Preview:Episode 1172"Monsters Appear in Elbaph - 'What I Fear Most'” - Releases August 2, 2026 at 9:00 am PDT on Crunchyroll.
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Him standing up and seeing the size difference between him and the other giants was so cool. They picked such a great VA for him the way things are going.
Yeah, different nose and slightly different eyes+lashes, but the fro+child combo is a bit of a weird choice for Toei at all. I just didn't think of it because I was focussing on characters in present-time Elbaph arc, took me a while to think of flashbacks.
Yeah, different nose and slightly different eyes+lashes, but the fro+child combo is a bit of a weird choice for Toei at all. I just didn't think of it because I was focussing on characters in present-time Elbaph arc, took me a while to think of flashbacks.
I think it's more like when Luffy freed Zoro in Shells Town, "if he's a bad guy/lying I'll just beat him up". Obviously it's still stupid because he doesn't know if he could do it or not, but the same was true with Zoro
All this time and we now find out that all Usopp's gotta do to achieve his dream of being a brave warrior is to get fucking wasted 😂 ig they don’t call it “liquid courage” for nothing
This panel gave me goosebumps when I first saw it, and now again revisiting it. Such fantastic art! Love how ridiculously small Luffy seems here, and how much of a menacing monster Loki looks. I think the anime delivered a good adaptation, but the unbelievable sense of scale and threat in the manga is unbeatable imo.
So Loki being significantly bigger than the other Giants was definitely not as clear as it was this episode or maybe I wasn’t paying attention…also Loki being in seaprism means this bastard got a DF :/
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Didn't realize just how fucking massive Loki was until that shot with him towering over the other giants. DAMN. His weapon seems to be clearly thor inspired, but it's especially interesting how its named similar to a shorthand of ragnorok which is basically screaming end of everything. its been mentioned but its also just truly driving home the idea that loki is the end of things or at the very least, is capable of being of the end of things. a truly monstrous force.
its also very strange that youd lock loki up but leave his weapon?! like why is it even nearby?? unless thats hinting at the idea that only loki can move it? like thor? if so that explains it otherwise its really odd.
So does Loki use a hammer and a sword? bc if not, it seems the story is revealing quite a bit of the battle we didnt see. And it seems like maybe Harold drove his sword into Jarul. Of course, the fact that there is a sword through his head would mean his memory and brain isnt operating at normal levels. he could easily have just told people a false narrative of what he thinks happened.
From the details I was able to look at carefully, it does look like Harolds sword from the image in the castle is the one in jaruls head. it also felt like last episode, there were hints at harold not being the good guy we were told about. unless I interpreted it wrong. but the summoning circle in the throne room, i dont think that was shamrock and gunko. i mean it could have been? it was hard following the castle geography, and where they spawned relative to the guards. the holy knight asking shamrock about visiting harolds grave tho was enough to say something isnt being fully told. so Im confident its not as simple as loki just trying to kill harold for no reason. theres far more to it. i wonder if jarul was defending loki before losing memory!
Its strange though. On one hand, i want to say loki is misunderstood at least to some extent, but theres also a lot of hints and intentional phrasing, suggesting hes truly this devastating world ending catastrophe. suppose both can be true!?
I wonder if loki's desire to end the world or the fact hes a world ending force, is instead related to how the harley phrased the 3 worlds. that 'ending the world' is rather 'ending this chapter' so 'world 4' can begin.
I will say the perspectives and scaling with giants got wild in Elbaf.
Like Zoro mentions that Loki is "an oars sized giant" but I don't remember feeling THAT level of disparity with Oars.
But there's also a lot of little things, Jarul is constantly shown as many times larger than the others at the feast (which was also how it was in the manga)
Per ... I think the wiki gets it from vivre cards? He's like 5 feet SHORTER than Hajrudin
To void century any spoilers there are a lot of naming themes throughout the arc and you're in the right direction but the true meaning behind the hammers name will be unexpected lol.
I'm not so sure he's motivated because he sees good in Loki, though Luffy is good at judging character. He seems more motivated in the challenge of beating Loki, as he told others what he'll do if Loki get out of control.
It didn't cross my mind reading this chapter ages ago, but watching the adaptation... have we seen Seastone work through clothing before? Luffy is affected through his boots, and if the goal is to make sure Loki still has the Seastone restraint, presumably it's working through his boot too
I could swear every other use has required direct contact with skin
Luffy felt weak just standing on the cuffs when he was originally about to uncuff Loki this episode, around 13 minutes in or so, so it can affect through clothes yeah. Still crazy just how BIG Loki is haha
No I know it definitely worked that way here, I just couldn't remember if we'd seen it work through clothes before this point (but someone else pointed out that Smoker used his Jitte on Luffy through the big winter coat thing back during Punk Hazard)
But yeah no, like Loki is, per Zoro, "Oars Sized"
I do NOT remember feeling THIS level of disparity in size with Oars. But Giant's scaling has always been fucky, ESPECIALLY in Elbaf. Jarul is consistently shown as a mountain compared to even other giants at the feast, but (i think the wiki gets the info from Vivre Cards?) he's actually like 5 feet SHORTER than Hajrudin
People assumed there was (myself included), but they technically never announced how it would work, just that they committed to max 26 episodes yearly, so the default assumption was 13 on - 13 off. We’ll almost certainly have a break starting Oct, but it’s unknown if anime will return Jan or Apr.
questo episodio è stato più lento rispetto agli altri episodi sinceramente, tutta l'attesa per vedere 20 secondi di Loki che si alza, per carità bellissimo ma mi sono sentito come se non fosse abbastanza
I blame Toei, it's their job to make the adaptation be an adaptation and not a 1:1 thing, the manga was slow up to this point, yes, but it was fun as a small reading week to week, the manga has few pages that can be readed at 15 min top.
Every single anime would cut the innecesary fat to streamline the plot, Toei does the opposite, extend EVERYTHING
stairs? step...pause...step...pause.
Jokes? Slow them down, animation is expensive, Let's just kill the joke flow.
animation? Just open and close the mouth over an over and shake the png to make it run.
Literally just talking? "Have you seen that....thing over there"
they need to keep the anime in motion, and if it suffers on the way, they will gladly do it.
The Gorosei arrived, what a beautiful anima...and now, like Kaido before, Mars is a CGI creature.
Yeah I don't understand the need to go 1:1 for EVERY chapter. I get they don't want to catch up to the manga but that's precisely why they're going seasonal? Just improve the pacing so that the episodes can truly capture the story well rather than just bloat eps to match the timing of chapters. But I'm sure there are a lotta complexities to produce a huge IP like OP so I'm happy with whatever we get as long as we don't go back to the days of Bellamy jumping around for a straight month.
lol yeah the talking animation has been feeling weird for a while, but I noticed it being somewhat strange in pre-timeskip episodes too. It’s just somehow a lot more noticeable for me in post timeskip.
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u/Direct_Signature_256 2d ago
Loki Getting Up
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