also-manga

[cosmic hamlet]

???
I just opened discord and this is what i see

[hardy stratus]

Do that to cunk

not me

[frail cradle]

https://x.com/leleo2211/status/2048551463123902907?s=46&t=aOoU2Ety-AvHTlBxD5CyuQ

Leo | Sengoatku No. 1 (@Leleo2211)

Height scaling is so fucked 😭Dorry and Broggy are around ~20 metres, the Sunny is 56 metres, Oars is 67 metres...So Road here would technically be like 150 metres

X · Apr 26, 2026, 11:55 PM

[placid rover]

Oars is what

[frail cradle]

road was drawn too big

[hazy turret]

Holy manlet 150 m only?

[hardy stratus]

Always been the case?

[pseudo gulch]

The Sunny is just way back

[hardy stratus]

Why are we back to Onigashima Kiku again

[frail cradle]

yes

[ashen perch]

Rodo has been super tall for a while, we have known his height since like Wano vivre cards

And he's one of the tallest giants in the series

[hazy turret]

Fun fact, he’s also one of the most perverted giants in the series

[ashen perch]

Tallest giant outside of the ancient giants actually

That's also true

[cosmic hamlet]

If ragnir is getting lightning from the clouds, i wonder if nami can help to elevate it further

[hazy turret]

LoNa going strong

[prisma yacht]

What's lona

[golden jacinth]

😭😭

[ashen perch]

No its not

[cosmic hamlet]

Who even made that

[prisma yacht]

I wonder

[pseudo gulch]

One Piece fans try not to put Nami in a ship challenge extreme

[placid rover]

it's pretty crucial that she's in a ship or else she can't sail

[warm thunder]

loki x nami

[pseudo gulch]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-paul-not-funny-basket-ball-gif-11849795

[cosmic hamlet]

You are my primary suspect

[prisma yacht]

Thigh was the mastermind

[cosmic hamlet]

@ashen perch @hardy stratus

Isn't this roundabout way of saying how devil fruits work?

[alpine trench]

these translations are so cumbersome

this is better and more understandable

[torn osprey]

All hail Stephen Paul

[cosmic hamlet]

Its still kinda feels similar to devil fruits. Vegapunk said they are formed based on peoples wishes. Since imu has the power of devil fruit i wonder if imu is just wishing them and they appear

[wide oar]

is this chapter 1181?

[prisma yacht]

Yes

[alpine trench]

well, its like devil fruits yes but imu's power gives him a greater connection and power over those who take his contract

yes that's 1181

[prisma yacht]

No hearts to my reply 😔

[wide oar]

LOLL i gotchu

[cosmic hamlet]

I wonder if these contracts are similar to how users who eat devil fruit make with the devil? Because of the contract they cannot swim in sea

[alpine trench]

its exactly like that

[hardy stratus]

Ye

[cosmic hamlet]

So imu is directly making the contracts how people make by eating devil fruits?

[alpine trench]

devil fruits are a contract between you and the sea devil, in exchange for that power, you get denied the ability to swim

yes, its a covenant

each covenant has its condition

and each domi reversi condition has its own set of rules

[hardy stratus]

That's the implication yes

[cosmic hamlet]

I'm assuming he has his limitations on how much he can wish to get these powers with contracts?

[grand flower]

Good morning sexy people

[alpine trench]

he does have restrictions it looks like

[hardy stratus]

Morning Shuron

[alpine trench]

he cannot give the abyssal covenant to more than 13 people

[hardy stratus]

check your pings

[grand flower]

Okay!

[cosmic hamlet]

Its safe to assume the transformations gorosei have is directly from imu, they didn't eat any devil fruits?

[hardy stratus]

That statements about 13 holy knights?

[warm thunder]

3 types of omen , 3 type devil fruit, 3 type haki

[cosmic hamlet]

Not just holy knights i think, its 13 in total excluding level 1

[hardy stratus]

I mean 13 holy knights
Level 1 is just blade of god

[cosmic hamlet]

I'm assuming gorosei also included in that 13

But i could be wrong

[grand flower]

I don’t see anything

[hardy stratus]

Oh right this

[grand flower]

5 Elders and 8 holy knights

[cosmic hamlet]

So its 13 combining both level 2 and level 3

[alpine trench]

yes

[hardy stratus]

What did you think of God Valley and loki flashback

[alpine trench]

and shallows for as many people as imu likes i assume

[hardy stratus]

Thought I pjnged you with that question but ig not

[prisma yacht]

Shallow marks can be controlled by imu within a certain range right

[ashen perch]

4 commanders, 8 regular HKs and one Supreme Commander actually

[cosmic hamlet]

I wonder if level 1 can be given by gorosei without involving imu or it also required imu 🤔

[ashen perch]

The Gorosei will have their own thing

[cosmic hamlet]

Wait it doesn't require imu now that i think about it

Level 1 contract to harald was given by gorosei

Harald first saw imu when he was getting level 2

[cosmic hamlet]

The official translation says other wise

[ashen perch]

No it doesnt?

[alpine trench]

i can see the gorosei having their own thing but also maybe not

i think shamrock having the ability to summon a creature from hell with his sword is analogous to the gorosei having their own creature of hell to transform into

its sort of the devil fruits thing but on crack

[ashen perch]

Yeah, but Garling didn't have eternal youth

[cosmic hamlet]

The panel harsh shared says its 13 combining both levels

[alpine trench]

i assume the gorosei are excluded in that contract for a greater contract then

its a bit hazy at this point

[hardy stratus]

Yes

[cosmic hamlet]

You probably need level 3 to stop aging

[ashen perch]

Yes, I think these are all HKs

[cosmic hamlet]

It says level 2 and level 3, so you are saying gorosei are out of these 3 levels?

[cosmic hamlet]

Hmm

Gunko is same as gorosei

Despite referring her as holy knight

But I don't know if she has transformation

[ashen perch]

I think their contract is different from these 3

There's a hierarchy here

God's Blade - Shallows
Average HK - Depths
Commander HK - Abyssal

[grand flower]

Huh

[ashen perch]

It doesn't make any sense for there to be only 8 HKs

That goes against what we know about them so far

[grand flower]

Oh I see what you mean

[grand flower]

Idk the knights might be more like the VAs

Those grunts we see in the suits if armor might be the bulk of their military

[cosmic hamlet]

It was some 30-35 years ago, though I don't expect imu to have more just in mere 30-35 years when he is gathering power for 800 years

[ashen perch]

Lets count again:
Before Garling became an Elder, there were 5 confirmed Active HKs already : Garling, Shamrock, Gunko, Sommers and Qilingham

During GV, there were 5 more present as well:
Maffey, YetiGuy, Cow Mask, Goth and the Other Manmeyer

Thats 10 confirmed HKs already, its just very unlikely that those 5 died or retired during the last 38 years lol, so 10+ HKs it is

Reposting this

[grand flower]

That’s true

[ashen perch]

So I'm leaning towards 13, with 3 or more yet to be introduced (2 of them might be the same guys from Kuma flashback God Valley)

[ashen perch]

Also I mean there's like 20 VAs tbf

[cosmic hamlet]

I don't know when this holyknight concept was introduced by imu, but they are very young in god valley, I don't assume they are the only ones in these past 800 years? Because holy knights still age.

