The final boss of One Piece transformed into a second form in the story, sparking a wave of reactions on a 5ch thread. Posters weighed in from every angle — confusion over him calmly surviving a sword through the gut, speculation about Im-sama’s true identity, and opinions on the character design.
The first form looked like a burdock root (gobo — the long, thin brown vegetable), didn't it
There's just no competing with the kind of designs Nagano draws
Whoaaaa!! No way!! He looks strong!! Can the Straw Hats even beat this thing!?
He got stabbed with a sword and he's still alive?
That's exactly the problem, Oda.
That's exactly the problem, Oda.
>>10
Apparently even he doesn't know why he's still alive
Apparently even he doesn't know why he's still alive
>>19
The dialogue doesn't match the art
There's zero sense of him being winded
The dialogue doesn't match the art
There's zero sense of him being winded
Whoaaaa!!! Im-sama's true identity, whoaaaa!!!
>>20
Man, he really loves dropping hints
Man, he really loves dropping hints
>>20
Wait, why did they make up?
Wait, why did they make up?
>>22
That's straight-up elementary schooler taste — 'let's just slap a skull on it!'
It's genuinely lame, does the editor never say anything?
It's genuinely lame, does the editor never say anything?
>>25
'You dare defy meee?' (Im-sama's odd, childlike speech quirks)
'You dare defy meee?' (Im-sama's odd, childlike speech quirks)
>>25
That's basically Dhalsim (the stretchy-limbed Street Fighter character)
That's basically Dhalsim (the stretchy-limbed Street Fighter character)
It gets bashed every single time, so why is it still going?
>>36
Well it's always near the top of the reader surveys, so there's no way it's getting cancelled
Well it's always near the top of the reader surveys, so there's no way it's getting cancelled
The original black one seemed to have better regeneration
it came back even after being blown to pieces
it came back even after being blown to pieces
You've been alive this whole time — what have you even been doing?
I can't tell what's different from before
>>58
Now they don't have to draw the polka dots on his arms anymore
Now they don't have to draw the polka dots on his arms anymore
Is this getting cancelled?
>>69
Here they somehow beat Im-sama
Back at the Holy Land, Blackbeard's already wiped out the Five Elders and the whole Navy
Shanks dies too, one way or another
Everyone gets launched by Kuma's power and arrives at Laugh Tale
Final showdown with Blackbeard at Laugh Tale
and that's a perfectly fine way to end it
Here they somehow beat Im-sama
Back at the Holy Land, Blackbeard's already wiped out the Five Elders and the whole Navy
Shanks dies too, one way or another
Everyone gets launched by Kuma's power and arrives at Laugh Tale
Final showdown with Blackbeard at Laugh Tale
and that's a perfectly fine way to end it
'Hey, his appearance changed!' — do we even need that line?
>>70
If they don't draw it in, you wouldn't know what changed
If they don't draw it in, you wouldn't know what changed
>>72
Do we even need to know?
You yourself keep changing into some 'demon god' form for no clear reason
Do we even need to know?
You yourself keep changing into some 'demon god' form for no clear reason
>>75
That's not a transformation, that's just a move
Are you even reading this properly?
That's not a transformation, that's just a move
Are you even reading this properly?
What's even the point of beating this Blackbeard guy?
>>78
It's what the old-school fans want
Blackbeard's just a scrub anyway
It's what the old-school fans want
Blackbeard's just a scrub anyway
He can recover that fast?
>>80
Well, he'd been stockpiling food
Guess it pays to live right
Well, he'd been stockpiling food
Guess it pays to live right
>>80
Just from this panel, Hajrudin looks exactly like Loki, lol
Just from this panel, Hajrudin looks exactly like Loki, lol
Hurry up with Im-sama's sad backstory already
>>94
It's gonna be long, that okay?
It's gonna be long, that okay?
>>96
Wasn't it that he got dumped by the founder of the Nefertari family or something?
Wasn't it that he got dumped by the founder of the Nefertari family or something?
>>96
Still better than crappy battles and endless hint-dropping
Still better than crappy battles and endless hint-dropping
Guess he loses once, then it's training-arc time
>>101
Even if he loses here, there's no rematch
It's Blackbeard who beats Im-sama anyway
Even if he loses here, there's no rematch
It's Blackbeard who beats Im-sama anyway
What's with the final boss of a pirate manga being a god?
They could've just kept it simple with Blackbeard
They could've just kept it simple with Blackbeard
>>115
Being a god is fine, it's just that it has nothing to do with him becoming Pirate King
Being a god is fine, it's just that it has nothing to do with him becoming Pirate King
Wait, is this the final boss?
Does beating this mean One Piece is finally over?
Does beating this mean One Piece is finally over?
>>118
Real talk, Luffy doesn't care what happens to the world
Even if he beats him, he'd just get thanked for it
Blackbeard's gotta be the real final boss after all
Real talk, Luffy doesn't care what happens to the world
Even if he beats him, he'd just get thanked for it
Blackbeard's gotta be the real final boss after all
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread「One Piece’s Final Boss Transforms into Second Form!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!」.
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