THE DARK KING RETURNS! 

Years under alvida's beauty has made colby immune to hancock's charm

I think this chapter really showed how BB is the antithesis of Luffy. When Boa proposed that BB let her go and she’ll release everyone and let them leave, BB was willing to kill her and sacrifice his men to ensure his survival. Which we know Luffy would never do.

1st: Blackbeard is basically All-for-One, but… how?! 2nd: Oven is now the 2nd person in YEARS to land a hit on Katakuri

Coby is now in the EXACT situation he started the series in

The seraphim are very intriguing. Even if they don't grow up, they're already huge and seem to be super powerful even now, and we don't even know how many they have

“If you’ve never heard of Wang Zhi I don’t blame you he was only ever mentioned once” Unless you are a Tekking fan of course.

Oda is way too good at keeping his characters relevant. It's insane

I think we do know why Shakuyaku left amazon lily... didnt Gloriosa say the leader before boa had the love sickness and was the only leader to get it and survive by leaving her post as leader?

Rayleigh pulled up like Shanks at Marineford. As soon as he showed up, it was over. This chapter was insane to say the least

I know we didn't see him in this chapter, but I can't help but feel like Koby's kidnapping might have happened at Aokiji's suggestion. If Aokiji is a still a loyal deep cover SWORD agent, this might be the only way to get whatever information he has out...tell it to Koby directly and then arrange an escape.

Depending on how these Seraphim are made I think we need to rethink how we feel about Vegapunk and Fujitora

That Wano flashback also took A LOT of the sting out of 1057 for me.

I believe that when we look back on the Yamato situation in the future, it will seem much more like a weekly chapter issue. Like you frequently say, that's the problem with reading a chapter a week, you can't grasp the full narrative as quickly as you want so things can feel clunky. But I think when looking at it as a full volume, the flow will feel much more natural. I could be wrong but I have faith that the Yamato problem won't be remembered as poorly as it's viewed now

Interesting thought process for fujitora "We dont need loyal/disloyal pirates, we need extremely powerful child soldiers that looks like those loyal/disloyal pirates"

I love how the former warlords all have very big bounties. The generational shift post WB is truly being set

Katarina Devon talking about taking Boa's head was a clear reference to Medusae's lore, also, Hancock's powers are pretty much the same as in the Medusa myth, just wondering if her fruit could be a hidden mythical Zoan.

It sounded since it was introduced like the rocky port incident was a fairly recent occurrence so Blackbeard‘s new bounty update may just be considering the fact that he defeated Wang Zhi at the beehive and is now the ruler of the pirate island like his new bounty may literally just be because of that and maybe factoring in the fact that they’re hunting down powerful fruit users many of whom would assumedly be marines

One of the things that hit me was Blackbeard using armament haki to block A CLONE MIHAWK SLICE THAT CUT THE DAMN ISLAND IN HALF!!! Blackbeard truly has gotten stronger!!!

Wang Zhi, too, is back, I thought he’d never show up. And that means Koby, Law, Wang Zhi, and Blackbeard were all involved in the Rocky Port Incident

Id expect buggy seraphim to make friends with real buggy and they team up to be as flashy as possible

It's more interesting to me that the two seraphim are based on two characters that have conqueror's haki.

I’m wondering if the Marco and Yamato interactions would’ve been earlier if Oda didn’t have to hurry to fit Shanks in before the movie 🤔

My thought about the Buggy sheraphim is that Buggy sherpain will be one of the strongest and broken. Because not only it will be funny but the information that the characters have in universe is that buggy is one of the strongest man in the ONE PIECE, he is now the boss of two of the former Warlords,and well all his backstory.

My favorite part of this chapter was the mention of former rook member Ochoku and the increased lore regarding Rocky port incident

This chapter finally revealed for me how boa broke a prism stone and her true strength which they cloned for the new seraphim

I hope we get the fully story of the Rocky Port incident

For the whole Yamato situation I think it’s one that’ll probably work a lot better in book form. We are all emotionally dissecting shit week by week but on a quick read you get the emotion of a goodbye and right after you get the actual good explanation

1. The Yamato thing being now was to parallel the need for each islands “protector”. Marco with Sphinx, Yamato with Wano, and Amazon Lily with Boa. The twist being that Boa’s presence on Amazon Lily could be adversely effecting her people (probably partly why she’s suggesting running away to luffy when we first see her again). 2. Chapters are always completely finished 4 ahead of what we the reader are currently reading. Meaning this chapter was finished by the time 1055 officially released and no moment in this chapter could be retroactively trying to tie up the yamato ending. It was always meant to be this way. Doesn’t necessarily change Wano’s actual ending in a bubble from feeling very unfulfilling for the 10+ years of hype we had, but at least outside of reading weekly it may hit a little better in the end as long as Oda stays self aware.

