## One Piece Chapter 1048: 20 Years - Chapter: 1048 - Pages: 0-13 - Characters: Germa 66, Vinsmoke Niji, Vinsmoke Yonji, Chocolat Town, Monkey D. Luffy, Kozuki Momonosuke, Yamato, Kaido, Kozuki Toki, Kinemon, Kozuki Oden, Wano Citizens, Hyogoro, Kikunojo, Samurai, Alliance Fighters, Kurozumi Orochi, Kozuki Retainers, Kozuki Clan, Beast Pirates, Orochi's Forces, Shimotsuki Yasuie, Wano Daimyo, Kibi Daimyo, Hakumai Daimyo, Ringo Daimyo, Udon Daimyo, Wano Samurai, Wano Workers, Ebisu Town Citizens, Kozuki Hiyori, Denjiro, Flower Capital Citizens ### Summary Page 0: The official cover page reads "Chapter 1048: 20 Years." It continues Germa 66's cold-blooded voyage, volume 10: "Is Germa trying to infiltrate Chocolat Town again?" The image shows a disguised Germa figure seated in a lavish room while another disguised figure stands near a mirror; portraits of children resembling Niji and Yonji appear in a speech bubble. This is official cover-story material rather than the main Wano climax, so it is kept as useful extra context. Page 1: Luffy's giant fist hangs over Onigashima as he shouts, "Move Onigashima out the way!!" The margin calls this "Momo's answer!!" Yamato, seeing the scale of the attack, warns, "Luffy, wait!! That can't be done!" Momo struggles under the island and remembers the voices that entrusted the future to him: "It's not... to revive the Kozuki clan in the future!! I know you will find a way..." He roars while trying to produce flame clouds and move the island. The page makes Momo's task immediate and impossible-looking: Luffy can strike Kaido only if Momo finally lives up to the twenty-year hope placed in him. Page 2: Kaido and Luffy face each other in the sky beneath the enormous fist. Kaido looks up and accepts the challenge: "Very well. I'll take this one head on." Luffy, still poised above the island, smiles when Kaido says, "Have you heard, Straw Hat?" He begins invoking the past: "This country's hero... burned to death... 20 years ago!!" The page sets Kaido's final answer to Luffy's giant punch as both physical and ideological. Rather than dodge, he chooses to meet it directly while using Oden's execution and Wano's two decades of suffering to frame the clash. Page 3: Kaido transforms his dragon body into a blazing form and declares, "Flaming Drum Dragon!!" A note explains that the kanji means "great blazing dragon torch" and that it sounds like "Kane Daiko," the flaming drum from a classic rakugo tale. Kaido says that Wano has been a lawless land since Oden died and that the people waited all this time for their "saviors" to show up. Luffy tells him, "Don't worry, it's okay to let go. I assure you, I won't run!" and trusts that his right hand will not crash down on the capital because he is going to vaporize Kaido. The page raises both attacks to apocalyptic size. Page 4: Luffy remembers Hyogoro teaching him how to strike without touching, explaining that what he calls "Haki" is known as "Ryuo" in Wano. He winds up "Gomu Gomu no..." and says, "Like I'll let that happen!" while Kaido prepares "Rising Dragon... Blazing Bagua!!" The two attacks meet at a distance: Luffy calls out "Bajrang Gun!!" while Kaido's burning dragon form surges upward. A note ties Bajrang to Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god and potential inspiration for Sun Wukong. The page makes Luffy's final blow an advanced Haki attack rather than a simple giant fist, using Hyogoro's Wano lesson as the key. Page 5: As the sky battle continues, the scene cuts through the collapsing island and the memories of Wano's people. Someone cries, "Oh no!! Kin!! Kiku!!" while Luffy says, "I didn't mean to drop you!!" Below, allies beg, "Sir Straw Hat, we're counting on you!!" and "Take Kaido down!! Finish him for good!!" A wounded man pleads, "Please be alive!! Don't go dying on me now!!" Momo pants as he struggles to move the island, knowing the nightmare will not end unless Kaido is driven from the land. The memory then turns to Oden's execution, with people shouting "Oden-sama!!" and Kaido's retainers trying to prevent any survivor from escaping. Page 6: The flashback returns to the night Oden's retainers fled. People scream "Run!!" and "Don't look back!!" while others cry "Oden-sama!!" A gunshot rings out with a huge "Bang!!!" as Toki stands with tears in her eyes. Kaido and Orochi realize the fugitives intend to safeguard Oden's heir, Momonosuke. Orochi says there is only one place those samurai would go, Kuri, while Kaido notes that Oden has a son and says he will deal with him himself. This page records the moment the persecution of the Kozuki line becomes policy: Momo is not just a survivor, he is the target both tyrants know they must erase. Page 7: Kaido's forces and Orochi's men hunt down the Kozuki. Someone begs, "Please have mercy!! Stop hunting the Kozuki clan!!" but the order is to move, attack, and shoot any "vermin" that dares defy the shogun. People are cut down while crying out in pain, and Oden Castle burns as a report...