The fact that the strongest combatants sensed Saturn’s presence when he arrived on the island was crazy. It wasn’t like, “someone strong has arrived”, it was genuine confusion over a mysterious entity. Also makes me wonder if Kizaru (or any of the admirals) has even seen the Gorosei in these forms.

That buildup before the circle appeared was so well done. Everyone with observation haki senses him coming and immediately knows something is wrong. That look on Lucci’s face… guy was terrified. Jinbei’s line there was also odd to me, noting that Saturn had a “strange presence”. Not strictly powerful or intense, but strange, as if it is something he doesn’t recognize. Something he’s never sensed before. If Saturn really is a demon, then that strange presence would make sense.

Franky and Sanji being the first straw hats to see Saturn is so appropriate, both being ya know… all science’d up. This is a really awesome and under utilized pairing. Having those two defending Vegapunk will be awesome, even if it doesn’t exactly go their way.

Yes, the Jailer Beasts were overcome by their Fruits so their awakenings remained incomplete. That could mean Chopper’s true awakening is still in store.

So this is the reason my boy Sabo could barely escape the gorosei at Marijoise. Truly terrifying! Imagine facing them all at once!!

The way I understood was Saturn noticed the soldier saw him and killed him for it, not that looking at him inherently kills you

I like to think that Fujitora knew about the demons who call themselves gods and reside in the heavens, and that was one of the “many evils” that caused him to blind himself.

Sabo describing hell on top of the earth really puts into perspective when young Roger told Rayleigh he wanted to turn the world upside down

This could be why Fujitura blinded himself so he could fight the elder if nessecary, he probably saw a bunch of people's heads blown off that changed his life forever

From this point on we can just boldly assume that each of the Gorosei + Imu owns a devil fruit that actually lives up to the name 'Devil fruit'

The fact that the Gorosei are officially this powerful and demonic makes the meeting they had with shanks even more interesting to me

Saturns entrance was so disturbing. He didn’t just leap out of the boat on island he crawled out of a black pentagram, and announced how long it’s been since he’s been to the surface. It just makes you feel like he is unworldly. This definitely added another layer to one piece for me. I knew the elders were going to be strong no matter what, but in no way shape or form did I expect this. It creates an entirely different power level for me. Makes me think of how strong emperors are to rule certain parts of the world, but how strong all 5 of them damn elders must be to rule the entire world. Another thing this makes me think of is Shanks. Everyone felt Saturns presence once he stepped foot on the island. Shanks being in a room with all 5 of them he must know their strength. Maybe he was just holding back the monsters of the world. Keeping some type of balance.

you gotta give credit to the artists he has. they drew up that amazing drawing so quickly. great job

I believe saturn may be one of the reasons fujitora took his own vision, given that maybe he needed to do so in order to survive, or to unsee the horrors that he had witnessed on that fateful day...

GLR articulates these chapters extremely well. I especially liked how he drew the parallel from when bonney stopped zoro from using swords on the celestial dragons, to now bonney using a sword to stab Saturn, the ultimate contradiction out of sheer emotional rage is brilliant. Also love the incredible artwork your artist provide for the videos. One piece is at its best and I cannot contain my excitement. Next chapter will be insane!

I agree. I preferred sabo saying hell was located at the top of the world. It felt much more appropriate and after this chapter it definitely fits better

I really hope Sanji completely realizes that there is an elder standing in front of him. If he makes the connection and realizes that these are the people directly responsible for Robin's suffering he will hopefully let his chivalry take the better of him. I don't think he can beat Saturn but maybe he can prevent him from harming Vegapunk by holding him in check.

Elder Saturn was enjoying his very enthusiastic walk upon setting food on Egghead Island.

The Saturn reveal was crazy, I love the idea of these crazy mythological creatures ruling the world in secrecy for 800 years. Also, even if the original Impel Down awakened Zoans are actually "awakened", they're probably failures due to their fruit taking over their mind or whatever. While Saturn, Luffy, Lucci, Kaku, and Yamato all still have their personalities with that cloud sash thing. Even if this wasn't Odas intention and he just changed the design over time to look cooler, he could easily fit it into the plot like he did with Haki.

