Chapter Discussion One Piece Chapter 955: Enma
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SUUUUUUPER interesting that Zoro hung out with Tenguyama himself but the Nidai never came up.
Since Act 3 is the traditional kabuki play tragedy, imagine if King's intense flames melt Zoro's weakest blade which is the Sandai Kitetsu. Melting your blades in Sword Country, what a scary feat for Kaido's #1. The Sandai has no more value after Zoro gives it up, unlike Shusui, so it's quite disposable.
Since Act 3 is the traditional kabuki play tragedy, imagine if King's intense flames melt Zoro's weakest blade which is the Sandai Kitetsu. Melting your blades in Sword Country, what a scary feat for Kaido's #1. The Sandai has no more value after Zoro gives it up, unlike Shusui, so it's quite disposable.
This would be interesting
Especially as Sandai is merely an O Wazomono, the Nidai is an upgrade BUT I reckon Tenguyama might be harboring the Shodai, which I think Zoro might receive instead of the Nidai
I doubt it - totally different hair for a start, plus we know Kidd's crew had been captured
Especially as Sandai is merely an O Wazomono, the Nidai is an upgrade BUT I reckon Tenguyama might be harboring the Shodai, which I think Zoro might receive instead of the Nidai
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I doubt it - totally different hair for a start, plus we know Kidd's crew had been captured
That's very interesting. that will be a good way for Zoro to lose that sword and set up for him to obtain the 2nd gen. Sandai Kitetsu.
In this current chapter he confirmed that was the sword that Luffy had. He also found out the swordsmith created the 3rd generation and the sword can only be used by a strong individual.
In this current chapter he confirmed that was the sword that Luffy had. He also found out the swordsmith created the 3rd generation and the sword can only be used by a strong individual.
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Wow!! What a fantastic chapter. Great way to end act-2. Oda skipped nearly seven days. Can't believe. Enma forcing users to use Ryou is very interesting.. seems like fantastic sword.. And wado ichimonji and Emma being made by same swordsmith is interesting info.. Koushiro(Zoro's teacher) is from Shimotsu clan?? Really excited for developments on that
What did Luffy break with his King Kong gun(was it just a stone?). So he has mastered advanced armament!! He is also confident of facing Kaido now. Can't wait to see how he performs.
Franky is readying ship for 10k members while the alliance have only 4200 members... I think alliance will get additional help...4000 vs 30000 is suicidal. Don't know whether they know about BM, Kaido alliance.... They can't go back after coming so far...
Orochi knowing about the plans of alliance is very interesting... Law's absence from the meeting in Amigasa and his face being shown after Orochi's panel is bit suspicious. Oda is maybe turning us into wrong route.. But it will be incredibly impactful if Law is the traitor( but I'm 80 percent sure he is not)
Can't wait to see alliance reaction seeing BM and Kaido in Onigashima and I think even before that Orochi will use BM pirates to attack the alliance at Itachi port. They should be ready for that.
I hope Jinbe,Germa and maybe even SH grand fleet join this war to somewhat even the scale!!
Is Oda fastening the pace now...He is planning to finish OP by five years according to recent interview.. I didn't expect war to be act-3. I expected it to be act-4 and end of the war and reactions to it to be act -5. Extremely excited for the epic war next chapter!!
What did Luffy break with his King Kong gun(was it just a stone?). So he has mastered advanced armament!! He is also confident of facing Kaido now. Can't wait to see how he performs.
Franky is readying ship for 10k members while the alliance have only 4200 members... I think alliance will get additional help...4000 vs 30000 is suicidal. Don't know whether they know about BM, Kaido alliance.... They can't go back after coming so far...
Orochi knowing about the plans of alliance is very interesting... Law's absence from the meeting in Amigasa and his face being shown after Orochi's panel is bit suspicious. Oda is maybe turning us into wrong route.. But it will be incredibly impactful if Law is the traitor( but I'm 80 percent sure he is not)
Can't wait to see alliance reaction seeing BM and Kaido in Onigashima and I think even before that Orochi will use BM pirates to attack the alliance at Itachi port. They should be ready for that.
