
One Piece Chapter 1187: Japanese Fans React to Zoro vs. Sommers — "I Don't Hate This Guy"
ワンピース1187話 ゾロvsソマーズ聖、日本のファンの反応
“Respect for actually saying "sorry to interrupt" properly.”
ちゃんと"邪魔したな"って言えるのえらいね
On One Piece Chapter 1187's Zoro vs. Sommers Saint fight, Japanese readers spent less time on the swordplay itself and more on how weirdly likable this "small-fry" Celestial Dragon knight turned out to be. Recurring threads were praise for Zoro's ice-cold delivery of his taunt, genuine sympathy for Sommers as a villain, worldbuilding theories about his sudden power-up, callbacks comparing the fight to Rayleigh's history with him and the old Skypiea battle against Ohm, plus a running tally of the arc's remaining big matchups. It all closes on a fan whose real terror isn't a Celestial Dragon's knight at all — it's his own overdue national pension bill.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 189)
- @一口頂戴でピノ5個食べる人👍 5
I mean, it's probably more sarcasm than an actual apology, right?
まぁ多分皮肉っていうか煽りみたいな感じだよね
- @ああ-z4i8y👍 1
It's got that slick, Western-movie-style trash talk energy.
洋画みてェにお洒落な煽りだよな
- @kureen0263👍 57
"Nah, don't worry about us, just ten or twenty kids~" — that's his answer to Zoro's "you interrupted our reunion." He's basically saying don't worry about us (the trash knights), we're just here to drag off ten or twenty giant kids. Sorry for the interruption, more or less.
"おうこっちは気にすんなガキの10匹〜"は、ゾロの俺たちの再会邪魔しやがってに対する返答でしょう。 こっち(クズの騎士団)は気にするな。 巨人族の子供を10〜20人くらい連れて帰るからよ?邪魔したな。くらいの意味合いで言ってるものかと。
- @マメ-c3u👍 59
I really like this exchange between Zoro and Sommers Saint.
このソマーズ聖とゾロのやり取り好きだな
- @きょぬ-e8k👍 346
I don't hate Sommers in this conversation.
この会話のソマーズは嫌いじゃない
- @NatsuaburaSuguru👍 211
Sommers Saint has just the right amount of small-time-villain energy — honestly kind of love him.
ソマーズ聖、小物感ちょうど良くて ぶっちゃけ結構好き
- @白黒-e9y👍 29
He's probably getting written off this arc, but it'll feel satisfying when it happens.
多分今回で退場だろうけど スカッとしそう
- @金太郎まっさかり👍 5
He's a genuinely good character. Felt great watching Luffy send him flying earlier.
いいキャラしてるよね ルフィにぶっ飛ばされた時スッキリしたわ
- @佐々木いえい👍 15
I'm not a fan of how blatantly evil most Celestial Dragons are written, so a villain like Sommers here is actually the most compelling target we've gotten.
天竜人の悪人描写が露骨過ぎて好きじゃないから、このシーンのソマーズくらいが一番的として魅力感じるわ
- @仮名-f3g👍 0
Sommers is entertaining whether he's getting knocked around or just talking...honestly he's a well-written character.
ソマーズはぶっ飛ばされても喋っても面白いやつだな……正直良いキャラしてるよ
- @モモタロス-r9m👍 159
This line basically confirms he's getting written off — if the Holy Knights don't start dropping here, the plot can't move forward.
ここで神の騎士団減らせ無いと先が見えなくなるから退場処分が確定した台詞とか。
- @sonezaki1127👍 4
"Written off"... nah, he's not gone until Im-sama personally turns Kirimgham and Sommers into skulls lol
退場…、イム様がキリンガムとソマーズをドクロにしなきゃ退場になりませんw
- @wmjpkxtk.l👍 12
I always figured if his steel heart gets destroyed he can't regenerate anymore and just dies — is that not right?
@sonezaki1127鋼の心臓破壊したら再生出来なくなって死ぬと思ってるだけど違うのかな?
- @黒夜叉-h8g👍 9
Depending on how this plays out, Zoro vs. Sommers Saint is starting to feel a lot like the Ohm fight back in Skypiea.
ゾロVSソマーズ聖は内容によっては空島編のオーム戦に近い物になりそうな気がしてきた
- @sora-j5g👍 107
Rayleigh was the one who beat Sommers back in the day, and Zoro has real parallels with Rayleigh — this matchup makes a lot of sense.
かつてソマーズを倒したレイリー⇒ゾロと共通点あるからこのマッチアップはいいね
- @ああ-h1c7p👍 7
Sommers's spikes are giving major Ohm-from-Skypiea vibes.
ソマーズのトゲが空島のオーム戦を想起させる
- @王子卵-p6t👍 1
Ohm in Skypiea was rose-themed, Sommers is rose-themed too — Zoro really does keep fighting rose guys.
空島のオームも薔薇 ソマーズも薔薇 ゾロは薔薇とよく戦うね
- @user-fe6lr2wq7v👍 36
The fact Rayleigh basically one-shot this guy just proves he's a monster.
こいつほぼ瞬殺のレイリーはやっぱり化け物
- @バラティエ32👍 26
That's because he didn't have his power-up mode on back then. Without it, Zoro or Gaban would one-shot him too.
オーメン無いからやろ オーメン無ければゾロにもギャバンにも瞬殺されてる
- @ユータン-r2e👍 3
Luffy vs. Imu. Zoro vs. Sommers. Sanji vs. Kirimgham. Guess that's the full matchup card now... Gunko's still a mystery though.
ルフィVSイム ゾロVSソマーズ サンジVSキリンガム 対戦カードは出揃ったか 軍子は不明
- @夜行性のゑびふらゐ👍 1
Wonder if this is finally the chapter Sanji awakens Conqueror's Haki.
今回はサンジの覇王色の覇気の覚醒来るかな?
- @シャッフル-b7y👍 3
So Zoro and Sanji are finally moving from "knock them out" to actually taking a life, huh.
とうとうゾロやサンジも相手を気絶させる展開ではなく、命を取る展開になるのか
- @Spawning35👍 18
"Because you're the ones who are gonna drop dead." So damn cool.
「てめぇらがくたばるからだ」 クソかっけえ
- @ばあむりんでん👍 1
Also love that he's not just saying he'll win — he's flatly declaring the other guy's going down too since Sanji's headed that way.
自分が勝つのは当然としてサンジが向かったからあっちもくたばるぞって言い切ってるのもよき
- @僕ガイル-r7s👍 3
Zoro was way too cool in this part lol
ここのゾロカッコ良すぎたわww
- @レタス-w5n👍 1
Yeah, Zoro's always cooler when he's beat up and grinning through it!
やっぱりゾロはボロボロで笑ってる方がカッコいい!
- @ドンクリック詐欺に注意👍 12
Imu actually bails out a useless, unserious subordinate like Sommers — that's a pretty decent boss, honestly.
イム、ソマーズみたいな無能で不真面目な部下でもちゃんと助けるって結構良い上司だな。
- @服部幸雄-v8s👍 2
Forget Sommers Saint — my overdue national pension payments are the real terrifying threat here.
ソマーズ聖よりも、滞納してる国民年金がやばい
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