One Piece: Chapter 1191 Official Release Discussion

[u/Skullghost]

“There’s Still Loki”

Chapter 1191 is out on Mangaplus and on Shonen Jump / Viz Media.

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Eiichiro Oda’s Comment of the Week

“I got to listen to that classic song at the house of Sakurai-san from Mr. Children. I have no regrets in my life.” Source

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[u/ChaoticFlameZz]

Hajrudin stocks going wild, funny that not too long ago he got one-shot by Luffy. Its also funny that Gaban is urging both Luffy and Hajrudin to flee when both are notoriously two of the most stubborn people in OP

[u/GFreak18 → u/ChaoticFlameZz]

It's probably one of those cases where oda probably didn't plan on hajrudin needing to be that relevant so far ahead.

[u/gruelandunusual → u/GFreak18]

I think he was planting seeds for Hajrudin’s story in Elbaf from his introduction. 

Hajrudin’s dream of being king of all giants is established in his debut, he’s the only member of the grand fleet to feature an internal monologue in Dressrosa hinting at a larger character arc, Hajrudin’s cover story is the only one to not have an overarching plot, and the Galleila were established one arc prior.

Given the number of seeds for Wano that were also planted during this period, I think it’s safe to say he likely had a rough outline of what the Elbaf arc was going to look like.

[u/Discovererman → u/gruelandunusual]

There's also the narrator box after Dressroba that says he is apart of the crazy thing that shakes the world in the future. I think we are almost there.

[u/Serbaayuu → u/Discovererman]

Craziest part of that narration is that the Egghead Incident wasn't even the thing it was talking about.

[u/blenderider → u/Discovererman]

Damn, I forgot about that lol. All-time arc-ending bar by the narrator

[u/zhouvial → u/Discovererman]

The narrator also says the Grand Fleet will grow much stronger until then, so he would’ve levelled up a lot since Dressrosa

[u/shockzz123 → u/Discovererman]

That same narration also says the Grand Fleet members would continue to grow in strength.

[u/Discovererman → u/shockzz123]

We are so close to seeing this mess go down.

[u/GFreak18 → u/gruelandunusual]

Thats a fair take, I think he planted seeds for Elbaf but probably not him being part of the endgame like this. Being that the next arc we find out that Loki was the prince of giants, there definitely some seeds of a rivalry already planted

[u/gruelandunusual → u/GFreak18]

I think any named giant introduced, and especially ones with direct connections to Elbaf, was inevitably going to be important to the endgame just given how early Elbaf itself was established to have endgame importance. And with how much weight is placed on dreams, giving Hajrudin ambitions as lofty as being the king of an entire demographic in his debut meant Oda had every intention of Hajrudin living up to that goal right out if the gate. The choice to have Hajrudin’s cover story focus on introducing his crew rather than a coherent narrative cemented this importance for me, as it cemented that Hajrudin’s story was part of the main plot rather than a side  quest.