#chapter 1096

Who am i talking about?

Well if we zoom in a bit... We find Gatz.

That's right, the Gladitorial Announcer from Dressrosa used to be a member of the Rocks pirates.

40 years has clearly done a number on the former pirate, and he's changed his helmet up a bit, but thats very clearly him.

I just love parallels, besties.

Chubby little Kuma all stuffed with trau-ma. So Kuma just paw-paw blasted his way up the ol favorites list, but not as much as Ginny. Who I'm definitely guessing is Bonney's mom. TCB Scans had a t/n that her song matches the cadence of Winnie the Pooh's iconic theme song. Which is...amazing. All this stuff about Bonney & Kuma is definitely hitting a degree harder so soon after losing my own father, and that's a fun tie. His old coworker I needed to reach out to so that group would know, I always remember her having this awesome Winnie the Pooh collection in her office. Speaking of, have you ever seen the Russian version?

Is Soviet Piglet a capitalist pig? Because those pants are max drip. Rabbit being kinda a loser nerd is also a plus, screw him. While I'm on it, how the hell did a kangaroo get in the mix? Did Christopher Robin's dad have an illegal kangaroo he'd take around to box hill folk at county fairs? What the fuck am I even on about? Well you see...

Nah, just screwing around. Kuma is so good here though. Selflessness, spelling it out directly with Saturn, it's all the stuff we've been on about all Egghead. I love the example of saving 500 and still kicking himself for not being able to do more. But as much as Kuma puts those themes on display...Ginny.

I've seen plenty of people independently talking about how Rocks had a very similar vibe to the Straw Hats if they started fracturing and Ginny's straight up playing the type of role I've made the argument is an opening. Yes, Nami's a thief. The rest of it. Wiretapping, masking your movements with decoys, strategic leaks, playing your enemies against each other. Whoever it may be, I do feel like that Quartermaster role is the last one that would really make sense. Where she truly shines, and where this gets weird,

(chapter 1096 spoilers)

Hands of liberation

play the

drums of liberation? Or at the least

herald them? Revive.

It really is not a surprise that Kuma became a revolutionary.

He was directly told by one of the highest authorities in the world that his only options were slavery or death, and that the system currently in place chose that for him before he was born.

It's honestly insane seeing all these massive figures in one location fighting each other like this.