Oda Did It AGAIN! (1190+)

Got the vibe that Imu was a member of Joy Boy's crew from Scopper's last line. Interesting. So, that is certainly one way that you can read what happened there. Not sure if that's the way I read it, but let's explore this idea because it is very cool. During their fight, Imu praised Scopper Gaban saying, "Old as thou art, thou art still the Pirate King's crew." And Gaban, he clapped back with, "Is that what you think? Huh, I could say the same about you, you know?" And the way that I initially read this was commentary about age. Imu was saying, "You're an old man, but me, a pretty damn strong old man." And Gaban, knowing what he does about Imu and his probable age, is returning that. "You, Imu, are also an old man, and even older man, and you're still pretty strong yourself." But the fact that Imu specifically mentions being a member of the Pirate King's crew is quite fascinating. And another way you could interpret Gaban's reply is that he is stating that Imu, as old as he is, is still a member of the Pirate King's crew with the potential implication that Joy Boy could have been not only the first pirate, but the first pirate king. And that could be why Imu, he has a flashback getting all upset at Roger being named the Pirate King previously in this chapter. Because the Pirate King is a title that may actually hold some meaning to Imu. And the fact that this title was claimed by a filthy D was an idea so uncouth that Imu demanded the erasure of Roger's D. So, as far as most of the world knows, just like Gol D. Roger, this big old D, it never existed. Despite the D, Imu does also seem to have this It's really cool begrudging respect for Roger's accomplishments. He addresses Roger as the Pirate King. And I think that's a big deal. It takes a lot for someone who claims to be the King of the World to acknowledge, in any way, shape, or form, another king. It's like Imu was citing a contemporary. Plus, there's also the moment in this chapter where Gaban claims that he just wants to see his captain's dreams come to fruition. And that prompts Imu to ask, "Captain, who is in the mouth of any other character, it'd probably be fairly basic, irrelevant, not even worth mentioning. But the fact that Imu is even saying it tells us a lot about him, which is that when it comes to this topic of piracy, pirate kings, and pirate captains, Imu, he does have an interest here. He has a connection because he's not ignoring these words like he has everything else. So, I really don't hate the idea that Imu may have also been one of the world's first pirates and part of Joy Boy's crew. And it would certainly make whatever betrayal Imu believes happened feel all the more potent. Because could you imagine a situation where Luffy betrays any of his crew? They have 100% faith in their captain. And if Luffy ever did such a thing, it would probably send the Straw Hats spiraling into their bad timeline futures and becoming just as jaded as Imu. And I'm going to do a video on this soon because it's very fun. But this is another fantastic piece of evidence that Imu was Joy Boy's parrot. Mm. I don't know about you, but whenever I leave the harm, I need to do the exact same pocket check to make sure that I have the big four: phone, wallet, keys, and the sponsor of today's video, Raycon. Because if I forget these, then mate, my day is ruined. I listen to music doing almost everything in my day. Riding, cleaning, walking the dog, lifting heavy things at the heavy thing place. Gym. That's the word. And to make all of these things more enjoyable, I have Raycon's new everyday clip earbuds. 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But my criticism, and I wasn't very clear about this, which is ironic, because my criticism is that Kibun losing his arm artistically it lacks that clarity and that impact. And this is because I have very, very high expectations for scenes of characters losing their arms in One Piece. Oda has been doing this ever since the very first chapter. He is a man who knows how to make impactful scenes of characters losing their arms. For another example, when Kiku lost her left arm, that was extremely powerful. Very memorable panel, just as it was when Killer removed the left arm of Basil Hawkins. Pretty much every time Oda removes a character's arm, it becomes an iconic piece of art. Whereas this business with Scop Kibun it just doesn't pack the same punch for me, or or really any punch. And I also don't think it helps that Oda chose a wide shot of Kibun on the branch to end the chapter on to reveal that the arm had been removed, because not only do you not really see the moment that the arm gets cut off, but you also don't really feel the visceral shock of it in the same way that you did in chapter one with the close-up of Shanks missing his arm. And I just feel like because removing arms is one of Oda's specialty interest, it could have been drawn in a much more clear or at least much more interesting way. And the reason why I can tell it could have been done better is because I had so many of all of the you in the comments arguing about what actually happened during this scene. Some people are saying it came off in the attack, others are saying "Oda, dummy, it just crushed and maybe kind of wounded Gaban's arm and it came off later." And craziest of all, I also had comments saying that they didn't even realize Gaban had lost his arm before I said it in the video. Going to be honest here, that last one might be a bit more in the realm of a skill issue, but my point is that no one was doing this when Kiku or Hawkins lost their arms back in the day because there was nothing to discuss. Everything was objective and clear. The weapons can't be random. Imu gave Summers and Killingem the exact blades of their families in the short time they were with him. All right, this might be becoming a bit of a theme of this video