He Really Shouldn't Have Done That 

I think it's important that Saturn calls luffy Nika, not Strawhat Luffy, not even JoyBoy. I think it's because he is old enough to know original Nika and JoyBoy and Luffy are just latest iterations

this reminds me when the community was guessing and theorizing who is vegapunk and what is he look like a lot of YEARS ago, and now we're here an arc that u can say dedicated to him, time flies so fast

Talking of Oda's increasingly sketchy style, I'm an artist myself and I find it fascinating to look at how he's changed over the years. I think you can see an evolution of his style here at first he's a less confident artist and takes great care to painstakingly make everything clear, crisp and bold - typical of less experienced artists. It's like when you're in a job that's new to you and you put great effort into meeting the standards you're guessing you need to meet, then as you get more relaxed in your job, you're less of a tryhard and yet actually better at it. So, over time, let's say moving through Skypiea, moving through Enies Lobby, you can see it get more confident and at the same time less... engineered? Early on the art is very clear with bold, clean thick lines but there's a slight amateurishness to it like he's not quite sure how to draw certain things. By the time we get to Alabasta and the aforementioned arcs, you see a distinct relaxation where his art is getting better and it looks like he's less worried, less anxious. But then, as it goes on and perhaps especially post-Dressrosa, it's gets incredibly sketchy. Usually I think, again, it shows confidence and fluency in his artstyle but it definitely goes into "he drew this while dying for a piss and was rushing through it" territory. Sometimes it's like he was seeing if he could get away with drawing it with his off-hand. As you say, he had eye surgery but unless they really blew it I don't think that would affect it - and really if his eyesight was deteriorating it'd be BEFORE his eye surgery that his art would be at its scrappiest. I think he's getting almost too free and easy (too free - that sounds like an ironic thing to say when talking about One Piece) and also, let's be honest, he's been drawing this amazing series for surely about half his entire life now. He must be in serious auto-pilot mode a lot of the time. Sorry about the wall of text but I find this such an interesting part of OP.

I like the panal of the lone Marine, taking cover behind the rubble as if to say "I'm just some guy doing this to put food on the table". I dunno why, but that spoke to me and thought that it was overlooked.

I understod the Brook summoning as, that he landed in the circle with kumas power and it just seems like he was summoned to the people around.

If it is confirmed that Brook's soul RETURNED from the under world, then what did it see during its time in the underworld,because Brook's soul was conscious, it was actively searching around the sea for his body to return too. Means it was Brook's consciousness in soul form. What did he see when he went to the underworld for a brief time period. If true This point has lots of potential to expand on Brook's relevance to the events occuring in the present at egghead. Because Brook sidelined in wano too. It may be possible that Brook has interacted with the ruler of hell too,cause no one can return from there without his permission.

I analyzed all the pages from the beginning of Egghead and I can confirm that Oda drew cheeks about 21 times, with the first being Bonney in 1064. PS. Started counting from 1061.

The true devil fruit now exists

Bonney has really came to be one of the best supernovas and important characters in general not to mention I love how she straight up went for the kill shot 😅

One thing I was wondering is how the 5 elders got picked for their roles because aside from them, I don't see any other nobles who would like the idea of having a "Job" for them to fulfil. Work ethic isn't something they aspire in but demand from others

Bluegrass riding the ancient giant would be terrifying

I think the reason egghead feels so good and innovative is because is the first island that has been discovered by random chance since punk hazard like 12 years ago. We didn't know anything about and the crew just stumble into it.

I think Saturn's devil fruit is in control of his body right now, not Saturn. The way he said "ah the surface, its been such a long time" is strange considering Saturn has been on the surface this whole time. Even if he didnt count the boat as the surface for some weird reason he still wouldve passed through land to get to the boat. Additionally, in chapter 1069 Shaka is giving exposition on Lucci's awakening saying "a rare specimen indeed, it's usually the case that awakened zoan powers absorb and control the users personality" i think at least the 5 elders and potentially Imu as well are passing down their devil fruits and once their powers are awakened they come under the control of their devil fruit. This is additionally supported by Saturn calling Luffy "Nika" rather than any other name. It's because he is a being just like Nika, and hes been battling Nika for potentially thousands of years.

The Gorosei could be people from the void century who manifested their dream/desire and obtain their power that way. They didn't eat devil fruits, they are among the one who created the powers. And BlackBeard could have eaten the power (then transfered to a fruit) of a previous gorosei from the void century who died at that time. (But I'd rather have a different origin for that power) Saturn head explosion could be a very fast attack that the fodder marines didn't see. (the reader also didn't see it assuming we had the perspective of the marines at that moment)

I can't wait for Oda to reveal that Saturn staff is like a mage staff but made by Vegapunk specifically for Saturn, super high tech and that's how he used a teleportation circle from the ship to Egghead.

