Nah, it was a double issue/holiday break time. So unfortunately, no.
But at least we got Hody & Co's anime debut this Saturday :)
Never heard of that. Link?
Nah, it was a double issue/holiday break time. So unfortunately, no.
But at least we got Hody & Co's anime debut this Saturday :)
Never heard of that. Link?
Why does everybody assume that Big Mom HAS to literally one of the top 4 Pirates in the New World? They have the title of Emperors because they rule over large amounts of territory, LIKE EMPERORS!
I beg to differ. And so does Garp.
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He's talking about Shanks and his power/strength while stating that he's one of the four most powerful pirates in the world. So naturally we can assume that the other Yonkou are on even terms when it comes down to power.
Don't get me wrong – I do understand the idea behind your post but you simply have to be one of the strongest people to be able to conquer a big territory. If she wasn't as strong as we assume her to be, Big Mam wouldn't be able to defend her spot as a Yonkou.
Will we see any OP chapter this week? i am really looking forward to one but its already this late and still nothing from any series of SJ.
The official release is scheduled to be on 10th apparently, so even if we get an early release, it won't come out before the 9th.
@dwo:
It is astonishing that, Kidd, with in my opinion weak abilities, together with his weak crew, made it that far.
I don't think Kidd and his crew are weak at all. Assuming his devil fruit ability is magnetism, and assuming Kidd was smart enough to increase the power of magnetism, he can be very dangerous. After all, Gumo Gumo no mi could be weak in the hands of a moron, but in the hands of Luffy, it came to be very useful. Well, that and the fact Luffy had years of training with his devil fruit ability.
Beside, Kidd has two Supernovas in his crew, himself and Killer. That just points out how strong his crew is. Oda just didn't show Kidd's full power yet.
He's talking about Shanks and his power/strength while stating that he's one of the four most powerful pirates in the world. So naturally we can assume that the other Yonkou are on even terms when it comes down to power.
Don't get me wrong – I do understand the idea behind your post but you simply have to be one of the strongest people to be able to conquer a big territory. If she wasn't as strong as we assume her to be, Big Mam wouldn't be able to defend her spot as a Yonkou.
I just would like to add something to your post. The Yonkou, and I got this idea from the way Kaidou reacted right before the WB vs WG war, that is that the Yonkou (at least some of them) not only defend their position, but they are also on many occasions on the offensive. And frankly why wouldn't they be like that? They're pirates. It would be unlikely for instance if not one Yonkou contested Blackbeard's "ascension" once in the past two years. I'm not saying a full on battle, though.
Ah, my bad .
@dwo:
It is astonishing that, Kidd, with in my opinion weak abilities, together with his weak crew, made it that far.
In one piece's world where a handful of things are made of metal I agree with you. In todays time this power is amazing
@dwo:
It is astonishing that, Kidd, with in my opinion weak abilities, together with his weak crew, made it that far.
You serious!? it's like calling Magneto a weak mutant!
The fact that Law, Kidd, and Luffy, were grouped in that same trio by Oda makes me believe that they are the strongest of the Supernova's.
Why does everybody assume that Big Mom HAS to literally one of the top 4 Pirates in the New World? They have the title of Emperors because they rule over large amounts of territory, LIKE EMPERORS!
I still think she's an incredibly powerful Pirate, and Luffy will not take her down with ease(more of a Crocodile/Lucci fight) but just because she has this title, it doesn't put her at the very top. Spandam lead CP9 despite being very weak, but his power didn't stop him from having authority over somebody like Lucci. I'm not saying that she's weak at all, but just because she has so much power in the New World, doesn't mean she is one of the most powerful foes.
That's like saying just because Whitebeard's allies weren't one-shotting Pacifista's during the war, it means that we won't see non-Yonkou pirates pose a threat to the Strawhats in the new world.
