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blackbeard's single greatest power seems to be not picking fights unless absolutely necessary which is honestly a cool power in a series about punching people real good
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Blackbeard is a very patient oppurtunist, which is a thing most OP characters arent. Hes from the same generation as shanks and buggy and while those two have been doing things for all that time, blackbeard has, in the mere span of the two-so years that is OP, went from a relative nobody, to serious shichibukai candidate, to the man who brought down whitebeard and took his seat as yonko, with a crew of the pirates so heinous or strong the marines decided to erase them from common knowledge and disappear them in Impel Down.
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Nov 24, 2018 12:01
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Is it just me or is King the Fire, literally, on fire?! There seems to be flames right behind is head Maybe we have another fire fruit user here? We've seen Magma and Flame though, not sure what else could be here
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Nov 24, 2018 12:46
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Plutonis posted:Also holy poo poo. Oda brings back Blackbeard... November 22 2018, the third centenary of IRL Edward Teach's death. Layers upon layers. This is probably why the chapter was delayed, ha.
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Nov 24, 2018 12:53
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anime was right posted:blackbeard's single greatest power seems to be not picking fights unless absolutely necessary He's also a massive idiot every now and then. Walking into Impel down and getting basically your entire crew murdered by Magellan? Oops. Good thing Shiryu bailed him out.
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Nov 24, 2018 13:22
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Brandfarlig posted:He's also a massive idiot every now and then. Walking into Impel down and getting basically your entire crew murdered by Magellan? Oops. Good thing Shiryu bailed him out. He has similar luck to Luffy.
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Nov 24, 2018 13:54
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I can’t believe we are nearing the end game of something I’ve supported, cherished, pored over details with for over half my life. Much more, I can’t believe its quality has never gone done but up, with the notable exception of one or maybe two arcs (Fishman Island and Dressrosa) despite existing for over 20 years. Seeing the answers to years worth of build up makes every week I read One Piece an adventure. One Piece will go down as a modern classic when it is complete and should be cherished and passed down to future generations. It’s odd to say that about a comic book but it’s how I feel.
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Nov 24, 2018 15:21
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SatansBestBuddy posted:that happens every time. remember when Jesus found the revolutionaries hideout? we only found out through the paper that they raided and trashed the place. It's actually a good thing that it happens. It's part of what keeps the One Piece world from feeling small and asspully. poo poo happens that not only doesn't involve the protagonists, but that sideswipes the audience as well. We have a far more limited 3rd person god perspective than usual, and it keeps us both wanting more as well as accepting that nothing revolves around the Straw Hats. Without this and things like post arc world wide reactions or cover story arcs about Colby or Buggy, we'd be living in a Bleach style world. In my opinion it's a superior cousin of how the Song of Ice and Fire series uses diffuse 1st person to expand it's world. The fact that we both see that things are happening that don't strictly involve our protagonists while also mostly sticking with the story surrounding our protagonists makes it feel more expansive. It definitely seriously suppresses the common issue of new bad guys. Namely, who the gently caress are they and why the gently caress have they never done anything in this story up to this point?
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Nov 24, 2018 15:31
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I like that we never see the results happen. Same thing happened with Ace vs Blackbeard. Not seeing who won and the aftermath created hype and discussion among fans. It’s deliberate and it’s a good storytelling move. It makes One Piece feel even more vast.
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Nov 24, 2018 15:34
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Especially since this is a weekly manga, I feel like it would kinda suck to have x number of months without any of the Strawhats on the page. As hype as the War of the Best was, I was restless to have the Strawhats back and I really miss having the whole crew together even now.
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Nov 24, 2018 15:46
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Something I just thought while reading the chapter again: shouldn't all of the animals that Tama is the master of now be "free" so to speak? She fell unconscious when Kaidou attacked her, so that ought to dispel the effect of her devil fruit. Seems like that big dog was looking after Tama at the start of Act 2, and I think Umami was still worried about Tama when Luffy found her following Kaidou's attack.
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Nov 24, 2018 15:50
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Maybe it remembers the taste and likes it so much it's staying by her side for more
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Nov 24, 2018 16:03
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Shoren posted:Something I just thought while reading the chapter again: shouldn't all of the animals that Tama is the master of now be "free" so to speak? She fell unconscious when Kaidou attacked her, so that ought to dispel the effect of her devil fruit. Seems like that big dog was looking after Tama at the start of Act 2, and I think Umami was still worried about Tama when Luffy found her following Kaidou's attack. I dunno if it was ever stated that the "cancels on unconsciousness" thing applies to every single devil fruit.
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Nov 24, 2018 16:17
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Tolth posted:I dunno if it was ever stated that the "cancels on unconsciousness" thing applies to every single devil fruit. It wasn't.
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Nov 24, 2018 19:20
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SatansBestBuddy posted:keep live posting A man with a lion on his stomach just got punched in the nuts by the lion His nuts are also the lions nuts One Piece rules
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Nov 24, 2018 19:29
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Himuro posted:I can’t believe we are nearing the end game of something I’ve supported, cherished, pored over details with for over half my life. Much more, I can’t believe its quality has never gone done but up, with the notable exception of one or maybe two arcs (Fishman Island and Dressrosa) despite existing for over 20 years. Seeing the answers to years worth of build up makes every week I read One Piece an adventure. One Piece will go down as a modern classic when it is complete and should be cherished and passed down to future generations. It’s odd to say that about a comic book but it’s how I feel. "Nearing" is a loose and relative term here He's been saying he's two thirds of the way done for like ten years
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Nov 24, 2018 19:32
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Oda will continue one piece until his death upon which his will be made public that only states "one piece was the friends we made along the way"
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Nov 24, 2018 19:36
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It'd be interesting if the SHs go back to free sailing after Kaidou. Just realized the last time the crew actually used their log pose was locking on to FI in Water 7.
