The worst part of One Piece being a Shonen Battle manga is that there are so many fans that only care about the action and will take moments like these at face value. Rather than thinking "what does this mean for the story?" they think "what does this mean for power-scaling?"

From “I’ll do reviews on break weeks” to “I’m traveling but need to make a review” lol

I'm glad you brought up how thematically beautiful this moment is for Bonnie. I think some people get lost in the "powerscaling" sauce

Bonney spends most of her childhood locked inside, literally unable to see the sun. And now she becomes the sun god.

"Everyone has the same power to change the future" - Bege during Whole Cake Island

I can't imagine Luffy kicking the ladder, being like, "I worked hard for this freedom, so you can't have it." Seems antithetical to the story.

Merphy : I don't think I'll be a weekly reviewer. Also Merphy : I have full recording equipment with me wherever I go.

merphy knows and expresses the excitement of reading one piece all too well...

I feel like people are forgetting the fact that the few times she's used "distorted future", it's been for one singular move. I expect she'll revert back to normal once they do a big combined attack and push saint Marcus back so he can't keep following the ship. I think its less about her having Nika's abilities, and more about showing through the transformation that she actually feels like she's finally "free".

I'm baffled that people are conflicted on Bonney here; I've been waiting for this for weeks and it's probably the most thematically important moment in the arc, if not in One Piece as a whole. For hundreds of years an uncountable number of people have fought for freedom against tyranny, making small progress, setting plans into motion, inspiring people with their dreams and their wills so that they may be carried forward beyond even failure or death. By luck or by inevitability Luffy has become the recipient of these wills as he aspires towards his dream and fights tooth and nail for the dreams and the freedom of other people, and in doing draws others to support him. In the penultimate moment of the fight against Kaido, he fully actualizes and embodies those wills and that history by giving everything in a nearly hopeless struggle to free a whole people from unimaginable oppression, and incarnates into a symbol which embodies perfect freedom, and the joy which that ideal draws forth. That is all brilliant, and it is a logical step for this series as it reaches its conclusion to manifest its core themes in this way, but there is a problem. One Piece is a reflection of our own world, its themes and its history paralleling our own, and our own world is driven by a history of unfathomable horror, which in a Manga ostensibly for kids can only touch lightly upon those subjects. A group of unaccountable elites using military hegemony to enforce imperial rule upon the whole world? That military using force to cut down civilians affected by horrible labor conditions that cause adverse health effects? Slavery? A Japanese force made to create weapons for a world war? A fascist regime in a Spain-like country? Assuming that Oda wants us to apply the lessons he is teaching us to our own world; that he is passing on his knowledge and his beliefs and his will onto a new generation that will carry it into the future, how does he make the jump from the strange world of One Piece where these themes can manifest literally, in the form of devil fruits and haki, to our world where those themes manifest in less clear ways? He shows that a child, in spite of the horror of the world, can imagine a better future and fight for that future by looking to Luffy, and that they can fully embody that desire for freedom and achieve that dream. Bonney's power turns her dream into a reality, but when Saturn, a representative of the tyranny that would deny her freedom sees this, he tries to convince her that her dreams are not only impossible to achieve, but literally not real in the first place. Luffy, in contrast, physically embodies the reality of her dream, and encourages her to seek it and imagine it. She becomes that dream that she dreams for the future. One Piece is a reflection of our own world, its themes and its history paralleling our own, and when I see Bonney transform into Nika I can see, in the faintest glimpse, the dreams that I imagine for the future. I can imagine myself fighting for a better world. I can hope that I could embody Luffy and Joyboy and Nika. I can feel reassured knowing that even in death or in failure, my deeds or my words might inspire others to carry that torch in my absence. When that optimistic child imagines a future that is free and becomes Nika, it means that we can all do the same if, through acts of great courage and willpower, we choose to pursue that dream as well.

0:48 During Marineford the Snail phone that Buggy used shriveled up when dipped in salt water. It seems they behave like land snails and shrivel up or die when exposed to salt.

Tissine has outdone herself this time. My favorite piece by her so far!

