Straw hat's Separation Series

Jane Doe

So, for those people who’s been tracking the cover stories so far, the SH have been making their own adventures while Luffy was making a chaos in the Impel Down.

Sanji: He's turned into an Okama!!
[hide]Is that Ivankov at the back? How is he there when he’s in the Impel Down? This picture puzzles me. I’m guessing sanji entered Ivankov’s castle or something; he is the queen of Kamabakka Kingdom, after all[/hide][hide]
He’s been turned into an okama, I just hope that it’s not permanent (brainwashed, please, I’m begging you, he was brainwashed…hypnotized)[/hide]

Robin: Broke free from hte slave labour, and joining the revolution
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Meanwhile, Robin’s been trying to break out of the island, as expecting of our serious, sneaky robin[/hide][hide]

Saved by the revolutionary, I’m just going to assume that this is how she’ll meet Luffy. Who knows? Perhaps she’ll be the first one to join up and be present at the Whitebeard-World Government-intervened by the revolutionary war. [/hide]

Franky
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we seems to figure out where the cyborg technology came from[/hide]
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Pridictions proven, here comes vegapunk~~~~ [/hide]

Usoppe's i'll die if im on my own dieses!
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hah! chopper thinks he's not a food….
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Nami at weatheria
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Brook and his panties
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Last least: Zoro's annoyed as usual
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So, in conclusion it seems that each SH gets 2 chapter cover story in this arc, wikipidia said so.

Low-fi Boy

This is a good thread idea for reference, it'll be good to have the separation stories all in one place once they're all completed

Crossword

Too bad the Chopper, Usopp, and Franky ones are part of the random ''Straw Hats with animal'' covers. Those aren't part of any coverstory.

Kishido

@Crossword:

Too bad the Chopper, Usopp, and Franky ones are part of the random ''Straw Hats with animal'' covers. Those aren't part of any coverstory.

correct… We only have Robin and Sanji so far. I bet the next is Brooke. Zoro or Nami will be the final one.

mugiwara

Well so far, the only Strawhats who have really gotten a separation cover story to this point are Sanji and Robin. The others you posted are just part of Oda's long running Strawhat + Random Animal series. And while it seems that the Strawhat cover stories are going to be 2 chapters each, please don't say its the case because wikipedia says so, that's just silly.

Anyway, does anyone else think tht Oda will expand past two chapters once he's gotten through the whole crew? When the Sanji one started I assumed it would be between 4-6 chapters since when multiplying that out across 8 strawhats you get what is approximately the length of the typical cover story. At this rate, the Strawhat cover stories will be finished in the next 12 chapters plus a color spread or two. I highly doubt Luffy's adventure will be finished by then so I wouldn't be surprised if we get another 2 a piece after this round.

Mugiwara Kaizoku

it's always a shame to see people embarrassing themselves without their own intention… ok, not always...

those usopp, chopper and sanji pages are just random artworks which oda always useses whenever it's not an actual coverstory or colourspread, if you would have read more than 2 one piece chapters, you'd know that…

Jane Doe

ok, i'll remove them for the sake of decency then

Sadi-chan

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blue-san

you mean 559…We can only deduce and I say yes...because of 2 things..

It would seem enough time to get them together and second Oda can theoretically go only with luffy for long time but practically not IMO

Conspiracynut

@Jane:

Is that Ivankov at the back? How is he there when he’s in the Impel Down? This picture puzzles me. I’m guessing sanji entered Ivankov’s castle or something; he is the queen of Kamabakka Kingdom, after all.

He’s been turned into an okama, I just hope that it’s not permanent (brainwashed, please, I’m begging you, he was brainwashed…hypnotized)

I can understand that you hid these paragraphs, because they're so embarrassing. Which makes me wonder why you typed it at all.

It's a freaking portrate. How could you not notice this? And look closer: if he were brain-washed, do you think those veins on his arm would be popping, or that he would have that shaded forhead?

Jane Doe

@Conspiracynut:

I can understand that you hid these paragraphs, because they're so embarrassing. Which makes me wonder why you typed it at all.

