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One Piece Chapter 993: "Wano-kuni's dream" (Official Release))

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Friday the thread will be updated with fan translations for chapter 993 and on Sunday the official release will be out.

Link to Official Release: Manga Plus,Viz

Spoilers could potentially be discussed in this thread
 
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I hope Big Mom's kids come back soon. Would be strange for them to keep out the entre climax of this arc just for a boat that capsized.
 
Looks like wounds from Enma are the only thing Kaido can't heal from 🤔 what could this possibly mean
 
Obviously since no reliable translations are yet out (and lack of scans), I'm going to hold my breath on the whole "healing" thing since it wouldn't make much sense for Kaido to go from: "They shouldn't be able to cut me" to "Oh, their attacks don't matter because unlike with Oden, I can heal through these attacks :)".

However, with what is currently presented, this suggests that Ryuo--specifically Goken--has the capacity to inflict grievous injuries via the method of using Haki to weaken a target's body, and it can be a permanent infliction. So not only is it simply reducing durability immensely, but it also negates the ability to heal.

Luffy may be the only character present on Onigashima capable of inflicting permanent injury on Kaido simply because of Goken (unless he still has much more to learn). Zoro needs to show more before anyone suggests he can even scratch Kaido.
 
Cin if there is no reliable translations why are you assuming it's just due to Ryou, that's exactly what the Scabbards have been using and Kaido dismisses their attacks dealt.

Anyways looks like Kaido gets another addition with Air manipulation, wonder if he will get and Ice/snow attack next chapter like in PW.

Also the initial translation from Hiyori says "the blade to give Kaido his only scar" the Viz translates it as wound because the kanji can mean either, whether he cut Kaido with Ame no Habakiri doesn't really matter since they specify Enma being the only one to leave a scar.

Edit: seems the initial summary was too vague on the permanent injury/scar, although we'll know for sure when the chapter drops, it seems to just imply that although the Scabbards have the Ryou to harm Kaido they aren't strong enough to do significant damage.
 
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Saying Enma was the only blade to scar Kaido was probably Hiyori's tactic to persuade Zoro into giving up Shusui. We know it's not true when both Enma and Ame no Habakiri's strikes on Kaido with the Paradise Totsuka attack remained and both ended up being permanent scars. This is of course assuming Enma's ability to drain Haki didn't have anything to do with Kaido's defenses in that situation.

I'm only presuming that there is something going on beneath the surface because Kaido is repeatedly stating that there is no way the Scabbards could hurt him, but now he's claiming "Oh, you can make me bleed, but not to the level as Oden", which is weird. Either he ridiculously underestimated the Scabbards, or they are being elevated via Oden's Will.

It also seems certain fights are being set-up very soon: Jinbe is joining Luffy and Sanji to go to the dome. Since Queen is most definitely going to be pre-occupied with Drake/Zoro or Kid/Killer (OR both groups), it's very likely that Jinbe and Sanji together are going to stop King from engaging Luffy while he makes it to the top.

I hope we get to see what Yamato is capable of. A person who went toe-to-toe with Ace in the past should obviously be quite formidable. I doubt Sasaki alone can prevail against Yama, but it's very likely for another Tobi-Roppo to show up (Also I expect Yamato to run away since protecting Momonosuke is priority #1)
 
Since it's shown Queen uses in a Gatling gun in combat I think it's fair to say he can use the Mummy bullets (or whatever they were called) inside Udon, since he did develop them and his subordinates used them.

Without translations it's hard to tell what exactly these ice demon bullets do, but if the horns are real then it would be "Ice Manipulation, Madness Manipulation & biology manipulation" can really tell without clear translations yet though.

Oh and obviously air manipulation for Kaido.
 
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I didn't even realise... Kawamatsu took a direct hit from Kaido and Is back up with barely any injures... At the very least him and the other Scabbards should scale above boundman (during the Kaido fight) since he was one shot.
 
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Possibly, but his club attacks might be significantly stronger than his Dragon arms attacks, so I think it's only a possible rating for now.
 
Maybe, but then again Kaido clearly transformed into his dragon state so he would be at an advantage.

