#op 1151

NOTHING BETTER HAPPEN TO RIPLEY ODA! I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE KILLING MOMS! 😠

But seriously, I love that Oda 1) isn't having her just stand around on the side & 2) she's still prioritizing Colon & not immediately losing it over hearing what happened to Gaban. This is a bit judgy of me, but one of my greatest annoyance with parents in media is when they emphasize the romance over the love of their child. Like....you should never be more concerned with your partner than your child in a dangerous situation. It doesn't make them look good at all so Kudos to Oda for not going down that route.

Also, a small part of me is really hoping we get a bit of Ripley action. When she was first introduced fans of One Piece who were also into wrestling speculated that her name might've been inspired by a female wrestler named Rhea Ripley. If you Google her you'll see that she toured in Japan for a bit & gained a decent fanbase so I think it's entirely possible Oda knows about her. Her character is apparently well known for her aggressive fighting style, her signature move where she picks someone up & slams them on the ground, & her catchphrase "Mami is always on top".....Mommy? 👀

Please Oda....let Mama Ripley get her turn & show her throwing some bodies around! She's a warrior damnit!! I want her squishing Sommers like a bug for hurting her family!! 😩😈

WHY ARE YOU HOT!? 😭

Oda...please stop making the Holy Knights hot. That's literally all of the ones we've been introduced to so far omg. Don't make me lust over kidnapper.

I'm no better than Sanji 😔💔

We finally get to meet the legend that is Bent's mother.

"As If I could pass out now!! "

Everyone else go home! Bent's mom has got it covered!! 😤 She's literally withstanding Imu's Haki y'all! Her power....

Oda has the opportunity to do the FUNNIEST thing & have her epically take down her sleep demon counter part. Let's show that thing there's only room for ONE scary mom in this town.

I'M STILL BETTING ON MY BOY GETTING A MOMENT TO SHINE 😤

I KNEW there was going to be a focus on Usopp's reaction to Dorry & Broggy turning demon. A lot of people think because they're somewhat parallels to Zorsan that those two will deal with them, but imo it makes more sense narratively for Usopp to do something with them. Dorry & Broggy are his heros & his ultimate idea of being a warrior so I hope Oda doesn't skip out on doing something really nice with Usopp here. He doesn't even have to necessarily defeat them or get some big powerup. I think finding a way to snap them out of their trance long enough so Luffy & co. can release them is good enough.

1) WE COULD STAND TO BE A LITTLE SERIOUS LOKI 💀

This guy is still chained to the ground & wants to act like a bastard to his brother smh. He's the biggest troll EVER how does anyone take what he says seriously?

2) Loki has exactly ONE human friend & he cares about them so much, but is too embarrassed to admit it ASDFGHJKL 🥺💔.

Btw....WHO TF ARE YOU MOSA/SHAGGY!? When the spoilers first dropped the theory of it being Jarul upped in popularity. The thinking being that Jarul is calling Loki before his possible death...but the more the I let it sit the less I like it. Why would Jarul have to hide his identity? Didn't he know Loki as a child?? Unless he literally isn't allowed to talk to him? The speech patterns also sounds nothing like him imo.

I'm still leaning towards Shirahoshi! If not her then I think it will end up being someone we already know. It makes the most sense to me personally. Also, what exactly is going on where Mosa is that they need to tell Loki they won't be I contact anymore?? Could Mosa even be in Mariejois where another fire is said to be happening?? Idk your guess is as good as mine atp.

How much you want to bet that as soon as Loki is free & the Elbaph situation has settled that he will run off to try & get to Mosa?? Because that's immediately what came to my mind. 👀

And somewhere in the New World Rayleigh feels a disturbance in the force....

This is such a funny moment & I'm really excited that Oda seems to have given the old gen wings the same rivalry. I hope we get to see Rayleigh & Gaban together again so we can witness a back & forth.

It just really sucks that the powerscalers can't take a fucking joke. They took this scene waaaaay too seriously 😭💀.

So it's basically confirmed that Harald wasn't entirely a POS right? At least, it seemed he at least TRIED to save Elbaph in whatever way possible. I'm still liking my theory of Imu possessing him, but him breaking free long enough to beg Loki to put him down for the good of the kingdom or whatever.

Give us the flashback Oda. It's time.

P.S. Imu is a very petty person aren't they? So because you didn't get what you want right away you're going to be extra mean & evil to Elbaph. Talk about cruelty.

So the board game reference wasn't just a nod, Oda is being VERY literal here LMAO.

1) Is Imu actually playing Othello/Reversal wherever tf their real body is or is that just a visual Oda put there?? 🤔

2) So the only reason I'm not 100% sold on Imu JUST being a demon with magic powers & NO DF is because of that Jinbei panel. Could Imu actually have an Othello fruit?? 🤯 We have a freaking jacket jacket fruit so why not!?

3) So unfortunately, I am not a board game person, but after a quick Google search it seems the objective is for either black or white to flip the entire board to one color & you I think* one strategy is to surround the other color to flip them.

Ummmm......

"The board is already covered in OUR color"

So Imu is team BLACK....the other team is WHITE......White like NIKA/GEAR 5?? But if we need more white pieces to play & reverse the giants back...how are we to do that??

(tweet is from Japanese theorist Dawn & Dusk. Posted after 1150 & before even the spoilers of 1151 came out.)

I've BEEN saying Bonney being able to literally turn into a Nika would be super fucking important. I've BEEN saying there had to be a BIG reason Kuma & Bonney came with us to Elbaph.

Is this WHY!?!?

Bonney's DF can turn people into whatever she wants for a period of time. Is it possible that combined with Luffy in Gear 5 they will be able to "flip" all the black pieces aka demon giants back? Turn them WHITE aka Nikas! Will we get an entire army of Nika looking giants at the end of the arc!?!? 😱

Look, maybe Luffy can do this on his own. Maybe Bonney morphing into Nika was simply Oda teasing Luffy doing this to other characters in Elbaph, but I'm leaning more towards Bonney having a pivotal role. She's been on the sidelines since the beginning of Elbaph & surely Oda had plans for her.

She's literally Luffy's perfect mini me & I doubt Oda would do nothing with it. He's very purposeful & there's no way he gave us Joygirl soley for the feel good messaging. Everyone said it was a cheap gimmick meant to push merch, but not me. I know Oda's writing enough to realize he wouldn't do something as monumental as making a side character mimick the MC's powers that closely if he wasn't gunna do something with it in the future.

I've reached my image limit, but remember the cover for volume 110? The one with Luffy & Bonney mimicking each other as Dorry & Broggy are in the background? The two giants that for flipped first?? 👀

She doesn't even have to battle herself. She just needs to HELP. Maybe even help a certain giant & other Luffy parallel turn "white" so him & Luffy can kick some Imu butt?? 👀