One Piece - Chapter 1050 [manga]

[marvelB]

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We're back from break! Credit goes to Redon and co. from AP (which seems to be down again at the moment) for spoiler info:

-Chapter title is "Glory". In the ministory, Reiju and Ichiji have arrived to rescue their siblings Niji and Yonji!

-Luffy's final attack sends Kaidou plunging so deep under Wano's earth that he falls into a pool of magma! Coincidentally, Big Mom is there, as well. Yamato manages to catch the exhausted Luffy as he falls from the sky. Meanwhile, back on the mainland, Toko talks to Hitetsu about her father, Yasuie. We see a brief flashback of the two, where it turns out the former daimyo took a bite of the same failed SMILE that Toko ate because he didn't want her to suffer from fits of laughter all alone. Hitetsu tells Toko that her father gave his own life to ensure Wano has a happy future, and that it's the greatest honor that a samurai can wish for. We also see that Toko changed the wish on her floating lantern to read, "thank you, father".

-Nekomamushi announces Luffy's victory over Kaidou to all of Onigashima! He also notes that Momo was the dragon who prevented the island from getting destroyed. As the heroes start celebrating, Momo tells Zunisha that he does intend to open Wano's borders... but not right away. The remaining Beast Pirates try to dampen the mood, saying they still outnumber the samurai, but Yamato tells them the battle is over, since Kaidou lost. An earthquake can be felt under Onigashima, as both Kaidou and Big Mom are shown floating in the pool of magma. Suddenly, an underwater volcano erupts, as the narrator announces that Luffy is indeed the victor of this great battle!

-As the people of the Flower Capital are confused by the eruption, Momo flies down there and transforms back into human form.... which us readers don't see yet since he's covered in smoke. Also emerging from the smoke are Hiyori and Denjirou! The latter makes an announcement to the surrounding denizens: He's brought with him the new shogun of the land of Wano....!!!!

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[Gerard07]

Looks like Kaido's defeat is confirmed, I'm guessing a celebration party is coming up followed by intel gathering and nakamas (I keep saying Carrot and Yamato should join the crew), then they'll leave Wano, there will be new rewards and we'll find out what what happens outside with Sabo and the Shichibukai, to wait for the full chapter.

[mickbis]

Why I feel like Oda save Momo adult scene for a comedic purpose next week

[Magin]

Sorry, but I have to make some meta commentary here, because Oda has almost clearly retconned two things:

First, he completely scrapped his plans for "Well, I don't want Luffy to just punch Kaido and win"- I think this was in an SBS a few years ago. And yet, look at how Luffy won. Normally, this wouldn't be so bad... except we had this thought of Oda's in actual print.

Second, the whole Kabuki act bit appears to have been completely forgotten about.

On one hand, I'm glad that Wano is finally coming to a close, and hopefully we can start getting more info on Rocks and the God Valley incident. On the other hand, it feels like maybe Oda is under some sort of pressure, because these tiny little inconsistencies are showing up, when he's been very consistent for the last couple of decades.

[OH&S]

To be perfectly honest, none of the events in this chapter are surprising. Its about what I expected... Except the whole pool of magma bit. That's weird even by One Piece standards. Something funny is going on.

Regardless, if Act 3 ends relatively soon without any plot twists, its safe to say its over. These next few chapters are going to be pivotal in determining the direction for the rest of the arc.

[Kaz_]

Its the party over my defeated enemies body time of the year! About time for some BIG news to land in for main story to advance.

[Kanon]

I'm sure there are still some people hooked on copium, but it's officially over. I haven't checked myself, but I've heard Luffy's victories are always announced by his allies and not the narrator.

Originally Posted by Magin

First, he completely scrapped his plans for "Well, I don't want Luffy to just punch Kaido and win"- I think this was in an SBS a few years ago. And yet, look at how Luffy won. Normally, this wouldn't be so bad... except we had this thought of Oda's in actual print.

I don't know what people expected when he said that. It was always going to end with a punch, but it was no simple punch. Gigantic fist (way bigger than Gear 3 could ever produce) coated in conqueror's haki+ ryuo.