The point of a Yonkou is that they are so powerful they can amass many other strong guys under their wing. Why would pirates bow down to somebody weaker than them? Because she is such an awesome leader? She tricked them all into believing she is stronger than she really is. Blackmails or has the respect of a single right hand who keeps them all in check? The other Yonkou and Marines just let her get away with a giant farce?
Yes it does. This nonsense really has to stop. The other Yonkou are not silver medalist. They are not Spandam. They are not Wapol who was boss only because of his king status. They are not Capone who seems more of a planner&strategist than fighter. They are not like Enel with huge egos. They are not Vegapunk whose power come from his creations. They are not Moriah who relies on others. They are not Croc who had a secret organization. They are not MF Luffy who had stronger people protect him. They are not the Wizard of Oz.
They are the very top of the pirate hierarchy and for good reason. They don't rely on any gimmicks, tricks, the strength of others, or work in the shadows scheming away. They are the best of the best. Perfectly rounded fighters, planners, and leaders who have never failed where thousands of other capable people(such as Croc, Moriah, Tiger, Squado, and Ace) have before. Posts like these are really no different than all those posts pre-war theorizing that Sengoku was only a strategist and had no strength himself. We saw how wrong that was.
New World captains dealt with Pacifista's just fine.
Why does everybody assume that Big Mom HAS to literally one of the top 4 Pirates in the New World?
There's no reason to think otherwise since WB and Shanks are among the top pirates.
There's no reason to think otherwise since WB and Shanks are among the top pirates.
Why can't she be like Crocodile. A high title, but not as beastly as the emperors/pirates later down the line.
There's no reason to think otherwise since WB and Shanks are among the top pirates.
Listen, I'm not saying she's at the bottom of the New World Pirates, I'm simply stating that the strength gap between Emperors could be big, just look at the 7 Warlords. I don't think it'll be on that level, but I do think, that in a Lucci/Crocodile style fight, pushed to his extremes, that it isn't farfetched for Luffy to defeat Big Mom.
Yonkou is a title not a position that can be given to whoever the WG wants. Guess these posts won't end until we see that Bobbin is perfectly able of giving Zoro a fight while Big Mam could literally eat Bobbin for breakfast. That is if nobody takes Jinbe's shit faced at hearing the news in the coming chapters seriously. It is farfetched to believe that training for 1 1/2 years with Rayleigh and two years or less with Mihawk lets Luffy&Zoro defeat somebody at least on par with, if not stronger, than their trainers.
Why can't she be like Crocodile. A high title, but not as beastly as the emperors/pirates later down the line.
Because Garp stated that they are indeed the strongest pirates.
Yeah, look up Magneto from the X-men (who has similar powers). Magnetism is actually incredibly powerful if used right, though it would require some planning on Kidd's part to work well in the fairly metal-less One Piece world.
@moe:
In one piece's world where a handful of things are made of metal I agree with you. In todays time this power is amazing
Are you guys kidding? Did you forget that 95% percent of the pirates in One Piece fight with swords and guns, which are made of metal? Heck, Kid could pretty well defeat Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Franky and Brook by simply disarming them of their weapons (or, in the case of Franky, his whole body).
Why can't she be like Crocodile. A
high title, but not as beastly as the emperors/pirates later down the line.
Cause Shich's and yonkous are two different things.
Are you guys kidding? Did you forget that 95% percent of the pirates in One Piece fight with swords and guns, which are made of metal? Heck, Kid could pretty well defeat Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Franky and Brook by simply disarming them of their weapons (or, in the case of Franky, his whole body).
People like to make up the scenario that if Kid and Luffy fought in a forest with no metal,Kid would get curbstomped…
Anyway,now that he has a cyborg arm,who knows what attacks/techniques he's worked around it.
Yonkou is a title not a position that can be given to whoever the WG wants. Guess these posts won't end until we see that Bobbin is perfectly able of giving Zoro a fight while Big Mam could literally eat Bobbin for breakfast. That is if nobody takes Jinbe's shit faced at hearing the news in the coming chapters seriously. It is farfetched to believe that training for 1 1/2 years with Rayleigh and two years or less with Mihawk lets Luffy&Zoro defeat somebody at least on par with, if not stronger, than their trainers.
