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    Repercussion of the Earthquake/Tsunami in ONE PIECE?

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      As we know after 9/11 some shows & movies had to change/be censored/stop airing x episode similar to 9/11.

      The earthquake Japan just suffered has already some repercussions, the most logical being about the anime Tokyo Magintue 8.0 and other animes too, and some video games being delayed/cancelled all-together.

      In fact its not unheard of that franchises skip episodes or get on undefined hiatus because of earthquakes in Japan.

      Now, do you think this would change any part of ONE PIECE Oda had already planned?

      I know this is the manga so I would like to avoid mentioning the anime but the most obvious resemblance in ONE PIECE would be the Aqua Laguna, I wouldn't be surprised if certain anime stations that air ONE PIECE reruns skip the Aqua Laguna episodes, though I doubt Shueisha will stop printing the chapters pertaining the Aqua Laguna, nor the DVDs of those episodes stop being printed.

      An important thing to mention is the current arc, since the crew is underwater and all that, the whole "Prophecy of destruction" leads me to believe it very well would have to be some kind of Tsunami or something catastrophical, and If that was the case, more probably than not it won´t be anymore and Oda will have to change it.

      And finally the striking obvious, the Gura Gura No Mi and his owner, Blackbeard the Big Bad Guy of ONE PIECE, which btw has the power to make.. EARTHQUAKES!! This is an unavoidable truth, its not like that can be changed plot-wise, It would be unnatural if Blackbeard didn´t use the Gura Gura No Mi powers when he reappers, and I think Oda already had planned what he wanted to do for the ending, imagine the whole world in peril or something like that, something Oda and just Oda can pull ;)
      And now that ending is probably gonna be changed.. Even if 10 or so years pass, just look at CLAMP´s X…

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        It's not for nothing we call Oda Goda.

        Who exactly is Mumbo?

        It's OFFICIAL, UsoppXNami 4ever.

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          @Sonic:

          It's not for nothing we call Oda Goda.

          That is by the the most annoying meme in the world.

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            Kill the nonbeliever.

            Who exactly is Mumbo?

            It's OFFICIAL, UsoppXNami 4ever.

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              If we were still dealing with WB, then I'd worry. But since we've past the marineford arc in both anime and manga, all we have to worry about it Blackbeard, who I doubt will show up for a few years.

              as for the current arc, is is fishman island after all. A flood wouldn't affect the fishmen, so that seems doubtful as a means of final destruction. As for an earthquake, they are floating in a bubble. I kinda doubt that Oda had anything similar to the recent disaster planned, and if he did, I think he'd be able to to change it.

              and as for the long-term, remember, while this was the worst quake Japan's ever had, they have had them before. And Oda still made a heroic figure who used the power of earthquakes to summon tidal waves. Give it a few years, and I don't think having BB use quakes will be a problem.

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                Disasters come and go. There will be some extreme reactions and pulling on content initially , but int he long run the product will remain.

                Right after 9/11 people were demanding Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers be renamed somehow, and the Simpsons heavily edited their New York episode (which had a gag where Homer ran between the tops of the towers to find a bathroom) for instance.

                If Oda had planned on doing an earthquake in the very next chapter, (Like if this had happened during the war) he might have changed his plans for the short term and done something different for a week or two, but in 6 or 7 years when Blackbeard is relevant to the plot again? Probably not.

                Also, as huge as this disaster is… Japan DOES get earthquakes all the time. Not on this scale, but quakes all the same.

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                  Didn't some TV shows edit out the Twin Towers in shots of Manhattan close after 9/11?

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                    i was thinking about this too. well the earthquake parts in the anime have already passed so i think for right now that will be safe. although i don't know what oda has planned with fishman island but i wonder if he will think twice if he has some scenes with characters being washed away by sea water. i would hope jump lets oda write the story the way he wants it and not censor anything but a huge disaster just happened so who knows.

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                      This is very interesting. I thought of the destroying of Fishman Island also being some sort of Earthquake, or Tsunami…

                      If thats the case, poor old Oda's got some work to do. I'm sure he will figure it out

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                        @perroloco:

                        And now that ending is probably gonna be changed.. Even if 10 or so years pass, just look at CLAMP´s X…

                        No it won't. Don't be an imbecile. The ending will be the same no matter what.

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                          I would hope that One Piece has enough power and clout now in the industry to get away so that the series can avoid any major alterations. I think the most pressing matter is the representation of flooding as we just saw in the most recent chapter. Also we might have to go a few weeks without One Piece because the crisis in Japan is still not over.

                          I can't imagine BB's earthquake ability being a problem because it's such a natural and obvious power that happens all the time in the world. Plus it was already set up as being a terrible and destructive force that could "destroy the world". If anything it makes his story MORE relevant.

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                            I highly doubt that FI will be destroyed by a earthquake or a tsunami, since they're…well, you know..underwater.
                            When Blackbeard appears in a year or two, it will all be water under the bridge.
                            No pun intended.

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                              @MasterKingJC:

                              I highly doubt that FI will be destroyed by a earthquake or a tsunami, since they're…well, you know..underwater.
                              When Blackbeard appears in a year or two, it will all be water under the bridge.
                              No pun intended.

                              Being submerged doesn't mean it is earthquake proof.

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                                How's Luffy gonna cause a Earthquake?