It's a freaking portrate. How could you not notice this? And look closer: if he were brain-washed, do you think those veins on his arm would be popping, or that he would have that shaded forhead?

no it's not a portrait, the giant monster-man-woman is not a portrait. how did he grow up so huge if it want ivankov though?

soi22

@Jane:

no it's not a portrait, the giant monster-man-woman is not a portrait. how did he grow up so huge if it want ivankov though?

He means Ivankov is in the portrait at the top left of the screen. Thats not Ivankov chasing Sanji, he can't be in two places at once. They do look similar though maybe they are related?

OldSnake

@Jane:

wikipidia said so.

Best line in this thread.

LosKnoggos

@Jane:

no it's not a portrait, the giant monster-man-woman is not a portrait. how did he grow up so huge if it want ivankov though?

That guy is not Ivankoff, look at his chin. Ivas Chin is arrow-shapped.

Moria

@OldSnake:

Best line in this thread.

Agreed.
Was about to quote this earlier but forgot.

Fiasco.

@Jane:

So, for those people who’s been tracking the cover stories so far, the SH have been making their own adventures while Luffy was making a chaos in the Impel Down.

Sanji
[hide]http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l321/Marchiris/543sanji.jpg[/hide]Is that Ivankov at the back? How is he there when he’s in the Impel Down? This picture puzzles me. I’m guessing sanji entered Ivankov’s castle or something; he is the queen of Kamabakka Kingdom, after all[hide]
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l321/Marchiris/544sanji.jpg[/hide]He’s been turned into an okama, I just hope that it’s not permanent (brainwashed, please, I’m begging you, he was brainwashed…hypnotized)

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http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l321/Marchiris/545robin.jpg
[/hide]Meanwhile, Robin’s been trying to break out of the island, as expecting of our serious, sneaky robin[hide]
http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l321/Marchiris/546robin.jpg
[/hide]Saved by the revolutionary, I’m just going to assume that this is how she’ll meet Luffy. Who knows? Perhaps she’ll be the first one to join up and be present at the Whitebeard-World Government-intervened by the revolutionary war.

So, in conclusion it seems that each SH gets 2 chapter cover story in this arc, wikipidia said so.

I remember you. Good to know you have unwavering sources.

stray

Don't recognize the laughter offhand, but Sanji looks like he's in the water waving to someone who might recognize him for a pickup. Might be a chapter 3 where we find out who's going to be picking him up?

Mango

@stray:

Don't recognize the laughter offhand, but Sanji looks like he's in the water waving to someone who might recognize him for a pickup. Might be a chapter 3 where we find out who's going to be picking him up?

no one will pickup him these okama will give him ride to shabondy archipelago, the best part is that Sanji will be in this dress the whole journey (at last 8 days) man i hope Zorro will see him like this (and other SH)

Supernova

Sanji coverstory isn't over. If you look at it it says volume 2. Doesn't say finale. While Robins says final.

Sadi-chan

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KaizokuFan22

in this case.. if robin is the first to be rescued..how will the order go as in reuniting?
who will robin find first and who will be last?..if im predicting right

as for the portrait room cover..the thing hanging upside down is spooky XD

ctarlong910

my prediction is that brook will be the first to return, despite the order of cover. Then franky, then robin…

I liked the robin cover story the best of the 2.

RCat

Well, considering Sanji's transformation, it's even less likely that Bentham will become a Straw Hat. Franky and Brook work due to having very different styles when compared to Luffy/Usopp and Zoro, but having two Okama Kempo users is ridiculous.

Renegadesoul

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Renegadesoul

@RCat:

Well, considering Sanji's transformation, it's even less likely that Bentham will become a Straw Hat. Franky and Brook work due to having very different styles when compared to Luffy/Usopp and Zoro, but having two Okama Kempo users is ridiculous.

He is still in the crossdressing stage…he has yet to learn the kempo, which I doubt he will learn coz some of the moves require the use of hands as a weapon.... ^^

Capt Haggis

@Sadi-chan:

You've got a point here. Actually it says "Conclusion" at Robin's second story page.
Now that makes my calculation of SH reunification at Chapter 559 less predictable.

Perhaps oda or the editors changed their mind about the numbering, or perhaps it was just a error. Let's see how the next month goes and if there both 2 then I'm calling sanji's done. Course we also have to count colorspreads. Still I'm thinking 12 to 16 chapters.

