So what do you guys think, will we see the first new world bounty increase for at least Luffy, or will the world government try to cover up every last bit of what happened at Dressrosa?
5oo mil. i would say or even more
Chapter 790: "Heaven and Earth"
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Fuji is just a true gambler he waited until the last river card came and won the bet lol .
I hope Oda gives more insight into everything but we might have to wait until Reverie happens to see the full effect. -
He was also seen to be the most caring for citizens of all Admirals and is letting 'die' with the Birdcage instead of whatever it is he is trying to do at this point. It doesn't make any sense, but if you want to justify it in your head no one is going to stop you.
Who the hell died in the Birdcage? Everyone ended up being saved by Mansherry or Riku's speech and joined to push the cage. And as I said, we still haven't had a full explanation for Fujitora. He's been cryptic and vague this whole time. I'll wait for the whole picture to see if it makes sense, but people can't complain that they weren't expecting this. It was thrown at our faces and made clear early on that Fuji wasn't going to do anything relevant. He's just been running around saving random people as we saw with the little kid.
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Fujitora wants to abolish the Shichibukai, making a Shichibukai take the blame for destroying an entire country seems to be a good way to do it, hes being a little extreme by doing nothing till basicly his limit, when he started saving citizens and is now helping with the birdcage situation but to me him letting Doflamingo do this shit is pretty obvious.
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If it was so simple, nobody would have problems with it in a first place…
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Who the hell died in the Birdcage? Everyone ended up being saved by Mansherry or Riku's speech and joined to push the cage. And as I said, we still haven't had a full explanation for Fujitora. He's been cryptic and vague this whole time. I'll wait for the whole picture to see if it makes sense, but people can't complain that they weren't expecting this. It was thrown at our faces and made clear early on that Fuji wasn't going to do anything relevant. He's just been running around saving random people as we saw with the little kid.
The only thing that's been relevant is that he's an inconsistent plot point that constantly takes me out of the story when he is getting panel time. There is nothing that can explain why one cares for the people so much and doesn't stop the one attack that kills them. Birdcage should have killed many people right now and the only reason it likely hasn't is because characters don't die in One Piece. Dressrosa is a country, not even a town that everyone can get away from it. That doesn't make the event make any more sense. Fuji is lucky Rebecca is in this arc so he can't win worst character of the arc award.
But like I said, it must be nice to live in the bubble.
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Interference does not completely cut off the signal, which is what is happening on Dressrosa. There is a difference between distorting the signal, and silencing every single transmiter on the Island.
It seems obvious to me that the birdcage is also acting like a Faraday cage against whatever signals the Den Den Mushi use to communicate, blocking any communications between the inside and the outside.
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So what do you guys think, will we see the first new world bounty increase for at least Luffy, or will the world government try to cover up every last bit of what happened at Dressrosa?
Definitely Luffy, Zoro and Usopp.
They showcased their new skills right in front of the marines and Fuji doesn´t want to cover this incident anyways.Unrevealed: Loki/Rocks/the man marked by flames/Im-san
Island: Elbaf/Raftel/GodValley
Unresolved: Weevil´s plan/Joy-Boy/Zunisha´s story/Rocks flashback/Void Century/Rioponeglyph/Uranus/the D.clan
DFWind/Metal/Acid/Liquid/Time-Stop
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Akainu: Isshou, how strong are Luffy and his crew?
Fuji: Didn't see.
Ohh you, no you didn´t^^
But to pinpoint the new bounty he might roll the dice.
Gambler from the bottom of his heart (he also had a lot of money on Luffy) just like some teachers in my old school when they gave me my grades :( -
I'm not selling Luffy short. It's just my opinion that nothing excuses Dofla not using attacks he had used against other opponents or suddenly resorting to simple attack patterns. Don't know if it's Oda getting fatigued a little or is it just me asking too much (can't just be that) but something is deffinitely not right. And I know it's not only me.
Basic attacks wouldn't really do anything against Luffy in Gear 4th.
Gear 4th has superior hand-to-hand, Haki armor and is faster.
Also, I'm sure Oda wouldn't enjoy drawing Doula using the same moves over and over again. This is common in comics and animation.
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You think Dofla isn't able to wrap strings around someone's limb and then pull both ends to cut it off? I can be pretty certain.
He could, but that would be easy to defend with Haki.
Feel the thing wrapping around your limb, then harden.
