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#ONEPIECE CHAPTER 1049 INVERSION THREAD:

Let's go! Long thread ahead, but first and foremost, Marineford's impact thematically on Wano cannot be overstated:
Kaido's challenge to Luffy verbalized what Whitebeard wanted to see: What kind of world will Luffy create?

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We have been wondering about Kaido's finisher for AGES! What could it possibly be??

Luffy's punch in #OnePiece1049 ends up inverting his showdown with Garp at Marineford!

Luffy was the one person Garp couldn't strike down.
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Not only is Luffy's pose identical, but the progression is mirrored: Luffy punching Garp to move up vs. Luffy punching Kaido down.

The wind-up before Luffy punching Garp & Luffy's follow-through against Kaido both have his stretched arm at the bottom of the panel.

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Both encounters force something to move:

Luffy told Garp to he couldn't kill him. He asked him to move, and was eventually forced to move him out of the way.

In Wano, Luffy challenged Momo to move Onigashima out of the way - he said he couldn't, and did it anyway.
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Aight, let's cycle back a bit to #OnePiece1046:

Luffy's conversation with Kaido is a perfect inversion to his dialogue with Crocodile in Alabasta!

Croc stole from the country - Luffy is trying to steal things back from Kaido. Panels and dialogue are flipped too!

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There's another piece to the Crocodile connection which is fun:

Crocodile asks Luffy if he knows who the hell he is, and Luffy says he doesn't care.

Kaido actually has to ask Luffy who he is to make sure he's still the same guy.

Luffy says he'll surpass both.

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The tone of the surrounding situation, however, comes from Enies Lobby:

At EL, Lucci floods the tunnels, putting Luffy's entire crew in danger.

On Onigashima, Kaido has helped set the castle on fire.

In both cases, Luffy trusts in his allies - his tone is inverted.

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In both cases, the allies inside the tunnel/castle try to escape but are unable to. They're stuck dealing with the consequences of the situation.

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But while water is a death sentence at Enies Lobby, water is the savior at Onigashima.

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The last time we saw Jinbei start the shoulder throw on screen was in Impel Down.

His move was inverted not only in its introductory panelling, but also in the direction he throws the water.

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Quick aside, there's a cool connection between Big Mom and Moria:

Jinbei uses water to limit the powers of both, but the progression of their conflict is inverted as well!

Jinbei blocks Moria, then punches him. Jinbei can't block Big Mom, but rallies to punch her.

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Back to Wano though, the set-up to Luffy's finisher took me awhile to narrow down, but it makes sense in hindsight!

Luffy grabbing Kaido to hang on reminds of him preparing to face Enel again in Skypiea.

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His clash against Kaido was initially kind of confusing for that reason! Remember, Luffy's Golden Rifle was already perfectly inverted on Fishman Island - the Red Hawk against Hody.

But the set-up didn't echo Skypiea like the above!

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Luffy is also faced with a conundrum in the sky - he can choose to stay impaled on Enel's trident, or fall. He chooses the latter.

On Onigashima, Luffy succeeds in holding onto Kaido as he attacks him from below in an attempt to loosen his grip.

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It's also interesting that Kaido sheathes himself in flames like Magellan wrapped himself in venom. Both are capable of melting their surroundings because of the attack, but Kaido's dialogue reminds me a lot more of Enel's - reminding Luffy of the history at stake.

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It's not an inversion on the larger scale of the series from what I can tell (I'm open to suggestions on this by the way!) but even tho Hiyori/Orochi/Kyoshiro clearly pulls from Kaya/Kuro...

...I love the inverse symmetry between Hiyori's "death" and Orochi's death.

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I for the life of me haven't been able to pin down Kaido's backstory just yet, but I did find it kinda interesting both Kaido and Ace were fast-rising youngsters who were asked to join larger groups.

Ace turned down the Warlords, Kaido joined Rocks.

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When Wano originally began, I thought for sure that Kaido would have a panel similar to Whitebeard's below. I haven't seen it yet, but I get the feeling its inversion might be similar to Kaido and Rocks' relationship.

Look out for this kind of moment moving forward.

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Oh! I almost forgot 😂

Oda even had Kaido's surprised eye look similar to the Lord of the Coast's eye from Chapter 1 when he's confronted by Shanks!

Left eye vs. Right eye

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#ONEPIECE CHAPTER 1031 INVERSION THREAD: Big Mom and Moria strengthen their connection!

At the end of TB, Moria essentially kills his subordinates by using Shadows Asgard. Big Mom takes souls from around her and gives life to inanimate objects before powering up.

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The reason Moria grew so large and became so powerful was because he was using other peoples' power, specifically Luffy's.

Big Mom could only gain more power by eating her own soul - she was too strong for other peoples' souls to give her strength in this moment.

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Coby's legitimately trying to stop Luffy because he's on the opposite side of the war. Drake is just caught off guard.

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CHECKERED FATE THEORY THREAD: If you're coming here from @TotallyNotMark's video, welcome aboard the insanity of spotting inversions throughout #OnePiece canon!

Here we'll shine a spotlight on the inversions not covered in the vid - think of this as a visual aid to the word doc!
I feel like the easiest way to start this entire thing off is to talk about island structure. That was what really kickstarted this entire concept.

The video already touched on Onigashima and Marineford's similar structure, but we'll place both right here as a starting point. ImageImage
The video also mentioned Impel Down's general structure as well - the interesting part of this structure comparison is that Oda is blending concepts together. More on this in a moment. ImageImage
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