Cover Story Theories and Discussion

HeartOfDarkness

Hmmm if Oda goes with order of crewmate joining, then we'll see Coco Village before Syrup Village, so not clear if next week we'll see
A- Kaya & the boys (I really would love to see the villagers behind them freaking out because they didn't know Usopp became a bigtime pirate)
OR
B- Nojiko, Ganzo (hopefully Johnny & Yosaku )

Previously with the Baraite it was separated into 3 covers (including the ship with Sanji's face XD), , this time I think Patty & Carne will be in same cover with Zeff.

Usopp officially joined the crew before Nami so of course it's gotta be Usopp's village first and probably Sanji and then Nami's.

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@Katzztar:

That's because Foxy is a one arc villain, nothing special about him.
By "oda forgot to include him in the last cover" do you mean last time he did "From the Deck of the World?"
Oda didn't 'forget him', he didn't do many of the villians. IMO Wapol was shown mainly because he's now a king and likely to show up at the Reverie. Mr.9 & Mis Saturday was shown for the gag of having a baby. Other villians; such as Baroque Works, Gedatsu, former CP9, ect weren't shown. I'd say Foxy is same boat as Gedatsu… not really important after the arc they showed up in is over.

Foxy was still a better and more memorable character then the entirety of Cp9 crew….. If Oda doesn't show him like last time then he must have something planned to bring him back in the story.

RomanceDawn

@Bugs:

You know given that the fact the cover story is focusing on the surrogate families of the Strawhats, I'm very curious about how Zeff is going to react to Sanji's wanted poster. I doubt he'll knows the cause for it, but Oda will show us his reaction before we learn the reasoning of Sanji's Alive Only Status.

Oh I didn't think about that. I could see Patty and Carne laughing at the picture but I imagine Zeff is going to have a look of concern. I doubt we'll get any hints about what it could be about but just another drop in the bucket of the over all Sanji mystery.

Robby

@HeartOfDarkness:

Usopp officially joined the crew before Nami so of course it's gotta be Usopp's village first and probably Sanji and then Nami's.

Usopp didn't officially join till after Water 7, if chapter titles are to be believed.

Of course, Chopper and RObin are still a problem in that regard, but I imagine Zou might be the time to deal with Chopper… maybe.

ANd yeah, I've always figured Oda was saing Foxy for something... though I'd long assumed that would just be being absorbed into Buggy's crew.

HeartOfDarkness

@Robby:

Usopp didn't officially join till after Water 7, if chapter titles are to be believed.

Of course, Chopper and RObin are still a problem in that regard, but I imagine Zou might be the time to deal with Chopper… maybe.

ANd yeah, I've always figured Oda was saing Foxy for something... though I'd long assumed that would just be being absorbed into Buggy's crew.

I was thinking more in the line of how Oda did the first "From the decks of the world" by following the islands order from the beginning. But we didn't see Rika or the town where Luffy met Zoro so i guess Oda could be following the chapter titles.

Foxy could get his own cover story but i am not sure what Oda can show with that. I like the idea of him joining Buggy's crew and maybe he did and Oda is simply waiting for a certain time to show it.

Wintermute

I hope we see Vivi getting the news on a ship. On her way to the Reverie.

Qaaz

@Wintermute:

I hope we see Vivi getting the news on a ship. On her way to the Reverie.

Ι would like something like that but does this will mean that Reverie is quite soon? (few weeks perhaps?)

Wintermute

Yeah, on a second thought, this could get a little messy. Strawhats and Zou, Jack, Kaido and the Kidd alliance, Sanji business and Revos/BB. Maybe it is better we put the Reverie later in line.

kdchronos

@Wintermute:

Yeah, on a second thought, this could get a little messy. Strawhats and Zou, Jack, Kaido and the Kidd alliance, Sanji business and Revos/BB. Maybe it is better we put the Reverie later in line.

Well.. we don't know how much time take to go from Arabasta to Marieoja, and a least a 13, 12 days have happened, since the first on From the Decks of the World, when they were preparing the new clothes for the Reverie, maybe we are going to see them boarding a ship

fuzi11

Alabasta is at the beginning of the grand line and Mariejois at the middle of the grand line. Basically half a planet is betewen those points. I doubt, even though the time aspect in one piece is iffy at best, it will take less than two weeks to travel halfway around the world with a sailing boat.

kdchronos

@fuzi11:

Alabasta is at the beginning of the grand line and Mariejois at the middle of the grand line. Basically half a planet is betewen those points. I doubt, even though the time aspect in one piece is iffy at best, it will take less than two weeks to travel halfway around the world with a sailing boat.

taking in acccount the Ultimate timeline for SH.. took around a month or 33 days to arrived to Sabaody the first time, so for a convoy from Arabasta Kingdom maybe it could take 2 months at most

FrankyFan

That's including their one week stop at Water 7, the 5 days at Thriller Bark, and who knows how long at Skypiea. Travel-wise, they only sailed like 2-4 weeks from Alabasta to Sabaody.

kdchronos

Yeah, but knowing that they don't have a Nami-like navigator, and having a lot of ships to protect the one the Nefertari are traveling, and to wait for the permision to be able to go to Marioja.. 2 months.. at most doesn't sound wrong

fuzi11

@kdchronos:

Yeah, but knowing that they don't have a Nami-like navigator, and having a lot of ships to protect the one the Nefertari are traveling, and to wait for the permision to be able to go to Marioja.. 2 months.. at most doesn't sound wrong

And I still assume unshown downtime on the thousand sunny and peaceful visits on uneventful islands has occured. I basically see the early intros where they hang out on beaches and just relax or fish on the ship as canon. The whole of the first half of one piece just happening in a month or so is just unbelievable.

kdchronos

@fuzi11:

And I still assume unshown downtime on the thousand sunny and peaceful visits on uneventful islands has occured. I basically see the early intros where they hang out on beaches and just relax or fish on the ship as canon. The whole of the first half of one piece just happening in a month or so is just unbelievable.

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that's true.. being honest, at least 6 months until Sabaody, since Luffy's journey began, and 10 months at most