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[Bounty1Berry]

I'm piecing together the OP universe from tatters and shards (fanart, comments here, the 4kids dub :)), so I have stupid questions, like the student who comes in halfway through a lecture and begs the person in the next chair for his notes.

1. If Gol D. Roger was so incredibly wealthy and powerful, how was he brought down? Considering all it takes is one fishman throwing kickbacks to get the entire Marines doing his bidding, surely he could buy off any potential foe even more easily, or at least intimidate them into obedience.

2. Does Nami do something with her tattoo? I've seen a lot of fanart where it looks decidedly different from the swirled-fish crest, and I saw someone's cartoon about the swirled fish being erased by editors. Since altering a tattoo would scream symbolic value, is she getting it tweaked to signify the sovereignity she can claim after casting off from the fishmen? What does the new symbol represent?

3. Does Luffy (and presumably other characters with the same power, if any exist) have a limit on how far they can stretch? It seems weird if there is none, just stretch tall enough that you can stand on the sea floor, and the repeated drowning plot sequences are moot.

4. Am I the only one who expects the series to end with a comic twist– the statement that Roger's fortune is "in one piece" isn't an odd phrasing of "intact", but rather there's only one coin there? I guess this is leftover from the heavy promotion Fox did for the series; they had a ad where Luffy yells "I'm going to find One Piece", and since I had not yet seen the series, I thought he was just an annoying kid with very low expectations. :collapses laughing, then goes :unsure: embarrassedly:

[VildaHawk]

1. It has not been explicitly stated how/why he was taken down. And as far as I can remember, it hasn't been implied either.

2. Yes, at the end of the Arlong arc, she has that tattoo removed and gets a new one. The cartoon about the editting might be a shot at 4Kids or Viz editors.

3. According to Oda, Luffy does have a limit of how far he can stretch. It's measured in gomu units.

4. There have been many creative as to what One Piece may be. Ranging from a bathing suit to a group hug.

[Master Gold Dragon]

1. How come Zolo is called Zoro in the Manga! Durrr, I don't get it!

[Cinder]

ZoLo was originally Zoro. When 4Kids licensed it, they decided to change Zoro to Zolo. Then after that Shonen Jump decided to stop using Zoro and start using Zolo to follow the dub. The L and R are interchangeable in Japanese. It's just that the majority thinks that 4Kids don't want to be sued in case people get Zoro and Zorro from the movies mixed up. I don't know the real reason, only putting together what I've read in K-F's forums and this one.

EDIT: adding on to info about Nami's new tatoo - that swirl is a pinwheel and a tangerine

[Ivotas]

Originally posted by Bounty1Berry@Jun 10 2005, 10:49 PM
**I'm piecing together the OP universe from tatters and shards (fanart, comments here, the 4kids dub :)), so I have stupid questions, like the student who comes in halfway through a lecture and begs the person in the next chair for his notes.

1. If Gol D. Roger was so incredibly wealthy and powerful, how was he brought down? Considering all it takes is one fishman throwing kickbacks to get the entire Marines doing his bidding, surely he could buy off any potential foe even more easily, or at least intimidate them into obedience.**

At this point it wasn´t mentioned why Roger was captured, however it is my personal interpretation or should I say speculation that he turned himself over to the World Government because he has achieved everything and instead of living in boredom he chose to die with a big bang, sending thousands of pirates to the seas with his last words.

2. Does Nami do something with her tattoo? I've seen a lot of fanart where it looks decidedly different from the swirled-fish crest, and I saw someone's cartoon about the swirled fish being erased by editors. Since altering a tattoo would scream symbolic value, is she getting it tweaked to signify the sovereignity she can claim after casting off from the fishmen? What does the new symbol represent?

Yes she gets a new tattoo after the Arlong arc. The old tatto was Arlong´s own way of showing how he has control over her and with him defeated she wanted to get rid of it. But since there would have been a visible scar left because she tried to cut that tattoo of in her anger against Arlong she decided to just replace it by one that she chosed herself. The new tattoo intends to show a pinwheel with a tangerine which she says is her symbol for friendship. Tangerine = Bellemere, her stepmother had a tangerine plantage and Pinwheel = worn be Gen on his heat in order to make the baby Nami laugh.

3. Does Luffy (and presumably other characters with the same power, if any exist) have a limit on how far they can stretch? It seems weird if there is none, just stretch tall enough that you can stand on the sea floor, and the repeated drowning plot sequences are moot.

Yes he has a limit to it´s stretching abilities but the explenation of that was rather confusing by Oda since he used terms like "200 gomu" to explain how far he can stretch. So just take it as a fact that there is a limit.

