Wow. This chapter had everything. I don't care who makes fun of me for it, but as I read the line, 'My tin hands can't even feel the warmth of her dying body", tears rolled down my cheeks. Fuckin' epic stuff, Oda.
One Piece Chapter 742 - I'll always be close to you
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With those odds, him winning with be dumb.
I'm just making a Franky joke. Though he hasn't done a "this week" joke in a while.
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For anyone who cares, did the timeline for them. (The OP Wiki is wrong about Viola's age being 26, they took it from this chapter thinking Viola was 10, 16 years ago).
Kyros is 44 years old
Scarlett would have been 35 years old (She died at 25)
Viola is 29 years old
Rebecca is still 16 years oldFor the people who are more interested in the more "questionable" part of the chapter - Scarlett was 19 when she gave birth to Rebecca, so probably 18 when they had s– anyways Kyros was 28 when Rebecca was born.
If you want the explanation, 20 years ago the Kyros statue was made for his astounding feat, 3000 wins. That was also the time when he retired from the Colosseum, he was 24 then and that was 20 years ago - 44 years old. At 25 years old (19 years ago), we saw him protect Scarlett (16 years old) from Pirates and for 3 years [etc etc ask your parents what happens] then Rebecca was born (16 years ago obviously).
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lol. That last page was epic. What a way to "defeat" sugar and break her hold over the toys.
Also Colosseum battle looked pretty epic, they're wrecking up the place
Mmm… funny last page but far from epic.
I didn't like that idea. We already have 1 Buggy...
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Riku: "are you a beast ?"
With this flashback I got my answer, the guy cut his leg without any hesitation! Epic!
But obviously not as epic as the amazing last panel!
My only issue is the role of Diamante. Really weird. -
That last page while funny, in the grande scheme, is lame. I was complaining about the flashbacks but this week it was cute and I was actually more invested in that than Ussop's so called "victory," or more of Sugar's self defeat. I'm not going to even say it's a victory in the sense that he won the fight, sugar knocked herself out. At least this means they'll have allies. I like the idea that Ussop's lie about thousands of followers will come true.
I Agree. Lame.
I wish Ussop would get the followers and fame because something actually epic.Now we have Buggy 2.0.
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Not sure what's pathetic about losing to a Trebol & Sugar combo. Please explain.
He doesn't need any balls, when this end is so much better/funnier than anything predicted by the readers. It's nice to see that Oda keeps being Oda from the beginning to the end of the series. It's a comedy series after all.
There's a huge difference between winning in spite of getting your ass kicked and winning BY getting your ass kicked. Usopp didn't outsmart anyone, he didn't demonstrate any clever abilities, he got pummeled and humiliated and won through random chance.
And this is exactly what plenty of people predicted. Sugar would lose without ever being hurt, because that's what Oda tends to do with cute female villains. But when you look at how they end up at the end of his chapter, it just seems wrong.
Usopp, the hero in this situation, is left battered and in incredible pain. Sugar, the sadistic villain who helped plunge this kingdom into chaos, got spooked and fainted from fear, but is otherwise unharmed. Where's her beating? Where's her retribution? Why does her appearance exempt her from the treatment most other villains receive? This sort of thing doesn't happen to the male villains, and it's still an obvious weakness in Oda's writing.
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all right i liked the flashback, the last page got me da fuq? but that has been discussed enough by now^^
but there's something thats been going through my mind for the past chapters, now even more when it was shown how cruel sugars Df really is, with the whole part about kyros and scarlets last moments with her not even knowing who he is.
i know this is one piece but i cant stop thinking that now there should be a scene like this again just with sugar instead of cavendish…!
i mean some of those people were trapped there for years.
and there's got to be some more pirates or "bad guys" between them, i cant imagine that this tournament with foreign participants was a one time thing… so the first thing that would come to my mind would be kill that girl, just throw her in the water or something like that, got to be sure that wont happen again -
You know what ? Sugar fainting from watching Usopp's face is just too easy, I think she got knocked out by someone else, someone using CH…
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The flashback felt really rushed again! What was the point making Scarlett hate Kyros initially if she just forgave him in few panels?
I think it was because Oda wanted to show how much (Scarlett) loved him (Kyros). At first she hates him and after the rescue she all of sudden wants to fake her own death just to be able to marry him. It made the death of Scarlett more impactful and emotional for Kyros.
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Usopp has now awakened Haki through an even more traumatic event than Coby:ninja:
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Wow. This chapter had everything. I don't care who makes fun of me for it, but as I read the line, 'My tin hands can't even feel the warmth of her dying body", tears rolled down my cheeks. Fuckin' epic stuff, Oda.