4:25 Actually he doesn't know the world government has the weapons. All he knows is the piece of the Mother Flame has been taken. He just doesn't know who. All he knows for a fact is someone stole a piece of the flame and is using a powerful ancient weapon. The only person that knows for a fact is his gluttonous and greedy version of himself. He's very smart he's just not very wise.

Bonney expressing that desire to be free and manifesting it made me tear up considering her and her family's story. Really beautiful

Thinking both Ginny and Kuma, slaves since they were children, gave EVERYTHING including their own lives to make sure their daughter would not suffer the same, and now she has the faith and the power to imagine herself in a future where she is "the most free"... literally one of my new favorite One Piece panels. Thinking about powerscaling and who can punch who the hardest is such a disservice and such a sad reaction to this. Like, guys, this is all about JOY. BUGGY IS A YONKO, GUYS, STOP POWERSCALING AND COME DANCE WITH THE REST OF US.

It doesn't bother me that Bonney can go into the Gear 5 form, even if you compare it to Luffy who went through hell to awaken it, I always felt a big thing with Luffy was you don't have to go through the hell he or anyone else has gone through to be happy or have a family, so HIM being the one to encourage Bonney to even try to do that form makes every bit of sense to me, and feels great!

We as a fandom have a tendency to over think and make so many assumptions and final decisions before seeing the full conclusion. Same thing happened during the war in onigashima when Apoo damaged Luffy and Zoro, people hated it before we even got to see the full scene and it's the same thing here. Also Oda is just making a story that he himself would love to read, he wants to have fun drawing his own story and I have full faith in him. He gave us One Piece and with it Luffy and all the characters, their stories, sadness, happiness, anger and dreams. I will always be grateful for it.

Your hair is fucking amazing

Kuma is also watching Bonney achieve this because the person Kuma saved inspired Bonney. So Kuma is literally directly responsible for Bonney achieving this. I love that there's a "second" Nika. Luffy doesn't care about prophecy, he doesn't believe that he's destined for anything. Luffy never thought he was the one who was "supposed" to do anything, he just did what he thought was right because no one else either would or could. I think it is incredibly important to show that someone else, especially in this case a child, can do the same things Luffy can. You just have to believe in yourself and believe in your future. To paraphrase Stan Lee: "Anyone can be [Nika]"

Bonnie becoming Nika is the greatest victory Luffy has achieved and is the perfect manifestation of Luffy's will and what his character is supposed to be. If there is one true goal that Luffy has, it's to strive for freedom for all of his friends and the world. Luffy's MO is not to just be strong to save others, it's to make a world where everyone is strong enough to save themselves and follow their dreams. Being able to inspire others to be just as free as the literal god of Freedom is Gear 5's whole purpose, with being strong as a side effect. It may have come up suddenly, but it has more than justified its existence by now. Nika's beat seems to compel others to laugh and dance in an infectious manner, and that same energy has now inspired a child of slaves to believe wholeheartedly that she deserves to be free. If Bonny COULDN'T become Nika with her fruit, a power that literally works to create a future that the user believes can happen, then G5 would have failed and had no use beyond a simple gag. Luffy wouldn't get frustrated that someone got his powers in a "cheap" way, he would be ecstatic to see that Bonny is able to act just as free as him.

If we get more of Vegapunks message, I think it will be finishing what professor Clover said and gives the name of the Acient Kingdom, but not musch more than that.

What a beautiful piece! Having Kuma as the focus is more perfect than perfect in addition to just being stunning and vibrant

This elevates Bonney, Luffy and the very concept of "Nika" so much. It got me emotional when I read the final page. The struggle of individual and the inspiration to embody the ideals of Nika is what creates this myth of Nika. It's not a singular person. It's for the Masses by the Masses. And that's so One Piece which has every arc explore places and the actual common people who live there and their struggles.

You perfectly summed up why Bonney transforming into Nika is absolutely stunning from a narrative point of view. It feels nice to know that most OP-tubers actually read One Piece for its themes and less for its powerscaling.