I think the biggest positive about the whole Egghead arc has been it's constant unpredictability. From one week to the next, it's been almost impossible to say what's going to happen. And I would say it's the same thing again. Genuinely no idea where this is headed, although I suspect the gigantic robotic undertones set up a couple of chapters ago are going to come into play sooner rather than later. But even still, no idea what the robot is going to do and to whom.

I was really not expecting Saturn to be so badass tbh

(Quick question) If Bonnie reversed Brook's age, would he become a normal human again? Or just a younger skeleton?

Saturn looking like a yokai makes me wonder if the giant shadowy entities in the Thriller Bark arc are in fact the yokai they resemble. Garcia's moment when he looks at Luffy and says "Nika..." seems to be done with an air of disappointment or sadness, like they are "siblings" and Nika is the rebellious one. I am 100% speculating out loud, but so far this arc has given us so much more clarity at the cost of more mystery. God I love this series!

I love how after their ride crashed, both Franky and Sanji checked on the ones they cared about most in that moment (Franky with Vega and sanji with the women)

Saturn with demon Spider-Centaur form: *exists* All Spider-Men variants: *confused screaming*

I'm really leaning into the idea of imu literally just being the devil lol

I think the head exploding may be some form of advanced conquerors haki, since Saturn uses his eyes when the marines head explodes and since the marine would not have as much will as Saturn does.

Bonney and Kuma's story is too damn tragic, once that flashback comes it will be crushing

I happened to be listening to the dark souls III soundtrack when I read the chapter and it made the experience all the more intimidating

I have a feeling that in the next chapter, Elder Saturn will easily shrug off the sword stab from Bonney and send her flying with a casual exertion of his Haki.

This chapter threw me around with every individual panel more than most chapters have as a whole. Every scroll down was a massive twist. Definitely worth the break, and definitely the most hype chapter in a long time. This is something most movies use for their massive cliffhangers. 1095 is going to be absolutely insane. I cannot imagine how this will look in the anime. It will definitely need a new and more epic version of Difficult to make it perfect.

Definitely wasn't expecting Saturn to be a demon tarantula, but I think it was a high-speed web Saturn shot at the marine. And Bonney getting a stab on Saturn is MINDBLOWING

I really love the "camera work" while Saturn was summoned (?) all the angles showing around the island and Vegatank gave almost like cinematic experience

To think Shanks casually called for a meeting with five of these guys💀. I wonder how he'd scale against them. Edit: Seems I've started a war in the comment section 💀

It actually makes some sense for the Gorosei to have these powerful forms that you can barely comprehend, let alone perceive.

I love this chapter review because it’s noticeable how excited you are about the chapter. This chapter is one of the most impactful to me because with Saturn joining the fight it truly feels like One Piece is approaching the climax of the story, a point where every battle will change the world more than the previous arcs have.

Note on Bonnie using her fruit powers on Saturn: Isn't there ambiguity about the elder stars being pseudo immortality levels of old or possibly even immortal. Would be interesting if she tried to age him down and noticed it took quite a bit longer than usual, or tried to age him up to death and realized his age had no limits to reach.

Saturns introduction and design truly looks monstrous. The Gorosei appearing like an Elder Gods from a Lovecraft story was absolutely the right way of setting up these egimas. I wonder how Kizaru or the Akainu will react to knowing they are serving literal demons.

It’s crazy how a dark turn One Piece took in the story. It went from “fun, pirate adventure!” Into Luffy is the man who has to defeat the One Piece version of the Illuminati who views themselves as gods (in this case they could be gods/demons). I’m curious if the Yonkos (both current and former members) in their primes were able to combat a 5 elder or even Imu. I also can’t wait for Dragon and the Holy Knights to showcase their abilities. There are so many people in One Piece it’s hard to power scale or at least display their full potentials.

