Chapter 492 "Iron Mask Duval" Discussion

[Battle Franky]

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[Ivotas]

Yowza, thanksorz Battle Franky House!!!^^

[Mugiwara_no_Ice]

yeay chapter is out graeat thanks BF and Fhouse

[GONDORA]

Thanks Battle Franky House!

[Wagomu]

Thanks for the chapter BF! Reading it now…

Edit: Haha, not that anyone would expect differently, but Luffy caring more about the takoyaki than his past encounter with Hachi was hilarious. Still curious as to how their reunion will turn out once they have more time to sort things out.

[mugiwara]

Woohoo! Thanks BF!

[AlmostLegendary]

is there an online mirror yeT?

[DarkRufy]

Someone know where you can find the RAW?

[Battle Franky]

Should be out real soon.

[AlmostLegendary]

@Battle:

Should be out real soon.

the raw or the online mirror?

[smurfx]

duval is freaking huge. the only other guy the strawhats have faced that was that big was krieg and even i don't think he was as big as duval. so it looks like it might be somebody new.

edit: wait on second thought i think it might be krieg. well it's not like it's a hard prediction anyhow since it pretty much narrows it down to him alone.

[shen_ron]

great great thanks BF!!!

[Battle Franky]

@MonkeyDMalcolm:

the raw or the online mirror?

The RAW, of course. There's plenty of mirrors above, or do you want a direct download?

[mrpolo]

LOL at luffy pg 16. hahahaha.

[Strongbad456]

That was an excellent chapter! I can't wait til next week. I hope we finally find out who Duval is. Thanks BF!

[Tokoro Ataru]

Wow, amazing job Franky House. Guess we can rely on someone after all for quick translations.

The chapter was slow but mostly setup this week, but there were some good moments, including the SH almost not helping due to their experiences with Arlong (and Ussop's fib about beating them himself), Luffy fighting for takoyaki, Camie getting captured…again, and more about the mystery of Duval. The last shot with all the SH in battle formation looks amazing, though.

[Senshi Mizaka]

Wow, Hachi sure has changed alot. But, that's almost a given, since most of Oda's characters change overtime.

And Caimie's been kidnapped more times than Princess Peach and Zelda combined.

[Battle Franky]

@smurfx:

edit: wait on second thought i think it might be krieg. well it's not like it's a hard prediction anyhow since it pretty much narrows it down to him alone.

Dunno, the guy's MASSIVE, Krieg would still be only say, knee to thigh height on Duval. But this does finally kill 95% of all those ridiculously out-there predictions. (Hopefully… --;;;;;;)_

[Onigumo]

Was it my imagination, or did Nami actually FORGIVE Hatchi?

I don't think it would have mattered, because the thought of the word's tastiest Takoyaki has taken over Luffy's mind the way money usually takes over Nami's. I think that's the first time I have seen someone who's eyes became food. (as opposed to money signs…)

Overall, I think it was great, fun chapter yet again. And I am stoked that we get scanlations already.

[daniz]

after reading the script is quite clear that masked guy is not Bellamy… and it's quite clear he aint against Luffy but someone else... might b zoro...

tnx BF as usuall !!!!!

[mystictapion2]

yohohohoho! thanks BF!!!

[GordoJones]

Man, Duval is huge. The only person that size and that body type that I can think of is Jerry. Since he's pretty much a no name with no character, it looks like Duval will be someone new.

[decay]

Woohoo thanks Battle Franky and Franky house team, i was expecting a raw by now, not a great scanlation! Thanxs, two weeks in a row without a raw this is so f***ing great!

[brebaz]

Great Chapter !

Thanks BF

Luffy is Awesome hehe ( is your takayoki really that good…. )lol

[TheGentlemanSkeleton]

Teriyaki Eyes FTW!

[Sven Volfied]

Robin's face on Page 13 is hilarious. She almost seems angry that she doesn't know something.

