Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan
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Christ, I'm getting less annoyed about the current chapter contents and how many back to back two week breaks there have been. Just how everything has lined up currently.
Don't really have much to say. As much as I like the stuff happening outside of Egghead, I wish we could just focus on Egghead with how short the arc has been. Wano was so long this would have been a welcome change. Currently I am interested in the Egghead arc to all this bouncing around has been a bit annoying. I get the fact that we are edging towards the final arc and a lot of set up and wrapping up of certain plot points needs to occur, but it just feels messy. Not something that is so bad it is actively ruining my enjoyment, but changing things up could make things much more engaging IMO.
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Honestly, I loved this chapter. Best in a while. Just watching Kuzan shooting the shit with the Blackbeard Pirates was some great character building.
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Kuzan stepped to a guy he should really know can kick his ass Devil Fruit or no Devil Fruit and immediately gets owned, he fits in perfectly among the Blackbeards.
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"Cocking" book, lol. Either an error (not impossible), or there's a meaning in the typo.
But is it what people are deducing? Would Oda know "Haoshoku" is unofficially "CoC" in english-speaking internet?
Maybe it's a cooking book from Kamabakka. Those kinky newkamas...
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The chapter opens with Garp's ship still flying.
There's now smoke trailing behind the ship. Uh? Last chapter, we saw no kind of engine behind the ship. So, how did it jump?
Could a certain Vice-admiral be literally behind this?
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The best part of this chapter was the flashback. I just love it!
First, it completely changed my view on how and why Kuzan joined Blackbeard. I no longer think he's a spy. He has his own goal, but what could it be?
Second, it gave us so much insight into Blackbeard's crew!
The Blackbeard Pirates aren't friends with dreams. They are associates with agendas. But they do seem to be developing some level of camaraderie.
It makes total sense for Blackbeard to make his crew captains of their own ships: to avoid in-fighting like in Rocks!
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While Garp is kicking ass right now, I can't avoid the feeling this will be his last stand.
The story has been builting up tragedies, and the next one is bound to happen in Fullalead.
I mean, there have been three outside-Egghead storylines building up: Kid's, Law's and Garp's.
- Kid, destroyed.
- Law, defeated.
- Garp... killed...?
All this in Volume 107 (1077-1086, likely).
So, all that may be followed by another tragedy, in Egghead, by the end of the Volume...
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To cap it off, we finally see Bepo's Sulong.
I wish there was better build up to this, but it's ok.
But Sulong can kill the mink if used for too long, and only stopping seeing the moon can cancel it. So, how does it work without a moon?
Chopper is a great pharmacologist (or drug dealer, lol).
Still a missed opportunity with the Smiles in Wano, thought. While curing DF shouldn't be possible, I could totally see Chopper finding an ongoing treatment to control/reduce the effects...
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Bepo taking law to luffy. New nakama law, he will be for luffy what aokiji is for blackbeard.
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Law beating up Teach : Onscreen
Shanks beating up Kidd : Onscreen
Teach beating up Law : Offscreen
I hate this biased method about Oda, Fuck him.
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
There's now smoke trailing behind the ship. Uh? Last chapter, we saw no kind of engine behind the ship. So, how did it jump?
Could a certain Vice-admiral be literally behind this?
It's just something to show the ship's motion and trajectory. If Smoker was controlling the ship, Grus wouldn't need to soften the landing.
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@King-Cannon I dunno, doing this feels pretty unsafe. Maybe something launched the ship, Smoker is "steering" it in the air, and Grus is softening the fall. Everyone working together is the best sure way to do it.
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This might be belong to the Crazy Theories thread, but re-reading the chapter has solidifed my belief that all the comments related to the Burn Scar have to be legitimate hints, otherwise I don't see the reason to spend that much panel real estate.
So if Shiryu's comment about the man working for the World Government is legit, it makes me think that there's a possibility that Otohime took the Road Poneglyph to Mariejois when accompanying Mjosgard and gave it to the World Nobles, which played a role in them being willing to cooperate with the Ryugu Kingdom. In turn, the 4th is indeed in the custody of someone from the WG.
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@Goukan Ah, that's an interesting theory. Saving Mjosgard alone might not have been enough, but a RP was enough to sweeten the deal.
