Unless Oda decides that he really really wants a strawhat to die, then no.
Granted, seeing Fujitora's focus on protecting the people, he could have him try take down say Zoro, or Luffy, and then realise what Doflamingo has done and is doing to the country, so he could opt to let them do their thing and then let them leave.
He does seem like a decent chap thus far.
Rebecca will steal the mera mera no mi, how fking stupid steal the fruit…
Rebecca just die..
Maybe, just maybe he has a mythical zoan Model Golem. Here is why. Zorro now has haki. As we have seen against Monet he can deal with a logia. In Alabasta Zoro had a full out fight against someone made out of iron. He wasnt able to cut iron before and he had to dig deep to get through that fight. Marco was the last Mythical Zoan we have seen. He was able to regenerate through his blume flames. The golem, another mythical creature, is said to be able to regenerate. Basically he cannot be killed. In my mind is think Oda set this up perfectly. Zoro beats Monet the way he did. Letting her live, not using haki just giving her a mind fuck. Now we are at Dressrosa. There are ancountable similarities between Dressrosa and the Alabasta arc. Now wouldnt it be perfect if Zoro had an allout fight against a mythical zoan able to regenerate. Zoro would may be have to go all out just as against Daz Bones. It would leave Luffy to continue moving forward towards Flamingo. Lastly here is a picture of a golem figure how it was depicted in ancient stories (myhts).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Golem_figure.jpgAnybody?
The last MZ we saw was Sengoku.
And having two mythical zoan fruits with regeneration as their special "schtick" would be pretty dull imho.
Remember, Logias can still Avoid haki infused cuts by reforming their body to avoid the strikes, like Aokiji did when whitebeard stabbed him.
Rebecca will steal the mera mera no mi, how fking stupid steal the fruit…
Rebecca just die..
LOL where's the love?
the result is the same,both became "foldable"
Diamante has way better control of the folding. He can change the shape of anything he touches, turning a weapon into another totally different one.
Inazuma can't really change the forms of things to that degree.
the result is the same,both became "foldable"
Diamante can actively change them back and forth though.
Inazuma makes things take on the properties of paper so that he can cut them, that's it.
Diamante can actively change the matter and therefore the malleability of the thing he's touching at will.
There's a lot more to be seen from Diamante's fruit that will really distinguish it from Inazuma's I suspect.
looks like this alliance…
is on the rocks
anyway great chapter my usual 10/10 shall be placed here
Well i personally don't find it hard to tell the two apart, nor do i think it's anymore of a rehash than ice and snow.
Cloth and paper have different qualities, and the way they apply their powers and alter the items are different.
Wow. Wow. Diamante's fruit is not as funny anymore. It's just useful and badass. A little problem tough: shouldn't Viola have known Pica (Peeker lol) was over there? Anyway, Zoro should fight him. It would be really reminescent of Alabasta, just like a great part of Dressrosa is.
Finally having a clear shot of Sabo's face was something expected by many… only for the guy to wear sunglasses, yay. Oda is the greatest sadist in the world.
Burgess looks hideously unproportionate, like other muscular/big men in One Piece. And the tournament is seemingly made for Rebecca, although I've got no problem with that. The only negative part is the lack of Franky awesomeness. He is like the only Strawhat to have taken on members of the Donquixote Family fair and square (for now, of course, because Dofla vs Luffy is damn close).
Lao G is great. Please, cool old man, never, ever be revealed to have a DF. Dellinger, you too. Is Kin'emon trying to rescue Kanjuro? Seems so. Outstanding chapter 9/10.
If anything, Diamante's ability is closer to Ohm's.
Bart can probably create barriers underwater no? Bart needs to go fishing for that fruit. Curious if Diamante can transmute Barts barriers.
The last MZ we saw was Sengoku.
And having two mythical zoan fruits with regeneration as their special "schtick" would be pretty dull imho.
Remember, Logias can still Avoid haki infused cuts by reforming their body to avoid the strikes, like Aokiji did when whitebeard stabbed him.