No one will dare to make fun of your didine tears, RD. For the record, I couldn't hold my tears back too.
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There's a huge difference between winning in spite of getting your ass kicked and winning BY getting your ass kicked. Usopp didn't outsmart anyone, he didn't demonstrate any clever abilities, he got pummeled and humiliated and won through random chance.He has shown bravery, that's worth a thousand times more than winning despite having no real chance of beating those two. Usopp would have needed a DeusExMachina to win, thank based Oda he has not, that's another mangakas forte.
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There's a huge difference between winning in spite of getting your ass kicked and winning BY getting your ass kicked. Usopp didn't outsmart anyone, he didn't demonstrate any clever abilities, he got pummeled and humiliated and won through random chance.
And this is exactly what plenty of people predicted. Sugar would lose without ever being hurt, because that's what Oda tends to do with cute female villains. But when you look at how they end up at the end of his chapter, it just seems wrong.
Usopp, the hero in this situation, is left battered and in incredible pain. Sugar, the sadistic villain who helped plunge this kingdom into chaos, got spooked and fainted from fear, but is otherwise unharmed. Where's her beating? Where's her retribution? Why does her appearance exempt her from the treatment most other villains receive? This sort of thing doesn't happen to the male villains, and it's still an obvious weakness in Oda's writing.
She's going to have some mental scars for a long time which is worse than a physical beating. It's a nice contrast to Diamante telling Rebecca about her mother to "attack" her which in turn makes Bartolomeo's physical attack barrier useless. As for Ussop, he didn't have some masterplan to take care of Trebol. He only returned becuase the dwarves were being crushed while calling out his name. It was a spur of the moment type of thing that he did without any plan whatsoever.
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Don't bring it up, if you don't even dare to discuss the topic… You can criticize, but can't bear with critique yourself?
If you want so badly to convince me that any of those things are true then you can start the discussion yourself.
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You know what ? Sugar fainting from watching Usopp's face is just too easy, I think she got knocked out by someone else, someone using CH…
Toy Meadows obviously
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I guess I misinterpreted Senor Pink those several chapters ago, he seemed annoyed that the marines showed up so I assumed that it would be a fight on all three sides. But it seems like they just ganged Franky :(
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You know, if Usopp didn't come back and try to fight Sugar and Trebol, he never would have been in a position to get "lucky" and KO Sugar. Really, no one's saying anything about this?
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I found the ending funny and enjoying, One Piece style, however, i would indeed prefer for Usopp to outmaneuver Sugar in some way, I'll make myself a favor and remember this scene like this:
Sugar comes up to Usopp taunting him "so you wanted to use this poison to take me out huh?", Usopp streches his tongue and swallows the Tabasco ball on purpose to scare her with his face.
Very slight change, but makes a world of a difference to me at least, it would also make a funny panel with Usopp streching his tongue and grabbing the ball out of Sugar's hand
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He has shown bravery, that's worth a thousand times more than winning despite having no real chance of beating those two. Usopp would have needed a DeusExMachina to win, thank based Oda he has not, that's another mangakas forte.
Agreed. People like confusing bravery with courage.
In my opinion, he already redeemed himself last chapter with growth that is apparently subtle for most people. Also, it's not that Sugar is female, it's because she's a kid. Doesn't matter that she's supposed to be older chronologically but she's a kid, she stopped growing. Think about how Usopp handles kids and not Luffy. We've seen one of Usopp's many talents are making creepy/stupid faces, this face makes those faces from before look like nothing - add fire out of nowhere and I'm pretty sure it can surprise a child. Did I find it funny? Yes. Did I like it? Not really. (..or you know it could be CoC :ninja:)
Odds were already WAY against Usopp when he started fighting though, Trebol is still a serious threat so it's fine he lost as long as he got the job done.
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You know, if Usopp didn't come back and try to fight Sugar and Trebol, he never would have been in a position to get "lucky" and KO Sugar. Really, no one's saying anything about this?
It seems that many don't realize that Ussop returning was his 'heroic' moment. Whether he won or lost, he already did something courageous and that's why he has earned his followers. He's not like a Buggy 2.0 who is basically getting followers becuase him getting credit for what others did. Regardless of what occured, Ussop is the one who defeated Sugar.
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People shouldn't take the ending too seriously. Remember this manga started as a bit of a gag manga and it will always be in its DNA. If you expected anything different from Usopp, whose entire character is based on silly shit like this, you have only yourself to blame.