Yes, Wano was a little weird. But this chapter was such peak one piece I was giddy for an hour after reading it.

I've been hearing many people yell "retcon" for Yamato's reasons for staying, but it's clearly planned. Momo told Yamato not to interfere with Greenbull. That right there was the set up for Yamato not being honest about why she decided to stay. It wasn't a retcon, it was just Oda doing his usual thing of planting story developments with delayed effect. It's been this way for decades with Oda. I trust him not to let us down and leave us hanging with unresolved story elements (carrot).

regarding the whole yamato and marco story placement, I think Oda was thinking of how they would neatly fit into a volume format. Sometimes you gotta zoom out and see that one piece weekly releases dont make sense, but they do in volume format sense

I feel a lot of Blackbeard's fears come from the fact that his introduction, and as far as we know, only real interaction with Rayleigh was when he was a child on Whitebeard's crew; That was Rayleigh in his prime; world's more powerful than he was as a child, and in his mind, Rayleigh is still that man, and Blackbeard is still that kid.

I feel you Liam but at least we got the flashbacks at all. with how hard Oda is going with the lore dumping, i cant be upset at getting the information even if its not where i wanted to get it.

This maybe proof that Shakuyaku was the Empress that left after falling in love (with Rayleigh) that was talked bout. This may explain why Rayleigh is living in this area; to be with his girlfriend and helping the Amazons while helping the new generations/the one the roger pirates are waiting for.

If the anime does change the flow, I hope they put that Yamato flashback right around where Momo's crying for Luffy to stay

Lots to love here. I am especially pleased by the Stukky reveal. Makes so much sense in terms of the Dark Kings relation to Amazon Lily.

One of the best chapters so far... I thought that it could also have been some kind of great fanfiction by someone who wanted to bring all of his favorite charas in it. And it was great...

I'm still hoping to see Koby in an actual fight

this chapter was amazing.

Seraphim in the Bible: "do not be afraid"

The Cerberus Theory, easily one of the most popular within the One Piece community, posits that Blackbeard had already eaten a Devil Fruit before he ate the Yami Yami no Mi. Specifically, a Mythical Zoan Fruit possibly called the Inu Inu no Mi, Model Cerberus.

Blackbeard with Haki was amazing. Great chapter 🔥

One thing I liked is that Luffy did actually ask Yamato directly to be a part of the crew. Usually when that happens it's almost a guarantee that they will join down the line. This makes me more hopeful for Yamato joining.

Shakky is the former amazon empress that got caught in love sickness, hence she got replaced by elder nyon

Chapter 1059 Captain Koby's Case • There's a flashback involving Yamato and why she decided to stay behind • New Pacifista model is call Seraphim, they are (big)children with white hair, brown skin and black wings. All of them don't look the same (unlike Kuma pacifistas) • Blackbeard attacked Amazon Lily amidst the Marine Invasion, he wants Hancock's power. His new bounty is 3.996 billion • Hancock turned most of the invaders(including Devon and Vasco) into stone. Her new bounty is 1.659 billion • Rayleigh halted the conflict, like Shanks at Marineford • Koby is abducted by Blackbeard pirates From redon • Red Hair Pirates take Marco near Sphinx Island (Whitebeard's homeland). Marco is leaving the ship at the beginning of the chapter to fly towards Sphinx Island. It's a funny part. • Shanks asks Marco to join his crew but Marco refuses NO BREAK NEXT WEEK

At least people will complain a little less about Yamato now. I spent the past three weeks saying "Hey, wait for a bit. Maybe the explanation was just delayed. Be patient." to my friends

I had my doubts about the Warlords replacements, but these Seraphim proved me WAY wrong. Also, we have been majorly sleeping on Hancock. If every chapter is going to be as densely packed like this from here on out, I’m all for it.

kiddnapping a marine hero will increase that bounty plenty quick

The end of Wano definitely suffered thanks to movie:red. That much seems to have been made clear. And I think oda knew that, seeing as he threw in those flashbacks with Yamato here. It definitely helps a little, but that abrupt ending will forever be a mark on the arc's quality for me. That and how pretty much any arc for Zoro was seemingly dropped near the end of the raid.