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
@King-Cannon I dunno, doing this feels pretty unsafe. Maybe something launched the ship, Smoker is "steering" it in the air, and Grus is softening the fall. Everyone working together is the best sure way to do it.
It was Garp that launched the ship, since, like you mentioned, there was no smoke before. Then it landed with Grus' help.
Oda has done this before (adding smoke to objects being launched). It's just a artistic way to show motion and not make the ship look like it's just floating in mid-air.
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@King-Cannon said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
It was Garp that launched the ship, since, like you mentioned, there was no smoke before
I don't agree with this. We didn't see how the ship was launched at all. Garp was on its front the entire time, there was no panel showing him launching the ship nor moving to the fore. And it was actually Tashigi saying they were good to go, not Garp.
The scene was pretty muddled, but the way I see it, something we haven't seen yet was responsible for launching the ship.
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If the trail behind the ship was meant to be a hint about Smoker being with Garp's group, I can't see why Oda would have withhold showing him in either 1080 or 1081.
Hell, the only relevant marines that have been confirmed to be in Garp's rescue team were all present in 1061 when we first saw G-14. Hibari, Prince Grus, Helmeppo, Tashigi and Kujaku were all there.
What would be the point of withholding Smoker for so long if he was with the G-14 guys since the very start?
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@hideoushorrendous said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
Fuck him.
No need to be overly dramatic. God forbid Oda is saving Teach's full moveset for his final fight against Luffy.
Seriously, this is the same song and dance we had in Wano.
"WAAAAHHHH ODA IS OFF-SCREENING FIGHTS WAAAAHHH I WANT TO SEE KAIDO VS BIG MOM WAAAAHHH!" because apparently it's too hard to think that maybe Oda is saving the full showcase of the main arc villain (Kaido)'s ability for the climax of the arc. And then when we reached Onigashima and get shown the fights, it's like they forgot they ever voiced such complaints.It's not hard to use the brain a little bit more and come to the conclusion that Oda will eventually show a full fight scene with Blackbeard, a character that has always been built up to be Luffy's foil, other side of the same coin. It's not hard to be patient instead of sounding like a whiny child. Come on, I know you can do it.
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Great chapter, but I find the whole idea of Chopper having created a Sulong drug still weird. Not only has Bepo gotten limited screen time, but what was the reason for Chopper to even create a mink-related power drug for him alone? Only minks can use it, and Chopper is no Mink, nor do they have a mink on the crew cough cough.
Still, fun chapter though!
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I can't fathom how anyone could still not be rooting for Blackberry for pirate king at this point, really.
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@Goukan Tashigi is there, so there's a big chance Smoker is too. Also, it's Tashigi who warned everything was in place for the ship to jump, another possible sign Smoker is involved in launching the ship.
Why not show him yet? Maybe because his reveal is deserves a big moment. Oda showed the obvious ones (the same ones previously seen in G-14), so any further reinforcements can still surprise readers.
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@Alfiere He's...selling slaves
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@Deicide With all due respect, I think your logic is kind of flawed and that you're working backwards to arrive at the conclusion that Oda is waiting to reveal his surprise appearance because you want that to be the answer.
If anything, Smoker and Tashigi have always appeared together so if Oda is showing that Tashigi is currently alone more than once (1061 and 1081), I'd say that he wants to make us wonder where he currently is and why he's not alongside Tashigi.
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@Goukan It's just a theory. I just find it really weird how the ship was launched without any explanation, and it feels just like Oda to be hinting at a reveal in such a way.
Smoker being there is the kind of things that, if happens, becomes "obvious" in hindsight. "Oh, Tashigi is there, of course Smoker would be there too".
If it doesn't happens, well, it's just a failed theory.
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
@Goukan It's just a theory. I just find it really weird how the ship was launched without any explanation, and it feels just like Oda to be hinting at a reveal in such a way.
It doesn't seem like the ship was launched with any help from Smoker or whatever (in the previous chapter). We only see an explosion.
If it wasn't Garp himself, then it was likely just a mechanism similar to Coup de Burst. We know Garp is aware of it, since he saw the device first hand at Water 7.
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Another great chapter. The whining about the breaks and staying away from Egghead for a handfull of chapters is kind of pathetic ngl.
