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Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!

Eiba posted:

An interesting thought! That would put Luffy on the same side as the Navy, which could be interesting. He'd get to team up with Coby.

It would be interesting to see how it would be made clear that Garp is in trouble and needs help. That seems like it would be a difficult idea for Luffy to process.

I mean Blackbeard was already planning to just declare he had Coby hostage just to see how the world reacted, doing the same with Garp is like 1,000 times better for him

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ThatBasqueGuy
Feb 14, 2013

someone introduce jojo to lazyb


garp could still get it

Pureauthor
Jul 8, 2010

ASK ME ABOUT KISSING A GHOST
Would Dragon show up if it was Garp on the chopping block

Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!

Pureauthor posted:

Would Dragon show up if it was Garp on the chopping block

I mean Dragon would certainly have a bone to pick with Blackbeard even before trying to execute his dad/dad-in-law

Wii Spawn Camper
Nov 25, 2005



Save Garp Arc, ends the same

Countblanc
Apr 20, 2005

Help a hero out!
blackbeard steals the magma fruit just to remain on theme

Desumaytah
Apr 23, 2005

Intensity, .mpeg gritty, Intelligence
I was worried that Coby would capture Boa off-panel to show how strong he'd become post timeskip. Instead, she wrecked his poo poo but also there were Blackbeard shenanigans. Then, just when I thought that pink-haired nerd was gonna end up a chump, he punches the arm of an island off. I love this series.

Gologle
Apr 15, 2013

The Gologle Posting Experience.

<3
Sengoku comes out of NOWHERE and sacrifices himself to save Garp, truly a Buddha-Buddha fruit user

anime was right
Jun 27, 2008

death is certain
keep yr cool
given that dragons a marine doesnt that give more credence to the theory that hes the guy with the 4th poneglyph

- dark boat
- "works for the wg"
- can make whirlwinds in the ocean with a df power

the only things that dont really add up is the timeline on all of these is never at the same time

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Garp is rescued, starts to leave with Luffy when Akainu goes,"Hey Garp, I tried some of Sengoku's crackers.... they were too dry" and Garp turns around ready to kill.

Rich Uncle Chet
Jan 20, 2005


The Law? Law is a Human Institution.


Ryaomon posted:

Big Mom lost on her own turf to Nami, Chopper, Brook and Jinbe. The weakest 4 members of the Straw Hats.

In what universe is Jinbei considered weak?

Gyges
Aug 4, 2004

NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK

Ryaomon posted:

Big Mom lost on her own turf to Nami, Chopper, Brook and Jinbe. The weakest 4 members of the Straw Hats.

Nami could hurt Luffy with a punch back in East Blue. The Cowardly Trio was always actually the Hidden Monster Trio. They just need a reason to throw hands, unlike the other guys.

Eiba posted:

An interesting thought! That would put Luffy on the same side as the Navy, which could be interesting. He'd get to team up with Coby.

It would be interesting to see how it would be made clear that Garp is in trouble and needs help. That seems like it would be a difficult idea for Luffy to process.

Luffy: *thinking so hard smoke is rising from his head* Oh! The tied up Grandpa's hands so he can't punch. That was smart!

Last Celebration
Mar 30, 2010

Rich Uncle Chet posted:

In what universe is Jinbei considered weak?

Genuinely confused by this whole post, Chopper/Nami are part of the Weakling Trio but Brook’s been pretty solidly in the middle since his debut fight where he I’m Already Dead’ed the spider zombie without any effort.

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Nami is powerful actually

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
They've been rebroadcasting the One Piece anime nonstop on YouTube.

Like two nights ago was Enis Lobby (I went to sleep right before the Robin flashback) and right now it's Thriller Bark (the Kuma scene).

Gyges
Aug 4, 2004

NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK
Kind of weird to broadcast an episode where nothing happened.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
drat I'm watching Brook's backstory and it's still so fuckin' sad.

Anime loving does it even harder by having him hallucinate that everyone's alive and everything was a bad dream, and then he wakes up and sees everyone's gone.

poo poo fuckin' hurts.

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
Like gently caress can you imagine losing all your friends and feeling responsible for it because you were the one in charge (because the former guy in charge left the boat to prevent infecting everyone with an deadly virus) and then you're stuck alone at sea for 50 years with nothing but the corpses of your friends around you.

The maddening loneliness, the terror of being left adrift, the memories (which are really the only thing you have left at that point), and the despair that you can't keep your promise to a friend who you know is waiting for you.

And then some bitch comes and steals your fuckin' shadow and kills your chances of ever heading out to sunlight and seeing your last living friend who you promised to come back to.

No wonder Brook's so loopy, half a century of that poo poo would drive anyone mad. Even Franky was like, "drat, I would just loving kill myself at that point" and Franky's not some quitter, he's the guy who was determined enough to rebuild himself as a cyborg when he was near death after being run over by a train.

Desumaytah
Apr 23, 2005

Intensity, .mpeg gritty, Intelligence
Literally every single Strawhat rules a whole lot. That's why Luffy's gonna do it. That's why he's gonna be King of the Pirates!

PringleCreamEgg
Jul 2, 2004

Sleep, rest, do your best.
I wonder if Sogeking will show up to help the crew again in this final arc.