Not really luffy beat people that was way stronger than him with the training he had from growing up which was most likely nothing compare to those 2 years .
For all we know with his DF he might have a advantage over her or something thing else comes up to help him win the fight .
Now i am not saying Luffy has to beat her or they going to fight any time soon but if he does and win it does not bother me.
I think people are underestimating luffy and the SH a bit to much sometimes.
While he has Haki, which gives him an edge against powerful fruit users and opponents in general, he still hasn't mastered it as shown in his battle with Hodi. Remember what Crocodile, Magellan and Aokiji could do to him. If Big Mom really has an Acid-Acid fruit or something to that effect, it would be very dangerous to Luffy, and his Haki would definitely have to be strong enough to withstand not only the ability of the Devilfruit, but the power it has in the hands of a high-ranked Yonkou.
I think he still has some trials to go through before he can take on Big Mom directly. I see this arc being an introduction to how powerful the Yonkou can be. We were introduced to the Shichibukai through Mihawk; we were introduced to the Admirals through Aokiji. This will be the first time we really see a Yonkou in the post-timeskip era.
Not really luffy beat people that was way stronger than him with the training he had from growing up which was most likely nothing compare to those 2 years .
For all we know with his DF he might have a advantage over her or something thing else comes up to help him win the fight .Now i am not saying Luffy has to beat her or they going to fight any time soon but if he does and win it does not bother me.
I think people are underestimating luffy and the SH a bit to much sometimes.
Read my larger post a few back. Luffy was in fact stronger than Croc, Enel, and even Moriah(on a more symbolic/philosophical level) in key areas.
Read my larger post a few back.
I did but you forget that BB is a Yonkou and he did everything you said they don't do before he became one.
All the Youko are strong but we have no idea how they get where they are today , what we do know is they had the power to do it and kept it that way.
For those who think Luffy won't be able to protect Fishman Island by his name alone when he manages to defeat Big Mom due to his small crew (even though by then, his reputation will be even more enormous than it is already), consider the fact that the world knows that he allied with the Whitebeard Pirates and their allies during the war due to the common connection with Ace. Is it not possible that pirates may think that, with Luffy's rise to power and in memory of Ace, that they're still allies and the remnants of the WB Pirate Alliance may attack those who attack Fishman Island in place of Luffy? I'm not saying that the remnant WB Pirates would definitely help in defending Fishman Island in the name of Luffy, but I'm saying that pirates may think that could potentially happen because of the war and give further strength to Luffy's name when Fishman Island (and any other future territories) are under his protection.
Not really luffy beat people that was way stronger than him with the training he had from growing up which was most likely nothing compare to those 2 years .
For all we know with his DF he might have a advantage over her or something thing else comes up to help him win the fight .Now i am not saying Luffy has to beat her or they going to fight any time soon but if he does and win it does not bother me.
I think people are underestimating luffy and the SH a bit to much sometimes.
This is a Yonkou, one of the top 4 pirates in the world, so, saying that Luffy is possibly on the same level as a Yonkou is overrating.
This is a Yonkou, one of the top 4 pirates in the world, so, saying that Luffy is possibly on the same level as a Yonkou is overrating.
I never said he was the same level , i said you never know what can happen in a fight .
He can beat her and still not be at the same level depending on how he win and the situation.
I mean i know the Yonkou are hype and they are the strongest pirates in the NW .
Still some of the guys here forget what Luffy and SH have done , which most of time has also been hype and suppose to be impossible .
Some might say him beating a Yonkou now too early but they still allot of enemies\story left after big mom .
Just because he beat her now don't mean he can beat everyone \ have it easy .
If Luffy beat Big Mom as the first thing he does in the New World, it would destroy the meaning of a Yonkou. You need to show why the Yonkou are feared in the first place. The only one we have seen is Whitebeard, and as awesome as he was he was considerably weakened by his age. The remaining Yonkou won't have that drawback, and they are in their prime right now.
