Kuma truly gave up everything he had, and then some, for Bonney’s sake. He is up there for one of the best fathers in all of literature.

Kuma saying "i am so glad you were born" broke me. Bonney's birth is a symbol of Ginny's tragic plight. Kuma valuing her life even though it meant the death of his loved one is a truly beautiful moment. He never became resentful of his suffering and was able to find beauty in one of the most tragic situations in One piece so far.

Is it just me, or is every great father we've ever gotten in One Piece truly heartbreaking? Hiriluk, Kyros, Senor Pink, and now Kuma. All of them great fathers, and all of their stories are utterly heartbreaking.

Vegapunk having the guts too yell at an elder star was unbelievably awesome

In my head-canon Kizaru got rid of the Fedora as the last defining piece of his individualism, completely selling his soul to the world government

Kuma was so close to being the reincarnation of joyboy. The only problem is that he was willing to give up his freedom for the sake of others

congrats to all the One Piece fans : we made it to chapter 1100 ! what a journey it has been

I cried harder than at "I Want to live!" I really thought Robins confession to life would never be broken in my heart. No Wonder Boney reacted the way she did.

I love that in chapters 1099 and 1100, we can see the personalities of I think every satellite in Vegapunk. Also, Is this the first time we’ve gotten older Ace, Sabo, and Luffy in the same chapter? And I don’t mean a chapter with Luffy and Sabo and then someone thinks of Ace so we get a grayed-out panel of him. I mean like in this chapter.

I actually kinda felt bad for Kizaru in this chapter. He is tasked with killing people he know and had some good times with and he said a few times that he doesn't want to do it but thats his duty. Kuma is a Top 5 character. Truly a well written character.❤

I would throw my hat on Kuma spending his last year searching for Nika which led him to thriller bark and placing his last hope in the strawhats at Sabaody.

It's crazy that Kizaru joined in the bonding moment between Kuma, Bonney, Vegapunk, and Sentomaru as they eat, drink and dance the Nika together.

I was so surprised to see Kizaru join in on the Nika dance panel

Was watching the video of that father in Gaza, holding his daughters lifeless body and smiling and laughing and then a few hours later I read the chapter! And honestly as a 34 year old man, with a daughter! It actually broke me! The emotion took me over and I cried!! Just thinking about a man that couldn't save his daughter and a man that is giving up his humanity to save his daughter, broke me to pieces.

Someone on Reddit has a really interesting theory about Kizaru and the other original admirals that they are representative of Japanese salary men. Kuzan was the man who got fed up with his bad how job was and quit. Akainu was is the guy who climbed the corporate ladder trying to get to the top only to find out he couldn't actually do anything there. And Kizaru, judging by the flashbacks, is the guy who got broken down by his job and just does what he's told and goes with the flow.

I've always assumed the reason we dont often see merchant vessels in the series is because we mostly follow the perspective of pirates, who merchants most likely try to avoid as best they can.

The panel of them dancing hurt so much. Not only is it a nod Oda's favourite panel plus the Nika. It's was so bitter sweet.

1100 did not disappoint What a chapter!

Starting to question whether Kizaru was purposely lazy during Sabaody now that we know he was associated with Kuma. Perhaps Luffy’s punch has given him some belief in the sun god in the end and has a change of heart…

Moria is actually quite fascinating; the dude does pretty much nothing but laze around, yet he was still a Warlord with the 2nd highest bounty at the time AND was able to raid Hachinosu all by himself. If the dude didn't have his will broken by Kaido (Moria being able to clash with him at all was also impressive in his own right), I bet he'd be a legit Yonko candidate by now.

I swear this flashback has not only delivered on Kuma as a character (because what an absolute saint he really is) but also astonished me as I'm in awe of Oda'a ability to avoid story contradictions, maintain such a long timeline so succinctly, and weave Kuma's story along with other plot points into the larger scheme of things. Absolutely masterful storytelling and yet another marvelous chapter even just from a writing/dialogue perspective!! He definitely wasn't kidding when he said this Final Saga would be unlike anything prior to it

This whole chapter was incredible. Every little detail was perfect, like now we know why Sentomaru went to so much effort to protect Bonney, he’s like an Uncle to her

my guess for a long time, without any evidence, is that Kizaru is a good guy just playing along with the Navy and WG. him chilling on fights instead of delivering the killing blow is my only proof. him NOT KILLING Luffy and instead, kick him flying to Whitebeard. him delaying to kill Zoro waiting for Rayleigh to interfere. him not catching any Super Nova in Sabaody despite defeating multiple captains.

Kizarus run on Egghead island prior to the flashback is much more intense after reading this chapter. Absolute great flashback so far.