I still think Luffy will be the one with the eypatch, but if not and it's a new character, then the man with the burn scar seems like a prime candidate.
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@King-Cannon Chapter 1080 is not clear at all at how the ship flew.
First, it's Tashigi announcing they are ready. Garp's panel does not show he doing anything, it can be him just getting excited for what's he's doing next.
We also don't see what launches the ship. Seems to be some kind of wind or explosion, that's it. No haki is seen either.
Next the ship is on the air. We can clearly see that:
- Garp is in the front, standing on the figurehead. There's no lines indicating he's moving from the back.
- There's no engine to justify a built-in launching mechanism in the ship.
Then we again get confirmation that the figure on the prow is Garp, and that he's excited for what he's about to do:
And, finally, this chapter shows a trail of smoke after the ship.
So:
- Tashigi is the one announcing they are ready to jump
- There's no haki signs when the ship launches into the air
- There's no engine in the ship
- Garp is never shown in the back of the ship, nor moving to the front
- A smoke trail appears behind the ship after it was launched.
Take that as you will.
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Kuzan intentions are still a mystery. He sure was convinced rapidly by Blackbeard. Did he offer him something else that was not say. I'm not sure what he gains from being in a pirate crew against being a lone wolf.
The defeat of Law and Kid seems to be a bad omen for Garp but I don't see how he could loose to the Blackbeard pirates on the island right now
The sequence with Law was short. I wouldn't have mind seing more of Blackbeard's power especially after hiw he was mistreated in previous chapter. The same with Chopper des inventing a MinkBall, this would have been cool with more than one tiny panel
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@Kdom said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
I'm not sure what he gains from being in a pirate crew against being a lone wolf.
The Poneglyphs for one, and as a byproduct being at the center of what ever might transpire during the treasure hunt.
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@Deicide said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
@King-Cannon Chapter 1080 is not clear at all at how the ship flew.
First, it's Tashigi announcing they are ready. Garp's panel does not show he doing anything, it can be him just getting excited for what's he's doing next.
We also don't see what launches the ship. Seems to be some kind of wind or explosion, that's it. No haki is seen either.
Next the ship is on the air. We can clearly see that:
- Garp is in the front, standing on the figurehead. There's no lines indicating he's moving from the back.
- There's no engine to justify a built-in launching mechanism in the ship.
Then we again get confirmation that the figure on the prow is Garp, and that he's excited for what he's about to do:
And, finally, this chapter shows a trail of smoke after the ship.
So:
- Tashigi is the one announcing they are ready to jump
- There's no haki signs when the ship launches into the air
- There's no engine in the ship
- Garp is never shown in the back of the ship, nor moving to the front
- A smoke trail appears behind the ship after it was launched.
Take that as you will.
Interesting. If so, then Smoker got way stronger than last time, if he's able to lift a ship and carry it in the air.
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@Galleon-Panthera Personally, if it's him, I think something/someone else launched the ship up, and he's steering the ship. Which is already a big feat.
But I wouldn't mind if Oda gives Smoker an even bigger boost in strength.
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@zorosempai said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
Bepo taking law to luffy. New nakama law, he will be for luffy what aokiji is for blackbeard.
Let's hope not. Law was not designed to be a member of the SHP.
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I want to know how strong was Garp was in his Prime.
Ngl, I'm leaning more towards Kuzan just joining the BB pirates instead of being a member of SWORD. He has lost his way, and he feels with a purpose again.
Chopper being Walter White is not something I expected and Bepo's sulong looked so cool, and I liked the detail of Law not willing to leave his crew and bepo being assured that they will survive.
the break weeks are getting harder lmao
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Heart Pirates were raised in a cold North Blue port so they will survive but……..what about Jean Bart?
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bro survived as a slave in Sabaody. I reckon he will be fine -
Kuzan is an extremely compelling character to me, right now, I don't buy for a second that he's of the same overall moral compass as the rest of the blackbeard pirates, or that he's lost his way. Oda's been telling this story since Punk Hazard and nothing Kuzan said back then doesn't fit today.
Kuzan said to Smoker:
"You don't have to be affiliated with the navy to accomplish things in the world. And there are some things you can only see when you remain independent." When Smoker asks why he's here he says "To See you." And then he says, "I'm Just Me, Smoker."
