#island: thriller bark

[ayat-chan]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUFFY!!!! 🌟🏴‍☠️🍖

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KING!!!! ❤️

Some of my favorite moments and outfits!

Drawing GEAR 5 was a bit challenging haha but love the result!

Brazil outfit is inspired by the 790 chapter color spread, where all the Mugiwara wear various cultures’ outfits (Usopp’s one). But since canon Luffy is brazilian… 😳

#one piece #monkey d luffy #luffy #one piece fanart #straw hat #mugiwara #gear 2 #wano #thriller bark #davy back fight #gear 5 #alabasta #whole cake island

[lowqualityonepiece]

more chopper appreciation

#low quality one piece #one piece meme #one piece #one piece pics #memepiece #chopper #thriller bark #sabaody archipelago #drum island #3d2y #multiple arcs

[piratespencil]

Something something Sanji being there to rescue Nami from the wedding with Absalom, and Nami being there to rescue Sanji from the wedding with Pudding...

Whole Cake Island really giving me a whole new appreciation for the Sanji and Nami dynamic. (Nami should have gotten to bridal carry Sanji tho smh.)

#it's been a Long time since i read thriller bark but i know the absalom wedding also involved sanji being jealous #of absalom and his powers which :/ but the parallel is there!! #also i really like how happy they are in the wci panel :) its so cute #one piece #thriller bark #whole cake island #sanji #nami #sanami #(this can be shippy or platonic really i just like their dynamic) #kk talks about stuff #kk talks about op

[lorcan-yue]

posting some of my fave lusan panels

'my cook', luffy saw sanji's kindness and immediately wanted him to be part of the crew, it only makes sense, sanji is what exactly luffy needed

remember when luffy's shadow was transferred into oars, his memories should've been erased in the process, but his heart screams for sanji here

'come back, sanji, without your help, i can't become the king of the pirates' this sealed in for me, lusan went beyond the glutton x cook pairing, they are a lot deeper than that, luffy needed sanji, as much as sanji needed luffy

words of affirmation, luffy is more than willing to make sanji realise time and time again that he deserves to be loved, and through sanji's core of being kind, he deserves to receive the same kindness

this is just so funny, bec usually, luffy is always bragging abt sanji's cooking skills, so why is it different when bonney complimented sanji here 😭 this is just luffy being possessive ahhaha

#one piece #op #eiichiro oda #luffy #sanji #lusan #in my lusan brainrot again #lusan so precious #lusan the superior #baratie #thriller bark #whole cake island arc #wci #whole cake island #egghead island

[goingbuggy]

Sacrifice as an Act of Love in One Piece

Been thinking recently about how Oda uses character sacrifices in One Piece so often. Ace’s death is probably the most obvious example, but you can argue the same for so many others: Zoro taking Luffy's pain, Shanks losing his arm, Bon Clay staying behind at Impel Down... Corazon, Bellmere, Whitebeard, Tom, Pell, Pedro, Zeff, Rouge … it just goes on and on. But why do we see characters make sacrifices for the sake of others? Why are these moments so significant?

In the world of One Piece, sacrifice is a means of protecting someone else's freedom.

It has been established time and time again that freedom is the driving force of life itself. People cannot dream without the freedom to do so. And without dreams, of course, no one has the willpower to achieve anything at all. As a result of this ripple effect, the world's collective future would implode. After all, who creates destiny — the series of events which dictate the world's future — if not people with the willpower to achieve their dreams, interconnecting?

Fate and the willpower One Piece characters have to achieve their dreams is a bit of a chicken-and-egg relationship. (e.g. Did fate lead Luffy to his dream, or did Luffy's dream create his fate?) But regardless, Oda clearly shows us that these three aspects of a meaningful life are all dependent on freedom.

This is why I think Roger's quote is so pivotal to the series at large:

“Inherited will, the destiny of the age, and the dreams of the people. As long as people continue to pursue the meaning of freedom, these things will never cease to be!"

As long as you have freedom, you can dream and do just about anything; the world is your oyster. So, when Ace sacrifices his own life, he protects Luffy in a physical sense, sure. But he also protects Luffy's freedom to live — and by extension, Luffy's dream (whatever it may be).

In One Piece, sacrifice is not the act of valuing someone else's freedom more than your own. It is the act of treasuring someone's freedom so deeply that it becomes equal to yours. Characters like Corazon and Bellemere put their lives on the line without regrets, without expecting anything in return, because of love. Simple as that.

Nothing highlights this idea more than the conversation between Sengoku and Law at the end of Dressrosa. Law believes Corazon saved his life because of his ties to the Will of D., but Sengoku denies this and delivers one of the most beautiful quotes in any piece of media:

"Don't try to find a reason for somebody's love."