We saw all the Scabbards easily pierce straight through Kaido's humanoid body, yet this chapter Kaido claims although they're damaging his dragon body it's not enough to kill him. So I personally think it's fine to assume Dragon Kaido > Human Kaido.
 
Wouldn't that just make him more durable in Dragon Form? and it's possible that his human form is for greater physical strikes (not better DC or even better overall AP than Dragon Form cause of the Boro Breath, just greater striking strength).
 
Idk, i mean his arms are probably tens of times bigger in dragon form, don't see how it could be weaker than in human.
 
I think it might come down to the club itself along with his own strength that's incredibly powerful and deadly.

If his dragon arms are stronger than his human arms, then that means that Kawamatsu kind of shrugged off an attack that is likely comparable, possibly stronger than the attack that nearly one shot Oden (albeit Oden was caught off-guard,but I don't think his defence would have droped down astronomically).

Kaido also used a named attack against Boundman to one-shot him (yes it was casual but the Thunder Bagua should probably be stronger than his normal unnamed physical attacks) which possibly could have used Haki, but possibly not.

And finally I know the stuff in the anime almost doesn't matter, but Luffy was barely able to block an attack from Kaido's dragon arms with the help of Gear 3rd and haki in that version of the fight. Of course by itself it doesn't matter, but I think when added in with the other points, it might show that Kaido's dragon arm's are at least above Gear 3rd and Haki level. Kaido was drunk though, so it might have been significantly weaker.

Of course I could be completely wrong and Kawamatsu and the scabbards might just be more durable than Oden and Bound-man.
 
I think Zoans typically have the greatest raw power in their fully-transformed form while their hybrid/human forms provide a good balance of power and precision which helps them deal with faster opponents - For ex Page One transformed into hybrid form once he realized that Sanji was blitzing his fully transformed form. Luffy was also basically flying all around Kaido before he transformed down and one shotted him
 
I would say Kaido taking down Oden is more likely completely due to him being off guard rather than any strength difference, he had taken countless Boro breaths before that point so he was probably already injured when he got hit by Kaido.

I reference this moment a lot I know but a case of someone being off guard and getting fatally hit would be Zoro in the Kamaozu fight, he was completely pierced through while his guard was down but when it wasn't Kamazou couldn't even pull the weapon out.
 
True lol.

And what you both bring up is fair, but I'm still a little doubtful if Kawamatsu took a hit as strong as the Thunder Bagua.
 
I believe we should wait until the battle between Kaido and the Scabbards is concluded, because we might learn more (and hopefully these inconsistencies are explained better).

We have Kawamatsu/Neko each making shallow cuts, and then suddenly Inuarashi sinks more than half of his blade into Kaido's hide. Immediately after this, Inu + 3 others do a combined attack which is regarded as "only drawing blood" from a SCAR despite Inu alone clearly driving his sword deep into Kaido's body. So many contradictions coming from Kaido in this fight, kinda annoying.

(It's also kind of weird that he goes from making them draw blood from one of his attacks to being capable of one-shotting with his breath attacks. Perhaps his AP is higher with his breath attacks)

But in any case, it's probably going to end up with each Scabbard + Izo scaling to being <1/4th Kaido's Dura/AP.

Queen's finally showing some hax, which is neat. Now we need something from King
 
Jinbe is definitely being modest considering he's casually apologizing during Sanji's tantrum (Not to mention he one-shot a head-liner which Sanji said would take him 10 seconds to beat along with the fodder in the room).

This is typical shounen set-up, because obviously plans don't go perfectly, and they have 5 floors to overcome before Luffy reaches the top. From my understanding, Queen was last seen on the floor labeled "2", and King is somewhere in the tower as well (most likely a higher floor at this point). Hawkins and Who's Who are also somewhere in this tower, and likely Black Maria as well. Basically, more alliance members will converge at the tower, but be forced to split off and fight against the Tobi-Roppo and the Lead Performers, leaving Luffy to be the first to reach the top (assuming he doesn't stop to fight King or Queen if there's no one left to help by that point).

