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Mihawk laughs, reads the paper, and has to put up with dumb teenagers like Zoro and Perona. I'd say that's enough. The fact that characters like him and Zoro actually smile and have fun on occasion, when typical Shonen characters of that trope don't have any emotions beyond "Scowl" and "disinterest" is a testament to it. I normally don't like characters like that since they're so 1-note, but Mihawk lives in a castle and has to put up with crazy sword baboons, which is awesome.
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I'm continually impressed about how much I actually like a dark edgy swordsman named Dracule Mihawk who lives in a gloomy castle and rides around in a coffin. Oda did a really good job of making Mihawk a cool dude who just has some weird interests. E: ^yeah that
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Jul 5, 2017 21:07
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EGSunBro posted:I'm continually impressed about how much I actually like a dark edgy swordsman named Dracule Mihawk who lives in a gloomy castle and rides around in a coffin. I liked him as soon as Zoro told him "a swordsman's greatest shame is a scar on the back" and he responded with an approving nod. Also his "I'm the greatest swordsman in the world and I will hold on to that title until you come and take it from me"
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Jul 5, 2017 21:10
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When Zoro wound up at Mihawk's castle it was nice to see that Mihawk had emotions beyond being serious. Having him genuinely laugh really subverts how characters like him are generally portrayed.
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Jul 5, 2017 21:10
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EmmyOk posted:I liked him as soon as Zoro told him "a swordsman's greatest shame is a scar on the back" and he responded with an approving nod. Also his "I'm the greatest swordsman in the world and I will hold on to that title until you come and take it from me" There's plenty of one piece moments that make me feel the same way, but just reading this post gave me chills, drat
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Jul 5, 2017 21:36
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Zoro and Mihawk have a cool relationship given they're the pair where the new generation person interacts with the person they are aping/going to surpass the most. Plus Mihawk pretty much immediately knowing Zoro was going to be the one to surpass him is cool. Adding Perona to that relationship and throwing in some sword baboons and Oda really made one of my favorite sections of the world.
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Jul 5, 2017 21:41
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Just the fact that Mihawk apparently rides around the Grand Line on a coffin-shaped raft with a chair and some candles was enough to endear him to me, frankly. Gets across how much of a badass he is while also being rather silly because it's so impractically edgy.
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Jul 5, 2017 22:23
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Jul 5, 2017 22:25
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Is it Thursday yet? I really need it to be Thursday now.
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Jul 5, 2017 22:43
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oddium posted:he lives and farms with baboons You're right that that totally undermines his dignity for comedic effect, but it actually made me respect him more. lowercase16 posted:
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Jul 5, 2017 22:48
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I just realized the thing that bugs me about One Piece is how complicated navigating the Grand Line is supposed to be and how all these great crews have these amazing navigators but then there's just random people like Mihawk wandering around in a coffin, or Franky coming back to the island after the time skip with some old guy and a kid who weren't even pirates.
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Jul 5, 2017 22:50
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RealFoxy posted:I just realized the thing that bugs me about One Piece is how complicated navigating the Grand Line is supposed to be and how all these great crews have these amazing navigators but then there's just random people like Mihawk wandering around in a coffin, or Franky coming back to the island after the time skip with some old guy and a kid who weren't even pirates. The thing that bugs me is that it shouldnt be possible to leave the grand line at all (unless youre a marine or a Kuja pirate), but don kreig and mihawk seemed to do it effortlessly
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Jul 5, 2017 22:54
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I still think that the wedding Shanks attended was Mihawk & Perona. This picture is evidence.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:03
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Please don't ruin Peronoaroa Zoro
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Jul 5, 2017 23:05
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RealFoxy posted:I just realized the thing that bugs me about One Piece is how complicated navigating the Grand Line is supposed to be and how all these great crews have these amazing navigators but then there's just random people like Mihawk wandering around in a coffin, or Franky coming back to the island after the time skip with some old guy and a kid who weren't even pirates. Franky arrived from Baldimore, which is in Paradise; it's possible it was very close by. Mihawk is tough enough to brave the Grand Line's weather, probably doesn't care much about reaching any particular place quickly, and probably has Eternal Poses to his castle and to Marineford.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:06
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DeadBonesBrook posted:I still think that the wedding Shanks attended was Mihawk & Perona. This picture is evidence. It is definitely Shanks marrying Makino considering when we saw her with a baby Oda labelled it "ah that baby must be that man's"
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Jul 5, 2017 23:12
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Actually, who does manage to be serious, dignified, and conventionally badass-looking all the time in One Piece? The only characters I can think of immediately are Whitebeard and Sakazuki. Even Lucci has the pigeon ventriloquism thing, and Crocodile got pranked during the Baroque Works cover arc.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:16
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If it weren't for the bear ears hat, Kuma would be pretty close.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:18
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I really need to reread One Piece because I kind of binged it and a lot of smaller details and characters didn't stick very well and I always have to look them up when they're mentioned.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:20
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Kaku for sure
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Jul 5, 2017 23:21
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I would have said Smoker until Punk Hazard, and i think he still comes the closest, but then Oda had a lot of fun with him being oblivious enough to dress exactly the same in Tashigi's body and chain smoking his cigars through a gas mask.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:22
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Tsuru the navy vice-admiral, and Fujitora, but they've got plenty of time to be shown up.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:29
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Darth Walrus posted:Actually, who does manage to be serious, dignified, and conventionally badass-looking all the time in One Piece? The only characters I can think of immediately are Whitebeard and Sakazuki. Even Lucci has the pigeon ventriloquism thing, and Crocodile got pranked during the Baroque Works cover arc. Fujitora does laugh that time when Luffy says he's grown to like him. The Gorosei so far but they have like ten pages worth of panels at most so it's a bit unfair to use them. Dragon also.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:31
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Doesn't Hina fit the bill?
