@Devil:
I have seen few presents marked with "Danger" and "Hazard" stickers and skull marks, but who knows.
A devil fruit maybe. What can you possibly keep in a small suit case that's super dangerous?
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Chapter 714: "Lucy and Ucy"
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I think that at the end of this saga, Bellamy will become the king of Dressosa. He won't be murdered either by Doflamingo or Diamante. And he'll support Luffy in his battle with someone of Doflamingo's family.
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What a chapter!! Didin't realise it was out!! So many questions!!
So the toys are a product of this womens ability?!?
Luffy & Bartolomeo go way back!?!
What's going on!!
SAILING AGAIN FOR THE NEW WORLD
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What a chapter!! Didin't realise it was out!! So many questions!!
So the toys are a product of this womens ability?!?
No… sixteen les sighs
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A devil fruit maybe. What can you possibly keep in a small suit case that's super dangerous?
Mmmmm, it's going to be something interesting for sure, but I don't think it's going to be a DF, no need to use a chained suitcase to transport one, it could go from a terrible weapon to the stupidest thing ever. This's got me intrigued quite a bit.
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"Have you ever seen a Giant with a logia ability?" That is some foreshadowing here!!!! can't wait to see the giant with a logia ability
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Anyone care to guess the name of Jora's Devil Fruit? Geiju Geiju(Art) no Mi?
Picasso Picasso noooo miii
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@Devil:
Well, he was shown at the end of chapter 706 along all the other participants.
By the way, I would love for each one of Doffy's crew branches' important members to share a common trait, like Trebol's having weird Devil Fruit abilities, like Jora and Violet. I know it won't be like this but well.
Well we do know that Trebol has a logia of some sort.
Anyways, really looking forward to seeing the connection between Bartolomeo and Luffy. I don't think it will be a direct connection though, more like he has a relation with someone who is close to Luffy, like Dragon, Ace, Sabo or Shanks.
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i suspect that what Barto has in his suitcase is something that only HE can accomplish with his DF ability. (my speculation)
Also, maybe Ricky is either that mentioned warrior from 20 years ago (the one who won 3000 battles) or something like the previous king of Dressrosa. After some thought, it does start to make some sense to me that the donquixote family took by force or status (i.e. be being related to a CD) the kingdom of Dressrosa which might be related to why the dwarfs want to take him down.
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"Have you ever seen a Giant with a logia ability?" That is some foreshadowing here!!!! can't wait to see the giant with a logia ability
Like the drum I'm beating alone in the NN thread. Hajrudin for NN!
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No idea if people are interested but nevertheless, my take on things:
So, Caribou was able to escape Scotch with the help of the grandma, who surprisingly seems to be strong somehow, and makes his way to the harbor where his enraged crew awaits him on a marine battleship, though i doubt they will be able to stay angry long.
I feel like this coverstory should conclude in the near future.
If i am not mistaken, it should be the longest coverstory besides the "From the Decks of the World" series and even though we got a few interesting covers in this story (Jinbe delivering Caribou to G5 and making his way to BM, G5 being half destroyed, Caribou being an asshole and Kaidou´s favorite island), it is time that Caribou makes his way to his "boss", whoever that may be (my favorite was Kaidou before Punk Hazard, now i think it´s either Crocodile, Buggy or the last one of the Shichibukai whose cruelty and cowardice would fit Caribou´s personality).The chapter starts with another scene change, this time it´s the Sunny team´s turn who, just like the Sunny later on, were turned into "modern art" by one of Trebol´s subordinates, Jora, something that i would not have recognized without Brook´s appearance, who obviously is a reference to Munch´s Scream, so thank you to those who recognized the references and enlightened us.
Jora´s objective is to make the Sunny useless in order to prevent a possible escape of the SHs and to kidnap Momonosuke which begs the question why Momo is so important to DD. Either DD just did not tell Jora and thus Trebol about Momo having eaten a dragon fruit and DD is interested in the technology behind the fruit or, more likely, Momo has some kind of importance beyond that, most probably regarding Wano Kuni. The first thing that comes to mind is Momo being some kind of royalty but that should be disproven by this panel, so unless Momo has some kind of birth secret, that should not be an option. Definitely an interesting aspect that requires clarification later on.
I actually like the idea with the "modern art", it fits the general theme of Dressrosa, especially considering which artists were used as reference. Furthermore, from the in-story perspective, it makes sense that the Sunny team fell victim to Jora like that since abilities such as this are pretty hax in One Piece (Perona, Bonney, Hancock, Tsuru), without Haki you pretty much are helpless but i still don´t like that Oda put specially the weakest team in this situation in the first place, particularly after Franky had just articulated his trust in their abilities.