@ctarlong910:

my prediction is that brook will be the first to return, despite the order of cover. Then franky, then robin…

I liked the robin cover story the best of the 2.

I been thinking chopper will be the first. He's on a island of giant birds after all, plus he normally late to the party it could be a good change for him.

herr_sebbe

@Capt:

I been thinking chopper will be the first. He's on a island of giant birds after all, plus he normally late to the party it could be a good change for him.

He was first to Shandra, though.

Anyway, I don't think the Strawhats will gather immediately after their cover stories end. That'd be way to predictable to be Oda. When the cover stories end, that'll just open up the possibility for their return any chapter. And it's not gonna' be one after another. It's gonna' be more epic than that!

Mortea

Sanji can change the look of person with his kicks.Isn't that lulz that he got on the island where everyone are gender-altered but not facechanged.That can be holy mission that Kuma bestowed on Sanji.But Sanji does not even think about that…

LosKnoggos

I hope the new members will reunit first with luffy, especially Brook hadn't much chances to shine (Well he had, but he've never fought an enemie on the sam elevel as him). Therefor, I'd say

-Brooke
-Franky
-Chopper
-Usopp
-Sanji
-Robin
-Nami
-Zoro

Capt Haggis

@herr_sebbe:

He was first to Shandra, though.

And instantly KOed. By time he was up the rest of the crew was pretty much united.

Insider2000

Did Robin just say "How Terrible You People Are" to the resistance? I love her.

She calls everyone terrible and frightening with a straight face and no fear, and yet she snaps people backs and legs.

ctarlong910

@Insider2000:

Did Robin just say "How Terrible You People Are" to the resistance? I love her.

She calls everyone terrible and frightening with a straight face and no fear, and yet she snaps people backs and legs.

and helped cause a civil war.

SnowMonkeyXRebel

I can't say that I see them reuniting all too quickly…There's only so much Oda can do in the cover stories...The crew's reunion will probably be left to the actual storyline itself.

The reason I don't see it happening too soon is because of a few facts that I'd like to bring to everyone's attention, and I haven't seen anybody mention them yet. This is specifically relating to a geographical viewpoint. (Note- If you think about it literally, it makes sense.)

Nami's on a Sky Island, like 10,000 meters above the surface. She's gotta get down, somehow. (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/523/15/)
Sanji's…minor setback. While I'm sure he enjoys froliking with the other transvestites, it doesn't seem as if he plans to leave anytime soon. (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/544/01/)
Robin's not even in the Grand Line anymore, she's in East Blue. (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/524/06/)
Chopper's not even in the Grand Line anymore, he's in South Blue. (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/524/08/)
None of the crew has any idea where their nakama are. Two of the crew need to re-enter the Grand Line, Nami has to jump of a cloud, and the entire crew (provided they follow the direction of Rayleign's Biblicard back to Shabondy Archipelago and the Thousand Sunny), still need to secure passage on some kind of ship to get there).

I think the cover series are primarily for the purpose of giving the reader a brief look into each Straw Hat's situation, and maybe, just maybe hinting at some kind of character development…(or setback, in Sanji's case).

I know that some people are suspicious of Kuma's intentions, seeing as how the some Straw Hat's end up on islands which may be beneficial too them. (ie. Nami, landing on a Sky Island that specializes in the study of weather; Franky, landing on the island which was the birthplace of a genius (possibly implying Vegapunk, the genius who created the Pacifista cyborgs)).

It's cited that only Kuna knows the location to which each crew member is sent (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/513/04/), but whether there was an ulterior purpose to the seperation and relocation of the crew members, it's as of yet unclear. (My personal opinion is that there was a purpose, but I can't really explain why. The only evidence I have for my viewpoint is the mysterious exchange between Kuma and Silvers Rayleign (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/513/11/) and how Rayleign didn't seem to make quite a big fuss like Kizaru just before Kuma made Luffy vanish (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/513/18/), almost as if he knew what was going to happen…)

As for Luffy's escape from Impel Down (forgive me for this somewhat-irrelevant-to-this-thread comment), if they don't get out on one of the Marine battleships they're trying to comandeer since Jinbei damaged the escape ship (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/546/17/), I thought the only other way was Buggy's crew, that was coming to rescue Buggy (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/525/05/). It would have been a valid choice, seeing as how they were actually fairly close to the Calm Belt and Impel Down…but too bad Alvida convinced them otherwise.