I hope Jinbe,Germa and maybe even SH grand fleet join this war to somewhat even the scale!!
Is Oda fastening the pace now...He is planning to finish OP by five years according to recent interview.. I didn't expect war to be act-3. I expected it to be act-4 and end of the war and reactions to it to be act -5. Extremely excited for the epic war next chapter!!
So Capone is in dressrosa now for supplies? What happened to his raid in the reverie? I wanted him to meet Bonney, disappointed 
Anyway the chapter itself was interesting since it evolved at a good pace before the Onigashima battle. We learned more about Emma and it's speciality. It's another great grade sword on the same lvl as Shusui, who was more known for it's durability and weight behind the attacks, with Enma's speciality being draining the sword wielders' haki and forcing him to use more power than necessary, which would make any ordinary swordsman collapse
But the way this sword works allows to someone who could manage to tame the blade to increase his haki mastery and thus making his skill with haki and attacks even stronger. And since unlike Shusui, the blade has yet to turn permanently black, it could get stronger. I think this sword can turn permanently black faster than other blades because it continuously absorbs excessive haki against the user's will, but for that to happen, the wielder needs to master his haki and tame the blade completely. So Enma will probably be Zoro's first permanent black sword, but will turn his other blades to higher level later on in the manga, with potentially Wado(who is on the same level as Enma) turning out to be his strongest sword for symbolism. We even need to know Wado's speciality soon since it was made by the same swordsmith
On the other hand, Luffy can now use advanced haki from the distance, but it seems it's still forced(according to Granpa Hyo), so he may not have managed to completely taming it yet, but he is getting there. Probably during the Kaido battle, he'd even manage to extend it to inside his body making his G4 hits even stronger. He just even casually pulled a King Kong Gun, and judging by how devastating it already was in dressrosa, i can't even imagine its power now and later with better mastery over his advanced haki
I also found it a little cute to see OTama by her big bro side when he was tired of training.
The pacing was also much faster than usual chapters, giving both Luffy and Zoro more time to train in their respective areas
I found it funny how Shinobu keeps being so untrustworthy towards Law tho, but i don't understand why Oda keeps trying to create mystery behind Law's decisions, ever since Hawkins made him question himself if it's really worth fighting Kaido. I assume he wants to be evasive on the idea of if Law will end up betraying the alliance or not, but it's pretty clear he won't in the end, so that plot point doesn't really seem necessary
The surprising thing though is that despite the fact the Onigashima battle is already nearby, we still have no idea with what Oda is going to do with Kid. This dude has less panel time than Killer and even Holdem lol.
Will he just join at a moment when the alliance will be in peril or something? Because he has yet to even rescue his crew. And Nekomamushi's wherabouts are also still unknown, not to mention Marco, who despite claiming he doesn't want to come, pretty certain he'd end up coming(i don't see Oda building up a multiple arc long plot around Marco coming for him not to come).
