Spoiler One Piece Chapter 1038 Spoilers Discussion

[U c 4 up da idly]

I gotta be honest here, I'm very much in the thought process that Kaido and Big Mom are being defeated here. HOWEVER, Oda drawing scenes like this seems to tease the idea that the Rocks threat is entirely not central to just Wano:

Outwardly, they ARE talking about Kaido and BM. However, both are legitimately about to be defeated in Wano. And if that is the case, then why hype this as if it's some looming future threat when they are being resolved in the same arc?

Why hype Rocks this way of he's just a flashback character? Why would Oda have Akainu talk about this like the threat of Rocks is only going to be 1 part of a bigger issue the Marines are dealing with. Does this "threat" just magically disappear with BM and Kaido being defeated?

I think not, but it's a question of what some future characters do (Shiki, Weevil, Blackbeard, maybe Shanks) that tie into this and potentially even Rocks himself.

Blackbeard inherited the will of Xebec

 

[Hellon]

Luffy splitting the sky and fighting on par with kaido, kidd is with law and still losing, zoro was fighting a 1YC. ThEy HaVe BeEn PoRtRaYeD aS eQuAlS… 20y ago ffs

Well now are you forgetting that kaido knocked out luffy like what 2 or 3 times?

 

[Diable SonSon]

I don't see how it's Brook tbh, how did he teleport from level -2 to outside of Onigashima? And where is Robin?
At this point I don't think we can know for sure what that grim reaper is....it's like the DF in 1037. Oda is blueballing us hard

 

[PrinceKun]

Let me guess you think Enma gave Zoro both his CoC and now this skeleton?

Zoro already had Coc imo

But he managed to awaken it while training with enma

 

[Paperchampion23]

Blackbeard inherited the will of Xebec

Yes, maybe, but I feel it goes deeper than that. You don't tease this character/group without it really meaning something to them specifically. Maybe BB makes his own Rocks group with other silver medalists (maybe this is how Oda repurposes Douglas Bullet or Tesoro or Z if they were ever canonized like Shiki), but I feel it still doesn't really apply to hiding Rocks as a character himself.

It also doesn't really align with the Lurking Legend thing involving Whitebeard. Unless Blackbeard just falls under another alias as Rocks and is him, beyond his inherited will.

 

[Sir Yasheen]

I gotta be honest here, I'm very much in the thought process that Kaido and Big Mom are being defeated here. HOWEVER, Oda drawing scenes like this seems to tease the idea that the Rocks threat is entirely not central to just Wano:

Outwardly, they ARE talking about Kaido and BM. However, both are legitimately about to be defeated in Wano. And if that is the case, then why hype this as if it's some looming future threat when they are being resolved in the same arc?

Why hype Rocks this way of he's just a flashback character? Why would Oda have Akainu talk about this like the threat of Rocks is only going to be 1 part of a bigger issue the Marines are dealing with. Does this "threat" just magically disappear with BM and Kaido being defeated?

I think not, but it's a question of what some future characters do (Shiki, Weevil, Blackbeard, maybe Shanks) that tie into this and potentially even Rocks himself.

I think it’ll be about Oda bringing back rocks through the BB pirates.

I’m more interested in Fujitoras connection to rox because his reaction seems lowkey like that of fear. And with his age he was probably a young man during Rox’s era

 

[Paperchampion23]

I don't see how it's Brook tbh, how did he teleport from level -2 to outside of Onigashima? And where is Robin?
At this point I don't think we can know for sure what that grim reaper is....it's like the DF in 1037. Oda is blueballing us hard

It's definitely not Brook. The skeleton here attacks Zoro.

 

[Rivaille]

Most Law fans are like Law himself, calm and unbothered.. until you get in their faces with asanine bait comments like these.

Law should get a W, but we’ve been burned by Oda before.

I saw some Kidd fans in this very thread said that next chapter Law gonna get defeat for Kidd to have a 1v1 vs Big Mom, this seems to be pretty asinine to me but I saw no reaction or rebuttal for it

 

[Sir Yasheen]

I don't see how it's Brook tbh, how did he teleport from level -2 to outside of Onigashima? And where is Robin?
At this point I don't think we can know for sure what that grim reaper is....it's like the DF in 1037. Oda is blueballing us hard

It’s probably just enmas spirit

 

[Tyki_Mikk]

@ArturCantSpeakJapanese , @Paperchampion23 , @Lifeismeh
The whole Shiki debate is very interesting, I agree overall with what you guys said.
What I found interesting is the way how the Toei boss and Oda himself hype the end of wano.
I get the feeling like something going to happen which shocking the whole fandom,something which is unexpected, a big twist.
Overall I wouldn´t be surprise if Shiki shows up or if Robin really got caught off.

