Thanks!
16 bananas
Thanks!
16 bananas
So the truth comes to light. this arc is all about showing off Franky and Robin.
I definitely don't expect to see Brooke join now. his purification technique seems set for this arc only. I can't really see a perverted humming priest staying on long-term.
If Moria's power is to make shadows into solid, then maybe his fighting style includes using shadows as weapons by making them (shadow) solid!
That sounds good…but he'd have to have someone's shadow to do that, and I think he's too busy putting them in his zombies.
I've discovered something from how Moria is approached in this chapter: as powerful as he claims he is, he is nothing without his Nakama. (thus his motto: "You Do It!") He needs other people to remove the shadows he steals, other people to put them in zombies, and other people to be his warriors to protect him and his "Pirate King" aspirations. If I don't know any better, Moria is a lazy son-of-a-gun who doesn't know the meaning of the word "Nakama" and just uses them for his own gains. Thus somehow I could sort of see his downfall having to do with how Luffy's crew fights alongside their boss, not "for him".
Hogback hasn't put Luffy's shadow anywhere yet, I think somehow Luffy's shadow will escape (maybe during a blackout?) and try to find a way back to his body, Oda could do all kinds of clever shadow-antics things with a situation like that. Luffy doesn't seem like the type of character to submit to anyone's orders, especially if that shadow is in fact his soul, they won't be able to just do what they want with it, I guarantee.
Also I can already tell Moria's "You do it" attitude is going to piss Luffy off bigtime, seeing as how that the antithesis of his own idealogy.
@Tokoro:
I've discovered something from how Moria is approached in this chapter: as powerful as he claims he is, he is nothing without his Nakama. (thus his motto: "You Do It!") He needs other people to remove the shadows he steals, other people to put them in zombies, and other people to be his warriors to protect him and his "Pirate King" aspirations. If I don't know any better, Moria is a lazy son-of-a-gun who doesn't know the meaning of the word "Nakama" and just uses them for his own gains. Thus somehow I could sort of see his downfall having to do with how Luffy's crew fights alongside their boss, not "for him".
Uhm, to me it was kinda clear. O_O
Just a little correction, he is still a little powerful as he removed the shadow and added it to the curpse by himself. What he's lacking is bodies [Hogback], control over owners [Perona] and a military overall control [Absalom].
So that's his weakness, yeah, and as fast as this arc is going about 40 chapters will get Moria to get his ass whooped. =P
@Tokoro:
I've discovered something from how Moria is approached in this chapter: as powerful as he claims he is, he is nothing without his Nakama. (thus his motto: "You Do It!") He needs other people to remove the shadows he steals, other people to put them in zombies, and other people to be his warriors to protect him and his "Pirate King" aspirations. If I don't know any better, Moria is a lazy son-of-a-gun who doesn't know the meaning of the word "Nakama" and just uses them for his own gains. Thus somehow I could sort of see his downfall having to do with how Luffy's crew fights alongside their boss, not "for him".
Don't diss the Shadow-Man.
And he doesn't need other people to remove the shadows. Didn't you read this chapter? If he needed other people to remove the shadows then there'd be no point in him having his Devil Fruit power, which allows him to grab shadows.
Get the idea?
You rock Battle Franky !!
Thanks BF!
That was an amazing chapter. Gecko Moria is indeed a sinister guy, and he really has DF power, not his scissors as I thought. Other great spots in this chapter were Franky arguing with Brooks and Verona attacking Luffy.
Or it is me or Moria's head is way smaller than the rest of his body? Geez, that head… looks like some puppet sock from hell.
So, it's a fact that Moria isn't a giant (maybe a half-giant breed). If you look closely when the 3 sinister ones meet Moria, one the little soldiers is standing next to what is most likely Absalom's foot, meaning they're just really small.
Like I said before too, his teeth look nothing like when he first showed up without revealing his face. Also, what's up with his long neck??? Not to mention that he's patched all the way down his neck.
I'm starting to think there's nothing that Devil Fruits can't allow you to do.
With Moria, you'd be like: Oh well, I'm going to die. Well, at least part of me will live on….through my shadow.
Moria: BWAHAAHAH!
You: Bugger.
Oda FTW.
Don't diss the Shadow-Man.
And he doesn't need other people to remove the shadows. Didn't you read this chapter? If he needed other people to remove the shadows then there'd be no point in him having his Devil Fruit power, which allows him to grab shadows.
Get the idea?
He has the Kage-Kage no Mi, sure, but he still needs someone to physically remove the shadow from the body so that it can be used for his zombie army.
Something does tell me that if the SH can cause dissent within his "unstoppable crew" and maybe beat some sense into one or two of Moria's servents, then we'll see how tough the shadow man really is. He may have a massive bounty, but without Absolom, Perona, Hogback and these "super-bounty zombies", he may not have too much.