Putting that together with Blackbeard's line to end the flashback:
"Have you got the wrong idea about pirates?! Nobody said we were all the best of friends here!!! The Only Thing Pirates Need is an alignment of interests!! You're a Free Man.. What do you want, Kuzan?!"
And it leads me to think this is a story about Kuzan joining with the Blackbeard pirates to enact the reality of whatever he believes his justice truly represents. That's not a particularly deep take, but I'm hoping that Oda has a solution in mind that brings everything together and makes his actions feel unavoidable in relation to a form of justice that most will agree with.
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@hideoushorrendous said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
Law beating up Teach : Onscreen
Shanks beating up Kidd : Onscreen
Teach beating up Law : Offscreen
I hate this biased method about Oda, Fuck him.
Oh yeah if there's anything we can say with certainty about the last
seven?
years of One Piece, it's that Oda is biased against Law.
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So if Kuzan is that distant from Blackbeard, with some mutual interest being their only connection, then who would Blackbeard replace him with in the event Blackbeard "fires" him?
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When should we expect the unofficial release of the next chapter?
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your argument is made of glass
remember Jack ? guess who fucked him ?
not a single named attack for an antagonist executive appearing in two arcs
you really wanna talk about Onigashima ?
Big Mom a main villain was done dirtier than Jack, making her forgot she has observation haki and fighting like a brainless giant, also made her rely completely on her DF instead of her CoC coating which is her strongest weapon yet zero usage against Law & Kidd
Pageone was crushed by exactly that but unlucky for him he wasn't on the good guys side or else he would've taken an easier attack and walk again
not a single awakening from the enemy side the whole arc, the longest arc too!!
not a single one!! whatcha gonna say ? he's saving them for the big moment later down the road ? as if their roles on the story aren't done already ?
Oda is terrible and bias as shit when it comes to characters outside of the boring straws
argue more and I'll bring more examples
pointing yourself as Oda's lawyer ha what a joke
us teach fans are somehow not allowed to express our disappointment or else we're whiny babies by default.
go eat some bananas.
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Definitely one of the better chapters we've had in awhile all thanks to the BB pirates chilling with Kuzan. It's so much more compelling to see him as a broken man, too much pride to return to the marines and too much self respect to join up with criminals. It's just... the twist of fate that Teach was the only man to approach him in these times with the right words. Suck it up and rejoin the marines? Just like with Ace, Garp has never had a clue how to really help people. He's all fists, no brains.
I don't want to see a big betrayal move anymore. It'd be boring to see and Teach would have to counter him immediately and take him out. Kuzan's living for himself now and this is way better than the long expected future for this character. It's time for ride or die, Kuzan!
Seeing the Blackbeards just screwing around with food and drink, having a good time with Kuzan, is all definitely going in my top BB Pirates moment ever. We were stuck with Kaido's crew for way too long. Their partying was so over the top, it never really feels like we saw them in "casual" mode. I missed this.
Compared to when we left off, it looks like Law must've been trying to escape. We don't see anyone but Bepo and him on land, so it feels fair to assume Law managed to move all his crew back to the ship as a last ditch attempt to escape (with Bepo-sulong being their own plan), but alas, Teach got them with one last quake strike. I'm pretty sure it was mentioned back when the fight started that the sub couldn't take much more. I'm not sure if I really expect the rest of his crew to be captured or not. Teach doesn't really have the crew members around to fish them out of the water, and some of them are really good in the water, so I could see them escaping too.
Between heading for Egghead or Elbaf by chance, back to Wano, or Zou, I think I'm gonna side with guessing Zou is Bepo's destination. Law did always have the vivre card for it.
If we assume Teach got the Poneglyph rubbings (not exactly guaranteed), he has at least Zou and Wano's now. I would assume Oda will say Kuzan and Auger also picked up Linlin's when they kidnapped Pudding, cause I don't really see the point in making BB go back there again to destroy it. If both of those are true, Teach has quickly caught up to Luffy on the poneglyph race and the burning man is the final target. Shanks should still need Zou though.
As much as we've been away, I'd like 1 more chapter of Garp before going back. I want to see Kuzan recover as well as Pizarro, Sanjuan, Vasco, and Shiryu show off a bit and put them on the defensive. We also really need to see Moria and Perona one more time...
