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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- RIP Kingbaum, you were an awesome tree. Pudding is in love! |
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| Aww, Zeus is surprisingly lovable lol. Also, gotta love how the title of the episode is all about “Pudding’s determination” and yet this whole thing is covered in approximately 3 last minutes of the screentime :v |
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| Lol Nami is a terrying manipulator first Kingbaum and now even the thundercloud. RIP Kingbaum. |
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| well pudding is changing glad to see her this side… now shipping her and sanji even more |
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| Kingbaum :( Looks like Sanji's charm worked after all. |
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| I saw that coming. |
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| During the wedding there were a few episodes that felt so full of substance and meaningful moments that I felt I could go back to watching an episode at a time and be content. We have started to fall out of that again to no surprise, these last episodes have felt a little lacking, or empty, and I thought this one would be the same way. However slowly I became pretty enticed with what this episode represented. Firstly, I've mentioned numerous times but the thing I was most excited for entering Whole Cake was having a smaller group of Straw Hats again. I was excited to have an arc that featured all of them equally in a way that something like Alabasta did! We have been getting this with Luffy, Sanji and Brook especially, but people like Chopper got their time in the light as well, as did the supporting cast and new crew member Jimbei. At this moment, Nami is irreplaceable to the escape mission. After taking Kingbaum hostage once more, she encouraged/manipulated him, utilized her abilities to avoid Big Mom and steal Zeus away from her, and even had a connection with the big tree after understanding his desires; humanizing him and feeling hurt and maybe guilty when he was eviscerated. Seeing the many sides and strengths to Nami in her leadership and the death of Kingbaum was the first sign this episode was going to have some notable moments, even if while leading up to it and cutting to the Germa gang fighting some unimportant goons it felt like we were going to get a slow plot progression episode without much I personally cared for. The second sign that this episode felt whole rather than lacking for me was when we saw the perspective of the Big Mom family! By seeing the tanks chasing Bege, the ships waiting to stop the Sunny, Katakuri and many goons preoccupying the Sunny, and an army ready to attack from anywhere due to the mirror dimension, it was effective and made me incredibly eager to see how the hell they will deal with all of this. Even if they get away from Mom, they are in between a rock and a hard place and the outcome isn’t obvious… To be clear, it set the stage in a meaningful way to come. Lastly, the third meaningful moment this episode brought forward according to what I value was Pudding’s interaction with the Fire Tank pirates. What I find interesting about her role in all of this is that I believe both sides she has presented to the audience. I think she is conflicted and angry at Sanji, but also utterly appreciative of him. Perhaps she isn't even clear which side of herself will take priority. I had initially thought her character arc was laid out before us as taking agency for herself rather than living compliantly within the safety of Mom’s good graces; this showed through her admiration of Lola and what I thought was a parallel to Reiju. Then by seeing her backstory, it also feels as though her character arc will be deepened further by not only rejecting the safety of complacency, but also the safety of wearing the mask of a monster and acknowledging the pain that she didn't deserve. I do feel that this is going to be the endpoint of her character, but I'm not sure when we are going to get there, and I could be wrong. However I do theorize that she will play one of the final and most instrumental roles in this escape, because she holds half of the power over the safety of Whole Cake island, further, Chiffon, an enemy of Big Mom, holds the other half! This gives the two of them all the power in the world to force the Big Mom pirates to do as they say, “Let everyone escape and will give you the cake”. P.S. did I forget where Brook was or is he about to play another shockingly important role as he has disappeared?? |
| Seems like she finally fell for him damn. Also, sad for Kingbaum, guy just wanted to live a normal life T_T |
| Okay this time, the 4th time KingBaum got attacked, it was not funny like the previous 3, he got completely annihilated. Nami was able to easily manipulate KingBaum without even needing to use the Vivre card. They've been utilizing KingBaum too much, and Brulee was not wrong about "getting back to the strawhats (revenge). But the discussion of making the Chocolate chiffon cake had a great dialogue between Chiffon and Pudding, Chiffon was honest, but unexpectedly Pudding wanted to save the Strawhats instead, I guess she really had deceived Big Mom's family for acting sinister. I was shocked to see Nami concerned for KingBaum, but I guess shes the only strawhat crew that had interacted with KingBaum the most out of all. |
| August 6th 2023: Biggest upset ever, deception, selfishness, or scammed, manipulated. Heavy damage costs, and more. Days since: 15 Last updated: 8/21/2023 One Piece Episode 1041 & 1042 & 1047 & 1048 & 95.75%/1049 & 1053 were a mistake and Uta brought the salvation -AhriTheS3xyFox |
| RIP Kingbaum, you were an awesome tree. You'll be missed. Pudding wants to save Sanji and her friends. |
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| RIP Kingbaum... all he wanted was to live a happy life with gf Pudding supporting mugiwara's now...!! |
| Nami's finally managed to contribute to their escape plan and I'll have to say that it was impressive that she was able to tame Zeus and slow down Big Mom considerably in the process. It's too bad that Prometheus is pretty much immune from getting won over with bribes. Rest in peace, Kingbaum... It's hard to tell whether Pudding's really sincere about her concern towards Sanji and his friends at this point but it looks like she means it this time. Perhaps she only acted like a thug before she went after Chiffon because she needed to let her family think that she's still on their side. |
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| If you think abt it it is Nami’s fault that Kingbaum got involved in all of this in the first place and died but she’s Hot so it’s alright and she’s also a master negotiator she really got Zeus to serve her honestly if it were me I also wouldn’t hesitate to accept her offer 😈 |
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| I have a feeling that Pudding and Charlotte have a plan about the wedding cake, maybe they will poison the cake. Idk, their conversation was a bit dubious.. |
| NOOOO Kingbaum 😥 He is the real one. Rest in Peace Tree. Pudding redemption? Can i trust her? Or will i got fooled once again? |
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| RIP Mr Tree .He was a unsung hero |
| RIP Kingbaum. You’re a real one. Nami about to have revenge. Pudding been wild this arc. She goes nice and innocent. To evil. To sad backstory. To good and now she in love with Sanji. Maybe she will join the crew. Also a couple episodes ago she got super jealous when Sanji grabbed Nami. I bet she won’t like her lol |
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