‘One Piece’ Chapter 949: Luffy Brings Back Hope To Udon’s Prisoners

The highly anticipated ‘One Piece’ Chapter 949 did not arrive as scheduled, which is a bit of a disappointment to all fans of Eiichiro Oda’s hit manga series. It turns out that the team is on a break this week, and fans will have to endure a longer-than-usual wait for the next installment.

Just as predicted, Luffy wanted to use Kaido’s subordinates left behind by Queen to hone his new Haki technique. Called Ryou by Hyogoro, Luffy was able to unleash the technique in the previous chapter, but it was obvious that he still needs to master the move as it still fell short of stopping Big Mom’s attack.

However, a totally unexpected development happened. The prisoners, who Luffy expected should have helped him deal with Kaido’s men, were actually ganging up on him at the urging of Babanuki, the warden of the Prisoner Mine.

Apparently, they’ve been suppressed by Kaido and his men for so long that they’ve basically given up hope and lost the will to fight the Yonko. “But where are we going to run? Kaido and Orochi control all of Wano,” one prisoner told Luffy.

But then they all heard a voice from the prison’s sealed cell. It turns out that it was Kawamatsu, former member of Nine Red Scabbards.

Babanuki dispatched some of his men to kill Kawamatsu. However, he was surprised to see his men sent flying by Kawamatsu, who not only was freed of his handcuffs but even got his sword back, thanks to Raizo.

Now fans have a lot of different expectations about what “One Piece” Chapter 949 could bring to the plot. Others want to see more of Queen’s weapons put to use as it’s probably Daifugo and Babanuki’s only option at the moment.

Of course it’s likely to be expected that Kawamatsu will show off his unique fighting style. In the upcoming melee, Luffy might finally get the chance to practice his Ryou Haki as well.

But there’s one thing that fans can definitely expect to happen in Udon’s prison mine — Luffy will reignite the fighting spirit of the prisoners and bring hope into their hearts once more. When that happens, defeating Kaido’s men will be a lot easier.

“One Piece” Chapter 949 is expected to be officially released on July 22. But scans might be available earlier.