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Jul 5, 2017 23:31
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Veskit posted:Doesn't Hina fit the bill? 
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Jul 5, 2017 23:34
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How in gods name do you remember that
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Jul 5, 2017 23:35
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No reason to judge someone knowing all about S&M Nami.
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Tsuru the navy vice-admiral, and Fujitora, but they've got plenty of time to be shown up. Apart from that very silly face Fujitora makes when confronted with Luffy's... unique logic, he's got the running gag of being a walking artillery battery who's blind as a bat. Guy's a constant source of slapstick injuries.
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Jul 5, 2017 23:44
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Veskit posted:How in gods name do you remember that EmmyOk only recently read one piece
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Matoi Ryuko posted:EmmyOk only recently read one piece I read it a long time ago and recently got a boxset of the start and have also been reading from the timeskip including the Sabo arc where that cover appears. Though full disclosure I have been meticulously maintaining a WomenActingShamefullyInOnePieceDThroughH.xl sheet.
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Last Celebration posted:I would have said Smoker until Punk Hazard, and i think he still comes the closest, but then Oda had a lot of fun with him being oblivious enough to dress exactly the same in Tashigi's body and chain smoking his cigars through a gas mask. smoker gets punked by luffy every single time they meet. he's also never actually won I fight either unless you count that time he helped law by distracting vergo but that's after the body swap anyway remember when he follows luffy into crocodile's trap
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Veskit posted:Doesn't Hina fit the bill? Hina speaks like a first grader.
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Manatee Cannon posted:smoker gets punked by luffy every single time they meet. he's also never actually won I fight either unless you count that time he helped law by distracting vergo but that's after the body swap anyway You can't really call Rogue Town and their small encounter at Marineford as Luffy punking him. I mean he still gets punked, just not by Luffy.
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that's fair, tho the way I look at it is luffy getting away stained his perfect record of captures at logue town I should have said that every time they meet, smoker gets clowned on in some way. dude just can't catch a break
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Veskit posted:Kaku for sure Kaku is great. He absolutely spent a ton of time reading all up on giraffes after he got his Zoan power, because man. His ridiculously impassioned speech about the limitless destructive power of the giraffe was so good. Even for all of the stuff that happens in Enies Lobby, that's one of the CP9 bits that stands out.
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Jul 6, 2017 00:08
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Smoker is great because he's super competent but only when he's off panel. Anytime he shows up it's a low point in his career.
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Jul 6, 2017 01:16
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EGSunBro posted:Smoker is great because he's super competent but only when he's off panel. Anytime he shows up it's a low point in his career. He's Zenigata with superpowers.
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DeadBonesBrook posted:I still think that the wedding Shanks attended was Mihawk & Perona. This picture is evidence. [calmly, and not furious] i have to remind you, that zoro and perona are dating
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EGSunBro posted:Smoker is great because he's super competent but only when he's off panel. Anytime he shows up it's a low point in his career. Nah, he's always killing it unless Luffy is around. Louguetown: Killing it, arresting pirates left and right, including the notorious Buggy The Clown. Then Luffy shows up and after a few minutes of being the T1000 to Luffy's Sara Connor, Dragon shows up and casually clowns on Smoker. Alabasta: Introduced by Luffy clowning both him and Ace. Then he fights Ace to a standstill. Then he goes through Boroque Works like butter. Then he follows Luffy into a silly trap and is nothing but humiliated for the rest of the arc. Marineford: Super competent untill Luffy starts fighting him and then Hancock briefly clowns him before everyone goes off to fight other people. Time Skip/Fishman Island: Super competently cleaning up the entrance to the New World waiting for the Strawhats to show back up. Then Luffy dodges him and he follows a transmission to Punk Hazard. Punk Hazard: Shows up and is doing well until Luffy shows up, and then it's right back to clown town.
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Luffy clowned on Bellamy, all those others are just "got beat" or "got blindsided momentarily"
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