If Kuma gave up his Humanity to become a cyborg, I wonder if that Kuma-Bubble Bonney earlier found contained just not Kuma's memories, but also his Personality and Humanity, which is why Bonney semmingly became so cheerful after absorbing it.

I knew Kuma would have a tragic backstory, but I NEVER would have expected this. It’s up there with Robin and Law

Kuma just accepting without hesitating and actually smiling happily that bonney will be cured is sooo wholesome. This scene is just like that one scene in amazin lily when luffy was given 2 options by boa. Kuma could have I dead saved the world u der different circumstances. He wasn't nika, but he is worthy of being one. ☹😢😭

The panel of'em all dancing just fucking broke me. But when you mentioned the reason behind pizza being Bonney's favourite food I just cried. Thanks for that, internet man.

Kizaru s life story would be propably one of the saddest in OP. He seems trapped in World Government.

Mihawk in this chapter looked rather distraught seeing the news of Kuma becoming the Warlord. We saw Kuma visited Mihawk’s island in the past. I am guessing that Mihawk and Kuma met and talked and Mihawk knows what kind of person Kuma is and knows that he must have been forced to become the warlord.

Okay. I think I now understand why Sakazuki was so shocked when he heard Bonney escaped. Without her being watch or hostaged by the World Government. Kuma , if he had any free will could escape with her or rebel.

Hold up, the unknown man scarred by flames, is he the former warlord that got replaced ? If he was defeated by Ace, that would make sense

2:59 My impression of Saturn is Lawful Evil, but the problem is he (or rather, they with the rest of the Elders) also decides the laws... Damn, so hype for the next chapter _if_ Kuma realizes who Luffy is. From Kuma's POV, his daughter cured AND seeing Nika made his sacrifice worth it. That silhouette dancing scene with everyone dancing, probably something to do if not Luffy's actual dream too.

I smiled uncontrollably big seeing Kuma and Bonney hug after she was cured, and Kuma is undoubtedly Best Dad in all of shonen plus him using Bonney's drawing of him on his jolly roger was awesome plus he's at Luffy's village that's wild then seeing all the other warlords react to Kuma was cool

If Woop Slap turns out to be the lynchpin in this entire 1100+ chapter story, I don't know if I can take it

Oda went hard on the emotional close ups this flashback. Almost think you can summarise this whole flashback with just the panels of Kumas face in chronological order.

Kuma used Bonney’s childish drawing for his Jolly Roger and it hit me pretty damn hard, that’s gotta be some the cutest stuff in all of one piece. What a wholesome guy Bartholomew Kuma was, well before… you know… 😔💔

Ya know, besides the whole 3rd demand of Saturn of removing Kumas free will the terms were surprisingly fair for their deal, like obviously you'd want the face of the cloning project that will become a main stay of the WGs arsenal once completed to be someone who already answers to them so the Warlord offer is totally understandable, as for term 2 and the cybernetic enhancements and prob trackers/bombs and the like in his body that also makes sense, Kuma weren't just any old pirate he was specifically trying to take down the WG as a revolutionary, so precautions against treason is understandable.

I feel like it'll be just a simple reason why Kuma was in Foosha. Aside being a new Shichibukai, he's really exploring many islands so he could write letters to Bonney about his journeys (and also for Bonney to travel one day in the future). And one day, after visiting many islands in East Blue (maybe he chose to spend more time in East Blue because Bonney's mom Ginny was the RA commander for East Blue so maybe he's trying to see East Blue through Ginny's eyes) he arrived in a town called Foosha Village. He prolly remembered he'd been to the island before (just on Dragon's ship though) during the Grey Terminal incident so this time he decided to explore. And at the same time, the WG called him asking his wherebouts to give him orders . Still in Foosha, maybe Kuma will accidentally bump into a 15@16 y/o Luffy who reminds him of Bonney (big eater, impulsive) and he also witnesses the boy having the rubbery DF power. Maybe they'll bond a little, like Luffy saw Kuma's ship and got excited to meet another pirate. And Luffy being Luffy, he will say hs famous catchphrase "I'll sail out too when I turn 17, and I'll be the King of Pirate!"

There is a posibility that we might see Luffy setting Sail next chapter. I do hope that somehow Kuma both somehow recognises Luffy as Nika, might be a Buccaneer thing, and maybe Garp also tells him thats Dragons Son. It wouldn't be impossible that Kuma is there to meet up with Garp for something

That party scene makes me feel like Kizaru will eventually turn against the world government by the end of one piece

The thing is Luffy's dream and saving people are related to each other. One cannot be without the later. His dream must be so great that it automatically involves saving people he befriends.

