Volume 94 Predictions/Discussion
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Time for O-Lin & Queen together at cover
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Still got nearly half the volume's chapters to come out, so it's way soon for predictions, but a Big Mom focus wouldn't shock me one bit. I could even see "O-Lin" as the title if nothing better comes up in the next few chapters.
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Luffy training while BM and Kaidou loom in the background.
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@Don:
Luffy training while BM and Kaidou loom in the background.
luffy already training in volume 93
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As I see it, there's a few options for ending this volume. Chapter 951 would be a fantastic ending, but nine chapters makes for too short a book. They could pad it out with the Boichi chapter, but to be honest I'd prefer they didn't. If there's a plan to do more of those it might be best to keep them isolated and collected into their own volume. Ten chapters is the minimum then, but 952 is not the kind of note volumes usually end on. So it looks like we're getting at least one, maybe two more before this one wraps up.
I've done another quick mock up cover, which I could have to change in the coming weeks, given how much of the volume is still to come out.
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! It would have been nice to have the parting clouds from the Emperors' clash behind the title, but the existing panels for it just didn't really work how I wanted. I think the broad idea of the layout comes across anyway. -
As I see it, there's a few options for ending this volume. Chapter 951 would be a fantastic ending, but nine chapters makes for too short a book. They could pad it out with the Boichi chapter, but to be honest I'd prefer they didn't. If there's a plan to do more of those it might be best to keep them isolated and collected into their own volume. Ten chapters is the minimum then, but 952 is not the kind of note volumes usually end on. So it looks like we're getting at least one, maybe two more before this one wraps up.
I've done another quick mock up cover, which I could have to change in the coming weeks, given how much of the volume is still to come out.
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! It would have been nice to have the parting clouds from the Emperors' clash behind the title, but the existing panels for it just didn't really work how I wanted. I think the broad idea of the layout comes across anyway.We haven't gotten more than 11 chapters in a volume since Punk Hazard. All volumes have been 10-11 chapters since Dressrosa. I think this volume might go for 11-12 (953-954 finish) chapters. Also, the 4 Scabbards that were in Udon and Linlin are who I think make the cover mostly.
Off topic, but I think around 953-956 is where this act ends with some Shisui/Zoro reveal and something that interrupts BM vs Kaido. Might possibly get a Reverie update because I highly doubt we return to it in the capacity that many have predicted.
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We haven't gotten more than 11 chapters in a volume since Punk Hazard. All volumes have been 10-11 chapters since Dressrosa. I think this volume might go for 11-12 (953-954 finish) chapters. Also, the 4 Scabbards that were in Udon and Linlin are who I think make the cover mostly.
Off topic, but I think around 953-956 is where this act ends with some Shisui/Zoro reveal and something that interrupts BM vs Kaido. Might possibly get a Reverie update because I highly doubt we return to it in the capacity that many have predicted.
Volume 77 would like a word with you about the "since Punk Hazard" point. But you're right, 12 chapters is super uncommon and it's almost always going to be safer to bet against it. The final pages of the next chapter should decide it once and for all.
I'd agree that the end of the act is extremely close (and pretty likely to end around the same point, except with an actual conclusion to Big Mom and Kaido) but I don't think we'll be getting a direct Reverie update for a while. If I recall correctly, the jump forward to the next day in the current chapter means the summit is over. I'm sure there'll be flashbacks later, but I think Oda's more likely to tease us by showing different scenes around the world where offhand comments suggest what happened there without stating it outright. My pet theory is that one of the intermissions will conclude Smoker's journey to see Vegapunk, whose introduction would be a pretty acceptable substitute for the rest of the Reverie.
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Volume 77 would like a word with you about the "since Punk Hazard" point. But you're right, 12 chapters is super uncommon and it's almost always going to be safer to bet against it. The final pages of the next chapter should decide it once and for all.
I'd agree that the end of the act is extremely close (and pretty likely to end around the same point, except with an actual conclusion to Big Mom and Kaido) but I don't think we'll be getting a direct Reverie update for a while. If I recall correctly, the jump forward to the next day in the current chapter means the summit is over. I'm sure there'll be flashbacks later, but I think Oda's more likely to tease us by showing different scenes around the world where offhand comments suggest what happened there without stating it outright. My pet theory is that one of the intermissions will conclude Smoker's journey to see Vegapunk, whose introduction would be a pretty acceptable substitute for the rest of the Reverie.