@Tokoro:
He has the Kage-Kage no Mi, sure, but he still needs someone to physically remove the shadow from the body so that it can be used for his zombie army.
Something does tell me that if the SH can cause dissent within his "unstoppable crew" and maybe beat some sense into one or two of Moria's servents, then we'll see how tough the shadow man really is. He may have a massive bounty, but without Absolom, Perona, Hogback and these "super-bounty zombies", he may not have too much.
Doesn't he remove it himself? You know, with the scissors and all?
Also, if Brook had his shadow stolen, why hasn't he fainted like Luffy?
Same goes for that 'old man with a big wound'.
I don't see where you got that idea he needed someone to remove the shadow as he just did it himself in this chapter.
The guy has the second highest known bounty in the OPverse. He isn't going to be a pushover.
I'm fairly sure by "purification" Brooke meant "beat the shit out of the thing until they cough up the shadow."
Doesn't he remove it himself,? You know, with the scissors and all?
Also, if Brook had his shadow stolen, why hasn't he fainted like Luffy?
Same goes for that 'old man with a big wound'.
Probably he fainted, 5 years ago. Then he woke up.
Thanks battle franky… and nice chapter though...
I thought moria is a GIANT(totally giant like elbafs) but though he is like whitebeard(half-giant)and also his face is ridiculous....
Anyway, I have a feeling that this arc will be more interesting than alabasta arc, just like crocodile vs luffy(round 1,2 and 3), this would be like luffy vs moria(round 1,2 and 3 )
Another sichibukai Fight....
Also Luffy's in DaNGER!!!!!
Probably he fainted, 5 years ago. Then he woke up.
That is by far the most boring theory I have ever heard.
Probably he fainted, 5 years ago. Then he woke up.
Soaked in water, laying down on his ship/sea buttom. :D
Or actually he might have floated RIGHT after he was thrown to the water, because he's light, so he woke up and ran on water till he got to a ship~
I'm fairly sure by "purification" Brooke meant "beat the shit out of the thing until they cough up the shadow."
Does that mean said "weakness" Brooke said is the whole body?
O_O
Maybe I got this wrong, which would explain the idea why Brooke cut so easily at a supposed unique weakness spot, which would explain the huge mess in my head right now.
I too dunno why Moria's teeth suddenly changed, and why his body is so.. unpropotional [sp?].
Easiest choice to go with would be a suit. Till now all easiest choices came true, with no twists, so I'll go with this one.
That is by far the most boring theory I have ever heard.
It's also probably the most accurate.
[Occam's razor and all]
[thanks BF and everyone else who brought this chapter to us this week]
OK, finally cleared up: it was Moria himself with the scissors. I guess my problem is that while the shadow itself can rise with his control, it takes something else (either physical force or scissors) to remove the shadow from the body.
wo didn't expect him to look like that
Giant Sissors = WIN
C'Mon giant brawl Franky vs. Moria…cmon
I can imagine that the zombie, the one Luffy's shadow going to host, was built in a whole wrong way and went total berserk.
~FICTION THEATER~
Moria: Kishishishi! Finally, the ultimate zombie shall take life before our eyes! Arise, the superior undead, and serve me!
#900: ROOOOAAAAR bursts free and crashes through a wall
Moria: …WTF?
Hogback: W-w-w-w-w-w-what?!?! That’s not possible! It shouldn’t react like that! Cindry-chan! Check-up!
Cindry: Hai…
Hogback: Did we use the body parts of #75?
Cindry: Yes…
Hogback: #706?
Cindry: Yes…
Hogback: #9999?
Cindry: Yes…
Hogback: And a horse wiener?
Cindry:… BLUSH
Moria/Pelona/Absalom/Luffy(unconcious)/Bearsky(or rather Nami/Usopp/Chopper): WHY THE HELL WOULD IT NEED THAT!!??
Hogback: Ok, ok, good, good. And the most important part: #69?
Cindry: ……………………………………………..69?
Hogback: EHHH?!?!? Cindry-chan, how could you?! It’s ultimately IMPOSSIBLE for you to forget the numbers!
Cindry: I didn’t…
Hogback: Then why have you…?
Cindry: Cause I couldn’t tell from this paper with the number if it’s 69 or 96…
Hogback: face crashed to the floor of total embarrassment
Moria: …Dumbass.
Pelona: If it’s ok with you, m’lord, can I have the shadow’s original host?
Moria: Sure.
Pelona: Yay! (runs off carring the unconcious Luffy)
Absalom: Well, I don’t care either way, because I found my bride! holding an unconscious Nami with a huge bump on her head in his arms
Moria: Good for you.
