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it had kinemon and momo, it had a dragon. it had clown man. it set up a ton of things. not my favorite by any metric, but solid arc imo.
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I don’t really think there’s much wrong with Punk Hazard tbqh besides Zoro and Tashigi’s battle being kinda rear end. It had Law being awesome. It introduced Kinemon. It had good character moments for Nami and Chopper. And it had the gang kidnapping a war criminal
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Drum Island is going to own in OPLA because of Jamie Lee Curtis
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Augus posted:I like Hody Jones thematically but he never felt like a very credible threat. The giant boat dropped by a pedophile did more damage to Luffy than Hody did.
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Augus posted:I like Hody Jones thematically but he never felt like a very credible threat. The giant boat dropped by a pedophile did more damage to Luffy than Hody did. he was a credible ideological threat, which was new to the straw hats
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The biggest weak point of Punk Hazard was the running-from-the-gas stuff, which felt like padding (especially since in the end people get hit by the gas but aren't actually permanently harmed by it). Oda does similar things with cutaways ticking-bomb plot devices in other arcs, though (Deathpeia and Bird Cage were way worse). And yes, Zoro and Tashigi vs. Monet was underwhelming. It could have been interesting with a slightly different contextualization, though. Maybe Tashigi assumes Zoro is refusing to cut Monet because she's a woman, but it turns out Zoro is imitating Mihawk's training methods and wants to force Tashigi to get stronger by fighting Monet herself? Silver2195 fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Jan 3, 2024 |
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The worst thing about Punk Hazard was that every fight sucked and made everyone involved seem way less cool than before it. Luffy v Caesar might have been fine but I don’t remember anything about it. Had a couple good jokes though I think, and introduced some guys that would be more fun in later arcs.
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Hody's pre-steroid design is one of the worst in OP. Stupid hat with a cute little curl dangling down? Check. Big beer belly? Check. Skipped leg day? Check. I'd look in a mirror if I wanted to see a fat, uncoordinated slob. gently caress Hody.
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Fishman Island is way more interesting visually than Punk Hazard as well. Which for the majority of the run is either in snow or in a lab.
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luchadornado posted:Stupid hat with a cute little curl dangling down? Check. Big beer belly? Check. Skipped leg day? Check. I'd look in a mirror if I wanted to see a fat, uncoordinated slob. Holy poo poo 
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I'm excited to see how much more poo poo can hit the fan now that we are back to the present at Egghead. These are the additional players that come to mind: - The giant robot that loves the Nika drum beat - The mystery Blackbeard ship floating around. (I'm hoping somehow Moria & Perona are involved with that since they were looking to escape during the Garp dust-up) - Big News Morgan w/ Vivi & Wapol - The last we saw of Miss Buckin & Marco, she was saying Vegapunk was the one that could prove Weevil's lineage - Akainu and his desk I love how big and interconnected the world is. Some of my favorite chapters used to be inbetween arcs when we would get glimpses of what non-strawhats were up to. Now it's almost every other chapter.
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luchadornado posted:Stupid hat with a cute little curl dangling down? Check. Big beer belly? Check. Skipped leg day? Check. I'd look in a mirror if I wanted to see a fat, uncoordinated slob. Yes exactly. Pretty sure he's based on this guy  Who is basically the patron saint of lovely boomer rock for guys with beer guts. I also think it's funny that he and his gang are almost literally just "Arlong on steroids" to show how much stronger the crew got during the timeskip.
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Havoc904 posted:I'm excited to see how much more poo poo can hit the fan now that we are back to the present at Egghead. These are the additional players that come to mind: I’m waiting for Marco’s new plot use. It’s fun seeing him sort of enjoy retirement. 
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Hody's actually a weirdly-fat Michael Jackson (the parts of Michael Jackson Jango didn't get), he even has the jerry curl and hosed-up looking nose.
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Yea I was gonna say, he doesn’t really look anything like the AC/DC guy except for a vaguely similar hat, but they aren’t that similar. Also even if you think they are lame dad rock, I don’t think thematically that has anything to do with Hody’s deal (unless you just mean his design annoys you for reminding you of lame dad rock)
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Nah I wasn't being that serious about the thematics of it, though "lol boomers are racist" might fit? I can see the MJ face and curls, but the hat, poofy part of the hair, and vest really scream Brian Johnson to me. Seems like it's more pronounced in the flashback.   Gonna just say he's a mix of both.
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Roided up hat-less Hody looks infinitely more awesome.
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I just noticed Hody Jones has leg hair despite being a fishman for the first time
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Hody Jones has head hair despite being a fishman
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So did Arlong and like half his guys though. I like how Great White Hodi up there is just growing spikes out of one wrist Caidin fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Jan 3, 2024 |
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I actually like pre-roided up Hody more specifically because he just likes a loser and it better sells the like, angry racist loser poo poo before he turns into a drugged up supremacist superman or whatever. Basically I would have been fine if that entire arc didn't have the big final fight like it did and just ended with them getting their poo poo kicked in.
