formally color illustration of one of the most heroic scenes inOne Piecehave been released , proving thatEiichiro Oda ’s best - deal mangais not just exciting , action - pack , and robust in traditional knowledge and secret , it is also a beautiful work of art .

The Wano Arc , construct by the author to resemble a traditional Kabuki manoeuvre , has been full of emotional moments . One of the driving themes in the story is the twenty - year - sure-enough retaliation that the Nine Red Scabbards , the former retainer of the rightful drawing card of Wano , Kozuki Oden , have to ordain on Kaido , who killed their Shogun and take in ascendance of their solid ground . Alone , the samurai could not go for to vote out Kaido , so some of them are charge twenty years in the future along withOden ’s Word , Momonosuke , by the powers of his mother , Toki , to protect the heir and regain ally . The other samurai , along with the people of Wano , are force to wait for twenty terrible yr   and stomach under the pair of Kaido and his puppet rule , Orochi . When the Nine Scabbards reunite and found the terminal violation against Kaido with the help of their pirate ally , all their pent - up anger and defeat erupts .

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The colored illustration , apportion on Twitter by userArtur - Library of Ohara , are from intensity 98 of the manga and show the beginning of the struggle between the Nine Scabbard and Kaido on the roof of the Onigashima fort . Snow is come but the sky is clear , with a full , shining lunation that outlinesKaido ’s fearful dragon form . The setting is beautiful , almost poetical , creating a staring direct contrast with the violence that is about to burst . When the fight start , it is show side by side with panels depicting the common people of Wano celebrating the only day of celebration that their cruel masters admit , unaware that their future is being decided in a conflict consume place above their heading .

The story of the Red Scabbards and their struggle for the freeing of Wano has been central in this arc , the longest and one of the most important inOne Piece ’s chronicle . reader do it that earlier or later the protagonistLuffy would have to struggle Kaidoand put him down , but the motivations of the samurai for this struggle run much deeper than the Straw Hats ' , so it was inevitable to root for the Scabbards and desire that they would get their revenge after twenty years . The import when they first lash out Kaido and are able to thrust his supposedly - heavy pelt , much to the Emperor ’s surprise , is one of the most rewarding in the long chronicle of this manga .

The Wano Arc has showcased the esthetic heights thatOne Piececan attain because Oda has been paying particular attention to the stage setting , the environment , and the framing of the scenes , all to transmit to his readers the feeling that they are watch a play or one of the samurai movies that were so democratic in Japan in the past .   These coloured pages show that , despite the criticism thatOne Piecesometimes gets for its controversial style ,   it is an incredible oeuvre of art .

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