What happened to all the holyknights over 800 years? They die of old age?

[ashen perch]

Yeah

They don't have eternal youth so they simply die unless a Gorosei spot opens

Now, this wouldn't be the case with any of the GV HKs because as you said, they all appeared to be very young

[cosmic hamlet]

I'm assuming the games they do like the one in god valley is used to determine who can get a new contract or who can get promoted?

Did they mention how frequently they make these games?

[hardy stratus]

Slightly tangential

but

[ashen perch]

And they wouldn't be dying in battle because that's an extremely rare thing

[placid rover]

If maffey died I shall be quite disheartened

[hardy stratus]

do we now know what's the treasure that Doffy was talking about

[ashen perch]

Every 3 years

[hardy stratus]

And how he knew it

[final trench]

https://tenor.com/view/dragon-dragon-one-piece-one-piece-monkey-d-dragon-revolutionary-army-gif-27117378

[hardy stratus]

Every 3 yeara

[final trench]

I think its imu, or imu’s fruit, which is why he needed the Ope Ope to get it

[cosmic hamlet]

So whoever wins that gets to have a chance to promote whenever it is available?

Since garling won in god valley he got promoted to gorosei?

[final trench]

Nah

He became leader of the HKs tho i believe

[hardy stratus]

No

[ashen perch]

We don't but I think its Uranus which is the Big Strawhat

[cosmic hamlet]

Supreme commander

[hardy stratus]

Imu's fruit or Imu won't be the "treasure"

[cosmic hamlet]

How do they determine then?

[ashen perch]

Garling only became a commander after GV

Not Supreme Commander

[prisma yacht]

The big strawhat thing is a joystick

[hardy stratus]

I expected new thwory, not almost a decade old one

[placid rover]

Imu has a devil fruit tree in his garden

[cosmic hamlet]

And then later he became supreme commander?

[final trench]

Probably

[hardy stratus]

Yea

[ashen perch]

I mean it'll be the same old theory for as long as its true smh

[cosmic hamlet]

The fact that all the celestial dragons are cheering for their family to win in god valley made me think that they promote based on these games

[final trench]

If it is a strawhat then its likely the one Imu has

[ashen perch]

Yeah, we don't have the exact timelines ofc but he was only commander when he met Harald for the first time and Supreme Commander during Egghead

[hardy stratus]

There's surely internal politics between them

[cosmic hamlet]

Current commander is shamrock

[hardy stratus]

to get benefit or reach HK

[placid rover]

ho ly nepotism

[hardy stratus]

or even if not a benefit, there's a cult element to it

[ashen perch]

Either Garling still wants to be Supreme Commander or Shamrock is just waiting for it to be official

[balmy field]

f you think clearly
BM dream was not that bad it was one of the best

[hardy stratus]

Shamrock is being the one

It's all but confirmed

[placid rover]

does big mom have fish

[ashen perch]

He's still called commander so its a bit weird, we'll see which of the two it means

[rose rune]

"What should we do supreme sama?"

[ashen perch]

Yeah she does, and she was literally allied with Jinbe too

[placid rover]

no that's fishman not fish

[ashen perch]

Oh I mean sure yeah she should have fish

[placid rover]

[cosmic hamlet]

There is a concept called family competition and individual competition

I wonder if there is a ranking among the families too in celestial dragons

[rose rune]

Alladin

[placid rover]

Baddies spotted

[urban lodge]

I hope Garling still has his duck

[small ember]

“Eeeee! He executed his wife so dreamily!!!”

[hardy stratus]

I mean obv
How would it be a competition without it

[small ember]

You know that young CDs would be making Garling edits

[cosmic hamlet]

If shamrock becomes supreme commander then someone has to take commander position. They are probably looking for a spot to fill first before making these.

They reached out loki already but got rejected

[placid rover]

wha t if imu is an ipad kid

[cosmic hamlet]

I thought its individual only

[ashen perch]

I don't think there's only one commander

That wouldn't really make any sense

[final trench]

Holup do we know a character with the last name bavette?

[cosmic hamlet]

How many commanders you need? Its not like there are 100 holy knights

[ashen perch]

One commander and one supreme commander is a pretty stupid hierarchy, obviously there's going to be more

[hardy stratus]

3 commander for 3 other people

one supreme commander

so its 13

[ashen perch]

Commander - 3 Knights under him
Commander - 3 Knights under him
Commander - 3 Knights under him
Supreme Commander

That was the structure I had in mind

[hardy stratus]

jinx

[ashen perch]

Yeah

[hardy stratus]

we running on same wavelength today man

[cosmic hamlet]

No

[cosmic hamlet]

Isn't there only 1 fleet admiral and 1 supreme commander in navy too?

[ashen perch]

I'm glad cause not a lot of people want to even walk on the same wavelength as me smh

[ashen perch]

No?

Kong is not the supreme commander of the Navy

He's the supreme commander of the WG's forces

[cosmic hamlet]

What are WG forces?

[ashen perch]

Navy only being one part of them

[cosmic hamlet]

Isn't it just cipher pol?

[ashen perch]

The dudes we saw in Wano for example

[hardy stratus]

Cipher pol

impel down

[cosmic hamlet]

Impel down is under navy no?

[ashen perch]

Yeah, and there were WG specific ships that arrived during Onigashima

[cosmic hamlet]

So only gunko, sommers and killingham are under shamrock?

[placid rover]

unc doesn't do anything he just deskmaxxes and gets paid

[ashen perch]

Would make sense yeah

[cosmic hamlet]

I wonder if sommers is also a commander, they sent another commander since shamrock is leaving?

[ashen perch]

He didn't have that in his intro box

[cosmic hamlet]

Oh

[ashen perch]

Just a HK

[cosmic hamlet]

Makes sense

He just want to relax, doesn't care about commander position

Is there any site where they combine the double spreads of official?

[urban lodge]

Weebcentral but you gotta tweak the settings

It doesn't by default

[cosmic hamlet]

I use mihon

😔

[hardy stratus]

Skill issue

Cyg you have an ipad

just read on weebcentral with that feature

[cosmic hamlet]

Official do really make it clear that "Domi Reversi", "Contracts" and "Omen" are 3 major powers of imu

[cosmic hamlet]

I don't keep my ipad with me all the time, i have a table for work and ipad doesn't fit after i use it for laptop, mouse, water bottle and stuff

[placid rover]

A real ipad kid would never speak ill of ipad

[cosmic hamlet]

Looks like it will rain today at my place, i can hear sounds of thunder

[placid rover]

[sudden bloom]

While 4Kids skipped Little Garden and Reverse Garden, funnily enough Pirate Warriors 3 skipped these arcs and heads straight to Drum Island arc after Loguetown. I played that game and Alaburna is a mishmash of every Alabasta chapters.