Another Vegapunk tease sounds like Oda. I think that the next update on the Reverie will be between what you said and/or Koby's point of view. Interesting enough, I remember Koby was used to introduce Vegapunk. He mentioned how VP's work includes some of the uses of the Kairoseki by the Marines and DF being taken in by inanimate objects is stated to be connected to his work. Both are in Wano. Kairoseki is said to originate from Wano and Tenguyama has an object that took in a DF. I have a theory on Tenguyama, Breath, stonemasons, Kairoseki and DF, but that's for another time.
If not Koby or Smoker, i'm betting on Moria or Bonney.
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Another Vegapunk tease sounds like Oda. I think that the next update on the Reverie will be between what you said and/or Koby's point of view. Interesting enough, I remember Koby was used to introduce Vegapunk. He mentioned how VP's work includes some of the uses of the Kairoseki by the Marines and DF being taken in by inanimate objects is stated to be connected to his work. Both are in Wano. Kairoseki is said to originate from Wano and Tenguyama has an object that took in a DF. I have a theory on Tenguyama, Breath, stonemasons, Kairoseki and DF, but that's for another time.
If not Koby or Smoker, i'm betting on Moria or Bonney.
I feel Koby and Bonney are a little too close to the Reverie to return to so soon. Their status, whether they're existing peacefully, in hiding, or in battle, would give away a whole lot more about how it's all playing out than Oda seems willing to give away. I doubt we're getting that close to Mariejoa again until Wano is good and done. Seeing Moria again would be neat, but I'd rather Oda show different characters in each intermission.
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I feel Koby and Bonney are a little too close to the Reverie to return to so soon. Their status, whether they're existing peacefully, in hiding, or in battle, would give away a whole lot more about how it's all playing out than Oda seems willing to give away. I doubt we're getting that close to Mariejoa again until Wano is good and done. Seeing Moria again would be neat, but I'd rather Oda show different characters in each intermission.
Not revealing too much does go along with how Oda operates.
I'm also interested in when Nekomamushi and his message from Marco (to Luffy) will re-enter the story. While most think we're around the 45-55% mark of Wano's story. I think we're more so at the 35-40% mark. Zoro's progression as a leader and earning Shusui all over again, Witching Hour Boy, more of the Shogun's faction being introduced along with the Flying Six, the history of Wano and how it got to this point, Tenguyama and who he is awaiting. Many things left open to return to.
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Not revealing too much does go along with how Oda operates.
I'm also interested in when Nekomamushi and his message from Marco (to Luffy) will re-enter the story. While most think we're around the 45-55% mark of Wano's story. I think we're more so at the 35-40% mark. Zoro's progression as a leader and earning Shusui all over again, Witching Hour Boy, more of the Shogun's faction being introduced along with the Flying Six, the history of Wano and how it got to this point, Tenguyama and who he is awaiting. Many things left open to return to.
I'm also expecting Jinbe's return. He has to come to Wano too
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Jinbe's already here I reckon. He's gotta be in the brig of Big Mom's ship. Oda has to be careful about how exactly he's bringing more characters into Wano. The waterfall climbing sequence has already happened twice, and Catviper is still to return, let alone Marco arriving or the Sun Pirates or Germa 66 having escaped and travelled there independently. You can only get away with that set piece so many times, but at the same time it'd be cheap to have n outside force turn up in the middle of the battle without at least showing them landing a few chapters in advance.
Actually, what would be cool for a third waterfall sequence would be the Whitebeard pirates arriving, King flying in to do the same thing he did to Big Mom and Marco flying in phoenix form to clash with him in the air. That'd be sick.
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Still don't believe Marco is coming.
As for Jinbe and co., I want to say that aside from the brig, maybe he's in one of those magical books from that one guy (always struggle to spell his name lol)
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Only way Marco is coming is if Weevil is. Weevil is hunting Luffy so he could arrive. Bakkin, Big Mom and Kaido could all trigger the Rox pirate flashback too.
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O-Lin, Queen in dino-form, Gyukimaru, Kawamatsu and probably the yakuza guys. I'd like some swords and HyorixZoro, but it'd be too crowded .
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Chapter 952 doesn't end on the biggest cliffhanger, but it does seem like the proper place for the volume to end. I could see almost all the chapter titles being volume title candidates, I'll just go with Rampage.
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@Kaido:
Chapter 952 doesn't end on the biggest cliffhanger, but it does seem like the proper place for the volume to end. I could see almost all the chapter titles being volume title candidates, I'll just go with Rampage.
