Most unexpected event in One Piece

jack1000

As One Piece is filled with so many twists and turns, I wanted to know the opinion of you guys about the most unpredictable twist Oda has ever made. I vote for the revelation of Duval's face. IMHO, it was one of the funniest and most unexpected moments in OP. Robin joining was pretty unexpected too though a few gifted people actually predicted it. But who would have predicted what Duval looked like. I'm pretty sure you guys have some similar events to share…

Note:

By 'Nami leaving' I am referring to the incident that happened prior to the arlong arc
'Truth about Garp/Dragon' also includes revelations made about other members of the family such as Ace
'Truth about Rayleigh/Shanks/Buggy' also includes revelations made about other members of the Jolly Roger crew such as Crocus

P.S. I know there should have been more options in this poll (such as 'CP9' and 'Skypiea & Jaya') but you're free to choose 'other' and share your thoughts. Thanks for voting

Ashura_KingFisher

Gear second. I never thought Oda would give Luffy such power up .

Actually gear 2nd's the reason why I started reading OP scanlation :)

jack1000

@Ashura_KingFisher:

Gear second. I never thought Oda would give Luffy such power up .

Actually gear 2nd's the reason why I started reading OP scanlation :)

Yeah, that was pretty unexpected too. I mean who would have thought that you could use your legs as pumps to increase your blood flow and strength. It was pretty smart thinking by luffy (oda)

ilman

I vote… other. The most unexpected thing must be the 9 way split. I even wonder will they ever reached merman island or not.

Luffy Batter

CPFUCKING9!!!!

I was spoiled about who thy really were and still was surprised when their identities were revealed.

Also Brooke and Laboon.

jack1000

@Luffy:

CPFUCKING9!!!!

I was spoiled about who thy really were and still was surprised when their identities were revealed.

Also Brooke and Laboon.

Alas, I was spoiled about the CP9 too and so I can't comment about it though I'm pretty sure it must have been a shocker. But I agree about the whole Brooke and Laboon thing. I always thought Laboon was waiting for the Roger pirates

herr_sebbe

I'll never forget the times when we were all guessing about Duval. Man, my best guesses would have been Spandam (don't ask me why) or Don Krieg. I even skipped the spoiler that last week since I didn't want to have it spoiled before the big revelation.

Though, the Laboon thing was really surprising too. ^^

jack1000

@herr_sebbe:

I'll never forget the times when we were all guessing about Duval. Man, my best guesses would have been Spandam (don't ask me why) or Don Krieg. I even skipped the spoiler that last week since I didn't want to have it spoiled before the big revelation.

Though, the Laboon thing was really surprising too. ^^

I was guessing it would be arlong or don krieg. But after Hatchan revealed that arlong got captured by the marines, I was 100% sure it was Don Krieg. But look what Oda came up with… That man is pure genius

dirt monkey AL

Haha, I skipped Duval's face week too, and I still remember one of my friends spazzing about it before I read it, and I went DUN TELL ME PISSANT. She didn't, and the shock was delicious.

I was spoilered a little bit for Laboon because I was on another forum at that point, and suddenly people were talking about Laboon, so I was kind of confused until the chapter came out.

Vegapunk

the story of skypiea and jaya :)
and revealing of cp9

dirt monkey AL

Oh, and those "giants" from Skypeia.

Fuck, do I love Skypeia.

Hiroy

Upper Yard being half of Jaya.

Brook Lesnar

I vote other since TC's signature tells me…(Im talking about the 2nd text of TC's signature..)..

Lee

Definitely, Kuma's arrival on Thriller Bark.
Most unpredictable event for the most unpredictable character in One Piece.
To think I was spoiled about that by some bastards who spoiled in the Naruto discussion thread.

whaleblue

I vote for Robin joining,
If i still have another vote i will vote for Duval's face!

Power

@Vegapunk:

the story of skypiea and jaya :)

This. It was amazing how the attention from the whole Jaya/Monteblanc was totally diverted in such a short time such that i was taken completely by surprise when the other half of the house was shown.

Robin joining would've been awesome too.

ZeUs

duval's face… that was unpredictable

Captaingod

Small victory, Duval's face wins over Robin… but it's tight

Dragon Warrior Steve

I wouldn't say Duval's face was unpredictable; e1n hit the nail on the head.

I would vote Robin joining, if I already didn't know she would join the crew, I wouldn't have seen that coming.

duvals face was definatly the funniest and unpredictable for me…........i was in tears

Vegapunk

when going-merry appears at the climax of strawhat versus cp9 arc plus the buster call. i can't imagine it really happened :p (my grammar s*cks)

O baba

Boa hancock having a major crush on Lufy!
There was not much "in love" untill now in the story.
And at first she seemed to be such a meany!

O baba

@Vegapunk:

when going-merry appears at the climax of strawhat versus cp9 arc plus the buster call. i can't imagine it really happened :p (my grammar s*cks)

that was prety net and unexpected as well!

it was like we never noticed but there always was an extra secret crew member

jack1000

@Vegapunk:

when going-merry appears at the climax of strawhat versus cp9 arc plus the buster call. i can't imagine it really happened :p (my grammar s*cks)

@O:

that was prety net and unexpected as well!

it was like we never noticed but there always was an extra secret crew member

That was both unexpected and sad :sad:. The following chapters had some of the most moving scenes in OP. Especially the parts in which it was revealed that merry fixed itself in skypiea and the part in which merry said goodbye almost made me cry

Vegapunk

@O:

that was prety net and unexpected as well!

it was like we never noticed but there always was an extra secret crew member

i agree. one piece world can blew our mind

Kaze no Barako

The crew's total defeat. That chapter freaked me out so bad, even though I knew Oda wouldn't kill off all of the Strawhats at once.