The elders did mention how they didn't want the gear 5 photo to be in his new wanted poster at the end of Wano so even though so they must have figured out that this was Luffy's Nika form back then, most likely based on the major difference in appearance compared to the previous posters of Luffy. For all we know the poster might have a cropped version of the image cp0 took and the original has the awakening clouds visible which would make it obvious to them.

Slightly unrelated to this chapter, but I have to say it: I believe Devilfruits are just Haki. The people from the Anchient kingdom knew a technique which let them pour their Haki, their "desire" or "dream" into a fruit, which then when eaten will let them live that dream. I think if you have strong enough Haki you can make any kind of Devilfruit you want. The idea of "inherited will" as we all know, also has a strong presence in One Piece, peoples dreams never die, therefore the Devilfruit which contains their dream reincarnates when the creator dies. Altough this theory still doesn't explain everything, like the no-swimming thing for example, it would fit pretty well with what Vegapunk said about the fruits in this arc. Also I just love the idea that we could have only one powersystem instead of two. Merging Haki with Devilfruits would be so cool.

Maybe the reason they didn't blow up Sabo's head was that technique can only work if you make eye contact with the victim. The marine probably made eye contact with Saturn. Edit: What I meant was that regardless of Haki proficiency, maybe the victim must make direct eye contact with Saturn in order for him to use the technique which made that Marines head explode. Sabo never made direct eye contact with any of the Five Elders so maybe that'a why it didn't work on him.

Random thought: Jewelry Bonnie could also reverse Momonuske back to his correct age.

One of the funniest ideas I've seen is that it isn't a DF, and they'll send Saturn into the water only for him to casually swim back to shore

I think it might be pretty hard for Saturn to blow up Stella's head considering how it's split into two. I mean how would that even work? Does the head attached to the main body explode, leaving his actual brain fine, do both explode, killing him, or does the brain in Punk Records explode, causing Stella's body to just flop onto the ground?

It makes perfect sense that brook's summoning circle having 8 points(not technically an octragram, rather it's a seal of Melchizedek), as his trope is music, and music is broken down into octaves(8). Saturn however, is being associated with Satan in this context, and thereby with a pentagram, as Satan is commonly associated with pentagrams. It would've been cool if he used a hexagram for Saturn (sixth planet from the sun) but that's also the star of David, so yeah, i see why this choice was made. Maybe it also has to do with being the 5th Elder star?

Assuming the Elders were all around for the last appearance of Nikka and got immortality from the Ope Ope grow that would mean that the youngest looking one, Jupiter, may actually be the oldest of them having been given his immortality first while the others had to wait for the fruit to be found, eaten and the user trained to the point of being able to perform the surgery.

Baal was the first taught taht came to my mind as well when I read the chapter. Also do not forget that the ancient robot's specific goal was to eliminate the enemies Located in marigoa, ie. the celestials. Now one of the top head of them just teleported to the island. I think Saturn is up for more of a surprise than the others were of the command hierarchy.

Im shocked that no one is talking about that one panel where we see kizaru panting! I knew luffy was strong but this is the first time our captain has actually succeeded in making kizaru put in some effort. Also there's no way that luffy's final punch was just a minor thing. That felt like that really hurt kizaru and he knew that

I thought the head exploding worked like conquerors Haki Like they could be so below him that they wouldn't just pass out

WOW I CANT BELIEVE LUFFY LIFTED GOROSEI UP AND SAID "I WONDER WHAT GOROSEI TASTES LIKE" THIS IS INSANE

0:45 Yes I know this exact feeling of helplessness from nightmares so well, I've occasionally had nightmares where, after getting dropped off by my mom somewhere and realizing I don't want to be there anymore, I try and call her on my phone and it just turns into this anxiety inducing slog of nothing working as it should be

I think the head explode thing is only something Saturn can do to weak or no haki users. The reason being is that all the lower rank marines don't know about the Gorosei or their forms at least and are never allowed to see them. Because majority of them are not strong enough to even stand looking at them. In essence I feel it's a way to keep the marines in line should they ever be curious about the higher ups.

Science, once so far advanced, is practically indistinguishable from magic, so this all meshes quite well! Vegapunk also mentioned that the Ancient Kingdom was far, far more advanced than even he could currently decipher, and he's been studying their tech for most of his life. This basically gives Oda free rein to pull out some really crazy stuff. I'm excited to see where this will go next!