It's not the greatest ending ever, but it is an ending. I'm reserving judgement til the next chapter is out just on that vague distant hope of a big meaty volume.
That said, I still don't think we'll really know for sure until we get the pagecount for this one. There should be enough variance between 11 chapters and 9 chapters + the boichi special to tell which of those it is as well.
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It's not the greatest ending ever, but it is an ending. I'm reserving judgement til the next chapter is out just on that vague distant hope of a big meaty volume.
That said, I still don't think we'll really know for sure until we get the pagecount for this one. There should be enough variance between 11 chapters and 9 chapters + the boichi special to tell which of those it is as well.
You think that the Boichi special will be introduce in this volume?
I personally think that when several artists will have made they One Piece chapter, the Shueisha will put them altogether in a special volume (like they are doing with the cover stories in "Doors"). -
You think that the Boichi special will be introduce in this volume?
I personally think that when several artists will have made they One Piece chapter, the Shueisha will put them altogether in a special volume (like they are doing with the cover stories in "Doors").I think it's fairly unlikely and I'd really rather they didn't, but I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility, especially considering how perfect a cliffhanger chapter 951 is. Just gotta keep that outside chance in mind.
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Volume 94: 216 Pages, 10 - 11 Chapter.
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216 pages would be 11 chapters by my math. Definitely no Boichi chapter, as it's too long to fit, even with only nine regular chapters, so that's good.
I'm gonna stand by my cover prediction from the previous page, but you could perhaps cut the Wano-style wanted posters in the middle section for a glimpse of Kawamatsu (obscured, because he's still a secret at the start of the volume) and Gyukimaru. I'm feeling either "O-Lin" or "Rampage" for the title.
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11 Chapters means in ends in 953, right? I guess that makes sense since it includes the payoff for most of the stuff that's set-up in the volume. The Gyukimaru reveal works well as a bookend and there's the sword stuff as a cliffhanger for the next volume. Although imo the ending would work better if it was just Onimaru, but Oda just has to end every single chapter in some sort of cliffhanger.
EDIT: I've just realized volume 93 also ends with Hiyori teasing exposition XD.
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As I see it, there's a few options for ending this volume. Chapter 951 would be a fantastic ending, but nine chapters makes for too short a book. They could pad it out with the Boichi chapter, but to be honest I'd prefer they didn't. If there's a plan to do more of those it might be best to keep them isolated and collected into their own volume. Ten chapters is the minimum then, but 952 is not the kind of note volumes usually end on. So it looks like we're getting at least one, maybe two more before this one wraps up.
I've done another quick mock up cover, which I could have to change in the coming weeks, given how much of the volume is still to come out.
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! It would have been nice to have the parting clouds from the Emperors' clash behind the title, but the existing panels for it just didn't really work how I wanted. I think the broad idea of the layout comes across anyway.Only Queen's "Enel"-face is missing in that one.
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Only Queen's "Enel"-face is missing in that one.
A great face, but he got his moment on the last cover. Let the guy rest.
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I'd expect to see the full Udon crew in the cover, since that takes up the bulk of the volume. Basically the ending of Chapter 948 with Tama and Momo thrown in there somewhere. And I guess Big Mom and Kaido looming in the background (unless they want to straight up spoil their fight).
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Volume covers are basically major spoilers for Volumes-only readers, I feel bad for them. I try my best to not read a chapter titles and sometimes even skipping the cover page and read it after I finish reading the chapter. Only when I think the chapter is going to be an important one though.. lately I just casually read the chapter's title.
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Then again everything is a spoiler for volumes-only readers, especially if they live in Japan.
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Volume covers are basically major spoilers for Volumes-only readers, I feel bad for them. I try my best to not read a chapter titles and sometimes even skipping the cover page and read it after I finish reading the chapter. Only when I think the chapter is going to be an important one though.. lately I just casually read the chapter's title.
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Then again everything is a spoiler for volumes-only readers, especially if they live in Japan.
Isn't a spoiler by definition when someone else gives away the plot before you get to it? How can it be a spoiler if the literal author of the thing chose to put it there? A bit ridiculous if you ask me, but don't let anyone else tell you what the right way to read is.
Out of curiosity though, what do you think the covers have legitimately spoiled for anyone reading that way first? The only example I can really think of is Sulong Carrot on volume 88, but even then I'm not convinced a first timer would feel cheated by seeing her there (given that she's only seen from a great distance, out of context, under a colour filter, and with regular Carrot elsewhere on the cover as a misdirection).