Personally, I loved how it was handled. It was well in line with both the spirit of the manga and the strengths of the combatants.
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So I guess it is likely that Robin and Koala (team revolutionaries) are going to go up against the 3 officers at the entrance?
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Where's her beating? Where's her retribution? Why does her appearance exempt her from the treatment most other villains receive? This sort of thing doesn't happen to the male villains, and it's still an obvious weakness in Oda's writing.
His weakness is that he doesn't let characters physically hurt women? Physical punishment is supposed to be promoted? You've got some weird world view. You also liked how Ace way physically beaten in ID for being a pirate? How prisoners are tortured? Oo
Let me remind you how Usopp won the last fight, compare Persona to Sugar: http://www.mangareader.net/103-2573-11/one-piece/chapter-466.html
Usopp could have fought for ten minutes, we might never know, he could have used dials, different kinds of Pop Greens, but we did not have to see that, as it didn't matter. All that was of matter, was that SOP would go through and that's exactly what was achieved. -
How many of you people will bet against this…
Next chapter will be either about Sanji or Zoro vs Pica...anyway something where Oda won't show the toys turned back to normal.Hope so… I want to know what's going on with Sanji.
The sense of danger the is huge there... they are against a Yonkou with her crew...
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His weakness is that he doesn't let characters physically hurt women. Physical punishment is supposed to be promoted? You've got some weird world view. You also liked how Ace way physically beaten in ID for being a pirate? How prisoners are tortured? Oo
This is also an important point. Usopp's enemy was not only a female, but one that looks like a little girl. Oda couldn't show her getting brutalized. Well, he could, but people need to manage expectations.
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Hope so… I want to know what's going on with Sanji.
The sense of danger the is huge there... they are against a Yonkou with her crew...
It would make sense to reveal what happened to Sanji and the others after the end of the arc. Not right now which should just be focused on reaching Dressrosa's climax.
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It seems that many don't realize that Ussop returning was his 'heroic' moment. Whether he won or lost, he already did something courageous and that's why he has earned his followers. He's not like a Buggy 2.0 who is basically getting followers becuase him getting credit for what others did. Regardless of what occured, Ussop is the one who defeated Sugar.
No, he didn't defeated Sugar. He lost. Plain and square, there is no reason to twist that end into some sort of victory. It was simply dumb luck and he will be "getting followers becuase him getting credit for what others did" (in his case is "for what no one did").
HOWEVER, I don't think people should be angry at Usopp or Oda because, from what we saw, Usopp tried everything he could and failed. You can see his weapons on the ground, he is completely beaten down, immobilized.
If, like Buggy, he ended up taking credits for defeating Sugar without doing anything at all and just cowering in the corner, I would be angry at how Oda handled things as well. But it is not the case, Usopp did everything he could, he was simply not strong enough, so he already proved his worth.Getting a "victory" and followers out of luck after all that is simply a bonus, not something that nullifies his efforts.
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Well, I'm not too bummed out by this conclusion and found it quite funny as well, but I find it interesting how we only see Sugar start to tumble. I hope I'm not raising hopes for some of you for something that might not happen, but what if Sugar's actually able to hold on last second. Then setting to a flashback showcasing Usopp's defeat, just so Sugar steps into his final trap, really knocking her out this time. Or even less likely, what if Usopp figures out somehow that one of the toys is one of his crewmembers (for example by Trebol beforehand listing the names of the Straw Hat Pirates, mentioning there's no Usopp under them, and by that he puts his knowledge on Sugar's fruit & the name "Nico Robin" together) and cries for her to use this chance to knock her out.
Unlikely, but not impossible. :XAnd yeah, didn't like the skipped stuff too - with what I mean the Usopp & Franky stuff. I don't think Oda skipped too much of the colosseum there, since everything that has happened since last time was Bartolomeo defending Rebecca and Sabo dodging some of Burgess' attacks. I'm also hopeful that Franky & even Usopp get other fights later on, since there are just so many Doflamingo Family members left to defeat.
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Really like the callback to Little Garden with Kyros cutting off his leg to free himself, just like Zoro was going to do.
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usopp and sugar… what the freck was that ?!!
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There's a huge difference between winning in spite of getting your ass kicked and winning BY getting your ass kicked. Usopp didn't outsmart anyone, he didn't demonstrate any clever abilities, he got pummeled and humiliated and won through random chance.