There is also the fact we're only at end of atc2/beginning of act 3, when there is supposed be 5 acts, so too early. I think act3 is even known as the "tragic" one and they don't even know Big Mom allied with Kaido yet. All of this implies to me that the alliance will take a big L in the Onigashima raid, which would lengthen the arc just like Hawkins' month prediction hinted it at
Despite seeing Pedro's grave, i still have a hard time believing he is dead tho. His plot around working for yonkos to steal poneglyphs, the end of zou and the mysterious explosions he created in his final moments are too suspicious to me to ignore the fact he might have been working for Kaido all along, but if he is really dead, RIP @Topi Jerami
Regardless this chapter further hints at a traitor, otherwise Orochi wouldn't know this much, so this could lead to some drama when the traitor's identity will be revealed
Overall i liked this chapter's build up and pacing, and since the act2 ended, we might even get more clue on what happened in the reverie, potentially Marco and Weevil as well
Anyway the chapter itself was interesting since it evolved at a good pace before the Onigashima battle. We learned more about Emma and it's speciality. It's another great grade sword on the same lvl as Shusui, who was more known for it's durability and weight behind the attacks, with Enma's speciality being draining the sword wielders' haki and forcing him to use more power than necessary, which would make any ordinary swordsman collapse
But the way this sword works allows to someone who could manage to tame the blade to increase his haki mastery and thus making his skill with haki and attacks even stronger. And since unlike Shusui, the blade has yet to turn permanently black, it could get stronger. I think this sword can turn permanently black faster than other blades because it continuously absorbs excessive haki against the user's will, but for that to happen, the wielder needs to master his haki and tame the blade completely. So Enma will probably be Zoro's first permanent black sword, but will turn his other blades to higher level later on in the manga, with potentially Wado(who is on the same level as Enma) turning out to be his strongest sword for symbolism. We even need to know Wado's speciality soon since it was made by the same swordsmith
On the other hand, Luffy can now use advanced haki from the distance, but it seems it's still forced(according to Granpa Hyo), so he may not have managed to completely taming it yet, but he is getting there. Probably during the Kaido battle, he'd even manage to extend it to inside his body making his G4 hits even stronger. He just even casually pulled a King Kong Gun, and judging by how devastating it already was in dressrosa, i can't even imagine its power now and later with better mastery over his advanced haki
I also found it a little cute to see OTama by her big bro side when he was tired of training.
The pacing was also much faster than usual chapters, giving both Luffy and Zoro more time to train in their respective areasI found it funny how Shinobu keeps being so untrustworthy towards Law tho, but i don't understand why Oda keeps trying to create mystery behind Law's decisions, ever since Hawkins made him question himself if it's really worth fighting Kaido. I assume he wants to be evasive on the idea of if Law will end up betraying the alliance or not, but it's pretty clear he won't in the end, so that plot point doesn't really seem necessary
The surprising thing though is that despite the fact the Onigashima battle is already nearby, we still have no idea with what Oda is going to do with Kid. This dude has less panel time than Killer and even Holdem lol.
Will he just join at a moment when the alliance will be in peril or something? Because he has yet to even rescue his crew. And Nekomamushi's wherabouts are also still unknown, not to mention Marco, who despite claiming he doesn't want to come, pretty certain he'd end up coming(i don't see Oda building up a multiple arc long plot around Marco coming for him not to come). There is also the fact we're only at end of atc2/beginning of act 3, when there is supposed be 5 acts, so too early. I think act3 is even known as the "tragic" one and they don't even know Big Mom allied with Kaido yet. All of this implies to me that the alliance will take a big L in the Onigashima raid, which would lengthen the arc just like Hawkins' month prediction hinted it at
Despite seeing Pedro's grave, i still have a hard time believing he is dead tho. His plot around working for yonkos to steal poneglyphs, the end of zou and the mysterious explosions he created in his final moments are too suspicious to me to ignore the fact he might have been working for Kaido all along, but if he is really dead, RIP @Topi Jerami
Regardless this chapter further hints at a traitor, otherwise Orochi wouldn't know this much, so this could lead to some drama when the traitor's identity will be revealed
Overall i liked this chapter's build up and pacing, and since the act2 ended, we might even get more clue on what happened in the reverie, potentially Marco and Weevil as well
@Rivaille
@Light D Lamperouge
@all the other ones
Argue outta that shit. Your own master has neg diffed yall. Take your L you embrassments and next time learn not to dig your own holes. Yay now Zoro has fully gone all out
@Light D Lamperouge
@all the other ones
Argue outta that shit. Your own master has neg diffed yall. Take your L you embrassments and next time learn not to dig your own holes. Yay now Zoro has fully gone all out
Usually Kabuki play has five acts... Act-3 is raid on Onigashima...As per previous comments, act-3 will mostly end up as failure.. it will be dramatic to see how alliance rally again after strong defeat at the end of act-3. Mostly it will be Luffy who will be inspiring Wano through his actions... Can't wait to know how act-3 will pan out and what will act 4 and 5 have in for us!!
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