One Piece Chapter 1187: Sanji Awakens Conqueror's Haki — What Japan Said

Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 566)

• The moment we found out the Pirate King's #3 guy Gaban had Conqueror's Haki, this was already a foregone conclusion.

  海賊王のNo.3のギャバンが覇王色持ってた時点でこれは既定路線

  — @GARBAGEWARIO546 likes

• At this rate I feel like the eventual retcon is going to be "actually every race is born with the potential for all three Haki types, they just never awaken it because of their mentality, or they have it and just don't realize it or train it."

  ここまで来ると、元々全ての種族には3種類の覇気の素質は備わっているが精神性の問題で開花していないだけ、覇気が開花していても自覚がなく鍛錬もしていないから扱えていないだけ、と理由付けされそうな気もする

  — @いんたーねっと放浪中19 likes

• Yeah, that actually sounds plausible.

  ​@いんたーねっと放浪中ありそう

  — @kaiya30253 likes

• Honestly if that's the actual explanation it'd kill the magic a little — "loving punches" would just become "Armament Haki triggered by strength of will" and lose all the mystique.

  @kaiya3025でもあったら少し萎える、愛ある拳とかも意思の強さで武装色が発現していたから、になりそうで

  — @いんたーねっと放浪中4 likes

• At this point I might have Conqueror's Haki too.

  もう俺も覇王色もってるんじゃね

  — @えお-y7q181 likes

• Even I have it, so yeah, checks out.

  俺ですら持ってるからな

  — @TheNNSNNS15 likes

• Wait, seriously? How come I don't have it then.

  マジかよ なんで俺には無いんだよ

  — @motopsychorideordie20 likes

• It's a Conqueror's Haki clearance sale at this point. Wouldn't even be surprised if Brook has it too.

  覇王色のバーゲンセール もはやブルックとか覇王色持っててもおかしくない

  — @noontpa48635 likes

• Kaidou's going to have to say "you don't need this many Conquerors" all over again...

  カイドウさんに覇王なんて何人もいらねぇんだよってまた言われちゃうよ…

  — @kohakuironopoke43 likes

• Honestly, forget Conqueror's Haki — I'd rather they just did SOMETHING about the rest of the crew's Haki situation first.

  正直覇王色よりも、他のメンバーの覇気を何とかして欲しい

  — @じゃがいも大魔神118 likes

• At the very least Franky, Robin, and Brook need to learn Armament Haki already. Quit slacking.

  フランキーロビンブルックくらいは武装覚えろよな サボってんじゃねぇぞ

  — @tokitou115433 likes

• Usopp's already had Observation Haki awakening moments back in Dressrosa and the Film Red movie, so it's about time he actually mastered it.

  ウソップはドレスローザやフィルムレッドで見聞色に覚醒してる描写あるしそろそろモノにしてもいいと思う

  — @toka165817 likes

• Thing is, in the current power scale, awakening Observation Haki alone without Conqueror's on top of it basically makes you combat-irrelevant now. Oda's really bad at pacing this stuff out.

  ​@toka1658でも現環境だと今更見聞色だけ顕現したところで覇王色ないなら戦力外だけどな 本当作り方下手くそ過ぎるやろ

  — @ujimusgjdtvjk10 likes

• Judge doesn't really lead through personal presence though. I doubt Judge himself has Conqueror's Haki — his sons and soldiers are all emotion-stripped clones, so it's not like he's drawing people in through charisma.

  ジャッジも別に人の上に立ってないよな ジャッジは覇王色ないんじゃないか？ 息子たちも兵士も感情無くしたりクローンにしてるからカリスマ性で惹きつけてるわけじゃない

  — @shige19800yen88 likes

• Being a king doesn't automatically mean you have Conqueror's Haki, to be fair.

  国王なら覇王色持ってるとも限らないぞ

  — @ホットホット-y7k20 likes

• A royal family that's just a scientist's self-declared nation doesn't carry much bloodline weight — it reads more like generic-brand royalty, not the kind of lineage that screams "king material."

  科学者が自分で作った国の王族って血とかの意味付け薄いジェネリック王族って感じで王の素質は感じないんだよね

  — @漆黒の中坊れたす恥38 likes

• I don't think it's really about Sanji's bloodline at all — feels more like he just happened to be born with it himself.

  サンジの家系的にどうこうというよりサンジ自身がたまたま持って生まれたって感じだと思う。

  — @瑠璃めし4 likes

• If the family's been royalty for generations rather than Judge himself being the founder, the original ancestor almost certainly had it, so a hereditary path exists. Also, since Judge was engineering strong kids on purpose, I'm curious about the wife's bloodline too.

  ジャッジから王になったわけじゃなくて先祖代々王だったのなら初代とかは間違いなく持ってるだろうし遺伝ルートはある。あとジャッジは強い子供を作ろうとしてたわけだから妻の家系も気になる

  — @adwpgjtpj14 likes

• Kirin-gham putting on a Kaidou-tier wrestling match of a buildup before the reveal.

  カイドウ並みに前振りプロレスしてくれるキリンガムさん

  — @雑草刈りのゾロ79 likes

• After taking damage that should've been a mystery-tier near-death experience, he just... doesn't finish him off and lets him recover instantly. Truly a master of pro-wrestling pacing, Kirin-gham-san.

  あれだけの目に遭わされてるのに、止めささずに見逃して生きてるのが不思議クラスのダメージ有ったのにすぐ復活。流石プロレスの上手いキリンガムサンやで。

  — @hide04822 likes

• Honestly, once you're at the level of a top pirate or an Emperor's officer, I'd buy that everyone already has the raw potential — and only a handful ever actually awaken it. That framing I could accept.

  ここまで来れるレベルの海賊や四皇幹部になると素質自体はみんな持ってるんじゃないのかな。その中でも覚醒まで漕ぎ着けるのは一握りって設定だと納得いくな〜

  — @のむ-v2b12 likes

• Fine, he has it, sure. What bugs me is skipping the whole growth arc — unconscious use → conscious intimidation → actually coating your body in it. Something we were told only a rare handful could ever pull off is turning into the default setting.

  覇王色持ってるのは良いとして、無意識→意識して威圧→纏うみたいな成長過程はすっ飛ばして、ほんの一握りの強者とかいってた覇王纏デフォルトになるのはモヤるんだよな

  — @muller193924 likes

• It took Luffy two whole years to get a handle on it, and he only learned to coat himself in it after training in Ryuo. If Sanji just awakens it and instantly masters it, that's gonna kill the vibe... but then again, he has no way to beat Kirin-gham without it, so.

  ルフィが使いこなすのに2年 流桜を習ってようやく覇王色を纏うことも出来るようになったのに、 サンジが覚醒してすぐマスターできたら冷めるな。。 けどここで纏わせないとキリンガム倒せないというね、、

  — @hachin-twice83 likes

• Honestly Conqueror's Haki or not, doesn't matter to me — the real issue is this whole Kirin-gham vs. Sanji fight only exists because the guy mysteriously keeps not finishing him off. It's too farcical to take seriously.

  覇王色持ってようが持ってまいが、どうでも良いけど キリンガムvsサンジが謎に相手を見過ごした末に起こってる戦いだから茶番すぎてキツイ

  — @AIC-nr6zr3 likes

• This is what happens when you can't control power creep. They're just handing this stuff out way too carelessly.

  インフレを制御できないとこうなるんやね 雑に配りすぎなんだよ

  — @awayplay3096 likes

• Yeah, okay, that's enough of that...

  もうええて...

  — @宵月-v9m5 likes

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