What kind of alternative did you have in mind?

[Homura7]

Originally Posted by OH&S

To be perfectly honest, none of the events in this chapter are surprising. Its about what I expected... Except the whole pool of magma bit. That's weird even by One Piece standards. Something funny is going on.

As a fellow OP reader, I'm sure you're smart enough like me to tell where this is heading. A "pool of magma", to not say the innermost area of a inactive volcano, and Kaido just fell straight into the lava.

Furthermore. From the looks of it, it's a sea volcano.

[OH&S]

Originally Posted by Void

As a fellow OP reader, I'm sure you're smart enough like me to tell where this is heading. A "pool of magma", to not say the innermost area of a inactive volcano, and Kaido just fell straight into the lava.

Furthermore. From the looks of it, it's a sea volcano.

Its actually weirder than that. The full spoilers say that Kaidou falls near Big Mom; both KO'd. The volcanic activity begins later and the magma consumes BOTH Kaidou and Big Mom.

What's the takeaway here? Are they both dead then? Not only would that be a huge departure from what normally happens in One Piece, that kinda ruins the line of logic for there being more for Kaidou and Big Mom post-Wano.

And if they're not dead, why have them consumed by magma in the first place? Is it just rule of cool?

There are so many red flags here.

[Hoodspirit]

They look pretty dead to me.
On the page before the huge erruption we see their bodies disintegrating.

Something the spoilers didn't mention: the cannons are finally here.

[Magin]

Ok, found the source of my irritation. This is from an interview about six years ago. I'll still post the whole thing here, but basically Oda said "I don't think my audience will be satisfied if I just end things with a punch".

Well Oda, it looks like you scrapped that idea after all. Though to be 100% fair, Oda also said about 3 years ago, he wanted to end the main part of the manga in 4~5 years... and he stuck to that too. So maybe he'd rather stick to finishing things than try to get extra creative

Originally Posted by marvelB

Hey, guys! This isn't exactly SBS-related, but I thought would make for a neat thing to post, anyway! Oda's had a few interviews recently, I believe for the main purpose of promoting Film Gold. Nonetheless, they contain some very interesting info (though some of it may come across as a bit worrying, admittedly....). Credit goes to AP's Sandman for the summaries!


First up, it's Oda's interview from the One Piece Great Newspaper Vol. 2 (spoiler tagged for length)

Spoiler for summary 1:

- Oda used to say that all he needed was coffee and cola 4 years ago. But now Oda pays attention to his health.
He makes it a rule to drink water 2 liters a day. He thinks he can stay healthy if only he drinks much water. He sometimes exercise on fitness equipments in his studio.

- Oda usually sleeps for 3 hours a day. Oda doesn't want to spend much time on sleep since he is busy.
He can sleep as much as he wants only after the day he finishes drawing every week. But he can't sleep much recently due to aging.

- The interviewer asks Oda if he has some health issues now that he is in his 40s.
Oda answers that his health is not good, but he can come up with an interesting manga thanks to his short sleep and final push in his works.
Oda thinks it would be great if he can draw a good manga with 8-hours-sleep.

- Shueisha allows him to take more breaks these days. Oda wonders if this is because they are worried that ONE PIECE might come to an end due to his health problem.
Oda got hospitalized after he works in Film Z. He thought the staffs finally noticed that if he worked too hard he would be down, but after all he got involved in ONE PIECE Film again...

- There are too many things Oda wants to draw, so he merges the themes of islands. For example, Punk Hazard is originally consisted of fire island and ice island.
Dressrosa is originally consisted of dwarves island and passion island. But as opposed to his expectations, it took him twice the time than usual to draw these arcs.

- According to Oda, ONE PIECE is about 65% done. Oda says it is a fight between his lifetime and the ending of ONE PIECE. He says he needs to have the courage to reduce his ideas.

- After finishing ONE PIECE, Oda wants to go on trips like Buratamori.
(Buratamori is a popular TV show in Japan. In the show, an old man named Tamori, who was too busy to go on a trip for 30 years, visits various kinds of regions in Japan and introduces interesting information about it.)