Also, if i have to be honest, the transition from the last chapter to this one was done pretty badly, especially the scenery change to the Sunny.
Oda picks up a plotline last shown more than 2 months ago if i remember correctly and back then, there was only a small hint that somebody had infiltrated the Sunny. Now, after such a long time, Oda starts with this plotline but instead of giving us just a small update on what´s going on or even better, shows us what happened in more detail, he jumps right in half-heartedly. Could have been handled in a better way.Next is a scene change, we get to see Ricky in the colosseum rejecting treatment (whether it´s because of pride or general disgust about the "games" is up to interpretation).
The fact that he is connected to Rebecca was pretty predictable. I think the most common theory is that Ricky is Kyros and that Rebecca is his daughter. For a more detailed theory, see this post by Lord Rayleigh.After this, we get to see Bellamy and Diamante who gives the former the order to assassinate Luffy after the battle royale of block C is concluded. I love how Oda approaches the matter of Bellamy, he has the ability to stimulate empathy in the readers for a guy who, prior to this arc, was one of the most hated characters in OP and victim in one of the most satisfying scenes at the same time. Now, having changed and become significantly more modest, maybe even more honorable, Bellamy is presented with a dilemma. Either kill the guy who partly caused this change in the first place in order to achieve a dream he had since he was a child or give up that dream, refuse to follow the order and actually act according to his personality now.
I can see several ways this can turn out but i think the most likely is that Bellamy will refuse to attack Luffy, after pondering about it for a while of course, and will thus become a target of the DD family himself, be beaten almost to his death and will become Luffy´s reason for the emotional investment of the latter in this arc. Right now, everything is still fun for Luffy, so he needs that incentive to take things seriously and give his all.The next scene is rather ambigious. Barto, after having learned that Lucy is actually Luffy, walks up to Cabbage and states that he will not let the latter kill Lucy because his reasons are much more profound. The ambiguity lies in his motivation and his plan to act.
Is he gonna stop Cabbage because he does not want Luffy to be harmed or because he wants to kill him himself? Furthermore, what is his connection to Luffy and his reasons for acting? This makes Bartolomeo, together with the statement by himself that he wants to win the fruit for someone else, a pretty mysterious guy. And there is his suitcase of course.
I have no idea to be honest and am going to refrain from giving my theory because it would be, like all theories right now, pretty baseless.And finally, the highlight of this chapter, at least for my inner fanboy.
We get to see a bit of C-Block´s fight, particularly an Elbaf giant called Hajrudin, who is doing very well in the battle royale, Brutal Bull and of course Lucy who is riding the former. That panel seriously cracked me up and i was immediately reminded of Surume in Fishman Island. Unfortunately, Brutal Bull gets stomped by the giant after what he thinks is a challenge.
I love how innocent Luffy acts regarding this. In one moment, he was having fun with a new-found friend and the next moment, after the said friend is injured (hopefully), he immediately gets enraged and has no hesitation to act upon it, thus he one-punches the giant in a rather spectacular manner.All in all, it was a good chapter because it managed to develop several plotlines in one chapter. I just wished the first few panels would have been handled a bit better but i guess you can´t have it all.
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Chapter's out?! Damn, I barely have time to read it, let alone comment….>_>
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Chapter's out?! Damn, I barely have time to read it, let alone comment….>_>
…but you had time to post that :v
You are on a quest to become the Pirate Prince, and you decide your fate!
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Next is a scene change, we get to see Ricky in the colosseum rejecting treatment (whether it´s because of pride or general disgust about the "games" is up to interpretation).
The fact that he is connected to Rebecca was pretty predictable. I think the most common theory is that Ricky is Kyros and that Rebecca is his daughter. For a more detailed theory, see this post by Lord Rayleigh.Pretty sure their story will be something along these lines, though, I don't think it was like Lord Rayleigh is predecting it to be.
I think Doflamingo was already a noble, related to the previous king, and he somehow just took the throne of Dressrosa for himself and "destroyed" everything that would remind the people about the previous king, even a certain gladiator that would've been, probably, an icon of the strength of Dressrosa under the reign of that king.
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Mistake or not? Lucy lost his beardstache.
You are on a quest to become the Pirate Prince, and you decide your fate!