Blackbeard: I AM DARKN- wait I hear boss music *Dark King joins the battle*

This Chapter was 👌 so cool with unexpected situations

When Rayleigh showed my first reaction was oh my God it's Rayleigh. Then the thought came of, is this the moment where the badass old mentor dies? And thankfully he didn't.

Prophetic that I just recently asked you about Rayleigh, and how you thought he stacked up against luffy & the current world power scheme. Based off his comment about blackbeard, I'd assume that means luffy has done what zoro hasn't done, and surpassed his mentor; now has sanji surpassed Ivankov?:)#)

4:47 LMFAO I spat my drink out 😂😂

It's funny how you didn't mention Koby being abducted😂

Rayleigh coming and saving Hancock reminded me of Shanks stopping the war at Marineford. Both times Blackbeard caused havoc and Coby was trying to avoid any direct conflict.

That's really incredible

Blackbeard: I am the King of Darkness! Rayleigh (The Dark King): Who decided that?

Blackbeard coming in again going after Boa's powers was great stuff plus both of their bounties being shown with updated amounts was awesome and Koby out here talking for a deal with baby kidlords shooting off lazers then Rayleigh clouts his way towards a solution lul well kinda

I feel like Rayleigh saying he wouldn’t beat Blackbeard was just him being humble.

Theory time So King seems way too important to me at this point. So I'm suspecting another reason Oda is having Yamato stay behind is to eventually meet with King, perhaps restore his belief in Joyboy and re-enter the story as an ally alongside Yamato. Okay it's a bit of wishful thinking on my part but it does make sense. I seriously doubt King would be too happy about what the Government did with his DNA- making child slave soldiers, after wiping out his race.

Love that Blackbeard was ready to sacrifice his crew

So what if: they assumed kaido and big mom were keeping shanks and blackbeard in check. Now that theyre gone, shanks and black beard are more of a threat so both their bounties go up

"Shaku abdicated for unknown reasons" no we do know exactly why she left, it was because she fell in love with Rayleigh, it was stated before by the old one that the previous empress had left the island because she fell in love, we just didn't know it was Shaku.

Oda just had a idea in his head that his readers are smart enough to put two and two together about Yamato we failed his test failed it bad failed it like a second grader trying to take a college entrance exam to Yale

Yamato putting the people of Wano's safety and security before his dreams and desires for adventure. He's learnt from Oden's past faults. luv that

I’m assuming that the stuff on Amazon Lily is a half-flash back, and taking a high profile Marine hero hostage is probably a one-way ticket to big bounty city, right? I hope that the “Rocky Port Incident” is never completely explained. In my head, it’s one the darkest things that ever happened in the world during the time skip, and I’m not sure if anything Oda could draw would accurately showcase the “9/11”-ness (I apologize, but I can’t think of a better descriptor) I imagine it to have. The Seraphim are such a neat and horrifying idea: sort of a “fine, we’ll do it ourselves” variant of the Warlord System, these artificial death robot children who will not and cannot disobey the WH or Celestial Dragons. I would love to see various ex-warlords encountering their Seraphim counterparts. Raleigh showing up was so great. He pulls up, and everyone just goes “fuuuuuuu-,” and plays nice because NO ONE wants to fight the Dark King. So, while Marco was on Wano, Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates were nearby out in the sea the ENTIRE TIME. I don’t think the implication is that they would’ve helped if things went really bad, and I do like the idea that Shanks was watching Luffy fight and defeat Kaido.

Oda rushed the end of Wano because of Film Red. He wanted Shanks to appear at the right time (the release date of the movie) and decided to add scenes he orignally would have added at the end of Wano AFTER Wano. Its all Film Reds foult basically.

To me personally, the "new" reason for Yamato staying doesn't make a lot of sense either. If another enemy of Greenbull's calibre is attacking Wano, theyre fooked, Yamato being there or not. We saw how Greenbull obliterated them, no contest. So the reasoning for her staying remains weak to me. The fact that Wano is now under Luffy's protection makes Wano a million times safer than the fact that Yamato is staying behind now in my opinion.

Shaky had to abdicate because she fell in love with Rayleigh.

Gunna put on a tinfoil hat here and say I think the Seraphim aren't going to be the warlords, the reason it was specifically Boa and Mihawk is because like King they were both previously captured by the WG/Nobles which could lead into a backstory for why Mihawk trusts no one and why he's called "Marine Hunter" maybe he was betrayed by those he thought would protect him or something like that

‘Marine Peen’ is now the single best thing that Liam has ever said

Since so much time was wasted in Wano and so little focus has been on the outside world, it's been hard to catch everyone up to where Luffy and the raid boys ended up while remaining coherent. One Piece does a good job of letting it feel like characters are doing things that don't involve the Straw Hats, but other times, there's so little info that this sort of story catchup feels ludicrous.

