One Piece Delivers The Perfect Conclusion to the Wano Arc
Warning: Contains spoilers for One Piece chapter 1050
After four years and one hundred and forty chapters, One Piece finally delivered the conclusion to the epic struggle for the land of Wano. The Straw Hat Pirates gathered allies far and wide in their attempt to take down not one but two of the fearsome Yonko, the Emperors of the Sea: Kaido and Big Mom. The conclusion of this all-out battle is absolutely satisfying, as it ties together all the major themes that defined this unforgettable saga.
The Wano Arc is the longest in One Piece's 25 years of history, and it's clear that the author, Eiichiro Oda, poured a lot of energy and care into this specific story. Many new characters were introduced, and several of the mysteries that make the One Piece world so enticing started to be unraveled. Readers learned more about Haki, Devil Fruits, the legendary Pirate King Gol D. Roger and his voyage to the fabled island of Laugh Tale where his treasure lies in wait, as well as mysterious figures from the past such as Joy Boy and Nika, and the true natures of the protagonist Luffy's powers. Towering above all this, however, was the unrelenting battle against the overwhelming power of Kaido, which was the final chapter in a long story of betrayal and strife that began twenty years before on Wano.
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Everything that happened on Wano, in fact, is the consequence of the death of its last rightful shogun, Kozuki Oden, at the hands of Kaido, due to the treachery and underhanded tactics of the Yonko and his ally, the usurper Orochi. Since then, Wano has suffered terribly under the yoke of its new rulers, with the inhabitants reduced to starving slaves. In chapter
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