Oh i misunderstood the whole thing. I thought Don was feeding the fruit to his gladiator.
Hope Bepo eats it. a fire breathing bear would be hilarious
Oh i misunderstood the whole thing. I thought Don was feeding the fruit to his gladiator.
Hope Bepo eats it. a fire breathing bear would be hilarious
I don't know if it has been said already, but my guess is that monosuke eats the mera mera…
His fruit is only artificial, therefore i doubt he will explode, then he could be a fire-breathing dragon , which is pretty cool :o
besides, I would and could really see Monosuke as a crewmember like shanks and buggy were on Roger's ship :)
That´s not a bad idea actually. We still do not know though how artificial DFs work.
Luffy can generate fire with Red Hawk, Sanji has basically fire too with Diable Jimbe. So? You see where i'm getting at?
Revenge on the World Government with a fire theme?
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I don't know if it has been said already, but my guess is that monosuke eats the mera mera…
His fruit is only artificial, therefore i doubt he will explode, then he could be a fire-breathing dragon , which is pretty cool :o
besides, I would and could really see Monosuke as a crewmember like shanks and buggy were on Roger's ship :)
That sounds ok actually.
What a lame big 700 number chapter! Big hopes for the next one!
Very good chapter. The past 4 chapters have all been great, story is moving forward at a good pace and they are showing quite a bit of information. The reveal of Law not lying to Smoker was obvious, even though it never made sense for him to create a lie for no reason in the first place. It looks like after this arc, we will get to see (BEPO!) Law's crew. I hope he has 2 new crew mates! Maybe the guy that thinks Kaido killed Law's crew, can explain how they were brought back to life. :S
I would like a funny scenario where Dofla offers Luffy a partnership to turn on Law for the fruit, Luffy walks and punches him in the face to wipe his grin away. Anyways silly thinking aside, it looks like a massive brawl is about to begin. Dofla's crew is there, his 3 new Spades, Diamond, Club are there as well. Can't wait for the inevitable clash.
that's exactly the kind of scenario i'm imagining.something along these lines would be more like OP.
@Sir:
Can't believe no one has been talking about that alice in wonderland theory after seeing the seats.
yeah.even the art styly of the seats looks "alicy"
Wow, nice find on Absalom.
Law's face was funny.
Sakazuki looks great.
And I could see doffy getting trolled when he tells Luffy about Ace's DF.
What's with this theory of Luffy eating the Mera Mera no Mi ? He can't do it, he already has a Devil Fruit. Blackbeard has two Devil Fruits, but he is a special case : he obviously didn't eat Whitebeard's fruit, he absorbed it from his corpse. My guess is that Ace's Devil Fruit will either be kept as a keepsake, eaten by someone, or lost in a fight.
I like the idea of monosuke getting the fruit because he's young and stuff…i just think if anyone eats the df it has to be luffy, or someone really strong, just because Ace's is an important character to the story...like if ussopp or weak character got it he wouldn't do it no good,
or Blackbeard might steal it
Here I am just hoping that no one eats it by accident…
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! "Purple Tiger" Momonga? :ninja:
i was wondering how they would climb the dressrosa?looks a lot rough to me.
and finally,that feel when an island is in sight.
@Sir:
Can't believe no one has been talking about that alice in wonderland theory after seeing the seats.
Or you didn't read the first few pages.
Basically, the so called "Alice in Wonderland" theory is debunked because of one thing: it's obvious how no one who supports that theory has even read Alice in Wonderland.
Change places! 16 chars of futurama references
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! "Purple Tiger" Momonga? :ninja:
Too bad we've already seen him post-timeskip. He's not an admiral.
Omg omg….As soon as DD said "i have something you might want" I just knew in my gut that it was the "mera mera no mi" DD and Buggy a shichibukai?! AWESOME and Oda is such a tease with not revealing the 7th shichi. Its also nice to see Bonney and Jimbei again!!!