Koei should've adapt Little Garden arc to fight Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek, they can fit into Dynasty Warriors-type gameplay

[frail cradle]

imu has the power of domination trinity

[cosmic hamlet]

Yes the trinity are Domi Reversi, Contracts and Omen

[frigid gulch]

Loki is a true unga bunga fighter

[graceful belfry]

Big hammer hit hard

[frail cradle]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-angry-jellyfish-pain-gif-8361374170543750469

[frigid gulch]

I thought maybe he’d throw the hammer and it’d come back but alas

[graceful belfry]

I do love that we can see Ragnir’s lil Ratatoskr face when Loki is using Ragna Izuchi

[frigid gulch]

That’s fun ye

[graceful belfry]

Hybrid Loki next chapter

[lofty fern]

I'd say it's more making clear Imu's philosophy about humanity than it is simply listing his powers. One leads to the other and culminates in domination

[cosmic hamlet]

Since imu power is devil fruit, can this 3 things be applied to devil fruit users in general?

[graceful belfry]

I honestly do wish we got a 2 vs. 1 with Luffy and Loki vs. Imu. I suppose it’s not totally off the table yet, but it feels more likely that Imu will defeat Loki which transitions into Luffy showing up, fully charged up and ready to go

[lofty fern]

I think it will depend on how he handles Nidhogg and why Imu's so interested in it

[proud loom]

It’s probably in some sort of prophecy

[lofty fern]

His devil fruit is not like other devil fruits, if he has one at all. Plus I think this more about his use of maki which might be seperate. Maki seems to live in all living things, devil fruit or no.

[prisma yacht]

It's fun to see loki fight

[sterile fjord]

Guys, check this out....
CREEPY FACTS:
There's a theory that you're the only human alive and everyone else is just a part of your imagination, but there's no way to prove that!

[graceful belfry]

He’s got a deep bag 💼

[proud loom]

Wanna see a picture I drew over where it’s zoro crying behind a wall whilst Luffy and chopper hug?

[proud loom]

Well everyone else is pretty chill so i don’t mind

[hearty shore]

i'm not a figment of your imagination lil bro

[cosmic hamlet]

The concept can be applied imo

The first one is lusting for powers so they get powers of df

The second is the convenant or contract with devil so they will be unable to swim

The third is "the envy that seeks to acheive one's goal", this can be awakening of a devil fruit

[prisma yacht]

The way he hits imu with ragnir and instantly transforms and hits imu with thorheim was soo good

[prisma yacht]

Yes

[proud loom]

Pretty cool right?

[hazy turret]

Yuuup

[cosmic hamlet]

@hardy stratus do you agree with this? Any thoughts

[final trench]

I dont think loki knows what a hybrid form is

Or oda is saving it

[frail cradle]

it was his pet

[placid rover]

This image caused me to geek out

[proud loom]

Im very proud of it

[final trench]

He was a nika rival so 🤷🏾‍♂️ more man power ig

[prisma yacht]

It's amazing

[fallen meteor]

Bom dia

[prisma yacht]

I'm thinking he will go hybrid once he gets crushed

Morning marin

[fallen meteor]

This week is golden

[prisma yacht]

And that's also when Luffy will join

[proud loom]

Thank you🥹

[prisma yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/miss-goldenweek-miss-goldenweek-one-piece-baroque-works-gif-1781025969431003896

[weary veldt]

We will get out chapter in the friday this week

You will see

[dark nymph]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1148240924770582541/1497286836253360228/ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter_6.gif

[weary veldt]

Demon in disguise

[ashen perch]

Incredible things are happening https://x.com/i/status/2048706663180578968

轟 (@todoroki_drRC)

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ジョイボーイとイム様こういう関係性だったらいいなっていう....(超絶妄想かつ見た目捏造)

X · Apr 27, 2026, 10:11 AM

[placid rover]

https://tenor.com/view/jack-black-opening-book-opening-box-jack-black-gif-2965523361044713223

[fallen meteor]

Damn oda is a hack

[proud loom]

A part of me wished joyboy was bald

[final trench]

Shon

[graceful belfry]

Turn the homoerotic vibes up for the Void Century flashback

[graceful belfry]

Why?

[proud loom]

Cuz it’ll be funny and he’ll be cool

Plus idk I think about the guy from one punch man when I think about joyboy it’s so weird

[graceful belfry]

Red King is the proper cool, bald man representative in One Piece

Jk it’s Venusjuro

[dense haven]

imu backstory will be so sad

yall aint ready

[graceful belfry]

What’ll be sad about it

[proud loom]

He tripped and fell down and everyone laughed at him

[gloomy tree]

he is Down D Stairs

[proud loom]

Every misfortune zoro came across was actually imu

[ashen perch]

@grand flower did you know about this

[graceful belfry]

Imu’s backstory will be part of a multidimensional Void Century flashback. I don’t know how sad it’ll be, but I’m expecting for him to have developed quite a lot from then to now

[hearty shore]

nah imu will move like von in the void century

[ashen perch]

I'm finding out about that last one for the first time, 16 strikes again...

[graceful belfry]

16 is relevant

[ashen perch]

Yup

Oda does get consulted on the games btw

[urban lodge]

That means Shanks time haki will be real

[graceful belfry]

Mihawk and Imu connection is undeniable. There’s just no telling to what capacity it’ll be

[dense haven]

oda loves 16

[graceful belfry]

Slow down

[wraith mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-imu-im-sama-mu-gif-4298863797060522483

[ashen perch]

He was extensively involved in the making of Odyssey for example, but I haven't played it to know what that could mean

[ashen perch]

It did get ACoC right...

[graceful belfry]

Never touching Odyssey. Sorry

[proud loom]

If only there was a turn based one piece game out there for lil old me

[ashen perch]

Im curious about it for the story that Oda was involved in, but yeah

[graceful belfry]

Odyssey

[proud loom]

I guess I’m buying odyssey

[graceful belfry]

Chills

[mighty quarry]

Can confirm

[hasty sable]

Imu will be one of those characters who talks about creating a perfect world but in reality is the pettiest mf in existence

[ashen perch]

Yup

[fallen meteor]

So Imu is the blade

[ashen perch]

The yoru bit is a stretch

But 16 is the most important number in the series

[graceful belfry]

Quick. What happens in chapter 16?

[ashen perch]

They fight Buggy

[graceful belfry]

Fuck

[hasty sable]

Pirate King Buggy

[graceful belfry]

Buggy is the answer to everything

[urban lodge]

The future king of the world btw

[mighty quarry]

Pirate God* Buggy

[urban lodge]

Goda

[mighty quarry]

Joyboy broke his spaghetti in half

[urban lodge]

That's so mean

[ashen perch]

And volume 16 is titled Inherited Will

[mighty quarry]

Wait volumes have titles?

[ashen perch]

Yeah

You guys would not believe what happens in Chapter 1016

[mighty quarry]

👀

[graceful belfry]

Can I guess

Before you tell us

[ashen perch]

Yea go ahead

[graceful belfry]

Nevermind. Too much pressure.

Just tell us

[ashen perch]

Well that's fine lmao

[iron oriole]

Tama appeared

[ashen perch]

1016 is where Nami gets Zeus-tact and beats Ulti

[grand flower]

Nah never made it past the tutorial but the games did give us advanced Hao shanks before the manga did so

[graceful belfry]

Neronami

[urban lodge]

Cp0 with the reversi board

[ashen perch]

You guys would NOT believe whose first bounty is 16M

[graceful belfry]

Truuuuue

[grand flower]

Nice find

[grand flower]

Nami?