I might feel different than others, but when I saw that marine age into a skeleton and then back, that was absolutely chilling to me, not played for gags. That man looks absolutely horrified.

I feel like us constantly being reminded of the pacifista command structure is setup for an eventual reveal that there's actually another tier above the elders that they weren't privy to

Remember the time we thought Gorosei were weak😂😂

I've been mostly against the idea that Luffy will actively take down the world government since it didn't seem very in character for him, but this arc might be their way of showing how big a threat those at the top really are for the entire world. Also since Luffy's power is a mythical Zoan modeled after a god, then I think the 5 elders having mythical Zoans modeled after demons would make a crazy amount of sense, especially with how desperate they were to keep Nika from returning.

I really love how you started posting chapter reviews so early!

this was legitimately one of the best drawn One Piece chapters as of recent. Bonney's scene when she's attacked by the pacifistas, Luffy's attack on Kizaru, and pretty much everything revolving Saturn were immaculate (yes, we've had a similar bonney scene earlier on, the mecha shark scene and the ancient robot reveal were too super cool, but we didn't have a single chapter packed with this much good art in quite some time imo) makes me wonder if this was the first chapter he started from scratch since he's had his eye surgery, while all the other ones had at least been already "drafted" beforehand.

With the reveal of Saturn being a Mythical Zoan user, I am excited to see his other fellow Elders of their respective Mythical Zoan powers in the Final Saga of One Piece.

I just love the color scheme of Saturn! The red from the spider like feet, the black clothes and the purple clouds are just amazing. ❤🖤💜

Saturn has proven to be pretty scary, though one thing that scares me is they don't say his devil fruit name making me wonder if there's a possibility he doesn't have a devil fruit and may just be a straight up demon.

Sincerely, massive props to your artist who gets things out so fast and so clean

This new sense of terror Saturn's transformation gives me is very akin to an Apostle transformation from Berserk. There is this other-worldly aura and uncanniness surrounding Saturn's demon form that I only remember feeling when a member of the God Hand would appear in the story in Berserk. I wonder if Oda consciously used Miura-san's work as inspiration here.

The way the marine reacted to Bonnies ability makes me think he didn't only age in an instant, but he lived an entire lifetime standing there decaying until he was just a skeleton, and snapped back to present time all in one instant.

Something to mention is that one of the marines in this chapter after being hit with Bonnies NDE is that he saw the River Styx or the Sanzu River, the River Styx is one of the rivers of the Greek underworld same thing with the Sanzu river. I find it interesting how death is slowly becoming a part of the story too and with a certain King of hell roaming around I wonder if we are going to see more entity like situations like the reaper on Wano.

The pentagram kinda implies that it is more of a DF than haki. Saturn's whole "aura" seems more akin to some kind of "magician" like threat: Sugar or the Barrier Old lady than he is a bruiser like Kaido or Kizaru.

I think Bonney couldn't use her fruit on Saturn not because of his haki, but maybe it's because they (the Gorisei) are actually "perpetually youthful" so the amount of years she can manipulate in both directions just leaves him the exact same.

I like the reasoning that Bonney feels so trapped here because she knew that her enemy, the Gorosei and Saturn in particular, are immortal or cannot be affected by age, so she has a natural power disadvantage. So in her rage and her feeling of being trapped, she desperately went to stab him with a physical blow.

Been thinking this for a while ever since that scene with Sabo saying that he found Hell: If the theory about BB having some kind of Cerberus thing is true, then he would be, in some way, the guardian of Hell's gates.

The aawakening of the giant robot will come in handy for the strawhats to escape. I don’t think any of them could handle Saturn.

I think Saturn is really really old, Like 800+ years old. So him being immortal, makes Bonnie's aging power kinda useless against him.

