#chapter 1151

About Loki and Shaggy…

Dear Shogun Momonosuke:

I like to think of myself as a tolerant person. Especially after such brutal days with Kaido the last thing we need is ugly, ugly sins like discrimination. I wholeheartedly support your appointments of Daimyo Inuarashi and Daimyo Kawamatsu as a sign of racial tolerance. But sometimes we have to draw a line. 100% of Wano's known transgender population are able to best Yokozuna-caliber athletes with ease despite no prior sumo experience.

There is clearly a case of some kind of unfair physical advantage their entrancing gender sorcery is conveying. This is not a condemnation of that outright! One of our national heroes Lady Kikunojo is a more skilled practitioner and we're still not quite sure how you look like that at 42 but this Hanayanagi Style allowing one so thin and erm...well endowed to topple a Yokozuna outright is an affront to our national image! I may know these two are earnest. You'll notice I am not complaining about Sir Yamato's presence inherently defiling the sumo ring and I supported the expulsion of the men who forced Okiku to do so in Bakura. I still agree both her and Luffytaro are entitled to an equal share of the prize money offered under the conditions stipulated. But if the wider world were to get the wrong impression they may start to believe Wano is a land of beguiling, beautiful men and women who could grapple a bull into submission.

How are the rest of us to keep up with such lofty standards? So I implore you to issue an edict to preserve our sacred sumo ring.

Signed,

Stevejiro, Kibi

Awww, Kawamatsu being able to enjoy sumo again is so sweet. I was hoping he would now. I wonder if he's still competing, or is like Yamato's mentor. Or maybe they are just goofing around.

If Urashima's brother is anything like him, he definitely was just using brute size and strength, it'd be fun to see a match between Kawamatsu and Yamato. Yeah Yamato has more brute strength, though Kawamatsu likely has decades of experience in the sport. That would be a fun match.

The crowd in the background cheering are cute as well, it's nice to see these people accepting Yamato. Perhaps Kawamatsu set up this match for the sake of helping Yamato to be accepted and for the sake of the people to get to know him.

With Yamato potentially becoming the Daimyo of Ringo, Kawamatsu helping the citizens to connect to Yamato like this makes sense. Helping a fellow outcast.

Zunesha?? One of the fear constructs is an elephant with extra long limbs. Hmmmm. Speaking of those nightmares, I like Killingham's dragon form more... but he's a big jerk regardless.

The Ripley, Gaban, Collun family are so awesome.

HELL YEAH CHOPPER!! SAVE COLLUN'S DAD!

This was a trippy place to start. The way I read these sometimes I have to scroll through pages and I stopped on the top half. If you've been around a while you know Oimo & Kashi are really special to me because their big moment is where I caught up to the manga. So I see this and it really hits especially because it reminds me of parts of Wano too and just when I'm thinking I can make a great point about Denjiro's best line, "You've confused a geisha with a pet dog, how can a woman bloom if you aren't the clear water at her roots?" Then...

I downloaded the page as a full image. I open it up to crop and bam. The Reversi game just underneath. Of course it's Reversi because last chapter but it's a cousin game to Go that'll work for the same reason it did on Onigashima. The games share that element of flipping pieces, you are the environment that surrounds you, and hell yes it reinforces the idea that someone needs to step up as a strategist. These core ideas will be prominent in this chapter, though like the cover I do feel going into a break we're seeing more the setup than the execution of this phase on Elbaph.

-Is currently busy for an indeterminate amount of time.

-Recently went through a traumatic experience.

-Initially thought Loki’s voice and words were fearsome.

-Knows Loki has some kindness.

-Is potentially someone who Gaban, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper would recognize the voice of. They were all nearby when Shaggy called in 1151, though Oda had them not hear the voice.

-Had enemies who occupied a place and wanted them to be dealt with, though wasn’t seeking total annihilation of the enemies.

-Those enemies have been partially dealt with now, though not entirely, and seemingly have the potential to return for vengeance.

I like that the whatever elephant Zunesha is is among the nightmare creatures