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Rather disturbing if it turns out that Streusen is Perospero’s father.
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I assume as much. It just make sense to me that he would be her first experience before expending to more exotic tastes.
Speaking of Streusen, Bege comments on him (that he's way stronger than he appears to be and there's some mystery about him) make it seems there's more story to be told there.
My guess is that he will appear again when we get a flashback on the Rocks Pirates.
My guess is that, among known characters, Kurozumi Higurashi, Kurozumi Semimaru, Shaki, Streusen and Ms. Bakkin were all part of Rocks. Maybe some of them could even be "Silver Axe" and "Ochoku".
Speaking of Streusen, Bege comments on him (that he's way stronger than he appears to be and there's some mystery about him) make it seems there's more story to be told there.
My guess is that he will appear again when we get a flashback on the Rocks Pirates.
My guess is that, among known characters, Kurozumi Higurashi, Kurozumi Semimaru, Shaki, Streusen and Ms. Bakkin were all part of Rocks. Maybe some of them could even be "Silver Axe" and "Ochoku".
Unless it was anime only, I believe we saw silver axe as a zombie in thriller bark
If the parallel with Oden is meant to continue, I wonder if:
1. Yamato will also meet someone who will leave her pregnant;
2. A baby will be born aboard the Sunny;
3. Luffy's journey, for that matter, will take at least 9 more months.
Oda would need to focus a lot on the romance aspect for this to be satisfying so i don't know… with Oden and Toki he avoided this by jumping time but a main character story in the present i think would need more development.
Oda would need to focus a lot on the romance aspect for this to be satisfying so i don't know… with Oden and Toki he avoided this by jumping time but a main character story in the present i think would need more development.
Even with Sanji and Pudding's relationship was one Oda didn't focus too much on with romance as far as shounen went. I imagine he'd be very good at writing it if he specifically focused on it though.
Maybe there will be more focus for Zoro and Hiyori
@Zar:
If it was stationary rather than a ship I'd count Thriller Bark as an Autumn Island, but alas.
But TB was from the West Blue, only the Grand Line islands are seasoned.
@Zar:
Ah yeah, that's true.
Let's go with if TB was a stationary island in the Grand Line I think it'd make a perfect candidate for an Autumn Island.
Oh for sure.
It would actually be great to sea how the seasons work in TB since it's a regular island drifting through the GL.
I bet they get some weird Oda weather phenomenons.
I just realized that for the prophecy of the Sun God to happen, Wano must have a certain Shogun.
The Strawhats ride on a Sunny ship, built by the user of a Shogun robot.
It would be quite something if the first in-depth flashback we got about Rocks wasn’t by Big Mom, Kaido, or Garp, but from Zeus.
I just realized that for the prophecy of the Sun God to happen, Wano must have a certain Shogun.
The Strawhats ride on a Sunny ship, built by the user of a Shogun robot.
Curveball of the century: Franky is Joy Boy. And his father is none other than Roger himself, being the baby Roger mentioned being in his ship
Curveball of the century: Franky is Joy Boy. And his father is none other than Roger himself, being the baby Roger mentioned being in his ship
You would think Rayleigh would say something.
Hell you would think Roger would say something when he came back to Water 7 with Oden and met his son again.
Also Cutty Flam is a weird fake name especially when Ace went with Portgas D. instead of Gol D.
Kuzan and Kuma are both from South Blue with similar styled hair.
I had an idea about the Toki Toki no Mi just now.
Toki used the fruit to travel forwards in time, but what if that's not the main or only use it has? Maybe forwards time travel is something you can do if you're really experienced with it, or it could be the fruit's Awakening. Maybe some more basic things you can do are stopping and slowing the flow of time for a certain period, like seconds or minutes.
I accept Jesus Burgess as my Lord and Savior 
@Medical:
I had an idea about the Toki Toki no Mi just now.
Toki used the fruit to travel forwards in time, but what if that's not the main or only use it has? Maybe forwards time travel is something you can do if you're really experienced with it, or it could be the fruit's Awakening. Maybe some more basic things you can do are stopping and slowing the flow of time for a certain period, like seconds or minutes.
So what's the difference between that and Foxy's Noro Noro no Mi?
So what's the difference between that and Foxy's Noro Noro no Mi?
Foxy stops a few things or people from moving while everything else keeps going. In this case it's the opposite: everything stops and one object or person keeps moving around. To do that same effect Foxy would have to expand the range of his fruit to cover the whole world.
I wonder if Kuma willingly agreed to the Government’s deal of becoming a cyborg because the deal involved Bonney.
Streusen and Trebol are both predators. I just really like how Streusen takes pride in his food.
Pre-TS Doflamingo was always spoke about "the new Era". It seemed to be a defining motivator in his character. Yet once we get to Dressrosa and it's all about Doffy, we never hear about it.
What was that all about? Did Oda just rethink the character over time? (we had like 12 years between Doflamingos introduction and Dressrosa)
Pre-TS Doflamingo was always spoke about "the new Era". It seemed to be a defining motivator in his character. Yet once we get to Dressrosa and it's all about Doffy, we never hear about it.
What was that all about? Did Oda just rethink the character over time? (we had like 12 years between Doflamingos introduction and Dressrosa)
It looks to me like it was all dropped. Bellamy could be seen as a spokesman of that New Era and he was all about "the end of dreams" and having realistic expectations of the world. Nothing like that seemed to carry over after the Timeskip.
Also can't think of other things which would be seen as a New Era to Doflamingo: his reign after conquering the treasure of Marijoa? Kaidou's reign after overthrowing the WG with his zoan army? No clues as to what he meant.