And this is exactly what plenty of people predicted. Sugar would lose without ever being hurt, because that's what Oda tends to do with cute female villains. But when you look at how they end up at the end of his chapter, it just seems wrong.
Usopp, the hero in this situation, is left battered and in incredible pain. Sugar, the sadistic villain who helped plunge this kingdom into chaos, got spooked and fainted from fear, but is otherwise unharmed. Where's her beating? Where's her retribution? Why does her appearance exempt her from the treatment most other villains receive? This sort of thing doesn't happen to the male villains, and it's still an obvious weakness in Oda's writing.
While that's true, that's not the main issue here. I mean, look at his fight with Perona. She was also a sadistic, cute and female villain who in the end wasn't really hurt at the end but still tested Usopp. It was still a challenge that Usopp overcame with his wits and his cleverness and was pretty satisfying for me.
Here, Usopp accomplishes absolutely NOTHING by himself with his abilities. I don't even mind that Sugar didn't get roughed up because that just pales in comparison to the fact that Usopp was completely useless in the entirety of operation SOP
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No, he didn't defeated Sugar. He lost. Plain and square, there is no reason to twist that end into some sort of victory. It was simply dumb luck and he will be "getting followers becuase him getting credit for what others did" (in his case is "for what no one did").
HOWEVER, I don't think people should be angry at Usopp or Oda because, from what we saw, Usopp tried everything he could and failed. You can see his weapons on the ground, he is completely beaten down, immobilized.
If, like Buggy, he ended up taking credits for defeating Sugar without doing anything at all and just cowering in the corner, I would be angry at how Oda handled things as well. But it is not the case, Usopp did everything he could, he was simply not strong enough, so he already proved his worth.Getting a "victory" and followers out of luck after all that is simply a bonus, not something that nullifies his efforts.
16 characterss of what this guy said. /claps
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The major problem here is literally anyone else could have replaced Ussop, anyone other character at all, and made that same gag expression from ingesting that same spicy sauce, and the result would have been identical to Sugar fainting. We thought that this was going to be a character-specific moment for Ussop and Ussop alone (like a particular technique or strategy that only he was capable of doing and thus rightfully earning the victory) and it flat out failed.
Ussop didn't earn this victory. He was conveniently bailed out of sudden death due to idiotic gag-based shenanigans he had no control or say over.
It's a Hollow victory. A win without meaning. There's no actual substance behind it, only vapid luck.
"But it's just like the fight with Perona Rogue, he won by scaring her too and that was also just a silly gag!!!"
No. No, it's not. The two aren't even remotely similar.
Those fake, plastic toy cockroaches that were crawling all over Perona? that was a deliberately planned attack by Ussop (the "Cockroach Star") same as his inflatable 10-Ton rubber Hammer (the "Ussop Golden Pound"). Again, both of those were clever techniques used to psychologically terrify Perona into unconsciousness. He was clearly outmatched by Perona's ghost abilities, but remained level-headed, thought the situation through, and had a clever strategy that matched his personality and capabilities to outwit her using various Halloween props. He had to prevail in that fight because, due to his overly pessimistic personality, he was the only Strawhat capable of facing Perona and staying immune to her negative ghosts. Should he have failed, Perona would have absolutely hunted down the rest of the crew and easily captured them. Zoro, Sanji, and Franky were all counting on him to succeed, and he did not let them down.
Here in Dressrosa? He spends the majority of his time in the underworld acting the coward (to the point of being frightened of useless Doflamingo underling fodder) and constantly planning to drop the dwarves like an ugly baby and leaving them to their fate while making a run for it if the plans goes south. When he actually does, he lays the blame for his cowardice squarely on Franky for giving him too difficult a task. When he finally mans up and returns to the dwarves aid, he gives him a much bravado-filled speech as to how he'll become - through hell or high water - the legendary hero they desperately need and prepares to face off against Trebol and Sugar. Cut to Ussop being absolutely mauled into unconsciousness without the slightest sign of physical damage or exhaustion on Trebol's part. Instead of simply turning their hero "Usoland" into a toy before the dwarves' eyes and further crushing their hopes into despair while simultaneously adding him to Doflamingo's workforce (a much more sadistic option) or instead of simply letting Trebol squash him, Sugar decides to plant the Tabasco-ball in Ussop's mouth and (she believes) poison him. What follows is Ussop's reaction to the spicy Tabasco and Sugar fainting. The key difference here is to remember that Ussop was beaten into literal unconsciousness. He had absolutely no control over his face-fault. It was not a strategy he had planned nor counted on. It was not even a clever ruse he improvised on the spot when he was backed into a corner by Trebol's strength. It was utterly and completely INCIDENTAL. A side-effect of Sugar's own meddling. Had Sugar not gave Ussop the Tabasco and merely thrown it away when she thought it was Poison, Ussop WOULD BE FUCKED. The Dwarves, Toys, Kyros, and Robin WOULD BE FUCKED. In Dressrosa, far more individuals were counting on Ussop to succeed than back on Thriller Bark, and he completely let them all down. He lost miserably and was saved by random happenstance chance.
