Big mom seems the best crew to join now that Whitebeard is dead. Blackbeard probably will kill you if he thinks you weak and their fate viewpoint probably meets they'll let on your own if you in a tight spot. With Big Mom you have cool island, plenty of food and big brother dogtooth probably is looking out for you must of the time. Kaido Wano seems like a miserable place to live with barely any modern luxury and constant isolation and you can get killed for the stupid stuff in this crew it seems. I just don't trust the vibe. Weak or strong I go Big mom.
Chapter 979: Family Problem
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I think the reason for Kaido being so calm and easy-going in this chapter is that he's already had his first few drinks of the evening. Like, when you've had one or two beers and feel all relaxed and calm and just want to chill with your buddies. He hasn't entered his "unreasonable and overly emotional drunk" phase yet, which is what we usually see of him.
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Kaidou says he has an announcement that will get everyone confused. What do you think it is?
First I thought he would retire and leave the crew to Yamato. But it doesn't make much sense with joinjng Linlin. Maybe the Beast Pirates will go back to the sea and find the last 2 poneglyphs
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First I thought he would retire and leave the crew to Yamato. But it doesn't make much sense with joinjng Linlin.
Kaido and Linlin are gonna get married and retire so they can tour around the world as a happy couple. Yamato and Perospero are to succeed them.
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Sounds like empire
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Big announcement is probably Kaidos son getting married to one of Big Moms daughters, possibly Pudding or Flampe lmao.
Also One Piece is seemingly the only manga taking another 2 weeks till next chapter as opposed to all the other jump titles. Oda mentioned recently that delays are because it‘s harder to work with his assistants cause they do everything traditionally still.
Are all the other jump series done digitally and therefore can still continue being worked on safer and faster? Kinda wish Oda and his team would switch for convenience sake, but guess it would take a long while to get accustomed to it.
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Big announcement is probably Kaidos son getting married to one of Big Moms daughters, possibly Pudding or Flampe lmao.
Also One Piece is seemingly the only manga taking another 2 weeks till next chapter as opposed to all the other jump titles. Oda mentioned recently that delays are because it‘s harder to work with his assistants cause they do everything traditionally still.
Are all the other jump series done digitally and therefore can still continue being worked on safer and faster? Kinda wish Oda and his team would switch for convenience sake, but guess it would take a long while to get accustomed to it.
Well, all the mangas from Jump are done by hand as far as I know, so the discrimination depends on how much of the workload each writer can do on their own in place of their assistants.
Anyway, One Piece has its privileges in the magazine and we can't forget that Oda is already above his 40s and his health is not the best, so he needs special care to avoid being infected by the virus.
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Hooray, we're back! And then off for another week. It hurts, but I'd rather Oda keep himself safe. It seems other manga are going to be more consistent than One Piece. I wonder if it's because of Oda's age and previous health scares (I don't know the actual average age of Jump authors to be fair, but it seems like a young man's game), or if the editors are just enforcing it to protect the goose that lays the golden eggs.
First up this week, Pound turns up alive, in a development that should shock no one. Like, besides it being a One Piece thing, catching a spear to the back of the head and shaking it off is one of the first things we ever saw him do.
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Dude's got a thick skull!
The first few pages were honestly a little recap-y, but once the chapter got going it really got going. The return of the Black Rhino and the Brachio Tank is extremely exciting. I'd almost forgotten about these things, let lone had any hope of them being used in a battle. That's the General Franky locked in for the big fight, and that's extremely exciting. It shows Oda setting up even the less-fighty members of the crew to go all out in the coming battle.
I loved every part of the crew interactions in this chapter, especially being able to see Jinbei fit right in with the established dynamics. He's a genuinely really fun addition to the party. I hope we get to see more of Robin and Jinbei together in the future. It's good to see two members of the crew being able to get along in a less bombastic way.
I'll be shocked if the silhouette watching them isn't Yamoto. There's not a lot of other characters it'd make sense to have there.