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Nuebot posted:I actually like pre-roided up Hody more specifically because he just likes a loser and it better sells the like, angry racist loser poo poo before he turns into a drugged up supremacist superman or whatever. Basically I would have been fine if that entire arc didn't have the big final fight like it did and just ended with them getting their poo poo kicked in. It was not actually making him a Superman just making him older.
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I mean, they did. Hodi got one shot by Zoro and only survived because the guy was underwater and ran out of air. He got loving clowned on by Luffy and his last "fight" with him was basically him struggling to land cheap shots while Luffy was distracted trying to smash a boat the size of an island while underwater and in a soap bubble. Dude was being fed every possible advantage to a comical extent and barely realized. Hell, Zeo spent his fight pretending he wasn't getting his rear end kicked. "Come on, you got stabbed."
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MonsterEnvy posted:It was not actually making him a Superman just making him older. Was it? I thought the getting older thing was just a side effect of whatever enhancement the drugs gave. If so, he probably should have just waited and become a fish model or something.
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It's like great power at the cost of aging or some poo poo so you're both right.
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This thread is disgusting and setting a horrible precedent. Kids, don't do drugs. They will not make you cooler/older.
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Heavy drug use can age you pretty quickly, depending. Just another way One Piece is both realistic and a cautionary tale.
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Don't do drugs kids
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So did the New Fishman Pirates hit really old man stage and stop there or did they all age into dust before the Stawhats hit Punk Hazard
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Hey, so I know a popular opinion is that Caribou is working for Blackbeard... but that never really felt right to me. I was rereading his introduction and remembered how much of a religious zealot he is. I can't imagine him being loyal and subservient to someone unless they followed similar religious beliefs as him. I bet his loyalties are to Mad Monk Urouge, and he's an absent (or aspiring) member of the Fallen Monk Pirates. jassa fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Jan 3, 2024 |
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Nuebot posted:Was it? I thought the getting older thing was just a side effect of whatever enhancement the drugs gave. If so, he probably should have just waited and become a fish model or something. Hody heard the legend of a great royal treasure was superpowers, and hodi jones heard the secret treasure caused aging for his "child bride but ill make her 18 so its not weird" plan. Then at the end it turned out both legends were true and the same thing.
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jassa posted:Hey, so I know a popular opinion is that Caribou is working for Blackbeard... but that never really felt right to me. I was rereading his introduction and remembered how much of a religious zealot he is. I can't imagine him being loyal and subservient to someone unless they followed similar religious beliefs as him. But that said... quote:I bet his loyalties are to Mad Monk Urouge, and he's an absent (or aspiring) member of the Fallen Monk Pirates. Or, taking it a step further, considering Urogue is apparently a Birkan, he may have an interest in a certain divinity currently residing on the distant Fairy Vearth.
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If Weevil actually turns out to be Whitebeard’s son does that make his subplot interesting? Because as it is I do not give a poo poo about that dude.
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I think he was probably an attempt to clone Whitebeard, given that we know about another Rocks Pirate clone. But yeah he hasn't had much relevance yet.
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Yeah, it’s kinda looking like he was an early attempt to make a Whitebeard clone that failed in some way superficially, and probably when it comes to his strength too considering how strong a nearly dying Whitebeard was. Really the most interesting thing about Weevil was the Stussy I reveal, which was decently interesting.
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jassa posted:Hey, so I know a popular opinion is that Caribou is working for Blackbeard... but that never really felt right to me. I was rereading his introduction and remembered how much of a religious zealot he is. I can't imagine him being loyal and subservient to someone unless they followed similar religious beliefs as him. its really not clear who it is but he keeps accidentally learning all these ancient secrets and going "wow I can't wait to tell that man about this!" would really love to know what his deal is
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One Piece could end in 7 years, never once going to the moon, and after the end people would still be talking about how the Straw Hats are definitely going to the moon, any day now guys!
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The last panel will be Enel, looking around the moon and saying "well im bored now"
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They may or may not be going to the moon (probably not) but the moon is definitely going to be relevant if such thrilling cover arc sagas as “Wapol’s rags to bitches story”, “Hatchan makes a new friend after escaping from jail, almost sells the friend for octopussy, and has a change of heart” and “Carabou poses as Che Goovera” made the “gonna be relevant later” cut. …man, you ever think about how Luffy arm thrusted Wapol so hard he literally sent him flying to another island? He really must have been built different to survive that poo poo even if he’s not New World level.
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Last Celebration posted:
He's got that weird metal jaw thing going on, same as the marine from like chapter 2. I always wonder if that's just a thing Oda thought was cool or if there's some story there. Either way I feel like getting the Baron Underbeit operation implies a pretty hard dude. You either survive an injury that takes your jaw off or just do it for style points.
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