Absalom: Yay! (runs off carring the unconcious Nami)
Moria: Well, all’s well, ends well! Hmm… I wonder what happened to #900?
Meanwhile
Undead Priest: …and I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the undead bride.
(Haha…nice storytelling Krillos)
The name of the Chapter sounds great, maybe it's the Titel for Vol.47??
That is by far the most boring theory I have ever heard.
What theory? Oo
@Tokoro:
OK, finally cleared up: it was Moria himself with the scissors. I guess my problem is that while the shadow itself can rise with his control, it takes something else (either physical force or scissors) to remove the shadow from the body.
No. You can see cleaaaarly enough:
They put light behind Luffy.
Moria slowly spreads his hand towards the shadow.
You're with me?
Moria lifts the shadow up. by himself.
Alright, done. :D
@Rai:
No. You can see cleaaaarly enough:
They put light behind Luffy.
Moria slowly spreads his hand towards the shadow.
You're with me?
Moria lifts the shadow up. by himself.
Alright, done. :D
Jeez, it's like explaining something to a child, isn't it?
Also, I am never, ever going to look at my shadow the same way again.
im starting to think that perhaps the shadows retain the DF powers of the original body and pass them along to the new host body
thanks BF!!! One piece keeps getting more interesting! Luffy just fell asleep
Jeez, it's like explaining something to a child, isn't it?
Also, I am never, ever going to look at my shadow the same way again.
I agree about the shadow thing. Iv already started to look at it different. LOL! Gotta love One Piece!
im starting to think that perhaps the shadows retain the DF powers of the original body and pass them along to the new host body
Yeah, I was thinking of something along those lines too.
Like, it's obvious strong pirates Moria wants to control will have a DF at.. say, 70% of the cases. Moria can't just let his #900 so-called zombie mess up just because he didn't check if Luffy had a DF.
He's condifent even with a DF, a 300M pirate will be enough for Zombie #900. It's pretty common to think Moria can pass special abilities through the shadow. If not that, at least something connected to it.
Or, he's going to check if Luffy has a DF next chapter, and if it does he'll need to add rubber to the body/throw Luffy to the sea.
I dun get why ppl think the SHadow owners will fight their zombie clones. It's pretty damn obvious, especially in this chapter that once your shadow is stolen,you're pretty much in a coma. Basically the battles against the zombies with SH shadows will have to go to Franky,Robin, Usopp, CHopper, Brooke or Nami. Dear god, I hope Perona gets a good fight! Robin is okay,but please NO vs. NAMI battle! I'd really like to see her fight Usopp or Chopper.
Haha, Moria's design is gold.
Aokoji it is not obvious!!
Brook is not in a comma. His friend who got burned up was not in a Coma. That old man, was not in a coma.
They faint but eventually they wake up.
I am totally loving Thriller Bark right now.
But since Brook's explanation appears to be a bit long, maybe there's more to the shadow-stealing than just a devil fruit.
The side story needs more fucking Enel.
yohoo!!
and now for somehing completely different
Thanks BF!
I think Luffy's zombie will resist Moria's 'influence'. In the process, he will also become the greatest source of comic relief since the great Lets Make Franky Join Through Steeling His Speedos scene.
As for the 'influence'…I'm curious how it works. Why do they obey him?
Also, I must say Moria's design gives me the creeps.
@Ao:
It's pretty damn obvious, especially in this chapter that once your shadow is stolen,you're pretty much in a coma.
If that was the case then the old men (aswell the other inhabitants of the forest we didn´t see but hear) would all be in a coma because of the lack of shadows.
Don´t mix things up here. Just because Luffy passed out the second he lost his shadow it doesn´t mean it´s a permanent state. Its not unusual that people faint if an act of weakening character happens to them. The same as you may pass out when somebody knocks you out a character might pass out the second he loses his shadow. But as you awake a while after you get knocked out I´m pretty sure that the same happens to somebody that loses his shadow.
I seriously doubt that the protagonists of this story will be in a permanent coma because of the lack of shadows while random nobodies that inhabit the forrest are also lacking shadows but not consciousness.
@Ao:
I dun get why ppl think the SHadow owners will fight their zombie clones. It's pretty damn obvious, especially in this chapter that once your shadow is stolen,you're pretty much in a coma. Basically the battles against the zombies with SH shadows will have to go to Franky,Robin, Usopp, CHopper, Brooke or Nami. Dear god, I hope Perona gets a good fight! Robin is okay,but please NO vs. NAMI battle! I'd really like to see her fight Usopp or Chopper.
You're unconcious, for not too much. A day at most I'd guess, but with OP really Luffy is gonna wake up near the end with a spread, ready to kick Moria in two chapters. ^^
E:
Ivotas, how about the remaining fighting against time to survive till Luffy wakes up?