I'm still having fun with the Tobi Roppo as well. Ulti's complete lack of respect is really entertaining, especially since we have previously seen Kadio waste underlings on a drunken whim. This girl's fearless! The amount of tension between the Tobi Roppo and the Lead Performers makes for an interesting crew feel that I'm interested to see play out. Kaido runs a seemingly genuine meritocracy. His men follow him not because he inspires them but because he gives them the means to advance through their strength. It's no wonder his strategy of breaking and assimilating challengers through the prison camps as been successful. You have to wonder how many of them "broke" with a plan to work their way up the ranks and challenge the big boss a second time. They stay loyal because they think the best second chance is inside the organisation, not outside of it. It'll be interesting to see how this group reacts when Kaido finally does fall. It brings to mind this quote from the most recent One Piece Magazine: "What makes Roger's pirate crew strong and united despite their small number is their confidence in the leader." Luffy obviously takes after this kind of leadership, and we're being positioned to see the two styles go head to head in the coming volumes.
Finally, after the thematic and philosophic clash between Luffy and Kaido has been set up, we go onto the personal stakes. It's been easy to forget about Luffy's connection to Tama and her struggles despite most of act one being a mini arc setting all that up, just because it's been so long since they had a proper interaction. I think she'll stick in the mind a little better on the reread, but it was a good choice to use the food at this banquet here to invoke her again. I've seen comments from people thinking Luffy hasn't built enough of an emotional investment in Wano for them to care about him fighting for it. Well here it is. The big reminder is coming up, probably next chapter.
I don't think this is the thing that exposes the infiltration though. There's almost half of volume 97 to go yet, and the real start of the fighting feels like an end-of-book development.
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I think some people are giving too for granted that the final announcement is about Yamato's wedding with someone of Big Mom family. But wouldnt that be too repetitive? We already saw an arranged wedding in Whole Cake Island,i think this plotline would be too repetitive.
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I bet page1 will meet sanji again now that he is going after yamato with his sister. And sanji will have to beat him for good now because page1 will recognize him and blow their cover, while maybe usopp or nami take on page1's sister.
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Oh, and Kaido's big announcement is a thing! Obviously it's a marriage between Yamoto and one of Big Mom's kids, but the only question is which one. Despite all the talk of Big Mom forging alliances through marriage, we've only seen a couple of confirmed couples. Do the older kids have spouses we just don't know about? Does Katakuri have a secret offscreen wife?
Anyway if it's like Compote or something no big deal, but if Pudding is dragged up Wano to be wed again (it's hard to tell if Big Mom's ship arriving refers to the group she brought to Wano to begin with, because where have they been the like past week, or if there's more coming from Tottoland) we'll really know that Oda is planning to bring Big Mom's arc to a head and wrap it up here. This is a plot thread that could really go nowhere or go _everywhere_ and we won't know until it starts happening.
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Oh, and Kaido's big announcement is a thing! Obviously it's a marriage between Yamoto and one of Big Mom's kids, but the only question is which one. Despite all the talk of Big Mom forging alliances through marriage, we've only seen a couple of confirmed couples. Do the older kids have spouses we just don't know about? Does Katakuri have a secret offscreen wife?
Anyway if it's like Compote or something no big deal, but if Pudding is dragged up Wano to be wed again (it's hard to tell if Big Mom's ship arriving refers to the group she brought to Wano to begin with, because where have they been the like past week, or if there's more coming from Tottoland) we'll really know that Oda is planning to bring Big Mom's arc to a head and wrap it up here. This is a plot thread that could really go nowhere or go _everywhere_ and we won't know until it starts happening.
Like i said,its not obvious at all,and it would be too repetitive. Also,you said that volume 97 will have the "fights" only at the end,but then i ask you: what do you expect to happen in the next chapters,if not the start of the battles? Volume 97 would feel lame in this way. I think big things will happen in the next few chapters.
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I don't know if this is a good topic where post that, if it’s not the right one I’m sorry.
From Emunopla :
Some news about next chapters of One Piece :
The Shûeisha will pause One Piece more than once in the coming weeks due to the Coronavirus. Thus, even if a chapter is ready to be published (apart from the usual breaks of Jump and Oda), the Shûeisha will be ready to shift it.
Other source :
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Big Mom is a really good bet if you just want to keep your head down and the Paradise half of the world is not an option for you. Totland is a dream country after all, if we ignore Linlin going on rampages and stuff. But you can avoid that easily, no need to reside on her main Island or something. If you are powerful you just pull a Smoothie, if you're weak you pay the soul tax. Which is kind of nasty, but at least you're getting something out of it, the system makes sense.
Its kind of like living in tornado alley. Its fine most of the time except when all those tornados absolutely wreck everything you've worked for.
Shanks is way too risky. God knows what he and his crew of Rednecks do when no one is looking. Maybe they are swell dudes and just want to party, but maybe they also go full KKK on Fishman on off days or something.
