Maybe Kuma is there to excercise someone XP
Chapter 472 "Down" Discussion
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So Kuma is.. Peronas or Hogbacks personal trainer? think he brought the stairmaster or is it yoga on tuesdays?
(sorry couldnt help it)
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Great but not excellent chapter. Except Kuma of course (priceless).
SHs really had to work hard to make Oz's ass fly, with relatively no much damage. So again I think SHs can't defeat Oz.
If Kuma is there cause he has something against Moria, then he might end up to fight Oz all himself, hence sharing the battle with the SHs. If (IF) Kuma has a Zoan DF then it should be interesting.About Kuma's DF (dunno if mentioned early), this line makes me thing:
Zombie: You look like a bear.
Kuma: Bear, huh….
Kuma: You've hit the mark...!!(it's not stephen's script, but should be the same. can't check though).
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Just re-watched anime 273. Kumas defense (if there) will be breakfast for Luffy.
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Yeah, that's the words I was looking for.
You're one to talk about that sort of thing, WHITEBEARD.
And Gohn, you know that I wasn't being serious.
You too, Tony-kun.
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@Fire Fist:
And Gohn, you know that I wasn't being serious.
Sometimes, yeah. Sometimes, no.
Some of your 'serious' theories are just as silly as your joke ones.
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I think I know where oda took inspiration for the moon city Bilka (or Vilca, its the same in Japanese)
check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilcabamba%2C_Peru
Also the drawings Ener finds are very similar to Inca ones, and Incas where the inhabitants of that lost city :) -
I rather asumed it was a reference to Birka, the first town settlement in sweden - now in ruins (as Oda has a well known crush to vikings this name is surely known to him).
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Well, yeah, that much was obvious.
The whole concept of Arabasta, as well, is taken from the reign of Ramesses II (yes, Noah's half-brother). His most famous wife was Nefertari II (sound familiar?). I'm not going to bore you with a history lesson, though, because nobody here ever reads it.
Some of Oda's concepts are borrowed, but the way he presents them are original.
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@dwo:
Just re-watched anime 273. Kumas defense (if there) will be breakfast for Luffy.
Because his bounty is lower than Luffy's?
I don't know. I mean, Foxy had a pretty low bounty compared to Luffy and he messed a lot with Luffy during their fight.
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Because pure physical strength (as supposed) is no problem for Luffy anymore. CP9 was the physical strongest group in OP.
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Uh, defeating a physically strong opponent doesn't mean you can defeat any physically strong opponent.
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@dwo:
Because pure physical strength (as supposed) is no problem for Luffy anymore. CP9 was the physical strongest group in OP.
There's absolutely nothing implying CP9 was the physically strongest group in OP, especially after getting a glimpse of what Garp can do.
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We even don't know what kind of power does Kuma have yet.
I see that people estimate the Gears too much.
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Well, I think Oda pretty much showed us that Luffy's already catching up with the ones like Garp after using Gear3, wich could be pretty much compared to Garp's Giant Chained Cannon Ball (Same Concept, minus the side-effect of Gear3.), and I think Garp said that he was already getting rusty, so we don't even know how powerful he actually was in the times when he fought Roger, who he never captured despite cornering so many times as some people said.
Anyways, CP9 relied on techniques that could be figured out by the ones like Luffy and probably Koby, so I doubt Tekkai, Rankyaku and Soru would be too much of an advatage against people like Shanks, Mihawk, Whitebeard or even (as ridiculous as it sounds) Rockstar…..
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After all this discussion, I can now say that I can't wait to wake up tomorrow to find some spoilers awaiting me :) Kuma is such a mysterious character, I hope we find out more about him real soon. XD I do think it's possible that his bible ate a devil fruit, and is it did, I hope it's awesome. I'm willing to bet he's there to clean up Moria's act and put him in his place. And obviously, Moria won't cooperate with him on that. -_- Who knows? Next chapter could even be the beginning of the real Moria vs Luffy.
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Pretty damn good chapter. Kuma's appearance is what really makes it amazing. The Perona/Nami stuff just makes what I said more likely, that Perona's just there to restock tthe ship for the SHs. I think, though Odz hasn't been defeated yet, I think he's out of the way long enough for Luffy to kick that giant leek's ass.
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Sheet all this discussion is making me hungry for the next chapter.. How long more 'til Saturday? There's so many things that just makes me wanna strangle all the chapters of TB out of Oda now..