Magic circles being in the background of the Gorosei introduction in 233 is pretty interesting

When you replied to the comment "after wano where did one piece is going 😢" i replayed that like 4 times 🤣🤣🤣 love the humor 😎

Brooke was trying to defend Usopp last chapter when Kizaru was choking Usopp out

Oda has leveled up in his ass drawing skills very impressive 👏

“Comfortable out of his own skin.” 😂😂

Let’s not forget about the other mysterious devil fruit power that went unnoticed in chapter 1094. The navy vice admiral with the devil fruit of an otter (the guy with the giant clam shell) as you can faintly make out his transformation when he leapt into the air

Assuming that Saturn's ability is due to a special kind of devil fruit or because he's some sort of devil, could it be that the giant robot in the basement awakened due to the presence of its enemy instead of Luffy's Nikka form? The giant robot didn't react at all when Luffy first transformed against Lucci but only activated later on when the started fighting Kizaru after the marine ships got relatively close to the island. Coincidence i think not.

I always took the whole 'only people of a certain rank can look' to not be a power thing but a secret thing. Only people of this rank are allowed to see him, if other do, they are dealt with by him Anyone can see him, he just doesn't want just anyone seeing him, ya know?

I don't post comments often but everything seems to be building up to another sabaody scale despair event and I think the gear 5 excitement is too good to keep climbing. Especially since he barely beat kaido and kizaru could just do so

The entirety of One Piece gives me the ancient battle in heaven that occured before the creation of the world vibes

The 5 Eldritch Beasts

Every time he says "Nika"...he is walking in a tight rope 😂😂

Imagine that Saturn tries to get Stella to look into his eyes, but Stella pops on some reflective shades and we see Saturn's head burst into flames for a second.

"Stella looks at Saturn" Saturn: Why didnt your head explode? Stella: What head my guy?

The jacket fruit is the nightmare of someone who's claustrophobic

The only One Piece channel I watch🫡

In chapter 594, in the gorosei office there is demonic symbols scattered around it, oda was hinting at there demonic origins 500 chapters ago.

Animating Kuina falling down the stairs while talking about her is wiiiiiild lmao

There are a ton of zoans at the end of OP. Which makes sense. We're talking the top 1% of the OP world with access to the best of the best, including devil fruit. Paramecia is the fruit of commoners.

Crazy take but I think St.Saturn is kicking the bucket by the end of the Arc

For the entire week I kept seeing giant house spiders in my home I think oda is cooking too hard it’s manifesting into the real world🕷️

My theory about the devil fruits. What if devil fruits are basically fruits given by the devil's that is imu and the five elder stars. Rather than given let's assume it's more like a contract and they have no choice but to send the devil fruits out into the world. Maybe once the devil's(imu) gets taken out the devil fruits seize to exist and haki becomes the main source of power. So if luffy beats imu he should lose his fruit powers and can enter laugh tale(assuming people with devil fruits can't go to laugh tale). This explains a lot of complications and theories of one piece.

Angel fruits. The will of dreamers (will never die).

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There is a Robert Heinlein Novel, The Number of the beast, where 4 people travel to written worlds made real when they think about them, and when one of the people figure this out and has them experiment He prayed none them was thinking of H.P. Lovecraft, but knew he could not tell them not to think of it, or it would be all that they could think of. That first comment about someone dreaming of a devil made me think of that.

I can't wait to see the rest of the Five Elders in action with their dark Mythical Zoans.

Liam! What do you think about the floating clouds around the necks for Zoan awakenings? Luffy has it, Yamato has it, Rob Lucci has it and now Saturn(Presuming that Yamato and Saturn are awakened of course). Do you think this is something all zoan awakenings are going to include? And what does it say about Kaido not being an awakened fruit user?

What confuses me the most, is the part where Shanks was casually visiting them. I am pretty sure Shanks is aware their powers. And if one of the 5 Elders is willing to kill a Emperor himself, why was Shanks alowed to just walk in and out as he pleased. Even if he is a good guy that keeps order. Given that they went after Whitebeard well aware that he was one of the good guys, it doesn't seem that it would an argument for shanks.

That was prbly the best closing statement Liam´s ever done XD

Octagram is a thing indeed. And I am not a cultist

The move Saturn used on the fodder marine is the Arrow move used to attack Sabo and Cobra. When you go back, the first arrow that attacked cobra came from the same direction as Saturn

I have a theory? Instead of getting the powers of eating whatever fruit they have, what if the latter's consciousness takes over the eater. Giving them a sort of quasi-immortality. Explaining why the Gorosei looks old.