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Isn't a spoiler by definition when someone else gives away the plot before you get to it? How can it be a spoiler if the literal author of the thing chose to put it there? A bit ridiculous if you ask me, but don't let anyone else tell you what the right way to read is.
Out of curiosity though, what do you think the covers have legitimately spoiled for anyone reading that way first? The only example I can really think of is Sulong Carrot on volume 88, but even then I'm not convinced a first timer would feel cheated by seeing her there (given that she's only seen from a great distance, out of context, under a colour filter, and with regular Carrot elsewhere on the cover as a misdirection).
Nightmare Luffy, Ace's death, G4th? I'm sure there are others that I can't recall right now. Never said it was a normal reaction :) I do enjoy volume covers as a weekly reader though. I meant it for volumes-only readers who buy the new volumes as soon as it comes out (every 3 to 4 months). First timers ought to have been spoiled a lot already so for those guys I don't think major cover spoilers will affect them that much.
To me a spoiler is anything showing anything before it happened in the plot outside of original content medium(pages of the manga[excluding volume covers]). Heck I even skip Opening of animes that I see for the first time(if I haven't read the manga):ninja: I do watch them later though.
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Nightmare Luffy, Ace's death, G4th? I'm sure there are others that I can't recall right now. Never said it was a normal reaction :) I do enjoy volume covers as a weekly reader though. I meant it for volumes-only readers who buy the new volumes as soon as it comes out (every 3 to 4 months). First timers ought to have been spoiled a lot already so for those guys I don't think major cover spoilers will affect them that much.
To me a spoiler is anything showing anything before it happened in the plot outside of original content medium(pages of the manga[excluding volume covers]). Heck I even skip Opening of animes that I see for the first time(if I haven't read the manga):ninja: I do watch them later though.
If I was a volume only reader and seen a Blue Luffy or big Haki Luffy, i'd break everything in sight
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Nightmare Luffy, Ace's death, G4th? I'm sure there are others that I can't recall right now. Never said it was a normal reaction :) I do enjoy volume covers as a weekly reader though. I meant it for volumes-only readers who buy the new volumes as soon as it comes out (every 3 to 4 months). First timers ought to have been spoiled a lot already so for those guys I don't think major cover spoilers will affect them that much.
To me a spoiler is anything showing anything before it happened in the plot outside of original content medium(pages of the manga[excluding volume covers]). Heck I even skip Opening of animes that I see for the first time(if I haven't read the manga):ninja: I do watch them later though.
Nightmare Luffy I'll pay, but G4 definitely not. It was revealed in the volume before it first appeared on a cover. The stuff about Ace's death in the chapter/volume title I think is a deliberate choice. You've already seen him be mortally wounded in the last page of the previous volume, and you're meant to be 90% certain that's the end already. Then you get that grim, undeniable confirmation from the author himself… It's part of the storytelling, not something that's accidentally taking away from it.
I see covers (and most anime openings) as things similar to, say, how the Ryuma fight was handled, where we're shown the end of the fight first, then flashback to see the bulk of it and work back to seeing the ending in context. These glimpses of the future build hype and deliberately set expectations that can then either be met or subverted for dramatic value. It's not like your mate accidentally giving away the twist, or even a Hollywood trailer that shows too much, it's something made by the creators of the work, knowing that it's going to be put at the front and seen by first-time readers/viewers.
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Anime openings are mostly just spoilery when you know what you're looking at. Otherwise they're often just random montages of characters, scenes that may not even happen most of the time, often shadowed group shots. Look at how many OP openings have Mihawk, Shanks and Blackbeard in them, or the openings that have the crew fighting the admirals.
Sure some times there's a shot thats undeniably a upcoming moment like Luffy and gang falling from the sky into the war, or Fujitora calling down an asteroid, but usually removed from any context you have no clue what that is about or if its even a real moment or just a symbolic representation. Like them giving away Robin joining the crew about 3 episodes early was their biggest sin, (that they've been careful to not repeat) but even there it kind of has the effect of making you go "what the heck is SHE doing there? Where's Vivi?" but that one at least they should have held a tiny bit longer.
And if its a really big twist, the anime is usually good enough to seriously hide tht detail before its relevant, like when Dragonball SUper had Buu in its opening until Frieza went in instead… that was not something they could give away 10 episodes early.