We've been away long enough that I'm thinking we'll cut back to egghead already fast-forwarded a bit. Snake will have already stoned a few more strawhats, the BB ship will be nearing the port, and Luffy and Lucci will probably be about ready to finally solve the puzzle to stopping a Seraphim.
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@Marcotty said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
Their partying was so over the top, it never really feels like we saw them in "casual" mode.
Kaido's crew was more like an army. Blacknbeard's feel like true pirates.
I really liked this chapter for the same reasons as yours.
@Marcotty said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
We've been away long enough that I'm thinking we'll cut back to egghead already fast-forwarded a bit.
I disagree. I think we won't move away from Fullalead until this scene reaches its conclusion. It would take one or maybe two more chapters, I believe.
Then we are probably back to Egghead for good.
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We get another banger of a chapter to lead into Golden Week here, and I'm thrilled to finally be learning a little more about Kuzan's motivations and movements in the past couple of years. I'm definitely looking forward to getting back to Egghead though.
The colour spread is gorgeous with some wonderful colour choices. It's low-hanging fruit that everyone on the internet's been picking since the spoilers dropped, but I have to laugh at Sanji's COCKING book. But I also love the one squirrel that's wrapped itself up in Brook's afro to sleep. It's a real cute one.
We pick up right where the previous chapter left off, with Garp being a truly loveable badass. Whether he means it or not that he's lost his edge, it makes a statement just to suggest it. And it's a clever touch for Gruz to use his clay to cushion the warship's landing. I get the impression this might be a practiced maneuver. I think the ring of fire around these early scenes is curious just from a staging perspective. By all accounts, Garp's Galaxy Fist was just a shockwave attack, not a combustible one. We can see some things exploding among the rubble on that first page after the spread, but would that be enough for the all-sides inferno in the following shots? I'm not assigning any significance to this, we're not claiming a portion of Lunarian blood running through the Monkey family's veins called forth the fire, it's just an interesting detail.
Kuzan makes a very cool (heh) entrance and brings us straight into a perspective-changing flashback. I think the general consensus on the guy up to this point was that he was a rogue agent for justice, possibly a top-level SWORD agent. His interactions with Smoker at the end of Punk Hazard could be read to support this impression, and I'm sure Film Z played a part in it as well, despite not being canon, but I get a slightly different vibe from the version we see in this chapter. Kuzan is genuinely commiserating his break with the Marines and didn't seek Blackbeard out. He obviously shot first and asked later when he first encountered Blackbeard's men and is quick to start doing it again when he thinks they're after his fruit. But Blackbeard has a particular charisma to him, a dark mirror of Luffy's apparent "most dangerous ability" to get people on his side.
I think the banter in this chapter is stronger than it's been for a long time. Gruz and Kujaku commentating on Garp and Koby's relationship, and then Kuzan's hangout with the Blackbeard Pirates in the flashback, alternating between genuine exposition and mocking Sakazuki. Seeing a leg gone and asking if he took an arm in exchange. Kuzan joking that he's actually burned man. Shiryu's idle conspiracy theorising. In a series full of explosive reactions and face faults (and there are still more than enough of those here) these scenes of marginally more grounded and naturalistic character interaction really stand out.
The man with the burn scar is a tantalising plot hook. I was never really on board with it being Saul, as many suspected after he was revealed to be alive, and this seems to confirm it's not him. There's not a lot here to say who else it might be though. Dragon is tantalising, but his ship's official colours aren't as pitch black as the monochrome art implies. Plus where would he get the time to sail around sinking Poneglyph hunters in his busy schedule as a Revolutionary leader?
I hope it's the dude who was drinking with Crokus. No reason. No evidence. It's just been up in the air so damn long I want to see it wrapped up.
