#chapter 1184

[peanut-with-wifi-access]

One Piece; Chapter 1184

Still freaking out over the teaser for the Knights in the Elbaf anime, but we lock in regardless!

Spoilers below, as always!

....Oda is a sadist and the day we all accept that is the day we all can move on with our lives.

Seriously, a Brook cover request? Seriously, the Imu jellyfish? Seriously, the fucking title?

The chapter hasn't even started and I'm already Braced For Tears 💔

Shuri's pretty!!! Mama's genes doing all the heavy lifting, no offense Leuven

HA girly knows what she likes! This is good for my Celestial Hoards HC 💞

Shuri, never thought I'd say this, please shut the hell up. Good on Brook for not reciprocating tho, gotta love him <3

I LOVE THEM YOUR HONOR 💞💞💞💞💞

Even what happened in Epseria + 50 years of isolation couldn't change this man, he's always been like this 💞💞

What a cute little song! Brook's good at those

"Only my bones" Would ya look at that, foreshadowing. Painful. Oda when I catch you.

LIL STREET RAT BROOK?????? Unexpected, but oh so appreciated. He's just a little guy, I would level kingdoms to keep him safe

That is one depressing ass song tho, my baby :(

This better just be a creative lyric because I swear to god if Brook has a dead family on top of all this I will sob

"A freeing vibe" 👀 Can you hear the drums in the distance yet?

Brook and Luffy should talk about their childhoods together because I'm sending some good old Parallels 💞💔

Stealing from Marines! Brook really was born to be a pirate~

OH NO THEY'RE ADORABLE

ough augh I was clinging to the tyrant theory so hard and now it slips away..... Leuven & Brook are the duo ever and I'm horrified imagining what the hell happened to lead to his death 💔

BABY BROOK 💔💥💔💥💔💥💔💥💔

The Marines are Bastards. They always have been, always will be.

So either they're pissed this kid's been stealing their food supplies, or they're talking about drugs & have been mistaken. Either way, this is a child. Beating him to a half-dead pulp accomplishes nothing!

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The fact he can only think of a stray dog and Leuven to say bye to... Music forever being his one comfort in life..... Why do the second backstories always hurt so much

LEUVEN TO THE RESCUE FUCK THE TYRANT THEORY I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

Ough that top panel is so precious 🥹🥺

Ah, so it was just the Marines being idiots. As per usual. I appreciate Leuven deciding to handle this himself!

KING 💥 SHIT 💥 Fuck the World Government, they're encouraging cruel behavior as it suits their needs! They can suck it!

Candelle's line here..... It's making my skin crawl. It's... Sweet I guess, but the words "Devoted Blade" remind me a bit too much of Imu's Covenants for comfort........ Those Manmayer Candel theories are looking ever more likely 😬

If this is how Brook decided to become a swordsman I will instantly explode into a puddle of tears. What the fuck Oda 💔

Gods, Candelle is still so pretty~ 💞💞💞

Leuven's dynamic with her is very sweet, and ofc his dynamic with Brook is absolutely adorable!!! This is just such a cute page

Right there with ya, Brook. I too would melt if Candelle booped me 🤭

LEUVEN LOVES HIM AND RECRUITS HIM INTO THE CORPS AND GETS HIM MUSIC SCHOOLING AND DEAR GOD I AM SOBBING ON THE FLOOR

Oda. Oda please. How much cruelty must this man suffer through. What do you have against Brook. What the hell happens?!

Precious chapter, despite Brook suffering a bit, I'm hyped for next (after the week long break, Oda you sadist!) 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

[rikaaacaps]

One Piece

[basedkikuenjoyer]

Bone Appétit

You know...I always thought the panty thing was Brook being a dirty old man. So he was always like that? I love the comedic timing on this stupid bit. Princess Shuri is being adorable drifting into inappropriate. Brook chides her for it before going way more inappropriate and gets clonged in the back of the head with a flying sword attack. Very impressive Shuri! Got some bad news for you about the chest though. What does this all lead to? Another nested flashback!

Okay, so we're just casually back into familiar territory. By which I mean all that stuff about how these later flashbacks and such don't really need to drag things out when they can build off of things we've seen in this story. Like so many others, Brook's origin was as an abandoned child making his way as best he can in the junkyard. Longing to be a normal kid going to music classes. What's really interesting here to me is he almost comes off as like, Izo if they didn't meet Oden until later and Kiku didn't make it. There seems to be a family that fell apart and died before this point. Lil Brook is blaming the current king.

This is overheard by then-Prince Reuven who takes the absolutely based approach of hanging out with this scruffy 11yo and partaking in his grasshopper & toad curry. Sums it up perfectly with "So this is Esperia as well." From Grey Terminal to Okobore Town, we've seen this so many times. Even doubles down on something I said in an earlier chapter with Brook & Gunko, man there was a missed opportunity to work Brook into Wano's core themes more! And that sets up our internal story of this chapter. Brook nicks curry powder from the Marine ships because yeah...it'll overpower any other flavor. This gets him in a sport of trouble when some crooked Marines mistake him for the courier boy in a drug smuggling operation.

Thankfully Reuven & Candelle save the day. They bust up the smuggling op referencing this Mouron Family again. Chandelle chides Prince Reuven for forgetting his standing and what this could lead to but she's pretty cute with Brook as well. Who gets a nice upgrade in living conditions, proper music training, and from here presumably takes an interest in swordplay. Princess Shuri also should be born only a couple of years after this so I do have to wonder what happens with the current king and Reuven/Candelle's marriage and all. Which is a good opportunity to get to the last point today.

I've seen a lot of stuff flying around trying to make Candelle out to be some secret God's Knight and all. The biggest hurdle to me is what about Esperia all the way out in West Blue could be so fuckin' important to warrant someone that high and mighty to step down, pose as a "commoner" for at least 16 years and presumably more to work her way up to Royal Guard Captain, and get married/have a kid with someone local? It also wouldn't make sense to need to brainwash Gunko if her mom was a proper Knight. With the Lady Oscar vibes...my hunch is that we'll see Reuven take the throne and rapidly try to improve conditions in the country, pissing off local and maybe world nobles or something like that. Either way, I'm interested to see how this shakes out.

[coldhaendz]

Is Brook's skull splitting open while he's still alive?! Does he even have his devil fruit yet...

[loveinthetimeofanarchy]

oda secret ninjustu: double flashback

[zonaenthusiast]

I wanted to say this last week but it's so fascinating to me how sometimes Oda centers a character in an arc I didn't expect them to be centered, the two biggest examples I can think of being Sanji in Wano and now Brook in Elbaph. Like... I'm GAGGED.