Be the title of the last chapter "The impermanence of all things echo" (The echo of the transience of all things) is Orochi's sentence "Anyone who pretends to be knocked down" (You will pay dearly for your arrogance) are quotations from "Das MΓ€rchen von der Heike", a famous work of Japanese literature that was written more than 700 years ago.

Along with the monogatari Heiji and the monogatari Hōgen, it is one of the most important monogatari gunki - war stories. the Heike monogatari it is based on the clashes that took place between the powerful Taira and Minamoto clans during the Kamakura period. It specifically refers to the Genpei War, fought between 1180 and 1185who saw the last ruin of the Taira. The focus is on the figure of Taira no Kiyomori, the general of the Taira, but is told from the perspective of the Minamoto. Kiyomori is actually described as a cruel and bloodthirsty leader.

This year, the anime and manga culture seems to focus on Heike monogatari. In fact, the newest chapter of ONE PIECE isn't the only one focused on this famous story. The director Naoko Yamada, a face known in the industry for its historic contribution to popular Kyoto Animation studio, is recently heading in the direction of a new original anime titled Heike Monogatari. returned.

But not only them, also the sounding name of the director Masaki Yuasa He was inspired by the famous short story for his new film Inu-Oh. This renewed interest in Japanese history seems to be borne out in other works as well as in the tremendous success they have received Demon Hunter and the decision of the current saga of ONE PIECE on an island full of samurai, daimyo, shogun and many other references to Japanese history. But these tendencies also seem to have been confirmed as the most recent in other media Spirit of Tsushima or the winner SEKIRO shadows die twice.

We remind you that Chapter 1030 of ONE PIECE is available on Manga Plus.


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