True sacrifice is an act of love in its highest form: unconditional, selfless, and entirely free.

#we could also talk about how oda distinguishes love from self-hatred through character sacrifices #sanji and robin are two great examples #they both sacrifice their lives because of how little they value themselves #but they are not rewarded for this behavior narratively #in thriller bark both sanji and zoro are prepared to sacrifice themselves for luffy and the rest of the crew #the only difference is zoro knows his worth and sanji does not #that character growth is saved for whole cake island #long post #one piece #one piece meta #op meta #portgas d ace #donquixote rosinante #corazon #trafalgar law #monkey d. luffy #bellemere #bon clay

[monthlymanga]

One Piece moments in my gallery that left me devastated

Some are understandable others might not be to y'all

Seeing Chopper in this state - ch.143

Tom's speech about loving your creations, bc at the very least if you don't love the things you make, who will? - ch.356

When Merry spoke her final words - ch.430

Brook regaining his will to live - ch.489

The beginning of their separation - ch. 512

Bon Clay in impel down - ch.536

Whitebeard and his fatherly love - ch.563

Whitebeard and Ace - ch.573

Universally agreed most devastating scene - ch. 574

The abducted kids from Punk Hazard - ch.688

#one piece #monkey d. luffy #luffy #tony tony chopper #chopper #drum island #franky #tom one piece #water 7 #going merry #enies lobby #brook #thriller bark #bartholomew kuma #roronoa zoro #zoro #usopp #sabaody archipelago #bon clay #impel down #whitebeard one piece #portgas d ace #marineford arc #marineford #punk hazard

[alethianightsong]

I'm over 900 episodes into One Piece and just realized Luffy makes new friends in 1 of 3 ways: he insults the hell out of them, eats all their food, or both. Every member of the Straw Hats is someone he didn't insult at first sight.

#one piece #luffy #monkey d luffy #nami #momonosuke #wano arc #wano #fishman island #dressrosa #whole cake island #punk hazard #zou arc #one piece anime #straw hat pirates #mugiwara crew #thriller bark #water 7 #alabasta #straw hat crew #soul king brook #jinbei #nico robin #enies lobby #cyborg franky

[eroguron0nsense]

Small thing I appreciate about WCI

I've always liked that Chiffon, in spite of all the abuse she's faced in her sister's name and the constant comparisons to her, is never once depicted resenting or blaming Lola for making the right choice by herself and not agreeing to a forced marriage. We don't know that she's never felt that way, and it's clearly not at all an uncommon phenomenon in abusive families for siblings to be turned against each other rather than their common oppressor (parents, guardians etc) as a result of being abused and being told that a sibling is responsible for it or encouraged to harm or resent a target of the parent's anger. In fact, it's extremely prevalent within the Big Mom Pirates for the siblings to antagonize and do serious harm to each other within their horrifying militarized/political family structure that's built entirely on placating an abusive parent. Yet Chiffon, in her infinite kindness, clearly loves her twin sister deeply in spite of everything her mother's done that could turn her against Lola, and is able to recognize that neither of them are in any way responsible for Big Mom's abuse. She firmly excludes Big Mom from her chosen family, prioritizing her sister and Bege's crew. She's overjoyed to reunite with Lola, to introduce her sister and father to her chosen family, and risks life and limb to help the Straw Hats and ropes her husband into helping these people she's only just met but who she knows saved her precious twin.

#charlotte chiffon #charlotte lola #one piece #whole cake island #whole cake arc #whole cake spoilers #capone bege #capone pez #big mom #charlotte linlin #big mom pirates #charlotte family #thriller bark #straw hat crew #straw hat pirates #mugiwara kaizoku #mugiwara no ichimi #fire tank pirates

[sancastarcs]

listen I know we are done with each strawhat having an arc of their own and nami already got one, if not the best from all but I learmed that there is going to be a sanji focused arc again so after thriller bark I deserve at least ONE more focused nami arc where my girl is the main attraction! Give her a foil villain! Give her deep conversations with her crew that touch her trauma! Give her all the screen time in the world! Give her countless scenes with Usopp because they are my favorite characters and I love them and their friendship! Give her an enemies to lovers sapphic relationship!

#one piece #thriller bark you have taken 276383 years of my life #nami #cat burglar nami #nami one piece #thriller bark #IF IN FISHMAN ISLAND SHE DOESN'T HAVE ONE OF THE GREATEST ARCS OF ALL TIME I WILL BE PISSED #FISHMEN ARE TIED TO HER BACKSTORY AND TO HER AS A PERSON

[lunanight2012]

Ugh, im not doing ok today. My back hurts so much. My stomach is bothering me. My head hurts constantly. My nose is stuffed up to high hell. I have an irritating cough... and i HAVENT smoked my vape since saturday. So its not that.... i dont have a fever so it might just be a cold cuz i keep thinking i have a fever with how old my office feels.

