#chapter 957

[algumaideia]

A lot of info nothing about Vivi or Sabo

[ladybonheur]

So I am catching up with One Piece and something in chapter 957 called my attention:

The thing is... these are all just the bounty values according to their wanted posters. It is safe to say that Roger’s bounty hasn’t been updated since he died, 23-24 years ago (why would it?). In other words, we have here the historical value for Roger’s bounty, without applying the inflation rate.

And you cannot convince me that the world of One Piece would not have one or in fact several inflation rates. With so many crises and uncertainties around the world? Being an economist there must be a nightmare.

Now, Big Mom’s and Kaidou’s bounties combined amount to 8.999.100.000 bellies. If we take an annual inflation rate of 2% (which would be quite conservative considering how unstable the Grand Line is, not to mention the unlikelihood/impossibility of having a constant rate for over 2 decades), Roger’s bounty should be updated in 24 years to 8.950.631,61 bellies.

The actual updated value should be much higher, since, again, 2% seems like a very low inflation rate for the Grand Line. But this just illustrate how impressive of a threat Roger was to the World Government.

[frobin]

ALL RIGHT EVERYONE! Are you ready to BREAK THIS DOWN?! Because screw Oda that beautiful bastard for this FRobin Moment. 

THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WITH SUNGLASSES! AGAIN!!! 

THEY HAVE THE SAME HAIRDO AND IT IS NOT THEIR USUAL! 

Everyone has colourful hawaiian shirts but 

THEY WEAR ALMOST THE SAME PATTER WITH INVERTED COLORS! 

Seriously, the plants leaves are the same. 

WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE HEARTS ODA DREW?!?!? 

[zeekaydigital]

Shanks - One Piece Chapter 957

Before reading the new chapter I thought I'll just read it, no OP colorings this time... After the chapter I feel like coloring every page of it I looove Shanks' badass look on his 4,048,900,000 wanted poster ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ © Shueisha / Eiichiro Oda ~ Color by me

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[lpninja]

This is definitely one of my most fave colourspreads ever

[lpninja]

One Piece 957

AFTER 22 FUCKING YEARS, WE FINALLY GOT SHANKS' AND ROGER’SFUCKING BOUNTY!!!

Y‘ALL DON‘T KNOW - I‘VE BEEN FOLLOWING THESE SERIES SINCE I‘M LIKE 6 OR 7 AND I‘M 23 RN - I WAITED OVER A DECADE FOR THIS REVALATION

I WAITED SO FUCKING LONG TO FINALLY KNOW WHAT GARP DID, FINALLY AFTER YEARS I UNDERSTOOD WHY ROGER TRUSTED GARP SO MUCH TO GIVE HIM ACE

9 YEARS LATER AND WE FINALLY ALSO GOT WHITEBEARDS FUCKING BOUNTY

AND THE BEST THING IS THE LORE COMPLEEEEEETLY OVERSHADOWED THE BOUNTY REVEALS???????

THIS CHAPTER WAS ANOTHER KEY POINT OF ONE PIECE FOR THE DEEP LORE AND STORY TO BE UNREVEALED - WE‘RE SERIOUSLY PROGRESSING TOWARDS THE END AND I‘M FREAKING OUTTTT, HOLY FUCKING SHIT

istg Oda is truly a genius, MAN FORESHADOWED A WHOLE DECADE AGO

[flimflamfranky]

ok ok ok here are my Thoughts so far:

1. ssg

this was only mentioned briefly but that “marine special science force” really caught my attention. i would bet my blog that vegapunk is a part of this force and is responsible for whatever this “ssg” thing is. 

it’s obviously some kind of weapon. im guessing that it’s an upgraded version of the pacifistas or sometime similar. the marines gave up kuma to the celestial dragons  and aren’t using him as a warlord or a weapon anymore, which, to me, implies that they got something better. that could be this ssg. 

regardless, we’ve got: 

new ssg that the marines are going to use against the emperors in place of the warlords, and that vegapunk is likely involved in 

kuma being used as a slave by the celestial dragons, and both bonney jewel and the revolutionaries seem keen on rescuing him

the world gov’t and cp0 are making deals with wano, and orochi is demanding vegapunk in exchange for weapons 

and i am very excited to see where this all leads and to finally see the mysterious vegapunk 

2. rocks, blackbeard and imu

we got a lot of interesting lore this chap, and rocks was one of the most relevant ones. we know that rocks was captain of the rocks pirates, which was included kaido, big mom and whitebeard. rocks was also roger’s main rival. 

and rocks wanted to be king of the world. not just king of the pirates, but of the world.

now, luffy has been compared to roger many times. luffy’s after roger’s title, luffy has inherited roger’s will, the whole “smiling before executed” in loguetown...there’s a lot. and since blackbeard is shaping up to be luffy’s main opponent, it would make sense that blackbeard is similar to rocks in many ways. 

