One Piece Chapter 1033: "Shimotsuki Kozaburo" (Official Release)

[Damage3245]

The same WB who got damaged from Fodder Marines with cannons and swords would defend from Mihawk's slashes?

People need to remember that One Piece humans aren't normally invulnerable.

Big Mom's & Kaido's durability is specially emphasized and the Vinsmoke Exoskeleton gets the same treatment.

Sanji being able to withstand bullets of the back of his head is being attributed to his latent Vinsmoke powers, not his natural durability which should be way, way beyond what bullets are capable of.

So Whitebeard damaged by cannons & swords (when he isn't using Haki) isn't majorly inconsistent. And it doesn't prove that if he was using Haki that he'd be helpless to Mihawk's slashes.

 

[RoyGundam]

Yeah, people can't no-sell bullets or sword slashes without explicitly doing something (Haki, Tekkai etc.) or using some power (eg. Gomu Gomu, dragon skin etc.)

 

[SnookB]

King might get Adaptation of sorts since his race can "survive any environment", it seems.
We're slowly getting more and more about lunarians.

 

[Antvasima]

I wonder if Enel will show up at some point to expose more of the Lunarian plotline.

 

[Antvasima]

Not arguing that they don't. But not like one shots him or anything. Probably a more or less even fight with Mihawk having a slight edge

I agree about this. They each own one of the 5 strongest blades. They should be in a rather even weight class.

 

[Antvasima]

Btw: What do you all think will happen with Whitebeard's claimed illegitimate son, Edward Weevil? If he is really as strong as Whitebeard, and Blackbeard recruits him (he is simpleminded/easily manipulated, and Blackbeard has lots of beautiful women at his disposal), and gives him a strong devil fruit as a boost, that will turn into a major problem for the Strawhats.

 

[GodlyCharmander]

Btw: What do you all think will happen with Whitebeard's claimed illegitimate son, Edward Weevil? If he is really as strong as Whitebeard, and Blackbeard recruits him (he is simpleminded/easily manipulated, and Blackbeard has lots of beautiful women at his disposal), and gives him a strong devil fruit as a boost, that will turn into a major problem for the Strawhats.

If he is as strong as whitebeard, then this would be a grand opportunity to, first, see how strong Post-Timeskip Teach is if he decides to use force, and second, to see how well the SHs would do against such an enemy.

 

[Antvasima]

I suppose so, but the issue is that Teach is assembling a crew that may have several Yonkou or admiral level members, similarly to (his father?) Rocks D. Xebec. That will be even harder to deal with than the fight against Kaido, as Luffy cannot carry the entire fight on his own against several opponents of that scale. The other crew members have to power up significantly as well.

 

[GodlyCharmander]

I suppose so, but the issue is that Teach is assembling a crew that may have several Yonkou or admiral level members, similarly to (his father?) Rocks D. Xebec. That will be even harder to deal with than the fight against Kaido, as Luffy cannot carry the entire fight on his own against several opponents of that scale. The other crew members have to power up significantly as well.

I'd expect Luffy to have at the very least 4 Yonkou-Level members other than himself by that time.

Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Yamato and maybe someone else (Momo? Nah, but maybe)

 

[Chianli]

I suppose so, but the issue is that Teach is assembling a crew that may have several Yonkou or admiral level members, similarly to (his father?) Rocks D. Xebec. That will be even harder to deal with than the fight against Kaido, as Luffy cannot carry the entire fight on his own against several opponents of that scale. The other crew members have to power up significantly as well.

other wise it would be that wci tired starving luffy vs minor charlotte siblings scene in rain again but worse

 

[SuperKamiNappa]

I'd expect Luffy to have at the very least 4 Yonkou-Level members other than himself by that time.

Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Yamato and maybe someone else (Momo? Nah, but maybe)

Jinbe

 

[Chianli]

man forgot jinbe

 

[RoyGundam]

I suppose so, but the issue is that Teach is assembling a crew that may have several Yonkou or admiral level members, similarly to (his father?) Rocks D. Xebec. That will be even harder to deal with than the fight against Kaido, as Luffy cannot carry the entire fight on his own against several opponents of that scale. The other crew members have to power up significantly as well.

Roger teamed up with Garp to beat Rocks, so it seems likely that Luffy will have powerful allies among the Marines as well when he finally takes on Blackbeard. Smoker, Fujitora and Aokiji are basically a given, plus there may be more - Garp, Sengoku, maybe Tsuru, possibly Momonga (always felt he was a decent guy)

 

[Chianli]

Roger teamed up with Garp to beat Rocks, so it seems likely that Luffy will have powerful allies among the Marines as well when he finally takes on Blackbeard. Smoker, Fujitora and Aokiji are basically a given, plus there may be more - Garp, Sengoku, maybe Tsuru, possibly Momonga (always felt he was a decent guy)

then sakazukai (which i will call akainu) finally dies by the hands of teach.

 

[Jieldre]

I suppose so, but the issue is that Teach is assembling a crew that may have several Yonkou or admiral level members, similarly to (his father?) Rocks D. Xebec. That will be even harder to deal with than the fight against Kaido, as Luffy cannot carry the entire fight on his own against several opponents of that scale. The other crew members have to power up significantly as well.

Woahh...what are those levels based on??
What indicates that WB,BM and Kaido were even close to their prime at the time??

Those are not levels to just throw around.

 

[Jieldre]

I'd expect Luffy to have at the very least 4 Yonkou-Level members other than himself by that time.

Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Yamato and maybe someone else (Momo? Nah, but maybe)

Damn.....

Why these expectations though??

 

[Antvasima]

Woahh...what are those levels based on??
What indicates that WB,BM and Kaido were even close to their prime at the time??