I am working on the thriller bark story! I promise! But if you wanna check out an awesome zosan modern au angsty comic check out Dray on tiktok & twitter. They have an amazingly good if not quite angsty and insane story. Im currently obsessed with it!

Anyways yeah. Im working on "The Sacrificial Lamb" (the thriller bark story, The Tale of the Other Vinsmoke, TTotOV - Whole Cake Island (which i should be finishing soon), Tattoo for the Soul, & Eye for an Eye (the story that the other more popular poll is about)

#zosan #sanji #one piece #one piece fanfiction #one piece oc #one piece zosan #one piece original character #vinsmoke luniju #vinsmoke sanji #roronoa zoro #the tale of the other vinsmoke #tattoo for the soul #whole cake island #thriller bark #tw sickness

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1102 - Initial Thoughts

And we have returned

For more Emotional Devastation!

Bonney's cathartic freedom is still undermined by the reality of hindsight, and before we end the year Oda intends to make sure we leave in sadness and mourning.

One more time, for Kuma

Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release

A Bonney-themed cover this time, eating hot dogs with some wolves

True to her word Bonney has set to sea to find her father, unleashing the Bonney Pirates onto any leads she can find

Typically, the government string up lies to vilify Bonney by saying she attacked villages of elderly and children

Kuma was indeed there, but to protect her and honor his arrangement he has to leave, surprised she became a pirate

Bonney's annoyed, but she is patient too, she also intends to find Nika as well, something to show off to him when they find him

This happens in parallel to Luffy getting his bounty, right after Arlong Park

Dragon decides to 'conveniently' head to Loguetown

Rare Smoker cameo, I miss that dude

Ace getting to show off in front of Jinbe, his brother did just beat his former subordinate after all

Kuma also seems to admire the irony of Luffy being a pirate given his parentage

Meanwhile, Bonney proves herself to still be a good person; only plunder from bad guys and only help people if they need it

The others also help her look older, giving her lipstick and the piercing so that Kuma would recognize her

Bonney also feels that if she becomes a big enough deal, she'll get her father's attention

Back with Kuma though the Pacifista are ready

It would be surreal to see a clone army of yourself in pods

This is around Enies Lobby time, as they mention that some 'rookies' declared war on the WG

Even Vegapunk didn't know about Dragon having a son, but since Vegapunk is gonna be going through Kuma's memories there's no point hiding it

Kuma has made the similarities between Luffy and Nika known too

Thriller Bark recap this time from Kuma's perspective

That Ursus Shock was still madness, I guess now we know how they all survived it though

And look at all this Nothing Happened about to happen

Even Kuma thinks this amount of pain could take him out, showing just how incredible a feat this was

Then we shift to Sabaody, Kuma's got his summons for the upcoming Paramount War

But Kuma is not at Sabaody for Luffy, he's come to get one last look at Bonney

A guy that size cannot sneak in a public place XD

But he's halted by another incident: the punching of a Celestial Dragon

'Who would dare do that?' I think you know bud

It's always good to see Charloss KO'd

And seeing that Luffy did it to protect a Fishman too compels him to make his move

The division is now shown through Kuma's monologue

A tragic monologue as Kuma apologizes to the Revolutionaries for leaving, how he wishes to put his faith into Bonney and Luffy as a legacy, and how he internally apologizes to Luffy, noting that they are not ready yet

'Don't go there yet, after all, you will someday save the world' - I might need a minute for this

And now the Gorosei are back to their fuckery

Kuma has a self-destruct mechanism!?

Vegapunk is again strongly against such a plan, but Saturn continues to gaslight and try to justify their immeasurable cruelty

Means that Kuma has a ticking bomb in him, could that have any key information to where he's going in present?

Vegapunk wants to try and sneak in a way to maintain some of Kuma's personality in exchange, but Saturn shuts him down quickly

'Any attempts to deceive me will fail' - yeah about that one?

The time has come to erase Bartholomew Kuma though, and despite Vegapunk's objections, Kuma feels at ease for how much he fought for him

We bring in the command for Kuma to protect the Sunny

'I'd like to be a stubborn guardian for their home' man...

