One Piece 1118 is here, and we’re ready to talk about it on Rookie Pirate Radio, a podcast dedicated to the world of anime and manga. This week, Jon Negroni (me) and Travis Hymas discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “The Most Free,” which has pretty much broken the fandom even more-so than a certain pirate’s devil fruit. One Piece 1118 is currently available to read for free on Viz.
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Discussion Points for One Piece 1118 (Spoilers!):
- OK. How can anyone not see Bonney joining the Straw Hats at THIS point?! Jon affirms the best arguments for this and Travis adds how Bonney’s full arc/emotional catharsis mirrors the other Straw Hats joining.
- Major congrats to Hippo in the Discord for calling Bonney’s turning into Nika!! Here are your flowers:
- (Listener question) Could Blackbeard be after Luffy’s fruit?
- How does Bonney’s Nika form really work? We agree that Haki is a major factor and Jon suggests Bonney won’t be able to maintain the form for a long time
- Jon predicts that the Iron Giant will reawaken and join the fight, and the broadcast will thus continue
- Travis is confident that Bonney’s power is her devil fruit awakening, not Luffy’s fruit awakening and affecting her.
- Travis waxes poetic about Oda always centering children and their imagination in the story, so this is well-foreshadowed.
- Jon speculates that the Iron Giant’s internal thoughts are about trying to find Joy Boy at Marijoa.
- (Listener question) What really caused that earthquake? Was it Luffy turning into Nika and making the ocean rubbery? Jon suggests that the Drums of Liberation causing the Giants to dance is what causes all this, and Travis predicts that this will help the Thousand Sunny land safely.
- Jon and Travis agree that we’re chapters away from the end of the arc, though Jon suggests that we might have more “world check-in” time than usual before getting to Elbaf.
Extra Credits:
Our intro music is a remix version of “Overtaken” from the One Piece anime, cut together by Jon Negroni. Our podcast artwork is by Jon Negroni. Travis Hymas is the Anime & Manga editor of InBetweenDrafts, and Jon Negroni is the Film Editor of InBetweenDrafts. Our recap of One Piece 1118 is based on the English translation of the manga, courtesy of Viz. In case you didn’t know already, Eiichiro Oda is the creator of One Piece. Plus, we’re not just a One Piece podcast by the way! If you have a manga or anime you’d like us to cover or mention on the show, definitely reach out.
Jon is one of the co-founders of InBetweenDrafts. He hosts the podcasts Thank God for Movies, Mad Men Men, Rookie Pirate Radio, and Fantasy Writing for Barbarians. He doesn’t sleep, essentially.
