guys made out of sugar or something?
Also, I look forward to seeing who has/ends up having the devil fruit of this god. I mean, Nika has one, so she does as well, yeah? But who had it in the past? For some reason, my thoughts first went to Nefertari Lili... could Vivi get this devil fruit?
And speaking of Arabasta royalty, the opposites that they and the Celestial Dragons are here aren't lost on me. Like, the former wishes rain for their lands, yet the later the fear it? Good thinking Oda, good thinking.
AHHHHHHH??????????? Screaming, frantically editing my Sun Path AU notes, throwing things across the room, biting the wallsβ can we not escape God Lore for one chapter this arc?!!!?!?!
Let's get into it, Spoilers below as always!
*snort* Nope, no, I'm an adult. I can be mature about this. fucking zaza seriously oda
you think I can get away with making Her the god of cannabis?
Oh. That explains a lot. Too bad it translated awkwardly lmao, I am so prepared for the High Goddess jokes <3
π«΅ @apiratefellinlovewithastar WE FUCKING CALLED IT!!!!!!! Still no confirmation on Davy D Jones being Niddhog, but hey!! The traitor theory is fully confirmed!!!!!!!!! ππππ₯π₯π₯πππ Niddhog was on Imu's side and betrayed them for Joy Boy! Probably! Not super clear but we can assume!
One second, I'm a dropoutβ [frantic googling] Huh. Learning cool shit from One Piece yet again! Neat! Good to know, good to know..... hm. I could use this.....
Anyway! Ragnir having the Ratatoskr Fruit officially confirmed! And it's a hammer that ate a squirrel fruit, not a squirrel that ate a hammer fruit lmao. You can never guess with this series which it's gonna be Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
Cool attack name but please don't start dragging Aztec gods into this please Oda I'm already elbows deep in Norse mythology trying to figure shit out please have mercy
Okay Killingham is being a bit of an asshole, but I'm pretty sure that's just how he is regardless. Nice on the compliment tho, I'll give him that. Killi stays being relatively chill with humans and not demeaning, fully willing to acknowledge their strengths. What an oddity <3
.....Okay he is gonna go back to kidnapping and traumatizing kids but it's a job so for my own sanity we're gonna nudge that aside for the moment.
Killi leaves Sanji alive! Smacks him once before leaving, but could've killed him and chose not to. Chewing on that, Double Agent Theory save me.
Very sweet and chivalrous and perfect Sanji, with that added last line about Giant Beauties. Sanji I love you, this is why you're my favorite Straw Hat. The SanUso and LuSan shippers are tearing this apart I know it π
WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THIS OWL ODA PLEASE I'M TEARING APART THE BARS OF MY ENCLOSURE
[ahem] Anyway! Nice to see Saul and Robin are still doing okay, and all the books are intact!!!! Very much considering connecting Biblo to my ohara patron deity from Sun Path......
Yeah that's accurate, nice to see it explicitly stated and acknowledged though! Luffy <3 He's still eating right? Hurry up over there boy!
There is definitely something mechanical going on with the Abyss and/or Imu, biting at the drywall about it. Where's Useless Mid when we need him /lh
Bullets and explosions though.... Nevermore's Vessel would probably have fun with that lmao
There isβ SO much to unpack here??????? Give me a minute I need to Think π₯
Killi's panic here, immediately telling Sommers even though they obviously don't get along, really hints towards that beloved idea that he's the youngest Knight. Freaking out and looking to the most senior member present for help.
"Accidentally" summoning something every single one of you is afraid of? A being which is powered by fear? Right as everything is going right for you? π€¨ Convenient..... Point to the Double Agent Killi Theory!
Killi stopping to check on Gunko makes me soft, though I'm a little disappointed he's not more upset. He could be faking though.... I have concepts in the back of my head, something about a broken ice block and Shuri telling Killi to leave her alone and stuff like that..... I'll explore it some other time. Sommers is a dick for just completely brushing over Gunko maybe being dead, god I hate him.
Imu's body isn't meant to be in this world? Combined with Imu's comment at the start of the chapter, those world resets really were literal, huh? A fundamental change to reality..... Isn't it hilarious that this matches PT!AU. Oda get off my wavelength, I was prepared to actually do some editing here lmao
"Live up to expectations" They are in fact panicking because Imu is here and they gotta be on their best behavior. Embarrassing for Sommers (grown ass man, gain some balls you cowardly fuck) but adorable for Killi (he's just a babyyyyy and maybe a spyyyyy leave him alone) πππ
Cutie patootie <3 ough wait I know this feeling... I'm gonna go back through old chapters and find every panel of him....
β₯οΉβ₯ How embarrassing, why must it be him. Cora-san was understandable, I gotta justify this!
I never stopped to consider that they'd be scared of storms, but living above the clouds, it makes sense. Also ties into the "Ds bring the storm" thing! I can use this for Donquibros angst <3
Anyway, a different boogeyman god other than Nika? Another monster under their beds other than the Ds? π Oda you spoil us~
LET IT BE KNOWN ODA KNOWS HOW TO DO A GOD DAMN SPREAD PANEL THIS IS BEAUTIFUL π₯ππ₯ππ₯πππ₯ππ₯ππ₯ππ₯ππ₯ππ₯ππ₯ππ
*giggling* No no, I'm mature! Anyway, Killingham's biggest fear revealed! Good to know he can be affected by his own Devil Fruit, that's fascinating. Chewing on it. Makes sense he'd be scared of rain, being a CD, and water, being a DF user.
