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one piece: egghead arc

2024-10-10

ch. 1058–1125

Okay I can't wait any longer I'm reading more lmao

1058
AYYE EVERYONE'S BOUNTIES HAVE SKYROCKETED!!

LMAO OF COURSE BUGGY DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE LABELLED AN EMPEROR!!!

LMAO HE WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE BOSS BECAUSE OF THE POSTER DESIGN THAT'S AMAZING

ASFAGKF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL MISUNDERSTANDING THE MARINES HAVE FOR BUGGY IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

LMAOO BUGGY HAS A HIGHER BOUNTY THAN LUFFY THAT'S SO FUNNY!!!

Oh shit! Sabo is calling the revolutionaries for the first time after the news that he allegedly killed Cobra! And the marines are listening in! There's no way Oda is gonna let us hear that conversation lol

1059
Okay!!! We're pulling a Vivi with Yamato! I'm totally okay with that!! He's apart of the crew, but currently he's staying in Wano to protect everyone. I'm excited to see the day Yamato leaves Wano and gets to adventure with the Straw Hats!!! I'm hoping that day still will come with Vivi! With the status of her kingdom, maybe she'll actually be joining the crew.... probably not though! If her dad died, I'm sure she's gonna want to lead and protect her people.

SERAPHIM PACIFISTAS??? WEAPONS THAT LOOK LIKE A LITTLE GIRL!?!?? OH NO!!!! THIS IS DEFINITELY THE REASON THEY DISBANDED THE WARLORDS...

Yeah...and the Seraphim Pacifista is one of the Lunarians... maybe a remnant of them that was Kuma-ified??

Wow this standoff... Blackbeard can kill Boa at any time, but if he does his men and Koby's men will both be petrified forever... Blackbeard doesn't believe Boa would actually unpetrify his men!

RAYLEIGH!!!! HI!!!!

HELL YEAH HE'S MEDIATING!!! EVERYONE STAND DOWN AND EVERYONE SURVIVES!!

WAIT THE PACIFISTA LOOKED LIKE THE BOA SISTERS' SISTER AS A KID?!?!?? LIKE A FOURTH ONE WHO IS MISSING OR SOMETHING!?!?!?

ASAGHAOJGHO NOOO KOBY!!!! HE'S BEEN ABDUCTED BY THE BLACKBEARD PIRATES!?!?!?!??!?

1060
Yeah my official prediction here is Sabo was framed, perhaps he was fighting with Cobra and when Cobra died they blamed it on Sabo, while Sabo escaped with Vivi, rescuing her.

LMAOOO CARIBOU IS IN THAT BARREL

Of course Luffy wants to go after Vivi... I understand but I don't think Mariejois is where we need to be going right now

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT ODA EVERYONE ELSE GETS TO KNOW!!! WHAT IS IT LUFFY WANTS TO DO AT THE END OF HIS DREAM????

It's so interesting that the last road poneglyph is nowhere to be seen. There hasn't been but a whispering of it! It was in fishman island in Roger's time, but where is it now?

AYHKDGFAJFKAGFKJAG FKA SABO!?!!?!?!?!!??!? HE SAYS HE DIDN'T DO IT AND I BELIEVE HIM!! HE SAYS THE EMPTY THRONE NEVER EXISTED BUT I SAW IT!! DOES THAT MEAN IT'S NOT ACTUALLY AN "EMPTY THRONE"??? IS THIS RELATED TO THE GREAT IMU??? THEY FUCKING BLEW UP THE WHOLE KINGDOM SABO WAS ON!! IS HE ACTUALLY FUCKING DEAD!??!??? THE ONLY WAY HE COULD NOT BE IS IF THE CALL WAS RELAYED THROUGH MULTIPLE TRANSPONDER SNAILS BUT.... IS SABO FUCKING DEAD!?!?!?!??!??

A FUCKING ORB OF WATER!?!?!??!?

FUCKING BONNEY!!?!?!?!?!?!?? WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU HERE!?!??!? WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR DEAL!?!!?!?!

1061
Wow this situation does not look good! We've capsized!!

AWWW HELMEPPO IS SO WORRIED ABOUT KOBY!!!!!

Funny that Luffy has no idea who Bonney is!!

Alright Egghead island! "A place 500 years in the future"! Fascinating!

Ayye Vegapunk's lab is here! We're gonna finally meet him maybe!!

A GIANT ROBOT IS SAVING THE SHIP!

WTF THIS PERSON IS DR. VEGAPUNK????

1062
Okay okay so this is not the Dr. Vegapunk. This is...his child/apprentice? An additional body he can possess??

OH BOY WE'RE GONNA GET AN AUDIENCE WITH THE DR. VEGAPUNK!!!

ASJAKHLFGKASHFLA JEWELRY BONNEY IS KUMA'S KID!?!?!!? AHSKFASFG WATAGVHAL GAELGFHBA ELGEAIGHAIL GLAIEG IAEG LIAEG ILEAUG LEAI AIG

Make sense we'd have a futuristic sci-fi segment of a story as long and diverse as this. I'm pretty excited!

OH SHIT OKAY!!! ALL OF THESE VEGAPUNKS ARE PARTS OF THE SAME GUY???? FUCK!!!!

We have:

  • PUNK-01 ~ Dr. Vegapunk Shaka the Good
  • PUNK-02 ~ Dr. Vegapunk Lilith the Evil
  • PUNK-03 ~ Dr. Vegapunk Edison the Thinker
  • PUNK-04 ~ Dr. Vegapunk Pythagoras the Wise? (Wisdom)
  • PUNK-05 ~ Dr. Vegapunk Atlas the Violent (Violence)
  • PUNK-06 ~ Dr. Vegapunk York the Greedy? (Greed)

OH SHIT CP0 IS PLOTTING TO KILL THE VEGAPUNKS?? WHY???