4. Am I the only one who expects the series to end with a comic twist– the statement that Roger's fortune is "in one piece" isn't an odd phrasing of "intact", but rather there's only one coin there? I guess this is leftover from the heavy promotion Fox did for the series; they had a ad where Luffy yells "I'm going to find One Piece", and since I had not yet seen the series, I thought he was just an annoying kid with very low expectations. :collapses laughing, then goes :unsure: embarrassedly:
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I don´t know if you´re the only one who thinks so, but I certainly think that the end will not have such a comic twist. However I don´t want to elaborate why. Just search the forums for "What do you think the One Piece" is discussions to read everyone´s large thoughts about what the treasure might be.

Hope I was of any help.

[Master Gold Dragon]

Originally posted by Cinder@Jun 10 2005, 03:24 PM
**ZoLo was originally Zoro. When 4Kids licensed it, they decided to change Zoro to Zolo. Then after that Shonen Jump decided to stop using Zoro and start using Zolo to follow the dub. The L and R are interchangeable in Japanese. It's just that the majority thinks that 4Kids don't want to be sued in case people get Zoro and Zorro from the movies mixed up. I don't know the real reason, only putting together what I've read in K-F's forums and this one.

EDIT: adding on to info about Nami's new tatoo - that swirl is a pinwheel and a tangerine
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Hahaha, I know, man. It just said "IDIOT QUESTIONS" so I couldn't resist.

[Bounty1Berry]

Thank you for the replies. I would never have guessed that her new symbol was a tangerine and a pinwheel.

[Cinder]

Originally posted by Master Gold Dragon+Jun 10 2005, 04:44 PM–>QUOTE(Master Gold Dragon @ Jun 10 2005, 04:44 PM)

[CosmicDebris]

Thank you for the replies. I would never have guessed that her new symbol was a tangerine and a pinwheel.

I wouldn't have either, but fortunately she outright explains it.

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[Darkariel]

1 - I think Gol D. Roger gave himself up, because he already had made everything he wanted to do (if you see the Logue Town Arc you'll see Gol D. Roger smilling when then kill him)

2 - Nami's Tatto is the spinwheel from Genzo and the tangerine from Bellemere combined

3 - The limit to the powers of Akuma no mi "Paramecia" type are 200 ( name of the Akuma no mi)
In Luffy's case is 200 Gomu Gomu

4 - No one know for sure want One Piece is (ok, maybe Oda does or maybe he doesn't yet)

And I think the end will go with the best fight in the whole serie

[kai_toyama]

Actually, in the beginning of the second movie, there was a part where Luffy tried to stretch far enough to catch the "Going-Merry-ship-thieves," but failed, and his arm snapped back and smacked him in the face.

[VildaHawk]

Thank you for the replies. I would never have guessed that her new symbol was a tangerine and a pinwheel.

I wasn't gonna give any spoilers about that, but oh well.

i thought that the doctor said the tattoo couldnt be completely removed so Nami decided to change it to a combination of the tangerine/pinwheel. so instead of removing the tattoo, nami just altered it…....?

Nope. The doc removed it. Nami wanted a new one.

[game2005]

1. If Gol D. Roger was so incredibly wealthy and powerful, how was he brought down? Considering all it takes is one fishman throwing kickbacks to get the entire Marines doing his bidding, surely he could buy off any potential foe even more easily, or at least intimidate them into obedience.

Perhaps he was captured by the most powerful marines, like the Three Admirals or something.

[Soupster]

i just reread this and the doctor said that she would have a scar so she decided to get a new tatoo

[Mafioso11]

i have a dumb question. what would happen to a human if he/she ate a rumble ball :blink:? i guess i can be more specific and say what would happen to a human who ate an animal transformation type devil fruit and then ate the rumble ball? would they go through the same thing chopper goes through? i could see luffy getting soo hungry that he eats all of chopper's rumble balls :lol:!

[Ivotas]

Originally posted by Mafioso11@Jun 11 2005, 07:54 PM
i have a dumb question. what would happen to a human if he/she ate a rumble ball :blink:? i guess i can be more specific and say what would happen to a human who ate an animal transformation type devil fruit and then ate the rumble ball? would they go through the same thing chopper goes through? i could see luffy getting soo hungry that he eats all of chopper's rumble balls :lol:!
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Well since a Rumble Ball is a medicine that extends transformation powers it is only fair game to assume that it would have the same effect on other Zoan DF users as it had on Chopper. Users of this kind have definitely limited stages of transformations and the Rumble Ball is helping to surpass them.
Logia and Paramecia users however though also being limited by their power still have the abitlity to explored it deeper with developing new attacks etc. This is something Zoans don´t have. They just have three transformation levels and they can´t surpass them no matter how much then train. So it is fair game to assume that the Rumble Ball could work on each and everyone of them.

Though I do believe that if you take a RB you have to find out yourself what your adittional transformation stages are. Just an assumption.

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[Anime Master]

It was explained that if you ate a new one, that would be your power and your old one would go away.
Luffy eating Hana Hana means bye bye Gomu Gomu.

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[Mafioso11]

Originally posted by Ivotas+Jun 11 2005, 04:04 PM–>QUOTE(Ivotas @ Jun 11 2005, 04:04 PM)