because this is another issue of clarity or lack thereof. Because we never actually see Imu giving Summers or Killingem their family weapons Gram and Longinus. They're just suddenly using them in chapter 1,189. Before that, Killingem was still wielding his standard spear against Sanji and the last time we saw Summers, he only had his standard Summer sword. And what Summer says is that "Ah, the great one, he used the omen to bring these weapons back and grant them to us." And I'm sure that this is the sort of thing that the anime will expand on because we don't even see Killingem or Summers summoning these weapons. We cut to Zoro fighting Summers and he just has Gram out already, which is a big invitation for the Toei anime to do a 30 to 60-second scene of Summers powering up, reaching into the abyss or the omen and manifesting it. But as it stands right now, we don't know how any of this happened or whether Imu can use these weapons while Summers is in killing him are also using them. Or why when Emu himself used Graham, the sword had a completely different shape and looks more like a polearm than it does a sword compared to when Summers is using it. But if I had to guess, I'd say that each Holy Knight is only capable of using their family weapon and only granted access to it with an omen by Emu as opposed to Emu who can use all 19. So there could still be a random element to it. Let's say that Emu has a one in 19 chance of getting any given weapon. But for the Holy Knights, they can only ever draw their one and it has to be with a funky omen. Luffy crying, "But Gabann, your arm, your arm." Gabann, "It's all right. You're a boy, aren't you? You have to be strong. That axe is very precious to me. Bring it back once you've become a great mountain eater." I just wanted to read that out loud because this comment has pointed out to me that Mr. Monkey D. Luffy is now responsible for two of the former Roger Pirates losing their left arms. And I'd be very concerned right now if I was Silvers Rayleigh or a Crocus because two it is never enough. There's a reason why it is called the rule of threes rather than the general suggestion of maybe sometimes three is a good number. However, I suppose we do also have three already if you count Buggy who removed both of his arms in his fight with Luffy. Honestly, this chapter confirms for me that Scopper isn't going to die. Oda isn't the type to brutalize someone before their death, but that arm is gone forever. I actually think it's quite the opposite. If someone is going to die anyway, it gives Oda full license to brutalize them however he sees fit. Whitebeard definitely comes to mind. We saw this man endure 267 blade wounds, take 152 bullets, 46 cannonballs, a magma shot to the chest, and have half his head blown right off. So the more damage that Gabann incurs, the more likely I think he is to die. However, I do take the point because of all of the damage that Whitebeard was inflicted with, he never lost an arm. The moment that Whitebeard had half his face blown off, we knew that there was no coming back from that. But Gabal, he has been inflicted with a very survivable injury. It's not life-threatening by One Piece standards, and it does feel more likely for Oda to have Gabal live, but to permanently lose that arm like every other character in the series loses their arms. Man on the internet, have we had a clear view of Imu's circle with eyes thing? I am counting 18 to 19 eyes depending on the panel, with six to seven of them open, which kind of matches the number of weapons revealed so far. Maybe the secret due defeating Imu is sticking our fingers in those eyes so that he loses access to the weapons. That would be the perfect Usopp moment. I'm not sure. I think that there are probably close to, if not exactly, 19 of them. It would make sense with the weapon number. But to the best of my knowledge, the ring of eyes has always been obscured by something, so we don't have an exact amount. It's also possible, I don't know how probable, but possible that there are 16 eyes because 16 is the iconic number of the World Nobles. They shoot their victims 16 times. Doflamingo had his 16 holy bullets attack, and Imu's name can even be read as the numbers one and six, which put together are 16. Unless you do it the other way around, then it's 61, but we don't do that. But I also agree because games have trained me to think this way. If it was up to me fighting Imu, I would assume that he was invincible until I'd popped all of those eyes. So we shouldn't be wasting our energy or ammo on Imu himself until we get rid of those eyes. However, Scop of Gabal not a gamer, and he has proved to me that Imu can be harmed without focusing on that. However, I would love to see something like Usopp sniping those eyes, and to have my dream of the weakest person on the island being the key to stopping the strongest person, if Imu is indeed a person. Because in this chapter, Scop of Gabal says that Imu doesn't seem to be of this world, which could be hinting at Imu being a figure who has existed since the second or even first world. Or, and this idea it's not completely off the table, but Imu could be an alien. There are tons of planets and moons around the One Piece world, all with life forms of their own, and we have barely touched any of these glorious space races. The scale of Gabans attacks is insane. Zoro and Sanji still have a ways to go before they can lift Luffy up as his wings. It's not just them either. Gabans is only the left arm of the pirate king. After this chapter, it's good thing Roger doesn't need that left arm anymore. But think about what that means for Roger's power in his prime. So I can understand why Gabans got annoyed at Zoro and Sanji for not being at the level they needed to be, but also why Gabans got even more upset with Luffy himself. Because it is not good enough for Luffy to be on Gabans