1063
Oh my goodness I love you Recycollie

LMAO A FASHION BOOTH this place is ridiculous!

Ayye my man Jinbe is wearing a "tropical pattern"!!!

Oh shit it's Kuma!! I guess since Vegapunk design the pacifistas, they are using them as policemen!

I'm sorry Bonney!!! But this isn't your daddy! The real Kuma has been rescued by the Revolutionary Army! This guy is a robot built in his likeness!!

Noo!! Blackbeard is after the Heart Pirates!!!!

WHAT THE FUCK LAW????

!?!?!?!??!?!??!??? CHANGE YOUR GENDER DISEASE!?!?!?!??? I WOULD HAVE ASSUMED THIS WAS SOMEHOW RELATED TO IVANKOV BUT..... WHAT!?!?!?!?

OH NO!!! BLACKBEARD WAS WAITING AT THE ISLAND LAW PICKED!!! FUCK!!

I LOVE YOU LAW BUT THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE BEATING BLACKBEARD THIS IS SO BAD

1064
(cover) holy shit! Oda's revealing just on a cover page that Kuzan is for sure a member of the Blackbeard pirates!?!? Crazy!!! Although I will say something doesn't feel quite right about that... My prediction is he is in deep cover for SWORD or something like it. Poor Pudding though, I hope she ends up okay

Holy fuck Blackbeard actually got stabbed! He's not down yet though... no way in hell!!

OHH SHIT THEY ARE HOLDING PUDDING HERE!!! I thought it was strange that Augur was on the cover and in the battle, though I was like "well he has the Warp-Warp fruit"

That's so fucking cool though that the cover page is happening at the same location as the chapter for once!!!

Okay! We're getting bits of Kuma lore! He was the "wicked king of the Sorbet Kingdom" driven off by his people, and eventually aligned with the Revolutionary Army?? Something about that story feels weird. We're definitely missing something

We did hear the name "Kuma the Tyrant" before, though Bonney denies that... What is up with this?? I'm so excited for the inevitable Kuma flashback haha

Oh shit?? Kuma was from a "special people"??? What does that mean??? He certainly doesn't look Lunarian...

Wow, I'm SO CURIOUS to see this island in color... But I must resist skipping ahead in the anime!!!

Okay lol "Labophase" = Lab and "Fabriophase" = Factory ("Fa")/Research ("Rio")

That's so cool! The upper area (Labophase) has sky island ground!! Of course it does!!

ASGAGDAGAHGJLKAHGKJAEGHL JK VEGAPUNK (PUNK-01) IS TALKING TO FUCKING DRAGON!?!?!?!??!?!?! HE SUSPECTS HIS DEATH IS COMING??? BONNEY WANTS TO KILL HIM BUT SOMEHOW I THINK IT'LL COME FROM ELSEWHERE... VEGAPUNK IS TALKING TO DRAGON!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?

JY: Yeah that arc is so fucking good and one of my favorites for sure

aside — favorite arc, catching up, & obsession

What is your favorite arc?
I imagine the most recent one is too new to be a contender

JY: You know the one that we just finished was insane and was a blast to read week to week so it’s definitely up there. But Marineford will probably stay my top forever due to how emotional all of it made me. I relate to Ace so hard

Gotcha, I'm fresh off wano so I can't say for certain but I think it was my favorite

JY: I enjoyed Wano but I don’t think it’s my favorite

CC: the most recent couple of arcs have all been really good

JY: I think imo the arc Egghead is better than Wano for sure
I’ll wait to explain why till you catch up


I just really liked the story of the samurai and the themes, it all made me very emotional several times throughout. I love that it's such a satisfying story of a broken people resigned to their oppression freeing themselves (with lots of help from the Straw Hats haha).
Whole Cake Island was my favorite and now I think Wano is better for me but I'll have to make that decision later when the recency bias fades

JY: Whole Cake is great too

And I am absolutely loving the arc I'm on so far, but it only just started for me

JY: I want to explain my reasoning but I just can’t till you catch up
Ugh lol


Okay lol
It won't be too too long
I'll be caught up before the end of the month for sure, maybe sooner depending on how much school work I've got

JY: Yeah that’s fair

If I didn't have school work I'd say I'd be caught up by Tuesday
lol

JY: Fairrrr

But maybe slowing down will help prepare me for week-to-week

CC: might be a good idea honestly, the shift from binge to serial is awful

JY: I didn’t slow down at all but was able to use YouTube videos to make the transition better

I'm hoping the fact that I'll at least get to read this whole arc before catching up and I start week-to-week close to the beginning of an arc will help me
That seems better than catching up right in the middle of an arc's climax

JY: Like binging analysis videos made it a lot easier

Yeah I'll definitely be doing that lol
You'll have to recommend me good One Piece channels/videos to watch
That goes for anyone here that wants to

JY: I will haha

I'm watching the early anime in the background (syrup village), and it's super hard to take this as anything more than humble backstory

JY: I just don’t think I’d be able to have the patience to start over in the anime

Fair
I'm too obsessed not to

JY: I’m not really obsessed I don’t think I ever was to your level but I did love it very much

Obsession isn't inherently positive, I just get obsessed with things
Although One Piece is like, top tier obsession for me, I don't think there's anything I'm more obsessed with
There are things I am equally obsessed with though

I'M SO OBSESSED FUCKING ANIME SYRUP VILLAGE IS MAKING ME BAWL!! AND I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE

JY: Idk I don’t really think I’m that obsessive over things but maybe I am and just don’t know

1065
Hahahaha!! I forgot the crew took Caribou along just to get him to the next island!! They went to a government island, so I guess he's a temporary crew member for another arc lmaooo

UHHHH??? SERAPHIM JINBE??? WHAT????

