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[brainyxbat]

Venus' outfit for the Reverie/Levely arc!

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1085 - Initial Thoughts

Oda likes his nice round numbers

The Reverie flashback continues, and after a cathartic incident we were left on a break, but now we're back

So Oda...what do you have for us today?

Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release also

I'm with ya Franky, we gotta let the baby turtles make it to sea

After last chapter's title got us looking forward to something sadly this one means sad times ahead

Cobra's already struggling too

Imu seems to have a verbal tic, calling themselves 'mu' instead of using 'I'

Mu can be key as well since it is a theme of the void (used in Ghibli movies a lot)

But Imu will answer the two questions, so long as Cobra answers one in return

Cobra says Imu was the name of one of the first 20, but Imu brushes it off with their superfluously magnanimous vocabulinguistics

According to Imu, D is the 'moniker' of their ancient enemy, but they're somewhat okay with people having it in their names because its meaning has been lost

Imu doesn't like Queen Lily though (TCB still uses Lili but since Stephen of Viz hates matching scanlations it's Lily in the official, despite the fact that Lili matches with Vivi), claiming they made a 'blunder' 800 years ago

Lily scattered the Poneglyphs!

And without the search of the Poneglyphs Imu believes that there wouldn't be any pirates after the One Piece, since Roger only found Laugh Tale via the Poneglyphs

They also call the Poneglyphs 'relics', so that means they did belong to nobility

Imu also wonders if Lily had a greater plan to it, which I would say she did, if she scattered the answers

So many questions from the get-go though; Alabasta and Wano already had the Pluton connection but now they have the Poneglyph connection (since Wano allegedly made the Poneglyphs), paired with Joy Boy and Zunesha - which in turn leads to the connection of Zou and the Kozuki - the lines are there but the center of the puzzle still doesn't take shape

The Gorosei are all packing heat right now too (except the swordsman, who's always packing his sword)

Lily's letter apparently is the key to the truth, which is why Imu wants Cobra to say Lily's full name

Cobra knows he's done for, and the Gorosei make it clear that seeing 'the great Imu' is cause for his silencing

Sabo is also overhearing all of this

Nefertari D. Lily

Immediately after Cobra is attacked by an arrow-like pierce, but it's also flexible since it curved to him

Sabo then jumps in, Fire Fist on all the Gorosei and then a 'Smothered Mate' (a chess move according to the T/N) to Imu

It's hard to tell, but I think the dark energy that attacked Cobra guards Imu from the attack, undoubtedly looking annoyed by seeing another witness

Oh, the Gorosei all have powers...

To the left we have a bull-like creature that is Saturn (judging by his position that we last saw him), the Swordsman or the regular guy looks like he's awakened so I don't think he's a Zoan, and if he is then it'd be a humanoid one, middle could be Imu or it could be the other (in the next panel we do see something that looks like Edvard Munch's Scream which could be him instead), Tall Beardo looks like a draconian bird - like an Amphitere - also awakened, and finally Gorbachev kinda looks like a Boar or Warthog Zoan

Of course this is where Sabo got snapped by cameras, the Gorosei and Imu being on the other side and thus obscured

Cobra knows that Sabo's Luffy's brother, though I guess that did make the news post-Dressrosa

Cobra's also shocked that Sabo stepped in to save him, since he's a Revolutionary, but Sabo notes the bigger picture at hand

Kinda wish Cobra and Sabo could've bonded over knowing Luffy someplace else where Cobra isn't bleeding out

Noble as ever, Cobra begs Sabo to ditch him as dead weight, after all he needs Sabo to survive and send a message to Luffy and Vivi

"We share the moniker D."