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Pretty decent chapter; was surprised to see Caribou's crew after the coward left them behind. I hope Coribou takes over, but given his intellectual issues it is not very likely. The powers just keep getting weirder and weirder, first Lola's Fruit, then Fujitora's and now Jola's I cant even begin to figure out what it is…........Abstract Abstract no Mi? I would have liked the fight better if it was not the giant getting foddered..............What is it with anime and the huge guy being weak punching bags for main characters?:getlost:
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@400MillionBelis:
http://img.batoto.net/comics/2013/07/09/o/read51dc2ccaf3004/img000017.png
Mistake or not? Lucy lost his beardstache.
i think that this is Oda's way of blowing Luffy's cover publicly, which is both a great funny way and kinda makes sense since after he wins C block we wouldn't really need his cover that much.
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Diamante seems to be long-leg. That would be 3 long-leg people that are introduced in this arc alone.
This chapter was dull compared to the previous one, but it sets up the up coming events nicely.
So Barto knows Luffy….. I predict that it has something to do with Moriah. And he has a shadow in the briefcase. :ninja:
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This chapter was very, very good.
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Creative ability with modern art references.
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the Colisseum parts are still really interesting. Barto, Cavendish and Rebecca keep building character little by little, a bit here and a bit there. Love those characters.
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same for Bellamy, whose comeback into the story I've been praising non stop.
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the little details that only Oda seems to pay attention to these days. Like Cavendish poking Bartolomeo with his fork when he tried to take a piece of meat, or Gatts running gag of constantly taking sides during the fights retransmission and her assistant constantly telling him to not be biased. Hell, he even burst out laughing during Lucy's ride of Ucy.
It might seem like small, minor stuff, but it helps create empathy with even the smallest of characters, like Gatts, or give some extra touches to characters that are important but, due to the super huge cast leaving little room for developement, have to use every chance they get to get fleshed out, even if it's with backgroundish, wink and you'll miss it stuff like eating roses or setting a dining table to watch the fight unfold.
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Lucy and Ucy were awesome.
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Hajrudin made for some pretty good action panels and, of course, Luffy getting pissed off, insta-jumping-in-yo-face and double spread 1 hit KO was awesome.
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It seems the art is definitely getting better, or at least I noticed that since chapter 712.
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Shit, even the editor's comment was hella funny, for once!!!
All in all, really great stuff. Dressrosa so far is one impecable arc, except maybe for chapter 703, which was the only "average" chapter in the whole saga, for me at least.
Dumping my thoughts here, it looks like there's no connection between the mysterious 'that person' that Caribou, Bartolomeo, and Brannew mention, since the latter is the last Warlord, the guy who cut off Z's arm, and Luffy has no history with him. Caribou and Bartolomeo both seem like they're trying to curry favor with their respective persons, which given two 'supernova' are trying to get in good graces it'd either be a Warlord or an Emperor. Blackbeard doesn't fit, because Jesus is there. Shanks doesn't fit, because obviously. Kaidou doesn't really fit, because there's no connection to Luffy and he already has his SMILE hookups. Big Mom is a reach, with the events at Fishman Island being too fresh to be "deeply rooted", and she appears to have a power already. That leaves us Warlords, which would instantly narrow it down to Buggy's dispatch service. Treasure and a mermaid princess don't really fit with Buggy though, so I'm leaning towards separate persons, and for Bart/Buggy the Mera Mera Fruit is a stretch if not for Buggy knowing Ace and helping at the war.
I was ok with you train of thought up till that point. Dude, Buggy's whole character is his lust for treasures. It's all that he wants: treasures. Nothing else.
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i think that this is Oda's way of blowing Luffy's cover publicly, which is both a great funny way and kinda makes sense since after he wins C block we wouldn't really need his cover that much.
nope, on the next page you can see his beard again when he's in midair.
http://img.batoto.net/comics/2013/07/09/o/read51dc2ccaf3004/img000018.png
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Meh, 5/10.
- The beginning wasn't that interesting. Jora's power isn't interesting/cool. Though, it looks like we'll get a Nami moment (Brook and Chopper won't be useful in a sea battle).
- I guess Ricky is Kyros and Rebecca's dad. That's kinda interesting. But, I've a problem with Rebecca. Between this, Thunderous One-Legged Solider, and the rest of her past she's gonna get a long flashback. And there's a s**t load of stuff to be covered in Dressrosa, especially flashbacks. Seriously, at this rate about a third of the arc will be flashbacks.