Talking of Robin, couldn't she probably defeat the entire Fish Rider group by herself? And unless Duval has a fruit, she could probably take him too. This arc should just focus on Robin breaking people.

[Kaidou]

I think that guy is Gedatsu, the mask guy's clothes remind me of Gedatsu. It mean he aftering chopper. but might be wrong i don't kno anybody Geatsu have and accent when getting angry.

[daniz]

anyway, the background of this arc is really like waterworld…

[Ivotas]

@smurfx:

duval is freaking huge. the only other guy the strawhats have faced that was that big was krieg and even i don't think he was as big as duval. so it looks like it might be somebody new.

Erm, perhaps this little image should be helpful on showing how big Krieg really was. And he´s not the only big guy the Strawhats have faced. Almost every antagonist was bigger then Luffy.

[Gaiyae]

Thnx for the chapter BF

O_o Badass, Duval has a harpoon gun.

The fanboy inside of me : Hooray for Usopp being so eager to fight :)
He really seems to become a brave warrior of the sea

[game2005]

@Kaidou:

I think that guy is Gedatsu, the mask guy's clothes remind me of Gedatsu. It mean he aftering chopper. but might be wrong i don't kno anybody Geatsu have and accent when getting angry.

Can't be Gedatsu since he's working at a hot spring resort.

[Senshi Mizaka]

It looks like we've got the CP9 cover story started now. Now the question is: Which agent will be the main focus?

Spandam, Fukurou, or Kumadori have potential to be canidates for the wackiness of cover stories we've seen in the past.

[FireFistAce 0]

No way that's Krieg. Krieg was tall, but normal human size. Duval's about Whitebeard and Moria's size. It's gotta be someone new.

[Gold D. Roger]

@GordoJones:

Man, Duval is huge. The only person that size and that body type that I can think of is Jerry. Since he's pretty much a no name with no character, it looks like Duval will be someone new.

Jerry of the CP6…
then Sanji is the "man"...

or...

what about Kumadori of the CP9?

[w455up]

Is it me, or does the flag of the base look like a Baroque Work's flag?

[boiga]

@Battle:

Dunno, the guy's MASSIVE, Krieg would still be only say, knee to thigh height on Duval. But this does finally kill 95% of all those ridiculously out-there predictions. (Hopefully… --;;;;;;)_

Yup, this chapter pretty much confirms Duval as being no one but Duval. The series hasn't lasted long enough for the strawhats to have given anyone reason for a "life long" hatred. Nor have any of the strawhats' enemies fit into Duval's exact body category. So, Duval's a new character. It's probably for the best.

Now the speculation can move from Duval's secret identity to which of the strawhats instigated his spite. My preference would be chopper so that we would have an excuse for a "The Fifth Crewmember" chapter.

Overall though, this is a fun chapter. I loved it when Zoro scared the hell out of Caimie and the pacing seems excellent. These "miniarcs" in between the longer arcs really shake things up in a refreshing way. Also, Hacchi has to be my favorite enemy character in the entire series. He was more scared of reencountering the strawhats than a life of slavery. And the futile ink escape was brilliant.

Edit:@Senshi:

It looks like we've got the CP9 cover story started now. Now the question is: Which agent will be the main focus?

Spandam, Fukurou, or Kumadori have potential to be canidates for the wackiness of cover stories we've seen in the past.

Uhm… don't you think this chapter confirms Blueno as being the center of focus?

[LightningAce]

@Gold:

Jerry of the CP6…
then Sanji is the "man"...

or...

what about Kumadori of the CP9?

Why would someone who worked for the WG, suddenly turn into a criminal?
And anyway, it doesn't seem likely. The Enies Lobby Incident was probably only just over 2 weeks ago in the OP Time line and it'd seem these guys have been stalking people for a long time.

My bet is it is someone from Zoro's past.

