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GodFish posted:I too once thought the Davy Back Fight was bad. Then I read it again and knew better. The Davy Back Fight is much better on a reread. I didn't even remember it the first time, I reread the whole series last month and I can't emphasize how bad and jarring it was the second time.
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NutritiousSnack posted:Roger couldn't read them but didn't need to, he had a weird ability that poo poo just talked to him without any effort on his part. He could even understand Sea Kings (like Luffy, who probably shares the entirety of this ability) This literally makes no sense, if that was the case there would be 0 reason for Robin to even be a character.
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Shoren posted:You're right, I misinterpreted that, but still, I disagree. By that logic, Zoro's role is redundant because Luffy is also really good at beating things up. While Robin can read poneglyphs, it's not her whole purpose for existing. She's an archaeologist who wants to learn the world's history, not just read all the poneglyphs. I don't recall Luffy ever actually hearing a poneglyph, but even if he did would he or the crew understand it? Robin's been the one explaining a lot of this stuff to the crew so she's absolutely needed if Luffy is going to surpass Roger. So she's somehow going to learn the world's history by not reading poneglyphs? She doesn't really contribute in fights anymore, she is great for occasional comedy but the crew themselves get less out of that than we do since a lot of those recent comedic interactions weren't even stated out loud. Zoro is redundant because Luffy is magically going to beat up every single character in opposition to him in One piece? If that's the case pretty much 7/8ths of the manga is redundant. Analogies are cool, when they work. Ubiquitus fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Mar 10, 2016 |
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I find it really confusing that everyone is brushing off CoC like its become irrelevant. It's not currently relevant, but it has clearly been set up as a plot tool to unravel the Will of the D, which is clearly the main story.
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tsob posted:Big Mom/Mam might eventually decide she wants an alliance, but there's not a hope in hell that Luffy will want to accept it if she does propose one. Yeah I feel like this is pretty obviously a bait post, but I'll bite anyway. I don't know how much you've smoked today to come to the conclusion that Nami could beat him herself, but w/o the homies she would have been skewered before the fight even started. Who cares if she makes biscuits soft if she can't keep up with Cracker? Pretty reductionist theory you're positing, implying a yonko's top three is going to be defeated by someone who has almost negligible physical skills.
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Seems all the signs point to a Pudding suicide? She is clearly staring at how far down the drop is from her balcony when in the rain, and Sanji's change of heart in marrying her will cause a more poignant loss for him if she dies too.
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Why would Big Mom go out of her way for an alliance like that?
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gnome7 posted:Just because the Germa are weak doesn't mean they aren't useful. They have strong political ties throughout the world, and also a cloning program, and Big Mom cares a lot about both of those things. So you're saying Oda wasted innumerable panels setting up the Germa as a strong force and a major player only to turn them around as a plot device for Big Mom to use in the future at some unknown point? The only time in the story that Oda has allowed Luffy to fail was when it was useful to bump his power level, and that was precipitated by great loss. The SHs losing significant crew members here to advance some greater plot line doesn't seem likely, I don't see how that theory would be plausible.
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Lpzie posted:lol at the people in this thread doing mental gymnastics It's pretty funny. What's the point in Oda wasting so many panels characterizing Pudding as sensitive and empathetic through flashbacks and other panels to waste this by dumping her as "just evil"? Hell she was even crying as she was leaving Luffy and Nami. I could see a split personality or some weird nuance with the third eye, but otherwise it doesn't mesh. Ubiquitus fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Dec 23, 2016 |
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I could *maybe* see Luffy beating a yonko at full strength + some strange matchup advantage, but realistically he just got done fighting for what? Half a day? Against Big Mom's best subordinate, and he needed help to beat him. Luffy beating Big Mom in a fight would only make sense if he got help from every other shmuck that isn't part of Big Mom's crew, but the build up so far of how powerful the 4 emperors are would be wasted if he beat her starved and already half dead.