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The only thing that's been relevant is that he's an inconsistent plot point that constantly takes me out of the story when he is getting panel time. There is nothing that can explain why one cares for the people so much and doesn't stop the one attack that kills them. Birdcage should have killed many people right now and the only reason it likely hasn't is because characters don't die in One Piece. Dressrosa is a country, not even a town that everyone can get away from it. That doesn't make the event make any more sense. Fuji is lucky Rebecca is in this arc so he can't win worst character of the arc award.
But like I said, it must be nice to live in the bubble.
For Usopp's sake, can you stop with the bubble crap? I said it was a consistent point. It was established in the middle of the arc and it's been that way ever since. We should have known he was going to be like this since chapter 735. I'm not giving my opinion, I'm not saying his mode of action or motives make sense. All I'm saying is that Oda established that Fujitora was going to do absolutely nothing relevant and he's followed that right until the end. He bet on Luffy and his allies and he won the bet. Does it make sense? Probably not. Was it consistent? Yes, it was.
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Basic attacks wouldn't really do anything against Luffy in Gear 4th.
Gear 4th has superior hand-to-hand, Haki armor and is faster.
Also, I'm sure Oda wouldn't enjoy drawing Doula using the same moves over and over again. This is common in comics and animation.
But Dofla didn't know that. Does it make sense for him to just roll over after some kick bounced off Luffy? Where's that kick that sliced his palace tower? Could have at least tried to aim bullet strings towards Luffy's torso, or tried to wrap strings around to slow him down if he can't cut him up. Some kind of variety in his attacks.
Also, why announce and brag about Awakening when you can try to catch your enemy by surprise? Sure, maybe Dofla still felt pretty safe but he's been doing that for 2 days already and at some point repeatedly not being aware of the danger you're in turns into stupidity.
It's little details like that that bother me. Details that amount to something bigger when piled up. I'm sure you can understand where I'm coming from.
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It seems obvious to me that the birdcage is also acting like a Faraday cage against whatever signals the Den Den Mushi use to communicate, blocking any communications between the inside and the outside.
Faraday's cage is constructed from conductive material, not to mention that it has a much different form than the birdcage.
I appreciate the thought, but it's still just handwaving a complaint with no real reasoning. Sorry.
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But Dofla didn't know that. Does it make sense for him to just roll over after some kick bounced off Luffy? Where's that kick that sliced his palace tower? Could have at least tried to aim bullet strings towards Luffy's torso, or tried to wrap strings around to slow him down if he can't cut him up. Some kind of variety in his attacks.
Also, why announce and brag about Awakening when you can try to catch your enemy by surprise? Sure, maybe Dofla still felt pretty safe but he's been doing that for 2 days already and at some point repeatedly not being aware of the danger you're in turns into stupidity.
It's little details like that that bother me. Details that amount to something bigger when piled up. I'm sure you can understand where I'm coming from.
He did exactly that in this very chapter.
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@Aokiji'sMissingLeg:
He did exactly that in this very chapter.
And followed up with generic string spears. Why not use Overheat in that situation?
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Where's that kick that sliced his palace tower?
Could have at least tried to aim bullet strings towards Luffy's torso,
or tried to wrap strings around to slow him down if he can't cut him up.
Some kind of variety in his attacks.
He did everything you asked for.
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And followed up with generic string spears. Why not use Overheat in that situation?
Why use one big string when you can use multiple?
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And followed up with generic string spears. Why not use Overheat in that situation?
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The weird thing is that people are complaining that Doula went all out against Luffy instead of using weaker attacks.
Apparently, string bullets and whips are stronger than giant, CoA-covered string tentacles that literally do the same thing the aforementioned bullets and whips do, but better.
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I understand where they're coming from. The fight became too brutal and too little cerebral after Luffy activated Gear 4th and started dominating. People were expecting a smart Doffy counterattack and Luffy using his usual battle smartness to overcome it. But instead, Doffy just revealed awakening, basically a raw power up, with more power and destruction behind it. I think that's the main reason… And after that, we had 3 chapters of pushing and random stuff and 1 chapter of raw atacks going against each other and voila, Luffy's attack is the strongest and he wins. I did like the fight and I have quite a positive opinion on Dressrosa, in general, very different from this forum. That still doesn't make it my favourite fight or my favourite arc.