[igalsfy]

we already had one whole week with speculations over who is duval, is it gonna continue this week? will we be able to discuss each and every person fought by the strawhats before we finally know who he is?

[Gaiyae]

Duval has a unique way of talking. We have never heard anyone talk like that. So it probably is some unknown person one of the male SH (besides Luffy) have fought.

Better speculate about who has caused his scar.
Its probably Sanji, Franky, Zoro or Usopp.

[Sylar]

So far all the predictions have been completely wrong.

Its not Krieg. Not Kuro. Not Nero. Not Arlong. Not Buggy. Not Bellamy. Not Gin. Not Gedetsu. Not T-Bone. Not Morgan. Not Gaimon. etc.

Duval is a new character.

[dinty]

@igalsfy:

we already had one whole week with speculations over who is duval, is it gonna continue this week?

Ack! Don't encourage that!

… oh, and it was more like 2 weeks of speculation ...

Thanks for the chapter BF and FH!

reads it

[freedom]

Thanks for the new chapter.
I see one of the new guys has a sword, no doubt, he'll be made quick work of by Zoro. I can't see this going any other way than these guys getting beat up…
So my guess... everyone except Duval is beat up, then he challenges "that man" to a one on one and we get the history of whichever strawhat gave him the scar.

btw, i don't think we've seen anyone that huge from the past... seems more and more that he's someone we haven't seen before.

nice setup chapter. i'm looking forward to the next one. good ole beat 'em up strawhat action :)

[Tokoro Ataru]

@Senshi:

It looks like we've got the CP9 cover story started now. Now the question is: Which agent will be the main focus?

Spandam, Fukurou, or Kumadori have potential to be canidates for the wackiness of cover stories we've seen in the past.

So far all we've seen in the Air Door are Blueno, Lucci, Fukuro and Kalipha. As it stands, if Blueno rescued everyone, then we have to see where it goes from there. Outside the former W7 people (Lucci, Kaku, Kalipha, Blueno), I don't know if any of them have the talents or ideas to stick together…though we do have some characters that could show up if Oda does it right. (Jyabura's wife for one...)

[hiro]

Wow, the last picture is just so badass! All right men, to battle!

[onemoment]

There's a lot of nice stuff in this chapter, it's amazing:

-Usopp, eager to shoot stuff.

-Camie being so easy to capture.

-Zoro's angry face.

-The aforementioned Robin angry face.

-Luffy and his hunger.

And, a fight is starting next chapter. Things are really picking up.

[Lord Starfish]

@smurfx:

duval is freaking huge. the only other guy the strawhats have faced that was that big was krieg and even i don't think he was as big as duval. so it looks like it might be somebody new.

edit: wait on second thought i think it might be krieg. well it's not like it's a hard prediction anyhow since it pretty much narrows it down to him alone.

I doubt it's anyone we've seen before, as he said that he had been looking for "That man" all his life. Luffy's only been travelling for… dunno, maybe between 6 months and a year? Also, I'm fairly sure none of the old villains had a randomly changing accent...

[Seal of Legends]

Nice chapter, nice chapter.

I'm thoroughly eager for next week.

[kamisama603]

Overall this is a pretty good chapter… makes me want to try the takoyaki too.
I don't think Camie would join anymore... she seems kinda weak and needs saving too much.

I think Duval is actually a new enemy after reading the chapter.

I think he is after brook... Because I see scars on his body, and brook is the only one who uses a sword beside zoro

[FireFistAce 0]

Gotta love Oda and his love of huge racks… they hit Caimie in the face when Luffy rescues her.

If Zoro's Duval's fight, then Brooke's probably got the Macro Pirate with the sword. As for the others, it's anyone's game. I'm just glad to see Usopp enthusiastic about fighting. His new attitude after beating Perona is a breath of fresh air.

[Mugiwara_no_Ice]

well I am glad that my little theory, that Duval is in some way connected to Franky, is still holding up. I can't wait for next week's OP.