This is exactly why I feel Blackbeard is lacking. He may be able to have the patience to wait BUT he has no way to figure out who is ranking up. I love Kobe in this chapter.

I wonder how Koby Justifies to himself using child cyborg clones in battle. I mean, that is kinda messed up. Maybe the kids are just mindless machines, and Koby knows that, but I doubt both of those ideas.

omfg the pulling it off joke went craaaaaazy

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Loved this chapter but I agree with Liam at the end of this video. I'm really banking on the anime "polishing up" some the loose ends/gaps in the story that Wano had since Oda was trying to quickly wrap up the arc.

Pls pin first

I liked this conflict because it didn't downplay either Hancock or Teach while also showing us Koby still has a long way to go before he can stand against them. His comment about Hancock giving them more trouble than they thought she would also proves that just like the fan base the Marines underestimated Hancock as well

The last two chapters reminded me why I loved One Piece and cemented how much I disliked a huge portion of the Wano Arc chapter. Wano is mid level to me. Some of the best parts in the series but for me the Wano characters aren’t that great and Kaido’s crew was really disappointing. Kaido’s flashback was pathetically short and Zoro didn’t got flashed out as a characters. Usopp And Brook were just kind of there. The Big Mom Pirates didn’t do anything… The lack of deaths here was really bothering, more than any other arc. the power ups was too much for me. Only arcs I like less more are: Amazon Lily, Fishmen Island, Syrup Village, Orange Town and Skypia, Zou and Drum Kingdom.

I believe this Ochoku person that Blackbeard took the island from was actually Wang Zhi, one of the rock's pirate members Admiral Sengoku mentioned previously when he was discussing them.

I think Rayleigh was underestimating himself. While he likely technically was not wrong in his assessment that he might lose to Blackbeard 1v1, the fact of the matter is that him AND Boa combined could absolutely take on Blackbeard. Blackbeard could not hold Boa hostage while taking on Rayleigh at the same time, at the very least with the rest of the island's women attacking him too.

Perfect setup for boa to join either the fleet, or the crew imo. She can't stay on Amazon Lily, Rayleigh is getting old, and there's a precedent for the empress leaving for a man she cares for (shakky with Ray)... If the strawhats get another bounty increase after the next island, she might very well join after that

rayleigh still managed to scare away blackbeard

No wonder Liam said his thumbnails sometimes even take a day to make tht Thumbnail is hard af. Not to put pressure on your art but 30% of me clicking your videos straight away comes from your awesome Tn.🤩stunning work

Shakky was the one that left the Amazon Lily because she fell in love with Rayleigh and perhaps they had a child, Mihawk. Grandma neon did say that the a past empress left because of an illlness called love.

The only reason, i could see at least, for holding out on the marco and luffy flashback (as well as the yamato stuff) because it’ll fit better thematically with the final war. Maybe im getting ahead of myself.. but it just seems like Sphinx will be the next island. And having this moment and the connection to Ace happen at the start of the new arc, and continue when we reach Ace’s grave, will flow better when we read this new saga as a whole. As with a lot’ve one piece, its always just wait and see. A lot of criticisms we have are often addressed some time later because they just dont fit or flow better for what Oda’s has in mind.

"....as i do in a thirsty hormone-riddled teenager when it comes to pulling it off" WELL PLAYED

I can imagine blackbeard saying Mero! Mero! Mero! in his ze ha ha ha voice 😂🤣

Boa's devil fruit might give completely different abilities with different user.

I like that they're finally showing Blackbeard using haki.

“Raging Marine Peen” got a chuckle

No one is mentioning the fact that Boa was resting her head on Rayleigh's lap, I thought that was very sweet.

That ice cream scoop bit, made me shiver.

I love how blackbeards ship is the same from skypiea arc. three logs tied together

That "pulling it off" line was a BAR 😂😂😂😂

Congrats on 1 million

I had thought that Blackbeard planned on giving the Mera Mera no mi to Katarina Devon, because for someone who can change their form to anything, that’s a pretty universal KO

Honestly at this point I’m horny for anything involving Lunarians and the Shaky confirmation was a gold nugget I didn’t know I needed. Loved this chapter!