i’ve said this before, but i think that blackbeard’s ultimate goal is to become king of the world, like rocks’ wanted. the most obvious way to do this would be to gain power and seize the empty throne. 

but we know that there is already someone on the throne: the great imu. and this mysterious person has shown an interest in luffy, shirahosi, vivi and blackbeard. perhaps these are people that are threats to his reign? who knows but it is something to note

(bonus, more wild theory: imu is rocks d. xebec and he succeeded in becoming king of the world, albeit in secret)

3. more on rocks

we learned several interesting things about rocks in this chapter, and several of those things have made my theorist senses tingle. so we know:

rocks has the will of d

rocks wanted to be king of the world and was involved in several “taboo subjects”

he died on god valley (which is a very interesting name), in an incident that also involved the celestial dragons 

some other things we know: 

the celestial dragons view themselves as gods and have a lot of “godly” language and imagery surrounding them

bearers of the will of d are the natural enemy of gods 

basically, there are a lot of suspicious and symbolic things surrounding this “god valley incident”. we don’t have enough info for any solid conjectures but i think there is some connection between rocks and the celestial dragons. like, maybe rocks is the reason that bearers of d’s will are “enemies of gods” (aka celestial dragons). or it might be something else entirely.

but the fact that rocks has been covered by the government expect for what has been remembered by older marines is extremely interesting and by gosh do i want to know more. 

BONUS: issho

i just want to make a small note about issho, because he said something that makes me a little curious:

draw your attention to “never personally suffered under them”. now, issho could just be referring to doflamino’s actions in dressrosa, but i took it to mean that issho had personally suffered under a warlord. issho backstory maybe??

[sparda3g]

One Piece Chapter 957 Review

It is chapter like this that gives the fans a reason and answer to the question, “Why are you so invested?” In fact, it gives them a reason to call the mangaka, “Goda.” After 20 years later, the end destination is yet to be seen but the journey continues to please the adventurer. If there’s an example of how fans are greatly rewarded with wonderful prizes, this chapter is the prime example.

It’s no secret that the foundation of One Piece is mesmerizing. The lore, the world, the characters, everything about it is built to keep the fans engaged. Anything can be exciting to them, even when they tell a bedtime story. One would provide a great example to my notion, but we’ll get to that soon. This chapter is pure info dump. After the abolishment of Shichibukai, Akainu speaks to Fujitora about the breaking news of Kaido and Big Mom forming a pact. More importantly, they drop the big hint to what essentially this chapter focus on: the legend of Rocks Pirates.

The Marines are going crazy over the news. They had it rough against Whitebeard, now they have to fight like two in titular speaking. I would quit and off to the deserted island. They didn’t expect this to ever happen since Kaido and Big Mom are unlikely to unite, but here we are. This brings Sengoku to tell the legend of Rocks Pirates, seeing how most marines are uninformed about it. From there on, it’s filled with shocking answers, new questions, and all around hype inducing to the core.

Rocks Pirates’ crew had three Yonko tier members, specifically Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Kaido. That’s unbelievable. That is the crew you absolutely without a doubt don’t want to mess with. Otherwise, you are a complete fool, unless one exception; we’ll get to that soon. There are others that made themselves famous, including the Golden Lion, the one from Strong World. I know it is canon, but it’s pretty neat detail to say that movie has more value than before. As for others, it looks we should be prepared to meet them one day. Color me excited.

Captain Rocks was similar to Gol D. Roger in terms of aiming for the big prize: to be the Pirate King. However, judging by Sengoku’s words, he was absolutely ruthless to the world. He was a serious threat to the World Government; practically seen as a terrorist organization. It was until 38 years ago on God Valley, hell of a title by the way, where Rocks met his end. The man who defeated him was none other than Garp. Holy crap!

It’s the same Garp that wore that doggy hat in his introduction to the series. This is why he is so well respected. This is how he obtained the title “Hero of the Marines.” Some didn’t even know this happened yet they assumed he’s well liked for other reasons. That’s the origin. I would call him a hero too. Every time I see him, I’ll spit shine his shoes.

This revelation had me backtrack on couple of things. If he was that strong, then that absolutely means Luffy has no chance in hell to defeat him back at Marineford War Arc. Luckily for him, he was caught up with emotions. Also, if Sengoku didn’t stop Garp from confronting Akainu, he would have absolutely annihilated him. It would be so badly that all future enemies are going to feel it. This is crazy. It begs the question: why this story was never told publicly? More interesting details, coming up.