So after all of this it really doesn't seem like Kuzan joined as a spy. That doesn't mean he won't decide to follow his own justice and betray Blackbeard eventually, but it opens a lot of questions about when and how. I think it's noting that Kuzan definitely wasn't recruited as the tenth captain he is now. In fact, I'd venture to say that promotion was a recent development - on Punk Hazard Doflamingo says he's heard some "nasty rumours" about Kuzan's current allegiances, implying they aren't public knowledge, and then on Dressrosa the call between Blackbeard and Burgess that Luffy overhears has Burgess saying he still doesn't fully trust Kuzan while Blackbeard tries to reassure him that the same goes for Shiryu. Maybe this conversation was literally about Kuzan being promoted to the status of captain in the group despite his past Government allegiance (the most obvious thing that would go for him and Shiryu but no one else in the group). It's not like he showed up to Punk Hazard on a Blackbeard ship, so it could even be that the decision was made even as recently as that. But does that mean there was another tenth captain that preceded him in the role? Or am I totally wrong, he's had the position for a year, and Doflamingo was just being vague on purpose?
(Also is it just me, or is anyone else getting increasingly certain that the term "Titanic Captain" was a bit of flavour and exaggeration on the part of Corridia Colosseum commentator Gyats in introducing Burgess? Kuzan's info box doesn't use it, he's just a Ship Captain, and looking back over the post timeskip reintroductions of the Blackbeard crew, none of those use the title either. Have we actually seen anyone other than Gyats use the term 'Titanic'? I think it's been very mistakenly taken as official when it wasn't supposed to be.)
I didn't think we'd be leaving Fullalead with Garp having the upper hand, but his attack on Kuzan makes for a commanding transition back to Law's fight, and just like what happened to Kid, I feel particularly bad about seeing the end of his ship. The Polar Tang was another great vessel design that you hate to see lost like this. I maybe feel worse about the ship than the actual battle loss. People in One Piece usually survive. Sunk ships generally stay sunk.
I think it's a really cool connection to have Bepo's sulong come out thanks to Chopper's medicine. Can you imagine if they'd unveiled this drug back at Wano though? I remember a big point against Carrot's inclusion on the crew was the need to for the plot to engineer a full moon in every single future arc for her to reach her combat potential. A handwave solution to that would have thrown the debates into overdrive. And as much as I roll my eyes at the crewmate back and forth and so many other weird fandom things we get into, there's a part of me that secretly loves the drama.
There's a few things to take note of here. One is the Rocky Port victims still being alive. I would have figured the Government shoveled those hearts into a furnace or something to get rid of them, but they must be in storage somewhere. The second is the absence of confirmation whether Blackbeard recovered Law's Poneglyphs or not. With all his officers having Devil Fruits now it won't be easy to get them back from the wreckage of the Polar Tang. And I also think it speaks to Law's character that he wants to go back for his crew, despite everything.
The past three chapters from outside Egghead have been a tour de force of worldbuilding, characterisation and dramatic confrontations that threw things into a ridiculous overdrive gear at a point where the main story was still in its building stage. Hopefully there's not too much whiplash going back to Egghead with an evening to kill before the grand finale. But then, if the Egghead Incident is going to be one of these cutaway clashes written out in long form, it's going to be well worth the wait.
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@hideoushorrendous It’s cute how you think Jack or Page One is comparable to Teach when it comes to relevancy like the latter will be portrayed anywhere near similar to the former, hell, like the latter hasn’t gotten way more spotlights and build ups compared to the former. Blackbeard even has already shown some named attacks unlike the other two.
And all your examples just prove that you’re really missing the point. In fact, your examples actually acknowledge that their fights did get shown, so not doing yourself any favor here. I’m not addressing about whether or not you like what was shown, I’m addressing about your whining that something that is OBVIOUSLY will be shown down the line is being off-paneled now.
Oda’s lawyer? I’m pretty damn sure I had been critical about the series before, even very recently when I’m voicing displeasure about cutting away from Egghead. Guess any kind of correction, explanation, or defending means being a lawyer now.
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The Blackbeard Pirates, like the Straw Hats, are so much fun to watch in casual mode. Still unsure about where Kuzan's loyality lies.
Agreed. Aren't the Navy due to arrive "tomorrow"? It'll probably be the next day when we cut back to Egghead.
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@Nectar The way I see it, the Seraphim and York will win round 1. The crew will be left in shambles, with most characters petrified or (apparently) out of commission, and Luffy falls to Fabriophase. This causes a "defeat" narration like with Kid and Law, but of course the Straw Hats aren't really done for.
