One Piece Chapter 1187: Japanese Fans React — "I'm Luffy, the Man Who'll Be Pirate King!"
ワンピース1187話 ニカの姿のまま「俺はルフィ」宣言に日本の反応
“The "ahyahya" laugh got so much backlash he just folded on it lol”
アヒャヒャ不評過ぎて折れてて草
On One Piece Chapter 1187, Japanese fans latched onto Luffy declaring "I'm Luffy, the man who's gonna be Pirate King!" while still wearing his Gear 5 "Nika" face — reading it as a sign the goofier persona might finally be stepping back. The thread ran through gripes about the "ahyahya" laugh getting so much backlash it seemingly got dropped, jokes that Im's deadpan "There you are, Joy Boy" delivery has real cartoon-villain energy, and genuine worry that this "final battle" tease can't possibly wrap up 100-plus unsolved mysteries. It all lands on one commenter's blunt verdict on just how long this "final" fight is really going to take.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 659)
- @daichi-nzn👍 1,704
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
- @ペンギン好きの一般人👍 26
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
- @Geaaaa-z6h👍 95
@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？
- @wapon-k5m👍 592
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
- @yoshitsune9040👍 314
Next week: Nika, "Ahyahyahya."
来週 ニカ「あっひゃっひゃっひゃ」
- @ホモスティアーノオナウド👍 78
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！？！！！！？？」
- @コウノトリ-q6t👍 104
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
- @凛-p3c👍 806
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
- @すとっく-h1e👍 34
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
- @あつつ-c3s👍 28
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！｣
- @altatomozou-zj5bd👍 419
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…
- @お化け-1542👍 29
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！！！！！！！！！？？👀」
- @Pn-ce1km👍 184
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
- @Ss-o-eE👍 210
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
- @ファイナルウォーズクモンガ👍 10
Just laugh, Nika.
笑えよニカ
- @user-mz4zu6rz2e👍 72
"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
- @マグロを好む者👍 10
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
- @ten_eight_108👍 52
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
- @Show-ow6wl👍 58
"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···
- @愛なぎ👍 18
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
- @kinokonoyama764👍 91
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
- @casanova-d5t👍 10
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
- @Geaaaa-z6h👍 89
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
- @マグロを好む者👍 13
"Gathering up our dreams~!" [a line from "We Are!," the original One Piece opening theme]
夢を～かき集め～！
- @康太新井-e2n👍 7
"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
- @noahdamd👍 3
Just please, hurry up and finish the story already.
とにかく早く完結させてくれ
- @pisco_ch👍 7
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)
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