[ashen perch]

Yeah

[fallen meteor]

Thsts 1016?

Ok bro

Oda can we talk

[urban lodge]

Yeah, it appears other times too but it's still really cool

Tama might genuinely be an Imu reference

[iron oriole]

Imu is a reference to Tama you mean

My GOAT negs Imu

[ashen perch]

Its literally I-Mu
Its Nami's first bounty
Its the East Blue Naval branch that Nezumi belongs to, Nezumi means Rat and Imu is the king of the rats
Its the amount of times that Luffy rings the Ox bell in Marineford, Lucci wears an Ox Mask that very clearly references Imu in Water 7
That is seen as a sign of challenging the authority of the World Government itself, its never explained what that meant but we can understand now
Its the amount of times a Celestial Dragon shoots a 5 year and a 2 year old child
Its the ultimate attack of Doflamingo, the 16 Holy Bullets
In chapter 1060, Imu nukes Lulusia with 16 beams from Uranus
Imu's Halo has 16 eyes

Oh I forgot one

[fallen meteor]

Ok so remind me

Omen is power
Theres domi reversi
And the covenant

[fallen meteor]

Tama has her dangos doing like 2 or all 3

[dense haven]

omen backwards is nemo and thats almost nami

[hardy stratus]

What we doing bros

Anything fun Arsal?

[mighty quarry]

Omen > Covenant > DR in terms of power they give you it seems

[graceful belfry]

Talking about the relevance of the number 16 in One Piece

Which, by extension, has turned into Neronami

[fallen meteor]

Number 16:
Burguer king foot lettuce

[hardy stratus]

@dense haven ado (not singer, the other one) may remember our plight eventually /s

[urban lodge]

Ado is domi reversi'd Oda

[cosmic hamlet]

I disagree

[graceful belfry]

I think it’d be cool to connect Imu and Nami in a way other than blood

[pine ridge]

and if you reverse the syllables of nemo you get mone which is almost money and we know nami loves money

[fallen meteor]

Nice find

[dense haven]

GODA

HOW DOES HE DO IT

[fallen meteor]

Oh my god

Its all connected..

[ashen perch]

The 16th Tarot Card is called "The Tower", which very clearly resembles the way in which Imu arrives in Elbaf

The conclusion of Onigashima is predicted by The Tower, representing upheaval of the status quo, change, chaos, the beginning of a crisis, awakening, transformation and sometimes liberation. The reverse tower card represents well, the opposite: resistance to change, stability, attempts at delaying what is inevitable, control

[graceful belfry]

We know so little about her origins before Bellemere, which, tbf, isn’t a lot of coverage. But Oykot could be relevant in some way shape or form

[ashen perch]

So there's a lot going on with the number 16 here

[hardy stratus]

The Tower ?????

[gloomy tree]

are you guys making your best "evil buggy" impression right now?

[fallen meteor]

Yes

[graceful belfry]

LOL

Where did Evil Buggy go anyways

[hardy stratus]

it's really funny how many connections this 16 and tower is having to another fantasy series Arsal

[urban lodge]

The 16 thing is real

[hardy stratus]

[gloomy tree]

poofed

[urban lodge]

Even Doflamingo references it

[ashen perch]

This is undeniable though

[fallen meteor]

Too evil for the server

[graceful belfry]

It was always so fun watching him antagonize people into an attempt to counter his arguments

[gloomy tree]

oh the 16 thing is fine, i know there is a lot of 16's in the story

[hardy stratus]

who

[ashen perch]

Yeah writers do love their tarot cards

[graceful belfry]

Evil Buggy

User who was active while you weren’t caught up

Naturally, you two didn’t interact

[hardy stratus]

imagine talking only here and not being exclusively os and ws

[fallen meteor]

The artist formelly know as buggy the bomb ass dick clown

[graceful belfry]

😭

[dense haven]

if I had a nickel for every buggy theorist I'd have two nickels

[ashen perch]

There's one more I suppose, bit of a stretch, but its Louis XVI that was leading France during the French Revolution and obviously Pangaea Castle is inspired by the Chateau de Chambord

[prisma yacht]

They banned him

[ashen perch]

But yeah, the 16 thing is very legit

Obviously its Gomu v Imu

56 v 16

[hardy stratus]

56 vs 16

why 5 and 1

[ashen perch]

Because Imu means like 4 different things, it doesn't work with any other name

[dense haven]

gomu isnt real

[rose rune]

I'm hungry

[prisma yacht]

Sheeps

[ashen perch]

Most notably, the katakana for Imu can be combined to form the kanji for Buddha

[latent hamlet]

Remember when doffy's God Thread clashed against Luffy and was winning

o wait thats anime only

[ashen perch]

And he has been doing the Buddha handsigns ever since he arrived

[urban lodge]

And Nerona can be combined into god right?

[ashen perch]

Yeah

[urban lodge]

That's super cool

[rose rune]

The plural is shep

[hardy stratus]

@vestal mural we need your Wano linguistic expertise back again for theorizing

[prisma yacht]

[ashen perch]

Since Imu is a broken down kanji for Buddha, it can be viewed as him being like a corrupted, broken down Buddha

[graceful belfry]

Oda wordplay that we’ll never be able to grasp without investigation. Love it. One of the fun aspects about not being a native reader

[ashen perch]

You can just investigate smh

[graceful belfry]

Exactly. It’s fun to do so

Adds another element for us

[ashen perch]

Mip's not a fan of goroawase actually Goro, but its mainly because of the trauma that Stoop gave him

[dark nymph]

tcb should just write allat down for me in the translator notes page

🦥

[hardy stratus]

makes sense

[prisma yacht]

It's all meek's fault

[hardy stratus]

those were dark times

[fallen meteor]

Add it
67

[ashen perch]

72...

[fallen meteor]

72 i said 67 as a joke

[ashen perch]

😭

[graceful belfry]

I feel like number theories specifically tend not to pan out well

[prisma yacht]

Reason why imu larped 67

[dark nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/ahem-shit-loser-seriously-gif-5731140

[ashen perch]

Only stoop's didnt

[hardy stratus]

stoop stopped reading OP cuz of that

😭

[maiden saffron]

what was stoop's theory

[dark nymph]

their success rate is in the gutter

[maiden saffron]

only theory in recent times that has panned out well was the sukiyaki and hitetsu being the same person one

[graceful belfry]

The good ole, “I don’t like talking about this story anymore because I put 100% of my stock into my own ideas and expectations for the story, which didn’t work out at all for me” effect

[ashen perch]

Stoop has not actually dropped the series, they had an alt and they were clearly caught up lol

[maiden saffron]

actually speaking of that , Sukiyaki can read poneglyphs too cant he?

[fallen meteor]

Kozuki moria??