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Some things I'd like to respond to but don't want to comb the thread all over again to find them:
"Luffy broke parasito when Jozu couldn't, therefore Luffy > Jozu"
Obligatory "power level discussion in One Piece is silly…" Now then, I'd like to respectfully disagree. One of the things I loved about One Piece (we don't see it as much post-TS, but it IS still there) is quality over quantity. I mean quality in a very specific way - I mean the "what" (or "way") something is rather than the "how much." Devil Fruits have always been neat because they have different qualities. For example, Luffy didn't beat Enel (at least not at first) just because he was "stronger" (though that MAY be true). He beat him because rubber gave him an advantage over lightning. Now, that is the most drastic case, but we see the specific ways in which DFs work being a decisive factor all over the place. In this case, being rubber, and thus being able to expand rapidly via gear 4th is what allowed Luffy to break parasito. Presumably, Doflamingo's strings attach to the body or even encompass it (I assume it is somewhat like a marionette, though). If the body changes shape rapidly - especially if the strings are somewhat rigid - I see it is quite reasonable for the strings, not designed for that particular body, to potentially snap. This is entirely consistent, however, with Jozu being able to pound Luffy into the ground. It MIGHT (I don't think so) be the case that Jozu would mop the floor with Luffy. However, his power - as far as we have seen - doesn't do anything weird that might snap strings like we saw with gear 4th. He just gets hard (gross). That doesn't make him any less attached to strings, and really doesn't impact the strings at all.I don't know if Luffy could take Jozu (besides, I think Jozu's fruit is being reserved for Zoro - probably in the hands of Shiliew) just due to the fruit matchup (but who knows what haki is capable of in that kind of matchup), but we cannot conclude that Luffy is stronger than Jozu just because he broke gear 4th.
"If there are beasts that Kong Gun had no effect on, then those beasts > Doflamingo (in terms of endurance)"
That isn't true. We do have to factor size into this equation. Even if Kong Gun could utterly annihilate the part of the beast it hits, that part may not be critical and so may not take the beast down. But if Kong Gun hits Doffy, he goes flying, and then gets back up and keeps fighting, not really disabled in any way - just hurting. Unless you hit some beast right in the face, I'm not sure why it would be particularly decisive. The beast, presumably, has thicker skin and more natural protection from attacks made by someone Luffy's size. That does not mean the body is any more resilient, just that it takes more to actually get to the heart of the matter (lolz). The fact that Doffy is reasonably sized (for a big dude) and wasn't taken out by Kong Gun is a testament to how durable he is. Besides, since Doffy has large scale slashing attacks (Little Oars Jr.), it is fairly clear how much of a threat those same beasts would pose for him. Luffy's problem is that he locally bludgeons enemies, and big enemies are harder to bash."Luffy couldn't 1v1 Doffy"
Who cares? He's a pirate, not a samurai. He isn't honor bound. He has a goal - the one piece - and whatever needs to happen to get him there is what he's gonna do. Yes, he usually fights his own fights, but I think that is a tactic to keep his friends safe. But, as we saw with Oz, this isn't some principle or guideline for him - if he needs others to help him fight, so be it. It isn't always about overcoming someone else, but more about survival, protecting his friends, and moving towards his goal. We as fans wanna see him 1v1, but it isn't something he really needs to do.
This leads here:
"Zoro toyed with Pica/Pica was not a challenge"
While Zoro is honor bound to some extent - he wants to defeat swordsmen himself (he even needs to, to some extent) - again we have to be concerned with things other than overcoming. Whether or not Zoro could easily kill Pica does not negate the fact that, while engaged by Zoro, Pica nearly killed Riku, Usopp, the Samurai, and others. It isn't just about "Zoro wreck'd Pica," but instead the consequences of defeating or not defeating Pica. Of course we want to see Zoro be physically challenged, but arguably the more important theme in One Piece came into play: If he can't protect his friends, what good is he? That was Pica's challenge. Had Pica destroyed the plateau, and THEN Zoro wrecked his shit, do you think Zoro would count that as a win? It nearly came down to that.
"Doffy's awakening was a bad idea/was lame"
I somewhat disagree. I think he used it for a few reasons. Here's the big one: Most of the non-awakened attacks Doffy used were still, in some way or other, melee based. They rely on Doffy moving his body in certain ways, ways that usually (not always) depend on contact, and more importantly, ways that could be predicted/countered/dodged. Gear 4th Luffy was just too fast, strong, and resilient (even bouncing off haki attacks) for hand to hand combat to work. If you're dealing with someone who can, essentially, out "fighter" you, it's time to change tactics. He decided to fight Luffy without getting up close and personal, which I think was a good call.
On the other hand, I think he could have done a lot more than just launch somewhat local piercing attacks at Luffy through awakening, but here I just have to make a leap of faith: I think he wasn't thinking perfectly clearly and was enraged. I don't have much evidence for that, and it's mostly just my opinion, but I think it works well for his "cool-headed" character to fail in this way.