Damn, I can't believe how Oda keeps getting more and more versions of keeping Luffy out of the game till near the end to kick the boss.
**thx BF.
Good chapter. Moria's design = gold. I'm also wondering if Brooke's purification process has anything to do with spirit. Or it could be just kicking the zombies really hard, but I doubt that.**
to me this is all pointing to chopper who will have to save the day….
its pointing to this being a chopper's development arc... remember luffy's work harder to chopper when they got the bounties... to me it is pointing to this arc.... mark my words :D
Moria looks nothing like I thought he would, though he still looks cool. He reminds me a bit of Him from Powerpuff Girls.
@Tokoro:
OK, finally cleared up: it was Moria himself with the scissors. I guess my problem is that while the shadow itself can rise with his control, it takes something else (either physical force or scissors) to remove the shadow from the body.
I don't think it quite works that way. It looks like Moria's power makes shadows solid to him. So, using scissors were probably the cleanest way to remove the shadow. Still though, this is a very interesting power.
Imagine trying to fight a guy who can grab your shadow. It gives all his enemies a unique weakness.
Moria may get the shadows to obey him, because they fear for their original owner's body. Maybe in the hope that one day they'll be set free.
For those who can't find it on their own, here's Martigan's complete translation from over in Mangahelpers:
! Well, I did a spoiler translation earlier, so I decided to go ahead and finish it out now that the raw is here. This should be complete, but if you find something missing let me know.
! Feel free to use this for your scanlations so long as you give me credit, and please PM me letting me know you used it. Thanks.
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455話 王下七武海ゲッコー・モリア
Chapter 455 King of the Depths: The Shichibukai, Gekko Moria
扉絵 エネルのスペース大作戦vol.22「博士の仇!!男にはやらねばならない時がある」
立ちはだかる宇宙海賊とスペイシー以下4人
Front Piece: Enel’s Space Epic vol. 22 “Revenge of the Doctor!! A time when men must do what men must do” The space pirates and 4 other guys stand blocking his way
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タララン「・・・・・ア!!」
Talaran: ….ahhh!!
フランキー「まだだ、斬った所でゾンビだぞ、また立ち上がる」
Franky: Not yet, the guy you beheaded is a zombie.. he’s still standing
タララン「・・・・コノォ~~~~・・・ん!?待てよ!!?・・・・お前どっかで・・・」
Talaran: you…… hm? Wait!!? aren’t you…
ブルック「ヨホホ・・・ご心配なく。対処もしました」
Brook: YOHOHO… don’t worry… I’ll deal with it
フランキー「対処?」
Franky: Deal with it?
ブルック「ゾンビにも弱点はあるのです!!」
Brook: even Zombies have a weak point!
タララン「アーアーアー!!アア―――ア!!!」
Talaran: Ah..ahhh..ahh!! AHHHHH!!!
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Talaran: アアーーーーア!!! AHHHHHH!!!
フランキー「何だありゃ!!」
Franky: what the hell is that!!
ブルック「あれこそゾンビの魂・・・!!」
Brook: That’s the zombie’s soul…
フランキー「・・・魂!?目に見えて抜けていくぞ!!」
Franky …soul!? but it just came out right before our eyes..
Talaran: アアアーーーー アーーー。。。
ahhhh… ahh….
ブルック「さァ帰りなさい!!主人の下へ!!!」
Brook: now, return!! to the master of the depths!!!
ゾンビ達「ギャー!!タララン隊長ー!!!」「隊長!!!隊長がやられた―――!!」
Zombies: gyaahh!! Talaran-Taichou* (captain)!!! Taichou!!! Taichou is down!!!
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フランキー「完全に停止した・・・何をしたんだ!?」
Franky: You completely stopped him…. what did you do!?
ブルック「浄化です」
Brook: I purified him.
ゾンビ達「・・・・見ろ!!間違いない、あいつ・・・ハナウタだ!!!」
「5年前にこのスリラーパークをメチャメチャにした男だ!!!」
「ご主人様に報告だ―――っ!!!」
Zombies: Look!! There’s no doubt… that’s… Hanauta!!! That’s the guy who came to Thriller Bark 5 years ago and screwed everything up!!! We have to go report to the master!!!
! ブルック「―――あ、このクモの糸は力には強いですが火に弱いので」
Brook: ah… this spider’s thread is strong against a sword but weak to fire.
フランキー「ホントだ、溶けてく
麦わら達が連れ去られたんだ!!お前この島の事色々知っていそうだな」
Franky: yeah, it’s melting.
Mugiwara and the others were kidnapped!! You know a lot about this island, don’t you…
ブルック「ハイ、しかし・・・何から話せばいいやら
すでに彼らに捕まったとなるともう手遅れの可能性も高いですね」
Brook: Yes, but… what should I say… if they’ve already been captured, the possibility is high that it’s too late..