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Everyone seems to be basing Luffy outright beating Big Mom based on him dropping Doflamingo and fighting Issho to a standstill, but Issho demonstrated on multiple occasions his lack of desire to really go after Luffy. I'm still very skeptical he can take out an admiral or yonkou on his own, but at this point we are just rehashing the same subject. Just gotta wait. I'm still curious what part Dragon has to play, we've heard so little from him in such a long time, tying that story thread off by having Blackbeard take him out off screen is very anti-climatic. Here's to hoping he makes some appearances and wrecks some poo poo with w/e weather fruit he has.
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Seriously Skypeia was such a dope arc Ubiquitus fucked around with this message at 08:05 on Jan 26, 2017 |
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The perspectives and point of view of the panels has drastically improved this arc. I don't know how or why they decided to utilize different angles from previous iterations of the manga, but gottdamn some of the panels display emotion at such a more poignant clip than they used to before. Super impressed
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DrakePegasus posted:OP Thread 14: GIS Big Mom Bone Rubbing Winner
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OldTennisCourt posted:So how does everyone see the Big Bads going from here on? I'd drop Akainu/Gorosei at the end, I don't think Weevil is going to be an arc villain, I do expect him to take out someone. Buggy isn't a part of fighting Luffy, if anything he helps him somewhere downstream. I'm more interested in whether Blackbeard actually knows Haki? He got hosed by Magellan, and I can't see that happening if he knew Haki. He always gets chumped by people stronger than him physically, like WB. He seems extremely over-reliant on his DF powers, if he nullifies Luffy's rubber powers, then Haki has to be the equalizer. Unless Luffy has some weird Awakening already, but I just can't imagine a rubber awakening that would stop a darkness/quake awakening. Ubiquitus fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Feb 14, 2017 |
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Reiche posted:No, Doflamingo said he disappeared into thin air which was definitely Abasalom saving him with his invisibility power. He's still out there somewhere You're implying that Doflamingo wouldn't notice Absalom sneaking around when he has observation haki? Highly doubtful.
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Gyges posted:God needs a rest every 7th day. It's only fair Oda takes one every 30. I'm pretty sure Usopp rests enough after all his lies already.
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Anyone checked out Monster? A bit of a deviation from Shonen stuff, but truly a wonderfully written work of art
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Well I was wrong before, so I got nothing to lose now. My bets on Pudding not actually firing her gun at the right time, given those last panels.
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U-DO Burger posted:actually Pudding is good but she rewrote her memories to brainwash herself into being evil so Sanji wouldn't have second thoughts in rejoining his crew Hope springs eternal. Or basically until the wedding chapter when it evaporates into a puff of gastino smoke
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DeadBonesBrook posted:Does anyone think Big Mom will be dealt with in this arc? It would be a massively deflating turn of events for me if he beats her outright. The combination of Brooke + Nami nullifying her clouds and then him beating her up may be feasible, but I am skeptical of anything past that. I sure hope they don't beat her straight up though, as you said it marginalizes the build up
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Kirios posted:How did Bege turn into an amazing character. Eh I still don't find him very compelling, the other rookie mooks all tried to assassinate a yonko (and failed). His fruit is OK, but doesn't strike me as overpowered in any way. I don't expect him to do much, other than occupy some of Big Mom's fighters.
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Darth Walrus posted:An important thing to remember about Bege is that he's both an offensive and defensive powerhouse. His fruit doesn't just give him the firepower of an army, but also shrinks any incoming attacks. Fighting him is like fighting a mountain in a pinstripe suit, and that's even before you consider the perils of ending up inside his body when he doesn't want you there. What? Law was a Shichibukai, not to mention his ridiculously OP fruit. There seems to be a fairly recurring theme that physical prowess in One Piece is tied to physical appearance (note Bege's lack thereof), and with this big mafia family and lack of accolades (it was hinted he basically assassinated a lot of people), suggesting they are on the same level is somewhat preposterous.
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If Bege had minions worth a drat I'm sure he would already be higher than "a middle of the road underling in Big Mom's army".
