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May 20, 2023 5:30 PM
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The disrespect it got with this re-cap LOOOL!! Sanji fans unite! They're already going crazy with the fight though at the beginning

The continuation of the climax after 1061, as expected, and Zoro is still fighting shirtless, as expected. With green auras from his sword. I really appreciate the iconic soundtracks that they are bringing back, unlike other new ones we've been getting after 1000 episodes.

But what I didn't expect was Kings face getting revealed....And we're getting to know more about him. Absolutely stunning. Absurd on how they use the auras though.

Why is it that King gets a back story but Queen does not? And on top of that, Kaido is in it too?!

I wished Sanji was treated better, but hey, Sanji got no auras. So even more +1 respect for him as a character.

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It's been way too long since we've seen Zoro go all out in a 1vs1. No one can stop King of Hell from reaching his goal and from making Luffy Pirate King. Not even another first mate like King who put everything on the line for his captain as well. Regarding this aspect I found the matchup here better than Sanji vs Queen. Pure actionwise it had more to offer as well. Chansard did it again. Same as with the Thunder Bagua clash I lost my shit.

Episode went stupid again. Based on the staff we expected it to go beyond Sanji's finale and it's Zoro we're talking about after all so it's only obligatory. However, I wouldn't say it was necessarily better overall. Sanji's episode was more of an emotional rollercoaster with a more compelling character arc.


I watched this with my favourite anituber, and there were a lot of complaints he had about it, he said that the story board of this was not good and non-existant, all it mean't was they are two right hand mans fighting each other, nothing else. So the fighting to him felt meaningless. The sound effects was another issue failing to ramp up the situations and atmosphere that is trying to portray. While the Sakuga fails to connect from point A to point B. Re-used re-caps is also another issue. And others, i've recorded his opinion on OBS but I don't feel like going through what he said lol. I'm just saying what I remember at the top of my head.

And it has a lot of weird angles coming out.

While Sanji in comparison did had a story board, but it was only the last 7 minutes it was good, the prior to it was difficult to watch through. So it was like a 6/10 for this episode, if it weren't for the animation, would've been a 2/10, and Sanji was a 4/10.

I'm surprised you weren't part of the popular opinion xD

Edit: alright he said the SFX and Music do not make the scenes feel bombastic the way it should be, there are no story boarding, no connection from A to B just fresh new cuts of animation to make it look cool. Like where did Zoro come from?

He felt more of the impact from Sanji vs Queen than he did with King vs Zoro.
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May 20, 2023 5:30 PM
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It's been way too long since we've seen Zoro go all out in a 1vs1. No one can stop King of Hell from reaching his goal and from making Luffy Pirate King. Not even another first mate like King who put everything on the line for his captain as well. Regarding this aspect I found the matchup here better than Sanji vs Queen. Pure actionwise it had more to offer as well. Chansard did it again. Same as with the Thunder Bagua clash I lost my shit.

Episode went stupid again. Based on the staff we expected it to go beyond Sanji's finale and it's Zoro we're talking about after all so it's only obligatory. However, I wouldn't say it was necessarily better overall. Sanji's episode was more of an emotional rollercoaster with a more compelling character arc.
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May 20, 2023 5:48 PM
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Episode was as good as the hype around it. Great direction by Ryosuke Tanaka and the rest of the staff. Vincent Chansard as godly as ever. Zoro's green aura fits him perfectly. We've also got to see King's face which brings some interesting lore with it.


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May 20, 2023 6:03 PM
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The peak Zoro solos Sanji
May 20, 2023 6:47 PM
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The peak Zoro solos Sanji

Fax. But in extreme diff
May 20, 2023 7:10 PM
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I thought they were trying to pull another recap on us.  I almost went supernova. 
My love became King of Hell.  