Lmao i just keep imagining bluegrass riding a rock like spongebob 🤣 😂

Your bit at the end reminded me about the ancient robot waking up. I feel like that's going to be the perfect thing to counter the elder star and give the crew a chance to get Stella away.

I wonder if Brooke has a non awakened demon fruit similar to the Gorosei. The tribe summoning him through the demon circle shows he may have the same "type" of fruit? He could have the Gashadokuro Fruit. An indestructible Giant Skeleton Yokai.

What if st.saturn power is not from DF but that is his actual form? I'm just getting vibes from him, that st.saturn six legged appearance is his actual form

Calling it now, Dragons gonna take out one of the Gorosei in jaw dropping fashion and it’s gonna be epic.

saturn looks like the dude who attacked the cameras in the labor and now we also know that he can teleport

I love where OP is as well. But I can only keep loving it while never thinking about Wano which is less and less hard as the chapters goes. Still....

Here’s a dark thought: what if Sabo didn’t escape the Elder Stars “mentally?” What if one of the Elders had a Zoan power to mind control Sabo, putting post-hypnotic suggestions so that Sabo could lead the Elders to the Revolutionary Army HQ? It could explain why he escaped…because that’s what they wanted.

Spongebob confirmed dead as previous Ride-Ride fruit user. "It's not just a boulder... It's a rock!"

Oda: it's the final saga and one piece is coming to an end. Oda: look at all these new things, new questions and butts.

I hope that zoan isnt the only fruit used by the gorosei

As a proud cultist/gang member of the shadow wizard money gang, we do indeed use octagonal square pentagon things

Great vid man 😎

The head exploding thing is taken from Ushi-Oni in mythology, where there's a tale that says if you meet its gaze, you will be unable to look away, and your soul is drained from your body, and Saturn's Devil fruit is very clearly based on Ushi-Oni

I feel that when Saturn saw luffy in his awakening from Saying "nika" was something more nostalgic, like remember the real Nika, but was my way to saw that

4:40 I still love the fact that Oda took his inability to draw butts as a challenge and is just sprinkling them all over Egghead just to show off that he can now

3:01 that seal honesty looks like the spellbinding circle from yugioh… like brook activated someone’s trap card

Liam on your dude in a room channel you should talk about other manga you read. Love hearing the berserk reference to the God hands!

His comment about coming to the surface makes it sound like the power possesses him. Like that circle actually conjured a demon.

I just realized that the Ride-Ride Fruit could probably let the user drive a large rock like that one episode from SpongeBob😂

The old vice-admiral lady may not be old at all. She has weird grudge about Bonney age-shifting marines, she may have been age-shifted too.

another day another grandline video

One thing that came to my mind is that "technically", Coby is not allowed to gaze at Saturn as he is a Captain, a rank below Commodore

The beserk comparison verifies the theory that Liam is cultured

Yes. Octagrams are a thing. Cultist approved.

given how Caribou's crew are undertakers I believe that Caribou in Egghead will provide info on the occult powers on display by St. Saturn.

My theory is that they had a 5 billion berry bounty on the ope ope no mi because they would make people eat the fruit and then use the immortal surgery to make another gorosei which is why they’re immortal

Sabo has balls the size of the one piece universe for straight up saying they can get these hands lol. Can't wait to see what happened to law and what shanks is doing right now.

Blue Grass driving a boulder around like Season 1 spongebob

Stella so smart he use haki without training😂

Keep up the awesome work and videos Liam love the video

Vice Admiral Bluegrass could possibly control the ancient robot

1:46:40 😂 Syv: "Sum'mon'YAY!" Par: Repeat that...😂😂😂 Syv: "Sum..mon..YAY! ...ALL Sommeliers are crying

Mabey when you become a marine and you have you sign a contract. And they can like explode you by haveing you signature or something

Grandma bluegrass is about to pull a spongebob square pants and ride a boulder into a fight.

Great vid

Egghead is feeling like an old arc in a small way. So much new stuff and more powerful enemies

My pet theory is that the Gorosei are actually Joyboy's old crew. They did the ONE thing in this world that we really haven't seen yet...the entire crew betrayed their captain. Because they lost faith. In a SBS we saw the two alternate fates for the Strawhats, which Oda mentions split off from one another after they had to make a "choice". I think the Gorosei are the result of the "bad future" that Joyboy's crew chose. Probably because whatever the "choice" specifically is, it's probably results in maintaining the status quo or fighting against it and risking the lives of everyone in the world. Plus, I feel like the designs kind of mirror the Strawhats own designs a little. Them being dark mirrors of what they COULD become make sense. Plus, then it would make sense why Oda was aiming for a 10 person crew. It'll be all 2 against 1 fights against every Gorosei.