I have to admit i wasn't expecting the grand wizard Shanks twist in this. I was expecting maybe risk of liver damage, being really smelly and never getting to sleep. But here you went full fishmansippi burning on us.
I think the beatings are precisely to make people join.
Or for fun. Like finding a new toy.
Joining Big Mom is a good way to find yourself a wife/husband if you're having trouble doing it on your own.
If you are a gambling man i guess.
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Like i said,its not obvious at all,and it would be too repetitive. Also,you said that volume 97 will have the "fights" only at the end,but then i ask you: what do you expect to happen in the next chapters,if not the start of the battles? Volume 97 would feel lame in this way. I think big things will happen in the next few chapters.
It's hard to see much else that announcement could be at this point, especially knowing that Kaido wants his son present for it. I'm open to suggestions though. I don't think it'll be too repetitive unless we actually do another full wedding ceremony, this seems like it'll just be announcing the engagement. What'll make it work will be the characters involved. Who is Yamoto and does he actually want this? If the kid being married is once again Pudding, the drama writes itself. We know she wants Sanji instead. Sanji now has a motivation to leave the plan and go after her (or she has a motivation to go after him). Is Big Mom planning another wedding-based double cross? As long as Oda doesn't try to repeat the actual wedding set piece, there's plenty of good story to wring out of an engagement.
As for volume 97 we've got at least five chapters to go, but a decent few things to go over before the fighting disrupts them. The Tobi Roppo fighting the Lead Performers and the aforementioned announcements seem unlikely to be glossed over (though I don't think the Beast Pirates' infighting will get much screentime - just enough to either establish a few powers and skillsets or hype up the strongest badass among them). Kaido's upper ranks have been pretty hands-off for the first few acts, and half the Charlotte kids we know to be present weren't really in focus on Whole Cake Island, so I think Oda's taking this chance to properly build them up while keeping the infiltration at a slow burn. We might get a few false starts and little flashpoints that get quickly snuffed out, but yeah, I'm feeling the alarm won't be properly raised until after the big announcement is done.
But that's all just my gut feeling on it. The halfway point is pretty soon to be making a call on the volume's ending, so I reserve the right to change my mind as new info comes out. If there's one thing Oda's good at, it's surprising people who try to predict him.
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How does lead performer make any sense for king and jack. Queen is the only one on stage performing.
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Well, performance can be anything.
Like, out of all Beast Pirates they perform best in a fight. Therefore, they are lead performer.
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How does lead performer make any sense for king and jack. Queen is the only one on stage performing.
There is a naming theme going on of kabuki theatre in Kaido's crew (i.e. tobi roppo), that's why they are called main performers.
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That panel with King should've been his bounty reveal.
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Well, so much for the whole "Pound is dead" thing, unless Oda literally dragged his corpse all the way to Dressrosa just to give his daughters a chance to mourn a father they never knew (and still don't). Not too phased by his apparent survival, since his "death" ultimately had little narrative weight behind it, but I did admittedly (and erroneously) think it would stick. Curious to see how Oven ****ed it up…
Pedro's still totally dead, though.
Love the Strawhat antics, as well as the fact that Carrot's still hanging out with them (and Shinobu, but whatever). Say what you will about her #NEXTNAKAMA chances, but I quite enjoyed her presence in the group during the Totland arc and have been sorely missing it through most of Wano, so I'm hoping Carrot gets some decent screen time.
In true Big Mom fashion, I can only assume that Yamato being wed to one of Linlin's daughters is an inevitability (guessing which daughter is another matter: we don't even know how old he is yet), but I'm not sure that's Kaidou's "big announcement". A marriage (or engagement, more likely, given the relatively short notice) is traditionally just a part of formalizing an alliance with Big Mom, so I have a hard time seeing that as meriting a separate announcement in and of itself...
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Hm, difficult question. I guess it would depend whether you are strong or not?
Big Mom is a really good bet if you just want to keep your head down and the Paradise half of the world is not an option for you. Totland is a dream country after all, if we ignore Linlin going on rampages and stuff. But you can avoid that easily, no need to reside on her main Island or something. If you are powerful you just pull a Smoothie, if you're weak you pay the soul tax. Which is kind of nasty, but at least you're getting something out of it, the system makes sense.
Shanks is way too risky. God knows what he and his crew of Rednecks do when no one is looking. Maybe they are swell dudes and just want to party, but maybe they also go full KKK on Fishman on off days or something.
