One Piece Chapter 1026: The Pivotal Clash

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*I keep getting a "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached" error code* One Piece Chapter 1026 The Pivotal Clash Read Online! VIZ: here

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Woah! The fan requests for the cover art is getting to Oda levels of depth! A young lion Mink getting clothes from Nami and Leo to match Bellemere's design is just so perfect. Woah! Onigashima is already super close! This Yonkou weakening is getting out of hand. So Momo seeing Kaidou strike Toki down is supposed to fuel legitimacy of Momo damaging Kaidou?! Toki cannot fight at all, so her not immediately being blown to bits, let alone still being alive reflects Kaidou astronomically holding back not only for Momo, but also for Toki (which is the opposite of what Oda is going for with this new pattern of trying to hastily make baddies hate-able rather than legitimate character development). Even if the genetic changes from the legendary zoan allows for astronomical strength/physical capability increases this 10-billion percent disregards BOTH haki and Kaidou already being a physical beast prior to his zoan abilities and his awakening. So even if Momo has "dragon strength" he isn't using haki. And Oda purposefully has shading that is bigger than a shadow around where Momo is biting with Kaidou's "instant recovery". If anything it seeps down the sides indicating slight bleeding. So Oda is giving us some interesting bits with Jack and Perospero. Jack's half form is the weirdest with him being a centaur based form rather than a true 50-50 blend. We have Perospero potentially using an awakening with the candy around him being semi-autonomous. Kid being changed to being pro-Luffy is a bit surprising. But screw Oda trying to forcefeed us that Luffy is legitimately Yonkou level. Unless haoushoku is THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT much of a power up (which contradicts Kaidou not being able to defeat if not kill Yamato), Luffy has shown NOTHING to match Shanks/a weakened Whitebeard level of strength. I thought the image of the Onigashima eye being split/showing Luffy's haoushoku sparks from his attack on Kaidou in full dragon form was a mistake, but I guess there was something to damage it earlier. If I wasn't paying attention to details, I would like the double page spread for the victories more. All of the Scabbards did not want to learn from Oden, which is why it isn't really an Oden technique that they used. Oden doesn't use blade projectiles, which is what is being shown for both. If this is legitimate, at the bare minimum, Oda made a mistake on the technique that wounds Kaidou. That doesn't even begin to cover how three STRONGER samurai could not take down Kaidou (the samurai we are introduced to last chapter). Ugh...the contradictions will just keep piling up... Based on the large teeth and nose, looks like Orochi is trying to escape up the castle rather than going down. He is too weak to pose a threat, so whatever, this does not matter at all. Hopefully Momo gets to eat him. I have zero problem with the immediate implications of Momo being the one to save the Capital and thus "earning" his place as shogun. If it did not come at the expense of Hiyori being the shogun until he comes of age, I probably would have liked it. I find it to be a slap in the face of Oda's potential "progress". He made an effort to introduce strong female/trans characters and he just craps in our faces when they have potential times to shine. Going out of his way to make them scapegoats is why I feel so strongly about it being a piece of crap. I didn't know the historical aspects to why the chapter title is key/foreshadowing. This has to be the opening chapter of volume 101 based on this (essentially this chapter is the point of the tide/momentum changing to now be pro-Luffy). Maybe Oda will pull off some miraculous B.S. (ain't none of his B.S. so far come close to putting all the breadcrumbs together perfectly), but considering the clear pattern so far, this is statistically unlikely to happen. I don't expect mastered/next major power up of kenbunshoku to explain Kaidou's defeat. Even with Luffy's help (unless he is escorted to the kitchen/food storage), the alliance shouldn't be close to having enough combat capabilities to take down Big Mom. But then again, Big Mom is undergoing the biggest extents of Yonkou weakening so there's always that to fall back on. So I'm guessing Big Mom's iron balloon magically is no longer a thing and Law and Kid won't even need haki to win. And this will be even worse, since neither of them have the cheat code of haoushoku coating.

Marco Polo

> *I keep getting a "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached" error code* Have you been uploading via imgur? This chapter has some VERY big moments for Luffy and Momonosuke. For Momo, it's a coming of age in terms of overcoming fear and becoming someone fit to rule Wano. For Luffy, we get visual proof that he's reached the top echelon of fighters in the OPverse, and it can't really be disputed any more. Some very important dialogue lines from Luffy as well - first in encouraging Momonosuke, but also then when Kaido asks if he thinks he can win and he says "as long as I'm alive, I have as many chances as I want". Say what you want about Luffy's fighting ability and whether he should or shouldn't be able to hold his own here, but each and every obstacle he comes up against, he makes up for whatever skill gap there is through sheer willpower. Obviously he's incredibly skilled now, but if the first defeat to Kaido showed us anything, it's that there's still a long way to go. With Momo now able to fly and hold Onigashima, he's got some time to bridge that gap. Haki blooms most in the field of battle, and this is definitely a battle that will push him to his limits. I'm curious what Yamato's role here will be. Will it be the two of them tagging in and out? Or will Yamato go back downstairs? It's a shame we didn't get to see more of the fights against Perospero and Jack, but I guess those will be filled out nicely in the anime. > Momo seeing Kaidou strike Toki down is supposed to fuel legitimacy of Momo damaging Kaidou?! I mean, he bites him. He's a big dragon with dragon teeth so obviously it's going to hurt.

magicalmelancholy

Orochi just doesn't die does he? Guess the cool sword within him is too cool to show off yet (hehe mythology jokes).

Deathblokey

I guess it's confirmed that Luffy is now at the top of the strength pyramid along with the rest of the Yonko and maybe Roger and Newgate, he'll definitely need to try harder to really harm Kaido though, and so far I'm pleased with how this is going, Kaido doesn't seem fatigued at all to me, even if he's bleeding. That clash though, it was as epic as the rest of them, I can't wait to see the sky splitting animated, I hope they don't overdo it with the special effects and make it look like Dragon Ball again. It's freaking epic in the manga at least. It even helped Inuarashi and Nekomamushi regain their Sulong forms and we finally see the defeat of Jack after a lot of fighting, and Perospero, two sons of b*****s that deserved every beating. Jack was always badass though. I also loved that they named their attacks after Oden although it was Ittoryu and not Nitoryu. I think we all knew that Orochi was alive and kicking from the start, of course it has to do with his Devil Fruit, I wonder what's next for this guy. Great cover, a nice callback to Bell-mere and Nami's childhood more than 900 chapters ago. I love how Oda remembers these details almost all the time.

goldenvenus

I would love to see how Luffy will defeat Kaido. He most likely will use that technique he practiced with Hyogoro right? But obviously Kaido isn't just going to go down that easily so, will upgraded haki play a role here, or will it be df awakening? I'm hoping it won't be some miraculous thing for Kaido to be taken down. I mean, I know the differences in power but still. Also, Luffy telling Momo to spit back something at Kaido when he's about to breathe fire at them is so funny to me lmao : > But screw Oda trying to forcefeed us that Luffy is legitimately Yonkou level. Unless haoushoku is THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT much of a power up (which contradicts Kaidou not being able to defeat if not kill Yamato), Luffy has shown NOTHING to match Shanks/a weakened Whitebeard level of strength. Is Luffy Yonkou level now? I'm asking because I really have no idea. I can't tell where he stands strength wise. > I thought the image of the Onigashima eye being split/showing Luffy's haoushoku sparks from his attack on Kaidou in full dragon form was a mistake, but I guess there was something to damage it earlier. Was the skull damaged by the haki? I'm a bit confused lol. This chap is too chaotic.