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Of all criticisms to make against Mihawk, 'not plot relevant' is certainly not one I expected to see today.
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Pureauthor posted:Of all criticisms to make against Mihawk, 'not plot relevant' is certainly not one I expected to see today. Tbh I’m more surprised by Hancock, like literally how does Impel Down-Marineford happen without her.
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Terper posted:The heck does it take to matter for the "overall plot" to satisfy yall I mean you could say the same about Nami, Usopp, Franky, Zoro etc. gently caress plot, i’m here for the hang.
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Last Celebration posted:Tbh I’m more surprised by Hancock, like literally how does Impel Down-Marineford happen without her. filler arcs tbh
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Jan 1, 2024 10:32
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Mihawk and Boa always came off as nearly Emperor levels of strength but had no reason to expand their territory and we're just now learning that Kuma was probably as strong as Big Mom or Kaidou but had no ambition to be at that level
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Jan 1, 2024 10:43
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Bisse posted:I mean you could say the same about Nami, Usopp, Franky, Zoro etc. gently caress plot, i’m here for the hang. Luffy wouldn’t make it to a single island in the grand line without nami
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Ah yes, Bisoromi Bear, the Kaido level threat
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Moria was literally the main antagonist of an entire arc!
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what in the gently caress is going on in here lol we need the new year of one piece stat
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i think a bunch of the shichibukai are emperor level strength but lack the charisma/desire to be pirate king so don't have a huge armada backing them up. Like I'm not saying Mihawk would beat whitebeard/kaidou/big mom in a one on one fight but it'd certainly be close. In the same way Luffy was being called one before he'd actually beaten Kaidou
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Gologle posted:Ah yes, Bisoromi Bear, the Kaido level threat It's kinda loving me how most of us here are introduced to Kuma vs. what's happening now.
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CatstropheWaitress posted:what was everyone's favorite chapter of 2023 Kuma's Life
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CatstropheWaitress posted:what was everyone's favorite chapter of 2023 1079. Aka Shanks destroys Kidd.
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Actually how about everyone ranks their favorite chapters of the year? Here's a handy tier list maker for this: https://tiermaker.com/create/one-piece-2023-all-chapters--15638466 Here's my list:
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Julias posted:Actually how about everyone ranks their favorite chapters of the year? Here's a handy tier list maker for this: This has been a wild year for One Piece
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Moria's setup does seem lacklustre but I can imagine his near total control of the Florian Triangle was strategically useful for the World Government, given that I believe you have to pass through it to get to Saobody, and therefore the New World. Most of the original warlords make sense to me as occupying a useful fiefdom other than Mihawk (who is useful to have on-side just due to his raw power and renown) and Hancock (where her being an warlord kindof just seems like cope so that the World Government can pretend that Amazon Lily is under control when they have no hope of actually capturing it).
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It got lost in the amazing Kuma stuff, but the cutaways from Egghead were great, Eustass Mid, Galaxy Impact, Buggy making Mihawk sweat, fraud Dragon, just incredible stuff happening all over building to something. Now Saturn is about to deal with Kuma, the giant robot, Gear 5 Luffy, maybe Kizaru, and someone from the Blackbeard Pirates all at the same time. When everything is in chaos is when I love One Piece the most.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:Moria's setup does seem lacklustre but I can imagine his near total control of the Florian Triangle was strategically useful for the World Government, given that I believe you have to pass through it to get to Saobody, and therefore the New World. Most of the original warlords make sense to me as occupying a useful fiefdom other than Mihawk (who is useful to have on-side just due to his raw power and renown) and Hancock (where her being an warlord kindof just seems like cope so that the World Government can pretend that Amazon Lily is under control when they have no hope of actually capturing it). I don’t think all the paths crossed it, but Moria was probably pretty helpful in eliminating upstarts. He and his crew would have dispatched the Straw Hats pretty easily had they not been so complacent. MonsterEnvy fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Jan 1, 2024 |
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Moria was very strong for where he was in the world. The Strawhats only barely won by the skin of their teeth, it's not like he was some East Blue chump who got knocked out with one good punch. Having a roving ship that only gets stronger as it defeats more pirates is a very useful thing for the WG. Mihawk and Hancock essentially fill the same role: someone to call on to specifically take out basically any pirate you want them to. Some random rookie is not going to be able to beat them, it they can use that to try and starve the Emperors of new recruits. Hancock is not like... generally on the side of pirates, she's not gonna have qualms about taking out some rando. She loves Luffy, specifically.