**TL;DR: I disagree with a lot of stuff I've read, for some not very well articulated reasons. Great.EDIT: Oh, bullcage is still completely insane in my book. I really need someone to make sense of that thing for me.**
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Why use one big string when you can use multiple?
Because those multiple are clearly not that impressive?
What makes you think it wouldn't be? We never saw it actually impact it anyone, and it shown great cutting capabilities.
He used Overheat against Luffy in the palace. Did nothing remarkable. The multiple string spears/tentacles meanwhile, left a big hole in the hill that Luffy was stuck in.
You mean when he dodged it?
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Oh wait. I have even better one.
Why not wage battle against Luffy by proxy clones?
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Oh wait. I have even better one.
Why not wage battle against Luffy by proxy clones?
Wasn't Luffy able to destroy clones with ease?
Not even needed Gear 4th too. It's just a bunch of strings in the end.
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What makes you think it wouldn't be? We never saw it actually impact it anyone, and it shown great cutting capabilities.
Law was able to stop the attack with just his sword. It's not that strong.
Also, the Flap Thread Doula used is obviously stronger going by common sense. If Luffy survived that, Overheat wouldn't be a problem.
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Wasn't Luffy able to destroy clones with ease?
Not even needed Gear 4th too.
A) He wasn't tired.
B) Luffy is on timer, and Doflamingo isn't. In fact, time plays to his advantage thanks to birdcage.
C) And thus, Birdcage kills everyone while Luffy fights the clones, and Doffy is nowhere in sight. I fail to see a flaw in that plan.
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Because those multiple are clearly not that impressive?
That attack was the only attack that did any really damage to luffy the whole fight .
It was impressive enough to get past his haki but of course that was base luffy and not gear 4.A) He wasn't tired.
B) Luffy is on timer, and Doflamingo isn't. In fact, time plays to his advantage thanks to birdcage.
C) And thus, Birdcage kills everyone while Luffy fights the clones, and Doffy is nowhere in sight. I fail to see a flaw in that plan.
Luffy does not have to fight the clones 1 on 1 he could just do what he did this chapter .
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A) He wasn't tired.
B) Luffy is on timer, and Doflamingo isn't. In fact, time plays to his advantage thanks to birdcage.
C) And thus, Birdcage kills everyone while Luffy fights the clones, and Doffy is nowhere in sight. I fail to see a flaw in that plan.
I can. It's called CoO. Add Gear 4th in there too as it would allow him to outspeed the clones.
Also, Doula has never shown the ability to create more than one clone at a time.
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I can. It's called CoO.
And when did Luffy demonstrated mastery of CoO enabling him finding one specific person within large areas of land?
Also, Doula has never shown the ability to create more than one clone at a time.
Why would he need more than one? Are you suggesting that stalling Luffy for that one minute remaining before birdcage starts cutting people down is beyond it's capabilities?
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You mean when he dodged it?
He was sent flying and caught by Doffy a second later, he didn't dodge. You can see blood splashing after that panel.
Btw, Luffy was able to sense Caribou somewhere in the palace in Fishman Island without even being focused on him like he is on Doffy. But I agree that leaving a clone to stall Luffy and wait for the Birdcage to kill everyone would have been smart. Thing is… Doffy spent 3 chapters waiting for Luffy to come to him. You expected him to run away from Luffy when he finally arrived? He wanted that fight, he wanted to defeat Luffy.
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And when did Luffy demonstrated mastery of CoO enabling him finding one specific person within large areas of land?
Why would he need more than one? Are you suggesting that stalling Luffy for that one minute remaining before birdcage starts cutting people down is beyond it's capabilities?
Luffy at Gear 4th would have no problem. Dude can fly accross the island in seconds and easily punch through strings.
Kinda madness to think a single clone could delay him when the real Doula can't even keep up. Even his Awakening barely did a thing to stop Luffy.
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If it was so simple, nobody would have problems with it in a first place…
Its what I think, lol people have a problem with it because many of those people are Fujitora fans and want him to do something, I see two or three guys around here complaining about him having Fujitora avatars.
I mean, I'm not saying I'm 100% right but knowing his objective is to end the Shichibukai this pretty much aligns with it.
I'm more interested in knowing why he hates the Shichibukai so much.
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He was sent flying and caught by Doffy a second later, he didn't dodge. You can see blood splashing after that panel.