Those are not levels to just throw around.

I am thinking of that Blackbeard seems to have recruited Aokiji, and have tactically powered up his crew members with extremely deadly devil fruits, and if Weevil and maybe Mihawk join him, he will be extremely hard to stop. Also, if the scale of Luffy's challenges keep getting higher after Kaido and Big Mom, I think that it seems to make sense. However, you are correct that I may have speculated too much.

 

[GodlyCharmander]

Damn.....

Why these expectations though??

Zoro's dream is to be stronger than a high tier yonkou level character.
Luffy is nearly already there.
Same goes to Yamato.
Sanji is just left-over, because he doesn't need to be Yonkou level to be useful to the crew, but it be weird for the left-hand-man of Luffy being this criminally below Yamato.

 

[SnookB]

Zoro's dream is to be stronger than a high tier yonkou level character.
Luffy is nearly already there.
Same goes to Yamato.
Sanji is just left-over, because he doesn't need to be Yonkou level to be useful to the crew, but it be weird for the left-hand-man of Luffy being this criminally below Yamato.

The likelihood of both Luffy and Zoro being definitively above the Yonko in terms of scale even before the final war is very, very high. By the time Elbaf comes around Big Mom will likely have to waste a ton of lifespan to take Luffy on.
It's just my opinion, but it felt strange for them to introduce that ability of hers, have Luffy say he'll take her AFTER Kaido, and have BASE Luffy clash with Hybrid Kaio-
It's all set-up for BM to surpass Kaido's current level, same as Luffy. (There's chance Kaido himself gets much stronger by then anyway. THE CROCODILE EFFECT.)

 

[Jieldre]

Zoro's dream is to be stronger than a high tier yonkou level character.
Luffy is nearly already there.
Same goes to Yamato.
Sanji is just left-over, because he doesn't need to be Yonkou level to be useful to the crew, but it be weird for the left-hand-man of Luffy being this criminally below Yamato.

ahhh.......got it

 

[Eminiteable]

Bump, full summary is out

 

[Mr.Cinos15]

Black Lightning, is Zoro...starting to believe?...

 

[KingTempest]

Oda wanks Zoro

I tried declining it, but **** it.

Oda wanks Zoro

Next he's gonna get future sight by fighting Enel again

 

[RoyGundam]

Oda wanks Zoro

I tried declining it, but **** it.

Oda wanks Zoro

Next he's gonna get future sight by fighting Enel again

Sensing some salt here

 

[Eminiteable]

Sensing some salt here

Oda tried to warn them, don't speak ill of Zoro.

 

[KingTempest]

Oda: Bad writing

Zoro fans: Cope

 

[RoyGundam]

Oda: Bad writing

Blasphemy

 

[joshpiece]

King dura crazy I can’t wait to learn more about him cus there has to be a spot or way where king takes damage.

Woro season, this is probably this first of a set of flashbacks, I suspect Kaido, King and Zoro will have another flashback later on but this is a good start.

Also can we just appreciate that blitz that Zoro did just now cus that was chefs kiss

Also pt 2 how is oda wanking Zoro while having Zoro clearly losing the fight up to this point. If anything oda is wanking Wanji having him body the **** outta queen after losing for like 2 pages.

 

[Eminiteable]

Zoro can use conqueor's and conqueor's coating at will now, nice.

 

[Mr.Cinos15]

Honestly speaking, is it even possible to wank the characters in the story your writing?

 

[Shadyboi0]

Honestly speaking, is it even possible to wank the characters in the story your writing?

no but the toriyama treatment exists

 

[RoyGundam]

no but the toriyama treatment exists

The technical term is "Worf effect"

Zoro was also a victim of that once, against Enel

 

[Mr.Cinos15]

Now that I think about it, Death of the Author is the closest that I can think of where an author can wank or downplay their own characters. Example being you have a character who clearly destroys planets but then the author claims that the character can only destroy an island at best or vice versa, at first it might seem like a retcon, but if the character performs planet level feats/island feats consistently, then at that point the author might either be downplaying or wanking their character's strength.

I think an example of this might be the creator of Worm who I've heard said that some of the top tier characters are way more durable or stronger than what he actually portrayed in the story (but I might be wrong in this example).

 

[Jieldre]

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[Shadyboi0]

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Spittin right here fellas.

 

[Jieldre]

Raws are also out btw.

Wth caused the explosion in the beginning??

King's attack is kinda nasty in terms of pure damage.

ShiShi SonSon will never get old

All around great chapter. On ch 1010 levels of hype for me tbh

 

[Jieldre]

I also love how these moments almost always hype Mihawk and Shanks indirectly

 

[Mr.Cinos15]

Yo...imagine what will happen when Zoro uses Asura now?

 

[RoronoaxRobin]

My favorite chapter in a long time! Damn it's good to be a Zoro fan!

Did King and Zoro fall into a different part of the basement floor where Law found the poneglyph in Chapter 996? The rooms look similar. If so, that's very interesting because I think that's where Robin, Brook, Yamato, and Fuga were heading.

 

[Eminiteable]

Did King and Zoro fall into a different part of the basement floor where Law found the poneglyph in Chapter 996? The rooms look similar. If so, that's very interesting because I think that's where Robin, Brook, Yamato, and Fuga were heading.

Looks that way, I could see three things playing out from that:

• Yamato recognises Zoro's resemblance to Ushimaru and probably Enma.
• If the theory about Fuga being Ushimaru is true and he's indeed related to Zoro then possibly he regains his mind?
• King probably wouldn't want Onigashima to blow itself up so I could potentially see him absorbing that fire Yokai and potentially even receive a power up from it.