I think bonney can only really fully become what she can actually understand, as well

The last page of this chapter reminds me alto of the First time momo turned into his adult dragon form. We know he is not going to be as strong as Kaido, but Is great help to his allies and means alot in the subtext

Also another note regarding the Vegapunks still in play: - Both Lilith and Atlas are named after mythological figures who opposed the main gods in their respective tales (Lilith the Christian god, Atlas the Olympians in Greek Mythology), which nicely ties into them opposing the gods/divinity of the World Government. - York is named after the city of York in England, which was long considered the seat of Catholicism in England, and often banded together with the crown to enrich themselves (parallel with York allying with the WG to enrich herself/become a Celestial Dragon). This one is a bit more of a stretch, but my current reading behind her name.

12:56 props to Tissine! I'll definitely be buying this print at some point! I picked up a couple of the others and this will be an excellent addition (gonna wait for a few more so I can get several at once~)

I think no one’s gonna die anymore in this arc. My predictions for how to escape the birdie elder… Option 1: The Iron Giant emerges from the Water and grabs him. Option 2: The bird is going to sink the ship with a final fireball only to get brutally hit in the neck in the last second by the Thousand Sunny that’s been launched from the clouds with a Coup De Burst! 💪 Second one would be my favorite. 😂

i think its also important and emotionally amazing to note that the lesson Luffy is teaching Bonny is the same lesson that Kuma's dad tried to teach him right before he was shot. that no matter where you are, freedom and Joy is just a thought away, even when you are imprisoned or chased after by a giant death-bird you can always be free if you choose to be. to me that's amazing, and feels like a lesson that Oda is trying to teach his girls through the story.

I understand how people doesn't feel nice that Luffy had to do all the hard work to reach Gear 5 but also it was Luffy who encourage Bonney to be able to use Gear 5. Luffy really doesn't care all about Joyboy or Nikka. Everyone keeps calling him Joyboy or Nikka but to him, he is Luffy. To Luffy being the chosen one doesn't matter. He does what he wants. Saving the world is just the aftermath to his goal. But what if Luffyuses the power of Dreams to turn everyone into Nikka and Imu uses the power of Nightmares to turn the Elders to demons.

I think Bonney cant copy df abilities, but she can imagine herself to be someone she knew to be real. Like she cant be an ice ice fruit user, but she can choose future where she is giant, or Buddha if she believes Buddha to be real If she could imagine a future where she ate like chop chop fruit then she is imagining a future where she didnt have her toshi toshi no me fruit power So while her belief in Nika lets her turn into Nika, maybe she can only copy what Luffy does, but Luffy pushes what we think Nika can do each time purely on instinct and letting df guide him. I am sure there are other limitations on it too But other than that, unlike Luffy, Bonney is pretty strong from the start, she got gear 3 equivalent and wrecked a CP8 agent when she turned 10, with not much combat experience beforehand

I think the reason Vegapunk didnt point a finger at the World Government is because like he said before, he isnt sure who is in the "Moral Right". He might also not have enough information based on his findings to say exactly WHO is the one making the world sink and he might not even know that they are leading the World Government in secrecy. Or he could be thinking about the average civilians safety and not wanting to cause all out war/revolt against the World Government which would likely result in the massacre of many islands. I think Vegapunk believes that Luffy will save the world and if thats the case he might only be interested in expressing "heres what the past was like" and "hey figure out how not to die by sinking into the ocean" and "Hey D people amongst you is blah blah blah".

I have seen a lot of people complaining about the ending, that this came out of nowhere but... Bonney literally did this twice before. Once against the cp while she was escaping and once against Saturn before he broke her faith. So what's all the fus about?

0:10 Merphy being out of character for once XD

this has to be tissine’s best piece yet, the description made me cry so many happy tears. my heart aches for kuma ❤