It was in the same arc though. Sengoku had somekind of force field around his punches. We didnt see that much of his fruit. Maybe the same force field protects him from getting any harm. We can not assume that Sengoku has a similar ability like Marco but we cant dismiss it either. Maybe its not regeneration but maybe he cant be hit without a very strong Haki due to some kind of forcefield surrounding him. We shouldnt forget that he was above Akainu and co. We know that mythical Zoans are the rarest type of devil fruits. The ones we know are based on a phoenix and a budda with supernatural, goodly abilities. Both mythical creatures. The golem is a mythical creature. Who is to say, that this isnt the special treat of mythical zoans. The all base on mythical creatures with god like powers. Furthermore pica seems like Doflas bodyguard. Would be really fitting to have a guy that almost cant be killed and listen in to conversation and hide or surveil by hiding inside stonewalls.
Well, damn. After the pace of the last few chapters, I’d thought it would be a little while more before we jumped into these executive fights, but shit really picks up here - that’s awesome.
Going in chronological order;
-Diamante and Burgess are really freaky, physiologically… But it’s a nice reminder of how diverse Oda’s character designs are (well, the men, at least…).
-The introduction of Diamante’s power was a little… abrupt, but it’s very cool. Definitely similar to Inazuma’s fruit, but we’ve seen a lot of similar powers recently, and it seems like Diamante can do a whole lot more with his - if he can form objects into a wide variety of shapes, as seems to be the case, this’ll be a really interesting fight.
-The Mera-Mera Fruit being attached to the fish is a bit of a twist, and I guess disadvantageous, perhaps to Barto and Diamante as fruit users? Although, given Doflamingo’s history of chicanery, I have to wonder if the fruit is even truly in there. Could just as easily be rigged with a bomb, or something like that… We’ll see!
-Seems like Sabo’s got a face scar, which could be from the Tenryuubito attack or anything else. I know some people are really anal about Sabo’s face not being revealed yet (which I don’t understand - we obviously fucking know it’s him, he’s gonna get a big reveal soon, so don’t sweat it), so I did laugh out loud when I saw the sunglasses over his eyes. I think he’ll either be “unmasked” over the course of the fight, or do it himself if he ends up winning the final.
-Typical Luffy, charging right in… But I did love the “what the hell is wrong with this fish” comment.
-Doflamingo’s starting to realize what’s really going on, and beginning to lose his cool. Interested to see if he’s going to rage out at this point, or calm himself down and try to outwit them. It’s been said a million times, but for such a clever guy I’d hate to see him completely blindsided by Luffy’s antics.
-Lao G’s scene was terrific - another wonderful weirdo on Doffy’s crew. The G-sign, the reading glasses, the shaky legs… Hope to see more of him now. And it also begs the question of where Dellinger is, and who he’ll end up fighting.
-So Pica shows up… With some kind of stone or clay Logia, perhaps? It could be one of a couple of things, so I won’t make any serious predictions yet. But the dude is friggin’ imposing either way. Kinemon also seems to have disappeared… Is he trying to find Kanjuurou, or is there something else going on?
All in all, another really solid chapter - I feel like the next dozen or so are gonna be a pretty wild ride.
Wow. Wow. Diamante's fruit is not as funny anymore. It's just useful and badass. A little problem tough: shouldn't Viola have known Pica (Peeker lol) was over there?
her clairvoyance works like a bird-eye view,so it doesn't apply to buildings.
the same way she was able to see the ship being struck by a lightning but she was unable to see the cause of it,the same inside the castle she can't see because all she see is the roof
Burgess looks hideously unproportionate, like other muscular/big men in One Piece.
Yeah, but its no big surprise, his always been built top heavy like that. Its a cool look for him.
Man this chapter was awesome.
Is it just me or does Diamante remind anyone of mick jagger ?
It'll be interesting to see who takes care of Pica out of Zoro and Kinemon. I'd prefer Kinemon as we have yet to see the extent of his mythical Zoan powers and Fuiji is still in the picture for Zoro
Diamente is dead anyway, and Trebol will get taken out by robin. When Vergo makes his reappearence I expect Sanji to take him out
I expect Sunkist to crack some nut eggs and serve 'em up over easy
@John:
Man this chapter was awesome.
Is it just me or does Diamante remind anyone of mick jagger ?
Steven Tyler to me. xD
Funny seeing how a lot of people don't like Rebecca on this forum AND she has to put up with the same shit in the colosseum.
http://www.arlongpark.net/showthread.php?t=40653&p=3132951&viewfull=1#post3132951
It seems number two theory was right XD
But Diamante got some interesting attacks nonetheless. And Lao G and his fight against the dwarves was just lolworthy. Very good chapter.
Diamante's power is similar to that of Tsuru's and Inazuma's.
