 Hello and welcome to the Grand Line review, your source for everything one piece. My name is Liam and I don't think any of you quite realize just how early in the morning I record these videos, so I'm going to make toast again because otherwise, I just won't eat. But in addition to toast, we're here to review chapter 1,015, an installment that almost acts as a bit of a companion piece to chapter 1,014, where that chapter was all about maximum despair. This week we flipped that and we are turning it into maximum hope. Or maybe not like maximum maximum because it did feel a bit corpsy towards the end of the chapter. And Kinamon, he got a bit of an alley. But we'll get to that as soon as you get to subscribing to the Grand Line review, thus resulting in consistent injections of one piece culture administered directly until YouTube feed. Because this Grand Fleet is on a dedicated mission to become the pirate kings of YouTube. And just like Luffy drowning in an ocean, we need the help of anyone and everyone we can get. And Luffy is certainly where we're going to be starting here today. He doesn't have any specific section dedicated to him during this chapter, but he is a very powerful through line. And also he happens to do one of the most outrageous things that we've ever seen from him, or I suppose heard from him. I for one did not even consider that the voice Momonosuke was hearing in the previous chapter could have been Luffy. And even after reading it, it still seems kind of unbelievable. And this is because I believe this is the first time we've seen Luffy speak via this fairly unknown power. It's not the first time we've seen a voice hearer speak in general though because Momonosuke was able to converse with Zunesha back on Zoom. So it shouldn't be all that surprising. And yet I still find it to be very surprising. Why are toasters so violently loud? I mean, yay because I have toast, but I also think I have a heart attack. Now, seeing an unconscious Luffy tap into Momonosuke directly, like he names Momo specifically, that is very intriguing. Like it would be one thing for Momo to pick up on Luffy's enduring voice or will power just repeating something like, I will defeat kind of over and over again. That's the sort of thing I would expect, but no, Luffy is just on the equivalent of whipping out his phone and like speed dialing Momonosuke. And maybe it's one of those situations where because Luffy has lost access to any kind of movement due to being underwater, he's just been able to potently tap into the one ability that he has remaining. In which case once again, Kaido would have essentially done Luffy a favor by further developing his skills. So good job Kaido. And Luffy also seems to be talking very loudly because it's implied that the heart pirates were also able to hear him as well. And that's quite fun because that very much breaks or I guess expands upon what we know of the voice of all things. I mean, then again, this ability is called the voice of all things, not like the ability to hear all things. So maybe this is the end game of this ability, the power to communicate with anyone or anything as you see fit, regardless of whether or not they can do the same. Something that's a bit unclear to me, however, is the idea that Kaido may have also heard Luffy's voice. The panels are very interestingly juxtaposed with Kaido having this classically ambiguous yet surprised reaction after which we transition into the heart pirates finding and hearing Luffy. And we don't really get a chance to explore this reaction any further because the next chronological Kaido thing that happens is him being called out by Yamato. But right now, I think there is every chance that Kaido may have heard Luffy as well. Although it could be something else, it could definitely be something else and we will get to that something else, but not now. Now, since Vegemite was slightly controversial in the last chapter of you, today we have a peanut butter. Crunchy peanut butter though, definitely crunchy. Not having any of this smooth business of all that smooth peanut butter, that was just absurd. Now, since Vegemite was slightly controversial in the last chapter review, et cetera. In any case, I think my favorite part of the chapter was when Momonosuke announced that Luffy was going to kick some dragon butt and we cut to the reactions of select individuals. I particularly like Chopper's tears of joy in monster form. It's a very sweet panel because it reminds us that yes, despite the fact that Chopper is basically a giant when to go fighting a giant dinosaur or actually, I guess maybe an average sized dinosaur, he's still only 17 years old and a very emotional boy. Speaking of our reindeer lad though, it's about time he was awarded some raid points and he is going to receive a solid two. One for speed running a cure to Queen's Ice Plake and another for facing off against Queen himself. He's done very well so far during the Sark and I think that he deserves a cotton candy. But if there was a star of this chapter and there is, it is undoubtedly Sanji. After going on his incredibly convoluted journey throughout Onigashima, Sanji has finally ended up exactly where he began on the performance floor and he certainly did give quite the performance to be fair. During this chapter, Sanji basically flexes in an almost Zoro-like manner when he easily dismisses both Queen and Perespero with a single attack and not only that but he is holding Zoro the entire time which is hilarious. I swear it's almost as if the very act of wielding Zoro gives Sanji a power-up. And this double commander dismissal is also going to end Sanji his very first raid point so it is nice to see him finally on the board. He's just so damn smooth and cool and suave. This is Sanji on his best possible day. And in that way, it's very unfortunate for Queen to be going up against Sanji today because that looks to be our determined matchup. Onigashima thus far has been a rather chaotic shuffling and then reshuffling and then re-reshuffling of characters and interactions but I'm feeling quite good about Sanji versus Queen being a locked in matchup because sometimes you've just got to stop messing around