May the best and hottest and way betterest woman win.
Precisly. Tashigi-Chwan~.
Character Nominations Thread (Nominations Closed)
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Perona-chwan is going to win with her beauty.
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Tashigi and hancock <333
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@Psycho_Kenshin:
I'm going to go out on a limb here, I think Nami will do better in the tournament than Tashigi does.
May the best and hottest and way betterest woman win.
Well, check out the Hurt and Heal game when we were doing the OP Girls list. Tashigi made it farther than any of the Strawhats girls or Hancock! Sure, these aren't the same people voting, but that should say something!
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Boobs aside, I'm a big fan of Nami's character. She's always looking to be protected, and the crew (especially Luffy and Sanji) are very quick to try and protect her. I believe this enhances the entire story a great deal. Nami symbolizes Luffy's desire to protect his Nakama. http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/514/11/ demonstrates my point (as would many other pages). Out of the entire crew, Luffy visualizes Nami's plea for protection. So she does a lot to enhance Luffy's (and others') character. Nami then comes through when she has to, which keeps her from just being defined by the word "needy."
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JUST KIDDING.
good luck to all I guess.
I am too late D:
Reading : Homunculus, Blade of the Immortal
Watching : Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze
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As long as I'm still here…frankly I don't think Kumadori will win, though I believe he deserves a chance. I'm willing to bet Brook will win it all this year.
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If this tourney took place a few weeks from now, I think Shiryu would have the motivation of being active in the story. But I think having some characters like him not being in this probably worked to the advantage of others.
Besides, it's all popularity anyway.. Anyone can beat anyone else dependent on circumstances.
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Would the fire breather/ zombie man in Kid's crew have been eligible for nomination since we don't know his name?
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No he wouldn't be eligible i'd think.
It's essentially the same situation as Bepo. We've seen them both fight and that's about it. However since we don't know the firebreather's (if it was fire?) name.. then he'll have to sit this one out. Bepo however has received a little more panel time and we've learned his name. (being acknowledged by Luffy doesn't hurt either)
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I, MAXop-tard, Nominate Saldeath
my Deviantart:http://www.maxop-tard.deviantart.com
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Out of the entire crew, Luffy visualizes Nami's plea for protection.
Call it misogyny or chivalry, it's more so because Nami is a [weak] girl. He's nearly as protective over Usopp as he is Nami.
Also, it's a children's comic from Japan.
Why are you comparing it to cultural engravings and burritos.
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@Ao:
Call it misogyny or chivalry, it's more so because Nami is a [weak] girl. He's nearly as protective over Usopp as he is Nami.
Hmm, that's true to a point. However, Oda doesn't emphasize Luffy's protective nature of anyone else like Nami. With Usopp, I think it's more accurate to say that Luffy defends him. That page I linked is one example of many that shows Nami as a symbol of Luffy's protective side, and also the most recent one.
It started in the Arlong arc when Luffy left his hat with Nami. The concept maximized with Chopper's arc in which Luffy devoted himself entirely to figuring out how to get Nami a cure, resulting in carrying her up the mountain. In sky it manafested itself with Enel, when he gave her his hat again, followed by his promise that she'd survive the waver ride up Giant Jack. In water 7 it seemed like he was carrying Nami everywhere.
Thriller Bark was the only real change of pace that I can recall, when Luffy tasked Nami's protection to Sanji. The same level of protective nature is not shown towards Usopp, who is similarly weak. Although Luffy is very quick to "avenge" Usopp after something happens, he doesn't actively protect him (Usopp's frequently asking Zoro and Sanji to protect him now that I think about it). The female thing holds some weight, as both Robin and Vivi have had a single instance in which Luffy was very protective of them. Both of them also had a lesser instance with Aokiji and Dorry respectively that foreshadowed the more major events.
My final point has to do with Nami herself. When she's in danger, she always seems to look to Luffy and Luffy alone for protection. Even though Sanji tries desperately to protect her, and Zoro is willing to when the situation arises, she mostly ignores them. My best example of this is in Arabasta, when Mr 1 and Miss Doublefinger are advancing on her. Instead of looking to Zoro for help, she simply runs away.
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In conclusion: Luffy's totally gonna get it on with Nami on top of the Rio Poneglyph amongst all the gold and treasures of One Piece.
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In conclusion: Luffy's totally gonna get it on with Nami on top of the Rio Poneglyph amongst all the gold and treasures of One Piece.
LOL, I guess it's true that I didn't really have much of a point with all that. Normally all that stuff would back up my theory that Luffy, Zoro, and Nami are the three most important characters of the story. From there I like to make the somewhat unfounded leap that Nami will eventually be one of the most powerful crew members, but that's for another thread.
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Oh no don't get me wrong I agree with what you wrote. Just making a little joke.
Though your last two statements in the above post…I dunno...
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In conclusion: Luffy's totally gonna get it on with Nami on top of the Rio Poneglyph amongst all the gold and treasures of One Piece.
I can get behind this!
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Oh no don't get me wrong I agree with what you wrote. Just making a little joke.
Though your last two statements in the above post…I dunno...
Yeah, I was amused by it myself.
The last two statements… I know it's out there, which is why I referred to it as an "unfounded leap." Everyone has some crazy out there theories about what the future will bring don't they? I think I posted that stuff in the crew member rankings thread a while ago.