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Never speak of docking again . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ULlRqI7nc
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First off, everyone who said Pudding wouldn't be redeemed suck it. Second, with Big Mom out of the picture, what stops her from being a strawhat? NADA (not that I think that;s a good idea, I still want carrot)
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tbp posted:i dont really get this. as a child he was tortured, crucified, shot at, humiliated. then he was taken in by a manipulative gang that built up his hatred while making him feel that he was owed something. he's a horrible dude but you can see why he ended up that way I think he is referring to the fact that Doflamingo was portrayed as evil even before any of the bad stuff happened. This is One Piece so we can't claim a genetic issue or psychotic disorders, but 
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Lord_Magmar posted:It's not even that Shanks is missing an arm, they'd have no problem with that, it's that Shanks is missing his dominant/sword arm and so is no longer the absolute best swordsman he can be, thus at this point the fight is no longer actually a worthy duel between equals, and any victory wouldn't be "earned". Also I suspect that Shanks doesn't have territory of his own, or if he does it's near the back-end of the New World simply as a blocker to keep people from reaching Raftel if they get past all the other nonsense. Pure speculation is always cool. Some people opt for some creativity in it though, to make it interesting
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Yeah and it makes sense logically, Luffy saved Zoro from death when he didn't even know him, and no one gave a gently caress about him
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anime was right posted:bullies like you are the reason chopper has low self esteem!!! Shut up you bastards that won't make him happy!
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I think the picture is actually of Big Mom's mother, just with her soul inside.
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Crazyeyes posted:The whole point of Dressrosa was to establish characters for the future. Sabo is back, Luffy went from an upstart pirate to a real contender with an entire fleet of pirate crews under him like Whitebeard, BB's crew is going after the revolutionaries, there is obviously growing dissension in the ranks of the military with Fujitora openly acknowledging the Strawhats saved the island and apologizing to kings for military gently caress-ups, the take down of Doflamingo only matters because of his connection to Kaido, and it introduced Reverie, which is going to be a big deal down the line (hopefully soon). That doesn't take away some very glaring plot points and poor pacing. Bird cage was straight up retarded, it broke basically every tenet of power in the story. Kyros and Rebecca became useless and boring after strong introductions, wasting large parts of the arc. Half the Straw Hat crew did nothing in end fights, wasting multiple chances to build up their characters.
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Dragonatrix posted:It's also not just the one panel but Robin's refusal, and the subsequent reactions, to partake in Ｐｉｒａｔｅ Ｄｏｃｋｉｎｇ ６ is definitely up there This was mine too
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Animal covers are great. They provide context and flesh out characters you may not see in those situations otherwise, and little kids get their ideas in a manga
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It still boggles my mind. . . He fought cracker for 12 hours and couldn't beat him without heavy direct help from nami, why in the world any of you thought he was suddenly going to throw down big mom and all her cronies out of nowhere wothout zoro makes no sense. "Omg its a shonen manga the protagonist has to unequivocally beat everyone all the time" Spare me the contrived arc endings after dressrosa. One piece has been fairly organic up to this point, its one of the series strong points and I'd rather that trend continue than some stupid low hanging fruit forced knock out. Ubiquitus fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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Kild posted:I wonder how all these people going of course he'd run away would feel if he ran away from Lucci. That wasn't a standalone comment . . . it was contained within the context of beating a yonkou being on a higher and more difficult plane. They also had the whole crew at Enies Lobby. They have Sanji now, and they clearly can't fight everyone. I could see a 1% chance of the chateau split somehow giving Luffy a 1v1 fight with Big Mom, but it seems early for awakening.He just unveiled g4 Ubiquitus fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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U-DO Burger posted:Awakened Luffy will ask the people of the world to lend him their energy as he creates a giant rubber ball to bounce Enel back to the moon Just what one piece needed. . . More dbz.
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God imagine another marineford like battle, my body is ready Oda
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More power to you in how invested you are in answering these forum posts tsob, but I stopped reading when you suggested the reader doesn't care if Big Mom massacres her own troops. Of course they care, it directly affects the protagonists getting away and probably lowers her military might if they meet again.
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