#chapter 1160

I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I FUCKING KNEW IT I SWEAR TO ALL THE GODS ABOVE I AM GOING INSANE TODAY WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK IIM GOING ATUALLY ISNANE.

I know it took me a while to get to this one but truth be told we don't have much to say. It's God Valley. We've been there. Or at least knew the gist of it. And it is cool to see it from different angles. Dragon continues to step up and I get it, this is kinda like his Marineford moment. The ant in the whirlwind. What's crazy to me is how subtle his presence is in such a wild chapter but of course...

Luffy slugged a Celestial Dragon in broad daylight...Dragon killed shot one in secret. One had his crew split, one didn't know he was building one yet. All we know is somehow Garp and Roger decided to team up to defend the World Government. But Dragon's action here ripples so far. I love he inadvertently rescued his top commanders. Then released Shanks on the world below. He's Koby, right?

the monkey d. family and the gol d. and portgas d. families.

You can see Luffy in both Roger…

Like, just imagine the scene above of Roger racing to save Shakky, and telling his men they have no chance, so they may as well fall back is Luffy racing to the Dressrosan castle to fight Doflamingo, or Luffy competing with Kid for chibi dango, etc.

And in the second frame, where Roger's crew has overcome him and left him lying on the ground, and he apologises in a very Luffy-way ("I'm Sowwyy"), imagine it's Luffy after Nami or the crew has shown him the error of his ways (often in the face of similar bravado).

…And also in Garp. Garp comes charging into God Valley hurling cannonballs and all (his known enemy is Roger, BTW. He knows more, but I don't know how much he's aware of). But he's definitely a rogue company man who remains within his employer's limits, somehow.

Dragon, as well as Rocks, notices the new damage and threat.

Luffy also rushes in where angels fear to tread (even when they're right next to him telling him not to). It doesn't always have positive outcomes, and he also can put the lives of others in danger by acting impetuously impulsively even if it the mission has a strong moral purpose behind it (such as stealing, or appropriating the food for the village in Onigashima, or crashing into the castle at Dressrosa when first scoping it out with Viola and Zoro). Both he and Garp have this nearly unshakeable faith in their ability to change a bad situation to good without necessarily paying attention to detail. It doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen. And then we have this guy:

Dragon, doing his best to save these babies (Shanks and Shamrock).

Coming across Ivankov, and an arrowed Kuma, and Ginny. And I'm using the OP Scans translation (Dragon has to face the dilemma of saving the babies, and helping out, and endangering his men’s lives) rather than the TCB one (which says his troop was slaughtered due to Dragon helping Shanks and Shamrocks' Mum), because it seems to make more sense to me, especially with Dragon's superior's comment soon after, but I could be wrong. All of the people in middle right frame seem to have targets on their back, rather than uniforms, and look like civilians.

Anyway, Dragon saves Kuma (and the other future revolutionaries) from a Celestial Dragon who has them in his gun sights, and again, OP Scans seems to make it seem a lot more accidental, so Dragon more aware of his thought processes and the weight of his actions. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that he saved Kuma, and all of the Celestial Dragons in the manga cap above are disgusting, but he knows the weight of taking a life. (However, @ninhaoma-ya’s analysis points out that Dragon is firing tranquilisers, and they’re right!). SO, who takes after Dragon (and who does he take after)? I don't really see Luffy or Garp in him (or Dragon in Luffy, despite Dragon being his father). Luffy would undertake a rescue mission for sure (like Garp, but incidentally too, like Dragon). He has a devil fruit, and I'm not sure if Dragon has one here, so that adds to Luffy's ability and confidence, although Luffy really cared from a young age.

But Dragon is all-levels-of-fallible here, and aware of it. It's a huge undertaking, and he's scared of everything that's going about him (and shocked. I'm guessing anger comes afterwards). Luffy went through immense horrors at a younger age, but, yeah, I guess that Ace, Garp, Roger and Luffy are like the powered-up super-heroes (good or bad) of the piece, and Dragon here seems to be so very human, and therefore very heroic because he understands the consequences of his actions (no action: the twins and other people die // action: his squad dies <-- this seems far more Oda-like. And Even if his squad has died, Dragon is aware of the effects of his actions in a way that seems lacking and often excused from Garp, and oftentimes from Luffy too (and also from Roger and Ace). Possible court martial too.

Poor thing 😔

he looks a lot like young hody jones to me. Maybe hody is also related to Davy Jones?? 🤔

Saturn looks exactly the same age? does this imply they're inmortal?

WHO IS SHE ODA!!?? show me her face!!!

Oda just drew a labubu lol

I need all of them to die a horrible death by the time the manga ends 🤩

her character design is so cool

he wanted to puke, poor dragon </3

THE WINDS OF FATE!!!

Like father like son 😊

The panel of the Rocks pirates is so cool, but do we know who this guy? I think the rest have all been shown so far

I'm thinking maybe Urouge's dad because of that collar? probably not though

I always wondered what Dragon would think if he met Shanks aka Luffy's father figure ... I CAN'T BELIEVE HE SAVED HIM

Damn... and I thought rocks and roger pirates were aura farming...

Listen... I used to love Garp, but knowing he knew this was going on and still thinks Dragon and Luffy are in the wrong for not being marines... he better redeem himself soon

I really like this interaction between Linlin and Kaido. Kaido seeing her as an older sister of sorts and the two contrasting most of the other pirates here, by not caring about Shakky, instead seeking treasure and power above all else. It's worth noting that Kaido doesn't yet seem to have his goal of dying a grand death which people will tell stories about.

"The shrine to Oden and his companions overlooking the Flower Capital."

1160's cover is here and it's quite the stunner. It's nice to see the completed shrine that was mentioned as something the Kozuki folks want to have built in 1052. And this cover provides another really nice perspective with a wide view to look upon the beauty of the Flower Capital. How wondrous a sight Wano is.

The Moria reveal will likely be something that is focused more on in the main story, and we may also see the current flashback overlap with the Oden flashback. This cover arc seems about done however.

If we see Sukiyaki on the covers, aside from him potentially paying respects at the shrine built for his son and sharing some interesting history, I'd like seeing him commenting on how he maybe felt that he let Oden down in the past.

Sukiyaki never really supported Oden's desire to be able to leave Wano, didn't allow such a thing, especially not after he became a Daimyo, and it eventually lead to Oden wanting to leave so badly that he turned his back on his country when they needed him.

This is kinda weird to think about, though for the sake of an example, if Oden were still alive and a Daimyo, I wonder if Momo would have the law changed which makes it illegal for citizens to leave.

It would be good for Wano and for Momo for him to learn to avoid making the same mistakes that Sukiyaki did.

Cover serials by # of chapters:

Decks of the World 48

Caribou & Grand Fleet 46

Miss Goldenweek 43

Wano 42

And how many we've spent in Ringo and post:

5 in Ringo.