[urban lodge]

Revo Luffy my goat

[prisma yacht]

Watch us get ancient kingdoms name reveal on 1185

[hardy stratus]

ye

[wraith mantle]

where spoilers

[prisma yacht]

And time dilation being confirmed on 1196

[hardy stratus]

I don't really understand that ngl

[fallen meteor]

Golden week bro

[wraith mantle]

we can still get them

[ashen perch]

Also I was literally right about Imu v Luffy and Imu reveal both being in the current volume, Volume 116

[digital spear]

It was way more than that, Saturn dying and Garling taking his place, Void Century being advanced, Shanks having an evil twin that visited the Gorosei etc

[fallen meteor]

Its going to be late this week if we get them

[stone terrace]

Huntrix week

[fallen meteor]

Golden week is weird

[graceful belfry]

Don’t understand what I said, or don’t understand why people put so much faith and expected validity into their own interpretations?

[maiden saffron]

void century being advanced? Is that even a theory

i feel like its always been known

[wraith mantle]

hxh week?? peak

[maiden saffron]

that the ancient kingdom was very advanced

[ashen perch]

Stoop might be wrong but I am not 🙏😭

[dense haven]

thats what all number theorists say

[digital spear]

No that was a reveal in chapter 1065

[prisma yacht]

Arsal is not schizo 16 is real

[hardy stratus]

not for interpretation but on theories

[pine ridge]

shanks evil twin theory becoming true is an all timer

[hardy stratus]

which is just interpretation without complete material

[maiden saffron]

it was revealed all the way back in ohara

[fallen meteor]

The next big theory to get confirmed will be cloud lokgia

[digital spear]

Also Vegapunk eating the brain fruit ig

[wraith mantle]

you wont get any credit because now you push for glorp logia

[ashen perch]

Yeah the ancient kingdom has always been implied to be a massively advanced civilization

[wraith mantle]

implied? didnt clover straight up say it

[maiden saffron]

yeah clover straight up says it

[wraith mantle]

in EL

[hardy stratus]

implied as in clover is also making implications

based on existing materials

[wraith mantle]

oh

[digital spear]

Not with robots and shit

[ashen perch]

Ah yea he does straight up say it

[hardy stratus]

Clover's was just interpretation of historical records in a lost language

[ashen perch]

I mean massively advanced does imply futuristic tech like robots lol

[hardy stratus]

emeth actually proves it

[maiden saffron]

I feel like this is definitely a reach.

We've always known the kingdom to be super advanced. Robots are a given at that point.

Vegapunk is also just interpreting historical records

like Clover

[hardy stratus]

Vegapunkn has Emeth

[maiden saffron]

and Vegapunk trusted the ohara scholars

[hardy stratus]

as proof

[digital spear]

Guys are yall handsight warrioring, why was everyone surprised at that chapter then

[digital spear]

Yes that was the reveal

lol

[hardy stratus]

yeah lol

[ashen perch]

I don't think I was

[maiden saffron]

I wasnt surprised at the ancient kingdom being advanced

[hardy stratus]

I was satisfied because it's what needs to happen

[maiden saffron]

i thought it was common knowledge that was extremely advanced

we just saw Emeth there

[wraith mantle]

clover was able to read the stones, so lost language isnt exactly a deterrent for him

the biggest problem was not having any records to read at all, ohara probbaly only had like one stone

[hardy stratus]

and that OP was a post apocalyptic story

[maiden saffron]

a relic from that kingdom

which is a different thing

than finding out it was super advanced

[hardy stratus]

the point is,
it's a lost language that those people deciphered

which can't be taken with 100% accuracy

[digital spear]

Yes the reveal happened with Emeth, also why was it the ending of a chaptee then if it was not a reveal

[hardy stratus]

(I don't trust linguists)

[wraith mantle]

😭

what did linguists ever do to you

[hardy stratus]

it's a reveal yes. but not one that changes what we know but affirms what's been heavily implied yc

[fallen meteor]

I wonder if the people on the other channels here think im not insane

[hardy stratus]

atleast that's what I think Oda was going at

[wraith mantle]

oh yeah the ohara people deciphered it, they like didnt inherit it or were passed a dictionary for it

[hardy stratus]

yea

[maiden saffron]

The end of the chapter just reveals emeth, a relic from the ancient kingdom.

However, we've known the ancient kingdom to be advanced because Clover mentioned it. I think its safe to assume that clover was correct because he got the name right and was shot for it.

I dont buy that this is a "theory" if its literally just repeating clover's words lol

[hardy stratus]

it's not a theory, but it's still just an implication

which could be wrong, could be right

[maiden saffron]

sure you can say Clover implied it and Emeth confirms it

[hardy stratus]

that's what I mean yes

[maiden saffron]

but we as readers have always expected the ancient kingdom to be advanced due to what Clover said

[wraith mantle]

didnt vegapunk say something about it too in his podcast?

[hardy stratus]

yes

that was way past emeth tho

[digital spear]

What exactly did Clover say, did he say advanced or did he say robots advanced? Advanced for 900 years ago doesnt mean its more advanced than now

[maiden saffron]

he specifically said it was more advanced than the current age

[digital spear]

Or it would be like this

[maiden saffron]

i'll have to find the panel

[graceful belfry]

394-395 are the chapters

Where Clover talks to the Gorosei over the transponder

[iron oriole]

This is the best he says

It had "enormous power"

[prisma yacht]

Waniland

[tidal ice]

motherflame

[rose rune]

Random peacocks in the bushes here

[iron oriole]

Typical peacock being everywhere apart from where they should be

[rose rune]

They're not local to norway, so someone around here must have imported them

[iron oriole]

Yeah thats common

[maiden saffron]

is this a huge memory issue

[rose rune]

Yes

[maiden saffron]

or does the anime change the wording here

[digital spear]

Yeah im not finding more than this. Enormous power doesnt mean highly advanced

[latent hamlet]

Peacocks?

Vivi confirmed

[maiden saffron]

cause i for sure remember clover saying its advanced, but the manga does not say it

[latent hamlet]

[tidal onyx]

i always thought it was very intresting that oda continues in the next chapter stating that it was both an ancient kingdom and futrisitc city just like this one

[hardy stratus]

I think it mentions "flourished"

[tidal onyx]

its kinda why i think that vegapunks island was a direct model for the ancient kingdom like very close to 1 to 1

[hardy stratus]

or smth like that

which could imply futuristic/advanced demon

[fallen meteor]

I think it could be memory because i remember theories about it being advanced
So if we have theories it cant be confirmed

[latent hamlet]

I got it
Imu hates the surface world
Cuz its literally a primitive world compared to the advanced civilization

[digital spear]

Exactly

[latent hamlet]

Bro misses his automatic food machines

[digital spear]

Thats why im saying its a hindsight thing

Because it seems so obvious now

[hardy stratus]

it was obvious from me since the start

[digital spear]

But even if likely it was just a theory before that chapter

[hardy stratus]

because this level of anachronism in the tech development of the setting

any good fantasy writer would make it post apocalyptic

and I trusted Oda

[rose rune]

He says it in the anime I think

[wraith mantle]

https://x.com/i/status/2048706663180578968

轟 (@todoroki_drRC)

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X · Apr 27, 2026, 10:11 AM

did joyboy have W rizz?