That is something we call a glancing hit, yes.
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Luffy at Gear 4th would have no problem. Dude can fly accross the island in seconds.
And that implies that he is able to actually find a specific person… how?
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He was sent flying and caught by Doffy a second later, he didn't dodge. You can see blood splashing after that panel.
Btw, Luffy was able to sense Caribou somewhere in the palace in Fishman Island without even being focused on him like he is on Doffy. But I agree that leaving a clone to stall Luffy and wait for the Birdcage to kill everyone would have been smart. Thing is… Doffy spent 3 chapters waiting for Luffy to come to him. You expected him to run away from Luffy when he finally arrived? He wanted that fight, he wanted to defeat Luffy.
Thing is luffy wreck a clone while fighting bellamy and he was not even in gear 4.
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And that implies that he is able to actually find a specific person… how?
Again, CoO.
Remember, the area wasn't that large thanks to the Birdcage.
Oh, and people would just tell Luffy where he is.
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Ok, now I know you're just pulling my chains, lol.
That's not the same kick. For one thing, those strings didn't even reach Luffy, which is evident from the panel you linked.
Since when are those bullet strings? I'm talking about the entire fight, anyway.
Same thing. Where was wrapping up earlier in the fight, pre G4, when it could have actually done something?
He did everything you asked for.
You can't just link stuff that resembles things I have mentioned and label it as Dofla doing everything I expected, buddy. That's just lazy.
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Again, CoO.
Remember, the area wasn't that large thanks to the Birdcage.
Oh, and people would just tell Luffy where he is.
So what you mean to say is that Doffy had no chance since gear 4 took place?
Really? This is what you get from it? That Doffy is that useless, and that the large aray of his skills is completely ineffectual?
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Luffy at Gear 4th would have no problem. Dude can fly accross the island in seconds and easily punch through strings.
Kinda madness to think a single clone could delay him when the real Doula can't even keep up. Even his Awakening barely did a thing to stop Luffy.
You're speaking from aftermath perspective. Dofla couldn't have known nothing he does would help him.
If nothing, a clone could distract Luffy for at least a second or two.
Feels like I'm discussing with guys who haven't read a single shounen other than OP.
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Now that I think about it, Oda fulfilled the desire most of us had to see Luffy fighting all out for the first time after the time skip. Zoro next ?
Anyway, I'm very pleased and impressed. Luffy is a big time pirate, sure. But the arc started with the appearance of the legendary King Punch, Chinjao's headbutt and the Kamaitachi of Rommel.
Not to mention amazing power of destruction like Pica's statue, Sabo's haki or Fuji's meteor shower.
Luffy isn't just a strong fighter anymore, he rose above those legends. Well, this move will probably require much more than ten minutes of sleep. Yep Luffy still needs to work on Gear 4th and its time limit. But for a second Luffy was able to unleash Gura Gura-like destruction. Yeah I wasn't expecting this much back in chapter 700. Actually I wasn't even expecting Gear 4th.Sure Dressrosa has some flaws, but when it comes to Luffy's progression towards the top, allow me to fangasm hard
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So what you mean to say is that Doffy had no chance since gear 4 took place?
Really? This is what you get from it? That Doffy is that useless, and that the large aray of his skills is completely ineffectual?
Both times luffy went gear 4 he out class don in everything and his moves became useless .
Is it so hard to think that luffy in gear 4 is that much stronger ?
Most likely the reason why oda nerf him by giving him a haki limit .
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That's not the same kick. For one thing, those strings didn't even reach Luffy, which is evident from the panel you linked.
It's a kick with slicing properties. Pretty sure it's the same attack or at least very close.
And even then, Luffy has blocked Doula's kicks before.
Since when are those bullet strings. I'm talking about the entire fight, anyway.
Bullet strings are nothing but strings that pierce somebody. Those tentacles did the same thing. They pierced through Luffy's torso.
Same thing. Where was wrapping up earlier in the fight, pre G4, when it could have actually done something.
You think Luffy wouldn't have used Gear 4th earlier if that happened?
You can't just link stuff that resembles things I have mentioned and label it as Dofla doing everything I expected, buddy. That's just lazy.
You also can't just say Doula didn't try different stuff against Luffy.
Doula pretty much uses his strongest attacks there and even uses variety like holding Luffy with strings through Ever White and Parasite or the defensive String Web for combinations.
Bullet String? Piercing move. Awakening can do it.
Overheat? Long range move. Awakening can also do it.
Full Bright? Another piercing move. Awakening does it as well.