                                If you think about it, there is no way, aside from something completly ridiculous

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                                  @RobbyBevard:

                                  Right after 9/11 people were demanding Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers be renamed somehow,

                                  Gee Robby thanks for reminding me, now that inane troll logic is going to be keeping me up at night for weeks.

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                                    I remembe when an episode of Saban's Spiderman was edited to not show the Two Towers and co incidentaly made no sense.

                                    I realy have to wonder why it is necessary to do in a kid's show. I mean, they will know about the thing happening on some level either way, so what exactly is being achieved ?

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                                      @No:

                                      I realy have to wonder why it is necessary to do in a kid's show. I mean, they will know about the thing happening on some level either way, so what exactly is being achieved ?

                                      Depicting an earthquake and tsunami right after a major disaster is just in bad taste, you know? And even more so with Japan…

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                                        is oda safe? + his office and stuff…?

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                                          @RobbyBevard:

                                          Disasters come and go. There will be some extreme reactions and pulling on content initially , but int he long run the product will remain.

                                          Right after 9/11 people were demanding Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers be renamed somehow, and the Simpsons heavily edited their New York episode (which had a gag where Homer ran between the tops of the towers to find a bathroom) for instance.

                                          If Oda had planned on doing an earthquake in the very next chapter, (Like if this had happened during the war) he might have changed his plans for the short term and done something different for a week or two, but in 6 or 7 years when Blackbeard is relevant to the plot again? Probably not.

                                          Also, as huge as this disaster is… Japan DOES get earthquakes all the time. Not on this scale, but quakes all the same.

                                          Really? Change it's name? I mean yes it was a tragic thing to happen, but we can't just avoid facing it altogether that's just weak of us as humans.

                                          Seriously they still haven't started rebuilding at all, it's just sitting there wasting space, grow up and move on if people don't then they won, and we let them cause we are to pathetic to get up after scraping our knees.

                                          I hope japan does not act like this, it would disappoint me as people are much stronger then this.

                                          As for the games, the Disastor Report 4 game actually sky rocketed to one of the top 10 pre-ordered game because of this incident. Interesting as that can be. It was in 79 place before this.

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                                            they didnt air an episode of pokemon pertaining to wiscash using earthquake alll over the episode due to "bad taste"…
                                            this could very well happen

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                                              This will only serve to be all the more epic for the Japanese when Luffy finally confronts Blackbeard and overcomes earthquakes and saves the day.
                                              Also, Oda confirmed for prophet.

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                                                @Sargaz:

                                                is oda safe? + his office and stuff…?

                                                He's fine from what I've heard

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                                                  This will only serve to be all the more epic for the Japanese when Luffy finally confronts Blackbeard and overcomes earthquakes and saves the day.
                                                  Also, Oda confirmed for prophet.

                                                  Saying that Oda predicted the earthquake is like saying someone predicting a tornado in Tornado Valley. It's freaking Japan. Earthquakes are a matter of when, not "if'. Eventually you'll have so many that a big one like this will come along.

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                                                    Apart from Marineford, the only time we were certain of an incoming tsunami was when the announcers @ Shabondy said so right after the ending of the war and even that wasn't shown in the manga since the time skip occurred.

                                                    Unless Oda has a few chapters planned in a very near future where Blackbeard uses his Gura Gura No Mi, i don't see anything to be worried about.

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                                                        Whitebeard got pissed that Oda killed him?

                                                        In all seriousness it was a tragic incident I hope Japan can recover soon

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                                                          I just hope they don't change the ending is all, surley BlackBeard will be the finale villain to face Luffy, well other than the goverment. Hey'll use all of his attacks on Luffy and they'll battle it out till whoever falls.

                                                          Luffy fan.

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                                                            @Renegadesoul:

                                                            Being submerged doesn't mean it is earthquake proof.

                                                            True, but unless Blackbeard shows up at FI, then we don't have to fear an earthquake appearing any time soon.

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                                                              You can't compare an earthquake to 9/11, really. 9/11 was caused by human foolishness. It was also an attack to beat the entire country down. An earthquake is only a natural disaster. No one should change anything in their stories because of something natural, even if there are tons of deaths. It would be totally unfair…

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                                                                @MasterKingJC:

                                                                True, but unless Blackbeard shows up at FI, then we don't have to fear an earthquake appearing any time soon.

                                                                Having a quake DF user doesn't mean that natural earthquakes will not occur.

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                                                                  if the risk in the nuclear power plant increases,they may have to evacuate all Tokyo so no ONE PIECE for long time

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                                                                    @Renegadesoul:

                                                                    Having a quake DF user doesn't mean that natural earthquakes will not occur.

                                                                    Yes, but is Oda planning on having an earthquake disaster just randomly happening in this arc?
                                                                    It seems very unlikely. But I'm not Oda and I have no idea what he has planned, so who knows?

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                                                                      Anyway. Oda's not going to change his overall plans.

                                                                      It's a massive tragedy and there's better things to be worried about than what happens in a comic book next week. The publishing schedule might be affected, but the story shouldn't be.

                                                                      Beyond that, tossing around phrases like "this is Blackbeard's fault!" or "Oda is a prophet" is pretty tasteless and without merit.

                                                                      If you want to discuss the effects of the quake, or charities to look into, theres a thread for that. If you want to talk about One Piece, there's dozens of threads for that. This topic has had a day to perculate and get out of your system, I don't think it needs to remain open as a topic mixing the two extremes of disaster and entertainment, since there's very little overlap beyond the basic question, which has been answered already.

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