But the most important question to ask though is... How can Dr Vegapunk stand up, walk around and dance with that sized head of his haha. Dude isn't some muscle bound brute..

What I wonder is how Kuma and Bonney could have missed each other on Sabaody, or if they did meet, what were their reactions.

After this chapter does it seem possible that Kizaru might pull a double cross against Saturn here. We were told a few chapter ago that something extreme is about to happen at egghead, and whats more extreme than an admiral attacking an elder? After the flashback in this chapter and seeing how close Kizaru got with Kuma and Bonney, he was even doing that dance with them, it just got me thinking that could be the case. Also if they keep the parallel between ludfy and BB going that could me loffy gets an admiral on his side to, though if that is the case i was hoping it might be Fujitora but Kizaru is not a bad choice either.

i love kuma, he is such a interesting character

14:16 The Buccaneer blood is really shining through

What broke my heart even more is the small glimpses into their happy moments as father and daughter they have. The drawing of kuma Bonney made with a "daddy" on it, the way she sits on his lap while eating, sleeping on his chest. Like goddamn man, that's one hell of a massive ammount of wholesome combined with devestation & grief

This is a great chapter. I also love seeing characters within the story out of context of the story we know. I like seeing them in places before we see them. That is always nice. I was wondering if I missed something with the warlord that Ace beat not being named. Maybe there is some sort of importance to it.

Poor Kuma. He never catches a break.

I think it would be so cool if Oda illustrated the actual in-world process of creating the Jolly Roger. Like how did Kuma so perfectly translate Bonney's drawing from paper to sails?

Bro idk how you so consistently pump out such in depth knowledge of the one piece universe. The level of work you put into this channel is insane. Props man.

I was very happy to see my boy Moria , love seeing him getting screentime ( even one panel )

Whilst Kalifa is destined to join Cipher Pol due to her father we've yet to see a child Kaku training with the others on CP Island. He's still an enigma in the story.

1:40 The moment where Kuma smiles knowing that he will die is the same as Luffy in Logue Town where he also knew that he would die but he smiled anyway

I really enjoy your summaries man. The way you give more insight to the chapters is creating my own anime version of them in my head. :)

I love how Ace (second captain serving the strongest pirate in the world) never looked at Revolutionary Army's no. 2 and thought "wait.... WTF"

We also see pre timeskip Usopp in the cover story

Gecko Moria was just chilling

That Nika Dance scene made believe Luffy is gonna free everybody in that scene in some way during this arc. They all danced and partied as Tribute to the Sun God and now he will save them... Or at least I hope so

I actually have an ominous theory, because I noticed us all asking why Kuma was near Foosha Village, but we missed a bigger question: why is kuma getting new orders upon reaching Foosha village? My theory on this is that the order is to kill Luffy but won't elaborate why because the top brass don't want the fruit's nature to get found out. This would interestingly imply that word about him eating that fruit got out somehow, and Kuma, upon learning the truth about Luffy, he will spare him and find a way to lie about him to the WG.

That ending ! Shanks did snitched on Luffy 💀

That scene of kuma crying out of pure happines is filled with strong emotion,oda made charechters cry like that but always in a tragic or a sad scene,and what make it hit harder is the eyes of saturn denden moshi show him effected by kuma pure sacrafice

Wild theory: Since time travel exists, i think that Conney is Bonneys Future Self, either through distortion of reality (Bonneys fruit might have something to do with time travel as well?). They look similar, the name is VERY similar and it might be, that later in time, Bonney needs to travel back in time to care for/rescue her younger self, to make things happen exactly the way they are supposed to happen, for Joyboy to fulfill his purpose and bring the world back to its "original" happy&free state before the World Gov tears it apart. Conney just cannot reveal herself as a future time traveler, because it would fk up the space-time continuum. And no, i didnt smoke a fat one for this. xd

We learned so much about Saturn in so few chapters. Right now he's the Elder we know the best after +23 years reading this manga. But now, I expect the same level of development for the 4 others.

This man has a great artist for his videos🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 shoutout to all them artists out there🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

At 6:20ish you wonder why, in a world of 'Pirates' running rampant everywhere, there arent more merchant ships... but that should answer it. I would imagine most goods are transported by marine affiliated groups to avoid the constant pilaging of said goods😊

14:14, im sorry WHAT IS THAT, MY MAN KUMA IS PACKING😭😭😭

Imagine if Kuma is actually the father that Dragon always wanted to be and as a result Dragon told Kuma to take care of his son in his absence or death should they ever cross paths. That would make Kuma Luffy's godfather.