 

[Gorosei Informer]

Hmm, never thought about Fukurokuju being the possible reason Orochi is alive, always thought it was his powers.

Fuku is a weird character. Is Orochi's lapdog, but I question why tbh. There is a reason both he and Orochi are still relevant most definitely.

Yeah, Oda is definitely setting something up important for them. I was on the Orochi's DF is keeping him coming back from death train as I was extremely hyped for his DF (RIP me as an Okami fan too especially) and Orochi's fruit is a Mythical Zoan that we don't even know it's special abilities and why it's supposed to be so rare, powerful and such. Given what it's based on and what we've seen from MZ's it should be amazing at least, but I really don't know what Oda is doing.

I'm turbo coping that Oda is saving Denjiro for a true fight against Orochi, where Denjiro actually gets to fight and do something and Orochi's DF actually is impressive and isn't one shot immediately!

 

[Mighty Action X]

Well, it's a progression chapter which is to be expected given the big reveal from last chapter. As a chapter, it won't be much aside from a depiction of the things that are happening but surely, it'll be a great anime episode.

 

[Diable SonSon]

It’s probably just enmas spirit

That would be very dope though.
What could come of that encounter? Powerup?

 

[Paperchampion23]

I think it’ll be about Oda bringing back rocks through the BB pirates.

I’m more interested in Fujitoras connection to rox because his reaction seems lowkey like that of fear. And with his age he was probably a young man during Rox’s era

They all were young, yeah.


Off topic: I also want to reiterate here that Akainu and Fujitora are still on the same side and Fuji clearly still will be a future enemy. He's telling him to trust in the SSG, which clearly is a future looming threat under Vegapunk. A lot of people here like to discount Zoro fighting Fuji because of this, but they clearly are working together still and will be into the endgame. They just have ideological differences.

 

[Sanjiuniverse]

I thought the skeleton is another devil fruit user,But it's not in the poll options.

 

[PrinceKun]

Zoro about to use his shikai

 

[Roronoa-sama]

grip reaper>>Big Mom/Kaido:cheers::cheers::cheers:

 

[Owari Da]

Law did that as a casual slash, to destroy SAD, unless you didn’t realize. He wasn’t even aiming for Vergo. Vergo just happened to be in the way.

law had a shit AP outside his room. he can only do all that bullshit inside his room, unlike mihawk who can casually do it with a basic slash.

 

[Lifeismeh]

@ArturCantSpeakJapanese , @Paperchampion23 , @Lifeismeh
The whole Shiki debate is very interesting, I agree overall with what you guys said.
What I found interesting is the way how the Toei boss and Oda himself hype the end of wano.
I get the feeling like something going to happen which shocking the whole fandom,something which is unexpected, a big twist.
Overall I wouldn´t be surprise if Shiki shows up or if Robin really got caught off.

Rest assured, its happening

it's no secret The anime staff know the future plot, and they decided to give a nod to Shiki beside the the hag scene

 

[Gorosei Informer]

@ArturCantSpeakJapanese , @Paperchampion23 , @Lifeismeh
The whole Shiki debate is very interesting, I agree overall with what you guys said.
What I found interesting is the way how the Toei boss and Oda himself hype the end of wano.
I get the feeling like something going to happen which shocking the whole fandom,something which is unexpected, a big twist.
Overall I wouldn´t be surprise if Shiki shows up or if Robin really got caught off.

To add more fuel to it, we don't know how and why Capone was sucked up by that giant floating island. Theories were former user of Kid's DF using awakening, Fujitora's awakened DF or something or Shiki is involved with that island, maybe his awakening affecting it? The fact it was never mentioned the whole time with Capone really bothers me.

Shiki has WAY too much potential and involvement with Wano for it to be coincidence too. He also was a direct rival of Roger and took on Sengoku and Garp at Marineford in a grief stricken rage over Roger's death and destroyed half of it! At least if I remember right?

I used to push the Shiki Wano agenda for years now, even since Strong World when he appeared but I've lost so much hope for him since then. Who the fuck met Crocus on that cover page? Was it Shiki then?