#kozuki

when we meet moria he is a depressed man, a coward, a schemer, a guy that has been so traumatized by the death of his crew that he not only hides himself in the fog of the triangle, only surrounding himself with toys and zombies but he openly rejects the idea of a crew because all crews are destined to die. oz looks so much like kaido, i don't think it's a coincidence: every action moria undertake is driven by his defeat.

when he belittles luffy, saying he will be crushed by the new world it's clearly projection. BUT also he is right the strawhats weren't ready, and Sabaody is the next arc. luffy loses his crew too. luffy breaks down while being separated from his friends but moria saw his crew get butchered.

we also know that moria even though he is a terrible human being is clearly a caring person. he adopted perona, he goes to pirate island to face blackbeard to save absalom and is clearly distraught when he learns of his death. so moria wasn't simply disappointed by his loss, his ego wasn't simply crushed, he also lost friends.

SO NOW THE KOZUKI REVEAL ! moria was at Roger's execution he was part of the wave of pirates inspired by his speech, he was young and hungry. what we can guess now is that his encounter with kaido wasn't simply two pirates facing each other for the top of the food chain. he went there to save /his country. just like all those broken samurais we met in wano, moria got crushed by kaido trying to save it. HE LOST HIS CREW BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SAVE HIS COUNTRY. SO THAT MEANS IT'S HIS FAULT. can you imagine the guilt ? it wasn't to follow the dream birthed by roger's words but because they followed him to the land of his ancestors.

Art by citroskull

Inspired by Miraculous and TOOBOE

“This was not your fault. This world seeks to keep you down, to shackle you. But the difference between you and the powers that be is just that: power. And I can give you enough to level the playing field. I only have a simple request…”

I hate it the most when someone assures you of something and then later on, they dismiss it, especially while you were doing your end of things. It is right there that I get trust issues.

But seriously, Kozuki Oden, Toki. You both will be remembered by the land of wano for the things you've done, but more than that, sometimes I just wish that you guys got to live your full lives. And the whole of land of wano too

Also it breaks me a little when I see what Momonosuke has to go through. He's still just 8 years old. And for him everything has happened only recently. So when people make fun of him or look down on him, it makes me so angry that I wanna just dropkick them.

Goosebumps guys, goosebumps.⬇️

Toki is so smart, and so beautiful, and so strong. This scene where she comes by, and announces that 20 years from now thing, pure goosebumps.

Episodes 972–982

I drew kozuki from Tooboe’s MV “Itaino Itaino Tondeike”🩵💙

Here is the link to the MV if you want to listen to the song❤️

Info I had - Oden died in the flashbacks. Yamato dresses and acts like Oden.