Dr. Vegapunk Edison is a little guy!!!

Dr. Vegapunk Pythagoras has some of the Straw Hats' battle data!!!!! I don't want to see Straw Hat Seriphims...

Dr. Vegapunk York just ate food for Edison?? Is that actually nourishing Edison somehow, or...????

And here's Dr. Vegapunk Shaka!!! He was talking to Dragon last chapter!!

???????????? THE PAST??????????? 900 YEARS AGO?????????

That's before the void century, yeah??? 1) how do you know this 2) why are you telling us

1066
THE TITLE IS "THE WILL OF OHARA"!!!! LET'S FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!!!!

A machine??? Made during the void century????

AHGAFDGJFAJG DGAFDFHGAJDFJAYDGF VEGAPUNK WAS FRIENDS WITH ROBIN'S MENTOR!?!?!?! THEY ARE A GOOD GUY AFTER ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO COOL

I'M CRYING SO FUCKING MUCH AGAIN AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

OH SHIT THAT'S WHAT VEGAPUNK LOOKED LIKE!?!?!? LOL!!!

Wow, Vegapunk and Dragon go waay back...

So Vegapunk and Dragon have "the same goal" despite Vegapunk not being in Dragon's army. Who's goal are they following??

SAUL LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED A SAUL/ROBIN REUNION BEFORE THE END OF THIS MANGA!!!

OKAY??? SO THIS IS VEGAPUNK'S "MAIN BODY" NOW I'M GONNA SAY..... WHAT EXACTLY IS THE NATURE OF THIS COMPARTMENTALIZING? WHICH PART OF VEGAPUNK IS HE? IT CAN'T BE ALL OF HIM...?

1067
(cover) AYYYEE!! JUDGE VS. CAESAR!!!!

He has the fucking Brain-Brain Fruit LMAOOO

Uhhh I don't know about the sharing a brain thing.... maybe the answer isn't hivemind???

LMAOOOOOOO MOMO'S DEVIL FRUIT WAS A FAILURE CUZ HE WAS THE WRONG COLOR!?!!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

Ancient Mechanical Soldier out of nowhere huh???

I wonder what Vegapunk has to give Bonney....

WHAT VEGAPUNK WANTS US TO TAKE HIM WITH US???

OH FUCK VEGAPUNK IS GOING FULL BETRAYAL!!!! THEY ARE NOT LETTING CP0 IN!!!!

THEY ARE FIXING KUMA AND HE JUST STARTS RUNNING????? THE REVOLUTION'S REALLY BEGINNING??? HELL YEAH!!!!

AG: iirc kuzan being a member of bb crew was confirmed in a movie like 10 years ago just never brought up on canon

that's dumb

AG: 900 years ago is when the void Century started
is kinda confusing cus they consistently refer to the void Century as having happened 800 years ago but thats when it ended


Cool, that's good to know! In that case, it's interesting that the mechanical soldier was made at the beginning of the void century, and according to Zunesha, Joyboy hasn't been around since the end of the void century

GA: i love the color twist lmao

it's very funny!

AG: funnier because it was a somewhat common joke theory that that was the reason momos fruit was a failure

GA: lmao i never knew that

lol

AG: fact check cus i was talking from memory it was mentioned twice during dressrosa once by sakazuki and once by jesus burgess that kuzan was a member of the BB pirates

I had thought Kuzan was rumored to be in contact with Blackbeard, which doesn't exactly mean he was one of them, but I didn't not see it coming

aside — coloring book

oh yeah btw I bought this from Walmart

it's pretty cool
it seems to go from Fish-man Island through most of Wano

GA: every b&w manga volume is a coloring book if you're enough of an heretic

I'm not sure if I'd try that on manga paper but I suppose you aren't wrong!

1068
Oh? Other Cipher Pol ships have been disappearing at Egghead?? What have you been up to lately Vegapunk.... I presume the Seraphim were recent inventions too so.....

Okay Kuma is certainly trying to get to Egghead. Is it because he was summoned by Vegapunk, or because he found out about Bonney or something???

There's some Nikola Tesla free energy in Vegapunk

So I'm totally good with trying to get a source of free energy and all that, but why are you basing it off of the mechanical soldier? Didn't it's power source fail??

Obviously S-Bear is Kuma, they even just said he had the paw-paw fruit, but S-Snake, S-Hawk, and S-Shark?? Who could those be based on? Is S-Shark Jinbe??

Uhh did they just kill Kaku!?? I hope so lmao! I'm not gonna say he's dead yet though cuz you know how Oda is

Oh nope he's fine lol!

And Luffy and Lucci reconnect! I'm sure Lucci has gotten stronger in these last two years, but Luffy has gotten stronger too lmao

GA: reconnect sure is a word for it

lol I'm sure there's a better one but that one came to me first

1069
(cover) ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT MADS FROM THE FUCKING COVER SERIAL???

Well rip Atlas I guess!!

Hahahahaha!! CP0 is gonna get fucked this arc. They need permission to attack an emperor? Too bad you forfeited the opportunity to not fight when you destroyed the person who fed Luffy lmao

Sure you've gotten strong Lucci, but there ain't no way in hell you're stronger than Kaido, and he was no match for Nika-Luffy

AYYE!! WE'RE GETTING GEAR 5 AND A VEGAPUNK CONVERSATION ABOUT IT FUCK YEAH!!!

Oh? I wonder if there were other characters who read the books about the devil fruits and thought it was weird Luffy's wasn't in it...

LMAO USOPP YOU RIGHT THOUGH

OH FUCK MORE DEVIL FRUIT LORE!!!

