One Piece - Chapter 1020 [manga]

[marvelB]

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My bad, guys! While I was aware spoilers came out earlier, I was a bit on the busy side and didn't get a chance to make the new thread until now. That being said, here's what we've got, courtesy of Redon and co. from AP:

-Chapter title is "Robin vs. Black Maria". Splash features Denjirou of the Nine Red Scabbards (under his "Kyoushirou" guise).

-On the rooftop, Kaidou reveals the identity of Yamato's fruit! She possesses the powers of the Inu Inu (Dog) no Mi, Ooguchi no Makami (Large-Mouthed Guardian Wolf) Mythical Zoan (It appears this is the basis of her power). Kaidou points out that this wolf is known as Wano's guardian deity. As they continue to fight, he tells his child that he still wants her to become Wano's new ruler, but Yamato intends to free the country and its samurai from tyranny! They then have an explosive clash....!!!

-Meanwhile, we shift to Robin's battle with Black Maria! Robin gets distracted by illusions resembling the three most important people of her childhood: Nico Olvia (her mother), Professor Clover (Ohara's head scholar), and the giant Jaguar D. Saul! Thankfully, Brooke saves Robin from being duped. In reality, those figures were Maria's subordinates (two SMILE users and a female Number), who were covered in Maria's "Illusion Mist". As for the enemy pirate herself, her weapon, Wanyuudou, is an object that has consumed a SMILE! However, Brooke takes it upon himself to face the living weapon, attacking it with his "Cold Soul". Back to Maria, she still considers Sanji pathetic for crying for Robin's help earlier, and laughs at him. But Robin argues that the cook depending on her help has a deeper meaning the enemy pirate wouldn't understand, and considers Sanji to be one of the Wings of the Pirate King.

-Back on the mainland, Luffy meets with Momo. The rubber man has somewhat recovered, though the Heart Pirates' food supplies (which he exhausted) weren't enough to sustain him. Interestingly, Caribou is present as well, though he watches Luffy from a distance. Our hero has a request to make of the Kouzuki child: To become a dragon and fly him back to Onigashima.....!!!!

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[Rainbowman]

So Yamato is basically One Piece’s version of Amaterasu from Okami. I can get behind that. 👍

[Kanon]

Apparently Robin says he's one of the wings of the pirate king (and not both wings), the other obviously being Zoro. Maybe people will finally stop saying Sanji will be replaced by Jinbei in the monster trio now.

[OH&S]

Originally Posted by OH&S

As for Yamato, I'm personally guessing their fruit is more akin to some kind of Okami rather than a Qilin or Byakko; the ガルル is sort of a giveaway. But we'll see.

Originally Posted by marvelB

-We finally learn the identity of Yamato's fruit! She's an Ooguchi no Makami (Large-Mouthed Guardian Wolf) Mythical Zoan! It appears this is the basis of her power.

Excellent. I knew that there was something wrong with the Kirin theory that everyone and their dog subscribed to. Guess I really should trust my gut a bit more.

[Galaxian]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Apparently Robin says he's one of the wings of the pirate king (and not both wings), the other obviously being Zoro. Maybe people will finally stop saying Sanji will be replaced by Jinbei in the monster trio now.

They stopped doing that for a while now... Now they were saying he was going to be replaced by Yamato.

[judasmartel]

Originally Posted by OH&S

Excellent. I knew that there was something wrong with the Kirin theory that everyone and their dog subscribed to. Guess I really should trust my gut a bit more.

I subscribed to the Byakko theory (I mean, come on, Dragon vs Tiger?), but I'm glad that Oda proved me wrong this time like so many times before it, and in an awesome way at that.

[OH&S]

Originally Posted by judasmartel

I subscribed to the Byakko theory (I mean, come on, Dragon vs Tiger?), but I'm glad that Oda proved me wrong this time like so many times before it, and in an awesome way at that.

Byakko was guess #1 before the hybrid reveal. After the hybrid reveal, the majority of people moved to the Kirin as guess #2. But they also went a step too far and acted like it was an absolute certainty that it was a Kirin (at least on reddit and YouTube); even when it didn't look like one at all. The onomatopoeia associated with Yamato essentially gave away that it was wolf/okami related but I don't expect most One Piece fans outside of Japan (heck, most manga fans) to know how to read katakana.

[marvelB]

First post updated! Wow, interesting throwback there to the Ohara flashback. Poor Robin looked so disappointed that she got fooled, too. Still, it's cool to see her and Brooke getting some more action, though it's a tad unfortunate that the latter is stuck with cleaning up the scrubs (I mean, I guess fighting a living weapon is kinda cool and all, but still). Also, now that Caribou is back, I suppose he can make himself useful now, yeah? For one thing, he should be able to stash Luffy and the Heart Pirates in his body as Momo lifts them back to Onigashima....

Oh, and as far as Yamato's fruit goes, count me as also being pleasantly surprised by it. While I do still think the white tiger would have been more fitting in a thematic sense (what with dragons and tigers being rivals in Asian folklore), the wolf deity is still pretty fitting in of itself. However, I sorta can't help but feel that Kaidou specifically pointing out the wolf as Wano's guardian may count as another blow towards Yamato's chances of joining the Straw-Hats (at least in a permanent capacity)..... but maybe that's just me, lol.

[Theia_Loki]

I knew that zoan hybrid form of hers (his?) looked distinctly canine, but I was still willing to entertain that I might have been wrong.

And yeah, it's pretty ironic that Black Maria actually thought she could pull the classic villain's hannibal lecture on Robin even though she already went through that exact same thing back in the CP9 saga from Water 7 to Enies Lobby. Interesting that Black Maria was apparently topless chapters ago, yet here she's wearing a fairly skimpy sarashi for the sake of decency (unless that's something that will be corrected in the volume that will be packed into).

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Theia_Loki

And yeah, it's pretty ironic that Black Maria actually thought she could pull the classic villain's hannibal lecture on Robin even though she already went through that exact same thing back in the CP9 saga from Water 7 to Enies Lobby. Interesting that Black Maria was apparently topless chapters ago, yet here she's wearing a fairly skimpy sarashi for the sake of decency (unless that's something that will be corrected in the volume that will be packed into).

Editors probably intervened. We'll see what they do about giant naked Robin.

We're basically about to watch two giant topless women fight. Oda is exposing his fetishes

[TURI123456]

Question does "Yamato" Devil Fruit included in its name the numbers that were questioned? My meaning is the question that was questioned in "SBS of Volume 59" (the question about "Bartholomew Kuma" Devil Fruit the "Nikyu Nikyu no Mi") about the numbers that have in the names of the Devil Fruit that have in the members of "Straw Hat Pirates".

[Galaxian]

Spoiler for :

Brooks being unaffected by Maria's illusions because, after 50 years drifting alone in his ship, he is used to seeing illusions of his dead crewmates really brakes your heart.

[itachi-san314]

I love seeing Robin and Brook fighting together. And props to marvelB for calling the end of this chapter concerning Momo. Sounded right the second I read your post.

Originally Posted by Rainbowman

So Yamato is basically One Piece’s version of Amaterasu from Okami. I can get behind that. ��

Yea exactly what I thought last chapter too haha. That was one of my favorite ps2 games

Originally Posted by Kanon

Editors probably intervened. We'll see what they do about giant naked Robin.

We're basically about to watch two giant topless women fight. Oda is exposing his fetishes

no complaints here