My favorite example of this is the Slayers Next opening which prominently displays the villain of the season in the opening, but you have no idea who it is, or even mentally register the quick clip, until you've actually met him already. The slayers openings also show off Lina's sister and great lords who never actually appear in-show, so...
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Anime openings are mostly just spoilery when you know what you're looking at. Otherwise they're often just random montages of characters, scenes that may not even happen most of the time, often shadowed group shots. Look at how many OP openings have Mihawk, Shanks and Blackbeard in them, or the openings that have the crew fighting the admirals.
Sure some times there's a shot thats undeniably a upcoming moment like Luffy and gang falling from the sky into the war, or Fujitora calling down an asteroid, but usually removed from any context you have no clue what that is about or if its even a real moment or just a symbolic representation. Like them giving away Robin joining the crew about 3 episodes early was their biggest sin, (that they've been careful to not repeat) but even there it kind of has the effect of making you go "what the heck is SHE doing there? Where's Vivi?" but that one at least they should have held a tiny bit longer.
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To be fair, it's more like 14 episodes early. I think you are waving that one away a bit too lightly. It's flat out revealing to Anime only watchers that Robin will be a part of the crew and Vivi will not, at a time when Robin is firmly being a villain to the Strawhats. Sure, it makes you wonder what the hell is going on, but it also completely spoils the surprise episode 130 would provide like the chapter did.
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Like them giving away Robin joining the crew about 3 episodes early was their biggest sin, (that they've been careful to not repeat) but even there it kind of has the effect of making you go "what the heck is SHE doing there? Where's Vivi?" but that one at least they should have held a tiny bit longer.\
Or revealing that Kaido is a dragon zoan. Pretty big one, imo. My girlfriend, who is anime only, hasn't seen the opening yet because of it. Sanji in a raid suit is a spoiler, but can be read as a what-if, so it's not as big a deal to me, but if someone felt slighted by it, I'd get their point.
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To be fair, it's more like 14 episodes early.
Okay, granted I haven't watched that portion of the anime basically since it originally aired, but I do not remember it being anywhere near that far in advance. Was really that much?
Maybe the bootlegs I was getting it through at the time changed openings later. Or maybe I'm just seriously misremembering because I marathoned that chunk of the arc in a day instead of over three months.
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Okay, granted I haven't watched that portion of the anime basically since it originally aired, but I do not remember it being anywhere near that far in advance. Was really that much?
Yeah, it actually was. That third opening, Hikari'e, debuted episode 116; Robin joined the crew 130. In fact, since Alabasta was only 39 episodes long (consisting of 92 to 130), that means that there was more than a third of the arc still left to go at the time this opening premiered. This is after Robin saved Luffy after his first loss to Crocodile (which happened in 111–116 adapts Sanji defeating Bon Clay), so anime-only fans would know that she wasn't completely evil, but it's before her further interactions with him like when she chuckled at his antics during Round 2.
Since I only got into the series about 4 years ago, I can still remember pretty well how much that made me do a double-take when I reached that point in the anime. I'd already read the manga to beyond that point, so I wasn't spoiled or anything, but to me, that's still the first thing I think of when I remember major spoilers in the OP anime openings, haha.
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I skip openings lol. Nothing against them and i'm not trying to avoid spoilers, I just want to get to my episode. I only have watched a few and that was after I had caught up to the manga.
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By now, I actually skip the openings too, usually, but I like the current one, Over the Top, enough that I've actually been watching through it. Since it has one short portion of it that changes for every episode to show a couple of brief clips from said episode, I also enjoy seeing what those are.
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On anime openings there's some flexibility on them being "things the creators wanted you to see in advance" when it comes to adaptations, because obviously Oda isn't running the anime and they absolutely can mess things up that he wouldn't. (But they can also totally enhance the experience as well, in ways a manga never could. The way the Jojo openings hint at character fates without showing them explicitly and get hijacked by the villains towards the end come to mind as a straight bonus on top of the manga content). Openings for anime original series though, hard to see them as anything other than abstract but intended foreshadowing/expectation building.
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When it comes to spoilers by the anime, there's one that comes to mind. It wasn't a big spoiler, but I rather have not seen it. It was when Zoro was mid air and was about to cut Pica. The aura that I already felt was possible, showed up when Zoro put armament on his swords. I don't remember even seeing an aura like that in the manga. The sword usually darkens, but the flame like aura did not ooze off the swords until in the anime with Pica. The aura coming off the swords didn't appear in the manga til 937, I think. When he beat Killer. If the manga showed the oozing aura before the Pica fight in the anime, I would like to be reminded plz.