Tissine always knocks it out of the park, but this one may be her best so far, or at least it might be my favorite so far. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I’ve been in the "Bonney's going to join the RA” camp for a while. And with these Nika-like powers, I can definitely see it. Because now, Bonney can act as an apostle for Nika the Sun God. At the same time, I’m also considering the “Bonney going to join the SHs” camp more than ever. Her turning into a Nika form feels very apprentice-coded. Especially with the way Luffy supports and recognizes her power like he does with all of his crew mates and friends. It goes into the themes of Luffy’s leadership that have been prevalent since Post-timeskip. Then again, Oda has always been good at the SHs’ power sets not overlapping too much. But I love the sentiment that the daughter of slaves can see herself as completely free. And I've seen many people worried that now they can spread Gear 5 like in Naruto. I don't see that. It’s not Luffy affecting Bonney. It’s just Bonney’s powers. Bonney’s powers come from belief. So it’s her belief that she can be free. It’s the reason it didn’t really work when she wanted a “Nika-like future” is because Nika isn’t about power or physical strength, it’s about freedom. And in this world and to Bonney, Nika is the embodiment of freedom. Plus, Bonney being a twelve-year-old, the same age as Oda’s core audience, allows Oda to tell his audience that anyone can be Nika, anyone can be free. And I think that’s really cool.

We hear a few common sentiments and a lot of assumption in the dislike of this single panel. I think there are clear themes and there is clear messaging here that contradicts these rare criticisms. While he once said that he writes for a target audience of his 15-year old self, Eiichiro Oda has two daughters, one of which is about 14-15 years old. What message do you think he wants her to take away from this thematic beauty? Is it "it's only okay if he NERFs her, and she's weak..." Or "she shouldn't be comparable to the mighty main character..." Or "she needs to go to an orphanage, and not fight for her own freedom..." I think he said "this one's for you, my daughters... I want you to believe you can do anything - even defeat monsters and become like gods." And I want Bonney to be able to do something cool, too. What do you think? 🙂 Cheers, KZfaq!

Recently Oda mastered the art of let me have few 15 to 14 pages so I draw less But Let me cram so much content in so many panels and with this toei can potentially cook an entire anime episode out of these 14 pages Just add more dialogue more flair to the animation and the moves and the attacks etc highlight more some of the background back and forth comedic moments Boom Oda magic and somehow these 14 pages managed to fill a 24 minutes episode

My wish is for the robot to grab at least one of the Elders down in the ocean.

Bonney is basically JoyGirl The Gorosei have noone but Saturn to blame for the situation they are put in Looking forward to how many chapters of reaction peace Oda can do lol

With this chapter, it became clear to me that this wasn’t Vegapunk’s arc. It wasn’t the Gorosei’s arc. It wasn’t Kuma’s arc. It was Bonney’s arc. And that final panel is the culmination of that arc. When I read it, I was filled with joy, as was clearly intended. I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the people complaining about Sun God Bonney were people complaining about Gear Fifth in the first place.

It pisses me off the hypocrisy of Vegapunk, like you said, not discussing morality on the government actions, and now basically his message was totally in vain, it literally made no difference to say that the world will sink, if he doesn't point who will be the responsible for this. The only thing he accomplished was to make the world hate Luffy.

One of the best Tissine pieces so far, made me mist up.

19:33 I think distorted future is an ability Bonney can only use on herself. Unless she called it on someone else and then aged them that Im forgetting about. I don't think she'll be turning anyone else into a Nika any time soon.

I was watching someone react to fishman island and Franky says he finished a robot (Franky General) that Vegapunk didn't and now we have the Iron giant, love it.

Woah that commission art is gorgeous. I've set it as my desktop background. Amazing job, tissine.

I liked the Bonnika reveal, you could see it coming since 1101 and it means a lot. What I want to see from Bonnika is her having a different power set manifested. Her body can be all stretchy because of the Distorted Future affecting her but I want to see her age powers rolling out like a wave on everything. Because this is not her as Nika, this is her at her freest, it has her core identity in it. Imagine this: Bonney in this form - what I consider her full awakening of her fruit, it's only fair - and as the drums beat, swathes of age jewels jump out of everyone around them, making everyone jovial. Those jewels fall down to the sea in a glittering rain like Starfall, making the sky look doubled with the sea. Or maybe: her distorted future affects everything she touches, the middle age giants go back to their peak form, the ship restores itself, the giant robot is in pristine condition, Franky is in a future where he has the powers of a Pacifista, her dad is back... All because in her freest form, her particular powers have no limits, the Nika form is but an image to represent that she has managed to awaken herself and bring out her image of an Utopic future. I find all of these possibilities way more interesting than just being able to replicate Luffy, and more in theme too! It's not because she looks like Nika that she'll act just like Luffy, the user of the devil fruit of Nika, she'll act on what she believes Nika should be. All these unique possibilities get me very excited to see what happens.

