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Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
My favorite arc is Impel Down and my least favorite is none of them. I like all of the things and am easily pleased and want to give out hugs. Who wants a hug?

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Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

QuantaStarFire posted:

I'm not sure I'd care at this point. Sanji's become kind of gross over the years. He was really cringeworthy in Film Z in particular.

His favorite Devil Fruit was invisibility because he wanted to peep on women much like Noted Awful Villain Absalom

He openly asked how much a slave girl would cost in Sabaody

He's been at this for a while

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

Baal posted:

Good to hear, it'll give me more reason to keep getting through PW3'd story mode.

He's unlocked in dream mode in that game

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

tsob posted:

I also don't think Zoro could have taken out Crocodile, Enel, Rob Lucci or Moria as he was at the time those people were being fought. He didn't have the hard counter to Enel that Luffy had for one thing. Even against the others though I never got the feeling that Zoro had the skill set or the raw strength of Luffy necessary to take them down.

Now I want to see Lucci v Zoro. I can see Zoro win that. And on the other hand how does Luffy handle Mr 1 or Picasa? I'm not at all saying it's impossible but a lot of One Piece is in the matchup. The contrivance is in how Luffy is the one available and with the skillset to fight the boss, not that Luffy's the only punchman who can punchman hard enough to win.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
Until the Big Mom encounter gets explained I'm giving Sanji credit for starting that fight and getting everyone out safe

(Usopp) > Luffy > Zoro > Sanji > rest

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
TORA FUJI

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:

Couldn't they just have gone with Arlong saying something like "she belongs to us" and Luffy saying "no, she belongs with us" or "no, she's one of us" something like that.

Yes.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:

I mean, I'm not gonna retroactively poo poo on translators

I'm willing to do this

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
The issue exists because ten years ago fan translators didn't know how to translate a particular word and a lot of people latched onto it because the releases were their primary and/or first exposure to a series they grew to love.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

Shoren posted:

I read this article this morning and the first thing that almost made me stop reading was how he claims scanlations hurt the studio and artist because you don't buy a physical copy. That may be true for lesser manga, but multi-millionaire Eiichiro Oda couldn't care less and would be happy more people are enjoying One Piece.

More than Oda get paid from the sales of One Piece.

Shoren posted:

Last, the bit about spoilers is silly because the best way to avoid spoilers is to consume the media as quickly as possible, even if the translation is spotty.

The best way to avoid spoilers is to dodge the sources of spoilers. If your routines are so entrenched in the internet that you can't avoid spoilers then maybe take a step or two back from the computer.

Basically you're saying that second-rate translations are best because you can't take your eyes away from spoilers and you don't think you should support the people that make it possible for you to read what you enjoy. hmm

Adlai Stevenson fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Oct 15, 2015

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
I like the paper versions for the omnibuses because I like actually holding them instead of using these newfangled electronic devices to carry my collection.

Said devices are pretty great for reading new chapters though.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
re: Zoro thoughts

I took Zoro's treatment of Monet to be about how little he thought of her fighting capabilities regardless of her sex. Like if Tashigi could actually catch up to Zoro in some fashion he'd be as happy as anyone else at the prospect of the fight.

Kuina's father's words struck me as what a person who'd never been to the Grand Line would say.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

TriffTshngo posted:

Holy gently caress. I wasn't aware this existed and now I'm super mad this wasn't her final design because it's loving awesome.

It's a pretty boss design, I don't care how big the ax is. Plus there's a bit of humor to be mined from her having those scars and cyber arm but still having her get girly over dresses, like she'd be a mix of flashy and intimidating.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
I'd be surprised if the Op-Op fruit is artificial if only because I'd be surprised if SMILEs can pass on with their users' deaths like normal fruits can.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
As much as Oda has had ideas and plans for a lot of his plot points I think there's a decent chance that Devil Fruits were, at least originally, a gimmick to hang super powers on that weren't intended to get explained.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
Devil fruit become-ening feels a little like the rules for feeding mogwais. It makes sense on the face of it but then there's that scene in Gremlins 2 where the people in the control room are picking the rules apart logically and you're like, "huh, yeah, that doesn't make a lot of sense does it?" But Gremlins is still a cool and good movie.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:

It would be quite funny if Sanji is dead two chapters after a new plot thread is teased about him.

I want Sanji's real name to be Jack

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

Gyges posted:

I fear this will all turn out like how we were totally getting a Chad arc in Bleach.