[maiden saffron]

maybe this is where i remember it from too

cause i 100% dont subscribe to any theories

and i've always thought that clover mentioned it being advanced

but its different in the manga

[hardy stratus]

800 years of gay undertones fr

[tidal onyx]

yea specifcally stats that it thrived which is idnetical to what robin describes shandora to be

[hardy stratus]

yeah

[fallen meteor]

Im the king of kill him

[hardy stratus]

flourished/thrived same thing

damn my memory of OP is good

[rose rune]

Just like raftel/laughtale it will be revealed that it was joyboy/boytoy

[digital spear]

I also remember something like advanced but theres a difference between advanced for its time and advanced from now even

[fallen meteor]

Joyball

[iron oriole]

Checked to see if maybe Clover said it when we got the flashback for VP but nothing, so must be anime only

[tidal onyx]

yea there is level of advacments like vegapunks island wqas 500 years into the future

[rose rune]

I remember it from the robin flashback

[hardy stratus]

Vegapunk inventing his own version of Internet

so good

[tidal ice]

kill him is a weird name for the ancient kingdom

[iron oriole]

Badum ts

[digital spear]

Its probably going to look similar to this, and there will be something important to an egg

Eggheas probably existed since 800 years ago anyway if scientists had a lab there already, even if I dont know if Vegapunk built that egg there?

[open mirage]

Finally he can google for his research

[dense haven]

egg

[tidal onyx]

you gotta check out my theory on the Emerald City because this is exactly what we are talkiing about

[open mirage]

Head

[hardy stratus]

I think Egghead was just the WG controlled island wide science lab that Vegapunk with his knowledge made to that level

[digital spear]

You have me with Emerald City

[maiden saffron]

the anime doesn't mention advanced either

[hardy stratus]

yeah makes sense

[tidal onyx]

lmaoooo i love it

[maiden saffron]

so clover never talked about how advanced the kingdom was

i think my idea of why the kingdom was advanced comes from Pluton though

[tidal onyx]

https://youtu.be/KNAoKnNrvLo?si=BpnGW0G-0fI43KhS

[hardy stratus]

so seee YC and goro Right

Trust goro and YC always

[maiden saffron]

pluton was created in w7 during the void century

and even though its not confirmed to be related to the ancient kingdom

i just associated it with it

[runic dock]

I didn’t miss it

[tidal onyx]

when it comes to vegapunks island it seems to be ontop of the ancient ruins we saw in his speech

[odd rune]

why is enies lobby always sunny

why is there never rain

oda will never explain

[hardy stratus]

Denies lobby is real btw

[digital spear]

So glue

[digital spear]

Thanks

[runic dock]

Classic mod statement

[tidal ice]

!denieslobby

[tropic nova]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/833428729266438194/872498220708819035/Screenshot_20210804-171555.jpg

[tidal onyx]

you thought emerald city was the ancient weapon Uranus that destoyed lulusia?

[odd rune]

why is the date blurred

[runic dock]

Uhh…yes!

[odd rune]

what pedantic mf made this command

i gotta know

the other one is g2

!g2

[tropic nova]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/833428729266438194/861888283901165578/image0-4__01.jpg

[hardy stratus]

it didn't used to be blurred until a year ago macks

[odd rune]

@winter oasis who did this

[tidal ice]

its totally juba blurring out those dates isnt it

[hardy stratus]

I still remember that having "Yesterday smth am" one

[odd rune]

juba would never make a command of his own message

or of anything to do with archer

lol

[rose rune]

You guys probably alreadey posted this, but this is what he says in the manga

[iron oriole]

Yeah i sent that earlier

[tidal onyx]

very nice its so rare that people have made that connection which is why i made the theory like 2 years ago but def check it out and let me know your thoughts you seem to have a good grasp already

[hardy stratus]

yeah multiple people sent it already thigh

[winter oasis]

doom

[odd rune]

lol

[maiden saffron]

what was oda cooking with this aerial view of the kingdom btw

[winter oasis]

doom is very anal about hiding his location from people on discord

[odd rune]

but why

[maiden saffron]

there's no way that's the kingdom

[odd rune]

oooooooooooooh

[maiden saffron]

thats like 4 buildings

[hardy stratus]

we all know which country he's from tho

[tidal onyx]

the ancient kingdom is literally just castle in the sky

[hardy stratus]

[rose rune]

Gruel most likely

[tidal onyx]

https://klipy.com/gifs/laputa-castle-in-the-sky-1--k01KQ7GPNF483JM26C3GWXYJ569

[odd rune]

the blur is just so funny

ok thanks tuna

[maiden saffron]

tuna

[hardy stratus]

tuna

[prisma yacht]

tuna

[tidal ice]

tuna

[winter oasis]

spend 20 years hiding your online identity
meet your girlfriend on a giant public discord server

[digital spear]

It looks like Roman Empire

[hardy stratus]

girlfriend or wife?

[winter oasis]

are they married now lol

[odd rune]

they are

[hardy stratus]

i thought they were married already?

idk

[winter oasis]

what a trip

[maiden saffron]

as in find a girlfriend or encounter your gf in the server

oh nice

[odd rune]

im happy for them

discord isnt everything

just cray

[digital spear]

Its still surreal to me

[winter oasis]

have you ever spoke german with doom yc

[hardy stratus]

if I had a nickel every time people on OP cord found their gf through OP cord

[digital spear]

Yeah

[hardy stratus]

I would have 2 nickel

which isn't a lot

[winter oasis]

is he even more mean in german

[hardy stratus]

but it's amazing that it's happened twice

[winter oasis]

it's happened more than twice

[hardy stratus]

who else

Rice and Doom

and?

[winter oasis]

lots of stupid anime kiddies

and some older regulars

[hardy stratus]

nice for them man

that's very lovely

[winter oasis]

did you know the divorce rate of partners who meet on discord is 98%

[fallen meteor]

Im too silly here to find love

[maiden saffron]

did you just make that up

[hardy stratus]

random statistics you just made up

[fallen meteor]

Too whimsy

[digital spear]

I think sometimes he told me to behave better in the server either in german or english

[hardy stratus]

and we know it

[prisma yacht]

😭😭

[winter oasis]

marin i keep sending hot women into your DMs but you keep blocking them

[rose rune]

I'm too old

[hardy stratus]

imagine wanting love

discard love and romance

[fallen meteor]

So that was you...

[graceful belfry]

I’m already partnered with someone here. We just haven’t gone public with it

[fallen meteor]

This too i forgot im old

[hardy stratus]

rei just outright lying

[tidal onyx]

what even is this chat

[maiden saffron]

discord love and romance

[sturdy steeple]

2% is worth it

[digital spear]

Yeah I know of couples that happened on discord but I only know of Dooms that they sticked together

[maiden saffron]

always was a gambling man

[hardy stratus]

in this economy

[digital spear]

Happy for them

[thin quest]

I'm getting ready to take a huge and stinky Eustass Kid

[hardy stratus]

i find more cooler people on discord than on irl so it does seem nice

also nice name muad'dib

[maiden saffron]

i only find idiots on discord

and irl

[pine ridge]

I'm more shocked about the fact that there are married couples who met on discord

[hardy stratus]

yeah I was surprised too 5 years ago

nowadays I find a lot

[fallen meteor]

Ok so new romance manga idea
Girl is a powermod in a discord server and guy is dude almost banned
They both are on the same class and they learn who eachother is
They slowly find love