I like to think of it from a Luffy POV. If everyone gets to be Nikki, then everyone can be as free as him, and I think that would make him extremely happy. It also fits with what Nikka is meant to be, a bringer of liberation. Luffy seeing his friends and allies do as they please would be his ultimate win. It might not be a great pay off for us to see his power replicated so easily, but I can't see it bringing anything other than joy to our boy. PLUS, imagine Luffy's reaction to a Nikka form General Franky

I loved when Sanji was saying I'll save you, and Robin, and Lillith and Usopps like us too and Franky just chips in with 'and I'll save the ship' 'Save me too!'

I love this for Bonney. It fits so well with the story that Oda has been telling this arc. I hope Oda handles it correctly. We know Bonney can't keep up Distorted Future for long and I think their should be some restrictions to the power. Like maybe it can only imagine Zoan powers or physical atteibutes and not let's say the Dark-Dark fruit and then she could just use it. And also we know she is restricted by information. So if I say turn into a future where you have Kaido's Azure Dragon fruit, she wouldn't be able to do it accurately.

If Bonney was put on her ass after like 15 seconds of Dustorted Future: Giant when she was fighting Venus, shes probably only gonna be good for a few seconds in her Gear 5 future and then she'll be out. Distorted Future essentually gives her the ability to, under the right circumstances, mimic the powers of other Devil Fruits or races but shes trading efficiency for versatility. Shes not gonna be able to do as much with it as Luffy who is specialized into it

The Snails are… well, literally snails, the ocean is saltwater and salt kills snails (though being inside the Iron Giant might be preventing/protecting the snail from coming into contact with the saltwater immediately). On a side note, I feel like it's all but confirmed at this point that Bonney is gonna join the Straw Hats as the apprentice of the crew. Luffy is quite directly taking on the Mentorship role towards Bonney and considering that she's been looking for Luffy/Nika and how much Nika ties into Bonney and Kuma's characters and backstories I think she's the perfect fit for the Final Straw Hat (assuming you don't consider Yamato/Vivi joining later on as being the Final crewmates, which I don't as they're practically honorary Straw Hats already)

I'm so proud of you properly theorizing that the message would continue. You are awesome.

how is vegapunk's message not satisfying? the implications of the water rising are absolutely crazy and redefines the whole world

That art piece brought me to tears

I especially love the pannel where bonney asks kuma what nika looks like in order to imagine herself transforming into him, and kuma didn't know so she couldn't do it until she saw and confirmed through stella that luffy is nika to transform into him. Incredible writing and obvious foreshadowing.

My favourite twitter comment from when the early chapter came out- "The man born in slavery, managed to raise the freest daughter in the world."

I feel throughout the story Luffy is the liberator not only because he physically beats the oppressors,but also because he ignites the fire in people to free themselves. What we saw mentioned in wano is the ability of the country to defend itself without Luffy. And now we have Blackbeard possibly going after the ancient weapon islands. So I think the story is setting up Luffy to not be the main liberator but the one who brings people to liberate themselves. So I think Bonney achieving true freedom might be the start of that. It’s just a theory but it makes sense to me.

That art is incredible!!

A thought just crossed my mind about the Vegapunks...what if it's not that York is "evil" per se but that she interpreted and evaluated that, with what they learned about the lost century, the WG was on the right side? What if among the VPs there is an unknown divide between those that evaluated things differently about the whole story, ones that saw Joy Boy as right, those that saw WG as right and those that were neutral like Stella? Right now, without the whole story, there cannot be a moral judgment. We the readers have been judging it like we do because WG not only did evil stuff but they also are the antagonist of the SH but there is a possibility that at the end of it we could see things in a different light

12:47 Luffy's teeny, tiny straw hat makes me so happy!

