One Piece 1072: Vice Admiral Garp In Action

One Piece manga chapter 1072 is scheduled to launch for international readers on Friday, January 15, 2026. I loved garp's attitude. Like, he is one of the ideal marines for this exact reason. The vast majority of administrative figures are so stupidly painstakingly slow and take way too long trying to calculate all the potential repercussions, and the attitude ends up putting people like Koby at risk needlessly. Like they would literally just wait there while having all the power to make a rescue attempt waiting for an authorization from top brass that takes months to come, and coby would be dead by the time it arrives, or who knows what else.

Garp has the right idea. Screw the administration, we don't need authorization for the common sense to arrange a rescue mission for one our valuable comrades, especially not one with such a high potential and value to the organization. Like, I am sure you must all feel the same in some way. By now you've worked in companies, institutions, dealt with governments and authority lorders and seen the problems that come when incompetent and insecure narcissistic types micromanage organizations. Literally nothing of value gets done, at least not with taking an almost equal amount of steps backwards for no reason.

One thing is odd though. With so much force now backing up Vegapunk’s side Straw hat crew, group of persons Vegapunk was asking for help, the remaining Seraphim back in the lab - and if they encounter them, the Stellar and the Satellites could easily take back control over the Seraphim CP0 is currently commanding, we surely have a stark power imbalance in favor of Vegapunk here. Now, if Oda really wants the Straw hats to face equal opponents, like on almost every other island, than those opponents should be able to give them a fair fight at least. I wonder for example if by any means Kizaru will come with one of the gorosei sailing with him to Egghead. Then it could become more equal with all the Seraphim on the world government’s side. Or if another event makes the scales tip.

My second question is, if the world government already knows about the persons that Vegapunk called. If Stussy was on Egghaed before and has gathered intell about him, then she could have come across the men/women/people Vegapunk was asking for help this last chapter. Maybe it could be why Kizaru was sent to Egghead in the first place after CP0. But then, why not sent him with the group of agents? But I am very reluctant to interpret more into it because I don’t know if Stussy knows the tech Vegapunk uses from the void century (meaning she could be old as hell) or from a mission to gather intell about the doctor recently.

Luffy Vs Lucci Continues

Since we're still waiting on the Chapter and we are getting Awakened Lucci and we are seeing Awakened Zoans basically have that cloud flame thing around them (likely hint to Lunarians and the sky), SO FAR, does anyone really believe Kaido to be dead?
Luffy Awakened his Devil Fruit, Lucci Awakened and Yamato Awakened in 20 years. Kaido has had his devil fruit pretty much years longer. I'm pretty sure he's not down. The other thing here, he was introduced as challenging both the Marines and Yonko and defeated 7 times only to survive.
We don't see awakened Kaido but we see awakened Lucci and then they mentioned Lucci being perceptive. And we hear of Lucci not accepting Luffy as a Yonko.

Well technically Luffy defeated Kaido but consider his victory was:
Sulong Inuarashi and Nekomamushi and others. Two people who are considered stronger than 3rd Commander Jack and Perospero. Ashura stronger than Jack. Denjiro as well. Kawamatsu and the rest at probably Oven level maybe. Izou, Whitebeard Commander. 4 Conqueror's Haki users (Kidd, Zoro, Yamato, Luffy) (though only three displayed it), Law and Killer, while also pulling Onigashima with his flame clouds. Though Luffy did a majority of the damage. When you consider it, Oda probably has a stronger Luffy face off against Kaido later on. We didn't even see an Awakened Big Mom. Both their behinds probably reappear in Wano later, along with whatever other threat comes.

Oda is showing a disparity in Luffy vs Kaido here. In that Kaido easily got rid of the CP-0 dude while Lucci is still basically standing (still sucks that he just got used for the plot like that, feels like two potential characters Oda randomly wasted there with CP-0). Also Oda said Nami and the rumble-rumble fruit. I wonder if Vegapunk is able to create a paramecia ability to infuse in Nami that is lightning based off of Zeus. I'm pretty sure Zeus won't be removed but it seems like a route Oda can possibly go.

Elbaf - The Land Of The Giant Reveals

Finally, One Piece Chapter 1072 may show fans the current state of the fabled island of Elbaf for the first time. With Kid’s arrival on the island in Chapter 1071, it marks the first time a character in the series has contemporarily traveled to the island. It’s entirely possible that Oda decides to give fans an early look by focusing on Kid’s current arrival there, rather than Luffy’s later one.

One downside of this, however, could be the disappointment of many fans who wanted to see Elbaf for the first time alongside the Straw Hat Pirates. This is especially true when considering how many different Straw Hats seemingly have storylines set to conclude in or be enhanced by the Elbaf Island arc.

One Piece 1072 Trivia

1. The Marines are a military organization in the world of One Piece, responsible for maintaining law and order in the world.

2. They are headquartered at Marineford, the capital of the Marines, and are led by the Fleet Admiral.

3. The Marines are known for their strong sense of justice and their commitment to upholding the law, even if it means going against pirates.

4. Some of the most famous Marines in One Piece include Admiral Akainu, Admiral Kizaru, and Admiral Aokiji.

5. The Marines have a rank system similar to that of real-life navies, with ranks ranging from Private to Fleet Admiral.

6. The Marines are often at odds with the pirates in One Piece, and battles between the two groups are a common occurrence in the series.

7. The Marines have access to a variety of powerful weapons and technologies, including the Sea Stone, a substance that can weaken or even petrify Devil Fruit users.

8. The Marines are not without their own flaws, however, and some members are corrupt or abuse their power.