Looking at Who'swho's crewmates having a cat theme, I suggest him having a Sabertooth Tiger fruit.
That is definitely the popular consensus, hope it's true.
Looking at Who'swho's crewmates having a cat theme, I suggest him having a Sabertooth Tiger fruit.
That is definitely the popular consensus, hope it's true.
I like that Ulti and Page One are at least wearing face masks but they should still practice Social Distancing
They've been using the same mask all this time. You're suppose to replace it
Not getting my hopes up for Black Maria since she will likely be Nami's hypersexualized chickfight opponent, but Ulti is definitely fire. The dynamic between her and Paypay works really well for me, so maybe we will see a repeat of Chopper + Usopp teaming up? Alabasta style?
I feel it would be the opposite. Black Maria with some sort of snake fruit (Titanoboa?) vs. Robin. Ulti, with whatever power she has, vs. Nami.
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Nice chapter, very enjoyable. Marco's note couldn't be any lamer. I'm trying to look at the note and spin it in a way that their could be some hidden meaning but nope!
Kaidou being so disappointed in Momonosuke is extremely interesting to me. Who knows what Oda will do with it but right now I'm super intrigued.
Nice chapter, very enjoyable. Marco's note couldn't be any lamer. I'm trying to look at the note and spin it in a way that their could be some hidden meaning but nope!
Kaidou being so disappointed in Momonosuke is extremely interesting to me. Who knows what Oda will do with it but right now I'm super intrigued.
Well say what you will about Oden, but he was a strong dude that people followed out of respect for his strength and who Whitebeard and Roger invited onto their ships and crew. He dealt a blow to Kaido, and we know Kaido likes strong people so he probably hoped that even though he had to kill Oden, Momonosuke might grow up to be a strong warrior. Too bad he didn't grow up at all.
Might be just me, but I don't think Nami can take down any of the Tobi Roppo.
Might be just me, but I don't think Nami can take down any of the Tobi Roppo.
You saying Big Mom’s weapons ain’t strong enough?! And in Nami’s hands? Put up your dukes and the pull em down. Time for a butt whoopin!
This was a fun chapter. Things are going well for the alliance, if anything, too well. My mental alarm bells that things are about to start going wrong are ringing, but they've been doing that for about half of this volume so far, so it's probably meaningless. My guess at this point is that the strategy of getting everyone in and encircling Kaido will succeed, but things will take a turn for the south when he actually stands up and starts fighting alongside his underlings.
One of the highlights of the opening scene, aside from all the extra reasons to hate the villains, is Orochi's incredible terror. Now there's a villain who really appreciates how bad Luffy's presence is for him. Quake in your boots, little man. Momo is set for execution by crucifixion. I guess they've learned their lesson about oil baths. Will there be a parallel with Yasu's execution and the gang's failure to stop that, perhaps?
It felt weird at first that Marco and Catviper didn't travel together, which was the impression I got at the end of the last chapter. But on a quick reread, I guess it makes sense. Marco and Cat met on the day the Reverie started, and the news that the Warlords were being disbanded and Weevil removed from the picture came out a week later. Being on a time limit and all, there's no way Cat stuck around that long. And I guess Izo chose to go with him at the time. It's hard to say who else we should expect to be here, given that no other Whitebeard Pirates commanders were seen at Sphinx and Marco doesn't appear to have brought a ship. It might just be him and Izo. (And maybe a third character - some have speculated the stripy-robed figure to be the same one seen meeting with Crocus in chapter 631 rather than Izo, but we'll see.) I'm curious to see what Oda does with Izo as an actual character following his handling of Kiku.
Elsewhere, Denjiro shows off a swole back and Usopp and Chopper (kind of) take on Big Mom. She seems to have taken more damage than expected from the cannon blast to the face, but it's probably just dust and ash to enhance the ridiculousness of the whole scene. It would be cool to have their retreat take them back to the Rhino Bike for a General Franky VS Big Mom clash, but I think it was implied that Franky was going with the other group and they were going to meet up at the back. Oh, and is Shinobu calling Chopper Chobro as well now? Has she done that before? It's fun that it's spreading. Finally, I kinda hope Nami finds a way to tame prometheus as well. That'd really make her a force to be reckoned with.