With Luffy's poster in hand, Kuma notes how moved and motivated he's become by Luffy, how much like the legend of Nika he's become

He believes he'll be king as well

Kuma removes his memories too, not a full on procedure it's like a copy, but one which'll dissipate on touch

Vegapunk however has devised a way to view it without touching though to study it

Kuma gets to watch his life unfold, wondering how many were harmed or troubled by his actions

Panel by panel Kuma sees his life, his parents, Ivankov, Ginny, Dragon, the fishermen, Bonney, Vegapunk, each time running through that field a little older

Tears stream down Vegapunk's eyes at the precipice of the lever

'Your life hasn't caused anyone harm or trouble, but your death will pain everyone who loves you' - fucking god Oda

And before he goes, as all of Egghead mourn the loss of a true saint, he leaves one last message for Bonney, heard in present when she takes the bubble

'Please wish her a happy 10th birthday'

Bartholomew Kuma did not deserve any of this.

Bartholomew Kuma did not deserve any of this.

BARTHOLOMEW KUMA DID NOT DESERVE A FUCKING DAMN THING OF THIS!

Typical for Oda to end the year on a wave of emotions. But it was a spectacularly heart-wrenching chapter, Kuma once again seen through a new lens which elevates him to a top tier character.

There's not much else to say, nothing else really to intuit except whether present-Kuma knows the bomb is in him, and maybe if Vegapunk managed to keep a small piece of his ego within him to act this way. I think we all just need to have a small cry or something.

We'll have a break now so we'll only see a chapter in January, but we can live with that, we do need to recover.

Bartholomew Kuma did not deserve any of this, but he loved, he sacrificed, and his legacy will live on.

#one piece #one piece spoilers #op spoilers #egghead island arc #future island arc #bartholomew kuma #monkey d. luffy #jewelry bonney #straw hat pirates #dr vegapunk #gorosei #saint jay garcia saturn #portgas d. ace #arlong #thriller bark #sabaody archipelago #bonney pirates #revolutionary army #emporio ivankov #smoker one piece #monkey d. dragon #loguetown

[lowqualityonepiece]

Hey, there! Have you got a compilation of Nami's? Much appreciated!

ft. one legged nami found by @alcorsnightmaresheep and mini-raccoon nami

#I don't have that many Nami's yet #because I haven't really gone and rewatched previous arcs yet apart from a couple of episodes #and I've noticed they kind of avoid drawing her and robin from afar? #Like aside from when she's doing that angry thing... there's not that many ;-; #low quality one piece #one piece meme #one piece pics #memepiece #nami #multiple arcs #sabaody archipelago #thriller bark #arlong park #spa island #alabasta #cat burglar nami #one piece nami #op nami

[oograths-pizza-and-chill]

Rewatching Thriller Bark Zoro offering his head to Kuma to save Luffy. Sacrifice his life so Luffy could fulfil his dream. Oda you are an evil man for making me cry after what you just gave us in the manga... I can't stop crying.

#One Piece #Zoro #Kuma #Luffy #Thriller Bark #Egghead Island

[beanghostprincess]

i'm thinking about sanji's acts of selflessness that are actually a form of self-sabotage and show how little he thinks/cares about himself and i don't think it's a good way to pass the time because now i know i'm gonna spend the rest of the day crying

#'skypiea is a fun arc' not for my sanji angst it isn't #also thriller bark #and don't you ever talk to me about whole cake island i'm not over that shit yet and i don't think i'll ever be thank you #okay so let's talk about sanji's forms of self-harm *opens powerpoint* #he's so fucking traumatized and i project on him a normal amount #black leg sanji #one piece

[artyrae]

I have a one-track mind, and she’s Robin all of it

#fanart #illustration #drawing #one piece #nico robin #nicorobinoutfits #alabasta #skypiea #water 7 #enies lobby #thriller bark #sabaody archipelago #fishman island #punk hazard #dressrosa #zou arc #one piece wano #egghead

[alevens]

it's Oda's character, if someone understands him it's him and it's truly not a big deal not at all. it was just for the sake of a repeating bit. BUT. but. i genuinely got angry every time Sanji said his All Blue was the mermaids/the mermaids cafe, like whatever he's a loser and a pervert and he doesn't know how to behave around women, but why does he have to make the All Blue feel like it doesn't actually mean that much to him???? i know it's not that serious, but they make a point of Sanji's dream being ridiculed his whole life, it's not until Zeff that he finds someone to relate to and connect, they share the same goddamn dream. what happened to the little boy who defended with his whole life his dream? where is the nineteen year old who visibly lights up when he's given the chance to talk about the All Blue's wonders?

#one piece #black leg sanji #i'm getting so worked up about this lmao #it's like in Thriller Bark and his whole monologue about that lion dude hanving the invisible devil fruit #oh Sanji #i hate u so so much #but how i love u #fishman island #al watching that one pirate show #Oda i know u literally invented this mf but pls why did it have to be a joke at the All Blue's expense