Other than that I remember Nami leaving really caught me off guard.

Vegapunk

@jack1000:

Especially the parts in which it was revealed that merry fixed itself in skypiea and the part in which merry said goodbye almost made me cry

it really made me cry with that sad farewell with merry
hahaha lol i'm embarrassed.

Gorlom

The revealing of Bege's DF. I mean what the fuck? he was a bloody castle…

jack1000

@Gorlom:

The revealing of Bege's DF. I mean what the fuck? he was a bloody castle…

!
! Didn't see that coming

Mavado

What about Kaku's giraffe form? Quick, bring him panties? Soo many events to choose from…

Melville

Kuma sending everyone on a different island. That was incredible.

Masta D.

I was actually quite pissed about Duval; 90% convinced it was Krieg and I've been waiting for that crew to show up (they haven't even been mentioned). I started to doubt when he got bug-eyed beneath the mask and using his "accent"–that's when I thought "this is just another joke".

Kuma was unexpected to begin with, and then when Zoro was willing to take the fall for his captain I was like "shit...is Oda gonna really kill a main character???".

Vash The Stampede

unexpected efinitely duval's face. obviously luffy's family would be revealed, and they were definitely gonna be crazy/awesome. so those revelations were awe-inspiring, but not unexpected. second I'd hav to go with brroke being linked to laboon and the 9 way split up.

I kinda saw merry's return coming. the send-ff when it fell out of frankys secret lair was too anticlimactic, the ship deserved better after healing itself in skypiea, plus the fact that they needed a boat/ship at the end of EL, left it quite obvious.

Squilly

Although the other choices were unpredictable, the only event that actually surprised me, where I had NO IDEA it was gonna happen, was Duval's face. I laughed for about five minutes straight at that.

Crossword

Alvida revealing herself at Lougetown was a good WTF moment for me early on. I don't think anyone expected to see her ever again, especially not like that.

Zik

Robin or Franky joining given their introductions is what I would say but I vote other.

As in when Oda killed Boa Hancock and Ace in one fell swoop.

Tanuki

Monster Chopper's first appearence was pretty unpredictable. I don't think I guessed he'd become something so powerful and mindless.

Usopp Vs. Luffy: most notably Usopp's aggressive side. No one expected him to have such an aggressive streak. Shut a lot of Usopp haters up at the time too.

From that list though…probably either Garp or Duval's face.

LeviathanX

Perona X Zorro …in Chapter 524

seriously WHAT did Zorro answer to Kuma ??

Jass123

I say Other.

I say it was Kaku's DF, that was quite the joke Oda pulled on us >_>

Sano

I'll just list my top 10.

1. Zoro landing on the same Island as Perona.

2. Duval's revaltion

3. Usopp becoming Sogeking

4. Alvida at Lougetown (Great plot twist at the beginning point of the series)

5. The CP9 revelation

6. Buggy/Shanks/Reyleigh = Gol. D. Rogers Crew

7. The Missing Part of Jaya = Upper Yard

8. Calfia and Kaku's Devil Fruits powers

9. Franky's Flashback

10. Robin joining the crew

Skull Kid

Duvals face is winning the poll? How is that unpredictable or even notable at all when his face was shown soon after he was introduced? Sure it provided a few laughs, but hes not even an important plot character. He was a minor side character for one arc and probably wont be doing much else. If you where summarizing that arc, Duvals face wouldn't even be within the top 20 notable things. Robin joining is the only really good answer on that poll, in my opinion.

Heck Brooks first appearance (and his immediate conversation with Luffy about joining the crew) trumps Duval by leaps and bounds as a WTF unpredictable moment and hes not even in this poll.

regasatanum

duval face is meant to be random, i dont think it counts. i vote for others: not many would have predicted after 2 years we still havnt catch a glance of the merman island and the fact that thriller bark lasted 1 whole year.

CongoJack

I´d like to make my X where it says "The last unknown member of a group we´re aware of for nearly 9 years is the most beautiful woman in the world and she falls head over heels for our protagonist."

Just in case "unpredictable" really means "never before predicted".

SabZ

Pell ridiculously surviving a nuclear explosion he was at the heart of.

Dolus

@ilman:

I vote… other. The most unexpected thing must be the 9 way split. I even wonder will they ever reached merman island or not.

No matter how good of a job oda did on the suspense and unexpected events, they will reach merman island. I can put all my emotions aside and know that they will b/c if they didnt, that would mean either they went around it or they all died and then one piece would be over. now we cant have that, I wont put up with it.

so putting all emotions aside, EVENTUALLY…. in years to come raftel will be reached.

oh ya wut I originally wanted to say.. hehe
I have to agree that the split of the gang done by kuma was definatly the most unexpected turn of events I've seen so far.

Vanessa

EDIT: And if anyone tells me they called it and somehow knew or guessed it you're a liar.

Strohhut-Ruffy

CP9 and Laboon

Picked ,other'

valdava

Brooke and Laboon..

I really say, "HOLY SHIT!!!" at that moment..

RuNa

CP9 reveal.

Why is this not an option?

[For the sake of the topic, the obvious answer is Robin joining but I highly doubt anyone on these forums was reading one piece before it happened]

Strohhut-Ruffy

@RuNa:

CP9 reveal.

Why is this not an option?

[For the sake of the topic, the obvious answer is Robin joining but I highly doubt anyone on these forums was reading one piece before it happened]

I'm sure there are many people reading OP for a long time, like me.

And yeah, CP9 should be an option.