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One Piece Chapter 1188: Luffy's "Unprecedented" Defeat by Im — Japan Isn't Buying It

ワンピース1188話 ルフィ「史上初の完全敗北」に日本のファンの反応

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One Piece Chapter 1188: Luffy's "Unprecedented" Defeat by Im — Japan Isn't Buying It
“"Luffy gets defeated" — bro, we've seen this like a hundred times already.”

ルフィ敗北とかもう何回も見たやろ

— @満足同盟-p8f

In One Piece Chapter 1188, Luffy takes what the story frames as a historic, unprecedented total defeat at the hands of Im — and Japanese fans immediately called out that they've watched this exact beat play out before. The recurring theme in the comments was fatigue: veteran readers tallying every past "first-ever" defeat (Crocodile, Magellan, Kaidou) and joking that the trick has been running so long it counts as a traditional performing art, while others admitted the constant no-stakes fake-outs have completely drained their sense of dread. A few even floated retiring Luffy for good and handing the story to a side character. It all lands on one comment about what happened to the Luffy they used to love — and it says more than the chapter itself did.

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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 814)

  • Oh, and by the way — next chapter's on hiatus.

    なお、次号休載

    — @sskkita453 likes

  • That's the scariest part of this whole thing.

    これが一番ホラー

    — @zatugakunnmanga76 likes

  • Oda, probably: "Hmm, what do I even do next chapter, I already stabbed him."

    尾田「次ど〜しよかな〜指しちゃったし」

    — @積田尚22 likes

  • I mean, there was already a whole video about this — he's "lost" to Crocodile, then Magellan, then Kaidou. He's got a losing streak against Crocodile AND Kaidou at this point.

    まぁ別動画であったがクロコダイルに敗北から始まり、マゼランに敗北しカイドウにも敗北してますからねぇ。クロコダイルとカイドウには連敗してるし

    — @あんこ-e4i9e66 likes

  • This is like the fourth time now he's had a "first-ever defeat in One Piece history."

    ワンピ史上初(敗北)を既に4回程やってるという

    — @ラルマンセ7 likes

  • This pattern doesn't make me feel any despair anymore lol.

    このパターンでもう絶望感無いなw

    — @湊一郎-r9u353 likes

  • Kaidou and Crocodile, watching from the sidelines: "Oh, this scam again."

    カイドウとクロコダイル「またいつもの詐欺か」

    — @豆すき54 likes

  • A traditional performing art almost 30 years running now.

    30年近く続く伝統芸能

    — @batorasu2765287 likes

  • Genuinely a national heritage craft at this point.

    まじで伝統芸能

    — @zatugakunnmanga8 likes

  • Crocodile, watching: "Hold on, if THIS killed him, then I actually won my fight."

    クロコダイル「いやいや、コレで死んでたら俺勝ってたわ」

    — @KosukeNakano-v1i327 likes

  • Pretty sure his first fight against Crocodile felt exactly like this too.

    クロコダイルと初対決した時もこんな感じだった気がする。

    — @kaen.chaneron130 likes

  • During the Crocodile fight I actually thought "oh no, Luffy got stabbed." This time, Nika-Luffy gets stabbed and all I can think is "thanks for finally shutting him up, Im."

    クロコダイル戦は「ルフィ刺されたヤバ‥」って思ったけど、ニカルフィが刺されても「イム様ニカルフィの暴走終わらしてくれて有難う」としか思えなかった

    — @んなぁ-b2x7v18 likes

  • Crocodile's real mistake was going soft and not finishing him off — if Robin hadn't pulled him out of the quicksand, Crocodile actually wins that fight.

    ちゃんとトドメを刺さなかった甘さはあれど ロビンが流砂から出さなければ実際勝ってただろうし

    — @ダンホネ10 likes

  • He's already had two "total defeats" against Crocodile alone lol.

    完全敗北はクロコダイルで2回やられてるよねwww

    — @海燐6 likes

  • "Nika getting stabbed is bad news" — this is literally the exact development the old-school fans have been begging for.

    ニカが刺されてヤバイとかいう古参ファンが望んでた展開

    — @apliraplir624328 likes

  • Who do you think you are, man. Way too many comments in this section talking down to everyone.

    ​@zatugakunnmanga お前、何様やねん。コメ欄を見てると、上から目線のコメントが多すぎるやろ。

    — @smi579631 likes

  • Next chapter, probably: *thump* *thump* *thump* Luffy: "AHYAHYAHYAHYA! This is FUN!"

    次回 ドクン、ドクン、ドクン ルフィ「アヒャヒャヒャヒャ！おもしれ！！」

    — @middle-p9h11 likes

  • Here it comes, here it comes!!

    きたきたきたー！

    — @zatugakunnmanga1 likes

  • It's gonna be the usual pattern — flashback montage, then miracle recovery, right lol.

    どうせ、回想シーン入ってから復活のパターンでしょw

    — @SP-fn9yj28 likes

  • The "he's obviously going to be fine" feeling is so strong. Oda can't write actual despair anymore.

    どうせ生きてるんだろうな感 もう尾田に絶望感は描けない

    — @しりか-n1d32 likes

  • There's no more excitement left in One Piece for me. And after all that mysterious silhouette buildup, THIS is Im-sama? lol.

    ワンピースにもうワクワク感とかないな。 イム様もあのシルエットからこれかい笑

    — @長谷川玉ねぎ剣士46 likes

  • I still kind of want to know how it ends, but I've stopped wanting to actually read it week to week. The best part was watching the crew come together.

    なんか最後どうなったかは一応聞きたいけど読みたいとは思わなくなっちった みんなが仲間になっていくところまでが最高だった

    — @alrukann1 likes

  • If this defeat actually sticks and the story moves forward from it, I'll genuinely reconsider my opinion of One Piece. But if it's just "ahyahya, that attack was rough!" and everything resets, well — that's just modern One Piece for you.

    このまま敗北の流れになって進んでいくならワンピ見直すけど、「あっひゃっひゃ！やべえな今の攻撃！」みたいに無かったことになったらああ今のワンピだなってなる

    — @TeLoPRODUCE2 likes

  • Just end it here with "~The End~," honestly. It's not exciting anymore.

    このまま　〜完〜　でええよ もうワクワクしない

    — @R6アールシックス3 likes

  • Feel free to swap out the main character at this point. Give it to Blackbeard or Franky.

    主人公交代してもええんやで ブラックかフランキーに

    — @poihul-z1k7 likes

  • Let's go with Franky, yeah — the guy can literally fire a giant cannon out of his chest.

    フランキーにしとくか　ハイメガカノンとか打てるし

    — @zatugakunnmanga1 likes

  • Honestly, he got run through THIS cleanly — at this point I almost want him to actually die lol.

    むしろ、こんなちゃんと貫かれてるんだから死んで欲しいまである笑

    — @くらっしー71 likes

  • The Luffy we all fell in love with died a long, long time ago…

    俺たちが好きだったルフィはもうとっくに死んでしまってるんだ…

    — @LOXAS140 likes
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