I'm 99% sure that Bonney can only do this because Luffy as Nika is standing right besides her. She probably can't do it without him. So he is still the one true prophecised one. He just did what Joyboy is supposed to do and put a smile on Bonneys face 😊

Personally I like the idea that luffy can share his Nika form. We've seen him affect friends with the eye popping already, so why not step it up? But I don't think they will have his powers, more like getting all rubbery, since it seems to be a side effect of the Nika fruit rather than it's actual power. It'll make the strawhats more tanky but still need their abilities to achieve anything

Vegapunk: The government has been lying to you Populace: So it’s Stawhat’s fault?!

Love the videos and emotion you put into them. Thanks for the content!

MY BABY GIRL IS FREEEEEEEEE😭 i actually couldnt stop crying this chapter, Bonney and Kuma have very quickly shot up the ranks in my heart and seeing her finally speak with Nika and realize that the future DOES have a bright path ahead just fills me with too many emotions dude. her entire life she's been waiting for this moment and now she is fighting SIDE BY SIDE with the Warrior of Liberation himself in the face of everything that has ever hurt her and her family as for the power scaling combat level side of it, i dont believe Bonney is truly in a Gear 5 state like Luffy. she is in a form that she believes to be equal to Luffy, but since neither of them really understand the power of Nika she can't ever reach his same level. she will most likely be STUPID strong, just like when we first saw Gear 5, but i wouldn't be shocked if she gets hit by the immense blowback and strength drain from using it just like Luffy did in the fight against Kaido. she's going to have to take just as much time as Luffy, if not more, to train this transformation and maintain it without totally wiping out mid battle. ALSO KEEP IN MIND: her Fruit LITERALLY allows her to become anything she envisions as long as she CAN envision it, so i don't see why people are upset about her becoming Nika. we've BEEN knew that her fruit is fucking absurd and that her limits have always only ever been her imagination LMAO either way, im personally ecstatic that she has unlocked this power and i think it makes perfect sense story-wise

We should ask ourselves about who got Bonnie devil fruit in the void century 🤔(I would love a good flashback about Lily having Kuma fruit, Joyboy nika and possibly somebody else having those "future distortion abilities" as enemies that made Imu and the Gorosei angrier 😱🥶🎃💖🖤)

Imagined if Luffy N Bonney Drumming Together...

Just now realizing that Bonney’s devil fruit perfectly embodies vegapunk’s hypothesis for the origin of devil fruits in general. Her power is literally the embodiment of that idea of wish fulfillment of “if only I could do this”

5:32 All the innovation, yet Vegapunk could not manage to have and enjoy his coffee beforehand.

I loved it. I guess I can see why people are upset, but, to me, it just makes sense all around. For Kuma and for Bonney, it is the crescendo to their arc. For Luffy, it's just more of what he does. Inspire, mentor, and trigger change in those who need it. He's done that with everyone on his crew, Vivi, Boa, Rebecca, Shirahoshi, and Momonsuke. Bonney had it in her, she had been trying to achieve this form based of what her father told her. Now that she's seen the real deal, it was a no-brainer that she would achieve it. Luffy just had to show her how and he did. To me it doesn't cheapen Luffy's struggles or his hard work. Just like how a big brother or big sister's struggles and hard work aren't cheapened when showing their kid sibling how to do something. To Luffy, it's not a bother. The only way it would be bothersome for him is if they are constantly crying that they can't do it. Bonney hasn't, she's even said to Luffy "Show me how it's done then!" Big brother mocking little sister for not getting it. Little sister shouting back to show her or shut up. Big brother shows off, little sister learns to do it in her own way.

Tissine’s art blows me away every week, the best OP artist I have ever seen!

The artwork as usual amazing ❤

this rapidly became my favorite op review channel. such great insight.

18:48 I have a different way of thinking about this. If Luffy hadn’t spent all this time working on this, hadn’t spent all this time training and fighting, this moment wouldn’t be possible. Luffy’s efforts gave Bonney this freedom. Gave Bonney this form to emulate. She couldn’t have imagined this otherwise.

