@kondoriano: Hawkeyes was Zoro's first "true" swordsman, Sergeant Tashigi was the second, and now Ryuma.
But I do agree that most of Zoro's opponents that use swords or swordlike weapons are not true sword specialists.
@kondoriano: Hawkeyes was Zoro's first "true" swordsman, Sergeant Tashigi was the second, and now Ryuma.
But I do agree that most of Zoro's opponents that use swords or swordlike weapons are not true sword specialists.
Fun chapter. Usopp's battle was what it should be, fun. Franky and Brook's reaction shots were priceless. Regarding the next big fight I don't particularly care who beats Ryuuma as much as I am interested in how they go about it.
Anybody think the Aura around Ryumma is cool?
I cant help but notice that on page 13 Zoro seems to fall right next to the imprint Brook made in the ground before he helped Franky and Robin vs Taleran.
I am now thoroughly convinced that Ryuuma has smitten Brook atleast 3 times… i dare anyone to come up with a better explanation as to why:
... 3 strikes and Brook is out! no more chances on Ryuuma. (ok i know its more of an american concept but he lost one more time then Luffy and unlike Luffy the only one with a weakness in BvsR is Brook. Acording to the translation i read Ryuuma wasnt even serious when fighting Brook.)
If Brook can get up from beeing tossed out like that i have no doubt that Zoro will. Preferebly he would finish his own fight but i accept the possibility that he will require help from others.
Damn that turned into more of a rant then i intended =(
the 10ton hammer is wonderful but im still hopeing that he will eventually turn his 5 ton hammer (with the help of an impact dial)
into reality.
best weapoin in his arsenal though: sure kill ketchup star... (why is there a surekill version and a regular version?)
btw: Gallant hippo! hahaha sweet name ^^
This is one of my favorite chapters ever.
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ohwell i hope ussop will become a 1on1 fighter from now on.
and to those who are saying somebody else will defeat ryuma..
well zoro will be the only one who's defeating him because his dream is to become the strongest swordsman remember?
random question I downloaded the raw then a scan and they reversed the last two pages so is page 19 where Zoro charges or when Ryuma does his bullet cut or whatever?
ALSO Usopp is man friggin' man
Great chapter but disappointed because theres no chapter next week and I was expecting a double chapter.
The return of the Usopp Hammer is NIGH!
well i don't know if this has been said..when they showed zoro being pwned..he didn't have his bandana on..correct?..so hesn ot being serious either..=D..usopp fight was awesome..i love how the author can make every fight awesome..
@mala:
random question I downloaded the raw then a scan and they reversed the last two pages so is page 19 where Zoro charges or when Ryuma does his bullet cut or whatever?
Yeah, I also noticed that they switched pages…
And thanks for the chapter, tennyfxdm and Battle Franky
Oh yeah. I forgot. I WAS right about the hammer returning.
ATTN: DIRT
You may keep your chunk of Itality.
No translations on the ''fire thrust'' attack Ryuuma did, yet? Any Japanese speakers around?
You mean "Obado ku Doroa?"
Kudou said it wasn't Japanese.
Zoro looks very sinister/evil in the one panel the 2nd to last/or last page O.o
Good chapter
was those star tech. ever shown in other chapters or is this the 1st chapter showing new star attacks?
(site i am looking at has the pages mixed up)
You mean "Obado ku Doroa?"
Kudou said it wasn't Japanese.
Oh.. sorry. I saw ''Fireworks Ensue'' right after it so I thought it was another aburdly long attack name like the one Brook/Ryuuma's already shown.
What's going to be great about this upcoming Zoro/Ryuma is that we're also going to see a preview of many of Brooke's abilities, except stronger. Of course, with Brooke joining the crew he'll get the chance to evolve his fighting style over time, just like everyone else.
What's going to be great about this upcoming Zoro/Ryuma is that we're also going to see a preview of many of Brooke's abilities, except stronger. Of course, with Brooke joining the crew he'll get the chance to evolve his fighting style over time, just like everyone else.
Brooke's abilities really don't interest me. Now Ryumma USING Brooke's abilities is what I am looking forward to.
Ryumma vs. Zoro is going to be a good fight.
In two weeks…........
Good chapter. I'm surprised it didn't end on an ubber cliffhanger the way pretty much EVERY OP chapter usually does though. I guess Oda-sensei really wanted to start the Zoro fight and couldn't go too much into it yet. He seems to be limiting each fight to a chapter and a half which is a nice pace to keep. The fights will seem epic and lengthy in the anime regardless of length anyways.
I can't wait to see Luffy vs. Moria and what the hell's up with Zoro. We stil have no idea why or how he didn't fight for serious or how he got knocked out of the building…
you don't know that tho cause zoro hasn't even put his bandana on yet and brook still has a sword that he can use and remember in alabasta arc zoro was beaten to pulp but with one strike he defeted mr 1. and remember he still has some salt balls to purify him or he might rub i on his sword you never now what he'll do next
Yeah i really wanna start seeing the end of this arc, and continue on into the next but i hope the fights are short yet epic.