1. WHAT IS KUMA DOING ON TB??!!
2. How is Luffy's and Moria's fight going to end? Will Moria be defeated? Or will he simply run away, becoming an opponent in the future? Or will he become Kuma's bear-food??
3. How will Luffy's crew defeat Oz, whom within resides Luffy's Shadow and the strength of a Nation-puller Demon?? Will Nami participate in this epic battle too? How about Luffy himself??
4. (not really relevant, but..) Is Moria more powerful than Oz? Moria mentioned once that he was once overconfident of his abilities, but his defeat in the New World by unknown character Kaidoh has made him understand the importance of having strong crew members working for him.. if he had once been overconfident, does it mean to say that he does have strong physical/fighting ability, only that he was inferior to Kaidoh with/without his crew? Perhaps Kaidoh may not have been a match for Moria on his own, but his crew members made a difference in their battle, and thus this caused a change of mindset in Moria. This is all speculation by the way.
5. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ACE/BLACKBEARD FIGHT?? IS ACE DEAD?? ACE CANNOT DIEEE NOOOOOOO.
6. Thank you for your attention.
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Okay….
Don't get too excited over this. Or get your hopes up.
But....
There exists the possibility this chapter will come out slightly sooner than usual. Monday is a national holiday which means JUMP officially goes on sale Friday night. Which means it may reach the net faster.
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The next chapter will be much about Luffy&Nami
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@dwo:
The next chapter will be much about Luffy&Nami
,nothing about Kuma, little about Oz ;-))Can you explain that? Or is this nothing but a groundless statement? A prediction of yours?
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the smily says to me it's a prediction he's wishing comes true.
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Okay….
Don't get too excited over this. Or get your hopes up.
But....
There exists the possibility this chapter will come out slightly sooner than usual. Monday is a national holiday which means JUMP officially goes on sale Friday night. Which means it may reach the net faster
BANZAI!!! BANZAI!!! Even 1 day would be nice =)))
The next chapter will be much about Luffy&Nami
,nothing about Kuma, little about Oz ;-))NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the next chapter MUST BE ABOUT KUMA AND MORIA AND OZ!!!!!! DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TRUE IF YOU SAY IT TOO OFTEN?? NOOOO…
Anyway, I see that 473 spoilers are out... I'M PRAYING!!! I really wonder what it's gonna be about anyway.. I hope it's as good as 472: Lots of action, funny scenes, and a little nice big surprise at the end ;p.
Though actually, I think Oda shouldn't do that too often. So we'd learn to treasure each of these chapters that do come out. Once in a while would be good ;p.
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Guys/Gals sorry for disturbing you all, but how was this current arc (with Moria, Hogback etc.) called again? And which chapters does it contain?
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Eh… Thriller Bark Arc. 30 chapters so far.
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I'm surprised this hasn't been pointed out yet, but on Franky+Chopper's combo-attack, "Frapper" also means "to hit" in french. Don't know if that was intentional or not BUT IT'S STILL NEAT.
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i still cant get over that i missread it as "Fapper" and how OOC that was…
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@Taz:
I'm surprised this hasn't been pointed out yet, but on Franky+Chopper's combo-attack, "Frapper" also means "to hit" in french. Don't know if that was intentional or not BUT IT'S STILL NEAT.
Thought that read crapper for a second…
But I thought Chopper's attacks were Italian and English, Franky's are English, Sanji's French, Robin's French and Spanish, Nami's English, Usopp's English and Japanese, Zoro's Japanese, and Luffy's Japanese and English.
But I don't see why Oda couldn't have used French for their combo attack.
Hey, Greg (or anyone with a bit of Shinto under their belt), does the figure on B. Bear's "Bible" remotely resemble any Shinto gods?
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Chopper's attacks also include Russian. That was a motherfucker to figure out from scratch but more on it when I eventually update the crew profile.
No, it doesn't look like any kami and Shintoism doesn't have a written book or set of laws governing it.
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wow greg, I'm really looking forward to the update.
Any way we could convince you to upload the changes thus far and add the rest incrementally?
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I really REALLY want to do that actually. But if I did, then I'd have no motivation to keep moving forward.
The thing holding me back are the histories of Robin and Franky. Although I can usually update profiles in a matter of weeks, I'm basically writing their's from scratch which means I have to be creative and shit which I haven't done in years and I was never very good at to begin with. But the first draft of Robin's history is almost completely done so that's half the battle.
That's why I'm hoping if/when Brook joins, his past stays just as short as it is.
