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[Theory chapter 1124+] The defense Hierarchy of Elbaph

Are Giant Warrior Pirates the Giant army?

Supposedly the giants have the strongest army in the world (according to BigMom), yet we have seen the giant warrior pirates lackluster performance. Of course they tanked the egghead buster call quite well, and even played with battleships like Toyboats, but this pirate crew does not seem worthy of a Yonko Bigmoms attention. The giant pirates do not use Haki and only brute strength, like their giant archers sinking boats with .... giant arrows. Their captains Dorry and Broggy may only use Haki with their strongest attack -- Hakoku sovereignty.

Warland

This lead me to the theory that the giant warrior pirates are outcasts and joked about for their weakness by the true warriors of Elbaph who live deep inside the island. Elbaph may be organized in multiple defense rings, where each ring is at war with its neighbors. This would explain the name Warland Elbaph, a land at constant war with itself to evolve a capable growing defense against outside invasion forces. Giants seem to be thick headed, easy to anger and its common among them to fight decades long battles for forgettable reasons as Dorry and Broggy have shown.

The Defense Realms of Elbaf

So let me characterize the defense rings / realms / levels of Elbaph:

• Outer defense Belt: Pirate outcasts live at the coast.
  • the coast is defended by pirates only ~ they do not like if outsiders point a gun at their hometown (RIP captain Kid)
  • Shanks has set up camp there, keeping a fragile peace
  • Government agents like Mother Caramel where only able to infiltrate this outermost ring, not further inland, before she got banished from the land for Big Moms tantrum.
  • Giant beasts comparable to the five elders beast transformations in size roam its forests, as Dorry and Broggy recount at egghead
  • frequent incursions by the inner rings force the pirates to escape outwards and seek fame and resources in foreign lands
  • giant mountain passes make it difficult to intrude further inland (as shown in the Shanks vs Kid Anime episode, these mountain scenery feels like the Alps of Heidi Girl of the Alps)
• Inner Defense Ring: Giant Army fort
  • giants skilled in the use of Armament and Observation train here, hunting giant beasts.
  • the greatest honor is to become a personal guard of Prince Loki
  • the Palace guard of king Loki recruits from their ranks.
  • this is the Army of giants Big Mom wanted to attain by marrying Prince Loki with her daughter
• Innermost ring: Yagdrasil / Adam tree
  • a giant tree seems to grow in the center of Elbaph. Perhaps its inspired by the legend of Yagdrassil "the world tree"
  • Prince Loki chills in the Palace and his honor guard reside here
  • Adam wood is sold here, making this region extremely rich.
  • Conquerors Haki users are common, nocking out approaching invaders with ease
• ((Treetop)): The entire defense of Elbaph is centered to protect this treasure. Only a brave warrior of the sea can reach it ...

Break next week.

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> One Piece Live-Action Season 2 Confirms 2025 Release With New Writer Onboard

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Announcing production of "THE ONE PIECE"! The animation will be producted by WIT Studio, which has worked on many hit anime series including "SPY x FAMILY" and "Attack on Titan." "THE ONE PIECE" anime will recreate the story of the original "ONE PIECE" manga, starting from the East Blue arc.

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> - streaming on Netflix in January 2024 > - anime will have one episode > > Officially titled “MONSTERS: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation" is based on the one-shot manga by Eiichiro Oda, which follows the story of the legendary swordsman, Ryuma and the story is officially canon to One Piece. > > > Official synopsis: > In this era of peace, there is only one “fear” that dances in the sky and disturbs the gentle flow of time. > A “fear” that could mean the absolute destruction of the land. It was the appearance of a dragon. > > Credit: https://animecorner.me/monsters-key-visual-and-release-date/

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If I remember correctly all important news was read to him. Like the news of Aces execution or the incident of Dragon vs Blackbeard at Baltigo.

The information in the newspaper about getting Yonko Status could be deduced from an image. And as far as we know Luffy has never gone to school. So is he an illiterate?

She gets to have one of the most broken 1 shot devil fruits synergizing with her natural beauty, on top of being nigh invulnerable and having all 3 forms of haki.

IMDB has added 1-2 sentences about the events in each of the 8 episodes and the titles of the first two.

The info copy-pasted from IMDB:

spoiler

One Piece (2023) S1.E1 ∙ Romance Dawn August 31, 2023

A boy named Monkey D. Luffy embarks on a journey to attain the greatest treasure: the one piece. After the former pirate king's public execution 22 years ago, the world has entered a great pirate era, and Luffy aims to be at the top.

S1.E2 ∙ The Man in the Straw Hat

Luffy, Zoro, and Nami find themselves imprisoned on an island overtaken by the deranged clown pirate, Buggy. Koby joins the Marines and proves his mettle.

S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3

Luffy, Zoro, and Nami land in Syrup Village, where they meet Usopp, a local who introduced the group to Kaya, a sickly shipyard heiress under the care of trio of overbearing house staff. With the help of Koby, Vice Admiral Garp, a powerful marine, sets off in search of Luffy.