Great episode, but I'm just happy we're getting closer and closer to leaving Wano. I hope they don't take 5 weeks to finish Luffy's fight with Kaidou. 
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May 20, 2023 7:30 PM
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That has to be one of the most visually dazzling episodes of the whole anime, incredible visuals and sequences
Great stuff
May 20, 2023 7:33 PM
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Easily the best animated fight of the series
May 20, 2023 7:33 PM
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Nice crazy action packed episode! Looking forward to the next one! X3
May 20, 2023 7:45 PM
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My king zoro once again proves that he is the goat and better than Sanji in terms of everything. Peak fight, I love you zoro, best one piece episode by a mile
May 20, 2023 7:51 PM
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Those visual effect makes Zoro and KIng looks stronger than White Beard and Roger
May 20, 2023 7:57 PM

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My Gracious God
that Final part has got to be one of the most beautiful animated things I have ever seen in this medium, It Tops most Fate fights and Trigger Scenes I've seen.
That was truly the definition of Dazzling.
this is the second time in the series I've enjoyed watching one of Zoro's fights. ( First was in Dressrosa against Pica)
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I'm honestly in disbelieve what I've witnessed on my screen. We've definitely seen lots of crazy animation and visualized fights, but this went to such an absurd level, my god. This has to be the best animation I've ever seen in One Piece, at least so far.

For a long time I was excited to see, what King might look like under his mask. The white hair and darker colored skin were already revealed, when Zoro cut a piece out of his mask, but seeing his whole face, I love his design even more. Interesting backstory of him and Kaido. So his real name is Alber and Kaido didn't just only set him free out of a punk hazard base, but also gave him the name King. No wonder why King is so devoted towards Kaido. He has the same role as Zoro. Both represent the right hand of their captain and want to make them the king of the pirates. 

With this win, Zoro has reached a new height. Judging by the whole fight and King's strength, he has come so much closer to his goal of becoming the best swordsman in the world. That's what makes the flashbacks from his lost battle with Hawkeye even more impactful. King of Hell is truly a fitting name.






This has to be coolest transition into the to be continued. Z for Zoro like in the old Zoro movies.

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May 20, 2023 8:09 PM

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RAHHHHHHH. BEHOLD, THE KING OF HELL.

Right off the heels of Sanji's triumph over Queen, we head over to the other arm of the future Pirate King in his bout against King. And man, Toei is spoiling us. WE ARE FEASTING MY FRIENDS. My GOAT Zoro, kicking ass and taking names. 

Another fantastic episode that concluded another huge fight. I couldn't believe what I was watching. I can't wait to see what Toei has in store when we get back to Law and Kid vs Big Mom, along with the highly anticipated conclusion to Luffy vs. Kaido.
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May 20, 2023 8:11 PM
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KING OF HELL RORONOA ZORO

Fanstastic. The Best Zoro fight of all time. Loved the parallels between the both right hand men and their Captains.
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May 20, 2023 8:31 PM
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They really are gonna go all out from ch 1040+ huh?
Aside from the fight,I really loved the ost.
Great way to start my Sunday 😄.
May 20, 2023 8:41 PM
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WOW GREATEST ZORO FIGHT! THE ANIME DID THIS CHAPTER JUSTICE! THREE SWORD SERPENT KING OF HELL 103 MERCIES DRAGON DAMNATION! TOEI REALLY COOKED IN THE LAST TWO EPISODES
May 20, 2023 8:52 PM
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After watching episode 1061 (Sanji vs Queen), I thought that Zoro's fight would be even better animated, but, actually, it didn't really felt that amazing as I expected. The first half of the episode was simply ok (not to say less). The best animated moments were when King went flying high to launch those fire dragons on Zoro and, even in that climax, there were lots of frames which seemed kinda rushed. Even after all of that, I loved the episode, it really got me like "WOOAH" at the second half at least.
Also, putting Zoro's fight beside Sanji's, It became completely clean to see who of those two is the strongest. I don't really care about these things about who is better or stronger, but I think some people needed to be exposed to such example of their actual power level. Of course, stronger doesn't means better, as you can see that I personally prefers Sanji than Zoro, but it's just my personal opinion and it can change anytime, since both of them are great characters and I lov'em almost equally.
So, just to resume, I think episode 1061 was totally satisfying and (at least for me) became an episode that I'll get back to rewatch many times, and I don't think the same thing of ep 1062, it should have received more engagement at my point of view.