Kaido is just awful on every level, whether you are strong or not. The Smiles suck and their bio-weapons are uncool.
Blackbeard is the winner if you are decently strong. Parties, cool captain, a Devil Fruit of your choice. Sweet deal.
Hehe, I have to agree. Blackbeard's crew seems to be the best Emperor crew to join, second only to the Whitebeard pirates.
We still don't know much about Shanks, but he's definitely not all good either for a random crewmember. For example, we know he's a somewhat good guy, but he sent a low level guy(Rockstar) into a situation he could have easily died in. Seriously, the message would have been taken more seriously if it was Beckmann or Roo delivering. He also has such strong ties with the WG, he can demand an audience with the top most powers in the OP world at a moment's notice.
At least with Teach, you know you could get a sweet, authentic Devil fruit,party all-day with some of the strongest pirates in the New world, go about doing piratey shit like conquering territory, and pillaging Devil Fruits, and work your way into making your captain Pirate King.
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If you are powerful you just pull a Smoothie, if you're weak you pay the soul tax. Which is kind of nasty, but at least you're getting something out of it, the system makes sense.
I mean, in Tottoland you give off time of your life as money, in real life we lend time of our lives to get money so it's pretty much the same except in Tottoland you can actually see the exchange taking place.
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I'd be immensly disturbed by having to deal with the souls of my friends and neighbours being inserted into everday objects. Like what if your school teacher ends up in like your tea kettle, or your buddy in your toilet bowl and everyone of 'em keeps singing and interacting with you.
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Curious to see how Oven ****ed it up…
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Same way Zoro ***** it up all time, his slashes should cut his enemies into pieces, If he can even slice mountains into pieces, or Mihawk, but they only scratch You. Or maybe pound is tough Like kaidou and blades break on contact, or he has a fake body Like trebol.
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How do I view the rest of the chapter? Stops at commander chopper's tank panel
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Bladed weapons couldn't even kill Tom in a flashback.
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@Buggy:
How do I view the rest of the chapter? Stops at commander chopper's tank panel
https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1006534
Works fine for me.
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I think the big announcement is another wedding between Kaido's son & BM's daughter.
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I had a feeling Pound wasn't dead. His "death scene" was one of my favorite moments in the WCI arc, but honestly I'm not too miffed that he's alive because after all he's been through he deserves to actually meet his daughters and grandson, and his death affected no one in-universe. Pedro better stay dead though.
If I had to bet on any of the All-Stars losing their position, I would bet on Jack. Just so he could be more easily relegated to fighting Inuarashi and Nekomamushi. But at the same time I wouldn't think the timeframe supports any of the All-Stars losing to the Tobiroppo.
Does Kaido want Yamato back in order to force him to marry one of Big Mom's daughters?
A lot of Wano's plot has hinged on red bean soup so far. If only Popeyes had locations in Wano.
Popeyes may not be there, but a KFC-alternative might be there. Think it's pg 7, when we see Beast Pirates partying after the direction map image, we see a checkered box of drumsticks.
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@.access:
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In the japanese raw, it was also south, so we'll see if it is a typo or not. I'm not sure it is that important though
It's at least consistent with the OP geography. East Blue and South Blue also are also opposed.
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I'd say the odds are favorable.
I'd say the ratio of reasonably attractive to deformed is anything but favorable.
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Ok, let's see:
Females, jackpot level:
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Females, not bad level:
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Females, alright level:
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Females, barely humanoid shape and / or menopause level:
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Females, total freakshow level:
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All in all not too bad, I would take my chances.
However, it's an absolute catastrophe when it comes to her sons. Someone else can rank those.
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Worth noting that the "Barely humanoid and / or menopause level" are just older women that could have been alright/beautiful in their maiden years.
And they're married already, probably.
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Ok, let's see.
Poire is not on top and Panna + the rest of the Meg's aren't even on the list.
2/10
As for the boys: It's Yuen and then everybody else.
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However, it's an absolute catastrophe when it comes to her sons. Someone else can rank those.
Right, I'll try:
Daddy Level
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Fuckboi Level
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Who the Fuck Cares Level
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Probably a Sex Offender Level!
??? Level
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I'm pretty sure Jabra chose the jackpot level of females by considering the 'Can kill you by snu snu' factor.
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Damn, Big Mom has such a large and diverse crew, its pretty amazing actually.
Yuen is definitely a Fuckboi, Lol.
Not fair placing Peros on Sex Offender level, he's definitely Daddy level.