Woahhhh... "Every devil fruit is a possiblity for human evolution that someone desired!!!" That's like Oda saying "your fan devil fruits are cannon"

There's clearly more here though, like what is the role of the sea? Why does the sea have a will of its own, and why does it oppose devil fruits? I'm gonna need a more specific reason than "unnatural", be that something about the creation of the fruits, something about the will of the sea, or both.

aside — devil fruits

Considering what we've learned, why do the devil fruits contain a will? Is that will based on the person who dreamed it up? Is it just a property of the character that was dreamed up? You'd think there's a very clear distinction between "I wanna be a tiger" and "I wanna be the sun god Nika, who has rubber powers". One is a childhood fantasy and the other is oddly specific... Also, you'd think there'd be more gods out there if it was just any powers people dream up... The Nika Fruit also had been actively evading capture by the government for 800 years, so something about it's will is strong enough to ensure it's freedom...

Okay I want to go into this for a minute: When Gear 5 happened and the Nika thing was revealed, it did make me wonder about Luffy and Joyboy. I had initially wondered where the line was between Luffy's will and Nika's will. Obviously right now Luffy is Nika, but other people have been Nika in the past too. Here's how I have chosen to think about this. In the same way we've talked about swords choosing their wielder with Zoro, I'm gonna say it's like that with devil fruits, either generally or just for special ones. Anyone can wield a sword, but you have to be right for it to use it's full potential. Anyone could become a rubber man, but it takes a will like Luffy's to become Nika. This could make sense for others too! Awakening a devil fruit seems super uncommon. I'll bet you have to be right for the power. It's got to "choose you" like a sword does. It's hard to imagine any other character we know than Luffy awakening that fruit because Luffy's will and Nika's will matched so strongly in a destiny sort of way. Eating the fruit didn't suddenly turn Luffy into Joyboy and have the traits of desiring freedom and wanting to make people smile, but Luffy was meant to be Joyboy. Not in a reincarnation way but in a things rhyme kinda way. Luffy has inherited the will of Nika, some idea of freedom and liberation personified.

The main thing I don't get is why the sea is at odds with the devil fruits. Like, yeah it's a really good downside for the purposes of story, but there's GOT to be something deeper... I would think that the sea would represent freedom too and be on the same side as Nika...

CC: note: during the g5 reveal the five elders specifically called out zoans as having a will of their own. so the dog-dog fruit for example might chose its wielder/awakening, whereas the jacket-jacket fruit just happens

Yeah I know, I just feel like there must be a distinction between most Zoans and literal gods, and I feel like it doesn't make a lot of sense to categorically rule out wills of other devil fruits from this one line, although Zoans are the only ones confirmed to have their own will. I just have a feeling maybe nobody fully knows everything about the devil fruits?? Maybe Imu does??

CC: if anyone knows the full details it's imu

Back to 1069 lol
Oh that's interesting!!! Of course the Five Elders made sure they have the highest authority. I bet Vegapunk has a secret backdoor or something still though

Oh yeah btw ofc S-Hawk is Mihawk, and S-Snake is Boa

NOOOO, AXE BOY!!!!

1070
FRANKY CALLED OUT THE SWIM-SWIM FRUIT BEING PINK'S!!! Good to know he's not dead haha

Oh shit, the marines are sending every battleship they have to Egghead, this is gonna be wild!

1071
huh, what's Kuma doing at the red line? I would have assumed Kamabakka was in the New World already, but maybe not?

Oh?? A mysterious "one more person here that could help" but they'd be driven out of their home by the government... I wonder who that is?

Oh no it's the worst time for Bonney to be chasing Vegapunk!!!

Woah!!! Kid and Killer!?!??

OH SHIT KID AND KILLER ARE AT ELBAF???

ASHFGAGKAGHAG GARP IS LIKE FUCK EGGHEAD, I'M TAKING HELMEPPO AND GOING AFTER KOBY!!! AGDJKALGKAGH SO FUCKING GOOD!!!! NO PERMISSION NEEDE LMAO!!!

Garp's definitely gonna get in serious trouble with the World Government by the end of this

aside — kittens!!!

ahhhhh both of my kittens are sleeping on my lap!!!

GA: 🐱‼️ !!!!!!!!!

1072
Wtf is this quote at the beginning? Who is "a true and undeniable human being"??? Is somebody actually a robot? Is it Bonney??

WOAH I GIANT PAW-PAW PRINT??

Woah!!! People lose 21 grams of mass when they die in this world... leading researchers to believe people have souls... fascinating!!!

I see where he's going with this. If he can give pain form can he push out a human soul? Into something else perhaps?? Is Kuma's personality actually intact in a computer or something???

THE GIRAFFE IS BACK

Oh shit!!!! Stussy is fighting against the rest of CP0!!! I just thought her lack of warning Kaku and whatnot was a joke but she actually was trying to hinder them!!!

WOAH SHE WAS WHO THE QUOTE AT THE BEGINNING WAS TALKING ABOUT!!! SHE'S A CLONE!! OF SOMEONE FROM THE ROCKS PIRATES!?!?!??!?

1073
WOAH SHE'S A FUCKING VAMPIRE!!!

WHAT? VEGAPUNK (STELLA) IS GONE???????

WOAH FUCKING WEASELBEARD IS PROTECTING WHITEBEARD'S HOMETOWN!!!! I DIDN'T THINK I'D LIKE HIM AT ALL BUT THAT'S REALLY COOL OF HIM

HOLY FUCK WAIT WEASELBEARD'S MA IS THE REAL STUSSY!?!?!?!?!?!?

"Supposedly" Whitebeard and Weaselbeard are related and Stussy says Dr. Vegapunk could prove it.... WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE IS WEASELBEARD A FUCKING CLONE????????????

OH FUCK ONE OF THE ELDERS IS ON HIS WAY!!! "ST. JAYGARCIA SATURN"!!!

1074
OH SHIT 50 MK. III PACIFISTAS IS SO MANY

Wow that's a heck of an order for the pacifistas... "make sure your creator gets off this island alive!!"