This isn't anything like Luffy vs Crocodile now, because the Yonkou are not Shichibukai. Unlike the title of Shichibukai, which is a title granted by the Government, Yonkou is simply a list of the top pirates. If Luffy ever beats Big Mom, he is considered more powerful right then and there. There's no order the way there are for Shichibukai, CP9 or 11 Supernovas, where you have weaker ones and stronger ones. Yonkou are top 4. Beat one, you take the place. That's more or less why Blackbeard is the 4th Yonkou.
I agree with Ryuksgelus's posts, Yonko cannot rely on gimmicks or other things to get to their positions, they need to prove their status through raw power and strength alone. Luffy is not there yet, sure he has improved vastly but Yonko status may be quite an overstatement. Therefore I don't see a confrontation between Big Mam and Luffy coming soon. Luffy winning would discredit this immense reputation Oda has built for the Yonko. On the other hand, the Straw Hats being defeated so quickly after the timeskip somewhat discredits their training. Considering this, Big Mam's appearance should be nothing more than foreshadowing for future endeavours in my opinion.
The remaining Yonkou won't have that drawback, and they are in their prime right now.
Do we actually know this? Maybe Big Mam used to be like Whitebeard's size or even Normal size when she first got the title of Yonkou, and has spent a bunch of years getting fat and weak from eating all the Candy and treats she's collected over the years from all her territories.
If that was true then she would be prey to any new world veteran who is even close to the power of a Yonkou. Even at Whitebeard's aged state, he took a monstrous amount of damage from cannons to admirals to Blackbeard's entire crew before he fell. Here we're discussing the possibililty of post time-skip Luffy beating Big Mom straight out of Fishman Island? I would give her more credit than that, even if we know very little of her personal information.
I feel like people are overestimating Big Mom in this topic. The only thing we know about her is that she was stated to be one of the four strongest pirates in the world two years ago. With Whitebeard's death, it's not impossible to think that she let herself go a bit and became a bit weaker.
Big Mom losing to Luffy is not impossible, but people seem to think that the fight should be like Lucci's. Remember that Luffy is not trying to prove that he's stronger than a Yonko, he's trying to stop her from destroying Fishman Island. In this case, it's perfectly valid for Luffy to get outside help during the fight or use cheap shots. This way, Luffy goes into the next saga, where he has enough time to grow strong enough to defeat Kaido or Blackbeard in a fair fight.
You guys seriously don't think that Oda is going to leave all the powerful guys to be fought only later, right? Luffy defeating all the Yonko, getting the One Piece and going at war with the WG won't happen in a span of 100 chapters.
i agree with king cannon, big mom definitely could be the Crocodile of the New World. Luffy won the fight against Crocodile of course because of his will and strength but also because he got help(Nico Robin) and also luck (water barrel, figuring out Croc´s weakness), so Big Mom could be a similar case whereas Kaidou would be like Moria whom, at least in my eyes, Luffy beat even being at a disadvantage (fight against Oz, having his shadow stolen and pressure because of the time and the sun).
I personally dont see BM as the Croc of the New World. To me, it feels like an insult for one of the Yonkou, who are supposed to be the four most feared, respected, and successful pirates in the OP world, to be compared to a failed schibukai, who had to use the World Government and deception to get ahead. I think some of you are underestimating the power and influence that comes as being one of the Yonkou. I'm not gonna get too deep into it as I think it should be obvious that Big Mom is not a bitch you wanna fuck with.
As for the poster who suggested that with Whitebeards death she let herself go a bit…what? Why in the world would she do that? She has got to be informed that Blackbeard is gobbling up Devil Fruits like candy, either for his crew or himself, then why wouldn't she be more cautious? I think it's safe to assume that at their level in the game they are wise and knowledgable. With that said, I imagine all the remaining Yonkous knew Whitebeard, due to his old age and illness, would not be around for too long and made plans accordingly.
My 2 cents.