I guess that confirms it; Neferati D. Cobra, Neferati D. Vivi

Of course Sabo wanted to be a D., was the only ASL brother left out

Ha SaD.Bo! XD Only Luffy

That arrow tail thing (I think it's a tail, it looks like a devil's tail) slashes Sabo and Cobra this time

Whatever that creature is it's got a low mouth

Cobra takes his last stand, stating the contents of the letter (which we only partially see) as he helps Sabo escape

I suppose this is one of the few times people of the internet will be devastated to see the death of a king

Fly the Flag that Heralds the World's Eventual Dawn.

Swordsman spots a noise by the wall, and through the peephole panics Wapol

Dude you shouldn't celebrate good people dying

He's right on that part though, he is a marked man, he saw the biggest skeleton in the closet

Back at the actual Reverie, rather than the events surrounding it, the rest of the royals muse over Cobra and Wapol's absence

Riku and Neptune do sense something amiss

Coalition of Four Northern Nations? That wouldn't happen to be the four nations whose kings lost their heads to one Vinsmoke Judge would it? Or would it involve Lvneel (Noland's nation) or Flevance?

After the incident last chapter, the Fishman brothers are not setting one fin more in Marejois, insisting that they take Shirahoshi to the Red Port

Shirahoshi does look forlorn though, wanting to say goodbye to Vivi

Vivi was captured! By the former CP9 dudes now as CP0

Kalifa implying that Vivi will probably be treated like a pet after word gets out about her disappearance makes me feel like we should've killed more Celestial Dragons...

Vivi does ask about Shirahoshi though, strangely Kalifa does oblige her and tell her that she's safe, is there respect there?

Jabra meanwhile talks about how Sai and Leo declared themselves publicly, so this is definitely 'the incident' the Grand Fleet caused

He says 'assaulted' though, so Accordion Charloss is probably still alive

HA! Fujitora somehow managed to help the Revolutionaries free more slaves, pissing off Ryokugyu too, should've just dropped a meteor on him (though maybe he did, 'went at it' could mean a fight)

Vivi's escape is a matter of fortune though, as Wapol comes crashing through the wall trying to escape

So alas, Wapol still doesn't have a conscience, Vivi's just smart enough to latch onto the rampaging bull who wants to get away from the World Government as far as possible

Kindrella I mean, you're a gold digger anyway you can't act like you had genuine feelings

Well then. Stuff happened.

We'll pour one out for King Cobra, a small hope before this flashback was that his death was faked or a trickery but yeah he's proper bit the dust here. Went down like a champ though and in poetic irony did it to save Sabo, the man who had only ever seen the worst in nobles.

People may think now that I don't think Lily is Imu, and you're half right, but not entirely, I think it still could be Lily, but only visually. Imu was implied to be one of the other 20, maybe they used Law's bodyswap powers to take Lily's body? The info remains vague.

Key thing though is that the Gorosei are all power-users, and all very powerful, enough for Sabo - the feral boy who fought an Admiral in Dressrosa - to hightail it out of there. So we have to expect that Saturn ain't coming to Egghead to stand there and 'negotiate'. We're gonna expect this horned dude to throw down.

Vivi's escape is daring, or should I say D.aring, Vivi being a D. was not on my bingo card but you know I fly with it, Sabo should just decide to be a D. too, I mean if it's a Moniker of the enemy then use it as a symbol of rebellion, Ignatius D. Sabo, Sabo D. Sadboy, Portgas D. Sabo, pick your name.

There's so much implications to this chapter, and no break which is a big plus! But I do think we're still not gonna see Luffy yet, I feel like we may have one more flashback of the Reverie left, then possibly some present-day stuff with the Revolutionaries and Vivi/Wapol/Morgans, we could also have some more to see from Garp in Fullalead, but something tells me that we'll see Luffy and co again at 1090, then at 1100 the Egghead incident will go down.

Overall though, this heat is getting way too hot to handle

[mimmilina]

Garp is such a MF-er, but also, there is something spectacularly heartwarming about how much he loves Luffy and how proud he is of him, even though he can't or won't verbalize it very often (and even though it's often cut through with how he still thinks of Luffy as the baby).