Wow, they're locked in the dome, no Stella, and being confronted by CP0... I don't hesitate to say this isn't going well at all!!

What happens if the Stella dies? Does his brain live on? Will the other six live on??? What happens to all the information stored in Punk Records??

"Chica check the kitchen, I think that camera's dead"

OKAY I LOVE THAT THERE'S DIALOG BETWEEN LUFFY AND ZORO ABOUT WATER SEVEN THAT'S SO COOL TO SEE THEM REMINDED OF IT THROUGH THE VILLAINS AND THING ABOUT ICE GUY!!!

Oh fuck... Bonney is probing her dad's memories for an answer... this is a crazy way to do a Kuma flashback...wow....

HAHAHAHAHAHA WAPOL IS WITH VIVI WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED AT THE REVERIE!?!?!?!? THEY'RE BEING HIDDEN BY "BIG NEWS" MORGANS!!! THAT'S SO GOOD!!!!

Goddammit Morgans!!! I liked you, but now!!! You stoop to printing military propaganda just because it sells better? You've lost what journalistic integrity I thought you had mister!

1075
(cover) It's so silly that the germa cover story turned into big vegapunk and MADS backstory story

Uhhh... I'm not totally sure what's going on this chapter??? I think there's an extra guy in the lab sabotaging cameras, and it might be one of the five elders because the seraphim aren't listening to Vegapunk OR CP0???? But wasn't one just on his way not too long ago??? He's definitely not here already... what's going on???

1076
After very good dialogue between them and with the help of Luffy, Lucci, Zoro, and Kaku, S-Bear goes down!!

WOAHHH CP5, CP7, AND CP8 HAVE BEEN TRAPPED HERE WITHOUT FOOD FOR MONTHS..... IS THAT VEGAPUNKS DOING? OR THIS MYSTERIOUS STOWAWAY???

Ope! Vegapunk the Stella is now trapped with them!!! Who the fuck is doing this????? I have literally no predictions!!!

OH SHIT SHANKS IS WITH DORRY AND BROGGY AND IS ON ELBAF!?!?!?!??? KID IS TOO!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

AND THEY'RE GONNA FIGHT EACH OTHER!!!!!

1077
(cover) OH GOSH CAESAR AND JUDGE ARE BECOMING FRIENDS!!!

LOL ZORO FIGURED OUT THE SERAPHIMS WERE LIKE KING, WAS LIKE "There wasn't much about King to clue me in. He only had a couple of unique features. White hair... Brown skin... Black Wings, and the flames on his back..." AND EVERYONE'S LIKE THAT'S SO OBVIOUS WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG

FUCK SHAKA JUST DIED!!!! THIS IS SO FUCKING BAD

1078
(cover) NEO MADS HELL YEAH HONESTLY!!! But please no more child experimentation?? Please???

ALL OF THE VEGAPUNKS ARE DYING!!!!

WE'RE GETTING THE EVENTS OF THREE MONTHS AGO!! WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FOUND OUT VEGAPUNK WAS STUDYING THE VOID CENTURY!!! WHAT HAPPENED??? WHO'S HINDING OUT ON EGGHEAD!?!?

OH SHIT OH FUCK OH SHIT OH FUCK IT'S VEGAPUNK YORK THE GREEDY!!!!!!!!!!

1079
Wow... Shanks just absolutely destroyed Kid and his crew!!! With one fucking attack!!!

1080
Wow! Koby is freeing himself and all the slaves!!! Just like Luffy in Wano!!!

Woah, Kuzan recognized Koby saying he was apart of SWORD and explained it to Blackbeard... I think he probably IS a member of SWORD

KOBY'S TEAMING UP WITH PERONA TO BREAK OUT AND SAVE MORIA

WOW THIS IS SO COOL! ALL THE SWORD MEMBERS PLUS GARP RESCUING KOBY!!! Wait... Garp is retired... is he a part of SWORD too???

1081
HAKFGFKAGHF KUZAN AND BLACKBEARD MEETING!?!?!?!?!???

THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PONEGLYPHS!!!

THIS IS SO FUCKING GOOD OH MY GOD

A rumor that a "man marked by flames" has one??? That can't be the one on Zou, right???

HOLY SHIT! THAT WAS A FUCKING INCREDIBLE CONVERSATION!!!

I LOVE that the Blackbeard Pirates are all free agents who are affiliated for mutual benefits like this!! It makes so much sense!! I really have grown to like Blackbeard a lot and his kind of opposite approach to pirating of Luffy's

AYYYEYEEYEY BEPO SULONG LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO!!!!!

Also I'm just realizing here, the two big emperors left (not Buggy) are Shanks and Blackbeard. Luffy, Kid, and Law were the trio that took out Big Mom and Kaido. Shanks took out Kid and Blackbeard took out Law!!!

Woah what!!! Wait Bepo went sulong without a moon????

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

1082
T-Bone was killed, apparently

WOAHHHH THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

THIS ACTUALLY MADE ME CRY HOLY SHIT BUGGY IS SO GOOD!!!! I LOVE THAT, MONEY FOR THE FAMILY AND SINCE YOU'RE A FUGITIVE NOW YOU CAN JOIN UP!!!

ONLY ODA CAN MAKE ME CRY AND THEN IMMEDIATELY LAUGH BEFORE I WAS DONE CRYING!!! THE CREW MADE THEIR SHIP HAVE A BUGGY FIGUREHEAD!!!!!

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO BUGGY'S GOT HIS CREW RILED ABOUT ABOUT CLAIMING THE ONE PIECE!!!! SO NOW FOUR OUT OF THE FOUR EMPERORS ARE OFFICIALLY AFTER IT

SABO'S GONNA TELL US WHAT HAPPENED AT THE REVERIE LET'S FUCKIGN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1083
SEVEN KINGDOMS ARE STANDING AGAINST THE WORLD GOVERNMENT HELL YEAH

I LOVE THIS PLAN!!! LET THEM STARVE!!!!!