[hardy stratus]

there's one but in those vr game thingy one

forgot the name

[odd rune]

what does the same class here mean

[hardy stratus]

so it's similar

[odd rune]

like they are in a uni class

[hardy stratus]

highschool

uni

[fallen meteor]

This would get 5 seasons of anime

[fallen meteor]

School uni w/e

[dense haven]

can never beat rent a gf

[maiden saffron]

in the 5th to last chapter, the guy gets banned and is replaced by the author's self insert

[digital spear]

Already better than some of those gooner romance anime that exist

[fallen meteor]

I didnt want to say school because all the romances mangas are in school

[odd rune]

im a bad writer but i dont know how i would make that interesting lol

[winter oasis]

it feels like for LGBTQ people discord is like the main dating website

[torn osprey]

This whole message chain could be a jp light novel title

[digital spear]

New server project we write this together

[hardy stratus]

it does make sense

[odd rune]

you dont want to write anything with me ever YC

im not good at it and also stubborn

[pine ridge]

Damn I hope it gets better

[hardy stratus]

because for them, real life could be scary but discord is very open and anonymous

and people don't really judge you

[dense haven]

I'm judging you

[hardy stratus]

being judged for your opinion is better than being judged for who you are

[fallen meteor]

Its like 30 or so chs of them battling online and not knowing they are eachother irl
50 chs of shenanigans after they find out
10 or so where they get together and then it ends

[hardy stratus]

you know what i mean spice smh

[odd rune]

also from the ages of 8-16 most of my writing pieces have been blatant ripoffs of things that i thought were cool

[digital spear]

Im not good either

Id love to see the end result of this

[dense haven]

any sonic fanfics?

[odd rune]

anything older than that i was too sarcastic to commit to anything without thinking it was gay

[fallen meteor]

Because fuck writing the story after the main couple gets together am i right authors

[hardy stratus]

I am very good so I won't write it with the likes of you

[odd rune]

ill never top fidel and castro

[digital spear]

The aura of goro

Gauro

[fallen meteor]

Gauro...

[hardy stratus]

already a published author brotha

[digital spear]

Real?

[vestal mural]

Dealing with a major shitshow rn ping me later tonight

[hardy stratus]

oops all the best at work man

[torn osprey]

Me finding my old writings that ended with “and then he woke up”

[hardy stratus]

take care lol

[hardy stratus]

yes

[odd rune]

did toei do that with that scene on purpose

[digital spear]

Wait we also need mip on the writing

[odd rune]

im not sayingi t

[hardy stratus]

actually 10 year anniversary of it is soon

Mip has his own book to work on

[odd rune]

but i need to know from someone that isnt me if it was on purpose

[pine ridge]

good way to avoid having to solve plot holes

[hardy stratus]

oh damn it was near late april or early may

[odd rune]

its better than plagarism

[vestal mural]

Just ping me with the question and I’ll answer when I get the time

[odd rune]

the generational streak macks was on by showing his teachers copied work and getting praise

[digital spear]

Goro is there a way to read it

Can I actually buy a book

That you published

[hardy stratus]

I ain't gonna dox myself man

[wraith mantle]

nami is so silly here bruh lmao

[hardy stratus]

the digital copy was there on amazon for a while but their oonline thing is just too shitty so I stopped dealing with it after a year

[odd rune]

ive written and published a childrens book

all of my friends did it, the challenge was to do it in a month

it was fun

but its not good

i recommend it still

[hardy stratus]

is it on amazon

[digital spear]

Yall might actually shape some peoples childhoods without knowing

[hardy stratus]

I'll buy it macks

[torn osprey]

She’s having a grand ol time

[odd rune]

the fact that your name or psuedonym will be associated with the book is an outstanding motivator to make the book not suck

[hardy stratus]

I had found a junior in college who actually read it

[ashen perch]

Pluton is straight up called a highly advanced battleship so the implication was always clear

[hardy stratus]

all blud did was shit on the book cover at first

no praise for my mspaint Naruto ripoff art

[pine ridge]

I wrote a whole series. it's a little known project called harry potter

[tidal ice]

done this shit. it's a trip when they remember the random shitposts you make 10 years ago as gospel truth

[digital spear]

I knew JK wasnt the author

Thank you bro

[odd rune]

sorry i dont want people knowing anymore than ive shared lol

[hardy stratus]

fair

[odd rune]

not that you're missing out

[hardy stratus]

I thought maybe you were like wombat who already doxxed yourself

[fallen meteor]

Jimborat Rowling

[hardy stratus]

multiple times

[odd rune]

again its not good

[alpine trench]

have you all written a 70 page masters thesis in 2 months or less

i did

[pine ridge]

hey where did you find my name

[odd rune]

yeah

[tidal ice]

actually yeah i am on that right now

[hardy stratus]

gonna be there soon enough harsh

[odd rune]

everyone has done that im pretty sure

[hardy stratus]

in 4 years

[fallen meteor]

I am a famous hacker

[odd rune]

except i did it in 1 month 29 days

1 month, 30 days and 23 hours

i did it one millisecond quicker than you

[hardy stratus]

this man

[fallen meteor]

I shoukd write something

Besides uni stuff

[digital spear]

Same

[hardy stratus]

yall do Nanowrimo this year

yc, marin

[alpine trench]

macks is brandon sanderson confirmed

[digital spear]

Only thing I did recently was a german Buggy theory video

[fallen meteor]

Whats thst

[hardy stratus]

National Novel writing month

[fallen meteor]

Fire video

[hardy stratus]

writing 50k words in a month

[alpine trench]

you write a novel of 50k words in november

[fallen meteor]

Im on like 3 scientific articles

[alpine trench]

the minimum number of words is 50k

[odd rune]

50k pages

[alpine trench]

wait

fuck

[fallen meteor]

Thats my maximum writing contribution

[hardy stratus]

that's very nice man

[fallen meteor]

50k pages damn

[hardy stratus]

hell not just nice

very very awesome

[digital spear]

You mean words lol

[odd rune]

you should write childrens books

[alpine trench]

i think i will write a children's book that's pretty much unreadable and exactly like a child talks

[hardy stratus]

why try writing childrens book when you can never ever ever beat RL Stine

[odd rune]

at first you will think, hmm, this is easy, you can just write nonsense, but it takes a lot to make something good

you wont be happy with the result but you will feel like youve learnt a lot in the process

[hardy stratus]

so... flowers for algernon

[alpine trench]

i've been seeing more young kids these days not know what the fuck they're talking about or being comprehensible so it works, and they'll still not read it

[hardy stratus]

🏃‍♂️

[odd rune]

plus if you care about writing its always best to just write shit instead of being GRRM

[alpine trench]

no kid is reading these days

GRRM started somewhere

i'm sure his earlier work is dogshit

[odd rune]

kids are being read books

at the very least

in school

[alpine trench]

are they absorbing or even showing interest in the books or is it a rote chore

[hardy stratus]

prolly the latter

school reading has always been the latter for majority I feel like

that's been the case in my class

[odd rune]

theyre children, i think most enjoy being read books

[hardy stratus]

when I was a kid

[final trench]

Idk about now but alotta books were boring asf

[hardy stratus]

with tiktok and youtube and millions of video content and mobile games?

