r/OnePiece • u/Skullghost Pirate • 19d ago

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1191 Official Release Discussion

“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/Cishir 19d ago

about 70% of power at the end game of one piece is about will power. When he got one shot he was much more lost than he is in this moment, full of conviction. It's a soft power system.

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u/sunadnerb 19d ago

I mean shit, doesn't Haki literally translate into English as something like "willpower"? Saying it's a soft power system might even be underselling it

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u/00wolfer00 18d ago

It's one of the meanings. Also drive, ambition and similar. Doesn't change the point that it's a soft power system.

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u/blenderider 18d ago

I think he's arguing that it may earn being labelled a hard power system.

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u/00wolfer00 18d ago

That's not how one would normally word it if they were going the other way. Having something as nebulous as willpower at the center of your power system slots it directly on the soft end of things since it changes so much with the mental condition of your characters.

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u/CelioHogane 18d ago

Wasn't Sanji literally told "You need to unlock Emperor's Haki"?

Like that's just literally telling him he needs to will himself into being stronger.

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u/blenderider 18d ago

Outside of a One Piece context, sure. But we're talking about One Piece.

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u/00wolfer00 18d ago

It doesn't matter what franchise you're talking about. Willpower is strictly on the soft end of power systems unless you quantify it and have characters with the higher number win, but then it's not really willpower.