God's knights... probably the five elders, yeah?

WE'RE SEEING THE REVERIE STUFF I WANTED FROM SO LONG AGO!!!!!!!

Shit, King Cobra was summoned by the five elders. Then they definitely killed him!

1084
OH NEVERMIND COBRA ASKED FOR THE MEETING

WOAH THEY ABSOLUTELY DID KILL HIM! HE KNEW TOO MUCH!!!

HAHAHAHAHAAAHHA CHARLOS GOT HIT HARD!!!!!

AWWW MORLEY JUST WANTS HIS FRIEND BACK!!!

OH SHIT THE GREAT IMU IS HERE, THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO KILL COBRA

1085
Wow... The Nefertaris are D.s too...?? At least the one who would have been a celestial dragon was... Cobra seemed to imply that made him a D. too... is that how that works??

RIP Cobra man,

WAPOL FREED VIVI AND THEN THEY HID TOGETHER WITH "BIG NEWS" MORGANS OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!

1086
THE FIVE ELDER PLANETS!!!!! (This was pretty obvious from the name "Saturn" with the first guy, but still a WHOLE CHAPTER ABOUT THEM WITH A COOL COVER PAGE THAT IS IN THE COMIC

Okay the Great Imu has given an order to retrieve Vivi... there's no way she can return to her kingdom now... so she's gonna sail with us as a straw hat finally, right!?!?!?!!?!??!!? PLEASE!?!?!?!??

MWAHAHAHAHAAH BACK IN CHAPTER 1060 I SAID "IS HE ACTUALLY FUCKING DEAD!??!??? THE ONLY WAY HE COULD NOT BE IS IF THE CALL WAS RELAYED THROUGH MULTIPLE TRANSPONDER SNAILS" AND LOOK! I WAS RIGHT! HE RELAYED IT THROUGH MULTIPLE TRANSPONDER SNAILS!!!

Okay the Imu founder was St. Imu of House Nerona. Interesting.

OH FUCK AGFKALDGHALDKGHALEGHLA UOG IG ARE YOU REALLY SUGGESTING??? IMU IS SOMEBODY THE OP-OP FRUIT'S POWER WAS USED ON LONG AGO?????????????????

Oh fuck Iva thinks the thing that destroyed Lulusia might be an ancient weapon???

ASGKFAFKGHAF DTGET FYUCUHIEFHIU GJFI OLEIKDKE MJOOUAHGOIUGOLANBGOLJELOJUGNLOJN FUKC GOLBIEGOLIUGHOLUIG--

ahem let me say that slightly less incoherently: THEYIKCH FUYCKIGNINGIG KILLLEDEDOED MJOJSGAARDDDAGD!!!!!!!!

1087
GARP GOT HIMSELF STABBED SAVING KOBY!!!!!

FUCK THIS IS NOT GOING GOOD

woah that's crazy I got to promo of the live action

1088
That chapter was an absolute joy to read!! I really loved everyone's interactions, and Garp allowing himself to be captured by Blackbeard to save Koby??? That's fucking good shit

1089
Earthquakes everywhere, there's a weird hole in the ocean, and a metric fuck ton of marines are at Egghead...

HAHAHAHAHAHA YORK IS LIKE "We good, right?? Cool, then SAVE ME!!!"

Our Straw Hats regained control fairly easily while we were attending to other business, huh. I want to know what happened!!

Ahhhhh I want to keep reading but it's 2am!!!
I've gotta stop and I think this is a good place to stop
Just realized I'm past where the anime currently is

AA: Hell yea

39 chapters remain

AA: I better catch up soon before you know even more than I do lol

It's a possibility I might catch up before 1129, but if not definitely by 1130

AA: Wowzers

AG: when you catch up we need to get on vc fr

JY: Yeah and I wanna be there too
Current one piece is crazy and I enjoy it every week


VC after I catch up? sure!


GA: i once read about a real life scientist (maybe in the early 20th century) who tried to measure the weight of the soul by finding people who were on death's doors and weighing them before and after they died
and the result was one or two dozen grams, but no one could replicate the experiment and get the same result


JY: Yeah I read about that too

I thought that the concept sounded familiar somehow, that's a cool thing to base it off of

Welp, I was ready to do some school work, but my professor hasn't published the module I'm supposed to be working on so I guess I can't???? So you know what that means... time for more One Piece!!!!!

GA: how unfortunate!

1090
LMAO S-SNAKE IS ALSO IN LOVE WITH LUFFY

Ayye!!! Vegapunk (the Stella) just tells them Northeast from there was Elbaf!!! Are they gonna make the connection that that's where Kid went?? That's where Luffy also wanted to go!!

Oh I love Vegapunk's surprise at Franky's works!!

Oh no!!! Kizaru is going after Sentoumaru!!!

UNCLE!?!?? OH BOY!!

1091
When Saturn gets here he's definitely gonna turn the army of 50 mk. iii pacifistas

No!! Sentomaru!!! Okay so Kizaru is taking control of them now but I bet with either the Seraphim or the army of Pacifistas, Saturn is going to take control of one of the two from Vegapunk

Ayyee!! Luffy vs. Kizaru!! Let's go!!!

1092
WOAH BACK TO WHAT KUMA JUST DID AT MARIEJOIS

RIP THE VEGAFORCE-01!!!

AYYYEEE GEAR 5 LUFFY PICKED UP KIZARU!!!

OHHH SHITT THE MECHANICAL SOLDIER HAS A CONNECTION TO JOYBOY TOO!!!