Like this scene with Hina in the Reverie-arc:

And Garp is just like... "you guys don't know what you're in for".

I always get the feeling that Garp is not all that surprised by what Luffy is capable of (he already suspected he could use Conqueror's Haki before Marineford, for example). Sure, he did not want him to become a pirate, but maybe he fought so hard against that precisely because he knew how likely it was to happen. (Also: Garp is not exactly someone who fits comfortably into the hierarchical system of the One Piece society either).

(The Reverie arc bringing up Kuma again, Bonney again, Rocks pirates being mentioned, AND Hina talking about Garp's role in all of this... there's a crapload of foreshadowing in this little arc.)

[bottlepiecemuses]

Just Proves Even More How Human Supremacist Based The World Government Probably Is

Seriously, I would emphasize how he said humanity because again when you look at Levely you see it’s mostly human governments with one exception being the Fishman Kingdom. However, when you see that some token non-humans like giants and in some cases longarms have joined it makes you wonder why some of those non-human kingdoms haven’t been recognized. But again when you realize his words and it makes sense why human kingdoms are favored because the system is made so that humanity comes out on top to the detriment of of the other races. It feels like they can accept non-human recruits but actual footing in the grand schemes of thing is too much for them. I can imagine a lot of the non-affiliated countries are also non-human and are subjected to lots of trafficking and raids by pirates, since the world government overlooks them and thus keeps them under humanity’s thumb. Which again shows the insidiousness of a system on paper that’s supposed to protect the people but is really all about gaining power and control. 

[saboisamarxist]

I love Sabo so much. He is absolutely mental, but like, batshit levels of crazy and HE IS THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY'S CHIEF OF STAFF. I mean he has a big ass responsability as one of the most important people to make the revolution work, and he makes no sense. He does whatever the hell he wants. He literally looks terrifying when he explains the claw thing during Dressrosa. He enjoys chaos. He wears a ridiculous hat.

He is running around Marine Geois and the guards see him a he doesn't care at all. During an important meeting he's just smiling and thinking about Luffy (like, ok, I get it, valid, but shouldn't he think about, I don't know, LEVELY???) .

He's just vibing and doing whatever he feels like doing while having a HUGE responsability. I wish I could kiss him.

[returquoise]

Just throwing it out there, just in case I guess right, but I kinda think Sabo was framed for the death of Cobra and the attempted assassination of Vivi. And after that I think he maybe kidnapped her.

[the-bejeesus]

One Piece - OP 21: “Super Powers” by V6, but the visuals have been edited to accomodate the extended version of this song.

       “Super Powers” is a terribly timed opening. Starting during the last 24 episodes of Whole Cake Island, it had to be the Reverie’s opening too, just to not be the 3rd shortest opening— and it’s still the 5th shortest opening.

        Super Powers is also the first opening to have the “Episode Preview” shot, a roughly 12 second shot montaging everything that’ll happen in the episode, which ofc changes episode-to-episode. I could have used these shots to fill in the entire extended opening. But that’s far too easy. Instead, I took them out, and intend to do so with every subsequent opening.

       When explaining how I went about my “Hope” extended opening, I explained that I don’t like to use shots from fights already in the opening; it’s redundant. But with “Super Powers” this is completely unavoidable. It’s 2:30 minute montage of the last 20 chapters of Whole Cake Island. It covers basically everything.

     Plus, how could I not make the extended visuals about Snakeman?? It would be a crime to not use clips from Episode 870. Even with Wano’s improved animation style, episode 870 still holds up as one of the best animated episodes.

     I did not using any clips from the Reverie. And since “Over the Top” doesn’t begin until Wano, that means none of my extended openings have Reverie clips. I originally planned to use stuff from the Reverie, but I realized none of the clips are really useful. The Straw Hats aren’t in any of the Reverie. That arc is just huge reveals and dialogue between other people.