Something else worth noting is that this is the first time that Luffy has ever tried to protect something with his name/own something. I'm not sure Oda really wants that to end in failure. Thus even though he may end up defeated by Big Mama, he may still walk away as the protector of Fishman Island.
@Mysterion:
I dare even say that Magneto plays out as Wapol, never realizing the real advantage of magnetism.
Crocodile would be dissapointed if they met.
I feel like you've never actually read the X-Men comics where it's pretty much fact that the two most powerful mutants in the world are Charles and Max/Erik.
Even though I have read the comics, watched the animated series and three movies.
I cant say I read the entire series, as I only had the magazines my brother owned before he sold them off, the animated series I dont remember too much of.
As far as the movies go, the first one describes Max better but the second one shows a bit more.
Max could use magnetism to attract dipole matter towards and from him and control its trajectory and speed to his will. However, he only used this for metals, which are known to be very good electrical conductors. This is because metals share their outmost electron shell as a cloud covering the entire metal, where electrons travel freely throughout of it. Hence, Magnetism works quite well since it can pull on so many of the "outmost" electrons on metals.
My only dissapointment if im not wrong, is that he only used metals as examples of his power, when there are much more materia that can be influenced by outside electric attraction (namely water as I explained earlier).
I still believe magnetism is powerful and that Max is in no way weak as you might have interpreted, but as far as I can remember, metals were the only materia he used.
I personally dont see BM as the Croc of the New World. To me, it feels like an insult for one of the Yonkou, who are supposed to be the four most feared, respected, and successful pirates in the OP world, to be compared to a failed schibukai, who had to use the World Government and deception to get ahead. I think some of you are underestimating the power and influence that comes as being one of the Yonkou. I'm not gonna get too deep into it as I think it should be obvious that Big Mom is not a bitch you wanna fuck with.
As for the poster who suggested that with Whitebeards death she let herself go a bit…what? Why in the world would she do that? She has got to be informed that Blackbeard is gobbling up Devil Fruits like candy, either for his crew or himself, then why wouldn't she be more cautious? I think it's safe to assume that at their level in the game they are wise and knowledgable. With that said, I imagine all the remaining Yonkous knew Whitebeard, due to his old age and illness, would not be around for too long and made plans accordingly.
My 2 cents.
Yes you are right, but you should not underestimate the Straw-Hat pirates, who are a group of amazing individuals led by a person who concentrates every great aspect nature and history can give in the OP world.
I personally dont see BM as the Croc of the New World. To me, it feels like an insult for one of the Yonkou, who are supposed to be the four most feared, respected, and successful pirates in the OP world, to be compared to a failed schibukai, who had to use the World Government and deception to get ahead. I think some of you are underestimating the power and influence that comes as being one of the Yonkou. I'm not gonna get too deep into it as I think it should be obvious that Big Mom is not a bitch you wanna fuck with.
As for the poster who suggested that with Whitebeards death she let herself go a bit…what? Why in the world would she do that? She has got to be informed that Blackbeard is gobbling up Devil Fruits like candy, either for his crew or himself, then why wouldn't she be more cautious? I think it's safe to assume that at their level in the game they are wise and knowledgable. With that said, I imagine all the remaining Yonkous knew Whitebeard, due to his old age and illness, would not be around for too long and made plans accordingly.
My 2 cents.
I couldn't have said it better.
Yes you are right, but you should not underestimate the Straw-Hat pirates, who are a group of amazing individuals led by a person who concentrates every great aspect nature and history can give in the OP world.
Oh the Mugiwara crew is indeed an outstanding group and I'm sure that they're going to beat a Yonkou; but not now. It doesn't matter how you look at it or which possible solutions for Luffy's victory you come up with. It's simply too early for our protagonist to beat a Yonkou.
So now Big Mom is gonna be the Crocodile of the new world, eh?
