Episode 1122 is a becoming fruits for the sequence earlier than it goes on an prolonged hiatus.
This episode serves as equal elements farewell and celebration. Garp will get the primary, with an opportunity to shine once more within the space he does finest: hitting issues actually laborious. And naturally he does so with all of the visible splendor that we now have come to like Tooi group of current years. However it’s additionally a celebration of Koby and Helmeppo, with lots of the former not solely delivering a giant blow himself, but additionally happening an emotional journey about who and what he desires to guard. The determined run in direction of the arm of the Beehive colossus underlines this and the worry he experiences for the protection of his fellow Marines is one thing particular.
It is simple to neglect how essential Koby is to longtime viewers members. Or no less than I can simply neglect about it till the sequence jogs my memory. Koby was one of many first characters Luffy – and by extension, us – encountered on this journey. His rise by way of the ranks of the Navy, paralleling Luffy, could not have had the identical quantity of display screen time, however seeing how far he is come is simply as spectacular. The episode additionally does an incredible job of subtly juxtaposing Koby and Kuzan as Garp’s college students who selected totally different paths. Even the joyful unhappiness of the ultimate moments that Garp and Koby expertise as Aokiji stands chilly and silent speaks volumes.
One other significantly essential level on this week’s episode is the usage of coloration. A lot of nice moments the place characters would go black and white to point intent, emotion or simply who was being spoken to. And Koby’s fixed flashes of coloration as he appeared and reappeared at the hours of darkness void seemed wonderful. Whereas I can be unhappy that there is no such thing as a new one One piece for the months to come back, it is positively an incredible capstone episode to place it on hiatus.