After the Soul Society arc I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep reading Bleach. I was talking to my friend about what I liked and didn't like about the series but when I mentioned that my favorite character was Chad my friend just laughed and told me to stop while I was ahead.

I think Oda will follow through. Whether or not it really all comes together in the next year is a bit more up in the air.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

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I always figured the real value of Ace was the emotional connection he had to Luffy so I never minded that he didn't get a ton of heroic face time but that's just me.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
When Blackbeard's crew was immediately wiped out by Magellan, weren't they all, "Well it was a pleasure serving with you boys, shame how it ended" until the former warden what's his face showed up? I think they take the idea of fate seriously overall.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

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Kild posted:

who the gently caress is gonna read this

I did

and I liked it

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
i liked rebecca and basically all of her subplot

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

Sub Harrison posted:

The strawhats actually have had new outfits for every arc since the timeskip. I guess 2 years off gave them time to go shopping.

Well pre-time skip most of them just wore the same outfit for two months or so. We've all been there.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
Luffy immediately goes back to punch out the WG, manga ends

Epilogue arc shows the aftermath of the fall of the WG, Luffy collects the One Piece in a cover story

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

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Smoker is a beautiful angel and some day he'll fly free

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
I'm not a fan of Wapol but that's mostly because Drum Island, overall, doesn't click well with me. His powers were pretty cool though seeing how he mooshed two people together and later ate himself skinny.

I like Jango but I feel like that's an obvious choice and therefore a cheat.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

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Captain Invictus posted:

You're not reading my hero academia? Very not cool!

It just doesn't click for me. More power to whoever reads it though, at least it's not Bleach

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
I think there's immense potential to do something new and interesting in a shonen movie with a casino boss villain.

I also haven't seen any of the movies and don't really plan to change that so

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

Cipher Pol 9 posted:

You're missing out on some drat good fun. 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 12 all range from good to great IMO.

I have a really snobbish condition where I have a super hard time caring about anything that isn't canon in a story. Like I know that you're probably right about how fun those movies are but even if I sat down and tried to watch them my nose would be turned so far up I wouldn't be able to see the screen

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
I don't mind Rayleigh knocking out random sea kings any more than Shanks knocking out random pirates or Luffy knocking out random Amazons. Being in control of the strongest of sea kings, New World crew members, and Amazons still probably counts for quite a lot to their leaders.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
Unless it's how you're writing in key aspects of character development training arcs should always happen off-panel imo

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
I'd be more willing to dive into HxH if I didn't have such a hard time getting into shonen I didn't read as a teenager. One Piece is the first one in over a decade that I both liked and kept liking. I'm willing to admit that the fault is with me but I've mostly stopped trying to read other punchman comics at this point.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
I don't want Luffy to be able to hear Poneglyphs or whatever simply because I want Luffy to continue to be Not Roger. Luffy will surpass Roger by ending the WG in its current form using the crew he's gathered by his force of will. It will be by actions and not by using Roger's skills +1. I hope, at least.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

MonsterEnvy posted:

Whenever Inazuma takes his glasses off he becomes female, and when she puts them back on she becomes male.

I am guessing it has something to do with Iva's powers.

I'd been assuming it was Inazuma going up to Ivankov and saying, "Hey buddy I wanna mix it up today" every couple days.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

Blockhouse posted:

There's absolutely a problem with this thread/this subforum/nerd culture as a whole where everyone wants to predict what's coming next so every insane theory someone can think of is floated just in case it's right and they can get that sweet sweet validation.

I predict

That I'll like the next chapter, especially if it features my Main Man Jinbe, whose name I spell differently every day

that is all

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do
I'm the goober who wants Carrot and Pudding to join the crew. I'm also glad no one jumped on at Dressrosa though, none of them clicked like that and we got the fleet formation awesomeness anyway.

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

Death Bot posted:

Zolo is going to cut the wave in half and then say "ok gang, we made it to wano"

No way

Usopp is totally interim captain

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

drjuggalo posted:

its actually nami

Out of the peeps that are going to Wano it's totally Usopp

Out of the peeps that are at WCI it used to be Nami but now it's gonna be my main man John Boy

e: new chapter time? aight, see y'all Monday

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

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I caved. almost immediately

My main man

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Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

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Too soon, Executus

there's no apparent way to write her back in yet I feel

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