- Interviewer asks Oda if he intends to draw manga again once a month after finishing ONE PIECE, but Oda instantly denies.

- Oda "I am happiest if kids enjoy reading my manga. But since my audience are getting older, it would be great if they read ONE PIECE with their kids."

- Oda "ONE PIECE is focusing on Sanji now. Be sure to look forward to the future story!"

- Oda "When Kaidou appeared for the first time, I said that Luffy can't defeat such a strong character yet. And I'm yet to know how Luffy would defeat Kaidou.
Probably my audience will not be satisfied if the reason for defeating Kaidou is just because Luffy's punch is so strong. Luffy and I have to find a solution somehow."

- Oda "ONE PIECE will be much more interesting in the future since I'm carefully selecting ideas these days.
Some people are seriously worried about my health, but don't be worried too much since I am quite tough."

[Some Trivias]

- Oda recently likes Ikumi Hisamatsu (久松郁実).

Spoiler:

- Oda sometimes plays turntables for DJing in his studio.

- Oda collects model figures made by Ashley Wood.

- Oda has 100 inch TV. It was too large to fit through the entrance, so some construction work was needed on the door.

Next up is a summary of some other recent interviews (again, spoiler tagged for length):

Spoiler for summary 2:

Oda's long interview was revealed in a TV show today.

- Oda says ONE PIECE is about 70% done. (He said in another recent interview that ONE PIECE was 65% done, though...)

- When Oda held a Takoyaki party in his house, he was reported to police by his neighbors.

- Oda says he doesn't need diversion since he has to submit manga anyway before the deadline.

- The new setting notebook about ONE PIECE is produced almost every 3 weeks.

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Here are another trivias revealed in ONE PIECE Great Newspaper Vol.2. and Kinema Junpou 2016 summer edition

- Oda decided to work with ONE PIECE Film because it was a good opportunity to increase his audience in manga.
The series is more than 80 volumes, so he thinks it might be difficult for some people to start reading ONE PIECE.
Oda also says that if he should realize in the future that ONE PIECE Film doesn't play an important role to increase his audience in manga, he would not work with films anymore.

- According to the former anime producer, when ONE PIECE anime was relegated to a morning TV show, Oda complained a bit, "I've already made much effort, though..."

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- About this week's (Chapter 833) color spread, Oda predicted last December that he would like to draw Straw Hats watching fireworks since he was impressed at the fireworks in one of his favorite mangas "Your Lie in April".

source: TV show in December 2015 ("一流が嫉妬したスゴイ人")

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According to Volume 777 written by Oda,

- Spandine's political power is weakening due to his disease. Spandam intends to cure him so that Spandam can surpass Lucci.

- Vice Admiral Chaton and Fujitora are friends. Chaton is popular among citizens despite him not being popular in Marine.
He loves beautiful women. His real name is Tokikake.

- Tsuru treats Vice Admiral Momousagi as if she is Tsuru's little sister. Momousagi can seduce various kinds of pirates.
Her famous sword is called Konpira (金毘羅). She has a spider tattoo on her thigh. Her real name is Gion.

- The average height of Giants is 12-13 meters. Oars in Thriller Bark is about 3 times higher than normal Giants.

- Oda writes the conversation between Sabo and Lucci:

Sabo: Bye, Bob!
Lucci: I'm Rob.

[EDIT]
- Lucci is a chief commander of CP0 now!

source: Film Gold official guidebook "Backstage Pass"

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According to the pamphlet of Film Gold and the official guidebook "Backstage Pass":

- There are sexy scenes in Film Gold, but Oda recently pays attention to his target audience's mothers since he thinks it is mainly mothers who bother to take their kids to theaters.
Oda is worried that sexy scenes might make bad impressions on their mothers.

- Oda doesn't like men wearing white outfits.

- Question: What would you do if you had vast amount of money?
Oda: I already have it, so...