The aura in the Killer fight and the one against Pica differ tho. The aura against Pica is very visible and takes a cool shape. The aura against Killer is just a flame like, but not swirling. So, the anime has further spoiled imo
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When it comes to spoilers by the anime, there's one that comes to mind. It wasn't a big spoiler, but I rather have not seen it. It was when Zoro was mid air and was about to cut Pica. The aura that I already felt was possible, showed up when Zoro put armament on his swords. I don't remember even seeing an aura like that in the manga. The sword usually darkens, but the flame like aura did not ooze off the swords until in the anime with Pica. The aura coming off the swords didn't appear in the manga til 937, I think. When he beat Killer. If the manga showed the oozing aura before the Pica fight in the anime, I would like to be reminded plz.
The aura in the Killer fight and the one against Pica differ tho. The aura against Pica is very visible and takes a cool shape. The aura against Killer is just a flame like, but not swirling. So, the anime has further spoiled imo
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This had to be a lil after the Pica fight, but possibly still within 10 chapters. Thanks. So, it was def before the anime showed it.
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Nightmare Luffy I'll pay, but G4 definitely not. It was revealed in the volume before it first appeared on a cover. The stuff about Ace's death in the chapter/volume title I think is a deliberate choice. You've already seen him be mortally wounded in the last page of the previous volume, and you're meant to be 90% certain that's the end already. Then you get that grim, undeniable confirmation from the author himself… It's part of the storytelling, not something that's accidentally taking away from it.
Backtracking a bit to say that I completely agree with you here. The volume takes it's title from the very next chapter after Ace has been mortally wounded. Chapter titles (or titles in general) to me are certainly part of the artistic product - the artist chooses the title just how he chooses to depict everything else in his story. Aas you said the chapter (and thus, the volume title) is not a spoiler, but a poignant confirmation of what the audience has feared after finishing the chapter before.
I think the question if an author/storyteller can spoil his own story is an interesting one. I'd say he or she definitely can, if he isn't responsible with regard to how his audience conceives his story. If Oda vaguely hints at things he may do at some point in the future (f.e., stating that a crewmember will die when referring to the Going Merry) or if he enhances his storyworld by giving minor information or confirmation about characters or events outside of his actual story, it's not a spoiler to me. But let's say, if Oda would have irresponsibly stated in an interview shortly before Ace's death in the manga that he would kill his character off, that would definitely have spoiled the dramatic twist for any fans reading that interview. Obviously, Oda would never do such a thing, I'm just saying that it's not completely impossible.
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I have the 3 box sets and i'm stubbornly waiting 9999 years for the next possible box set. I might get impatient and just buy the volumes.
I'd have to wait for at least the 94th volume to drop in English. Then after that, i'd have to wait and see if they even care to do it anymore. Calculation is based on the box sets being 23, 23 and 24 volumes respectively.
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I know there are the Logs in Japan and the three-in-ones in America, but I'm surprised that so far there's no official hardcover compilation release like there is for the first three Jojo Parts, Full Metal Alchemist, and other manga series, at least for all of the pre-timeskip material. I'd be all over that in a heartbeat. (I think Viz went ahead and published one of their own for Jojo Part 4 at least)
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I know there are the Logs in Japan and the three-in-ones in America, but I'm surprised that so far there's no official hardcover compilation release like there is for the first three Jojo Parts, Full Metal Alchemist, and other manga series, at least for all of the pre-timeskip material. I'd be all over that in a heartbeat. (I think Viz went ahead and published one of their own for Jojo Part 4 at least)
I'd love that, and ideally the digitally colored version from Shueisha
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I'd love to see the Log Collections made into hardcover omnibuses (though definitely with completely redone covers, because the current ones are awful) and preferably for this to be used for a colour release. I know I'm dreaming, but it'd be so nice to see.
I've never really liked the two or three volumes in one type of collections. They're too inflexible, always doing X number of volumes, so they end up being weirdly paced as books. Varying up the length so these big volumes start and end on appropriate-feeling story beats. The One Piece 3 in 1s keep ending up with 200 pages of a totally new arc or saga tacked onto the end of an otherwise satisfying marathon read of the previous arc. The Jojo kanzenbans/hardcovers do it well. So do the FMA ones, but given that they committed to an even 6 chapters per volume from the start, I think it's more that they just got lucky rather than actually thinking things through and planning good volume breaks.