It was for comedy, Oda will sacrifice logic and all the established rules in his world for the sake of a joke, it's been clear for years.
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Also, if there must be a serious reason, it's quite possible those marine grunts were just in the area and weren't specifically targeting "Robin" but rather saw her decided to try to follow and capture her.
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I mean, they even reported that they captured her, when they got the fake. They were meant to be idiots the entire time. They used a bag to trap her, I think what Koliber is saying is on point.
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How far through the plot could Himura Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin make it, if he took Luffy's place in the story?
I think he'd stop at Arlong Park and lose to Arlong, that is if he finds a way to defeat Buggy.
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I mean, they even reported that they captured her, when they got the fake. They were meant to be idiots the entire time. They used a bag to trap her, I think what Koliber is saying is on point.
What I'm saying is, whoever SENT them, is even more moronic than them for having such a horrible strategy. Again, I know the Marines are wack, but the higher-ups shouldn't tolerate this kind of poor leadership and decision-making. Even if Oda's doing it for a laugh, it bugs me. It's hard to take them seriously as a threat if they're so inept.
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What I'm saying is, whoever SENT them, is even more moronic than them for having such a horrible strategy. Again, I know the Marines are wack, but the higher-ups shouldn't tolerate this kind of poor leadership and decision-making. Even if Oda's doing it for a laugh, it bugs me. It's hard to take them seriously as a threat if they're so inept.
Seemed more as a gag so you shouldn't take it seriously, especially if it bugs you. As someone stated earlier, it could've just been two marines who happened to be there and decided to go for it. Higher-ups don't have to be involved. Especially since it doesn't make sense, I think it's best to assume the higher-ups weren't involved lol
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What I'm saying is, whoever SENT them, is even more moronic than them for having such a horrible strategy. Again, I know the Marines are wack, but the higher-ups shouldn't tolerate this kind of poor leadership and decision-making. Even if Oda's doing it for a laugh, it bugs me. It's hard to take them seriously as a threat if they're so inept.
I'll just say, one of the higher ups was Spandam, I think this case is closed.
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How far through the plot could Himura Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin make it, if he took Luffy's place in the story?
I think he'd stop at Arlong Park and lose to Arlong, that is if he finds a way to defeat Buggy.
Kenshin's blade is reversed so he wouldn't cut Buggy, he would hit him with blunt impact, no problem there.
And the Hiten Mitsurugi is a super human fighting style so I'd put it in the same category as the Rokushiki. So in terms of raw power I'd put him along with Ennies Lobby Lucci and Luffy.
Although if he got there depends on his like to find some adversaries weaknesses, Luffy found out about water agains Crocodile by chance and he was made of rubber against Enel.Question, is Kenshin replacing Luffy and the crew keeps the rest of the Straw Hats or is Kenshin bringing his own crew?
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I'll just say, one of the higher ups was Spandam, I think this case is closed.
To be fair, it wasn't really his fault Enies Lobby went belly-up the way it did. Not even CP9's top agents could stop the Straw Hats. Spandam himself had very little to do with the failure of the whole thing. But when information is gathered and had for X period of time, one's ability to allocate resources, formulate strategies and dispatch troops with orders, leaders who make THAT kind of crap move don't belong in the Marines. One would think they'd be far stricter on failure than they are, given how unforgiving they are with pirates (unless it's convenient…what with Shichibukai and all...)
Anyway, question about this page:
On the bottom we see the Revolutionary Army. There's Dragon, Sabo, Ivankov and someone else.
His face is not obscured like Green Bull on the panel beside it so he's someone we've already seen?The shape of the face reminds me of Kuma, and considering he was part of the Revolutionaries like all three of the others in that pic, I'd say it's him.
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To be fair, it wasn't really his fault Enies Lobby went belly-up the way it did. Not even CP9's top agents could stop the Straw Hats. Spandam himself had very little to do with the failure of the whole thing. But when information is gathered and had for X period of time, one's ability to allocate resources, formulate strategies and dispatch troops with orders, leaders who make THAT kind of crap move don't belong in the Marines. One would think they'd be far stricter on failure than they are, given how unforgiving they are with pirates (unless it's convenient…what with Shichibukai and all...)