Might I add that Crocodile beat Luffy two times before losing, and that Big Mom actually recognized Luffy's name right away which means she won't show any mercy or underestimate him like Crocodile did, and that she's actually a Yonkou (lol), and the fact that Luffy doesn't have to beat her right away since she already changed her target to Luffy rather than FI.
And she is a freaking Yonkou lol.
I don't think his powers can go that far ahead… unless he can control a really large amount of metal and even then..
Well, you're aware that Luffy's power is 'I can stretch'. Which normally would seem like a pretty useless ability but he uses it well. No need to count out anyone else because of their power. Unless it was kidd who got the human human fruit, then I'd understand lol
I'm seeing a luffy, kid, law team up to beat Big Mom to reestablish there rivalry from sabody, otherwise I can't see the SH's beating one of the four strongest pirates in the world when they still have so many super novas and shichibukai to fight
I couldn't have said it better.
Oh the Mugiwara crew is indeed an outstanding group and I'm sure that they're going to beat a Yonkou; but not now. It doesn't matter how you look at it or which possible solutions for Luffy's victory you come up with. It's simply too early for our protagonist to beat a Yonkou.
Oh, ok so the SH's are gonna get annihilated by Big Mam and lose their confidence in themselves (again)? Ok cool. SARCASM
I personally dont see BM as the Croc of the New World. To me, it feels like an insult for one of the Yonkou, who are supposed to be the four most feared, respected, and successful pirates in the OP world, to be compared to a failed schibukai, who had to use the World Government and deception to get ahead. I think some of you are underestimating the power and influence that comes as being one of the Yonkou. I'm not gonna get too deep into it as I think it should be obvious that Big Mom is not a bitch you wanna fuck with.
As for the poster who suggested that with Whitebeards death she let herself go a bit…what? Why in the world would she do that? She has got to be informed that Blackbeard is gobbling up Devil Fruits like candy, either for his crew or himself, then why wouldn't she be more cautious? I think it's safe to assume that at their level in the game they are wise and knowledgable. With that said, I imagine all the remaining Yonkous knew Whitebeard, due to his old age and illness, would not be around for too long and made plans accordingly.
My 2 cents.
Really well said. I think if anyone is being underestimated it is the marines. I don't think they would create such an unbalance in power since it doesn't really solve any story /plot lines that i can immediately think of. I honestly think if Oda was so excited to write more about the marines they wouldn't be made up of pushovers. In the event that Luffy stomps Big Mam or otherwise wins, I can almost promise he can't stop all the pirates nor the marines. I think all 3 will be a fantastic challenge to him, and we are not going to see a Big Mam fight for quite some time.
If anything, we may see him encounter her lower ranked members here and there, but I'd give it 100 chapters, or maybe an island or so before they fight directly. Big Mam called him out to the new world directly, meaning she isn't going to travel there to fight him, and he will have to find her to fight her. I think people are a little upset, because they think fighting and winning against Big Mam would mean Luffy has reached the strongest point, and that there no longer is any valid challenges in the one piece universe, and as a result, any challenges he does encounter will simply be unrealistic, as he beat big mam.
Don't forget, Luffy beat Enel who was way overpowered just because he was rubber, that does not mean at that time he could have beaten someone /just/ as powerful as Enel just as easily – infact, he probably would have lost if he wasn't rubber.
Oh, ok so the SH's are gonna get annihilated by Big Mam and lose their confidence in themselves (again)? Ok cool. SARCASM
And where did I say that?
When I wrote that it's too early for Luffy to beat her it's only natural to assume that it's also too early to fight her. Whatever will happen between those two – it's not going to be soon. When they finally clash it'll be the real deal. That's at least my opinion.
And where did I say that?
When I wrote that it's too early for Luffy to beat her it's only natural to assume that it's also too early to fight her. Whatever will happen between those two – it's not going to be soon. When they finally clash it'll be the real deal. That's at least my opinion.