It was never reported into the papers for the world to see. Usually, that would translate to conspiracy, only it’s warranted as there is a major detail left unheard of. Garp may have earned the title, but he wasn’t alone on that moment. In fact, there were Celestial Dragons in the midst of chaos. It shouldn’t be problematic since it’s a Marine’s duty; however, Garp’s moral code doesn’t permit him that duty. That’s why he never became Admiral despite his prestigious achievement. I mean he should be deemed as the leader of the Marine period. But it doesn’t work that way and becoming Admiral would mean be associated closely with Celestial Dragons. Good for Garp for sticking to his code. He keeps getting better; probably best grandpa at this rate.

The shocking detail is Garp was working together with a pirate, hence why the news wasn’t printed. But the real shocker is the pirate he worked together with. That pirate is Gol D. Roger. It just so happened that they were in the same location, so they joined to take out Rocks Pirates. It took two behemoths to take them out. That’s incredible. But the idea of those two as one is mind-blowing.

It makes me wonder though. Was it a coincidence for Garp to take care of Ace? Was it Garp’s way to owe Roger a favor? Were they friends before, during, or after the clash against Rocks Pirates? If true for any, Ace’s death will be even more tragic. Garp couldn’t owe up to a friend. It’s a speculation, but there must be more to this story than a simple “common foe” scenario.

The God Valley’s location is pretty interesting, because it’s no longer on the map. It is said that it has disappeared from the face of the Earth, yet it hold many mysteries that the World Government would like to keep it gone for good. What if it’s not really gone, but incredibly difficult to sight it? It’s possible that it also has a different name altogether. I don’t believe it’s gone for good. Maybe it’s under the ocean somehow. Wherever it is, it holds the key to more lore and secrets.

Everything here is very interesting, so I won’t repeat the same thing like the last chapter’s review. That said, the one that pique my interest the most (debatably) is Rocks’ full name. He was Roger’s greatest enemy. He was known as Rocks D. Xebec. The one detail we don’t get here is the mystery of D. We know now when they associate the letter “D,” his appearance springs up to their mind. What caught my attention is his last name. Isn’t Blackbeard’s ship named, “Saber of Xebec?” Is that a coincidence? Is it a tribute to him or something more? It makes me wonder if Blackbeard is related to Rocks. It would definitely give him the “final villain” vibe.

Now we have gone through crap load of info dump, it’s time for fans’ most exciting topic to discuss since power levels in Dragon Ball: bounties! If numbers can excite fans, you know you have a strong foundation built. I too am excited, and Oda goes for broke (no pun intended?). First up, Blackbeard, going for 2,247,600,000 berries. Just started and already made a lot. Next, Shanks, going for 4,048,900,000 berries. What a gap. His origin remains a mystery and I do believe he has nothing to do with Rocks Pirates. Just who the hell is he?

Then, Big Mom, going for 4,388,000,000 berries. At last, Kaido, going for 4,611,100,000 berries. Make no mistake, all of them are mind-numbing to handle. That would explain why Marines stopped the war when Shanks showed up. These guys are too much. If you can get lucky to take one down, you’ll be hailed for the rest of your life. I would love to see Shichibukai’s bounties, but these Yonko’s are incredible. If Luffy beats them, he will be God.

The report doesn’t end there though. Whitebeard and Roger’s bounties are also shown on display. Whitebeard for 5,046,000,000 berries and Roger for 5,564,800,000 berries. The gap is serious. Roger’s power is still a mystery. What makes him so incredible? The only way to beat his numbers is combing force, hence Big Mom and Kaido. What a clever way to tie in to the discussion of what to do with Wano Country. Akainu says they won’t do anything, but something tells me that is not definite. I know there will be something that will have them involved. That aside, one major “coincidence” comes to their mind.

When it’s all said and done, the one thing that caught Sengoku’s interest is the relations to Wano Country; not to mention, Oden. He was last with Roger, sailing along on “the Pirate King’s Last Voyage.” Of course, he is long gone by this point, but the question remains, “Why are so many powerful individuals connected to Wano?” That’s a serious validated question that there’s no way it’s a coincidence. I wonder if this is persuasive way to drag Marines to the main arc. Remember, they have CP0 member there as well. Something is really shady.

It’s truly amazing how much development this intermission can give, even without focusing on Wano itself. I thought we know enough of the country, but now, it appears there’s more than meets the eye. Though I questioned how the hell Orochi killed him, unless he’s that powerful. It could be due to Kaido, but we’ll see. This chapter was a grand prize for fans who adore the lore. From new depth detail of the origin of Yonko to the clarification of their bounties, it’s a trip to heaven. It’s even better with how Oda executed the details in an enticing way. It was delivered in a way to keep you glued and read very carefully because it was that significant. It’s hard to do it justice review wise, which resulted to analysis post. Bottom line, fans will be grateful and to Oda, that’s rewarding itself.