Alright, it's time for a good old-fashioned fan prediction.... 1. Marcus Mars is an Istumade, a bird yokai that appears after natural disasters... fitting for the Warrior God of Environment. Think Quetzalcoatl. 2. Shepherd Ju Peter is a Dorotabo, a mud zombie that arises from neglected fields... good for the Warrior God of Agriculture 3. Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro is the long neck one... hmm.. this is a tough one, there is a lot of long neck yokai... my guess he is a Mikoshi-nyudo only because he is bald.. but I can't think of finance theme to match. 4. Topman Warcury is maybe a Baku... It would match the look. But Bakus are often good omen.. but they can be bad too.

My brother who happens to be a huge Grateful Dead fan, I showed the panel of Jaygarcia blowing someone’s head up and he says. “Stole his face, literally.” The first time we see a man referencing The Grateful Dead do anything he literally steals a Marines face, the Grateful Dead’s slogan. This is so fucking genius, I can’t even right now.

What's so scary is that how powerful is shanks and mihawk.. meaning Shanks got an audience with them.. and wasnt nervous at all.. and they seem more cautious..

What if the robot was activated by Saturns presence? And now Saturn and the robot will go at it next chapter?!

one thing to mention is how he looked at luffy and called him nika, with these stripes on his eyes I immediately thought that nika is the OG joyboy that went into a 1v5 vs the elders ages ago and he lost, Saturn's expression shows history

My greatest surprise was the actual mention of magic. It reminds me of the original one piece one shot with magic and devil fruit as two different abilities. It's like Oda still holding on to the magic idea.

It makes so much sense now, all of the Gorosei are probably literal demonic entities from mythology across the world. Making it ironic they call themselves Saints. This could also potentially make it that Imu’s fruit is definitely the demonic antithesis to Nika. Yes he is Sun God Nika but his fruit carry’s the power of imagination/dreams. Making Imu’s counter fruit maybe being based on Nightmares somehow. Also, the numbers of the demonic summoning sigil as I’m calling it, remind me of the pacifistas and Seraphim. Maybe from the ancient kingdom instead. Made by Imu or taken over by Imu.

So are we only like 20% into onepiece? been watching it for 18+ years and i still feel theres soooo much more to reveal. Btw love your videos!!! keep it up :) Also..i just realized this but Devil fruits... Theres a devil in the name so a devil probably exists and could be emu. and maybe the gorosei are the lesser demons.

Bonny's evolution is great as she now uses her devil fruit with bullets and weapons. Also, Luffy breaking Kizarou down enough for his cartoon gags to work on him is amazing.

Seeing Saturn recognize Nika with just a glimpse makes me think that he had in fact seen him before, which adds to the theory of the gorosei being alive during the void century

What if the Gorosei have the original devil fruits? Kinda as if the original fruits turned their users into literal devils, until Nika came around and, not only "became a fruit himself", but turned the devil fruits into the manifestation thing we see Vegapunk theorize

My favorite thing about the chapter was seeing human versions of the Unlucky's, it came out of nowhere. Vice admiral Bluegrass is miss Friday and the Vice admiral with the otter zoan is mr 13.

Marines: EVERYONE DONT LOOK AT HIM OR YOU WILL DIE Fujitora: 🗿

Seeing Saturns transformation terrified me because when they all changed in front of sabo. IMU looked huge and was like crawling down from the throne….IMU must be a god damn monster bro.

Just asking, is Magic a thing in One Piece? Because in the manga I read, they called it “Magic Circle”. Because many magical things in OP is caused by Devil Fruit but ‘magic’ is new to me.

The weirdest part of the chapter for me was Saturn simply telling the Pacifistas to "stand down"... Why not redirect them to attack again like Kizaru did? He knows he can handle this solo... Now THATS scary.

8:30 I was just about to comment this exact scenario. It feels so much more sinister than what a devil fruit this far should be capable of, especially juxtaposed next to the ride-ride and Otter marine boy who I'm guessing has a otter model zoan, hopefully, but you get the idea. Oh man I cannot wait for next week.