The thing that I think people who don't like that Bonney can go into Gear 5 need to remember is what she said after she turned into a giant. Franky was shocked and she said, "I can't hold distorted future for long." She literally can do one or two things max each time. Every time she's done it, it was a single move, and this will be her most taxing version of it.

That beautiful art piece perfectly depicts the meaning of that moment, and One Piece in a whole. Through all the dark, unbreakable will and complete faith in your beliefs is what will bring you to the Sun. Forget power scaling, that’s not the point. Generations of suffering came to this moment for Kuma. Actions speak louder words… *I WILL BE FREE!* ~ Bonney, to her Dad

You perfectly articulated my feelings towards this chapter

9:53 Thank you SO much for pointing that out. I was looking for that... LOL

I believe VP was building up to the point where he was going to expose the WG and just hadn't gotten to it yet.

The first 10 seconds made me laugh after getting Merphapunk for the last chapter 🤣 Gotta love and embrace the weird

The major gripe is have for vegapunk's message is that he didn't try to clear the dirt on the name of Oharan scholars. He didn't care to reveal to the world that oharans died for the same reason he is going to die, oharans weren't the evil people they were framed to be.

The "but Luffy worked so hard to reach this point" angle is probably the most (only) sane angle that I've seen from the backlash, and I do get it. My perspective is that Bonney's transformation would not even be within the realm of possibility if Luffy hadn't unlocked his first. So it's not that Luffy's arduous journey was invalidated, it's more like his efforts have unlocked a new level of freedom and power against oppression for not only himself, but for Bonney as well (and possibly others). The idea of laughter and joy being contagious would lend itself well to there being a whole JoyCrew one day, although personally I would prefer if it was just limited to Luffy and a watered-down version in Bonney.

I never doubt that you couldn't misunderstood oda and in this vid ...... you show how beautiful this sequenceus. !!! perfectly!!!

I still am hoping Buggy gets remembered as the Sun God. The way he appears to stretch with his cloak on and spreading his body parts and the fact he said if Luffy will be Pirate King that must make him Pirate God, but with more actual Nika's in the mix who knows now. All I know is the history books won't remember Luffy as a hero cause he doesn't even want it.😂

Thank you for your so well expressed review, I really was moved when I saw Bonnie in her freest form, I remembered all the suffering that Ginny went through as well as all the sacrifices that Kuma made, after "living" all his life in slavery, finally all his efforts are paid seeing his daughter free, but I do think too that he's going to do the final sacrifice soon, if he dies with a smile in his lips it will be sad but so beautiful. Keep doing the reviews please, the OP community clearly needs some more level headed and mature people doing the reviews.

Check every nook and cranny of that place, I’ve heard too many horror stories of air bnbs

I think the Nika propagation theory is fine, and is on theme, honestly. Like think about it: Joyboy is someone whose identity the WG/CD kept from the world, and now Luffy is (unknowingly) spreading Joyboy's ideology by giving everyone the ability to smile, and be free, not making them smile by force with the smile fruit. I love it. And the way Luffy encourage little Bonney to achieve it made my heart melt. :')

I, for one, am actually hype for the next chapter with Nika-Bonney. Previously everything gear-5-Luffy did (attacks wise) was really fun to see, so I’m really exited for the combo moves Luffy and Bonney could perform. I’m also not really of the opinion that Bonney transforming into a Nika-form doesn’t make sense. It was established that her distorted future ability only works as well as her capacity to believe/hope in what she wants. So it makes sense she can transform into Nika (and not any other devil fruits) because of the strong bond she has with the concept of Nika. Bonney has praying to Nika and dreaming of Nika for all her life (thanks to Kuma). Also Luffy literally reignited her belief in Nika a few chapters ago, so her belief is stronger than ever. To be honest, I’m not really thinking too much if that makes sense “power-scaling wise”, I just think it was foreshadowed character wise and feels earned for her. Bonney and Kuma have been through a lot. Bonney has earned the right to feel as free as Nika, I’d say. Also Bonney has been experimenting with her powers since she was a child so it also technically took a lot of time for Bonney to reach a high skill level with her distorted future ability. I’m honestly not that worried for what Oda has in store for this situation.

