Chapter 1011 — Anko Standards
And Oda’s starting to tie things together!
First off: Big Mom’s new homie Hera! Can’t wait to see what she looks like, but she packs a punch..
..hard enough to make Kid lose consciousness for a moment. That’s some oomph.
Law the doctor taking care of hurt combatants is just so sweet. And with Chopper healing one and all earlier... Médecins sans frontières assemble!
Luffy and Kaido, just whacking each other.
And now the action is moving into the castle itself!
I really like the small foreshadowing here, with Hawkin’s sword dividing Kid and Killer.
Killer sounds a lot like Zoro (and partly Luffy) here; he doesn’t care about the odds, he’s just going to give it his all. You go, second mate!
And we get to see Nami, Usopp and Tama again!
It’s so nice to see all of them act their age and be the perfect stand-in for the reader. Don’t know about you, but I’d be terrified if a half-man half-dinosaur was chasing me; Jurassic Park is scary enough.
And Big Mom. I just like her more and more! Her mood swings and capriciousness and whimsy!
Thank you Prometheus for the info dump.
And Tama is just so sweet. I like her a lot.
Interesting take on Big Mom’s selfishness here. How could Kaido have known that the inhabitants of Okobore helped Big Mom — so how could he have prevented the destruction of the town? As far as we know, no-one knew about Big Mom’s movements in Wano and her appearance at Udon was a complete surprise for Queen.
But here she is, judging Kaido and his henchmen for something they didn’t know about and imposing her standards (fair though they are, “don’t raze a town that helped you” and all).
Also; nice show of a conqueror’s haki-infused attack, once more. I really like the airbag!
And what kind of showdown do these three herald?