CatstropheWaitress
Nov 26, 2017

Desumaytah posted:

Literally every single Strawhat rules a whole lot. That's why Luffy's gonna do it. That's why he's gonna be King of the Pirates!

Pretty sure Buggy is going to become King of the Pirates :colbert:

Eiba
Jul 26, 2007


Rich Uncle Chet posted:

In what universe is Jinbei considered weak?
That poster really hates Jinbei for some reason. Which is fine, but there's also been a lot of "I don't like this character, therefore they are weak" going on, which leads to some really bizarre takes.

Nuebot
Feb 18, 2013

The developer of Brigador is a secret chud, don't give him money

PringleCreamEgg posted:

I wonder if Sogeking will show up to help the crew again in this final arc.

He and usopp should team up, it'd be really cool.

cgfreak
Jan 2, 2013
For all the talk about Oda never forgetting things there sure are some glaring omissions. Sogeking is just one, but remember that Lucy guy? Suddenly there's this awesome bearded gladiator dude tearing poo poo up and he just up and disappears and is never brought up again? What the gently caress Oda, that guy was rad

Heroic Yoshimitsu
Jan 15, 2008

Kid is so strong, his super attack scared wittle ol Shanks enough for him to sucker punch Kid to avoid an actual fight

Law ain't got anything on that

MorningMoon
Dec 29, 2013

He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?
I legitimately think that Kid's wipeout is directly what lead to this explosion of fraud culture in the western anime fandom. It was so loving cool and funny that people are craving it every week.

Eiba
Jul 26, 2007


MorningMoon posted:

I legitimately think that Kid's wipeout is directly what lead to this explosion of fraud culture in the western anime fandom. It was so loving cool and funny that people are craving it every week.
I guess that's fair, but kind of weird from my perspective. Kid was a bad dude, but he wasn't weak. We saw that in his fights with Kaido and Big Mom. My takeaway from that wipeout was that Shanks was really strong. It was really cool and well deserved and all that, but not because Kid was all talk. Shanks did that to someone who was in fact Luffy's near-peer. That's way more hosed up and crazy cool than Kid actually just being "useless Craptian Mid".

Looper
Mar 1, 2012
yeah but calling him useless craptain mid is funny

Eiba
Jul 26, 2007


True. I can't argue with that.

Pureauthor
Jul 8, 2010

ASK ME ABOUT KISSING A GHOST
There's also the immediate comparison with Law vs Blackbeard. Law fought Blackbeard plus Burgess, Lafitte and Doc Q and while he lost it's clear that he got some good hits in based on Blackbeard's wounds at the conclusion of the fight. Plus his squad actually had a working game plan of using their sea-specialist nature to target BB's ship while Law while facing them on land.

Meanwhile Kidd (and Killer) get OHKO'd by Shanks due to his masterful strategy of 'Shoot my big cannon at the weaklings who can't meaningfully fight back'

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen
Kidd tried to kill the captain of the Toothless Pirates and for that I'm glad he's dead

Wii Spawn Camper
Nov 25, 2005



Kid was 2 seconds from wiping the Red Hair fleet so Shanks went right to Gear 5th Island Sized Fist level of attack, Kid tanked hits from Big Mam with no issue so anything less wouldn’t have worked. But then Shanks needed help to wreck their ship, something Zoro can do in his sleep. Why didn’t he just swing his sword twice? Probably can’t.

ThatBasqueGuy
Feb 14, 2013

someone introduce jojo to lazyb


Shanks wanted to make the giants accomplices to fully induct them into his gang

Gologle
Apr 15, 2013

The Gologle Posting Experience.

<3
I think Shanks is like a ghost, in that he just sort of does things arbitrarily

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
I mean Shanks could've, but his intent was just to a) stop Kidd from killing his fleet and b) teach Kidd not to be a poo poo. He didn't really need to destroy Kidd's crew once the lesson was taught.

Also, letting Drory and Broggy land the finishing blow is good because it preserves their dignity and lets Elbaf do its part in defending itself. Kidd's canon was aimed at the fleet and Elbaf was behind the fleet, and by attacking, Kidd was implicitly picking a fight with Elbaf too. Elbaf are very big on honor, letting someone else fight your battles for you probably doesn't sit well with them.

mikeycp
Nov 24, 2010

I've changed a lot since I started hanging with Sonic, but I can't depend on him forever. I know I can do this by myself! Okay, Eggman! Bring it on!
Luffy is dog; shanks is cat

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022

mikeycp posted:

Luffy is dog; shanks is cat

He's Monkey actually.

hatty
Feb 28, 2011

Pork Pro
Monkey de loufie

scary ghost dog
Aug 5, 2007

cgfreak posted:

For all the talk about Oda never forgetting things there sure are some glaring omissions. Sogeking is just one, but remember that Lucy guy? Suddenly there's this awesome bearded gladiator dude tearing poo poo up and he just up and disappears and is never brought up again? What the gently caress Oda, that guy was rad

he turned out to be sabo. it was a big reveal

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Ryaomon
Mar 19, 2007
Ask me about being a racist piece of shit with a racist gimmick

Rich Uncle Chet posted:

In what universe is Jinbei considered weak?

I have this red text for a reason remember

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