@Nebuelaeus:
Just to try and get back on topic. about fuji's inaction:
I've seen some people in the thread talking about how he could excuse his behavior (or i guess lack of it) by saying he was not sure whether he was permitted to do something since dofla is a shichibukai. I understand that not doing anything is probably his best option to get rid of the warlords, seeing as letting the situation get worse highlights the problem with allowing pirates to work for the government. But I thought that one of the conditions of being a Warlord is that you can only prey on fellow pirates and other criminals. They aren't allowed to attack citizens or marines, right?
Fuji knows that Dofla is doing both, so hasn't he sort of 'broken his contract', to put it one way. he technically shouldn't be a warlord anymore right? Fuji should be free to do whatever he wants to him.
Well the War shows they're allowed to attack Marines, and being super technical Sugar's ability isn't really "attacking", it's just affecting. She changes them, but technically does not "harm" them in a definitive physical way.
Also they are still allowed to still pirate, 1 would think not necessarily on WG Associated lands, or peoples, but if that's the case not sure where they're picking out their targets and if any still pirating Shichibukai actually listened to that one, because they always seem like they're doing their business relatively 'close'.
@Nebuelaeus:
I would agree with you on that. I'm just saying that it seems like a lot of people from this thread have been neglecting the fact that what Doflamingo has been doing would permit Fuji to attack him when trying to make their points.
Except what do we know, what do we really know about what it would take in the OPU to remove some1 who has both the protection afforded by being an Original 20 Kingdoms ruler, and a Shichibukai; if it's never happened before?
Way I see it, DD has garnered himself the ultimate version of "diplomatic immunity" in the OPU, and the blackmail, and underworld ties he has just serve to shore up his chances in case the Marines get bolder or overwrite their own rules.
@Mr.:
I don't think Doflamingo will even go the way of Crocodile. He still has that ace up his sleeve, the blackmail or whatever he has on the Celestial Dragons. If he's arrested, he'll just be quietly pardoned or such. He already had a family member on the inside, who knows what kind of strings he can pull (har har) to get off on probation. He sure as heck won't go to Impel Down. Though at least arresting him will get him off Dressrosa and divert his attentions elsewhere.
With Fujitora it's hard to say exactly what he'll do. He may manage to stay neutral throughout all of this or he might go a little rogue like Smoker did. Unlike Smoker, though he seems more likely to stick with the WGs orders no matter how reluctantly.
I think it's the fellow pirates and outlaws he has more to worry about. At least the few capable of standing up to him. Especially now that his underworld syndicate is near collapse. Certainly a vacuum a rival pirate crew would try and take advantage of.
Agreed, as well as with seeing as how so regularly and easily the Nobles showed up o the slave auction, and possibly other underworld brokering related businesses, at the very least he might be capable of influencing a fair amount to at least not rule against him, or be 'neutral'.
@Darth:
Yeah, it's basicaly time saver.
Heh, imagine the final war, if everybody with Conqueror's used theirs at the same time? And instead of massive war we would have bunch of duels among unconscious people foaming from their mouths?
Man, that would be uneasy ground to fight on, wouldn't it. Burgess would got instantly defeated by it… :ninja:
Also, I've only counted one. When Ace was saved by Luffy's. What do you consider other two? Have I missed something...?
The very time you mentioned where DD also seemed to display it to get out of AoKiji's ice in time.
The time Shanks was effecting the WB ship, and the subsequent clash with WB; the sky splitting seems like a multiplied effect of what happened when Luffy, and Don clashed.
The other semi mysterious use was seemingly an unknown core power/ energy to draw from even when Luffy should've been drained against Monet's powers on PH.
And then WG was like "Yeah, Buster Call. And to make sure nobody gets out alive, sent in Sakazuki too."
Dead men tell no tales.
Which is the problem, isn't it? You are all acting as if cover up was impossible, but at the same time you forget WG killed at least two Islands whole to protect itself.
I mean… I get the argument, but it just isn't really rational within the context of the series.
A Buster Call on an isolated island, where pretty much only it's residents reside, is quite different from the situation in Dressrosa. Hell even EL was similar and look how 1 ship eluded that.
Now imagine BirdCage removed and all those escaping ships, then add the fact that you have royalty and important figures from other countries/ kingdoms that according to you they will just slaughter, ( while no longer toys means people knew exactly where they were last, and whose likely to blame), all this and more makes your idea of a Buster Call seem just equally not really rational within the context of the series.
Not to add you're proposed ^^^^Buster Call only works in a highly coordinated situation, timing, and communication between parties, and the Marines on Dressrosa have just been out of contact for at most a few hours; marines might be good but even you can say they can't accurately predict an entire situation they can't see, (and apparently only had the slightest idea about), and formulate a plan to stop it with a poorly coordinated Buster Call, and seriously think it will work anywhere near how well you're indicating it will in the above post?
Come on…
And if they're still too much of a chance some or even a majority could escape, why do it at all? Hell just giving DD back the reigns to his country seem the more logical path than Buster Calling Dressrosrosa.
Put simply, Eradicating this island at this time not only doesn't eliminate the problem; it draws more attention to the problem, which is the opposite of solving the problem.
@Darth:
How the fuck did the corruption of the goverment allowed takeover of Dressrosa!?
How the fuck, people voting for it or not, could the WG/ Marines not just reject a Shichibukai ruling not only a nation, not only a WG Member nation, but also a WG Founding Nation with great ties thruout the WG? (Blackmailing not included in the excuse, because if it is, just further proves the point.)
@Darth:
Ah.
So I guess he will just go back to being the King of Dressrosa then.
@Galaxy:
No?
The point is that the Marines aren't doing something right now because it's a tricky situation. If he's going to be arrested, for the sake of plot convenience, it isn't going to be cleared by the upper levels of the government until after his defeat.
There's also the chance of him running away, and then being on the run from Kaido.
Just out of curiosity, was there some part I missed?
When was he ever actually removed from being King?