So this is what Absalom has been doing with his invisibility power. I wonder if CoO can sense his presence, however I understand why they don't go in "mantra mode" all the time, especially when they're talking about an alliance in a secure location
Also I think it would be really odd if no strawhat even eats a DF during the adventure. So far we have seen Blackbeard's crew who goes hunting strong fruit powers, Whitebeard's policy "who finds it, eats it", the CP9 which gives powers to almost every agent, etc. It'd be really strange if the crew of the future King of Pirates never gets a chance to eat a fruit in his journey. Therefore the Mera Mera No Mi will play a role in the arc, but I don't know why (I don't really see Sanji Nami or Usopp eating that, for example. Franky would become a god)
Is it just me or do you also think Luffy doesn't give a shit about Ace's power?
First rule of manga: "There will be a tournament arc somewhere"
I reaaaaaly hope that the hero of the Colosseum means that the mera mera no mi will be the grand prize of a tournament on Dressrosa. Foxy Games 2.0 New World style !
So the new Admiral is Akainu's son? :ninja:
Given how Oda has introduced the fruit to the story, there's really only a few paths it can go down:
1.) The fruit is given to one of the SH's or an established close ally. IE: Coby
2.) The person who eats it is also the next new crew member.
3.) Luffy eats it.
I don't see anyone who really fits criteria 1. that's currently in the crew. The most likely would be Sanji, but (despite his pre-existing fire moves), his history as the crew's foremost swimmer really disqualifies him. If Sanji had the fruit, it'd be the end of his underwater rescue abilities, as well as abilities like blue walk. Coby somehow showing up and getting the fruit is probably the most plausible in category 1, since that would make him an ideal admiral candidate later on in the story.
I'm mixed on the idea of an entirely new person eating it, simply because of the significance attached to it. Out of all the scenarios it's probably the most likely to happen, but there's something about it that doesn't feel right. Either way, if someone we don't know eats it, that person is in the crew, guaranteed. More than that, it also gives the crew a logia which is the one type of devil fruit they've been missing.
As far as Luffy eating it - who the hell knows? I don't think it's as farfetched as people make it out to be however. Whatever abnormality that Blackbeard had might be present in Luffy as well. And from a writer's perspective, it gives Oda a ton of creative freedom in terms of Luffy's attacks going forward. Not to mention, it gives Luffy the potential to hit mass destruction power on par with an Admiral or what Whitebeard was capable once he refines his mastery of the fruit. As a bonus, it also writes about 50+ chapters worth of gags where Luffy doesn't have perfect control of the power and ends up burning shit left and right.
There are some big scenes that Luffy could be in with Ace's fruit
Punching through Akainu with a fire punch at the end of the series, mirroring Akainu's punch to Ace at the midway point.
Having another Fire v Darkness clash with Blackbeard and ending up on top.
Luffy having some sort of vision of Ace after eating the fruit, with Ace acknowledging how far he's come.
Ridiculous mass destruction attacks (ie: an Elephant Gatling that fires massive fireballs at high speed) during the inevitable final battle in the end of the series.
If Luffy does eat the fruit though, it won't be intentional. He'll either swallow it Buggy style (trying to hide it and accidentally swallowing it), or grab it on accident in the victory feast at the end of this arc. Should be interesting to see how things pan out at any rate .
No one said Fujitora was an Admiral yet did they?
If that's the case I'm going off the wall and saying Pink Tiger = Coby
Also, you all know Luffy's gonna eat that fruit , stop lying to yourselves >.>
We have to be honest with our selves Luffy was never going to face BB with only one fruit.
It's almost poetic if he beats him with Ace's.
Tbh I can't see anyone else eating it but him or for some reason Sanji but hats even more off the wall than Coby being Fujitora.
-Can't help but think 'Purple Tiger' fits to Magallan the most… but he's in Impel Down as shown so I guess not... would've fit though lol
-I also thought that something Luffy wanted so badly was gonna be Sabo -.- shame on me, how wud Dofla even know about their past
-Love the Buggy reveal, hate having to go through the suspense for the 7th Shishibukai -.-
-Crocodile!! That's definitely him, don't care what enyone else says
-Wow Sakazuki started smoking cigars? Guess when you're at the top you gotta have the image... or maybe too much stress lol
-Wonder who the spades guy is from Dofla's people... he's kinda quiet, only saying '....' the whole time, but he looks like he's wearing some kind of armour...
-Yay at Laws crew location reveal, finally we know something, wonder why they won't help in the plan though, maybe they're getting prepared to fight Kaido?