The Thing stands in the way of Mr Fantastic, while the power of the Human Torch is up for grabs at the Coliseum.
…... where are you Absalom.
Who needs absalom when you have a shield man :p
Diamante fruit remind me of Inazuma fruit:
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Maybe someone already called it but I'm seeing a pattern here. several of flamingos crew have abilities with matter transmutation at the forefront , Jola, Diamante, Senior Pink and Sugars abilities and maybe even pica and or Trebol, Maybe
Steven Tyler to me. xD
Knew someone was going to say that xD
He was the second name I thought of :P
Sabo's got a nice scar.
So this is actually kicking everything off, with some classic Luffy-ness.
Hoping for Zoro vs Pica, while Luffy moves on … because that would be good in many ways. Also, for Kinemon to run into an officer elsewhere (perhaps in the Palace, else Lao G?) and have an interesting fight or something ...
And, with some luck, the next chapter will focus on one location rather than all this jumping around.
Pica looks scaaary.
I wonder if they can use Haki to block Diamante's power from affecting them
it seems to me that Diamante is Doflamingos 'Flagship' fighter.
@John:
Knew someone was going to say that xD
He was the second name I thought of :P
Well Doffy himself is based on Michel Polnareff for sure, I wouldn't be surprised if his commanders are based on singers too.
Pica's probably a paramecia. While logias can travel through their own element like Akainu, we haven't seen one that warps the environment so drastically while doing so like Pica. I'm guessing he has a paramecia that lets him merge with matter around him, which would account for his increase in size and the distortion of the corridor.
Can Diamante make Bartolomeo's barriers flutter?
It'll be interesting to see who takes care of Pica out of Zoro and Kinemon. I'd prefer Kinemon as we have yet to see the extent of his mythical Zoan powers and Fuiji is still in the picture for Zoro
Diamente is dead anyway, and Trebol will get taken out by robin. When Vergo makes his reappearence I expect Sanji to take him out
Kinemon already left somewhere else
so, there are also figthting fish joining the battle royale?
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i hope barto will pull some interesting fight. im rooting for him :D
Can Diamante make Bartolomeo's barriers flutter?
Diamante can do whatever the hell he feels like.
…and yeah he probably can. If he can touch it, he can distort it to cloth-like consistency.
Also, Doflamingo has just realized that his plans are fucked.
Can Diamante make Bartolomeo's barriers flutter?
Hah. Barto wrapped up in a blanket of his own force field.
Well done sir Supernova. We are most amused.
I don't want Barto to be the first one getting disqualified but I think he will be, since Oda is making everything extremely easy for Becca to win the tournament.
what will happen first, Luffy defeating Mingo or Becca eating the Mera Mera??
Hah. Barto wrapped up in a blanket of his own force field.
Well done sir Supernova. We are most amused.
Diamante: Ha! Now that you're trapped in your own impregnable force field, I can just stab you like - wait FUCK
The first link seemed fine to me.
And damn Pica is one huge dude. Even with his powers it's hard to think of him ever sneaking by someone.
And speaking of huge, Burgess is fricking deformed. He's 95% upper body.
lol he also reminds of this guy
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Johny bravo
@Cyan:
Also, Doflamingo has just realized that his plans are fucked.
Well then you still have BM's ship showing up so that's another factor which may bite him in the ass.
@Cyan:
Diamante: Ha! Now that you're trapped in your own impregnable force field, I can just stab you like - wait FUCK
You bastard you just made me pee on my sunday barrier
@Red:
Diamante's power is similar to that of Tsuru's and Inazuma's.
Differences I can see
Tsuru - Actually turns enemies into washing. seems similar to Jora and Bonneys fruit
Inazuma - cuts stuff. doesn't actually affect the properties of what's being cut? cant cut certain things?
Diamante - full control over item being transformed.
Where are people getting that Sabo has a scar? I figure it kinda looks like a bandage under his eye to emulate Luffy's scar, or something. Of course, I'd love to be wrong and have Sabo be our eye-patch wearer at last.
I love Doflamingo pirates! Lao G is awesome! I hope they hang around a bit more.
Maybe this is something a better translation could fix but how is Diamantes fruit any different from Inazumas? Cos for now it looks like Inazuma cuts stuff then places it and its form is set until another cut, but Diamante takes stuff with desirable properties, like steel, then gives it the flutter effect while maintaining its desirable property. All I see is that he doesn't cut stuff