Each fighter(s) will be stopped from floors 1-5 while Luffy gets to the top to face Kaido alone. I do not believe anyone of the SHs can currently 1v1 King or Queen except Jinbe, so I'd expect the fights against Hawkins and Tobi-Roppo to be concluded before someone like Sanji/Zoro/Killer/Kid/Drake goes to help whoever is on King and Queen.
 
Jinbe was being modest about some other stuff, but not about the fact he wants Sanji and Luffy to conserve their strength. He is a smart character, he wouldn't use his own strength for someone weaker than him, same goes for Sanji, he wouldn't let someone stronger than him fight (as he did with Luffy).
 
Sanji's concern is Luffy, not Jinbe.

Jinbe was showing care for both of them, but Sanji rejected this quite harshly, prompting a casual apology from Jinbe. So now both of them are working to keep Luffy from exerting himself. (While showing Luffy fighting in the foreground despite the words of Sanji and Jinbe implying they will keep him from fighting as much as possible)

Idk why you make such a big deal out of an OBVIOUS GAG SCENE to imply Sanji is somehow stronger than Jinbe. The joke is that both characters are trying to keep Luffy from fighting to save his strength, but he's doing the opposite while S/J are arguing amongst themselves.
 
Waiting till this fight concludes before I even think of scaling the scabbards strange power.

Air, fire, & thunder. I'm just waiting for Chuck Norris to come out of Kaido's mouth.

Rest of the chapter was enjoyable. I like Queen's newest plague and Sask.'s minions.

8.5/10
 
Agreed with Cin, it's just a gag. If Sanji isn't proven greater than Jinbe now then he will be whenever the fight against the admirals starts.

Sanji will fight Ryokugyu, Jinbe won't fight an admiral.
 
Jinbe stealing Sanji's moment and both of them arguing is of course just a gag, who doesn't imply anything. But the fact that Jinbe offers himself to protect both Luffy e Sanji from fodders, so that they can conserve their strength, means that the cook is stronger than the fishman and we'll see it soon. We'll see Jinbe dealing with weakers, and thanks to that Luffy and Sanji will keep moving forward and deal with stronger opponents. That's the meaning of that Jinbe's statement. The statement I am talking about is: "I am going to escort you both to the rooftop!! Make sure to conserve your strength!!"
 
I'm aware you are talking about Jinbe's statement to protect them both. It's within his character. He's honorable and cares for his friends' safety.

Using Jinbe's comment as an implication of Sanji somehow being stronger is pretty ridiculous when you consider the fact that Jinbe's suggesting that he is also going to the roof, just protecting Luffy and Sanji along the way. You're also implying he would be unwilling to defend Sanji if he were weaker than him which actually defeats the purpose of him feeling the need to "escort" Sanji as well.

Because of this Sanji and Zoro wank in the fanbase, I desperately want to see both get put up against a Tobi-Roppo, or simply lose to a Lead Performer. They simply can't jump 3 whole leagues because of a mini-arc of training and suddenly be notable threats to Kaido himself, smh. That'd be awful writing.
 
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Because of this Sanji and Zoro wank in the fanbase, I desperately want to see both get put up against a Tobi-Roppo, or simply lose to a Lead Performer. They simply can't jump 3 whole leagues because of a mini-arc of training and suddenly be notable threats to Kaido himself, smh. That'd be awful writing.
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Lol, sounds more like a you problem Cin rather than the story itself. Sanji is allowed to grow in strength just like Luffy and Zoro, and now he has a raid suit which boosts him even further. Again with Zoro this is more so an issue of you underestimating and downplaying his own feats rather than Zoro jumping tiers in strength, not awful writing more so your headcanon not being true Cin.
 
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In Water 7 Rob Lucci defeated Zoro and Luffy simultaneously with laughable difficulty. In the next arc Luffy alone was able to defeat Lucci, increasing his power level on a overwhelmingly state in a very short period of time... Particularly, nothing prevents Sanji and Zoro from defeating a calamity or a YC-level character with a short period of training, in my opinion this is what tends to happen in this arc, they shouldn't be standing in the same place since the beginning of the new world, and now both are stronger than before with some news upgrades and power, I would say this is the best time for Sanji and Zoro to reach the series' High-Tiers.
 
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