Also, Zoro keeping the broken sword is interesting…Maybe he will shock everyone and create some santoryu "broken blade' techniques instead of gaining an all new blade? It could be kewl if done correctly. The swords could be combined at the next town so he doesn't completely throw away the gift from the swordsmith guy...who knows?!
Perona screaming that the bugs were crawling up her skirt is defintely gonna create some weird doujinshi somewhere! But does that mean she imagined it or were the fake cockroaches moving..because that makes less sense/less believable.
Zoro will get seriouse in the Next chpt in Two weeks Zoro has not even put on his Banndana.
Oh yeah. I forgot. I WAS right about the hammer returning.
ATTN: DIRT
You may keep your chunk of Itality.
No translations on the ''fire thrust'' attack Ryuuma did, yet? Any Japanese speakers around?
In Mangahelpers translation, Iwanin (the translator) says that the words looks like french, so, Aldrich said that "Oobaado Kuu Doroa" could mean "Aubade Coup Droit" which, in his words "An aubade is a type of song, like a serenade, and coup droit means right handed strike."
In Mangahelpers translation, Iwanin (the translator) says that the words looks like french, so, Aldrich said that "Oobaado Kuu Doroa" could mean "Aubade Coup Droit" with, in his words "An aubade is a type of song, like a serenade, and coup droit means right handed strike."
Oh shit, that's awesome. ;D
Thanks for the reply.
Yeah because of Holiday I think.
Best chapter in a while with two great surprise.
A badass Usopp fight and a Zoro fight that won't be a borefest for once.
@Ao:
Also, Zoro keeping the broken sword is interesting…Maybe he will shock everyone and create some santoryu "broken blade' techniques instead of gaining an all new blade? It could be kewl if done correctly. The swords could be combined at the next town so he doesn't completely throw away the gift from the swordsmith guy...who knows?!
Perona screaming that the bugs were crawling up her skirt is defintely gonna create some weird doujinshi somewhere! But does that mean she imagined it or were the fake cockroaches moving..because that makes less sense/less believable.
Well, she was feeling the plastic roaches all over… so she was probably imagining the movement.
Oh man. Perfect lines. Perfect story. Perfect turn-around.
Perfect.
Fantastic chapter. No, AMAZING chapter.
Oda sucked me RIGHT in. I was about to flip a shit when Usopp missed a sleeping target and then whaddya know?
Oh man, I have not enjoyed a chapter with Usopp THAT much since Arabasta. That's the stuff dreams are made of.
And the irony of Usopp scaring a ghost-human in a 'haunted' house unconscious is just….oh man.
Usopp is great.
nothing but a quote.
This chapter is great, amazing, indeed….
thanks to the translators and posters! :)
Best chapter in a while with two great surprise.
A badass Usopp fight and a Zoro fight that won't be a borefest for once.
Strange about all this Zoro complaints coming all the sudden–where were they when the Zoro/Kaku fight was around? All I saw were retarded "Kaku will join" arguements. No offense to the metally handicapped--those guys are rock.
But yeah, I have to admit that Ryuma seems to be in a whole different league then Zoro's other opponents. I mean, he just uses one sword. He's a pure samurai. The fact that he's dead doesn't really mean anything--accept that the manga can get away with inhuman levels of damge to him. Yeah, he's got to get cut in an interesting way before this fight ends.
I should've known that people would be theorizing about the dust/"aura"/steam/etc. on Ryuuma.
I'm still amazed that I'm actually pumped for a Zoro fight. I hope to see Brooke and Franky contribute in whatever ways they can, too.
Oh, and Zoro technically "lost" to Arlong as well.
Sticky star, cockroach star and giant inflatable hammer as a finisher.
Once he gets paired against an opponent who isn't a little girl he'll quickly go back to being the manga's token crying punching ball.
I don't mean to start a big argument with you over this, but hasn't he always fought like this?
Zoro's never gonna lose again. Well, maybe he will, but not to some noseless underling in a Halloween arc.
Haha, you always had a good way with words.
i have found my new sign ^^
@Cap'n:
I don't mean to start a big argument with you over this, but hasn't he always fought like this?
Yes he has, but to me he still is the same fearful. He just fall vs an ennemy more fearful than him.
He won the fight without "touching" Perona
This may not interest many anymore but I just wanted to point out that I finished a translation as well. I think I mislabeled it though. It might be called ch.465 instead of ch.466. I'll try to fix it….how do you do that?
@Cap'n:
I don't mean to start a big argument with you over this, but hasn't he always fought like this?
Yes, he has.
And yeah, fighting a girl totally makes your victory less important. YOUR VAGINA SOMEHOW DEGRADES MY WIN STREAK OOPS. She has fucking ghosts that explode all over the damn place. That, and nobody else in the Strawhats would be able to defeat the Negative Hollow.
in fact, i don't think the issue is the fact she's a girl
@Cyringohn:
And yeah, fighting a girl totally makes your victory less important.
