@Soul_Bassist23:
He drains the moisture the moisture out of wood doors to make sand right? That seemed like it wasn't a standard ability of the Suna Suna no Mi…or am I completely off base here lol
I agree as this isn't falling under creating/ recreating/ generating like the other logias. It's more like reducing by touch/ changing into base elements/ changing into something else. And what really bothers me in this instance is in bold ^^^^, as at the very least this ability shouldn't be so instantaneously effective no matter what the size, and who/ what/ where/ how of the materials. It makes it less about the reducing to sand, and more like 'everything sand' ray/ beam/ touch.
Would like more the concept of quicksand explored with his abilities though. Seems a lot of options there.
@sabinis:
On second thought if Luffy takes as much of a beating as Doffy then it might hint that Doflamingo before getting hit by Gamma Knife would defeat Luffy.
So as I think that Luffy will of course get into near deth situation in last bit of a fight, it will be because of how dangerous Doflamingo is even with his basic moves and how dangerous his devil fruit ability is.
Perhaps Doflamingo was not immobilizing G4 Luffy during their fight because CoA hardening covering around half of Luffys body was protecting him from thin, invisible strings that Doflamingo uses to immobilize his enemies.
Or maybe it is CoC haki thing as there is possibility that with CoC Luffy could escape Mingos string trap. I expect that string trap being used by Doffy in last bit of fight.
Referring to the 1st and 2nd sentence scenarios, wouldn't they both actually equally pretty much hint that either DD could have won if not for Gamma Knife, and, or, that had he used some of these simplistic killer moves earlier; he would have been won sooner rather than just now?
Unless you see Luffy's ….
"Exhaustion/ time/ getting comfortable in the battle's "pace"" as the main " explained" reasons such deadly moves couldn't be as effective anywhere earlier in the fight?
@Don:
That countdown won`t come to zero, because that would mean that all the people and stuff would be concentrated at the center, without having room to fight.
Also Zoro is going to stop it in the next chapter anyways.
Well everything seems to point to even Zoro not stopping it, but just delaying it, or buying some time some way.
@Tyrano:
I thought 20 minutes thing was 20 minutes since the birdcage started to shrink.
Thought it could be referring to the events of the last 2 chapters, and up till page 11 as well, meaning it was more like 25 - 30 minutes, (assuming they took somewhere between 5 - 10 minutes fighting since first initiating the BC - to page 11), since that time + the 20 minutes. Could also be supported by how much the BC is at from the drawing; assuming the closer it gets the faster it might move, the pic on page 12 looks about just the smaller inner half of the island is left.
It's funny though, for 1 of the biggest "final opponents" in an arc, in the series; this'll become 1 of the most restricted fights. From hits/ strikes island wide, to hits/ strikes in a little 'fight club' circle surrounded by the rest of the island survivors, and the BC.
Nice contrast Oda.
Wonder if any1 will even bother to save the DD crew embers who have fallen?
Would be kind of fitting for them to be intentionally, or not, cut down by the leader they had so much faith in, kinda just like Bellamy.
@RomanceDawn:
Agreed. When we first found out that Akainu and Aokiji changed the environment permanently I thought it sounded cool but to create an active volcano just seemed like too much. It really didn't sit well with me. Now however I can totally buy it if it came from an awakened ability, it just makes more sense now. Still not sure how I feel about awakens abilities as a whole but if it explains creating a working volcano that last for years then ok I'm more open to the idea.
Is that really that hard to believe though? As the living magma, all Akainu would need is to start off underground and a raised "erupted earth" opening, with the slightly "cooler" lava on top. And as something that could probably alter his temp at will/ or differing levels of rage, shouldn't this be pretty complicated, yet easy/ simple for him to do given time?