You know how they always called Robin : The demon child, what if she is Saturn's Daughter

you say he hammered the command order too much, but just last chapter a friend asked me if the elders were above the vegapunks.

Saturns tailor deserves a raise , damn that suit fits him like a glove in spider mode !

I love that Liam's accent has him saying "Satin" instead of "Saturn". I can't unhear it.

Usually im so hype about new chapters and I carry a general hype vibe but as soon as I saw him command the Pacifista, I became real quiet.

My thoughts & opinions of the chapter: 1. I don't expect Bonney to beat Saturn before Luffy could, but I have a feeling that either Sanji or Kuma will take her place just like what Robin did when facing Black Maria. 2. Despite what form Saturn took on, I can't help but feel that Luffy's potential fight with him will become a One Piece version of Gilgamesh & Enkidu's fight! And just to be clear, I am not referring the ones from Fate Grand Order, but rather the Ancient Babylonian figures they were based on. 3. When Sanji learned that Bonney was Kuma's daughter, I do wonder what his reaction was.

During the chapter I was excited that I guessed correctly that Saturn was a Ushi Oni ever since we saw his silhouette in this form, so that’s 1 down 5 more reveals to go

The mix of visuals by the author and editor + the always great commentary from Grand line review makes me come to youtube after every chapter. Great Breakdown of the chapters without being too lengthy. Goated

Amidst a ton of things happening I scratched my head to 2 pieces of info that might be more important than they looked: The mention of the clouds having magnetic properties (I don't remember if this is a first). And the magic entrance gave me Raijin Island vibes for some reason.

The Impel Down guards were awakened but the devil fruit personality consumed them in the process. Users with the smoke band around the shoulders have awakened and tamed the fruit.... I think..

Liam's humor is so addictive. I listen to these videos as background noise all the time

the delivery on "might as well just kill the old man" had me laughing harder then it should have.

It would be fun to find out that Chopper's awakened form was basically Peach Boy.

the part with bonney. the fan translation calls it NDE ( Near Death Experience) what if its the life flashing in your vision and you just see yourself as that skeleton. and that trauma or shock of that "experience" defeats the person. thats my theory :D

I guess we've never seen Sanji trying to grill a cow spider before, always happy to see new things.

The "if Black Maria F____ed Santa" comment... I cannot express the noise/laugh I made outloud at work just now 😂😂

LOOOOVED the head exploding lol like EVERYONE who watches one piece for years was like HOLY F HE BLEW HIS HEAD OFF

The last time i was really shocked while reading a chapter, was when kaido cuts off Orochis Head. I was starstrucked and my Mouth dropped for at leats 30 seconds 😂😂😂

I'm just annoyed that Luffy's enemies can use their awakening without any drawback but Luffy's gear 5 is such a problem to his life force.

something about having these 5 seemingly harmless but powerful old dudes secretly be horrific demonic monsters beyond our comprehension is so cool. i love where this series is going and i cant wait for all the yokai inspired zoan fruits in the future.

I like the idea that Bonney will try to age St. Saturn up just to see that nothing is happening. Gorosei are as old as the Void century and do not age at all.

Elder Saturn gave us a *mind blowing* display of his powers in the field of battle.

Well, that's just another word for Devil. 😂

Saturn's arrival was like an Apostle showing up in Berserk and everyone just sensing this diabolical brain-shattering presence.

Don’t know if you’ve started researching more possible forms for the five elders, but Tekking brought up another description for the Ushi Oni and that’s a Tsuchigumo, which I believe is basically an Earth Spider yokai. That got me thinking and looking up all of the other planets with their respective elemental symbol and just applying that element with yokai I think these could be possible forms of the rest of the elders based on the silhouettes. Saturn/Earth Star - Tsuchigumo (Earth yokai) Jupiter/Wood Star - Jubokko (tree yokai) Mars/Fire Star - Furaribi (fire yokai) Venus/Gold(Money) Star - Todomeki (money yokai) Mercury/Water Star - Umibozu or Kappa (water yokai) Just a thought, hope this helps.