- Bellamy won't go through with it. But, I still wish he had won Block B. His story would've flowed better then, and wouldn't feel so clunky. But, I'm still seriously liking him. I actually want him to join the Straw Hats. He has pre-timeskip relations, he's a good fighter, and it's great development and a twist. Plus, Diamante's practically confirmed as Luffy's big/final opponent this arc!
- Bartolomeo and Luffy 'go way back'? Um, ok this could be interesting. I'll wait and see where this goes.
- Ucy came out of nowhere, but I like him.
- The ending was actually the worst part for me. We know Luffy's a badass who ccan trash guys 10x his size. We don't need it reiterated time and time again. His one-shotting big, tough guys is getting old.
Wow. Stop reading One Piece immediately, this is very obviously not the series for you.
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I wonder what is in Bartolomeo's suitcase with all the warning labels….............meh, probably nothing special.
Pakicetus: The Earliest Known Whale - "Yeah, I'm a WHALE….....Deal with it!"EVOLUTION BABY!!!
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will we get a chapter next week?
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I was ok with your train of thought up till that point. Dude, Buggy's whole character is his lust for treasures. It's all that he wants: treasures. Nothing else.
Very true, but I only meant the bit about Shirahoshi.
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I wonder what is in Bartolomeo's suitcase with all the warning labels….............meh, probably nothing special.
Hmmm, it could go both ways, but Oda is not alien to the Chekhov Gun thingie, and doing a panel with a very close up of the suitcase, and the next panel being said suitcase on the foreground. . .
It could be nothing, but the modus operandi tells me it might re-appear later on. Mind you it might be a minor, stupid thing, but come back later on anyways.
Very true, but I only meant the bit about Shirahoshi.
I agree, then. Kidnapping a giant mermaid that just happens to be the princess of a kingdom that just happens to be one of the 3 weapons of mass destruction sounds extremely far from Buggy's objectives in life.
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@A:
I wonder what is in Bartolomeo's suitcase with all the warning labels….............meh, probably nothing special.
maybe
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Bartolomeo is more likely to be Stelly than Sabo.
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Bartolomeo is more likely to be Stelly than Sabo.
Lawl omg, you're so right!
maybe
http://www.digitalhorticulture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Swoboda-Pulp-Fiction-Suitcase.jpeg
- Well you know Oda loves Tarantino movies, who knows.
I could see Jora's fruit being a 'Surreal Surreal Fruit' as opposed to an 'Art Art Fruit' - if you're familiar with the style you may see what I mean, but who knows, just my theory.
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What is Bartolomeo is Bluejam?
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What is Bartolomeo is Bluejam?
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What is Bartolomeo is Bluejam?
- Holmes, Bluejam would be around probably 50 or so
I think this is our most recent pic of him - during the WB War or something
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no "Sabo is in that case" yet ?
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no "Sabo is in that case" yet ?
Give it time, someone will post it at some point…........have a little patience.
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Jora is Lola Mom and Bartolomeo is Moria son.
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Charlotte LinLin (aka Big Mom) is Lola's mommy I think, though Lola does bear a striking resemblance.
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nope, on the next page you can see his beard again when he's in midair.
http://img.batoto.net/comics/2013/07/09/o/read51dc2ccaf3004/img000018.png
Huh? Huh? What beard? I don't see any beard, Luffys face is not even showing so how you see a beard?
Big MoM ate - 2012
CC for nakama.
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Jora is Lola Mom and Bartolomeo is Moria son.
Barto looks like Hody jones. I bet the person he's trying to get the DF for is probably connected to luffy.
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There is something odd about Diamante's legs.
In this page, they appear to be proportionally normal.
But in this page, they look to be as long as Tamagon's.
You seem to forget that those chairs they sitting on is as tall or taller than Doflamingo and last I checked Dofla was taller than Aokiji who is really really tall, so yeah Diamanté has enough room to spread his legs.
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Huh? Huh? What beard? I don't see any beard, Luffys face is not even showing so how you see a beard?
if you look very closely, you can see a piece of his beard. a little white spot surrounded by a black line right under his helmet. as we see luffy from above, this has to be a piece of his fakebeard. at least that's what i'm assuming.
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The people in OPwiki think Sabo is dead because of that info in the green data book; calling others dumb for thinking otherwise. They really grind my gears.
The people in OPWiki are morons who are probably too pussy to post on this site lol.
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if you look very closely, you can see a piece of his beard. a little white spot surrounded by a black line right under his helmet. as we see luffy from above, this has to be a piece of his fakebeard. at least that's what i'm assuming.
well who knows, it's not clear to me so.