"but Rogue, you didn't honestly expect him to beat Trebol did you lol? Trebol's like on the same power level as Pica and Diamante"
Did I expect Ussop to manhandle Trebol? No. Did I expect Ussop to cleverly use a new technique to KO Trebol? No.
What I did expect though is for Ussop to use his creativity and ingenuity to exploit Trebol's weaknesses. Remember a couple chapters back when Trebol told Leo that his sticky ooze is dangerously highly flammable? Yeah, I expected Ussop to capitalize on that. For all of Trebol's strength, perhaps being covered in FIRE and hit with a chain-reaction of explosions wouldn't have put him down for the count, but it would have momentarily preoccupied his limited attention span long enough for Ussop to legitimately defeat Sugar via a long-range distance slingshot attack. Thus Ussop actually deserving the victory and leaving Trebol for the newly-freed Coliseum gladiators to exact their sweet vengeance upon.
This chapter annoyed the piss out of me.
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If you want so badly to convince me that any of those things are true then you can start the discussion yourself.
This thread is the discussion, you participate by posting something and allow others to reply to your post.
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No, he didn't defeated Sugar. He lost. Plain and square, there is no reason to twist that end into some sort of victory. It was simply dumb luck and he will be "getting followers becuase him getting credit for what others did" (in his case is "for what no one did").
Call it what you want to call it. Sugar is down due to the reaction of "Ussop's" face. His nose is also what sells the scary face look. The victory is directly related to Ussop. Now if Sugar tripped and fell with the Tabassaco falling into her mouth then you can claim it was dumb luck since that isn't related to Ussop at all. Or Leo ate the Tabassaco but Ussop gets the credit/followers since he was the one heard talking making him a Buggy 2.0.
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Remember, if you're a SH getting the shit beat out of you means nothing until the arc is over lol. We haven't really had a situation like this since….Thriller Bark? Usopp and Franky will make other contributions in Dressrosa
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Thing is… the Strawhats are aiming for the top, to take down the yonkous and face the WG admirals, and here we have Usopp being beaten to a pulp and getting deus ex machined out of a dire situation.
What did he gain in the time skip years? Some courage to face an opponent he knew he couldnt beat, but not enough skills to support his crew. Same goes for Franky, whom I would expect him to be over Pacifista's level.
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I tend to agree, it was a first hint at conquerors haki.
Othern than that, Oda has the problem of too many characters post time skip.
With too many characters you just cant tell the story with sufficient pace in a weekly manga.
And making things worse, he introduces more and more characters. For example CP0. Totally unnecessary.The CP0 were just there to be introduced. They don't really count as they only played a minimal role.
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While that's true, that's not the main issue here. I mean, look at his fight with Perona. She was also a sadistic, cute and female villain who in the end wasn't really hurt at the end but still tested Usopp. It was still a challenge that Usopp overcame with his wits and his cleverness and was pretty satisfying for me.
Here, Usopp accomplishes absolutely NOTHING by himself with his abilities. I don't even mind that Sugar didn't get roughed up because that just pales in comparison to the fact that Usopp was completely useless in the entirety of operation SOP
Difference is Perona was by herself. Ussop here is facing an OP (compared to Ussop) Trebol while Sugar watches on.
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Not sure what's pathetic about losing to a Trebol & Sugar combo. Please explain.
He doesn't need any balls, when this end is so much better/funnier than anything predicted by the readers. It's nice to see that Oda keeps being Oda from the beginning to the end of the series. It's a comedy series after all.
Too bad, I couldn't stop.
I don't understand how people can hate the series for what it always was…
It's the ''i can't stand reading 1 chapter per week'' syndrome
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HOWEVER, I don't think people should be angry at Usopp or Oda because, from what we saw, Usopp tried everything he could and failed. You can see his weapons on the ground, he is completely beaten down, immobilized.