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Nov 24, 2018 19:56
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you may not like it but that Blackbeard reveal spread is peak pirate performance.
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Nov 24, 2018 20:49
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:"Nearing" is a loose and relative term here I’m not saying it’s ending any time soon. You’d have to be crazy to think it’s not explicitly setting up end game though.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:20
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:"Nearing" is a loose and relative term here He's also revised it to saying about 80% at the start of Wano. Who knows, let's just enjoy the ride.
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Nov 24, 2018 23:03
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Himuro posted:I’m not saying it’s ending any time soon. You’d have to be crazy to think it’s not explicitly setting up end game though. I mean I just started wano, I'm like three and a half months behind but also this comic has been setting up endgame for ten years
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Nov 25, 2018 00:22
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:I mean I just started wano, I'm like three and a half months behind but also this comic has been setting up endgame for ten years 15 years at this point
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Nov 25, 2018 00:32
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its hard to reconcile because realistically there's still a ton of plot threads that need to be closed. at a very bare minimum we have the rest of wano, the defeat of big mom (these two may be the same), the clash with blackbeard, whatever luffy and shanks end up doing, visiting elbaf, reaching raftel, whatever happens after learning about the void, some degree of "saving the world". it's hard to imagine all of that finishing in like, 200 chapters so it's kinda difficult to believe anything oda says and that's if we go pretty much straight to the end. nobody would have predicted we'd have an entire arc exploring sanji's background where luffy fought a #2 for like 20 chapters
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Nov 25, 2018 00:37
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I mean, it's not like it couldn't be done. It would just be really rushed and cut out a ton of poo poo, and One Piece already feels really rushed and cuts out a ton of poo poo, which is part of the appeal.
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Nov 25, 2018 00:48
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SatansBestBuddy posted:15 years at this point Whitebeard War ended in late 09/early 10 and that's where Blackbeard as big bad got set up, was my logic.
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Nov 25, 2018 01:07
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tbp posted:its hard to reconcile because realistically there's still a ton of plot threads that need to be closed. at a very bare minimum we have the rest of wano, the defeat of big mom (these two may be the same), the clash with blackbeard, whatever luffy and shanks end up doing, visiting elbaf, reaching raftel, whatever happens after learning about the void, some degree of "saving the world". it's hard to imagine all of that finishing in like, 200 chapters so it's kinda difficult to believe anything oda says I usually gauge his percentage as how much of the plot stuff is left and not how much of the actual literal chapters are left for exactly that reason
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Big mam might hang around all the way to elbaf
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Silver2195 posted:Interesting! I'm making some predictions just based on these: My first prediction appears to have been correct; Moria looks slightly more in shape to me, at least. The third prediction was somewhat off; it's almost two-and-a-quarter billion. The second prediction was totally wrong; I would never have guessed that Shiryu would get a Devil Fruit that Color of Observation would presumably negate so much of the power of in a fight against another master swordsman. Then again, it doesn't just hide his location, but the length of his sword as well, plus at least some Haki users can't use two different Colors at the same time.
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Big Mom shows up just in time for everyone else to have left after punching Kaidou. 'gently caress it, guess I'm in charge of this country now. You there! Bring me all your dango, and it had better be delicious!'
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Nov 25, 2018 01:49
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Again, remember that Absalom could make anything he touched invisible. That lets a master swordsman like Shiryu set up plenty of surprises.
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Nov 25, 2018 01:59
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Sub Harrison posted:It'd be interesting if the SHs go back to free sailing after Kaidou. Just realized the last time the crew actually used their log pose was locking on to FI in Water 7. They used it to get to Punk Hazard.
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:I mean I just started wano, I'm like three and a half months behind but also this comic has been setting up endgame for ten years Right and we are finally getting more answers than questions. It’s thrilling to see it all unravel.
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Darth Walrus posted:Again, remember that Absalom could make anything he touched invisible. That lets a master swordsman like Shiryu set up plenty of surprises. they'll fight in an invisible maze and zoros horrible sense of direction will save him
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Nov 25, 2018 02:18
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Kild posted:They used it to get to Punk Hazard. Nah they got caught in a current and washed offshore of PH.
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Nov 25, 2018 03:01
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Darth Walrus posted:Again, remember that Absalom could make anything he touched invisible. That lets a master swordsman like Shiryu set up plenty of surprises. Although, I just realized something. Dr. Hogback was traveling with Absalom when last we saw them. Is he dead now as well?
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Nov 25, 2018 03:51
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the best thing to take away from this invisible reveal is that Oda could have given him any power from anywhere but there's some about an invisible swordsman that he wants to draw. hype
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Nov 25, 2018 05:15
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Sub Harrison posted:Nah they got caught in a current and washed offshore of PH.  Ah you're right. They still had their log pose set tho.
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