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After rewatching the second half of the episode, I think I got just little bit mad when watched the first time. Gotta give the animators credit for what they've been doing so far. There were some exceptional episodes before that made me expect more of 1062, but it is actually really good. I don't like to be mean, so I think it is important to state here my positive second point of view. The climax scene was hell hyping!
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Man this was fucking insane!!! It was been a while since the last time Zoro went all in for a battle, just spectacular.
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May 20, 2023 9:02 PM

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It was great how they used Zorro's trademark Z symbol at the end for One Piece's Zoro, the burning Z was from the Legend of Zorro


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May 20, 2023 9:06 PM
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Its so goated! I love how they add the red eye during the King of hell scene. Plus, zoro ends with stomping hard on the ground rather than falling straight to the ground like the manga. And the 'Z' sign at the To be continue, toei know Zoro's the GOAT! Zoro is HIM!!
May 20, 2023 9:08 PM
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crazy episode literally goosebumps, right hand of kaido vs right hand of luffy, both wants their captain to become king of the pirate, amazing fight and it's animation crazy worth waiting for 2 weeks, best fight of Zoro in wano arc.
May 20, 2023 9:09 PM
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PEAK ON PEAK THE BEST CURRENT EP OUT
May 20, 2023 9:11 PM

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Holy fucking shit... is what I have to say for this episode. This is easily top 5, maybe top 3 best Wano episode so far. The climax and animation to Zoro vs King was perfectly executed. I was left speechless throughout that fight, even shed some tears of joy for what I just witnessed. I could have not asked for a better ending to the fight. Now all we have left is Kaido vs Luffy.

11/10 episode

Vincent Chansard I fucking love you.
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May 20, 2023 9:12 PM
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crazy episode one the best fight of Zoro in wano arc, amazing fight and the animation makes it even more crazy, it literally gives goosebumps worth waiting for 2 weeks.
May 20, 2023 9:18 PM

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May 20, 2023 9:20 PM

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This is without a doubt the most impressive display of Visuals and fight choreography i have ever seen in this anime series. TOIE may actually have went a little TO hard. Considering the future is about 10 times more extreme, i wonder how TOIE will manage to surpass this. 





May 20, 2023 9:21 PM
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My eyes are bleeding after witnessing such masterpiece. The soundtracks+Fighting sequences are just 10/10.
May 20, 2023 9:27 PM

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The animators really delivered it well for the fight between zoro and king. Cant wait for the final fight between luffy and kaido.

Another 10/10 ep.

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May 20, 2023 9:31 PM

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Zoro hype! That was lit af. He finally beat king.
May 20, 2023 9:40 PM

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HOLYYYYY SAKUGA. THE KING OF HELL IS HEREEEE.

some of the best animation i've ever seen and this is a weekly show. impact frames went off!!
they basically assembled the avengers to animate this and it lived up to the hype. episode of the year so far for sure and definitely on par, if not better than 1015.
king looked amazingggg. love the flashback with kaido as well as the one with zoro where he declares he'll never lose again.
THE SECOND WINNER: RORONOA ZORO.

May 20, 2023 9:47 PM

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Wow the animation for this episode was INSANE. After the recap I was expecting a good episode but it exceeded my expectations. It's been a while since we've seen such an outstanding episode. This episode in my opinion is the best animation fight I've ever seen from one piece, toei really be surpassing limits. It was really cool seeing king in anime form. Even though I thought he was a great charater in the manga, I feel I like him even more after seeing how his mini backstory took place.

Hope to see future fights get the same level of animation as this episode did (Manga readers know which fight I'm talking about)
May 20, 2023 9:50 PM

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I was literally just taking videos of every fight sequence between Zoro vs King because holy fuck, even though Sanji previous episode had a better character background, I thought this episode had more aura to the fight they didn't even catch a break in the 2nd half of the episode lmao!
May 20, 2023 9:50 PM

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If I am giving my complete honest opinion here. This ep was the best when it came to power scaling and showcasing the action scenes, where as Sanji's episode in 1061 was the over all better written episode. Sanji's story had more impact and really hit me in the feels. But all in all great finale episodes against Queen and King.

Now were finally getting to the end. The battle's against the Emperors.  



May 20, 2023 10:04 PM
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10/10 episode loved it all the way through
May 20, 2023 10:19 PM

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I don't have words to describe what I just saw, One Piece is just unbelieveable
I keep moving forward
May 20, 2023 10:36 PM

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best episode of all time for one piece, fight wise, animation wise, also. best. zoro. moment.

best Zoro moment will always be nothing happened
May 20, 2023 10:37 PM
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King is trying to talk some crap as if Kaido can actually defeat none other than the Fifth Emperor! The fighting between Zoro and King commences!