And at last, the encounter no one was expecting: Luffy meeting Ulti and Pageone. I don't know if I'm feeling the start of a genuine fight here. The chapter title suggests Luffy and Ulti have more in common than they do different, but a team-up is a million miles from being on the cards, and it's not like Luffy needs more allies just yet. Very interesting.
And man, Oda totally forgot about the dirt, oshiruko and blood on Luffy's face in the middle of the last page there. Wonder if that's getting fixed up for the volume release.
This is a good week to not have a break (aren't the all thought) because I'm really keen to see where all of this is going.
@Kaido:
Regarding Inu and Neko potentially telling WB about what happened, it's worth remembering that the dog and cat hated each other's guts to the point they hadn't seen each other in years until they reunited with Kinemon's group.
It's not a perfect answer to that whole deal - the flashback didn't really address the start of the feud or the dog and cat making it back to Zou like I had hoped, but it does seem likely to be the main intent behind their inaction the last 20 years.
AFAICR, the feud started in the flashback. One of the two, blamed the other being the traitor who got the information out. I think that was it.
Inu and Neko did know about Toki's prophecy, though, right? They knew they ought to wait for 20 years?
The only problem is Whitebeard didn't know that. He didn't bother to look for Oden for 20 years?
Might be just me, but I don't think Nami can take down any of the Tobi Roppo.
Because we simply have no indication how strong they are.
We have a handful of panels for Pageone, who likely is the weakest. And the one FlyingSix with the most screentime and possible hype is yet another traitor who probably will not have a full fight.
So, half the fanbase thinks that Zoro/Sanji will fight them as they are not ready yet for a Yonkou Commander, and the other half thinks that the lesser Strawhats will fight them
Its the old problem that the Beast Pirates on their own have not enough high level fighters for the huge alliance they are facing, and very little hype behind them.
I really like these chapters with lots of jumping around between multiple scenes, so this chapter was fun.
Marco's note was incredibly disappointing, what was the point of him telling Neko to deliver it to Luffy? Smells like a change of plans from Oda's part but hey, that's part of the weekly serialization i guess.
Ulti is really fun, i hope she is not defeated by Luffy here and is instead saved for a battle against other SHs or alliance members.
Also, am i the only one who doesn't want all of the Tobi Roppo to have ancient zoans? Sounds kinda boring.
Tobi Roppo might be Vice-Admirals v2.
Marco's note was incredibly disappointing, what was the point of him telling Neko to deliver it to Luffy?
To gather other whitebeard crew members like Izo, but they managed to arrive earlier than expected thus making the note obsolete?
To gather other whitebeard crew members like Izo, but they managed to arrive earlier than expected thus making the note obsolete?
Izo is with Neko on the ship. Marco just flew there because he can fly and doesn't need a ship.
I'm guessing it wasn't always planned for Marco to show up, or rather, he might have shown up during the battle to save them in some way. Then they changed their mind and needed someone who could fly to kick the Big Mom's ship down the waterfall again.
Whitebeard not going to Wano because he didn't recieve enough news to understand Oden needed help? I get that. Maybe Ace just informed him that a guy called Oden died 20 years ago. That's the fate of friendships at the sea. You recieve news that a friend has died, but nothing else. It makes sense they didn't get details, or even knew that Orochi betrayed Oden and could have thought that Wano was dealing with it's own problemas. If Oden never sent a call for help… they wouldn't disturb his journey.
But Izo not going to check on their little sister Kiku? I don't get that. Especially after Whitebeard died, Izo should be hiding in Wano, and sending news to them. Or visited, knowing what happened to Oden. We never got the impression that Izo was having so much fun at sea, considering they went against their will, just to keep Oden in check. So it doesn't seem likely for me that Izo never wanted to visit Wano again... Don't commanders have freedom to go to other places?
Because we simply have no indication how strong they are.
