What i learned from this chapter:
Brook cannot catch a break (Shuri hitting him with his technique is diabolical)
Imu MUST pay for his sins
Luffy finnaly hitting Imu is legendary and a really cool throw back to him punching Charloss
Plot twist: he invited them all to ask for permission to have all their protagonists come in like Avengers Endgame to fight off Imu while Luffy gets treatment.
Actually, Gaban is still stronger than them at that moment because they still can't use haki as properly as him, he was even scolding them afterward during their fight against the Holy knights....
The idea of Joyboy being more of a stereotypical pirate and having a pet parrot that accidently ate the strongest devil fruit and went on to found the world government makes sense to me, would be very Oda
GUYS IT CAN'T BE DAVY'S PARROT. JOYBOY WAS THE *FIRST* PIRATE. We've been over this in Egghead. Joyboy was first, so if Imu is someone's parrot, it *has* to be him.
— @pontiusthepilotいいね 72
同じ『Ohara』が出したもう1本の動画『18 Years Later, Sabaody Finally Makes Sense』は、放送18年前のシャボンディ諸島編と、今のエルバフ編を重ね合わせる考察もの。562件のコメントが付いたが、賛同より先に伸びたのはむしろ本題から外れた伏線談義の方だった。
“エルバフ編って最終章版のロングリング・ロングランドだよな”
Elbaph is the Long Ring Long Land of the Final Saga
To me egghead seemed to be more of a sabaody parallel, they literally had to run away from the island because luffy couldnt do anything to the gorosei. I feel like by the end of the arc elbaph might be closer to marineford, maybe the end of the arc will end with the start of the revolutionary war
I know it's not relevant now, but who else is wondering what Kureha's role in the story will be in the coming years? She must know something important, considering her bringing up the will of D for the first time in the story.
“この動画、今週の翻訳ミスに基づいてるんだよな。ガバンのセリフは日本語だと「イム様が海賊王の仲間だった」ことを示してはいない。
TwitterのWill of Marcoの訳だとこうなる:
>イム様「落ちぶれてなお、その方は海賊王の仲間なのだな……そう心から信じたいのか?!」
>(文脈:イム様がガバンに、ルフィについて言った話を本気で信じているのか尋ねている)
>ガバン「それはお前も同じことだろう!?」
>(文脈:ガバンは、イム様自身もそれを信じていると言っている)”
This video is based on a translation error. Major TCB Translation Error this week. Gaban does *not* imply that Imu was a part of the "Pirate King's Crew" in Japanese.
The Will of Marco on twt made it clear in his translation:
>**Imu: Even in thy decline, thou art still a crewmate of the Pirate King... Dost thou so dearly wish to believe that?!**
>*(Context: Imu is asking Gaban if he truly believes what he said about Luffy)*
>**Gaban: That goes for you too, right?!**
>*(Context: Gaban is saying that Imu believes it too)*
The best part about the big confrontation between Luffy and Imu at the end is that, as monumental and world-shaking as we the readers know this event is, Luffy genuinely has no idea who he's fighting or why.
I love how much Luffy lives by: 'You can't save someone that doesn't want to be saved'. It's what saved Nami in the past too. By holding off until they themselves ask for his interference, he helps them regain agency and control over their own lives.
Also, the symbolism of using fire imagery (the same visuals that have plagued Robin since Ohara was burned to the ground) to now symbolize revolt against her oppressors-- siezing control of fire from the government and instead using it to save her, is just peak visual storytelling.
When unlocking G5, Luffy said "this is my peak"
He then proceeded to become an emperor and act like he's playing on easy mode because he beat Kaido. Up until that point, actually he's always been looking up at a goal. But when you beat the world's strongest creature there isn't anywhere for you to go except to finish the pirate king quest and that other dream.
Luffy is getting humbled here because he artificially placed a ceiling on himself and the world he lives in. That needs to be broken now.
Stay with me here. Scopper gets de-aged back to his prime by bonney. He goes head to head with Imu to the death. He earns his space in Valhalla and we head up the tree and get to meet him again but with a halo or something like goku. A little peak haki or maki or rhythmancy training. Then, we discover the west summit up to skypeia, a little super cola injection into the sunny and wam bam space pirates arc with the reintroduction of enel and the moon people (which i think is choppers hito hito model moonkin or something)