フランキー「なァにォ!!?手遅れだとォ!!?」
Franky: Whaat!!? too late!?
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ブルック「そ・・・そんな、私に怒鳴らないで下さい。面食らってしまいますよ!!
ガイコツだから私面なんてないんですけども!!!ヨホホホ!!!スカルジョーク!!!」
Brook: w… well, don’t yell at me please, I’ll get confused!! Because I’m a skeleton I don’t have any face after all.. YOHOHO!! SKULL JOKE!!! (note: this is¬ a pun in Japanese, note the same kanji 面 for face in the two words there)
ロビン「やめなさい、すでに死んでるわ」
Robin: Cut it out, he’s already dead (Robin makes a joke!?! omg)
ブルック「――とにかくふざけず聞いて下さい。一度お話した通り船の舵もきかず
Brook: …anyway listen to me without messing around. It’s just like I tried to tell you on the ship, but was unable to steer you away
ロビン「やめなさい、すでに死んでるわ」
Robin: Cut it out, he’s already dead
Brook: 私が1人でこの海をさ迷い始めて数十年・・・この魔の海を脱出したいと思えど
when I began wandering around on this sea dozens of years ago… I thought I wanted to escape the demon of this ocean.. my rudder was broken and I was carried about on the tides endlessly.
舵は壊れてて潮の流れに翻弄されるばかり。そんな折―・・・5年以上前になりますか
あなた方と同じ様にこのスリラーバークへ誘われたのです・・・
Then by chance… a little more than 5 years ago probably, just like it did to you and your crew, Thriller Bark called out to me
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Brook: どうしても魔の三角地帯を抜け出したかった私はこの島に舵を直せる部品でもあればとひた歩きましたが
Wanting to escape the Demon Triangle no matter what, I walked around on this island looking for parts to fix the rudder, but
出て来るのは怪物やゾンビばかり。―やがて捕まり着いたのはこの建物
その内部で見たのは先に捕まった格闘ダンサーが1人と・・・
all that I found was monsters and Zombies. Eventually, I was captured and brought to this building, together with one of the Dancers who I had seen during the fight
運ばれてきた没人形と呼ばれるつぎはぎの死体。―そこへ見るも恐ろしい大男が現れなんと・・・
He was carried off and what they called his dead body was patched up. As I looked over towards him I saw a frightening giant had appeared
男の影を床から引き剥がし!!切り取ったのです!!!」
The man’s shadow was torn off!! It was amputated!!!
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フランキー「影を・・・切り取った・・・・!?」
Franky: he…. amputated the shadow!?
Brook: 私も目を疑いました。。。。目は。。。。
I didn’t believe my eyes either… but of course…
Brook: ないんですけどーーーっ!!
I don’t have any!!!
sfx: ヨホホホ YOHOHOHO
Franky: いい加減シバくぞてめエ!!!
Stop messing around!! I’m gonna hit you!!
Robin: もうシバいたらいいわ
Yeah, you should hit him.
ブルック「ほどなく私も同じ運命を辿るのですが・・・影を取られた男はその場に倒れ、切り取られた影は一方の
Brook: before long I would fall to the same fate, but… the man whose shadow was taken fell in place.. whereas the shadow that was taken on the other hand
動かぬ没人形の体内に押し込まれました。――するとどうでしょう・・・
was implanted into the unmoving corpse. and then.. it’s hard to explain…
ただの死体であるハズの没人形が動きだすじゃありませんか!!」
what was just a corpse, or so I thought… started moving!!
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フランキー「どういうこった!?」
Franky: What the hell!?
ブルック「影とは・・・いちどこにいても人に従い動くもう一つの魂なのです
Brook: Well, the shadows… the person into which they are placed follow the movements of that soul…
あなた方の落とす影も然り、本来・・・人が生まれて死ぬまで絶対に離れる事なく従い続けるハズの魂
the shadow you defeated… yes… essentially.. .souls will absolutely not change from when you are born to when they die.
それを捕らえて自分に従わせてしまえるその大男こそが、王下七武海ゲッコー・モリア!!!」
That giant has the power to take your soul and alter that absolute rule.. he’s the king of the depths, Shichibukai Gekko Moria!!!
Brook: “カゲカゲの実”の能力者です!!
He has the power of the “Kage-Kage no Mi” *shadow-shadow fruit
フランキー「悪魔の実か」
Franky: a Devil Fruit huh
ブルック「そこに死体さえあれば影を使って彼はゾンビを生み出せるのですが
Brook: He only needs a dead body and a shadow to bring forth a Zombie, but
厄介なのは生物の死体をより強靭に組み上げる天才外科医ドクトル・ホグバックが仲間である事
the greater danger here is the ferocity of the creatures Dr. Hogback puts together
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Brook: 彼の医術は時として各地の墓場から伝説的な戦士の肉体をも復活させ
using his medicine, he has collected and resurrected legendary warriors from around the world…
おびただしい数の没人形が今も研究所の冷凍室に保管されています」
and he has countless more stored away in his freezer!