-Absa... obviously Absalom and nice find of the ship sailing away, I was wondering how the Marines would've known about the alliance
Too bad we've already seen him post-timeskip. He's not an admiral.
Yeah, but without a mention of his rank. He still has a chance. ;)
As I said, Luffy will NOT eat the fruit. Remember what Blueno said in the Enies Lobby arc about that ? If a person eats two Devil Fruits, they die. Simple as that. IMO, the fruit will either be lost in a fight, kept as a memento of Ace, or eaten by one of the Straw Hats' allies.
Calling it now: Fujitora is a woman.
@Nex:
I think it depends. If this is where the final showdown with Doffy takes place it'll probably be over. I could see this arc going for at least 80 chapters. Especially since they'll have to fight him and get curbstompped and then fight him again.
It won't be that long. If Doflamingo fights the alliance it's to KILL. So we'll only get one fight (hopefully)
I wouldn't mind it if Luffy eats the fruit. It could turn out to be pretty cool.
I think it'd turn out epic.
People hate it now , but once Luffy starts PWNage they'll get over it eventually.
The unnamed Shichibukai is definitely the strongest among them. And he's going to be another secret strawhat ally like everyone in the shichibukai (and doffy soon going to be).
As I said, Luffy will NOT eat the fruit. Remember what Blueno said in the Enies Lobby arc about that ? If a person eats two Devil Fruits, they die. Simple as that. IMO, the fruit will either be lost in a fight, kept as a memento of Ace, or eaten by one of the Straw Hats' allies.
lol memento…yeah but then blackbeard eating two df's was introduced afterwards...im speculating luffy will eat it right before fighting kaido
Seriously, no one's mentioned Zoro eating it yet? I mean he does want a fire sword after all, and I'm betting it's not just a technique that Kinenmon is using, since he seems to be known for it. If it is tied to Kinenmon's DF like many suspect, then Zoro's only chance at the fire sword he has wanted for so long lies in Doffy's hands…
lol memento…yeah but then blackbeard eating two df's was introduced afterwards...im speculating luffy will eat it right before fighting kaido
He didn't eat Whitebeard's Devil Fruit (How can he eat something that has already been eaten ?), he stole it from Whitebeard's corpse. If anybody is eating the fruit, that won't be Luffy.
@Nex:
Seriosuly, no one's mentioned Zoro eating it yet? I mean he does want a fire sword after all, and I'm betting it's not just a technique that Kinenmon is using, since he seems to be known for it. If it is tied to Kinenmon's DF like many suspect, then Zoro's only chance at the fire sword he has wanted for so long lies in Doffy's hands…
if zoro ate it he'd probably be stronger than luffy for a period of time, plus mihawk would probably make fun of him lol
@Nex:
Seriosuly, no one's mentioned Zoro eating it yet? I mean he does want a fire sword after all, and I'm betting it's not just a technique that Kinenmon is using, since he seems to be known for it. If it is tied to Kinenmon's DF like many suspect, then Zoro's only chance at the fire sword he has wanted for so long lies in Doffy's hands…
I'd want Luffy or Sanji to eat it over Zoro.
Imo he's the one guy who should stay "Normal".
Just to parallel Mihawk.
Hmm…. Zoro getting fire powers.
That would be cool.
And we could also get a uber powerful monster trio flame combo attack.
@Nex:
Seriosuly, no one's mentioned Zoro eating it yet? I mean he does want a fire sword after all, and I'm betting it's not just a technique that Kinenmon is using, since he seems to be known for it. If it is tied to Kinenmon's DF like many suspect, then Zoro's only chance at the fire sword he has wanted for so long lies in Doffy's hands…
Zoro is the most unlikely candidate for the fruit
Even Franky would be more realistic
What if Caribou accidentally destroys the factory?? Then is captured and taken to Kaido. To save his own skin, he tells him about Poseidon???
I think Luffy's taken almost everything out of his fruit, it'd be really interesting if he actually ate Ace's fruit. It just sucks to have so unfair ability, he'd get ahead of everyone except Blackbeard in terms of Devil Fruit powers. Right now it's awesome how well he's doing with a seemingly weak fruit.