Spandam accidentally both fired the OP version of a nuke and publicly broadcasted that he had no issue with letting all his men die for a promotion. He might not have been at fault for everything that happened, but the guy's a moron no matter how you slice it.
The shape of the face reminds me of Kuma, and considering he was part of the Revolutionaries like all three of the others in that pic, I'd say it's him.
I dunno, he's in the top part of that page under Hancock and between Mihawk and Buggy, and while he does look similar to that guy, they look different enough that my money's on it being someone new. Or possibly just a random, unimportant face to fill up room :P
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Kenshin's blade is reversed so he wouldn't cut Buggy, he would hit him with blunt impact, no problem there.
And the Hiten Mitsurugi is a super human fighting style so I'd put it in the same category as the Rokushiki. So in terms of raw power I'd put him along with Ennies Lobby Lucci and Luffy.
Although if he got there depends on his like to find some adversaries weaknesses, Luffy found out about water agains Crocodile by chance and he was made of rubber against Enel.Question, is Kenshin replacing Luffy and the crew keeps the rest of the Straw Hats or is Kenshin bringing his own crew?
Anyway, question about this page:
On the bottom we see the Revolutionary Army. There's Dragon, Sabo, Ivankov and someone else.
His face is not obscured like Green Bull on the panel beside it so he's someone we've already seen?Just Luffy. I was just curious how the RK universe holds up against the OP universe, because reading some zoro vs kenshin threads, it's been stated zoro's strength and speed immensely outshine kenshin's.
Ennie's lobby huh? He would need some strawhat luck against crocodile. I feel he would do no better against Enel than zoro did, so perhaps enel should be skipped since even Luffy only won because of his rubber.
Maybe a better question would be at what point in the story line does zoro start to beat Kenshin?
Alabasta Zoro learned to cut metal, which Kenshin can do, but Alabasta Zoro is way stronger. I'd say somewhere after east blue but before Alabasta is when zoro surpasses him. Though I feel if strength and speed were equalized, Kenshin would be the better swordsman a while longer through the series.At times I wish Zoro didn't have such immense strength, but just had insane technical sword skills. I know he does have those skills, but sometimes it's like just swinging his swords with crazy superhuman strength, like brute-forcing is way through everything.
Perhaps Zoro's swordmanship skills are so overshadowed by his brute strength because of all the lacking of real swordsman opponents. Oh wait…forgot about Pica
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Spandam accidentally both fired the OP version of a nuke and publicly broadcasted that he had no issue with letting all his men die for a promotion. He might not have been at fault for everything that happened, but the guy's a moron no matter how you slice it.
I dunno, he's in the top part of that page under Hancock and between Mihawk and Buggy, and while he does look similar to that guy, they look different enough that my money's on it being someone new. Or possibly just a random, unimportant face to fill up room :P
Huh, I was ignoring the rest of the page to focus on that panel so I didn't even know he was in the upper part. Still reminds me of him, that flat face and those empty eyes.
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To be fair, it wasn't really his fault Enies Lobby went belly-up the way it did. Not even CP9's top agents could stop the Straw Hats. Spandam himself had very little to do with the failure of the whole thing. But when information is gathered and had for X period of time, one's ability to allocate resources, formulate strategies and dispatch troops with orders, leaders who make THAT kind of crap move don't belong in the Marines. One would think they'd be far stricter on failure than they are, given how unforgiving they are with pirates (unless it's convenient…what with Shichibukai and all...)
I would say it was.
Either way, even with such a blunder, he has somehow retained a position of power in CP0. So yes, they are that stupid.
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I would say it was.
Either way, even with such a blunder, he has somehow retained a position of power in CP0. So yes, they are that stupid.
His mission was to capture Robin and the Pluton blueprints. CP9 has the ability to use Soru to move super-fast and yet couldn't stop Franky from incinerating the blueprints. Franky using a fake-out self-destruct sequence to start escaping, again, not Spandam's fault. The Straw Hat crew defeating all of CP9 and catching up to them before they got through the gates of justice, well, depends on how you look at it; there was, after all, some insubordination from Lucci (that he didn't kill the little girl because he wasn't ORDERED to directly). I'd say all he did was make a bad situation worse. CP9 are the ones who didn't bother to finish off Luffy and Zoro the first time and look how that ended up.