1093
Zoro vs. Lucci seems promising

Light powers do seem pretty over powered

WOW LUFFY JUST JUMPED IN THE PATH OF KIZARU'S LASER ATTACK TO SAVE VEGAPUNK

AYYE WE GOT THE PACIFISTA UNITS BACK (until Saturn arrives, that is)

1094
AND THIS CHAPTER IS NAMED FOR ST. JAY GARCIA SATURN!!!

RIDE-RIDE FRUIT LMAO!!!

HE'S FUCKING HERE

Woah, marines under a certain rank aren't even allowed to see him holy shit...

Wow!! "Five Elder Planets Defence Science War God, St. Jay Garcia Saturn..." Why does he change his design here? What is his power? A devil fruit? Something else??

HOLY SHIT BONNEY JUST STABBED ST. SATURN!!!!!!!!!!

1095
Buccaneer race????

OH NO WE'RE FINALLY GETTING KUMA BACKSTORY I'M NOT READY

EXCUSE ME??? THE NATIVE CLEANSING FESTIVAL?!?!?!?!??!

ASFADSF A YOUNG IVANKOV IS HERE!!!

1096
Holy shit man this is a scored killing game...

Okay, they're going after two devil fruits: the one Kaido eats and Kuma's own. I wonder how that first one ended up in Kaido's hands-err, stomach?

WOW THE ROCKS PIRATES ARE HERE

Huh, and they escaped... I wonder how this sweet kid became known as a tyrant king of this land???

1097
Wow, I'm sorry I don't have much to say about this chaper. Seeing all of this is really really cool

1098
Ginny was with the Celestial Dragons for 2 years before escaping with her daughter... Bonney is part Celestial Dragon, right!?!?!? There's no way she's Kuma's biological kid.

"Sapphire Scale..." Clearly Bonney is still alive, so they eventually found a cure or a way to at least slow it down

1099
Chapter title is "PACIFIST"??? LIKE PACIFISTA!?!?!?!??

Wow... all of this Vegapunk/Kuma interaction... man...

1100
Wow... Kuma's absolute obedience so that Bonney would be saved... this is so good

1101
AHHH 16 YEAR OLD LUFFY!!!!!!!!!

Bonney's story is so cool to see! I love this so much

1102
ASFAGADGAG HONESTLY THE BEST PART OF THIS IS SEEING THESE PEOPLES REACTION TO LUFFY JUST STARTING TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF

GETTING TO SEE KUMA'S THOUGHTS DURING THE INTERACTIONS WITH THE STRAW HATS ASHFAKJDGHFKDAJG AK AKGF KAJDHGS KAHG ADJ

AEGAEGHAKDJGHAKJGHJAK I'M CRYING

1103
KUMA FUCKING RUSHES IN TO SAVE BONNEY AHAKDHGAKJDGHJKADGHJKDSHAGJ

1104
Wow I've been at such a loss for words with these chapters, this is really really fun though

The government is officially ready to just level Egghead to the ground, buster call style! But of course with so much more troops

1105
Who was on this warship that was sent out??

This looks so hopeless!!! And then it shows a stuffed Luffy and you know things are about to turn around

Oh? Who else is coming??

1106
Okay okay okay hold on... Vegapunk programmed the pacifistas to obey Bonney???? That's a bit convenient but I'll take it lmao

VEGAPUNK THE STELLA GOT FUCKING STABBED!!!!

DORRY AND BROGGY ARIVE!?!?!?!?!??!?!? WHAT!?!?!?!?

1107
YEAH LUFFY!!! FUCK UP ST. SATURN

AND NOW SOME OF THE BLACKBEARD PIRATES ARE HERE!?!?!?!??!??!?!?

ASKAJFGJAKFGH THEY RUN INTO FUCKING CARIBOU WHO "ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A LACKY FOR BLACKBEARD" LMAO!?!!?!??!!?

1108
It's really good to see Dorry and Broggy!! I guess Shanks sent them to get Luffy and crew???

Oh fuck rip Vegapunk for realsies

ASGJFAK VEGAPUNK RIGGED A BROADCAST FOR IF HE GOT KILLED!?!!??!?!?

1109
ADHFADGJKAGHDFKHGFSHGD

1110
AKJGFADGHAD GOH FUCKCKKCKCINJGVOG ALL FIVE OF THEM ARE HERE!?!?!?!??! THIS IS REALLY BAD!!!!

This is so chaotic too much is happening!!

1111
THE MECHANICAL SOLDIER HAS STOOD UP!!!!

I think that's where I've gotta make myself stop for the night

I have 17 chapters left >.<

AA: So close

GA: iirc Big Mom said she was the one to give Kaido his fruit

Yeah!! You're totally right, I did forget that. Either way, the Rocks pirates showed up at God Valley so I'm sure that she got her hands on it then and gave it to Kaido cuz she had one already


I'm gonna keep going... do I expect to catch up tonight? No. Could I? It's possible...

Egghead has been so packed with stuff though, I'm gonna keep going like I have been, but I know my thoughts have been lackluster (edited)

Once I catch up, I'm gonna give Egghead a re-read and give some more thoughts about it (edited)

Not chapter by chapter though, I just feel like it's been so dense it could use a re-read once I'm able to read the wiki too!

(from where I'm at before reading more, so 1111)

I'm so curious about Vegapunk's message, what would he want to tell the world when he died? Is he going to reveal corruption? He said the "truth"... about the void century??

I seriously wonder if Kizaru might turn before the end of this arc. He clearly showed kinship with Vegapunk, and he hung out with Kuma too as an extention... He didn't want to kill Sentomaru or Vegapunk... I think he probably won't, but I think he might if we stayed here and tried to fight. We seem to still be trying to run though, which makes sense considering the Five Elders together are probably too much for even Luffy still... I don't know for sure, but I feel like by the final battle, Kizaru is not going to be fighting with the government.

