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cienie-isengardu · 3 years

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Some thoughts about the dynamic between the five Supernovas

...a.k.a. One Piece 1001 chapter

Spoilers ahead!

The previous one piece chapters felt at times dragged out a bit too much but were needed to set everything in the right perspective and to build proper hype for the upcoming fight between Emperors and Supernovas. Thanks to that, the chapter 1001 felt both refreshing and, generally speaking, is a good mix of awesomeness and solid humor. Even my lowkey interest in epic battle between those two forces increased but frankly, it still comes down to an already settled dynamic between (idiot) Captain Trio and non-captain Duo.

All because the contrast between those two groups is both palpable and amusing:

On one hand, we have three renowned captains, all strong in their own ways. So far the manga provided examples of Luffy-Law and Luffy-Kid dynamic and despite their character differences, when in need, they can work together well. It seems like Luffy and Kid share similar abrasive nature thus are more prone to argue with each other, while Law most of the time rolls with Luffy’s chaotic stubbornness. But once the three of them get together, all their brain cells apparently disappear and everyone tries to outdone the rest.

To be fair, this is nothing new. But as much as Luffy and Kid aren't a surprise here, Law’s behaviour is especially out of norm. As the oldest Supernova captain, Law usually was the one scheming and planning every step or two ahead. So far, he worked pretty well with Luffy and Zoro, even though both men stressed him hella way too much. But now he has some obsession to look as an independent factor, like he truly does not want the Emperors or Kid to see him as Luffy’s subordinate. Despite his usual pragmatic approach, Law allowed his pride to get in the way. To the point of getting hit by an attack easy to avoid.

Though to be fair, the most surprising moment was Luffy who managed to talk two stubborn fellow captains into his game of “the first who flinch is the weakling”. I mean, a psychological approach (the mind games?) aren’t Luffy’s usual modus operandi. And yet, when Law acted on his hurt ego, Luffy was the cunning one, for a change.

And so the Three Captains get hit with a fireball because they are dumbasses who in middle of fight focused more on proving some manly (idiotic) matter of bravery and/or power rather than work together.

(Thankfully, Zoro called the dumbass TRIO on their bullshit and really, he kept reminding Luffy to take New World seriously since Punk Hazard)

So, we have the Captain Trio that still didn’t figure out how to work properly together and most likely the Emperors are going to beat some shit out of them before their ego/pride and ongoing, not resolved strife will be put aside for some epic teamwork.

On the other hand, there is Zoro and Killer who also have some sort of rivalry between them - the reminder of their previous fight - but it didn’t go out of control like with the Captain Trio. Zoro told Killer he recognized him as the Kamazou (pointing out the characteristic laugh that we learned some time ago Killer outright hates) and both had a small talk about the result of said fight (Killer thinks he would win if he had his scythes, Zoro says it would end the same), yet I wouldn’t say there was palpable tension between them. Definitely nothing of the sort that is between the Captain Trio in which Luffy, Law and Kid like to derogatory each other and maybe even want to take the lead in the fight. Probably to prove their manliness or something like that.

Zoro said to Killer “try not to get into my way” which is so different from Captain Trio’s interaction some chapters ago. The wording alone is an interesting way to show the established relationship between them. Zoro thinks he is the better fighter (and most likely he is not wrong), but it’s still less rude/arrogant than Kid’s from 1000th chapter

or even Kid screaming at others to “don’t get in my way!” or Law and Luffy’s “stand back!”, from chapter some time ago. I mean, Zoro didn’t tell Killer he is useless (due to already lost fight) nor outright rejected the potential help coming from the other man. And in contrast to Captain Trio, the Non-captain Due straight up synchronized their attacks as one and went for cutting Kaido’s head - it didn’t work of course, but that is the difference between Supernovas little groups, isn’t it?

Law, Kid and Luffy have this ongoing rivalry since Sabaody Archipelago but never actually had a proper fight against each other. They have some common ground and shared moments of comradience (Luffy & Law whole deal with Doffy, Luffy & Kid’s time in Uden when Kid and Killer were saved by Straw Hat and his friends) but they can’t stand each other once the three are together and clash for totally childish matters even with two angry Emperors before them while Killer and Zoro actually hurt each other in fight some chapters ago, had a reason to hold grudge against each other (Killer was forced to work for Orochi to save his captain and was left behind bleeding without a second thought, then sent to prison, Zoro became a friend of Hiyori and Toko who Killer, as Kamazou, tried kill) but despite the small talk they kept cool head and showed potential for some good teamwork. And dunno, the 1001 chapter deepens my feeling from previous scenes that Killer and Zoro will play the so needed role of buffers (x) between the stubborn and prideful captains to balance their abrasive behaviour and thus help improve the general teamwork of Supernovas.

I mean, the last time when Kid and Luffy were actually working well was thanks to Zoro staying between them with Killer acting as voice of reason / figuring out enemy’s powers:

So I really expect more mixing of Supernovas with each other in future.

I just want to say I love the dynamic between the five Supernovas and the amusing contrast between the Three (idiot) Captains and Non-captain Duo.

#one piece #roronoa zoro #monkey d. luffy #trafalgar law #killer (one piece)#eustass kid #one piece spoilers #op chapter 1001 #my thoughts #one piece meta #sort of #i love the dynamic between #supernovas #killer & zoro #zoro & killer #isn't it ironic that the non captain supernovas keep coold head #and work together #while the captains argue about childish matters?#LOL #who let them alone there?!#also law what happened to your brain cells?#luffy and kid are dumbasses nothing new here #but you too?#dunno zoro wasn't totally rude to killer with the try not to get in my way which is better than don't get in my way attitude #and i know he doesn't have any means to know about killer and his hate for his own laugh #but this scene makes me so sad for killer #to be hear zoro knows he was kamazou because of the characterstic unique laugh he hates so much #(and hey maybe he didn't want zoro to know he was the kamazou and to start anew?)#and killer only reaction to zoro's words is to laugh :(#because he can't help himself because of SMILE

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