SOLIDARITY WITH MY SKIRT WEARING CIRCUSFREAK SISTER
Fighting a girl whos powers are useless against you and beating her by making her faint with plastic roaches and a balloon hammer isn't the OMG BADASS USOPPU affair that prople make it to be. It's fun, but it's essentially a worthless showing that means he'll get raped again once the crew fights CP9 caliber opponents or higher, which are sure to abound in the New World.
SOLIDARITY WITH MY SKIRT WEARING SISTER
Fighting a girl whos powers are useless against you and beating her by making her faint with plastic roaches and a balloon hammer isn't the OMG BADASS USOPPU affair that you make it to be. It's fun, but it's essentially a worthless showing that means he'll get raped again once the crew fights CP9 caliber opponents or higher, which are sure to abound in the New World.
OH grow up. He's the comic relief, what do you expect? Jeeze.
The biggest fight he'll get is either with his dad or with the sniper from Black beard's crew.
I'm not interested in beating the decaying, almost liquefied dead horse so let's leave the Usopp discussion at that.
Fighting a girl whos powers are useless against you and beating her by making her faint with plastic roaches and a balloon hammer isn't the OMG BADASS USOPPU affair that prople make it to be. It's fun, but it's essentially a worthless showing that means he'll get raped again once the crew fights CP9 caliber opponents or higher, which are sure to abound in the New World.
A victory is a victory. It shouldn't matter how you do it, as long as you win. That's practically Usopp's theme, as he'll lie and sneak his way to victory.
And you don't really have any way of proving that, so it's a moot point. As it stands, he's defeated a very strong opponent, and that's actual evidence that we can see.
EDIT: And okay, we'll drop it. But if you didn't want to discuss it, you really shouldn't have commented, in the first place. Just let the Usopp fans enjoy their moment, even if it is a bit over exaggerated.
SOLIDARITY WITH MY SKIRT WEARING CIRCUSFREAK SISTER
Fighting a girl whos powers are useless against you and beating her by making her faint with plastic roaches and a balloon hammer isn't the OMG BADASS USOPPU affair that prople make it to be. It's fun, but it's essentially a worthless showing that means he'll get raped again once the crew fights CP9 caliber opponents or higher, which are sure to abound in the New World.
Last one, I sweat to god, and it's not even about Usopp. Though you're right ,this fight doesn't mean he can beat Jyabura-like oppoents, but I don't think anyone was suggesting that.
…CP9 caliber? I'm pretty sure only the CP9 are "CP9" caliber. The new world isn't going to be full of the DBZ esque fighters that Lucci and Jyabura are. I don't think the gimmick fighters like Perona, Wanze, and even Crocodile are going to disappear.
Of course, I'd think that Usopp enduring a mindfucking nuts amount of explosions suggests that he's getting stronger. Oh wait, fuck...hey, how about Ryuma?
Glad to see Ryuuma is a beast. I hope Moria turns out to be even deadlier. Still hoping for Franky to get some action down the road too; pillar nunchuks, while cool, simply isn't enough.
I wouldn't mind Franky not having a fight in this arc. He did plenty of ass kicking during W7/EL, Oda can leave him on the side this time and wait for the crew to arrive at Fishman Island to give him another chance to shine.
Same with Brook, him cutting Talalan with Hanauta Sancho was one of the most kickass moments in this arc IMO. I'd rather see both of them interact and help other crewmembers.
I wouldn't mind Franky not having a fight in this arc. He did plenty of ass kicking during W7/EL, Oda can leave him on the side this time and wait for the crew to arrive at Fishman Island to give him another chance to shine.
Same with Brook, him cutting Talalan with Hanauta Sancho was one of the most kickass moments in this arc IMO. I'd rather see both of them interact and help other crewmembers.
True, in Franky's opening saga alone he fought Luffy, Nero, Usopp, and Fukurou. Hell I might even be forgetting one. He whooped ass on all of them. The only person who kicked his ass a little was probably Lucci and that wasn't even his fight.
And I agree, Brook VS. Spider Monkey was ten bags of awesome. Since Ryuuma is showcasing Brook's abilities as well, I don't mind if he doesn't have another fight this arc. I'm really interested to see him play some music, so I wanna see how that goes.
Plus, seeing what Ryuma can do also lets us know what Brooke can do too, since Ryuma has Brooke's abilities!
"Emerging from the darkness, an underground city"
One way or another I bet this involves rabbits.
My Money's on a poneglyph being down there.
i think ryuuma and brooke has deveoped different techniques during the last 5 (10?) years since they fought
so one cant say entirely that ryuumas attacks = brooks attacks
believes brook has an special attack that ryuuma doesnt know about
i think ryuuma and brooke has deveoped different techniques during the last 5 (10?) years since they fought
so one cant say entirely that ryuumas attacks = brooks attacks
believes brook has an special attack that ryuuma doesnt know about
I hope so. Or else it makes Brooke look kind of lame.
"Woah! That's my attack, except much stronger!"
"Amazing! I could never perfect that attack but he did!"
"I can't believe how much stronger his techniques are!"
We'd end up seeing most of Brooke's moves and then there'd be nothing left besides his own weaker version of the attacks.
i think to, 'cause brook looks very surprise