The way the Sleeptid introduction text overlays the "God of Rain" text is very cool to me, a clarification that this is not the actual god, just Killi's nightmare of it.
Which makes it very interesting thatβ
βSHE'S BEAUTIFUL ππππππππππππππππππππ Oda always back at it again with the peak character designs, the anime better do her justice or I will riot.
Idk what it is, but my brain is instantly associating her with the Nefertaris. Maybe it's the fact she's made of water and therefore blue, maybe it's what little we can see of her clothing looking like it fits desert weather, maybe it's her face mask being identical to the one Gunko used to wear + the Nefertari D Shuri theoryβ who knows. She just reminds me of the Nefertaris.
I like the beads, they look like bubbles and that's fun. Multiple arms are always very cool. Characters made out of an element are always beautiful.... Does sheβ that's a ring at her back. Just like Imu and the Omens...... Huh. Theory forming.
Everyone getting a theme song this arc! Toei I'm shaking you rn, these beats better slap or I'll kill. Kill until I can kill no longer. The Drums of Liberation are beautiful and I listen to them on loop, Imu and Zaza are legally required to get that same honor.
Might be a stretch here, but Killi looks just a tad nervous to me. Probably just because he's terrified of Zaza, but still. Can't help but note it.
Zosan are Zosan'ing forever πππππ Every Sanji ship is getting fed rn fr, I love it. My man <3
Okay so that theory forming I mentioned above. It's not settled yet because I haven't gotten a chance to go over it with Viper, but I think Zaza might have some kind of connection to Lili. The names, the outfit, the blue, the rising sea levels and poneglyphs both being connected to the ancient weapons, the ring at the back like Imu, Alabasta being a desert........ Idk, it's tickling my theorist brain.
Excited for more god shenanigans next chapter, and hopefully more Killi! Hell, maybe the Forest God Chopper theorists will get another win, if we're revealing so much this arc lmao πππππππππππππππππππππππ
Stylish Franky on the color spread! He's reminding me a bit of Igaram's hair, though with more spikes.
I'm glad we spend a bit of time on Zaza and Ripley being badasses. Ripley's gotta value her life more though. Yes work to save her son, but don't just rush in without a plan.
While I don't love this timing of this flashback beginning now, Brook being a public menace is already amazing. Maybe the Loki and Imu fight will be skipped, nothing is really progressing either way with it, a skip ahead could help move things along.
This is all so much fun. Seeing familiar traits of Brook that he had when he was alive. Shuri and her father are pretty fun characters too.
Could Brook have seen Shuri and Reuven here? And that's why we only saw Robin's hallucinations at the time?
I don't know where exactly this is going, but if it ends with a scene set just a few months before Brook and Luffy's first meeting, I will be along for the ride, wherever this takes us.
Okay...huge sigh of relief for Gerd's precious little massive fingies. She needs those for all kinds of things. Like doctoring, like our dear Chopper here who saved said fingies. We get some choice Rodo goobermaxxing too so it's all in good fun. My elder Millennial nerd brain can't see this Imu/Loki scene without translating the dialogue to "Come Nidhogg, friend or traitor come...and bring Ragnir, I have need of it." so the less said there the better probably. Something tells me I'm gonna get silly enough by the end of this.
We do seem to be getting to that part of a One Piece arc where everything else is peeling back. The Knights are setting the time limit too and you know? How about that for a subversion? Unlike Birdcage or dropping Onigashima, this time the villain is on a timer. And I do think there's a certain logic to that. You see how daunting the finale with the WG will be here, they have their limits though this deep in the New World. So you can give em the slip and race to the One Piece with Shanks, BB, and Cross Guild...but this limit won't be there when you have to take the fight to them at Mariejois. So...anything? Anything else interesting or is this just one of those between two breaks setup chapters?
What in the dahlink? Yeah okay, I'm sold on Zaza Gabor dude we can just make the next fifty chapters about her. I do get it, it makes sense the Knights would be put off by something so simple and commonplace. Like, yeah living up on the Red Line they probably don't get a lot of it but you know there's also that element of it being something they can't control.
I also...don't care. It's a giant four-armed rain goddess with a cool look to her. Big ladies with precipitation-based motifs are our jam here. I love this combination of this very big conical hat that's more elaborate than a casa but still very East Asian, then a veil with an Arabian vibe but underneath we've got a figure that if I had to compare kinda reminds me of Stussy or Hibari. Light hair, heavy bangs. Very cosmopolitan style. The raindrop motif and all the pearls are just super cool!
Now how the hell are we supposed to fight the embodiment of the rain guys? Jinbei? Water's your domain. Sanji? This count as a lady? If she does...is she weird and quirky enough to become Usopp's favored enemy type? Nami wanna protect your territory in this series? Or...or, just spitballin here maybe she likes cute things and wants to be our friend going forward. So let's deploy the Chopper. Baby Gramps Chopper. Does it make sense? Not really, but I'd like it. Now all we need is for our Sun God plus this making a big ol rainbow...so he can bonk Satan with it.