ロビン「Dr.ホグバック・・・あの有名な医師が失踪事件以来こんな所で海賊の手助けをしていたなんて」
Robin: Dr. Hogback… the famous surgeon… I can’t believe he’s been here, helping out pirates ever since the incident of his disappearance
フランキー「だが・・・じゃあゾンビってのは肉体は動いちゃいるが何も死者が蘇ったわけじゃねェんだな」
Franky: But, well, the Zombies… they can move even though they haven’t been resurrected, right
ブルック「その通り。性格や戦闘能力は全て影の持ち主のものです
Brook: Correct. The personality or the fighting ability is completely transferred from the shadow’s owner
肉体の持つ強靭さは没人形の持つ筋力次第。強い肉体、強い影を融合させる程
but the overall toughness is dependent upon the body’s physical strength. When a strong body is fused with a strong shadow, an even stronger Zombie warrior is born.
より強いゾンビ兵が生まれる。だからモリアは手っ取り早く賞金首の影を欲してるのです」
that’s why Moria is eagerly after those with bounties on their heads.
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フランキー「成る程・・・おれ達が狙われるわけだな」
Franky: I see… that’s why he was after us.
ロビン「それがスリラーバークの全貌ね。
Robin: So that’s the whole story of Thriller Bark…
モリアにとってゾンビの一番の特性は従順である事かもしれないわね。本来なら強い戦士程従わせる事は困難なはず」
The most common attribute among Moria’s Zombie is most likely their obedience. It would seem the more powerful warriors would have difficulty being so obedient.
ブルック「――そう。・・・本人と同じ戦闘能力を持つ影だけ戴いたら言う事を聞く筈もない本体など要りません
Brook: Indeed…. he doesn’t need any shadows that are as strong as him who won’t listen to what he says
強い者程気を失ってる内にすぐ海へ流されます」
for people that strong, he just throws them into the ocean once they lose consciousness
フランキー「え・・・!!じゃああいつらやべェ・・・」
Franky: ehh!! Then he’s in danger!!!
ブルック「まだ大丈夫!!時間はあります。今から私が最善の策をお教えしますから私を信じてその通りに動いて下さい!!」
Brook: It’s alright for now!! We have time. For now, I know the best way to proceed, so believe in me and follow what I do, please!!
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Franky: 。。あア!?お前を信じる~~~!?
…haaa!? believe……!!!
Brook: グサーーーーーーーッスカルショック!!
gahahahahaaa SKULL SHOCK!!!
Brook: ――なんて掛け合いも私数十年振りで!! ちょっと楽シ~~~~
oh my, it’s been years since I’ve had such conversation!! fun~~~~
! Subordinate ハイ Yes
部下達「ご主人様~~~~っ!!三怪人様お揃いで!!」
Subordinates: Masterrr~~~!!! The three mysterious people have arrived!!
モリア「・・・・早いな、入れ」
Moria: …they’re early… enter
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Subordinate: どうぞ中へ Please enter
モリア「オウ、来たかおめェら キシシシ!!早くおれを海賊王にならせろ!!!直ぐに!!!」
Moria: oh, you guys kame? kishishishi!! hurry up and make me the pirate king!! immediately!!!
『王下七武海海賊 ゲッコー・モリア 元懸賞金 3億2千万ベリー
モットー:他力本願 好きな言葉「お前がやれ」 』
King of the Depths, Shichibukai Gekko Moria. Original Bounty 320 Million Beri
Motto: Relying upon others for one’s own objective||Favorite phrase: You do it!!
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Luffy「何が海賊王だ!!!海賊王になるのはおれだ!!!」
Luffy: Who’s gonna be pirate king!? The one to become pirate king is ME!!!
ルフィ「おい!!!このヒモほどけデカらっきょ!!!
Luffy: Oi!!! Untie this string!!! Lemme out!!
ウソップ・ナミ・チョッパー・サンジ・ゾロ全員返せ!!!どこへやった!!!」
Usopp, Nami, Chopper, Sanji, Zoro… give ‘em all back!! Where’d they go!!!
Hogback: 何とも威勢のいい男だな。。。
He’s quite powerful…
Moria: これが“麦わらのルフィ”か
So this is Mugiwara no Luffy?