If, like Buggy, he ended up taking credits for defeating Sugar without doing anything at all and just cowering in the corner, I would be angry at how Oda handled things as well. But it is not the case, Usopp did everything he could, he was simply not strong enough, so he already proved his worth.It's still disappointing that the in his first real challenge after the Time-skip, Usopp turns out to still be completely outclassed. Also, it would have been nice if the battle was shown, if we saw Usopp trying his best against them both. I'm worried that Usopp might not even get any real accomplishments in Dressrosa with the way things are right now. He might recover and end up having a real fight against someone or something but seems unlikely at this point.
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Thing is… the Strawhats are aiming for the top, to take down the yonkous and face the WG admirals, and here we have Usopp being beaten to a pulp and getting deus ex machined out of a dire situation.
What did he gain in the time skip years? Some courage to face an opponent he knew he couldnt beat, but not enough skills to support his crew. Same goes for Franky, whom I would expect him to be over Pacifista's level.
Ussop was facing an opponent (Trebol) that was someone that only one of the monster trio could handle. Franky was getting gangbanged by 3 Officers and a VA with a bunch of marines. The odds were heavily stacked against there favor. Yes the SH will face Marine Admirals and Yonkous but the ones who will be facing those level of opponents are the monster trio. Not Franky/Ussop.
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While that's true, that's not the main issue here. I mean, look at his fight with Perona. She was also a sadistic, cute and female villain who in the end wasn't really hurt at the end but still tested Usopp. It was still a challenge that Usopp overcame with his wits and his cleverness and was pretty satisfying for me.
Here, Usopp accomplishes absolutely NOTHING by himself with his abilities. I don't even mind that Sugar didn't get roughed up because that just pales in comparison to the fact that Usopp was completely useless in the entirety of operation SOP
Again, how would you know if he didn't use everything he had at his disposal and only end up cought after a harsh fight against Trebol and her? We didn't see what happened since Oda skipped the whole fight, so all you are basing this on is your fantasy so far.
What did he gain in the time skip years? Some courage to face an opponent he knew he couldnt beat, but not enough skills to support his crew. Same goes for Franky, whom I would expect him to be over Pacifista's level.
The courage was the most important feat he needed to gain. Usopp will always stay a normal human, the weakest of the SHs. What do people actually expect from him? Beating a massively powerful and hax DF user out of nowhere? Bahaha.
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Thanks Rogue for summing it up!
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Remember, if you're a SH getting the shit beat out of you means nothing until the arc is over lol. We haven't really had a situation like this since….Thriller Bark? Usopp and Franky will make other contributions in Dressrosa
I really hope you're right.
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It's still disappointing that the in his first real challenge after the Time-skip, Usopp turns out to still be completely outclasses. Also, it would have been nice if the battle was shown, if he saw Usopp trying his best against them both. I'm worried that Usopp might not even get any real accomplishments in Dressrosa with the way things are right now. He might recover and end up having a real fight against someone or something but seems unlikely at this point.
Why, just to show it? Ussop was totally out of his league here. He'll just be shown getting his assed kicked for a whole chapter. I guess…................that would be fun to see.
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I was hoping for an end of the chapter, like this one, and it was awesome…it was like such a WTF moment and so random, but still...
BTW, what is the chance that the next chapter switches to Sanji and the others? How many chapters has it been since then anyway
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It's still disappointing that the in his first real challenge after the Time-skip, Usopp turns out to still be completely outclasses. Also, it would have been nice if the battle was shown, if we saw Usopp trying his best against them both. I'm worried that Usopp might not even get any real accomplishments in Dressrosa with the way things are right now. He might recover and end up having a real fight against someone or something but seems unlikely at this point.
I believe it all boils down to what you wanted from Usopp.
Some (me included) are happy to see him doing his best and fighting to the end. This is nothing new, he already did it before, sure, but after how he shamed himself in this arc he had to get his things back together even if it meant just repeating past efforts.
Others (you included, I suppose) want to see Usopp shine, acheive things and be developed beyond what was already shown. I think you guys are right in wanting to see this, but it just happens now was not the time for it.
Normally I would be on the second group, but after Oda lowered the bar so much for Usopp in this arc, I also lowered my expectations for him so am more than happy to see Usopp simply reverting to his old "brave noble coward" self.
I agree that Oda could have prevented that by showing his fight. If we actually SAW Usopp trying probably no one would complain if he lost in the end. But maybe Oda doesn't want to show the full extent of the SH abilities yet, so that's why he opted to offscreen Usopp and Franky.
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(Kyros and Scarlet falling in love -> her funeral??)
That was the joke.
"If I cannot live with this man, I will die." –> Cue funeral.