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Arist posted:I feel like the idea that Sugar's power wouldn't work on someone with strong Haki like Law or Luffy is contradictory to the whole point of Usopp's big scene in Dressrosa where he retraumatizes her. I dont think its too big of a stretch to say pre-wano luffy didnt have enough haki to undo sugar's spell, so that scene is still pretty important
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 14:03 |
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Arist posted:I feel like the idea that Sugar's power wouldn't work on someone with strong Haki like Law or Luffy is contradictory to the whole point of Usopp's big scene in Dressrosa where he retraumatizes her. Sugar's power is different though because I'd believe that someone like Kaido or Luffy has the Haki to no-sell it, it's not something you can do by accident. And once she's touched you you're not you anymore, you're a toy. Toys don't have Haki.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 14:08 |
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Spanish Matlock posted:
My toys have haki. They're better than your toys.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 15:52 |
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official is out
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 17:20 |
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Cloks posted:
Could you link it?
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 17:25 |
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Delphisage posted:Could you link it? One Piece 1063: My Only Family
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 17:27 |
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for suspension of disbelief purposes i think its easy to think sugars power needs a lot more haki to break out of (kaido/current luffy tier) while a disease takes a lot less, and the DF users haki probably matters in some fashion.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 17:28 |
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Feminization disease, boo
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 17:30 |
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i love how blackbeard still has a log raft ship except now its like a fuckin battleship
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 17:34 |
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anime was right posted:for suspension of disbelief purposes i think its easy to think sugars power needs a lot more haki to break out of (kaido/current luffy tier) while a disease takes a lot less, and the DF users haki probably matters in some fashion. Also seems like a power that humiliates you and makes people forget you exist would be a haki debuff. I bet this is the wash-wash fruits real edge, it's so degrading that breaking out is inherently hard.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 17:38 |
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It's always a letdown when people start resisting abilities with reiatsu but it's inevitable in a story of this kind unless the scope of the story or the types of abilities people can have are constrained. The issue with Sugar is a good illustration of the problem. You accumulate more and more moving parts that might interact and explode until the story or setting collapse under the weight. And it's not like Law no-sold it, he was just able to recover.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 18:03 |
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I can’t really be bothered to care too much about Law no-selling the Sick-Sick Fruit making possible inconsistencies with Sugar because that ship kinda sailed in Dressrosa when Doflamingo made a cage of death that Zoro, an admiral, and a bunch of other dudes not only couldn’t cut, but could barely keep at bay by pushing it hard enough. Like at that point what the gently caress even is haki doing? Also RIP Malady, along with Cotton (he smote fiddy men!) and [insert better fantranslation here]. Edit: also also, kinda wonder if the Sick-Sick fruit’s debut being gender conversion is meant to lampshade that it’s basically the nega-version of the Hormone fruit with all the wild poo poo that entails.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 18:14 |
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ultimately one piece is a story about fun adventure bullshit so honestly i dont really care that much about power inconsistency (except birdcage, which was pretty egregious and basically impossible to find internal logic to handwave away with)
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 18:19 |
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I maintain to this day that Zoro still could have cut through it and just got caught up in the heat of the moment because that is the only scenario that even remotely makes sense to me.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 18:24 |
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Last Celebration posted:Edit: also also, kinda wonder if the Sick-Sick fruit’s debut being gender conversion is meant to lampshade that it’s basically the nega-version of the Hormone fruit with all the wild poo poo that entails. yeah i think it's this. but also it's become blatantly obvious that oda's really interested in the blurry lines of gender, it's been a theme in the manga for ages but has received extra focus lately, so i think he just honestly wants to write more about it
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 19:00 |
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oda saw the sales numbers those girl law figurines were racking up and wanted the runback
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 19:02 |
oh. i just realized that blackbeard's raft ship is basically the total and complete opposite of the straw hats' ship in every way. rafts are ultimately extremely utilitarian and most don't get emotionally attached to a raft, and they are extremely simply techwise - meanwhile sunny is extremely technologically advanced, the strawhats are attached to it emotionally, and it probably has stuff that is "unnecessary" and totally not utilitarian, like a lavish kitchen and so on.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 19:08 |
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I need law to not lose badly here and be labeled an arc princess until the end of time
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 19:13 |
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SpiritOfLenin posted:oh. i just realized that blackbeard's raft ship is basically the total and complete opposite of the straw hats' ship in every way. rafts are ultimately extremely utilitarian and most don't get emotionally attached to a raft, and they are extremely simply techwise - meanwhile sunny is extremely technologically advanced, the strawhats are attached to it emotionally, and it probably has stuff that is "unnecessary" and totally not utilitarian, like a lavish kitchen and so on. And an orchard. And an aquarium for the chef to keep fish fresh in.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 19:15 |
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Last Celebration posted:Edit: also also, kinda wonder if the Sick-Sick fruit’s debut being gender conversion is meant to lampshade that it’s basically the nega-version of the Hormone fruit with all the wild poo poo that entails. If you have an engineered gender conversion sickness it means that fruit can basically do everything the Hormone fruit can do.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 19:25 |
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Well, this sickness is just feminization, Ivankov can go both ways.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 19:26 |
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Cloks posted:
I'm just noticing it now, but what is that thing sticking from the back? A tail?