I really hope kizaru has a moment and sends his extended family to safety, i mean we already got fujitora in the luffy corner and he needs a friend

If I had to guess who that unnamed warlord is, it's definitely not a character we have seen before, but it is a character we heard about before, *the man marked by flames*

Kuma accepting the conditions without hesitations reminds me of the luffy moment at Amazon Lily when Boa offered to save the girls but lufffy would be stuck on the island😢

Can confirm as a fellow pot head. Pizza changes a mf. Kizaru for strawhat! ALSO, I like your theory of Kuma recognizing Luffy as Nika, potentially. Remember when Luffy broke down in front of him and Kuma had a look of shock? He probably didnt expect someone who he expected to be Nika break down and cry like that after he was trying to help them.

Ok so Kuma spent time with Vegapunk, and Vegapunk knows what Nika looks like and probably what his body's capable of from legends. I think it's possible that in the next chapter Kuma will see Luffy stretching and everything will click for him

14:18 Kuma is very happy to be on screen

Speaking of woop slap, remember when this channel managed to get him on a color spread? Good times

Chapter 1100 is probably one of my favorite chapters in the entire series

If Saturn is part of so many key moments, what are the other grandpas involved in? Feels like Saturn was part of everything important so far.

Kuma out here making everyone in the entire One Piece fandom love him more and more that we already did prior to this whole flashback let alone this whole arc. He's definitely at the top of my list of favorite Warlords.

Kizaru passed the hat to Bege. LOL. Kizaru joining the dance makes me think that he might turn to the opposite side; the opposite of the Sabaody park where he was actively pursuing the strawhats.

The fact Kuma, didn't eliminate Luffy is either because. Dragon appeared or simply because Luffy danced the same way Kuma's late Father did. Or simply could be his eating habit reminded himself of Bonney.

YES THE INJECTION ENDING IS BACK

14:16 Kuma do be packin heat tho 👀

Its really interresting to see how kizaru react to this whole deal, it kinda made me re-evaluate his fight in the current day egg head.

This Chapter gives me a new hatred for Kizaru I mean he Cleary loved and respected Vegapunk and he just decides to be a faceless cog in the machine I mean at least Akainu wasn’t personally connected to the people he killed

At Cornell University they have an incredible piece of scientific equipment known as the tunneling electron microscope. Now, this microscope is so powerful that by firing electrons you can actually see images of the atom - the infinitesimally minute building blocks of our universe. If I were using that microscope right now, I still wouldn't be able to locate my interest in Kumas backstory

I loved that 1 Case of luffy laughing his ass off being chased by a tiger that is starting to get mad. What a normal childhood.

Ivankov's drawing at 14:19 is terrifying - imagine seeing that after waking up. "Mmmfufufu!"

I'm glad someone else picked up on the Amazon Lily connection. An obscure but powerful moment, which expertly displays Luffy's ride or die personality. Also, machine-gun Boa was amazing. Thank you for that.

Great point about Kizaru's fedora! He really pulled it off too! ..Now I'm wondering about it myself 😂

I don't know if it is related with Umit but "Ümit" is a Turkish name which means "hope". And Ottoman pirates have great importance in real pirate history and most of them has Turkish names. It is weird to me when there are not much references to Ottoman pirates in the series except some(For example, Urouge).

To see the three terrors of Sabaody dancing with a little girl and old man at a pizza party… I truly love One Piece

13:10 to be fair to Koby, at least according to the anime (in chapter 2 he just says he made a mistake and ended up in Alvida's ship) he got on a row boat to go fishing but it turned out to be from Alvida's ship and then he was abducted, I like that version because it makes sense for how you could make that mistake without being Zoro.

I love that both you and trekking drew the Kuma drawing for extra effect

With how much Kizaru is in this flashback & shown being happy I'm starting to worry that he won't make it out of this arc. Perhaps he angers Saturn & gets killed defending Vegapunk &/or Bonney?

The dancing shadows and where there facing feels like foreshadowing.

Not sure if the contents have been revealed yet but if they haven't yet then I wouldn't be surprised if Kuma's bible just has family photos.

Kuma truly is the most tragic character in One Piece. He gave up his life and became a shell for his daughter Bonney just because of his unconditional love for her. I kinda hope that he survives Egghead so he can spend time with Bonney, Vegapunk, Kizaru and Sentomaru.

Kizaru participating in the Joy Boy dance reveals something about his character. Something is about to happen that strips him of his emotions and also jades his vision so much that he doesn't even react to getting punched in the face by Joy Boy himself.

“Feeling a drum beat from that general childly direction” is a cold line.