Then we spend time with the crew bouncing back for round 2. At the same time, York puts phase 2 of her plan in motion. The break between rounds is also the perfect moment to cover Bonney's story and Kuma's flashback, and maybe see Dragon making his move because of the rogue Kuma.
I think the marines will arrive during the round 2, and that's when we get the "Egghead incident".
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I honestly think that Oda doesn't know how to show the Yami Yami no Mi as an offensive DF without just sucking things up and shooting it out with Liberation or using Kurozu.
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I wonder if Pizarro is feeling any of this.
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@Johnny-B-Decent that's almost like saying Aokiji should be able to create fire with his fruit.
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@Marcotty said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
Between heading for Egghead or Elbaf by chance, back to Wano, or Zou, I think I'm gonna side with guessing Zou is Bepo's destination. Law did always have the vivre card for it.
I’ve always assumed Law was using Bepo’s vivre card to get to Zou which wouldn’t do him any good right now. But that doesn’t mean Bepo wouldn’t be able to get there himself using a different vivre card (I’d be surprised if he couldn’t), so yeah, Zou’s still in the running, but it’s the least interesting destination for me, personally. He’d at least have to stop at a nearby island first, right? How far can Bepo swim with an injured Law in tow while also being injured himself?
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@Captain-M said in Chapter 1081: Tenth Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Kuzan:
The man with the burn scar is a tantalising plot hook. I was never really on board with it being Saul, as many suspected after he was revealed to be alive, and this seems to confirm it's not him. There's not a lot here to say who else it might be though. Dragon is tantalising, but his ship's official colours aren't as pitch black as the monochrome art implies. Plus where would he get the time to sail around sinking Poneglyph hunters in his busy schedule as a Revolutionary leader?
I was wondering about this too, since it's curious that Kuzan doesn't seem to have heard of the man with the burn scar before. If Kuzan isn't playing dumb, then it suggests that whoever that man is, it's either a very close-kept secret that not even an admiral is made privy to the existence of, or it's someone who has managed to fly under the World Government's radar for over 20 years.
Another thing I've considered is that, back during Ohara, it's briefly mentioned that Spandine initially wanted to take Nico Olivia into custody alive so she could be interrogated regarding a specific piece of information only she knew that was never resolved. Perhaps that information was "who/where is the man with the burn scar"? Or maybe simply "where is the Fishman Island poneglyph?" If so, that would suggest that the existence of the man with the burn scar would predate Saul's desertion.
I wouldn't rule out Saul at this point, but I think the man's identity will ultimately depend on whether the burn scar rumors came about before or after the Ohara Incident. Though my gut instinct is that Shiryu's theory that burn scar has World Government affiliations is likely to be at least partially correct; either the man with the burn scar is someone who used to work for the World Government but doesn't anymore, or came about as a result of a failed attempt by the WG to steal FMI's poneglyph.
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My whole point is that offscreening sucks especially on shit that matters, and some of it will never be shown down the road such as how the heart pirates got destroyed, we all have to rely on our imagination instead of watching the damn thing, so it's not only about teach he's only a part of the incident, I wanna see how Law fought his opponents and how he reacts to their powers, but nope that's all outta the window for no reason.
Even luffy's own fights are sometimes offscreened during important stages so your point doesn't really stand well and I'll show you how,
I like both Luffy and Kaido ok ?
But nobody knows what kind of a technique or attack that caused Luffy to be sent flying unconscious or what was he trying to do prior to that !! that part is never gonna show up because it's over.
It was Kaido's brightest moment of triumph and it was offscreened entirely!! as a fan of Kaido am I expected to like that ?? His sweetest moment got stolen and shorted for no reason while every time he gets beat up it's always up for the fans to see ?how i am supposed to like it as a Kaido fan ? him finishing the Samurai was offscreened but that wasn't enough he also got his second victory cut off too ??
both Kaido and Big mom were set up as major figures but then Oda flushed them out with the utmost disrespect offscreening their ending like we still don't know if they're even alive or not ? compare their ending with Whitebeard and tell me why the latter received a majestic final appearance but not his fellow yonkos ?
the solution to this don't rush your writing
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Didn't expect so many people to buy pirate Kuzan.
If it was Shank's, maybe. But the friendly admiral joining the "evil" pirate crew just because he didn't get the promotion really doesn't feel Oda-y.