On the cover page, Fujitora's eating some Udon prepared by a fox and a tanuki. He makes it look delicious! I'm a little jealous! I'm sure there's some pun here I'm missing, but I don't know what it is. What could this cover page be hinting at?! Could this hint that Fujitora's doing something with the Udon Prison in Wano?! Probably not! But, who knows!
In Oda's author's notes, Oda talks about wanting to go on a big food tour with some friends, once One Piece ends. Oda's got the ending on his mind...just saying.
Loki can't track Imu well when he's in his huge dragon form. Which...kind of makes sense. Imu's relatively the size of a mouse, compared to Loki in his Nidhogg form.
And Imu calls Nidhogg a traitor! Which...is interesting. It sounds like Nidhogg betrayed Imu, which I wouldn't think is possible if this happened during the Second World, since the Nidhogg Fruit's been dormant for so long. But, maybe I'm just wrong about that? Or maybe Imu's talking about a different betrayal. Imu IS smiling as he says it, which he really shouldn't if Nidhogg betrayed Imu personally. Maybe...Nidhogg betrayed the OTHER dragons, in order to side with the humans during the First World? Hmm...something to think about.
"Lightning is born from colliding ice" Huh...I guess I didn't think about that. That IS technically true. Though, you don't really see that many thunderstorms when it's snowing out.
And we get confirmation on what's going on with Ragnir. Ragnir IS the Hammer that ate the Mythical Ratatoskr Fruit. So, it IS a Devil Fruit and not something else going on. Which likely means...Devil Fruits DID exist back during the First World. Interesting. The Chapter 1138 Mural made it sound like Devil Fruits were a Second World invention. But, this makes it sound like it's not.
Also, Imu has met Ragnir before. Usually Imu calls people by their Fruit, like with "Nidhogg" or "Nika". But, Imu uses "Ragnir" here, instead of "Ratatoskr". So, I feel like Imu has personally met Ragnir before, having visited Elbaph before in the past. It sounds like this was back when Ragnir was still guarding the Fruit. So, again, if this was during the Second World, and Imu was hanging around with Joyboy at the time, this would make some sense.
"Tzitzimtl Nova Eclipse"-Huh...Imu's referencing Aztec Star-Demons! Kind of hinting at extraterrestrial or outer space origins, perhaps? We already know Lunarians have ties to the Moon, so it kind of makes sense. They war against the sun, which tracks. But, they're also protectors of women and the progenitors of mankind. So...kind of a dual nature, there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzitzimitl
https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Tzitzimitl
Lilith's taking care of Bonney! That's kind of cute! Especially given the original Vegapunk's connection to Bonney and Kuma. And Lilith is slowly putting a few pieces together. I wonder what conclusion she'll end up coming to?
Sanji's not taking his curb stomping lying down. Seems like he's got a score to settle with Killingham. "It's the land of Giant Beauties"! You go, Sanji! You go and protect those giant...personalities.
Oh, and we find out where Biblo went with the books! He just used the back door to go underground, I guess. Weird that this library has a underground chamber but...sure? I guess Biblo is more of a burrowing owl? And yeah...Saul's starting to suspect something's up with Biblo. I guess Biblo could be ANOTHER animal companion to someone from history. Like Zunesha was to Joyboy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrowing_owl
Summers...excuse me...SUPER Summers has stolen a Giant ship! The cad! I'm not sure if we've seen this one before or not. It's not the New Giant Warrior Pirate's ship, since that has a actual skull for the figurehead.
Chopper fixed Gerd's fingers! That's good! But, she won't heal for months! And that's bad! And Road offers Gerd his fingers if she needs them, that's...phrasing Road! But, Gerd likes that Road tried to save his brother...so he's got a chance! He's wearing her DOWN!
The black flames turned into steel bullets that Zoro needed to dig out of himself...that's kind of interesting. More hints that something's going on with metal in this world.
"Imu's body isn't meant to be out in this world". So they KNOW they're on a time limit.
Killiingham has summoned the thing HE'S the most scared of...another GOD! Or goddess in this case. Zaza, the Goddess of Rain! (She is "Lovely to Look At") Specifically "Rain" and no mention of the "Sea". So, this seems to hint that they are probably separate entities. Which means, there probably ARE more than just the 4 main Skypian Gods we know about. Named after another sound effect, just like "Nika" for laughter, and all the various Devil Fruits, so there's some connection there. Also, between Gunko being the most afraid of the Sun God and Killingham being most afraid of the Rain Goddess, it seems like there's a pattern here.
"For those of us born above the clouds, the idea of water falling from the sky is terrifying!" Huh...fair point, actually. I guess the Celestial Dragons have mostly never even seen rain? Interesting world-building, really. Never thought about that, before.
And Zoro's letting Sanji deal with this Rain Goddess! Which...yeah, this isn't going to go well for Sanji, not that he could know that. He probably can't kick a literal Dream-Woman. So, I guess Sanji's going to have to get creative to re-save the Elbaph kids, again! I guess as long as he focuses on Killingham, he'll probably be fine. Hmm...how long until Sanji tries to hit on the Giant, Wet Goddess? Can Sanji seduce a literal nightmare?
There's a break next week, which is annoying after JUST getting back from the Golden Week break, but oh well. Next time...maybe Luffy will finally join the fight? Well...at this point, I think we'll likely see more side fights with Super Sommers and Killingham. But, who knows? Maybe Biblo will show us his true strength?! Anything can happen in Elbaph!