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sanjis gonna kick wadatsumi into the island and destroy it
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Hate-Senpai posted:That's less about character importance and more because Oda is an avid baseball fan, and the chapter came out a few weeks after a major doping scandal in the NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball). It's his subtle way of getting the message across the performance enhancers aren't effective (hence why the dudes failed to kill or even hurt Crocodile) and dangerous (hence why they die from the side effects). And suddenly the enemy with the baseball bat makes complete sense!
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Yinlock posted:"and gobert gets hit with a foul, "gear second" is not a permitted basketball technique in the nba"
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One Piece wasn't the only shounen manga to incorporate the scandal into its content; around that same time (summer/fall 2001), Naruto was in the early stages of the Chuunin Exam arc, which introduced the concept of the Cursed Seals. The Cursed Seals have a lot in common with the common perception of performance-enhancing drugs that Japan held back then - arrogance, getting drunk on your power, cruelty (to be more precise, a lack of empathy stemming from a lack of morals), and of course, enhanced performance exaggerated to unbelievable levels. The whole genetic issue aside (Naruto turning out to have good genes by virtue of having overpowered parents), a lot of Naruto deals with the theme of hard work and determination (practice) over quick detrimental power ups (performance-enhancing drugs). I don't think this core theme was itself influenced by the baseball scandal, but I do think it resonated greatly with Kishimoto, given how he eventually had Sasuke ween himself off the Cursed Seal in Shippuden.
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hard working determined rock lee trains all his life and attains superhuman levels. and then he uses performance enhancing gates once and is crushed by a raccoon man
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verbal enema posted:Just get the loving tattoo ok
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oddium posted:hard working determined rock lee trains all his life and attains superhuman levels. and then he uses performance enhancing gates once and is crushed by a raccoon man Forbidden techniques are forbidden for a reason.
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Cuchulain posted:Eh, it seems to me that despite what Oda said about wanting the comic to remain at the same age group forever, pre-timeskip rules for death in the narrative have changed. It used to be impossible to die outside a flashback if you had a name. Pell's the best example, but the royal guards drank poison and died just fine, because they didn't have names.* I didn't say no one kills people, just that no one kills people who are already knocked out. Though if anyone would, it would be Bege.
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Cuchulain posted:Eh, it seems to me that despite what Oda said about wanting the comic to remain at the same age group forever, pre-timeskip rules for death in the narrative have changed. It used to be impossible to die outside a flashback if you had a name. Pell's the best example, but the royal guards drank poison and died just fine, because they didn't have names.*
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TheLoneStar posted:The funny thing is apparently someone died with a name and not in a flashback all the way in the Arlong Arc. There was that one scumbag Marine, Pudding Pudding, that for all intents and purposes is loving dead. Guy got sucked into a whirlpool and was never seen or mentioned again. Dude was less of a scumbag and more of an overconfident idoit, wasn't he? Basically called in to rescue the villagers but decided to bombard Arlong instead and got killed for his mistakes along with his crew. He really couldn't have changed anything anyways. If he tried to rescue the villagers, Arlong would have tried to bribe him (as he was initially planning) or killed him. If he'd accepted the bribe, villagers would still be screwed. If he'd refused, Arlong would have no trouble killing him and his crew and the villagers would still be screwed. The scumbag was Nezu, the dude taking bribes, who eventually reported Luffy to the World Government and got him his first bounty poster.
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Hate-Senpai posted:Dude was less of a scumbag and more of an overconfident idoit, wasn't he?
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TheLoneStar posted:The funny thing is apparently someone died with a name and not in a flashback all the way in the Arlong Arc. There was that one scumbag Marine, Pudding Pudding, that for all intents and purposes is loving dead. Guy got sucked into a whirlpool and was never seen or mentioned again. getting sucked into a whirlpool is how he powers up
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there are at least a few examples of random one off characters getting killed. like that time the poison guy straight murdered a bunch of level 6 inmates in impel down if you show up in more than one scene, you're usually safe tho
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Manatee Cannon posted:there are at least a few examples of random one off characters getting killed. like that time the poison guy straight murdered a bunch of level 6 inmates in impel down U-DO Burger posted:getting sucked into a whirlpool is how he powers up
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There was also the random pirates who got killed on the way to Fishman Island. That creepy swamp dude's crew?