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More importantly, it's pirates that aren't actively going after your stuff generally, there's unaffiliated nations for them to go after that aren't your problem at all also along with going after other pirates who will probably have loot or other stuff. V Well Kuma is the most advanced weapon created who likely wouldn't be as strong without all the cyborg modifications done by Vega so I don't think it hurts that much in hindsight. But also there's a clear gap between losers sticking in Paradise vs people who go around in the New World ChaseSP fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Jan 1, 2024 |
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Imo the Moria stuff really suffers because Kuma comes in and completely outshines him and ends up seeming way cooler than the goofball we just spent an arc with.
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CatstropheWaitress posted:what was everyone's favorite chapter of 2023 i was gonna say the garp galaxy punch is the most hyped i've been reading a manga in a long while but honestly there were a lot of moments like that, it was a good year for one piece
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The egghead cutaways were great except for the part where Robin apparently had her second real fight post-timeskip entirely offscreen 
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My favourite chapter of 2023 is the one where Robin finds out Saul is alive because she deserves the world
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The best chapter of 2024 will be when we get to Elbaf and Robin sees Saul
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Scholtz posted:Imo the Moria stuff really suffers because Kuma comes in and completely outshines him and ends up seeming way cooler than the goofball we just spent an arc with. Well everything was starting to fall apart for Moria around then as his officers had been defeated including Perona, who was abandoning ship even had she not been sent away by Kuma. Moria had gotten too complacent and screwed up how he did things. Also wish Oda a happy birthday.
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RuBisCO posted:My favourite chapter of 2023 is the one where Robin finds out Saul is alive because she deserves the world that was 2022 
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Finished up Dressrosa on my reread, got to chapter 800. Overall I think Dressrosa is still a weaker arc overall but definitely has great moments. God Usopp is incredible. The lack of Nami, Sanji, Chopper, and Brooke isn’t as bad as it could have been. I still don’t really care for how Gear 4 looks, but at this point I think it was intentionally an awkward design both to evoke that weird form Luffy took on Thriller Bark and to contrast with the upcoming Gear 5. Doflamingo’s weakest aspect is I’m still not sure why he even has followers. We don’t see enough of him being a great boss to inspire the confidence that his underlings give him, and it’s only implied in backstory that Trebol and the others were using him to live an easy life. There’s certainly no reason Bellamy should have been so ride or die. All the gladiators and future Straw Hat Grand Fleet are great and I enjoyed all their fights. Chinjao rules.I had totally forgotten about the dude that is just Ideon, he also rules. This arc is still far better than Fishman Island. Even if cool Usopp poo poo hadn’t happened it would still be far better than that. Fishman Island is absolutely the low-point of the series for me.
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A commons theme with Doflamingo’s underlings is that they’re desperate to feel like they’re part of a family and often have individual personality quirks that make them easy to manipulate. It’s less that he’s a good boss and more that he preys on people’s insecurities and makes them emotionally dependent on him Augus fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Jan 2, 2024 |
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Julias posted:that was 2022 aaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Augus posted:A commons theme with Doflamingo’s underlings is that they’re desperate to feel like they’re part of a family and often have individual personality quirks that make them easy to manipulate. They also have a playing card suit theme to them too
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Julias posted:that was 2022 oh no
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Donflamingo has rizz and style and a plan, how could you say no to someone so clearly on a path to the top
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Runa posted:oh no I don't know why but god drat that made me feel old more than any birthday I've had in my slowly older age.
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I forgot about that, but honestly, yeah, that is one of the best pages of the year. Buggy defeated both Crocodile and Mihawk in just 1 full page spread. Fraudhair Shanks only beat Midd, 1 jobber, in that page space.
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