One Piece Chapter 1187: Luffy Declares His Name in His Nika Form

Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 659)

• Luffy basically said "stop calling me all these different names, I'm Luffy, the man who's gonna be Pirate King!" — really hoping this means less of the Nika personality going forward.

  ルフィが「色んな名前で呼ぶな！俺はルフィ！海賊王になる男だ」みたいに言ってたから今後ニカ人格が減っていく事に期待

  — @daichi-nzn1,704 likes

• Honestly he's been overusing "I'm gonna be Pirate King!" as a go-to line whenever he's cornered. It's not a greeting, man.

  正直困ったら海賊王になる！を乱用しすぎてる感がある あいさつじゃねぇんだぞ

  — @ペンギン好きの一般人26 likes

• @ペンギン好きの一般人 Luffy genuinely does use it as a greeting sometimes though, so... maybe it kind of is one?

  @ペンギン好きの一般人 ルフィは実際これを挨拶として使ってるし 挨拶なんじゃね？

  — @Geaaaa-z6h95 likes

• At the end of the day, Luffy at his best is the one who gets angry for someone else's sake, states his name, and fights without laughing.

  やっぱり誰かのために怒って名乗って笑わず戦うルフィが一番良い

  — @wapon-k5m592 likes

• Next week: Nika, "Ahyahyahya."

  来週 ニカ「あっひゃっひゃっひゃ」

  — @yoshitsune9040314 likes

• Random background character: "WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!"

  モブ「えぇええぇぇえええぇぇーーーーーーーー！？！！！！？？」

  — @ホモスティアーノオナウド78 likes

• On the flip side, if he's able to fight without laughing, that makes his attitude in every past fight look pretty rotten in hindsight.

  逆に笑わずに戦えるなら今までの戦い性格悪過ぎるやろ

  — @コウノトリ-q6t104 likes

• Lol, Luffy slaps random nicknames on everyone else all the time, but the second someone does it to him he's suddenly not having it.

  ルフィも色んな奴を適当に呼んでるくせに自分が呼ばれるのは嫌なの草

  — @凛-p3c806 likes

• Luffy sees a 🔺 and calls it a 🔺 — but the people calling him Joy Boy or Nika are looking at a 🔴 and calling it a 🟥. That's not the same as Luffy just handing out nicknames. He's giving people nicknames; they're mislabeling him entirely.

  ルフィは🔺を見て、🔺と認識してるけど、ルフィのことをジョイボーイとかニカと呼ぶやつは🔴を見て🟥と認識して、🟥として呼んでるようなもんだからルフィが人のことを変な名前で呼ぶのとは話が全然違う ルフィはあくまであだ名として呼んでるだけだからな

  — @すとっく-h1e34 likes

• Luffy: "Dog old man." Inuarashi: "There's no easier name to remember than that!"

  ルフィ｢いぬのおっさん｣ イヌアラシ｢こんなに覚えやすい名前無いだろ！｣

  — @あつつ-c3s28 likes

• Just losing the obligatory laugh is progress on its own. If he could start actually using his crew's skills right while he's at it...

  義務笑がなくなっただけでも進歩。その調子で仲間にも適材適所してほしいが…

  — @altatomozou-zj5bd419 likes

• Nami: "Whaaat?! 👀" Long-nose guy: "WHAAAT?!? 👀" Chopper: "WHAAAAAAAAT?!?!?! 👀"

  ナミ「えー！！！👀」 鼻野郎「えーーッ！！！？👀」 チョッパー「えーーーッ！！！！！！！！！？？👀」

  — @お化け-154229 likes

• Kind of a quiet detail, but I love that he says "I'm Luffy, the man who's gonna be Pirate King!" while still in his Nika form. Doesn't feel like the persona's taken over anymore.

  これ地味にニカの状態で 「俺はルフィ！海賊王のになる男だ」って言うのいいよね。 乗っ取られてる感なくなった

  — @Pn-ce1km184 likes

• For once I thought "oh, nice panel" — and then I realized lol, he's not even laughing in it.

  珍しくいいコマだと思ったら笑ってなくて草

  — @Ss-o-eE210 likes

• Just laugh, Nika.

  笑えよニカ

  — @ファイナルウォーズクモンガ10 likes

• "There you are, Joy Boy!" has some serious Baikinman energy [the cartoon villain from the classic kids' show Anpanman].

  現れたなジョイボーイ！のバイキンマン感が凄い

  — @user-mz4zu6rz2e72 likes

• Ever since I saw that comparison I genuinely can't unsee Im as an upgraded Baikinman lol

  これみてからイム様がバイキンマンの上位互換にしか見えなくなったwww

  — @マグロを好む者10 likes

• The way they keep shooting Im's face — same dead-on angle every single time — is starting to get old.

  イムの顔の写し方（アングル？）がずーーーーっと同じ正面からのままで飽きがきた

  — @ten_eight_10852 likes

• "This is so cool" → looks at Im's face → "...is it, though?"

  あまりにもかっこいい→イム様の顔を見る→カッコいいのか？これ···

  — @Show-ow6wl58 likes

• There are so many good-looking characters, but lately everyone's lips puff up like cod roe the second they get punched in a fight scene, and it totally kills the mood for me.

  イケメンキャラ多いけど、最近のバトルシーン殴られてる顔がみんなたらこ唇すぎてめちゃくちゃ萎えるんよな

  — @愛なぎ18 likes

• Im's real body showing up feels way too sudden, and there's zero chance this actually gets resolved here, so it just doesn't build any excitement.

  イム様の本体の登場が急すぎる上に、ここで決着着くわけも無いから、ワクワク感がないんよな

  — @kinokonoyama76491 likes

• If they actually settled this as the final battle right here, that'd mean tossing out 100-plus unresolved mysteries at once — feels like that would blow up in their face.

  ここで最終決戦したら100以上ある未解決の謎を全部放り投げる事になるから大炎上しそう

  — @casanova-d5t10 likes

• It's... fine if it ends right here... so give it everything you've got.

  もう…これで終わってもいい… だからありったけを

  — @Geaaaa-z6h89 likes

• "Gathering up our dreams~!" [a line from "We Are!," the original One Piece opening theme]

  夢を～かき集め～！

  — @マグロを好む者13 likes

• "Stomping on the earth~ stomping on the earth" [same opening theme, sung twice for effect]

  大地を踏み締めて〜大地を踏み締めて

  — @康太新井-e2n7 likes

• Just please, hurry up and finish the story already.

  とにかく早く完結させてくれ

  — @noahdamd3 likes

• This ain't the final battle. There's still a bit more to come. (6 years, 7 months, and 325 chapters in.)

  最終決戦じゃないぞよ。もうちっとだけ続くんじゃ。(6年7ヶ月 325話)

  — @pisco_ch7 likes

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