Zoro lands a strike, but it seems that it does nothing. The exchange between the two continues and Zoro is trying to figure out what’s going on. He uses Three-Sword Style: Ultra Tiger Hunt. Zoro was actually able to land a serious blow and he cuts off King’s mask.

Zoro figured out that when King’s flames go out, he gets faster, but his defense gets weaker. King’s subordinates talk about how those with black wings, white hair, and brown skin are so valued by the World Government that people with get 100 million berries just by informing the Government about them. King precedes to incinerate the blabbers and he takes off his destroyed mask. We get to see what King truly looks like.

The exchange continues outside the Right Brain Tower of the Skull Dome. Enma acts up and Zoro realizes that he needs to finish the fight quickly before it kills him. King tries to claim that Kaido is going to become the King of the Pirates, but Zoro isn’t having any of that.

Zoro launches King of Hell Three-Sword Style: Purgatory Oni Giri. Before the fighting continues, we get to see King’s past.

He and Kaido were guinea pigs back on Punk Hazard before Caesar took it over. Kaido broke out and helped King to break out as well. Kaido was impressed by King’s durability and he became Kaido’s right hand man. We also learn that King’s real name is Alder. Kaido specifically tells him to call himself King after their escape.

King launches Imperial Flame Wings at Zoro, and Zoro is able to avoid it. The clashing continues and it seems that Zoro is being pushed back. Zoro finds the opportunity to cut King again with Bird Dance. King realizes that Zoro figured out the mechanics of his strength. Zoro does another Ultra Tiger Hunt and King blocks it.

Both King and Zoro prepare for their final move.

King floats in the sky while Zoro stands on the ground, ready to end this, once and for all. King launches Imperial Flaming Wings, in which a bunch of fire dragons go at Zoro all at once. Zoro cuts through them and counters with his own move, King of Hell Three-Sword Serpent 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation! King uses Extra Large Imperial Flaming Wings. Everyone around the two gets WRECKED!

In the end, King is defeated and we get to see a conversation he had with Kaido. Apparently King thinks that Kaido is Joyboy, and he’s determined to help Kaido become the King of the Pirates and build a new world with him. We see shots from the Episode of East Blue, in which Mihawk defeats Zoro, and Zoro promises to become the World’s Greatest Swordsman to Luffy!

Zoro proclaims that he’ll become the King of Hell.

He uses his swords to get back up on the island and we see some cool sword slices that lead into the TO BE CONTINUED screen. Such artistry!

I’m excited for more One Piece!
May 20, 2023 10:48 PM
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KING OF HELLLLLLL
May 20, 2023 10:51 PM

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BRO I WAS HYPERVENTALTING WATCHING THIS, LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO KING OF HELL

This has to be in the top 3 best episodes off all time so far.........my god Toei animation
May 20, 2023 11:24 PM

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Sorry Sanji fans, this is why Zoro is the first mate.


King of Hell indeed.
May 20, 2023 11:25 PM
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They went nuts with animation god like animation putting many seasonal anime to shame and loved the way how they adapted the manga chapter was just chef's kiss.
May 20, 2023 11:26 PM
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the episode was so fire love it the fight was too epic man this surpassed the previous episode too one piece is peak
May 20, 2023 11:31 PM

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Zoro is the King of He’ll 🔥🔥🔥🔥 this animation is insane man
May 20, 2023 11:39 PM

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A great episode again , we're eating good , can't wait to see the final battle between Kaido and Luffy.
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May 20, 2023 11:41 PM

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One Piece continues to stay peak week after week. What a run they're having this year.
May 20, 2023 11:44 PM
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greatest op episode to date
May 20, 2023 11:44 PM
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this is some top tier shit 🔥🔥🔥
May 20, 2023 11:56 PM
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Fuck..its so amazing
May 21, 2023 12:10 AM

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dropped the anime at the beginning of Wano now im back because Zoro Piece and luffy vs kaido climax is soon...

the animation was amazing ...

and Joyboy? 🤔

Good fight and episode.

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