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Nice summary on what happened, but how does that excuse him leaving the den den mushi unhooked? Or any of the other blunders he did like other posters have mentioned. The entire point of this argument is if the Government can be that stupid. Considering that they leave someone like Spandam in charge, and give him a second job after the disaster that was Enies Lobby, then the conclusion is yes, they are.
If CP9 had any sort of capable leader, unlike Spandam, then the events of Enies Lobby would have been really different.
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Well, Spandam isn't really good basis to judge WG competence, as we don't know the exact circumstances of his appointment to CP0. What we now though is that he has protection of his father who seems to be a big fish at this point and has never shown Spandam's level of incompetency (heck he actually doesn't seem to be this much of a scumbag either), and protagees/children of big shots having easier time is a thing everywhere to some degree. Also, I can imagine having Spandam as a sidekick being Lucci's personal request.
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I dunno, he's in the top part of that page under Hancock and between Mihawk and Buggy, and while he does look similar to that guy, they look different enough that my money's on it being someone new. Or possibly just a random, unimportant face to fill up room :P
Oda was never one to draw random shadowy figures so I'm guessing it's some sort of revolucionary commander we haven't seen.
Thanks for the answers, guys.
Just Luffy. I was just curious how the RK universe holds up against the OP universe, because reading some zoro vs kenshin threads, it's been stated zoro's strength and speed immensely outshine kenshin's.
Ennie's lobby huh? He would need some strawhat luck against crocodile. I feel he would do no better against Enel than zoro did, so perhaps enel should be skipped since even Luffy only won because of his rubber.
Maybe a better question would be at what point in the story line does zoro start to beat Kenshin?
Alabasta Zoro learned to cut metal, which Kenshin can do, but Alabasta Zoro is way stronger. I'd say somewhere after east blue but before Alabasta is when zoro surpasses him. Though I feel if strength and speed were equalized, Kenshin would be the better swordsman a while longer through the series.At times I wish Zoro didn't have such immense strength, but just had insane technical sword skills. I know he does have those skills, but sometimes it's like just swinging his swords with crazy superhuman strength, like brute-forcing is way through everything.
Perhaps Zoro's swordmanship skills are so overshadowed by his brute strength because of all the lacking of real swordsman opponents. Oh wait…forgot about Pica
If the question is "At which point does Zoro beat Kenshin?" the safe bet, imo, is post time skip.
I think that before the time skip the fight could go either way. They're both super human, Zoro wins on strength and Kenshin wins on speed, and they both have absolutely irrealistic techniques. Maybe someone should ask that Oda in an SBS, he worked on both series. :pAlso, it would be fun to see Zoro take Kenshin's place. He's probably have a great reaction to Shishio's fire sword.
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If Kenshin was part of One Piece, then One Piece logic would apply to him. He would also be a super human that could very easily attain haki.
Not to mention most of Rurouni Kenshin is based on Kenshin's life as a vagabond after his physical prime. I say prime loosely, because that is another debate altogether. His master would be contender for the title greatest swordsman in the world. Kenshin had not completed his training for most part of it and if you compare him to his master, then he was not practicing the style in its traditions and successions.
I do not see much fun in imagining Kenshin in One Piece but with the limitations that bound the more realistic tone Rurouni Kenshin has. Either way, he can dodge bullets and his speed is on the scale of Soru. He would not be an easy contender at all.
Luffy also beat Buggy with the help of Nami tying the latter's body parts. In this case, Kenshin would just cut Buggy until he is in pieces for Nami to do the same.
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Kenshin is 28 at the beggining of the series, so he's definitely not past his prime, he's only past his murdering rage phase.
He even learns new Hiten Mitsurugi techniques during the series, he was still evolving.Btw, I didn't equate haki as a factor because that's a level of shounen Rorouni Kenshin never explored.
There was never any sort of magical properties ki in the series, only beyond peak-form human antics.
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Well, Spandam isn't really good basis to judge WG competence, as we don't know the exact circumstances of his appointment to CP0. What we now though is that he has protection of his father who seems to be a big fish at this point and has never shown Spandam's level of incompetency (heck he actually doesn't seem to be this much of a scumbag either), and protagees/children of big shots having easier time is a thing everywhere to some degree. Also, I can imagine having Spandam as a sidekick being Lucci's personal request.