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モリア「おい麦わらのルフィ・・・今だいぶ名を連ねたが捕らえたのはまだお前で3人目だぞ
Moria: Oi, Mugiwara no Luffy… you just threw out a lot of names… we’re only after three of your guys
海賊狩りのゾロと・・・もう1人は手配書にはなかった金髪の男」
the pirate hunter Zoro… and the other one I sent out search orders for is the blonde-haired guy
ルフィ「んん?金髪ってサンジしかいねェけどなァ・・・」
Luffy: hm? Blonde-Haired… must be Sanji….
チョッパー「なに――っ!?おい、ゾロとサンジが捕まったみたいだぞ」
Chopper: Whaaat!? Hey, Sanji and Zoro were captured…
ウソップ「う・・・うそだろ、ルフィも捕まってるのに!?」
Usopp: no… no way… and Luffy was captured too!?
ナミ「な・・・何で怪物3人組に限って真っ先に捕まっているわけ!?」
Nami: h… how did that monster trio get captured right off the bat?!
Usopp: どこの誰だか知らねエかやっぱヤベーぞコイツラ!!
No matter where we go, everything is really dangerous!!
ホグバック「・・・あの3人(ナミ達)はどうしたんだペローナ!確かにリスキー兄弟に引渡しがな・・・」
Hogback: what happened to those three, Perona! (Nami and the others).. the Risky Brothers were supposed to bring them…
ペローナ「それがクマシーに届いてなかったんだよ。途中で逃がしたんじゃねェか!?」
Perona: They didn’t bring them to Bearsy. Didn’t they run away in the middle of the delivery!?
Chopper: ぎくっ おれ達の事だ
gii!! they mean us!!
Bearsy「あ。。あの・・・」
Bearsy: uh… um…
Usopp: 言うなてめー言うな!!
Don’t talk… Don’t talk!!!
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ペローナ「口を開くなと言ってるだろ!!」
Perona: I told you not to open your mouth!!
Bearsy: お。。。 ah!
アブロサム「お前はクマシーには厳しいな。だがおいらの花嫁を含む3人組ならお前の庭の中程で一騒動やってたぞ
Absalom: You’re too strict with Bearsy. But, among those three my bride seems to have caused a sort of rebellion in the middle of your garden.
・・・ん?おいちょっと待て。って事はホグバック貴様!!一度はおいらの
花嫁に手をかけたって事だな!!」
….hm? hey wait a sec.. Hogback you asshole!! did you touch my bride!!?
Absalom: 前もっておれ程 Bring her in front of me!
シンドリー「あんたに嫁は来ない」
Cindry: Your bride isn’t going to come
アブロサム「何を!!シンドリー」
Absalom: What are you!! Cindry!
ホグバック「ウオ・・・!!おいおいシンドリーちゃん話がこじれるだろ!!それに何でおれより前に出ているんだ」
Hogback: oh…. hey, hey Cindry-chan.. you’re just making the conversation worse!! and why are you appearing in front of other people…
シンドリー「あんたにも来ない」
Cindry: She won’t come for you either.
ホグバック「ぐえっ!!!ぶったまげた!!!とんだ流れ玉だぜ!!!」
Hogback: gehhh!!! that hurt!! I was absolutely not thinking that!!!
モリア「やめろやめろゴチャゴチャと面倒くせェ!!!海賊が逃げたんならお前らが後で何とかしやがれ!!!
Moria: Cut it out Cut it out, all your complaining is bothering me!! If the pirates ran away, you guys can do something about it later!!!
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今おめェらを集めたのは記念すべき大戦力の誕生を共に祝おうってんじゃねェか!!!」
I brought you all here now because we must commemorate the increase of our battle potential!!!
Subordinates: ぎゃあああ!!! gyahhh!!!
部下「ご主人様!!!海賊が鉄の檻を食い破って逃げます!!!」
Subordinates: Master!! The pirate ate the cage and is now escaping!!!
Moria: 檻を。。。 he ate
Moria: !!。。食い破った the cage!?!!
ルフィ「おれが捕まってどうすんだァ!!!」
Luffy: How are you gonna capture me now!?!
Hogback: フォスフォスフォス楽もしい限りだぜ
fosfosfos! this is fun!
アブサロム「フフ・・・
Absalom: fufu…
ペローナ「よせアブサロム、部屋の中だぞ私が止める!!」
Perona: No, Absalom, we’re in the middle of a room. I’ll stop him!!
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ルフィ「捕まるかアホー!!!」
Luffy: You think you can capture me, idiot!?
ペローナ「ネガティヴホロウ!!
Perona: Negative Hollow!!
ルフィ「もし生まれ変われるのなら・・・おれはナマコになりたい・・・死のう」
Luffy: If I’m born again.. I want to become a sea cucumber… I want to die…
アブサロム「さっきまで海賊王になると言ってた男がナマコとはむごい(汗)」
Absalom: A man who just said he wanted to become pirate king now wants to become a sea cucumber.. that’s brutal (sweating)
モリア「光を当てろ!!!」
Moria: A light is hitting him!!!