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I remember the old days at opwiki when carrue "ate" that little artist girl, mr3's assistant.
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@Señor:
That they got affected by the devil fruit is an indication that they were either surprised or unable to do something against her. If they wanted to hinder her to do anything the best answer would be to take her out, but they failed apparently.
I also think that they might got surprised and rendered useless but that powers of her like you suggest. Otherwise Jola´s devil fruit would be pretty pointless.
well ill just shoot this out, what if the voices nami brook chopper momo heard, were actually dwarves? We dont know what happened inbetween the scene we've seen in this chapter, and the last time we saw them, where they were hearing voices (childish voices ala dwarves). For what we know, the dwarve thats with zoro said some ppl from dofla's crew were heading there. So imo, we'll get a flashback of what happened before, for now, we cant really tell whats going on, maybe jola or whatever her name is, got there while the few sh's that were on the ship were busy talking with the dwarves, and weren't expecting some other ''guest''… whatchall think?
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Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems like Momonosuke (spelling?) was affected by the art devil fruit in his human form despite apparently being in his zoan transformation when the groups first encountered each other?
If that is correct, I guess Chopper being a Zoan wont give him a free ride dealing with the intruders.i didnt see it that way, way to go bro, thats a huge hint.
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About Barto's and Luffy connection.
Bartolomeo's reason for chasing the Mera-Mera it's because of Luffy. We don't know why but is not for a personal goal.
When he says "That person" i think is someone else linked with Barto and Luffy, or maybe is just Luffy.I bet that Shanks is in the middle of this.
i rly dont know, but i hope its shanks, i dont think so, but i hope so cause i really want to know what hes up to.
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@joekido:
Hey guys! Did Luffy uses Haki to beat the giant? People over at OP Wiki are having an edit war because they think it's speculation when it was clear that his arm became black! How can they be stupid?
''how stupid can they be'' and yes from the scan, luffy did use coa
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Lawl omg, you're so right!
- Well you know Oda loves Tarantino movies, who knows.
cough Sanji = Mr. Pink from Reservoir Dogs cough
if you look very closely, you can see a piece of his beard. a little white spot surrounded by a black line right under his helmet. as we see luffy from above, this has to be a piece of his fakebeard. at least that's what i'm assuming.
it is a bit hard to tell clearly, but i suspect that it might be a mistake (which is possible, Oda is still an above human mortal) or it could be the detached fake beard in mid-air (since we see luffy go G2 on his arm in mid-air and only afterwards the panel of him without the fake beard) which i'd like better since that's great attention to detail. Still i could be wrong.
What if in Barto's suitcase there is a DELICIOUS meat?
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Yeah what the hell is everyone on. That was clearly a menacing line from him.
was it? probably depends of which translation u read… im not sure yet, ive read all 3 of em (mr mp ms, and ccc) still im not too sure if hes a bad or a good guy, feel free to tell me
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Pretty good chapter. There is so much going on this arc that it's hard to keep up. New characters seem to pop up every chapter daamn! Is it only me who wants Cavendish to just get..owned? He is the one I want to get beaten the most in this arc lol. I hope someone smashes his "beautiful" face in
And I really..REALLY want to know what is Bartolomeo's connection to Luffy. All in all, another amazing chapter. I hope we get some Law/DD action next chapter though!u probably look shitty irl heh? prty sure you're ugly
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Can't wait to see the War of the Flower Field, gonna be more epic than the WB war
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I think its pretty much confirmed that sabo is alive.
The three cups, the meeting at zorros island and odas interview pretty much confirmed it, who still believes sabo is dead is either a maroon or a troll
We will see sabo in the last war , before the last war we will not see him
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@400MillionBelis:
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[/hide]Mistake or not? Lucy lost his beardstache.
I suspect tis not a mistake. As awesome as the fake beard is, it hides Luffy's grin/grimace which is a big part of showing how Luffy is feeling. I am leaning its an artistic decision meant to show the importance of the scene, similar how Oda sometimes draws readers attention to a character in a certain scene by screwing around with proportion, making a character seem bigger than another when they really aren't.
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I think its pretty much confirmed that sabo is alive.
The three cups, the meeting at zorros island and odas interview pretty much confirmed it, who still believes sabo is dead is either a maroon or a troll
We will see sabo in the last war , before the last war we will not see him
Simply because 'his' cup was there doesn't mean he was the one who placed it there. Remember someone had to set it there for Ace, but I guess Sabo could have put them all there, it's all speculation so calling someone 'dumb' or 'foolish' for believing one way or the other is quite silly.