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 19:31 |
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Mraagvpeine posted:I'm just noticing it now, but what is that thing sticking from the back? A tail? The sheep ears also make a supremely funny contrast. On one hand I'm not sure how I feel about a disease that transes your genner and the implications of it, but also fe-malady is incredibly funny so I think I'm gonna give it a pass.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 19:59 |
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Waffleman_ posted:Well, this sickness is just feminization, Ivankov can go both ways. Just wait until he brings out toxic masculinity.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:01 |
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the sick sick fruit is just the better version of ivas fruit because it can do even more what are the odds doc q has an equivalent of monster point by giving himself a disease
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:04 |
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anime was right posted:the sick sick fruit is just the better version of ivas fruit because it can do even more I mean illness =/= hormones. You can use hormones for various other things too like vitality, strength, etc.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:21 |
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Also Ivankov's whole deal seems way more permanent
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:24 |
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The hormone one only works one at a time meanwhile the sickness one can spread to many people.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:33 |
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Mraagvpeine posted:The hormone one only works one at a time meanwhile the sickness one can spread to many people. Also seems to be pretty close combat? I know Ivankov has their winks but I don't think those are Devil Fruit based?
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:35 |
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Julias posted:I mean illness =/= hormones. You can use hormones for various other things too like vitality, strength, etc. You can probably use illness for those too.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:37 |
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Scholtz posted:Also seems to be pretty close combat? I know Ivankov has their winks but I don't think those are Devil Fruit based? Yeah it's just a normal wink
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:39 |
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Oh poo poo I just realized Doc Q can probably give you I'll-Die-If-I-Go-On-That-Island Disease.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:41 |
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Waffleman_ posted:Oh poo poo I just realized lmao
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:41 |
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Waffleman_ posted:Oh poo poo I just realized Then Van Augur warps you to the island and you die. Unbeatable combo!
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 20:44 |
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YggdrasilTM posted:You can probably use illness for those too. yeah. an enormous amount of diseases are literally just hormone imbalances. like, diabetes? hormone imbalance. heart disease? can be caused by hormone imbalance. you get the ability to invent germs on top of giving people hormonal based diseases. viruses and bacteria can cause that too. i honestly think its just a superior version of ivas fruit.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 21:08 |
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so for usopp, he has an opponent he cant run from chopper has an opponent that can cause every disease (im wondering if this is how he achieves his dream) zoro has an opponent he cant find blackbeard pirates all seem like power foils. what does that make burgess? i still cant figure out who hes gonna fight. i guess sanji, maybe. but that feels weird.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 21:11 |
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burgess will fight sanji and the gimmick will be his super strength against sanji's enhanced durability body also we are, almost 100% certainly, getting a 2v2 at some point with sanji/zoro and burgess/shiryu
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 21:14 |
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Doc Q will use the feminization disease on Burgess, making him invincible against Sanji.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 21:37 |
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Waffleman_ posted:Doc Q will use the feminization disease on Burgess, making him invincible against Sanji. It's contagious, though. So Sanji gets the disease, cures it with Haki like Law did, and Burgess changes back.
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# ? Oct 16, 2022 21:46 |
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# ? May 25, 2024 15:31 |
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anime was right posted:the sick sick fruit is just the better version of ivas fruit because it can do even more He's gonna pull out a special little move that infects people with a plague that turns them into icy berserk demons.
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