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Mar 26, 2018 17:19
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Mr. 11 also got executed in Alabasta
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Andrew_1985 posted:There was also the random pirates who got killed on the way to Fishman Island. That creepy swamp dude's crew? didn't they show up in a cover story or was that just his brother
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Manatee Cannon posted:didn't they show up in a cover story or was that just his brother The brother was the only other one of the crew who had defining characteristics anyway so he probably represents they making it out fine. Meanwhile the Flawhats are loving dead
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Mar 26, 2018 17:26
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Didn't those fake Strawhats get buried alive or something? Or at least some of them. EDIT: Beaten to the punch.
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drat i just kind of assumed they didn't actually get buried alive and instead something happened offscreen to let them escape or something harsh
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that was a message to people selling knock-off one piece merch. don't gently caress with oda's money
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The unluckies died but they were animals
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Meme Emulator posted:The unluckies died but they were animals They lived and helped the Marines identify former Baroque Works people in a cover story.
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Mar 26, 2018 18:01
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looking forward to the characters who die leaking morgan's big news a week early every week
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Mar 26, 2018 18:03
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So there's not manga at all for anything next week with GW?
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Mar 26, 2018 20:57
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Are we getting 900 thursday/friday?
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Mar 26, 2018 22:25
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I believe we are, yes. Golden week is typically a month away yet.
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Mar 26, 2018 22:29
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Golden Week doesn't start until April 28th this year, yeah. 
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Dragonatrix posted:Golden Week doesn't start until April 28th this year, yeah. right as i get home from a holiday in australia 
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I can't believe this week isn't on break, I am not emotionally ready
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Hate-Senpai posted:I feel like the Big Mom Pirates have bigger issues to worry about than getting revenge on Luffy and Sanji and Co. once this whole arc is over. Putting aside all the other issues you mentioned I find it kind of weird to think that they could be a future threat to the full crew, because 3 of the 4 Sweet Commanders are already defeated, and even a lot of the lower ranked people don't seem like they'd be a huge threat on their own. Beyond Smoothie, Perespero and maybe one or two others like Oven there really don't seem to be any particularly strong individuals left and the organization is in such chaos that they probably won't be much of a collective threat for a while either for reasons you already mentioned. At least, not to the Strawhats. They're still obviously a major threat to some others. Even if Katakuri re-appeared in a potential future arc he'd obviously be a Luffy opponent to show Luffy's growth before he takes on someone else so there's not much point in considering him in that regard. Almost every member of the Big Mom pirates that's gotten focus in this arc has already been defeated or defected, so any future arc including them would have to focus on obviously lower ranked/skilled individuals while the Strawhats will presumably have gotten at least a little stronger. Which doesn't really make sense.
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The way I always remember when Golden Week occurs is that Children's Day(May 5) usually falls during it, which happens to be Luffy's birthday.
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golden week is one of the best weeks to visit japan. everyone is on vacation and wants to hang. if you plan it right it's the best.
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TheLoneStar posted:Ah, but the rulebook doesn't expressly forbid it either. We're going full Air Bud in here. gently caress, i forgot all about the air bud clause
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Wadatsumi, Oars and San Juan are going to be big in the NBA draft next year.
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hell astro course posted:golden week is one of the best weeks to visit japan. everyone is on vacation and wants to hang. if you plan it right it's the best. Wouldn't it be a pain to get around what with everyone going places on vacation. Even accounting for Japan's good public transportation services.
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Hate-Senpai posted:Wouldn't it be a pain to get around what with everyone going places on vacation. Even accounting for Japan's good public transportation services. the atmosphere is super fun, but I guess you have a point. I wouldn't recommend it if it is your first time, and don't speak japanese or w/e.. but also, like I said, it's a really fun atmosphere
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japan seems like a cool place. when i go im going to wear my naruto headband and eat a lot of pocky. believe it senpai.
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also i want to see sanji kick a person really hard. really hard. in the face. with his foot.
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