He was in charge of CP9, not CP0. We didn't even know about CP0 until Dressrosa. But then putting a guy in charge of a group where all the members EXCEPT him know the Rokushiki, was pretty damn stupid. His own personal ineptness is partly down to their bad judgment and stupid carelessness in appointing him.
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His mission was to capture Robin and the Pluton blueprints. CP9 has the ability to use Soru to move super-fast and yet couldn't stop Franky from incinerating the blueprints. Franky using a fake-out self-destruct sequence to start escaping, again, not Spandam's fault. The Straw Hat crew defeating all of CP9 and catching up to them before they got through the gates of justice, well, depends on how you look at it; there was, after all, some insubordination from Lucci (that he didn't kill the little girl because he wasn't ORDERED to directly). I'd say all he did was make a bad situation worse. CP9 are the ones who didn't bother to finish off Luffy and Zoro the first time and look how that ended up.
You have to bend logic pretty hard to pretend Spandam was the capable one and CP9 screwed up. They let Luffy and Zoro live becasue that was the best way to get Robin in the middle of their covert mission that had zero to do with her. And they told Spandam to let them deal with the strawhats on the other side of the tower to not take any risk he refused so he could gloat. He also caused the destruction of Ennias Lobby and can't even managed a phone. What exactly did he do to make you believe he has even a shadow of competency?
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Kenshin is 28 at the beggining of the series, so he's definitely not past his prime, he's only past his murdering rage phase.
He even learns new Hiten Mitsurugi techniques during the series, he was still evolving.That is why I said loosely when I said past his prime. He did grow stronger than his youth days.
! But he was also getting sick, and his body was deteriorating from the constant use of his style. Had he completed his training, then his body would have been better suited to handle the style. Even if people are past their prime they can evolve. I am not saying Kenshin did not grow further, not only in strength, but in character. He was much slower than in his youth. Everyone that challenged him, begged him to go back to that era to have an honorable fight to the death.
Btw, I didn't equate haki as a factor because that's a level of shounen Rorouni Kenshin never explored.
There was never any sort of magical properties ki in the series, only beyond peak-form human antics.
So I just went with transposing the character from one universe to the other, without imagining what would happen if Kenshin trained in OP's world.That's why I elaborated, I mean even if Kenshin is dropped in middle of Marine Ford, he would probably do better than any marine grunt. And if his master was able to beat a giant in Rurouni Kenshin, then I am sure Kenshin could do it in the OP world.
I would imagine Mihawk would even be intrigued by his technique.
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Wasn't Kenshin's deal was he was using a sword style meant for men with larger builds and it was breaking him down fighting like that?
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That is why I said loosely when I said past his prime. He did grow stronger than his youth days.
! But he was also getting sick, and his body was deteriorating from the constant use of his style. Had he completed his training, then his body would have been better suited to handle the style. Even if people are past their prime they can evolve. I am not saying Kenshin did not grow further, not only in strength, but in character. He was much slower than in his youth. Everyone that challenged him, begged him to go back to that era to have an honorable fight to the death.
That's why I elaborated, I mean even if Kenshin is dropped in middle of Marine Ford, he would probably do better than any marine grunt. And if his master was able to beat a giant in Rurouni Kenshin, then I am sure Kenshin could do it in the OP world.
I would imagine Mihawk would even be intrigued by his technique.
I was completely forgetting those aspects.
I now concur with you, he was not exactly at his prime.On the rest, I think we're agreeing. Kenshin, as presented in his series, would be a supernova in OP.
And I would love to see Mihawk's reaction to the Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki, which slashes the air so fast it creates a vacuum.@S.C.:
Wasn't Kenshin's deal was he was using a sword style meant for men with larger builds and it was breaking him down fighting like that?
Yes, since the style forced it's user to go above human limits the user must also be above normal physique.
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You have to bend logic pretty hard to pretend Spandam was the capable one and CP9 screwed up. They let Luffy and Zoro live becasue that was the best way to get Robin in the middle of their covert mission that had zero to do with her. And they told Spandam to let them deal with the strawhats on the other side of the tower to not take any risk he refused so he could gloat. He also caused the destruction of Ennias Lobby and can't even managed a phone. What exactly did he do to make you believe he has even a shadow of competency?