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Assuming BM power is more less same as Shanks i would think the premature state of Luffy's Haki wouldn't even be nearly close to defeat her. I supose we will se at least one arc or two before we see them clashing
Might I add that Crocodile beat Luffy two times before losing, and that Big Mom actually recognized Luffy's name right away which means she won't show any mercy or underestimate him like Crocodile did, and that she's actually a Yonkou (lol), and the fact that Luffy doesn't have to beat her right away since she already changed her target to Luffy rather than FI.
Don't forget, Luffy beat Enel who was way overpowered just because he was rubber, that does not mean at that time he could have beaten someone /just/ as powerful as Enel just as easily – infact, he probably would have lost if he wasn't rubber.
These two fights include one thing that's probably the most disappointing thing for me in One Piece: that Luffy won only cause he was lucky. So even though I'm happy that Luffy threatened a Yonkou I actually also think - and more like hope - that he won't fight her right away. Be cause it would probably be that Luffy would win just cause of some kind of gimmick. I also don't like teamups that much if they happen in such an important fight like this, so I hope that Luffy won't fight together with Kidd.
i agree with king cannon, big mom definitely could be the Crocodile of the New World. Luffy won the fight against Crocodile of course because of his will and strength but also because he got help(Nico Robin) and also luck (water barrel, figuring out Croc´s weakness), so Big Mom could be a similar case whereas Kaidou would be like Moria whom, at least in my eyes, Luffy beat even being at a disadvantage (fight against Oz, having his shadow stolen and pressure because of the time and the sun).
I have to totally disagree with that statement.
Afterall you won`t get the title of an emperor just as easy as the title of a shichibukai.
There the WG took promising rookies.(like Croc was before he got a shichibukai seeing his still low bounty)
Being an emperor is a complete new level where each emperor showed that the WG HAS TO GIVE THEM that title.
So nobody will be even slightely easy for Luffy and his crew to defeat.
Also Kaidou will sure be a mayor villain, seeing that Shanks did already go against him and also with Shanks Luffy already has an allied emperor on his side.
guessing no chapter this week huh
I agree with people saying that Luffy and Big Mam won't fight anytime soon. Just because Oda foreshadowed that those two will fight, that doesn't mean nothing will happen in between. Don't forget that, for example, the Straw-Hats were supposed to go to Fishman Island right after Enies Lobby… And instead what happened? We got Thriller Bark, Sabaody, Amazon Lily, Impel Down, Marineford and a timeskip. So yeah, a lot can happen before they fight.
If we think about the characters Luffy will face before he becomes the Pirate King, I think it's safe to assume that he'll fight at least one Supernova, Doflamingo, Big Mam, Kaidou and Blackbeard (not necessairly in this order, of course).
Now I think it is quite easy to assume that the fights against Kaidou and Blackbeard will happen after he fights Big Mam, but what about the others? I can see Luffy fighting some marines (vice admirals or someone like Smoker) as soon as he steps in the New World, then fighting against one or two supernovas, and then against Doflamingo. Maybe between these fights he will encounter some Big Mam ships with some powerful subordinates, but I think he will only fight her after those guys I mentioned before.
Yes you are right, but you should not underestimate the Straw-Hat pirates, who are a group of amazing individuals led by a person who concentrates every great aspect nature and history can give in the OP world.
As powerful and amazing as they are now, there's still a long gap between them and a Yonkou, who's one of the 4 strongest pirates.
As powerful and amazing as they are now, there's still a long gap between them and a Yonkou, who's one of the 4 strongest pirates.
We really have no idea how strong the SH are right now .
I don't think they as strong as a Yonkou but we don't know how big the gap really is .
In last arc they had it easy and only time luffy had it hard was fighting underwater .
Its ludicrous to think that the SH will face a yonkou, right when they enter the new world. It would destroy the whole power balance in the series.
The new marine hq is right behind the red line, if I remember correctly. So its possible that the new arc has the marines as enemies and we will see the power of the viceadmirals. And its safe to say, that the SH will first encounter some of BMs subordinates before facing her herself. If we knew, how the SHs fared against them or vice-admirals, than it will be better to measure how strong they are compared to the other new world powers.