level. He has to be far beyond that, and right now he is not. He's not even at Gabans level as a shriveled old man. And there is definitely a sense of urgency at play here. Because not only are we fighting him right here and right now. We've got to do this. We've got to save Elbaf and all that. Not just that, there is a much bigger picture. Because at some point this year in world, the great war is prophesied to happen. The one that will bring about the dawn of the world and all that. Gabans knows that all of this is happening imminently. So he sees Luffy and he's all like, "Look, I'm pretty sure you're the guy we've been waiting for, but you are nowhere near where we need you to be. And you, you need to get your [ __ ] together immediately, because there is a big war thing starting probably next week." This chapter really made me doubt that Rayleigh could not just wipe the floor with Blackbeard on Amazon Lily. Well, there is a reason why Blackbeard decided to retreat as soon as Rayleigh arrived, and I think we now know what that reason is. If Gabans can exude this sort of violence from haki and have his own divine attack like Roger, then Rayleigh must be capable of at least that much as well. What we don't know, however, is what Blackbeard is capable of. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, they're not where they need to be right now, but Marshall D. Teach could be in a very different position. He's been focused on his goal for almost four decades now and he could be much more prepared than Luffy for what's to come and probably is considering that he is the overall antagonist of the series probably. So I guess we just have to take Rayleigh and Gaban's words as a direct comparison. Rayleigh, he looked Blackbeard up and down and also left to right as a as a little bit to take in and Rayleigh said to himself, yeah, I'd probably lose. Whereas Gaban, he saw everything that is Luffy and he said, "Ah, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined." Man on the land upside down. About time Luffy starts behaving more seriously. He's being clownish ever since defeating Kaido and while it was entertaining at first, it's becoming anticlimactic now. So as always, I am a big defender of Gear 5 and being a clown in general, but this was always going to happen at some point and this probably isn't even the last time that Luffy will need a dramatic wake-up call like this. And one panel I'd really like to linger on is this one. It's a sliver panel and very easy to kind of blast past, but this close-up of Luffy is fantastically drawn. Oda perfectly captures Luffy's epiphany of realizing that if he continues as he is, he will not be able to save his friends or his crew. It is a very pained and dire [clears throat] expression, the sort of face we almost never see Luffy make. It's also a face of powerlessness. Not only could he not stand up against Im but this random old man is now beating him up. It's very much like on Sabaody when Kizaru, Sentomaru, Kuma and Rayleigh, they were all fighting around them. There's a fantastic line in Jujutsu Kaisen that explains this feeling. Think of them as elephants tap dancing on ants and we're the ants. That's what it was like on Sabaody and that's also what's happening right here in this very moment. Im and Gaban, they're like two gods doing battle stomping on Luffy and Loki who are powerless in comparison. And so this face, this wonderful panel of Luffy for the first time since the original Sabaody, he is feeling his own powerlessness. Mr. Internet Dude, Chopper went to the library with Robin in the last chapter. I assume Robin wants him to translate what the owl is saying. Yeah, the owl's name is Biblo and I think so, too. When Robin appeared with her clone, she didn't seem to be particularly worried about anything. She's just quite chill, actually. And being worried would be a reason to call Chopper as if someone needed some urgent medical care. And this does come off the back of chapter 1,182 where Robin and Saul found all of the books as well as Biblo and Saul stated that he was around the perplexed about Biblo. So, if Biblo has made it clear that he has something important to say or communicate, then we need Chopper to translate. And Robin also summoned Chopper in the same chapter that Chopper first translated what Ragnar was saying. So, we do know that Chopper can speak to these most ancient of creatures. I feel like the praising your death line will also be attributed to One Piece itself. Not celebrating it's over, but celebrating that it happened. I think very much the same and this is intentional from Oda, by the way. In his earlier interviews, we're talking decades ago, in those early interviews, Oda sounds very Luffy-esque because he makes it clear that his ambition is to be the best. He respects those who came before him and inspired him like Akira Toriyama, as well as those contemporaries who rose up alongside him like Kishimoto, and even those who come after him. But, Oda stated that he wanted to be the king of Weekly Shonen Jump, which is a title that I think he's quite comfortably held for a very long time now. So, Oda ended up accomplishing his dream well before Luffy was able to reach his. However, the line about the Pirate King being a man whose death is celebrated is going to be very true in reality, as well. When One Piece does finally come to a conclusion, each and every current Jump author, as well as every upcoming mangaka, will be celebrating. Not out of malice, spite, jealousy, or any of the bad words, but because this is their chance to go for the crown. It is an inspiration. With the passing of One Piece as a series, a new era of manga will begin as rookie authors set out to sea to follow in the footsteps of becoming the next king. That's still a few years away though, so for now I want you to let me know what you thought about all of this in the comments below.