I'm saying in spite of all his screw-ups, they weren't able to make things any better despite being vastly more capable (well, most of them…not that slow-witted weirdo Kumadori, certainly!) So it would have all fallen to crap with or without him. Don't even get me started about Fujitora on Dressrosa, I could rant for year about how stupid and unethical and irresponsible that guy was for all his noble pretenses, I'm just going to restrict myself to lesser Marine morons for all our sakes.
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Would like to know how many pages do you think it would take for Katakuri to destroy Sanji?
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Would like to know how many pages do you think it would take for Katakuri to destroy Sanji?
2 chapters, maybe? Or a few more, depending on how fire affects mochi.
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How long has Oda been married? I saw a video of his wife and wow, beautiful. Was she with him before his career took off?
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How long has Oda been married? I saw a video of his wife and wow, beautiful. Was she with him before his career took off?
I believe they met at a convention where Oda's wife was cosplaying as Nami lol.
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I believe they met at a convention where Oda's wife was cosplaying as Nami lol.
That… is awesome. Oda you dog lol
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How long has Oda been married? I saw a video of his wife and wow, beautiful. Was she with him before his career took off?
Iirc, they met because she played Nami in the very first animated OVA of One Piece, before the anime series.
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If the Straw Hats were fans of Weekly Shonen Jump, what would be their favorite series throughout the magazine's entire publication?
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! Luffy - Dragon Ball
Zoro - Rurouni Kenshin
Nami - Bakuman
Usopp - Dr. Stone
Sanji - Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
Chopper - Dr. Slump
Robin - The Promised Neverland
Franky - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Brook - Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
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I'm pretty sure Brook would be Shaman King, but I guess he would probably drop it.
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I changed D.Gray-Man to Bobobo for Brook since I thought the comedy and the conflict centering around protecting your hair would better fit Brook's personality. I considered Shaman King, Yu Yu Hakusho, Bleach, and even Death Note, but I don't think he would be into reading stories about the supernatural just because he himself is a supernatural being. Especially if he is ironically fearful of supernormal creatures like his own reflection lol.
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Has there been any buster call aside from the two we seen? I get the impression that it is treated kind of like the nuclear bombs where it was used once and everyone decided we should not let stuff go this far again.
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Has there been any buster call aside from the two we seen? I get the impression that it is treated kind of like the nuclear bombs where it was used once and everyone decided we should not let stuff go this far again.
It has only ever been used twice as far as we know.
And that description is ironic yet fitting when you think about how an Admiral gets summoned if just one Celestial Dragon gets assaulted.
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This is a fun question that I hope will be in an SBS one day, assuming there are no copyright issues or whatever if that is a thing.
If the Straw Hats were fans of Weekly Shonen Jump, what would be their favorite series throughout the magazine's entire publication?
My list would be:
! Luffy - Dragon Ball
Zoro - Rurouni Kenshin
Nami - Bakuman
Usopp - Dr. Stone
Sanji - Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
Chopper - Dr. Slump
Robin - The Promised Neverland
Franky - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Brook - Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Jinbe - Fist of the North StarSanji would be fairy tail because…boobies
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It has only ever been used twice as far as we know.
And that description is ironic yet fitting when you think about how an Admiral gets summoned if just one Celestial Dragon gets assaulted.
If we are still doing parallels I guess that would be like messing with the president.
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Sanji would be fairy tail because…boobies
But Fairy Tail is not published by Weekly Shonen Jump lol.
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But Fairy Tail is not published by Weekly Shonen Jump lol.
Aw damn. Wow lol I read that for years and somehow missed that.
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This is a fun question that I hope will be in an SBS one day, assuming there are no copyright issues or whatever if that is a thing.
If the Straw Hats were fans of Weekly Shonen Jump, what would be their favorite series throughout the magazine's entire publication?
My list would be:
! Luffy - Dragon Ball
Zoro - Rurouni Kenshin
Nami - Bakuman
Usopp - Dr. Stone
Sanji - Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
Chopper - Dr. Slump
Robin - The Promised Neverland
Franky - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Brook - Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Jinbe - Fist of the North StarLaw could be into Naruto. Ninjas that every man like plus revenge(Sasuke) like his obsession for Doffly. Of course he could choose death note to be smug
Doffly would definitely be Death note being god and deciding who lives or die.