1112
Okay, of course they are targeting the ship form Elbaf

I fucking LOVE just the slice of life scene that's playing on this recording while waiting for the 10 minutes to elapse

Wow, Stussy is staying behind to let us escape!!! She's gonna be executed for this!!!

OH NO THE SNAIL HAS BEEN DISCOVERED

1113
WOAHHHH THIS IS SO COOL

HAHAHA THE SNAIL WAS A DECOY

ASADGD "PROTECT ROBIN" AJFHALKDFGALKFH THAT ONE LINE MADE MY CRY!!! SHE'S FACING A FUCKING ELDER AND HER FRIENDS RUSH TO PROTECT HER

Oh my goodness!!! Vegapunk says our world is sinking!!!! Water Seven was sinking we noted, but that's just happening everywhere!! Woah!!!

1114
OH SHIT THIS IS WHY THE CELESTIAL DRAGONS LIVE UP ON THE RED LINE! IT'S THE ONLY PLACE SAFE FROM THE FLOOD

The mother flame...

HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE VOID CENTURY TO THE PUBLIC!!! THIS IS CRAZY!!!!

AAFJALDFGAD FSAUL!!! HIII!!!!!

This of course is happening while the Straw Hats are finalizing their escape, setting up the Straw Hats sailing away as Vegapunk finishes his crazy speech, the government left defeated!!

OKAY TELL US THE FACTS VEGAPUNK!!! TELL US THE FACTS!

Joyboy was born in the time before the void century, and was the first pirate!!!! So why did he take to pirating?? Was it in a response to the events leading to the void century?? Was it before all that too??

1115
Uhuh the Great War uhuh

"Allied Powers", fitting name for them pre world-government

WOAH FOXY??? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?!?!?

Stussy might escape!!!

Wow.... there were full continents long ago in this world...

AHHHHHHHH SEA LEVEL RISING CLIMATE CHANGE BAD

1116
OH SHIT WAIT ARE THESE ANCIENT WEAPONS THE ONES WE KNOW ABOUT??? LIKE PLUTON AND POSEIDON???? THEY SINK THE WORLD??????

A piece of the mother flame was stolen?? By whom?? For what??? Why can't you make another one?? Because it was based off of the mechanical soldier???

OH FUCK THAT THING THAT DESTROYED LULUSIA WAS AN ANCIENT WEAPON!?!?!?!?!?!

HAHAHAHAH THE IRON GIANT IS GUARDING THE SNAIL

Wowww this is fucking crazy

1117
ODAAAAA "Those of you who carry the letter "D." in your name. Among you there is---" AND THE SIGNAL GETS CUT

1118
AHH GODDAMMIT YOU'RE MAKING ME CRY OVER THE IRON GIANT!!!

Listen to Vegapunk everyone! Don't assume the people who seem to have killed him are evil!!

I love Bonney and her ability so much!!!

WOAH FUCK WHAT WAIT NO EXCUSE ME?????? GEAR 5 BONNEY!?!?!?!?!?!??

1119
HOLY FUCK EVERYONE JUST HIT NIKA LUFFY REALLY HARD INTO THE ELDER AND TEAM ROCKETED HIM AWAY OH MY GOODNESS

WOAH VEGAPUNK'S BACK ON!!

"That carelessly inherited aspect, we can call it a "will"..." !?!?!??! HE WAS TALKING ABOUT SO MUCH GOOD STUFF WE MISSED FUCK

THE IRON GIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1120
And NOW we're getting a Vegapunk flashback?????

IT WAS ALL FOR CONTEXT FOR A LINE!!?!?!? THIS IS TOO GOOD!!

ATLAS IS SAVING LILITH AND THE STRAW HATS ASADFADG

THE IRON GIANT TRYING TO TALK TO LUFFY AS "JOYBOY" AND EVEN THOUGH LUFFY IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN HEAR IT HE THINKS IT'S TALKING TO SOMEONE ELSE!!!!! THAT'S SO FUNNY!!!!!

WAIT A SECOND!!!! "I CAME LIKE BEFORE"???? WAS THERE A JOYBOY 200 YEARS AGO WHEN THIS THING ATTACKED MARIEJOIS??? NO WAY RIGHT??? BUT...????

Wow did they just kill York?

1121
Wow, Gear 5 Bonney slaps though

Holy fucking shit!!! This is crazy!

1122
Woah... this dialogue from the Iron Giant...

WOAH WHAT DID IT DO!?!?!?

JOYBOY SILHOUETTE!!!!!!!!!

1123
AHHH WE'RE LEAVING EGGHEAD WOW

IT'S SO FUNNY THAT THEY ASSUMED IT WAS LILITH THE WHOLE TIME AND THEN IT WAS YORK

THEY LEFT THEMSELVES NOTES TO READ AFTER WIPING THEIR OWN MEMORIES OF THE RECORDING OH MY GOODNESS

ASDAFAKGFAKGHFAKFGJKAGF WOWWWW

1124
Wow... Kizaru/Borsalino's relationship with Vegapunk flashes by as he tells of Akainu for accusing him of slacking off after just killing his best friend holy fuck dude!!

LMAO LUFFY'S EATEN FIVE BUNCHES OF GIANT GRAPES IN HIS SORROW

LOL LILITH IS LIKE "Luffy, I know you don't understand but I am Vegapunk, you did keep your promise"

SJFHALKFHALKLFHAE ELBAFFFF

1125
Woah CP0 declared Stussy "killed in action" instead of reporting on her betrayal

WOAH I THINK THE ELDERS JUST KILLED A VICE ADMIRAL FOR ASKING A QUESTION

Moonface took over Saturn's position!?!?? Does that mean!?!?!!??!?

HOLY FUCK IMU JUST KILLED SATURN!!!

VEGAPUNK LIVES!!!

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