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Damn, Big Mom has such a large and diverse crew, its pretty amazing actually.
Yuen is definitely a Fuckboi, Lol.
Not fair placing Peros on Sex Offender level, he's definitely Daddy level.
Com on, out of all Peros is the most sex offender type. Would you let your daughter near him?
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Pespero is definitely pimp daddy.
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Katakuri on Daddy level is a sin.
I am no lady but do you really want THOSE Teeth near your soft bits?
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a) Yamato
b) Tama
c) Caribou
d) OtherI say Yamato.
I say Tama.
Her power is too useful to not be included in the war. And if she isn't on Onigashima right now, then this battle with Kaido will somehow finish on the mainland for her to play a role.
I was racking my head on who Yamato would be marrying. Flampe, Armande, Smoothie, Compote…
Then it hit me. Pudding. It really makes sense for Big Mom to just throw Pudding back into the mix. They're waiting for her ship. What if she ordered them to go back and pick her up? The Vinsmoke thing didn't work out, let's get her on the next one. We can get more closure with Sanji, and even possibly use Pudding to finally jog LinLin's carnivorous memories.
If Who's Who and Bao are third eye tribe members like their tattoo's / adornments suggest it could further to circle things back around.
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I bet Yamato has a stupid Zoan like Chameleon or something and all he does is slouch off somewhere with a bottle of wine and nobody can find him because of his camouflage. Maybe that is why it is such a formidable task to bring him back to Kaido.
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Ok, let's see:
Females, jackpot level:
! [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/0/0b/Charlotte_Smoothie_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20180706032130[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/e/e7/Charlotte_Amande_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20200320231449[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/d/d8/Charlotte_Praline_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20190204133637[/qimg]
I would not marry a woman with rows of sharp teeth.
For practical reasons.
Females, not bad level:
! [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/f/fe/Charlotte_Hachée_Portrait.png/revision/latest?cb=20200425221736[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/8/85/Charlotte_Custard_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20190806003947[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/6/6f/Charlotte_Broyé_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20190806084200[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/4/4d/Charlotte_Cinnamon_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20190106035821[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/6/63/Charlotte_Prim_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20190725120435[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/3/35/Charlotte_Myukuru_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20171225174350[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/4/48/Charlotte_Galette_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20200223060917[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/d/d6/Charlotte_Melise_Portrait.png/revision/latest?cb=20200425221741[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/0/06/Charlotte_Marble_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20190807022017[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/2/25/Charlotte_Mozart_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20190806084419[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/1/16/Totto_Land_Minister_4_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20180826035530[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/1/12/Charlotte_Nutmeg_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20190806073730[/qimg] [qimg]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/c/c3/Charlotte_Allmeg_Portrait.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/119?cb=20190607194408[/qimg]
It amazes me that i could not name a single one of those girls.
Com on, out of all Peros is the most sex offender type. Would you let your daughter near him?
Oh he is a full on rapist.
Terrifying to look at and/or be around.
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Big mom and Kaidou are Rita Repulsa and Lord Z.
Lord Z even had a gigantic dragon zord that was owning everything. It only had one weakness, was comsuming too much fuel, just like kaidou drinking much.
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I bet Yamato has a stupid Zoan like Chameleon or something and all he does is slouch off somewhere with a bottle of wine and nobody can find him because of his camouflage. Maybe that is why it is such a formidable task to bring him back to Kaido.
Or he takes after his father and is freakishly strong, and insanely durable but probably spends most his time completely wasted…
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I'm pretty sure Jabra chose the jackpot level of females by considering the 'Can kill you by snu snu' factor.
You revealed my secret fetish based on a loose Big Mom daughter-ranking. That's… kind of impressive, really.
I would not marry a woman with rows of sharp teeth.
For practical reasons.
You just have to be a bit more creative!
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I'm not sure how I would deal with her lower half being all fish, but… we'll figure something out.
By the way, while googling Praline I found some anime only filler. Apparently she has her own song?!
Truly jackpot level.
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Right, I'll try:
Daddy Level
Fuckboi Level
Who the Fuck Cares Level
??? Level
You missed a trick by not having one of the identical ones randomly in a completely different category like two levels removed.
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You missed a trick by not having one of the identical ones randomly in a completely different category like two levels removed.
I don't care about the Opera or his clone twins enough to do this.
And you cannot convince me the Decuplets aren't all a bunch of fratbros in nice suits.