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Boobs aside, I'm a big fan of Nami's character. She's always looking to be protected, and the crew (especially Luffy and Sanji) are very quick to try and protect her. I believe this enhances the entire story a great deal. Nami symbolizes Luffy's desire to protect his Nakama. http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/514/11/ demonstrates my point (as would many other pages). Out of the entire crew, Luffy visualizes Nami's plea for protection. So she does a lot to enhance Luffy's (and others') character. Nami then comes through when she has to, which keeps her from just being defined by the word "needy."
Funny I always thought it was obscene levels of greed.
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Can't it be both?
I mean Luffy isn't solely defined by his gluttony right.
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I hope it can be both, because I don't care about the greed thing very much. I wouldn't mind defining Zoro by his directional skills though.
Writing that small essay made me wonder if Luffy's recent minor protective actions towards Margarite (in the arena) and Hancock (while fighting Magellan) are foreshadowing anything.
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Well Marguerite stood up for him when no one else would and Hancock gave Luffy the only chance at rescuing his brother.
I wouldn't think on it too much, seems to me that it's in the same vein as how Conis helped them out in Skypeia.
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That's true, the fact that they helped him out first really does put it in a different light.
I do hope that Marguerite reappears in the story at some point though. Unfortunately, writing her back into the story doesn't seem to be very simple.
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That page I linked is one example of many that shows Nami as a symbol of Luffy's protective side, and also the most recent one.
Yeah, I remember that moment and everyone popping boners over how it meant something between them, but honestly, that's a huge reach. He was worried about everyone equally in that scene.
Urouge! Reveal yourself as a LuffyXNami shipper and be done with it!
Personally, I'm all for Luffy+Nami and Tashigi+Zoro, but still…that scene with Kuma meant nothing. No subtle tones of anything except desperation. There was more subtle romancy stuff in the scene where he tells Nami to hold onto him or their trip up Giant Jack together.
Luffy sometimes backs off protecting Usopp, because he's trying not to damage his pride as a man. As a guy, he can understand not wanting to crush Usopp's ego(this has been mentioned b4 in OP), but as a guy, he also just assumes every women in danger wants/needs to be rescued. Every female strawhat has been the damsel in distress at one time or another and Luffy has stepped into the White Night role.
From there I like to make the somewhat unfounded leap that Nami will eventually be one of the most powerful crew members, but that's for another thread.
It's a joke played up even by ODa or whoever does the character polls that Nami is the strongest strawhat because the Monster trio has all the muscle, but Nami's clearly the one in charge of the them/the crew. She's definitely got Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro wrapped around her finger.
Also, it's a children's comic from Japan.
Why are you comparing it to cultural engravings and burritos.
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@Ao:
Yeah, I remember that moment and everyone popping boners over how it meant something between them, but honestly, that's a huge reach. He was worried about everyone equally in that scene.
Urouge! Reveal yourself as a LuffyXNami shipper and be done with it!
Personally, I'm all for Luffy+Nami and Tashigi+Zoro, but still…that scene with Kuma meant nothing. No subtle tones of anything except desperation. There was more subtle romancy stuff in the scene where he tells Nami to hold onto him or their trip up Giant Jack together.
Luffy sometimes backs off protecting Usopp, because he's trying not to damage his pride as a man. As a guy, he can understand not wanting to crush Usopp's ego(this has been mentioned b4 in OP), but as a guy, he also just assumes every women in danger wants/needs to be rescued. Every female strawhat has been the damsel in distress at one time or another and Luffy has stepped into the White Night role.
It's a joke played up even by ODa or whoever does the character polls that Nami is the strongest strawhat because the Monster trio has all the muscle, but Nami's clearly the one in charge of the them/the crew. She's definitely got Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro wrapped around her finger.
Err, I didn't mean to imply anything about romance. Oda himself stated there'd be no romance within the crew. If people were making a big deal about that, I wouldn't know since I wasn't active here back then. I don't think of it as a "big deal" myself, but I also don't think that Oda picked her name out of hat for that flashback.
The only thing I was trying to describe was how Oda uses Nami to symbolize Luffy's protective side. Nami was the only person in the flashback, how else am I supposed to take that other than that she was a symbol for his desire to protect his nakama?
EDIT: I don't really want to get into the last part here. It's a farfetched theory that appeals to me is all. That's for another thread I think.
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Forgot the K in knight. Ao Kiji
I guess some of the marine ideals rubbed off on him. Heck even way back with the mayor in buggy's arc. He let guys have their shot, but he always take the hit for the ladies.
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I propose the Final 8 be Sanji in a harem 8)
Sanji-Nami-Tashigi-Robin-Perona-Camie-Ivankov-Miss Valentine FTW!
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I propose me in a harem.
Sanji can have Iva-san. -
hoe come going marry can partiicipate but thousand sunny can't?
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hoe come going marry can partiicipate but thousand sunny can't?
It's because of a) the entire Klabautermann deal, b) the ship acting on it's own accord by setting sail for Enies Lobby, c) having it's own voica and d) because it had a death scene.
Sorry as much as I prefer Sunny over Merry, Sunny just isn't in the same league in terms of having what it takes to enter a character popularity tournament, yet.
16 characters of me having to type something.
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Closing this thread since the first round pairings are out. Please continue the talkback in the respective thread.