Honestly, you're being very nitpicky.
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So what you mean to say is that Doffy had no chance since gear 4 took place?
Really? This is what you get from it? That Doffy is that useless, and that the large aray of his skills is completely ineffectual?
No, the Awakening did help at delaying Gear 4th.
Let's not forget Gear 4th is not permanent and has a crippling disadvantage too.
We also can't forget Doula wanted to battle. Not run away like a scaredy cat.
You're speaking from aftermath perspective. Dofla couldn't have known nothing he does would help him.
If nothing, a clone could distract Luffy for at least a second or two.
Feels like I'm discussing with guys who haven't read a single shounen other than OP.
What would that have helped though? Doula wanted to fight, not run.
Really, it appears you and Sparkle are mad that Doula didn't uncharacteristically try to run away a la Usopp.
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Both times luffy went gear 4 he out class don in everything and his moves became useless .
Is it so hard to think that luffy in gear 4 is that much stronger ?
Most likely the reason why oda nerf him by giving him a haki limit .
If he could have spam attacks like he did in this chapter it would be crazy .Yes. It is indeed hard for me to fanthom that the broken arsenal of abilities that Doflamingo possesses can be overcomed with pure strength alone.
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No, the Awakening did help at delaying Gear 4th.
Did it? Where?
Let's not forget Gear 4th is not permanent and has a crippling disadvantage too.
Let's not forget that it is disadvantage so crippling that it will never seriously impact the fight. Like it did not here.
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For Usopp's sake, can you stop with the bubble crap? I said it was a consistent point. It was established in the middle of the arc and it's been that way ever since. We should have known he was going to be like this since chapter 735. I'm not giving my opinion, I'm not saying his mode of action or motives make sense. All I'm saying is that Oda established that Fujitora was going to do absolutely nothing relevant and he's followed that right until the end. He bet on Luffy and his allies and he won the bet. Does it make sense? Probably not. Was it consistent? Yes, it was.
But it wasn't consistent. Consistency would be Fuji not fighting Doflamingo which he didn't do as stated. What isn't consistent is that he's shown two goals, to be blatantly caring for citizens and to abolish the Shichibukai system. I don't mind if someone like Akainu were to do what Fuji did in this arc since I could buy his motive. Fuji on the other hand doesn't make sense not destroying the Birdcage. He can still not kill/capture Doflamingo while destroying the cage but he didn't.
Plotcage has been there for only one obvious reason and it doesn't make sense that Fujitora doesn't really attempt to destroy it or that Zoro can't break it.
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Plotcage has been there for only one obvious reason and it doesn't make sense that Fujitora doesn't really attempt to destroy it or that Zoro can't break it.
What about Zoro not being able to break it not making sense?
Zoro is not that strong yet. Simple.
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What about Zoro not being able to break it not making sense?
Zoro is not that strong yet. Simple.
Because every other string is destroyed without much effort?
And what, Fujitora isn't that strong yet either?
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Did it? Where?
Let's not forget that it is disadvantage so crippling that it will never seriously impact the fight. Like it did not here.
Did you forget the whole thing with Luffy being out for 10 minutes?
Also, Luffy was very close to defeating Doula some chapters ago, but time interfered.
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Now that I think about it, Oda fulfilled the desire most of us had to see Luffy fighting all out for the first time after the time skip. Zoro next ?
Anyway, I'm very pleased and impressed. Luffy is a big time pirate, sure. But the arc started with the appearance of the legendary King Punch, Chinjao's headbutt and the Kamaitachi of Rommel.
Not to mention amazing power of destruction like Pica's statue, Sabo's haki or Fuji's meteor shower.
Luffy isn't just a strong fighter anymore, he rose above those legends. Well, this move will probably require much more than ten minutes of sleep. Yep Luffy still needs to work on Gear 4th and its time limit. But for a second Luffy was able to unleash Gura Gura-like destruction. Yeah I wasn't expecting this much back in chapter 700. Actually I wasn't even expecting Gear 4th.Sure Dressrosa has some flaws, but when it comes to Luffy's progression towards the top, allow me to fangasm hard
Though I am somewhat disappointed with Dressrosa, it also had a lot I really liked, and this post describes well one of the best parts of this arc (imo). Good post, and - I know it's weird - but I think we're gonna have to mutually fangasm (ew).
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@TheGreatestSwordsman: Plotcage has been discussed to death in the last month. Yes, it was ridiculously OP. Not sure about Fuji not destroying it, but I don't see that as particularly significative. To each his own.