I doubt

[alpine trench]

yes i see that shit now as well, most kids i know in my vicinity only claim to read their textbooks and nothing else

[final trench]

Only ones i thought were interesting was catcher n the rye and romeo and juliet

LLMercutio

[ashen perch]

Truly amazing things are being cooked up as we speak

https://x.com/i/status/2048743981723648213

轟 (@todoroki_drRC)

あったかもしれない

X · Apr 27, 2026, 12:40 PM

[remote maple]

gen alpha is super illiterate

[alpine trench]

later gen Z is where it all started

[remote maple]

most of them can't read

[final trench]

They bouta have the AI made books

[ashen perch]

JoyMu will be canon

[hardy stratus]

I think India and this south asia region has been mostly focused to reading being strictly academic

[odd rune]

im not talking like novels im talking like childrens picture books

if you're entertaining the kid they're enjoying it idk

[hardy stratus]

since forever

compared to like

idk us europe

[wraith mantle]

joyboy had W bisexual rizz

[remote maple]

JOOOOOYYYBOYYYYYY

[odd rune]

maybe im speaking very close mindedly but i only ever look back on being read books with fondness

[wraith mantle]

bagged lili and imu

[odd rune]

i dont even think i enjoyed it that greatly at the time, but it was memorable and the stories stuck with me mostly

[remote maple]

I never enjoyed reading until I was an adult

probably because being forced to read in school wasn't my cup of tea

[pine ridge]

I still cant read

[hardy stratus]

I got registered at a local library at like age 6-7 so I liked reading from early

[odd rune]

anyway writing childrens books is fun, i recommend it and i especially recommend writing one with the knowledge going in that no matter what you are going to publish it

[digital spear]

I started reading myself early

[alpine trench]

i am a voracious reader and my net of interests range wide so i read a lot of books still

[wraith mantle]

in school we didnt really get assigned novels/books

our literature classes were studying poetry

[hardy stratus]

dammit i said 67 again

[alpine trench]

i read the lord of the rings at 7-8 years old

[tidal ice]

that explains a lot

[digital spear]

My friend did this too and Im still wondering how the hell you did it

[hardy stratus]

it was around same-ish for me. it was at grade 5

[remote maple]

my first actual books was reading the 3 mass effect books after playing the mass effect trilogy

[hardy stratus]

which makes it

[golden jacinth]

What did i open the chat to 😭

[hardy stratus]

age 10

[odd rune]

i was watching ed edd n eddy bro idk

[alpine trench]

ay bro that shit slapped

[hardy stratus]

7-8 was mostly harry potter age for me

[alpine trench]

i love the golden age CN cartoons

[remote maple]

eddy is peak

[hardy stratus]

man harry potter in that age was magical

[odd rune]

i have serious respect for good childrens media recently idk

[hardy stratus]

then Rick riordan stuff

[digital spear]

Same

[pine ridge]

I read captain underpants

[odd rune]

it is simple in a way that i can appreciate

[hardy stratus]

reading House of Hades on release

harsh I hope you also read that book on release

[alpine trench]

i bought it first day

[remote maple]

I never read HP and I have many reasons now that I'm older to never read it

[hardy stratus]

my man

[alpine trench]

it was on school vacation

i lost my phone at the book shop

[dense rapids]

Ragnir is the strongest weapon in one piece

[digital spear]

Harry Pottee at 8 then Percy Jackson and Eragon at 11 or whatever

[alpine trench]

they never gave it back to me

[hardy stratus]

kids nowadays not being able to grow with Enid Blyton

so sad

[tidal ice]

one of those old flipphones?

[golden jacinth]

I never liked reading and still dont 🤷‍♂️

[hardy stratus]

I used to finish a secret seven book on the pretense of roaming around on bookstore

[odd rune]

dont you read the one piece manga

that has to count for something

[hardy stratus]

and buy another book

[alpine trench]

yeah it was a flip phone

[remote maple]

average one piece fan fr

[hardy stratus]

I should reread famous five or secret seven man

one of my fav parts of childhood

five find outers and the dog

❤️

[wraith mantle]

honestly i feel like everyone would like reading if they find the right story

books are the same as movies/animes/mangas

[golden jacinth]

You think i have read one piece

[golden jacinth]

Hmm 🤔

[pine ridge]

what about the average six

[hardy stratus]

like I got khalid into a book series that got him to change his username fr

i take the credit to get khalid and Muk into reading fantasy books

[digital spear]

Wait wtf is chiri chiri im not there yet

[alpine trench]

Made this a while ago, but this still stands

Literature that defined me as a person, a collage:

Top row:

• Vyasa - Mahabharata
• Valmiki - Ramayana
• Eiichiro Oda - One Piece

Second row:

• Bill Watterson - Calvin and Hobbes
• J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
• Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov

Third row:

• Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian
• Herman Melville - Moby Dick
• Rabindranath Tagore - Gitanjali

Bottom row

• Ursula K. Le Guin - The Books of Earthsea
• [Redacted] - The Sandman
• William Shakespeare - Macbeth

[grand flower]

Average OP fan couldnt pour water out of a cup if you told them the instructions were written on the bottom

[hardy stratus]

it's on WoR yc

so you would reach there surely

[dark nymph]

one piece and randos /s

[digital spear]

Surely...

[hardy stratus]

what percentage are you at

[alpine trench]

[hardy stratus]

it's pre 60% that much I am certain

[alpine trench]

buddy where you at with ASOIAF

[hardy stratus]

always surprised you like moby dick that much harsha

[digital spear]

Idk like 30% I couldnt read anything last week

[digital spear]

Clash of Kings

[alpine trench]

why, moby dick is fucking incredible

[hardy stratus]

WoR can be finished in 3 days. what are you even doing man

[alpine trench]

how are you liking it

[digital spear]

Reading clash of kings

[digital spear]

Good

Like I know what happens but i love the extra stuff

[alpine trench]

its so fucking good

[hardy stratus]

I may have read it very early in my life but it felt like reading a fictionalized Nat Geo ep

sorry

:kekhands:

[alpine trench]

maybe you are stupid...

no but i do recommend a reread

[hardy stratus]

noted

[alpine trench]

because i think it only gets better now that you're older and have an appreciation for the novel and structure

[digital spear]

Its bad or good timing whichever you decide that my friends gifted me the ASOIAF books exactly when I started reading Stormlight so now I have to read both

[hardy stratus]

yeah I can see it being a case

it's good thing yc

two entirely different spectrum of fantasy goats

[alpine trench]

i love the formal ingenuity of moby dick

[digital spear]

And I like that I just need double as long for both now

[hardy stratus]

you are reading them together

[alpine trench]

sanderson is not yet in that status of fantasy GOAT imo

[digital spear]

And I couldnt read EITHER last week

[grand flower]

Moby Dih

[hardy stratus]

I will buy you Imajica if that's what's needed to get you to read it yc

[digital spear]

What

[leaden rivet]

Thought this was western series

[hardy stratus]

I think with last section of OB, and RoW, and the entirety of WaT, he's up there for me in achieving catharsis of emotional journeys

[alpine trench]

ehhhh

[leaden rivet]

Goro and Harsh invading this channel again

[dense rapids]

Buggy been in this room since chapter 803 he’s on Akainu and Dragon level 😭