KaizokuFan22

its official..i think the SH crew will be back in Dec 09(movie 10?) or 2010 XD if the case the cover stories for a few wont be done for awhile

Conspiracynut

SnowMonkey, what part of "We can clearly see that Sanji hates this" do you not understand?

.access timeco.

People really got a bit troll here. Nothing like a new user so you can feel superior, huh? Internet is always here when real life denies such a thing…

@topic
I hope the okama design of Sanji will last until he meets the rest of the crew. It would be priceless... and I hope he will need some badmouth of Zoro to come back to his older self.
About the reunite order, I am hoping all of them to come back together. It would kinda suck to have the story going on with just part of the crew. It is working in ID because it's just the main character in there and it's the "let's meet old faces again" time.
I believe in the end of each story we'll see the SH finding a way to go to Marinford (when the okamas discover Iva-san is free, they will realize he is going there and rush to the place with Sanji... just don't know how they would get in there so quickly. And Robin... well, pretty obvious).

Anyways, for those who were thinking about the SH getting powerups, it seems it will not be true for all of them. Robin will probably learn a lot from the revolutionaries, but it doesn't look she got any stronger.

Ichnob

@SnowMonkeyXRebel: Well, the fact that two of the Strawhats are outside the Grand Line is now a moot point. Chopper has the means to get back by using those birds. He can understand animals, so hopefully he can get himself out of that situation. And the Revolutionaries most likely have some method of crossing the calm belt back to wherever their base is on the Grand Line. I'm sure when they figure out that Robin's captain is the son of their great leader, they'll do all they can to help her. And each crew member has a piece of Rayleigh's vivrecard, so they should all know which direction to go to meet back at Saobody Archipelago.

Obviously, this is all speculation on my part.

bepo

@SnowMonkeyXRebel:

Nami's on a Sky Island, like 10,000 meters above the surface. She's gotta get down, somehow. (http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/523/15/)

i dont think it is to hard to go down. she already did that once and i don't think she needed a whole day

ctarlong910

she needs a boat to get down, and an octopus.

Conspiracynut

Or maybe just an octopus.

SnowMonkeyXRebel

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SnowMonkeyXRebel

@Conspiracynut:

SnowMonkey, what part of "We can clearly see that Sanji hates this" do you not understand?

It seems your sarcasm detector is on the fritz…As if Sanji, of all characters, would actually enjoy frolicking with transvestites...I'm not retarded. It's obvious that he hates it.

Blackeye

I've just got a little, kinda farfetched theory about the coverstories. I think that all of these storis, will have something to do with the Revolutionaries. Nico Robin was saved by the Revolutionaries, Sanji is on an island who's former Queen/King was a Captain of the Revolutionaries etc.

This makes me think about Nami. She's on a Skyisland were she gets to learn some technique to create wind, with knot… I didnt really understand that part but whatever. This makes me thing about Dragon, who apparently created some kind of wind when he saved Luffy in Eastblue. Can there be a connection?

What do you think, stupid and way to farfetched, or plausible?

Urouge

@Blackeye:

I've just got a little, kinda farfetched theory about the coverstories. I think that all of these storis, will have something to do with the Revolutionaries. Nico Robin was saved by the Revolutionaries, Sanji is on an island who's former Queen/King was a Captain of the Revolutionaries etc.

This makes me think about Nami. She's on a Skyisland were she gets to learn some technique to create wind, with knot… I didnt really understand that part but whatever. This makes me thing about Dragon, who apparently created some kind of wind when he saved Luffy in Eastblue. Can there be a connection?

What do you think, stupid and way to farfetched, or plausible?

I think you agree with the majority of the forum with your first paragraph. Your second paragraph matches my personal thoughts, though I think many people disagree with us.

I'm going to throw in that I think Zoro will be rescued by Chopper when he flies over on a bird. I chose this over the idea that the slaves from TW would come home to where Zoro and Perona are. The only person I can't find any possible revolutionary connection to is Usopp.

MagneticMonkey

And how would chopper find zoro? (the only thing they have is rayleighs vivre card)
And why would chopper especially search for zoro?
Because he was near to death when he vanished?