ルフィ「何すんだチクショーおめェら覚えてろ!!!」
Luffy: What are you doing… damnit… I remember you guys!!!
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ルフィ「うわっ、え!?何だアレ・・・おれの影!?」
Luffy: whaaa.. huh!? What is that… my shadow!?
ジョキンッ!!(鋏で切る)
shiiiing!! (the sound of scissors cutting)
ルフィ気を失う
Luffy loses consciousness
モリア「フフフ・・・キシシシシシ
Moria: fufufu…. kishishishishi
手に入れたぞ!!3億の戦闘力!!!これで史上最強の特別ゾンビが誕生する!!!」
I’ve got it now!! The fighting power worth 300 million!!! With this, the strongest Special Zombie in all of history will be born!!!
! text: ルフィの影がゾンビに!?
Luffy’s shadow is going to be put into a Zombie!?
Sigh… so the more likely peter pan theory of shadow stealing was right all along. Oh well... here's some more analysis:
1st: Despite what brooke said, shadows DO NOT equal souls. Brooke's skeleton was dead until his devil fruit resurrected soul found it and reanimated it. If Moria had really taken out brooke's soul along with his shadow, it would stand to reason that Brooke's skeleton would be a pile of bones again because nothing would be there to animate it. My expectation is that shadows are powered by their original owners souls, which leads me to my next point.
2nd: Hogback still needs to keep alive those whose shadows were stolen to power the zombies. During Brooke's flashback, we saw his friend with the striped shirt (the one who he later saw fried by the sun) and on the next page we saw jigorou using a similar style of cutlass. It would stand to reason that jigorou was initially given Brooke's friend's shadow, but became a dead corpse again when striped shirt got fried.
3rd: Moria being afraid of powerful people's shadows making his zombies rebel seem like an obvious foreshadow of 900 rebelling against moria and demanding that 900 will become the zombie pirate king!
4th: For whatever reason, Oda declined to show us brooke's purification technique. Who knows why...
5th: Does the fact that moria's teeth changed shape from round to sharp between the initial "mysterious four" frame a couple of weeks ago and now count as a screw up on Oda's part? The window motif on his pants, his sharp eyes and big smile were in that frame, but now his teeth are different... I expect an SBS on this in the near future.
6th: Moria's power gives him a one shot kill on any enemy who has a shadow. All he has to do is grab the shadow and the guy faints. Does this mean that luffy will be stronger against moria while he is still lacking a shadow?
that's all for now, I'll come up with more later no doubt...
Something gives me a feeling that all the remaining Strawhats will have to fight a zombie with Luffy's shadow.
The panel where the three subordinates surrounded Moria is just gold. The POV of the shot, the walking poses of the characters, and Moria's happy grin just all stand out amongst the rest of the panels.
16 megabytes for a raw? I thank you for providing us with the chapter, BF, but these high MB raws have got to stop.
Points to anyone who knows why I feel Kyusaku Shimada will be Moria's seiyu.
On time and great quality as always, BF. Thank's a ton. Lovin' Gecko Moria.
@Rai:
Ivotas, how about the remaining fighting against time to survive till Luffy wakes up?
That´s actually also a scenario that popped into my mind. I´m not too sure that it might happen but it is not unlikely especially if you consider that it is a cliffhanger element to make readers/viewers think "now they´re screwed" only to have the "ahh, wasn´t that bad as expected" experience the next chapter/episode. The whole Strawhat vs. CP9 fight was full of these elements for instance.
Damn, I can't believe how Oda keeps getting more and more versions of keeping Luffy out of the game till near the end to kick the boss.
Hell yeah, this is what I love about Oda. If you divide it down to the lowest common dominator there´s a handful of core plot elements that constantly reapear in the story BUT Oda always wraps them around in so many different and interesting ways that it is always a whole new experience to see it happen. That´s creativity. To mold the same concept into lots of different molds.^^
And about the who they might fight matter - I would actually like it Zoro still takes on Ryuma and additional Brook takes on Jigoro. Could make for pretty nice "I´v beaten your shadow, I´m better then you" moments between Zoro and Brook.
Sorry, sorry.
Anyway, I've posted this before, but I'm going to post it again incase any of you missed it.
I've spotted a fatal, plan-ruining flaw in Moria's plot.
So, presumably they're going to bond Luffy's shadow to number 900, right?
They've forgotten one thing. Luffy is an idiot.
Which means 900 will be an idiot too. And just because 900 has Luffy's shadow does not neccesarily mean he'll have Luffy's strength.
Lmao the world's strongest idiot