We have a handful of panels for Pageone, who likely is the weakest. And the one FlyingSix with the most screentime and possible hype is yet another traitor who probably will not have a full fight.So, half the fanbase thinks that Zoro/Sanji will fight them as they are not ready yet for a Yonkou Commander, and the other half thinks that the lesser Strawhats will fight them
Its the old problem that the Beast Pirates on their own have not enough high level fighters for the huge alliance they are facing, and very little hype behind them.
I think it'll be similar to Dressrosa where Usopp and Franky fought regular executives and only the strongest guys fought the Aces.
And since Nami is been playing the ninja for quite some time and is with Shinobu, I'd say her versus is someone of the Oniwabanshu.
Tobi Roppos and Calamities are exclusively for the strongest members of the alliance.
Even tho, I could see Black Maria or Ulti going down in non-violent ways.
I see it more as a problem that no one out of Rayleigh/Scopper/Shanks had any interest in Oden’s fate. Also that Neko and Ainu didn’t bother to contact former Roger Pirates or WB pirates as many have noted.
I see it more as a problem that no one out of Rayleigh/Scopper/Shanks had any interest in Oden’s fate. Also that Neko and Ainu didn’t bother to contact former Roger Pirates or WB pirates as many have noted.
Nah, only characters you can really scrutinize is the WB Pirates. The Roger Pirates completely disbanded, with Rayleigh himself confirming he doesn't know where they are. I wouldn't have expected anything from them even if they were aware of Wano's situation.
Marco's note was incredibly disappointing, what was the point of him telling Neko to deliver it to Luffy? Smells like a change of plans from Oda's part but hey, that's part of the weekly serialization i guess.
That is almost certainly a "change of plans" situation, much like the Zombie Generals on Thriller Bark, where Oda had one plan but then cut something for expediency and to shave 4 months off the arc. So he's just tying off the thread with a gag instead.
In the grand scheme of the actual story that we got? It served as a red herring to make us think marco wouldn't be there… so we wouldn't know who the Pheasant was in out momotaro recreation. The Monkey is pretty damn obvious and the Dog seems obvious, but...
I'm thrown off by the ominous look Denjiro gives at his last panel. I'm sure he's just smiling because the plan is going accordingly and his face is already 'evil', but it still feels like he's up to something shady.
I'm thrown off by the ominous look Denjiro gives at his last panel. I'm sure he's just smiling because the plan is going accordingly and his face is already 'evil', but it still feels like he's up to something shady.
Well technically it shows him giving orders for his men to split into 2 groups like the Eastern Assault team did but it doesn't actually show Denjiro leading them/going with them so I think that might be his "I have a brilliant idea" face. Sasaki just told him that Kaido's son is missing and that everyone is looking for him. We know that Orochi has Momonosuke hostage and plans on executing him. I think Denjiro plans on searching for and kidnapping Kaido's son in order to exchange for Momonosuke. Hell, maybe he knows Kaido's son well for all we know and knows exactly where to find him.
The only other idea I have is that because he has captured Sasaki, he has the idea of impersonating Sasaki and placing himself close to Kaido or Orochi before the battle reaches them. Again, technically we don't know if Denjiro has a devil fruit power so anything is possible.
That Ulti girl has got to be girlfriend material for Luffy right!? I mean, come on, she’s perfect for the dude!!
That Ulti girl has got to be girlfriend material for Luffy right!? I mean, come on, she’s perfect for the dude!!
I'm all for it but I'm not sure that's where Oda is going with them.
Some in the OP community are mixing up a plot hole and something that just has a weak and somewhat of a lazy explanation. Marco said that he never thought it would have gotten this bad and word from Wano doesn't travel. None of this contradicts anything or is inconsistent.
If there was a plot hole, it wouldn't be with Marco. It would be with Neko and Inu who have the means to contact and inform others. Even that can be patched up in the future with something about Toki's last words and waiting for the right time. It hasn't really been addressed yet. Like how Marco was addressed. Until then, I don't see any real inconsistency. Just people misusing the term plot hole