with like topless spider ladies and big old gorilla fists and just find yourself a nice brachiosaurus to settle down with, you know? And the matchup works quite well because of something that is flagged in this chapter once again which is Queen's connection to judge. This brings a lot of intriguing complications to the table because I'm sure that Sanji using the raid suit will prompt some kind of snarky queen based remarks and this fight actually has the potential to become surprisingly personal for Sanji. Maybe Queen can serve as something of a judge sorry, get Sanji to take out all of his built up aggression but it's also one of those things where Sanji may even reject the idea of using the raid suit because of that recognizable connection to judge. Well, he might undergo some sort of evolution and think, look, even though my father, yes, he's the king of cockery. I'm going to use his power to beat you, dinosaur man. There's a lot of different ways this interaction could go. So I think this fight is actually much more exciting than the face valley proposition of strong blonde man versus strong blonde but fatter man. Locking off queen would also probably give us our answer to King as well because that would leave Marco as his natural opponent. Maybe Zoro when he inevitably recovers because he will and oh, just on that, we have been given a sneaky callback line during this chapter. Sanji jokingly states that Zoro recovering will be worth a mighty 10 people to which the injured Zoro snaps back that he would be worth 2000. That number might seem quite arbitrary to a lot of you but it's actually calling back almost 200 chapters to Zoe when Luffy said that they need to go rescue Sanji because he's worth 1000 people. And in the very next panel, Zoro says in that case, I'm worth 2000. And I love that this dumb piece of continuity is resurfaced what like five years later during Wano. I guess I should also apologize because I often say that power scaling in one piece is just not so relevant and pointless but here we have Zoro actively power scaling himself. So I guess I was wrong. Although the funniest thing is that from Sanji's perspective, he has no idea why Zoro chose this number. To him, it's just the ramblings of like a crazy moss growth but there's actually some very solid Zoro based logic behind this number choice. Having gone through all of that though, I haven't even touched on the best Sanji moment of 1015 because kicking dinosaurs and using Zoro to hit people. Yeah, that's cool and all but the greatest part is when he is talking to Chopper. In this moment of supreme despair where everyone or at least everyone that we see is on the verge of giving up, Sanji is like an unshakable pillar of hope. As he should be, mind you, this is the perfect role for him to be playing because our last arc was all about him not having faith in Luffy to take on an emperor and then going on to revitalize that faith. After Hulk A. Kylan, there is nothing that will make Sanji doubt Luffy ever again. And I like seeing that here because it continues to make Hulk A. Kylan feel like it was an especially worthwhile experience. Now after this, we do move to a much heavier section of the chapter, something to really balance out all of the hype and you know, general good feelings that we were busy having. Something to remind us that no, this is still not the greatest of situations to be in because this whole Kaito section begins with shots of the bodies of Kiku and Kandro. Now a general rule of one piece is that no character is dead unless we see the body and we do indeed see two body things here which are drawn to look admittedly quite lifeless. One could even say dead. I still can't bring myself to buy it though. One piece has just burnt me too, too many times in regards to thinking the characters have passed on until I literally hear someone say Kiku and Kandro are dead after and officially and extensively conducted autopsy, I am still going to think that they are alive. What is undeniable, however, is the experience of one Kinemon during this chapter. Being the true Fart Samurai hero, I suppose he is, he continued to buy time for Momono's Gate to Escape which eventually led to one of, I think the most brutal panels we have ever seen in one piece where Kaito skewers him straight through the stomach like some sort of kebab samurai, all of which is drawn in silhouette which is a phenomenal choice. I for one think that brutality is far more effectively depicted when you need to use your imagination. So Oda giving us the bare minimum amount of information works quite well for me. And the thing that gets me the most is looking at Kinemons like contorted leg up in the air whilst being stabbed. It looks like such an involuntary and painful movement that I can't help but grab my own stomach out of phantom pain when I just look at this panel. Oh man, all of a sudden my stomach really, really hurts. Once again though, we're shocking and as painful as all of this is, it's almost impossible for me to believe that this is the end of dearest Kinemon. It is a well played death scene, especially with the added flashback about the father son Ruz with Momonosuke which was very sweet. But there is no part of me that believes that Kinemon is actually dead. Although to point out another panel, a panel that I like, there's this really great one of Kinemon on the floor with Kaito standing over him. The contrast here is magnificent. You have this god like a Donus Kaito standing tall, wide and proud with him weapon. Really? I wrote him in the script instead of his. Okay, you know, we're going with that. And then in the foreground, you have a broken Kinemon in the most undignified position possible with his butt thrust all the way up into the air. In many ways, it's a very disgraceful way to be facing an enemy, you know, but first. However, it makes me respect Kinemon even more because even in this position where the broken blade and nothing but a butt to his name, he is still doing everything he can to hold off an emperor of the sea all on his own. There aren't many people in this world who would display such selfless courage. So good on Kinemon. Now, in terms of Shinobu and Momonosuke, they