I could see Luffy being into Toriko instead. Shitload of punching of punching for meat rather than Dragonball which is punching for serious reasons/tournaments.
Maybe Capone could pick Reborn to teach his kid how he has to be become a mafia boss.
I can't see who would pick Bleach. I'm not talking about quality. I'm just not sure who it fits.
I'm not sre what fits Brook but I'm not sure he would take anything not focus on music or boobies. Bobobo is more a Franky kind of thing.
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Anyone ever notice how, at least in the early part of the series, all the Straw Hats up until Robin had a distinct asymmetrical feature on the left-hand sides of their body? Luffy's scar is under his left eye. Zoro wears his swords and has earrings only on his left side. Nami's tattoo is on her left shoulder. Usopp ties his sash on the left and wears an armband only on his left arm. Sanji's left eye was covered up by his hair. Chopper's left antler is the one with a metal attachment to keep it from being broken off.
I never heard if anyone found any significance to that but it's food for thought. Robin doesn't seem to have any consistent left-favoring feature and after the time-skip lots of them have changed (although Zoro's eye scar is on his left side, but Sanji flipped his hair to the other eye). Plus Brook's crack in his skull is on the right side of his face, so that ends the streak for sure.
Also, did anyone try connecting each Straw Hat to the elements? It's just a fun little exercise from another forum but I wonder if anyone agrees with this breakdown:
Luffy - Light. I mean, look at all the good he does and inspires in others. It's like Naruto but not overly sappy and doesn't bash you over the head with it every 5 pages.
Zoro - Wind. So many of his attacks are wind-based and his lousy sense of direction means he just goes wherever he will, just like the wind.
Nami - Thunder. Her lightning-quick temper aside, no one wields it quite like her as a weapon.
Usopp - Nature (plants mainly). Even before his Pop Greens upgrade, he was fond of bugs and woodworking as the fledgling shipwright before Franky came along.
Sanji - Fire. I mean, duh. A cook, Diable Jambe, his fiery aura when he gets mad, there's just no contest.
Chopper - Earth. An animal that comes from a species that lives off the land (non-carnivorous) and, after the time-skip, he can burrow underground like nobody's business.
Robin - Dark. Assassin, horribly tragic backstory, dark sense of humor and dark hair to match…I'd say that fits her to a T.
Franky - Metal. Cyborg. 'Nuff said.
Brook - Ice. This one is only really accounted for by the first post-time-skip fight where he unleashes the power of Soul Solid.
Jimbei - Water. Fishman. Water bullets. Blue skin. He's got it all.I wonder if I should move this to the 'who will join next' thread since what other elements are not yet accounted for? Who would represent whichever ones are still left out?
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Anyone ever notice how, at least in the early part of the series, all the Straw Hats up until Robin had a distinct asymmetrical feature on the left-hand sides of their body? Luffy's scar is under his left eye. Zoro wears his swords and has earrings only on his left side. Nami's tattoo is on her left shoulder. Usopp ties his sash on the left and wears an armband only on his left arm. Sanji's left eye was covered up by his hair. Chopper's left antler is the one with a metal attachment to keep it from being broken off.
I never heard if anyone found any significance to that but it's food for thought. Robin doesn't seem to have any consistent left-favoring feature and after the time-skip lots of them have changed (although Zoro's eye scar is on his left side, but Sanji flipped his hair to the other eye). Plus Brook's crack in his skull is on the right side of his face, so that ends the streak for sure.
Yes, it's been brought up. Robin had an armband on her left arm, Brook's suit had tears on his left side when he was introduced and Jinbe has his scar on his left side as well.
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Damn, I miss the other forum where I was the first one to come up with things like that.
What about the elements thing, though?
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Zoron is Earth since his attacks are mostly strength based and animal themed. Also his ridiculous endurance.
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@$;3844306']Zoron is Earth since his attacks are mostly strength based and animal themed. Also his ridiculous endurance.
Really? I thought the vast majority of them had to do with whirlwinds and such. Which ones revolve around earth, I'm drawing a blank on any of them.
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But aren't those just mostly blindingly fast attacks that involve leaping at and slashing the enemy? That's still much more like the wind. Plus his X pound cannon attacks are definitely wind-based. And that whirlwind he unleashed on Hachi back in Arlong Park. And what about Asura? Is that a demon associated more with wind or earth?