I may have commented this already, but I think Nami is doing most of the managing of the Straw Hats. She coordinates her group, like sending Jinbe to fetch Zoro. And Sanji and her have both been asking the other how their group is doing whenever they contact each other.

You need to be careful when describing Luffy as the prophesised one. Luffy wasn't born as the one destined to fulfil the prophecy. He is the prophesised one because of who he is. It is a case of freewill versus determinism. Luffy can still chose to walk away (he won't though). It doesn't have to be him specifically who stops Imu. As for Bonney gaining "Gear 5", I think it makes perfect sense narratively. The sun is a massive ball of fire (in simple terms) and to create such a thing would take a massive amount of time and energy like Luffy obtaining Gear 5. From that single flame comes the potential for all life or in this case all joy. Bonney is diving head first into that flame and we've already had reference to Icarus in this arc so by becoming the most free there may be a terrible price to pay. Luffy's allies may eventually gain a Gear 5 like form or power-up but I feel that will come as their joy grows in the light of the Sun God. Bonney, I feel, is forcing an unnatural growth (like a certain character in HxH)

I think the most shocking thing about Freedom Bonney is Oda let it happen this arc. Usually, he'd hold off for hundreds of chpts, which makes me think Oda couldn't do that this time. Possibly because he wanted Kuma to see his daughter be free and if it didn't happen now he never would? I've been going back and forth on whether Kuma will die, but now I'm pretty sure he's not going to make it. But hey, maybe I'm reading too much into this? I don't want Kuma to die, but I suppose if he must Oda has been kind enough to let him fulfill his dream first. That and punch Saturn in the face!

One of yhe interesting yhings about this weeks great art is if you frame this and put this up someone watching one piece up almost wano would see this and have no idea whats going on but know its beautiful and thats enough.

I will be shocked if Imu doesn't kill Saturn after this arc as 80% of the events are directly his fault. I also think the Gorosei and Imu will give York freedom to be a celestial dragon as they really need her to develop more mother flames but i think they'll keep guards around her 24/7 to make sure she doesn't betray them and this could introduce the readers to the holy knights

The snail may not be shorting out, but all the snails can do is transmit. As far as I know, they can't store recordings. I think the way it's set up is that Vegapunk built an electronic recorder that's simply playing next to the snailophone, and THAT is what's shorting out, hence why the signal's all weird across the world. The snail's still broadcasting, but what it's broadcasting is breaking down. That said, if that's how it's working, not sure how the signal could be restored even if the iron giant starts moving again, unless what's breaking down is the recorder's power supply, which is the iron giant's extremely limited power supply too.

smartest man, doesn't broadcast from a different island.

Honestly, i couldn't care less about power scaling and "what battle shonen is meant to be", truth is, one piece looks like a shonen and walks like a shonen, but it's just a commentary on what Oda believes about life, freedom, discrimination and 1000 other themes. It has been the theme of expansive discussion that Luffy's power doesn't rely on how strong he is, but on what he can inspire and how he can get people to rally around him and free their minds, be it in Arlong Park, Dressrosa, Wano, Sypeia, Luffy has always been about showing people they don't have to believe there's only one way, they don't have to be ok with opression, they don't have to accept what "is"; this is Luffy inspiring someone else to be free AND I LOVE IT. In fact, i would love the possibility of Luffy not being "the one", but for him to be the inspiration for a lot of people to become "the one", of him showing people how to be free and them achieving it, i'd actually love for a final battle where a thousand people get white hair and laugh and have fun while they defeat their oppressors 'cause that's the thing; oppression hates laughter and "laugh tale" can't be anything other than a tale about laughs. If Luffy is joyboy, he's not only meant to be joyful, he's meant to bring joy, to inspire joy and freedom and if that is his power, he should be able to share it and bring people up to that same level, the moral of the story cannot be that he makes people laugh and then joy dies with him.

I literally do not care one bit that "Luffy had to work for years but Bonney gets it instantly". Absolutely bothered 0%. The themes and the value for these characters are what hits, what matters. Nika-fy the whole crew for all I care (assuming that's done as well as this was). If it's meaningful and impactful, that's what matters.