provide probably one of the more confusing aspects of this chapter. What it appears that happens is that Kaito was about to strike them and then Shinobi used her devil fruit to decay the rock below them. Theoretically sending them plummeting into the sea below. Although there's no confirmation of that because all we really see is rock debris. And this is the other option I mentioned earlier. This is what Kaito could be reacting to with the whole exclamation mark and everything rather than hearing the voice of Luffy. In any case, this would seem like maybe a real good time for Momo to gain control of his devil fruit because he could quite easily save the both of them in dragon form. That or Shinobu has done something very sneaky of course. She is a ninja after all. And her commitment to keeping Momonosuke alive is probably a big deterrent of flinging them both into the sea to die. You know, it's really fun though. I'm not sure if Kaito actually knows that Momonosuke is the user of the artificial dragon fruit. Like it was an accidental thing, wasn't it? Momo ate the fruit out of sheer hunger and that happened on Pankazard. But then again, Kanjiro does know that that happened. So he might have fed information back. Either way, I'm pretty excited for when Kaito sees dragon Momo for the very first time. It's bound to happen soon. However, the award for dramatic ending certainly goes to Yamato who after having made it all the way up to the roof has discovered that Kaito is now exactly where Yamato once was, which is pretty funny. It's like the Sanji situation all over again scouring on a Gashima just to end up in a circle. It is however, incredibly hype. This is a classic father son confrontation incoming. And I'm just looking forward to seeing Yamato in action. His character had such a fantastic introduction and has honestly spent most of the raid thus far acting as a babysitter. So please do take on Kaito and maybe just maybe show that devil fruit ability while you're at it. On just on that, I mentioned Yamato's devil fruit in a recent video and a lot of people were a bit confused by that. If you're one of them, it's because we saw a partial beast transformation in chapter 996. It was a long time ago and it was very subtle. So I don't blame anyone for overlooking it. And I suppose, yes, it could theoretically be some kind of natural power bird. Let's be real. That's not usually how one piece works. So devil fruit or no, there is a second form Tiamatou that we have yet to see and that I want to see. And that's not even it for weird, crazy things that happened during 1,015 because Nami's climate attack is now a living and breathing homey. And of course, this has to be Zeus. He has the same sort of lazy cloud eyes although I am disappointed that the climate attack isn't wearing some sort of hat. I suppose you would call it to a climber hat but it doesn't exist, so we won't. And I guess the explanation for this has something to do with Big Mom extracting Zeus's soul. While that was happening, the climate attack was actually right next to him and in fact, when Hera ate Zeus, the climate attack was, I think, in her mouth. So Hera may have eaten the cloud form but the soul I suppose imbued itself into the climate attack due to reasons which is weird but fun which is sort of one piece in a nutshell. But I'm glad that it has finally happened. Zeus has made the full transition into straw hat crew member or at least straw hat crew tool. And I can't wait to see the kind of cool teamwork that he and Nami pull off together. Also before all of the epic Yamato stuff, Law and Kid, they have a bit of a moment together setting up a team battle against the biggest of mothers. Now I think this is definitely the right move, Kid. Wanting to fight Big Mom alone is always, this made me a bit nervous but with Law involved, I really don't think this is too bad of a matchup. Yes, Big Mom is infinitely more powerful than both but Law's ability is practically a hard counter against Big Mom's mental capacities. He is smart, his ability is completely unpredictable and it's going to cause a rampaging child a very, very difficult time to say the least. In fact, using Law's powers has legitimately almost killed Big Mom once already during this raid. So he is absolutely integral here. I mean, considering she almost died after being hit by a rock that one time, I'm just not too concerned about this situation. One random thing I did flag in 2014 and I would like to bring up against here is that we still have not seen a certain Diaz Drake like we have no sign of him at all. And I think that's weird because these two chapters have been very scatter focused on the Alliance at large which may actually be an oxymoron because focus would mean focus and scatter focus would mean unfocused. It doesn't matter, I said it and Drake is still not here. We've seen every other major member of the Alliance except I guess Carrot but where is Drake? After very boldly betting on Luffy you'd figure that he'd have a rather large stake in this whole is Luffy dead or not discussion and maybe we might want to see his reaction to it. Going back on it, the last time we saw Drake was in chapter 1007 and that feels like a long, long time ago at this point. The same goes for Scratchman and Pooh actually and they're both assumedly just right there on the performance floor. And yet right now it's like they're both in their own pocket universe completely separate from the things that are happening right in front of them. It would also be quite difficult to go past our cover page this week. Senial Pink being carried by a stalk is everything I never knew I wanted. I love his attitude towards it as well which is the same hard boiled mindset he applies to everything and really he's just like chilling like yeah deliver me to some unsuspecting parent. If that baby was delivered to me I think I would want to refund. And if you'd like to refund on the time you've spent watching this video then sorry we don't do that here but here is a free coupon to view another video on the channel examining the history of the evil shanks theory. This video was a crazy amount of fun to make so I look forward to seeing you there.