S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4

Luffy, Zoro, and Nami fight their way through Kaya's mansion, which has now become a prison. Usopp enlists the help of Koby, Helmeppo, and the Marines. Luffy finally gets the ship of his dreams as Garp closes in.

S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5

Luffy and the gang are tested in their ability to fight together on the high seas. They arrive at Baratie, a floating restaurant, where they encounter Sanji, a young chef with a love of fine dining. A duel on the docks shocks the group.

S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6

The group is ambushed by a threat no one sees coming. After a hard-fought battle at the Baratie, Sanji finally follows his dreams while another crew member shows their true colors.

S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7

The crew comes to the aid of a member in dire need of a family.

S1.E8 ∙ Episode #1.8

A new pirate crew is born.

Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11737520/episodes?season=1

**Raws ** https://imgur.com/a/TjTGPO9

Summary by Redon

Chapter 1,089: "Barricading incident".

Reader request in the cover: A cow waiter on 2 legs brings Nami a love letter from Sanji (that is hiding outside loft.

Chapter starts at Foosha Village, Woop Slap is reading about Garp in the newspaper. Woop Slap trusts that Garp would be fine. Makino's son is laughing at Luffy's photo in the newspaper (it's a normal Luffy photo, not Gear 5). Makino talks with her son.

Makino: "You've grown to like Luffy-onichan, right?"

Cut to Mt. Corvo, to Dadan Family's base. We see Dadan's reaction to the news at the newspaper, she's asking in tears what Garp and Luffy are up to.

Suddenly, a huge earthquake starts. It's taking place 6 days after Lulusia Kingdom destruction. There is a huge hole in the middle of the sea, at the place that was once Lulusia Kingdom (just like the hole beneath Enies Lobby).

We cut then to people all over the world feeling the earthquake. We can see...

• Momonosuke in "Wanokuni

• Uholisia in "Kanokuni".

• Iceberg in "Water Seven".

• Hina in "Marine HQ".

• Imu in "Mary Geoise" (he just says "...").

• Laboon in "Twin Cape".

• Some prisoners in "Impel Down".

• Citizens in "Loguetown".

• Ivankov in "Kamabakka Queendom".

We can see another random islands too. The sea around the world rises by 1 meter, sinking many islands.

Then back to Foosha Village, where villagers are looking at rising tides. Woop Slap is looking too worried.

Cut to Egghead Island, Marine battleships are surrounding the island. Kizaru destroys 1 of the Vegapunk's "Sea Beast Weapon" with a normal beam. But Kizaru has not started the attack yet since he doesn't want to cause too much damage in the island.

Kizaru calls Sentoumaru and ask him to surrender but Sentoumaru refuses. We see little flashback panel of young Kizaru demonstrating his beam to young Vegapunk and child Sentoumaru (Kizaru is sitting in the ground while he's shooting beams with his finger to the air).

Sentoumaru continues talking.

Sentoumaru: "Uncle Punk managed to develop Pacifista's laser by doing research on your power. I can't believe you are the one coming to kill him!!"

Kizaru: "Unfortunately I can't cover you from the "researching on Void Century" charges, Sentoumaru-kun. At the end, I have to obey orders..."

We can see that around Egghead Island there are 100 Marine battleships with 9 Vice Admirals and 30,000 Marine soldiers in total (as well as Saint Saturn and Kizaru). Doberman and Doll are part of the Vice Admirals, but there are new characters too (we saw some of them in chapter 1,078).

Saint Saturn is having a meal inside his room. Vice Admiral Doberman enters and reports the overall situation. We can see a recap of entire Egghead Island and where are all characters (with chibi-characters). Saturn orders Doberman to sink the researchers' ship that escaped the island earlier as well.

Cut to Egghead Island. York is calling Mary Geoise, complaining why they try to kill her along with other Vegapunk. The Gorousei replies that they saw her as no different from other Vegapunk. However, after Lulusia's incident, they have a new idea and they might keep York to help them with producing more "Mother Flame" weapons.

It's revealed that York is the one that sent "Mother Flame" to the Gorousei. The power plant for producing them is on Egghead Island too. York made the Gorousei promises not to hurt her or the research laboratory, and to make her a Tenryuubito. The Gorousei agrees (we see that Saturn and Kizaru are listening the conversation too).

However, in the final double spread of the chapter, we can see that York is making the call in tears with Zoro's sword at her neck. Usopp is the one setting up the Den Den Mushi. York ends the conversation screaming for help.

York: "Save me from Luffy!!!"

The Gorousei, Saturn and Kizaru are shocked, since until then they are under the impression that York managed to defeat everyone using the Seraphim before calling them to Mary Geoise.

We can see that the rest of Straw Hat crew, Bonney, Lucci, and real Vegapunk (that already packed his bag) are eating and chilling behind York, Zoro, and Usopp.

Nami: "I get the entire situation now."

Vegpaunk: "So that's how it is..."

Bonney: "This is really a barricading incident!!"

Luffy: "I don't really get it but we just have to use her as a shield to escape, right!?"

End of chapter.

Magazine break next week (Early leaks for 1090)