By the way could Doflamingo's nickname mean that he was born as a tenryuubito or at least some sort of noble? And then became a pirate.
I really like the idea of Buggy being rich and scheming on top of things. I love the clown but it bothered me how weak he actually is, and as a shichibukai that can cause problems. Now he's got different type of power.
Oh and Zoro doesn't seem good exactly because of Mihawk. The point should be that he's a swordman, nothing more. His power should come from his swordmanship, not from a DF. And someone mentioned Sanji and the swimming thing. Somehow neither Sanji or Zoro seem likely to me. It's either Luffy or someone outside the crew.
Maybe Oda is just teasing with the fruit and wants to have Luffy ignoring it just to show that he can become the pirate king without an overpowered DF.
He didn't eat Whitebeard's Devil Fruit (How can he eat something that has already been eaten ?), he stole it from Whitebeard's corpse. If anybody is eating the fruit, that won't be Luffy.
just like how ace's fruit is even in the story right now( how did dofla get it?)..BB probably did something similar to how we saw the DF's swapping during punk hazard, but underneath the cover so no one(marines) would confiscate it
Omg omg….As soon as DD said "i have something you might want" I just knew in my gut that it was the "mera mera no mi" DD and Buggy a shichibukai?! AWESOME and Oda is such a tease with not revealing the 7th shichi. Its also nice to see Bonney and Jimbei again!!!
Don't want to be an asshole but I don't believe for one second that you though it was the fruit before seeing it.
Probably because its a completelly new character and migth appear soon I guess.
No one said Fujitora was an Admiral yet did they?
It's obvious to me that Fujitora is gonna be an admiral: he's supposed to deal with potentially Straw hats, Law and DD.
It would be stupid send a vice-admiral to deal with all of that, particularly after what happened to Smoker…
@Tom:
I really like the idea of Buggy being rich and scheming on top of things. I love the clown but it bothered me how weak he actually is, and as a shichibukai that can cause problems. Now he's got different type of power.
Just keep in mind that Luffy at the start of the Manga has beaten him with the help of Nami.
Now I know Luffy incredibly progressed, and I know Buggy he's supposed to remain weak, but he also showed how he can progress (in Impel down he improved his bomb).
He's also a veteran. I think reader think of him as weaker than he really is (I'm not saying he's at level of what to be expected from a shichibukai, but still..)
Did someone think of Doc Q after seeing the guy in the background in the panel next to Jinbe?
The only way Oda would feed Luffy the flame fruit and give him its powers would be… wait. It'll never happen. Zoro won't either, that'd be like cheating for him. He wants to beat Mihawk on equal terms.
The Caribou cover story just turned very interesting. Let's say they mistake him for Trebol next week. He's introduced to the factory and is perhaps put in charge of a fresh batch. He's put on a ship and sent to Dressrosa. Then what?
Don't want to be an asshole but I don't believe for one second that you though it was the fruit before seeing it.
Probably because its a completelly new character and migth appear soon I guess.
Its cool. I let my excitement out a bit too much. Though DD is very cunning.
No one said Fujitora was an Admiral yet did they?
If that's the case I'm going off the wall and saying Pink Tiger = Coby
1. Or you didn't read any of the past pages.
2. We already know what Coby's current state is: a Captain.
Just in case anyone missed it, Fujitora is guaranteed to be an admiral by virtue of his naming scheme.
It's color + animal, both written in kanji, but with the furigana for the color in hiragana and the furigana for the animal in katakana. That's way too specific a trend to be casually and intentionally applied to a different rank of Marine.
Don't want to be an asshole but I don't believe for one second that you though it was the fruit before seeing it.
Probably because its a completelly new character and migth appear soon I guess.
Nah, he mustn't be lying. I had the same feeling too.
I was getting really excited and became almost sure when I saw 'that' was in a box.
@400MillionBelis:
1. Or you didn't read any of the past pages.
2. We already know what Coby's current state is: a Captain.
OR I read it and I'm just brain storming :ninja:
I'm just relieved Bepo is alive.
! Call me crazy but I'm guessing Sabo is the Unknown Shichibukai and maybe he will consume Ace's devil fruit.
I like that Sanji made Law onigiri because he hates bread.