I will really be surprised if oda reveals that the TW prisoners are from the island where zoro actually is.

Urouge

@MagneticMonkey:

And how would chopper find zoro? (the only thing they have is rayleighs vivre card)
And why would chopper especially search for zoro?
Because he was near to death when he vanished?

I will really be surprised if oda reveals that the TW prisoners are from the island where zoro actually is.

I say that because Chopper saving Zoro and then attaching himself to Zoro's face is practically becoming a running gag. Your questions are very easy to answer. Chopper is flying back to SA, and comes close enough to Zoro's island to catch his scent. Of course he'd take a short detour in that situation. It's fairly typical I think.

http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/538/07/ shows why I associate the revolutionaries with where Zoro landed. The places that Iva describes fit with the places that Zoro and Brook landed. I figure that if all the citizens are gone, they must have gone somewhere, and being turned into slaves seems like a reasonable cause.

MagneticMonkey

@Urouge:

I say that because Chopper saving Zoro and then attaching himself to Zoro's face is practically becoming a running gag. Your questions are very easy to answer. Chopper is flying back to SA, and comes close enough to Zoro's island to catch his scent. Of course he'd take a short detour in that situation. It's fairly typical I think.

I don't really know much about how far chopper can smell people. But i would say that on a bird flying so high he wouldn't have a chance since the distance would be too high. And you just assume zoros island is near to the path choppers bird chose to shabaody.

http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/538/07/ shows why I associate the revolutionaries with where Zoro landed. The places that Iva describes fit with the places that Zoro and Brook landed. I figure that if all the citizens are gone, they must have gone somewhere, and being turned into slaves seems like a reasonable cause.

Ivan says he saved countries which were defeated and left in ruins. Zoro is at the ruins of the shikkearu kingdom. I don't see how it matches. It's the grand line. A lot of countries might get attacked by pirates or just fighting other countries. Whatever…

I accept that the the speculation "the shikkearu kingdom was attacked (by the WG) because they didn't want to join the WG".

Urouge

@MagneticMonkey:

I don't really know much about how far chopper can smell people. But i would say that on a bird flying so high he wouldn't have a chance since the distance would be too high. And you just assume zoros island is near to the path choppers bird chose to shabaody.

Ivan says he saved countries which were defeated and left in ruins. Zoro is at the ruins of the shikkearu kingdom. I don't see how it matches. It's the grand line. A lot of countries might get attacked by pirates or just fighting other countries. Whatever…

I accept that the the speculation "the shikkearu kingdom was attacked (by the WG) because they didn't want to join the WG".

You realize that this is a work of fiction, right? You need to think more like an author, and less like it's reality. Nobody is going to come up with a solution that HAS to be right, so instead I look for "possibilities." You argue that my prediction is improbable, as if the rest of One Piece wasn't.

MagneticMonkey

@Urouge:

You realize that this is a work of fiction, right? You need to think more like an author, and less like it's reality. Nobody is going to come up with a solution that HAS to be right, so instead I look for "possibilities." You argue that my prediction is improbable, as if the rest of One Piece wasn't.

I still don't understand how you connect ivan saying "i saved a lot of countries which were defeated and ruined" to "TW a place where criminals
and citizens from countries which refused to join the WG are sent"?

Urouge

@MagneticMonkey:

I still don't understand how you connect ivan saying "i saved a lot of countries which were defeated and ruined" to "TW a place where criminals
and citizens from countries which refused to join the WG are sent"?

Ok. I'll just explain it fully to avoid confusion. Iva mentioned a country drowning in poverty and a country defeated in battle and left in ruins. Low and behold, Brook and Zoro land on islands that fit those descriptions. I've already taken a leap of faith by saying the two things are related.

Now, assuming Zoro landed on this defeated country, it means they were defeated by someone. Since they're associated with Iva, I find the chance that their enemy was the WG to be fairly high (as you alluded to). At TW, they say that citizens of countries that refused to join the WG are sent there to be slaves. If my assumption is right, all the citizens from where Zoro landed were sent to TW to be slaves.

The question remains as to how Iva "saved" them. The answer may be that he was only able to save a few of them and those who were saved were forced to relocate.