- Oda doesn't want his characters to appear in film before manga. For example, Aokiji after time skip made an appearance in the film before manga.
Oda is disappointed with those situations since he thinks he could have surprised his audience if he let him appear in manga before the film.

Next up, Oda confirms that he knows exactly he's going to draw in the final panel of the series:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...ill-be/.104694


And lastly, some more bits of trivia (some of this is already somewhat common knowledge, but for those who missed it, here ya go):





Once again, credit goes to Sandman for most of that info! Yes, those bits about Oda's health are concerning, but at least he's still truckin'. Otherwise, lots of interesting info there, particularly stuff like Oda himself not knowing how Kaidou will be dealt with, or the CP0 stuff (so Lucci is a commander, and Spandam is still as power-hungry as ever.....). I also like that we got more info on Chaton and Momousagi. Sounds like Oda made those characters canon after all, which is great in my book! Lastly, depending on the source, the series is somewhere between 65% to 70% completed... though I can still see the series taking another decade before ending (and hopefully with Oda in better health...).

[Kanon]

It turns out the narrator updated the results and declared Luffy the winner of the decisive battle in the sky, as opposed to Kaido simply winning the battle on the rooftop. But I'm sure that still won't be enough to convince the people in denial, they'll only come around once we leave Wano.

[marvelB]

Alright, OP updated! Heh, I had brought up that thing about Luffy ending the fight with a punch a thread or two back, but honestly I'm not bothered about it at this point. Perhaps Oda did have a different kind of finisher in mind, but it's been so long since that interview that I'm not surprised that he'd change the outcome. I mean, don't forget that this is the guy who originally wanted to wrap up the series about 5 years after serialization began.... and yet it's been running for about quintuple that amount of time, lol.

Anyway, even if they fell into the magma, I don't see this being the end of Kaidou and BM just yet. I'm sure both their bodies are tough enough to withstand getting turned into charcoal, even without shielding themselves with CoA haki. As for where the story goes from here.... well, my guess is as good as anyone's at this point, I think. However, I do find it interesting that Momo chose to delay opening Wano's borders.... though to be fair, that may be the wisest choice right now with those WG battleships stationed at the nation's doorstep. Speaking of, I still think there may be a possibility that Zunisha is carrying some special guests on his back who can help intercept the WG's invasion.... namely, Shanks. What with the hype the redhead has gotten lately (thanks in no small part to the upcoming movie), I wouldn't be surprised if this is finally the time for Luffy and Shanks to meet each other again. The emperor even hinted that the time of their reunion was nigh around the time of the Reverie chapters.....

[Gerard07]

Question, assuming both Kaido and Big Mom are alive in the manga, will they be able to go out on their own or will they not be able to move as Akuma no mi users? (All non-mi Akuma users' weakness is the sea, but I have doubts if that weakness will also apply if they're in the magma).

[itachi-san314]

Woah, Big Mom and Kaido are knocked out floating in a magma pool? That's pretty crazy. It'd be weird if they die like this, but it's also weird for everyone to start partying when they could just recover and start the fight again

[Hoodspirit]

Emotionally this chapter felt pretty flat.
Maybe because we didn't see like a third of the crew,nor any reunion of them with Luffy. No reaction to his injuries too, already received medical treatment and cleaned up. Your average tuesday.

One other thing that really bothered me was the introduction of an unreliable narrator.
This is going to hurt the series so much.

[patnam]

so 3 of the "original" Four Emperors are gone, only Shank left...

[OH&S]

I'm going to reserve judgment until we get a clear indication that Act 3 is over. But as of right now, this is looking to be the worst conclusion to a Luffy fight since... ... geez, I think it might be the worst.

Like, I had problems with the Doflamingo fight's final clash, but at least there was this sense of spectacle and finality with it.

[Homura7]

The battle has concluded, but what happens with Kaido & Big Mom is still left in the air.

[Rainbowman]

Originally Posted by patnam

so 3 of the "original" Four Emperors are gone, only Shank left...

Don’t forget that Blackbeard has replaced Whitebeard. Of course I wouldn’t be surprised if emperor system ends up being abolished at some point.