The New Era Bellamy spoke off was that dreams were dead, only nitty gritty pirates would survive, and Luffy proved him wrong.
The DoFlamingo talked about the Era of Smiles before the time-skip, it has now come and Luffy is dealing with it. When Doffy was jailed he talked about the war that would overthrow the world order.
He knew why Kaidou wanted the Smile resource and he was happy to let that happen and laught while the world burned.
Plus, the New Era Bellamy talked about is not the same idea Doflamingo hinted at.
Bellamy thought the next age would be for the strong pirates who didn’t waste time with dreams.
Doflamingo clearly didn’t care about Bellamy’s interpretation and talked about a post-Whitebeard era when war would engulf the world. He strongly believed in “might makes right”.
In Sabaody, Dofla talked about the next era being “of Smiles”. From context we now know he was producing artificial DFs so Kaido could start his dreamed world-engulfing war.
Doflamingo’s capture made the era he envisioned impossible, but that meant the world would fall into chaos. “A throne war” for supremacy between Emperors, Warlords, World Government, New Generation and the Revolutionaries.
The “Throne War” began in two fronts: the Reverie, with the abolition of the Warlords, and Wano, with the Emperors being challenged by the New Generation.
It looks to me like it was all dropped. Bellamy could be seen as a spokesman of that New Era and he was all about "the end of dreams" and having realistic expectations of the world. Nothing like that seemed to carry over after the Timeskip.
Also can't think of other things which would be seen as a New Era to Doflamingo: his reign after conquering the treasure of Marijoa? Kaidou's reign after overthrowing the WG with his zoan army? No clues as to what he meant.
I dont think it was dropped. I think they were simply wrong. A new era were no one dreams? Well Bellamy was following Doffy and Doffy was a lackey of Kaido. He doesn't seem like he cares one way of the other. He tramples dreams and then tortures you until you join him.
When the real new era started, its name.was Blackbeard and he's a dreamer.
Doffy had that thing about wanting to destroy the world cuz he hated it and everyone in it but that really could fit under almost any other person forging a neew era.
Food and hunger has played a central role in both WCI and Wano. In WCI basically everything is about sweets and I don't have to say much about big mums crazy cravings.
In Wano you have the whole Ebisu starving thing and then Udon where people also struggle to feed themselves with the dumplings and again Big Mum in a cravings trance.
Could it be that Oda has been trying to quit smoking? People who cut down on nicotine often get crazy food cravings and perhaps Oda is just allowing it to be expressed in his writing?
I certainly hope for his own healths sake that he puts down the tobacco!
I just realized that Luffy's silhouette from that famous Skypiea campfire scene really resembles the only picture we have of Nika.
Aaaaaand i'm pretty sure someone here has already pointed it out. Sorry, I just had to get it out of my system.
Luffy also wears the titles of Strawhat, Joyboy, Nika, D., Pirateking and blablablabla lol. This manga has just turned into a medieval-fantasy show
The story didn't need Nika at all and would be better without the unnecessary added complication.
Jack being a Fishman is probably the strangest thing in one piece. Why does he look nothing like a Fishman? I wonder if Oda will ever explain it.
Jack being a Fishman is probably the strangest thing in one piece. Why does he look nothing like a Fishman? I wonder if Oda will ever explain it.
It really is weird. I wonder if he's like 1/4 fishman or something, it would explain the underwater breathing and maybe the horns.
The story didn't need Nika at all and would be better without the unnecessary added complication.
What exactly is the complication?
As is, its just another myth out in the world.
Obviously Oda had it mentioned for a reason and it'll be important when revealed.
Right now, we know nothing about it or what else its connected to so how can you say the story didn't need it?
Might as well say other random stuff about what the story doesn't need.
Just a number thing I noticed not long ago.
In japanese, when we think of よみ (yomi), we first think of "reading" (読み - yomi). However, in One Piece, the Yomi Yomi no Mi, Brook's fruit, comes from "resurrection" (甦 - yomigae) or the verb "to be resurrected" (蘇る - yomigaeru). Most of you might also know that yomi can be 43 (yo -> 4 and mi -> 3).
That notion that "43=yomi=yomigae/resurrection" doesn't only appear in the story with Brook's fruit, though. Look at the 430s, the chapters between 430 and 439, before Brook's introduction. That is the story of the death and revival of the Going Merry:
Chapter 430 - Going Merry's last ride. Iceburg reveals Going Merry's request to go out just one more time. Merry's death.
Chapter 431 - Franky's deliver of Adam tree wood arrives. He tells the Straw Hats about his idea of building a dream ship for them.
Chapter 433 - The shipbuilding is offscreened but mentioned.
Chapter 435 - Franky and company are shown building the ship. It is finished after 3 days! (Jesus Christ!)
Chapter 436 - We see the ship for the first time. Luffy asks (demands) Franky to join.
Chapter 437 - Franky joins.
Chapter 438 - Usopp comes back. The Straw Hats are all on the ship.
Chapter 439 - They decide the ship's name, Thousand Sunny. Coup de Burst. Franky says this ship will surpass the Going Merry in every way. He also adds that the Sunny inherited the spirit of Going Merry. Thousand Sunny's first ride…
Just a number thing I noticed not long ago.
In japanese, when we think of よみ (yomi), we first think of "reading" (読み - yomi). However, in One Piece, the Yomi Yomi no Mi, Brook's fruit, comes from "resurrection" (甦 - yomigae) or the verb "to be resurrected" (蘇る - yomigaeru). Most of you might also know that yomi can be 43 (yo -> 4 and mi -> 3).
That notion that "43=yomi=yomigae/resurrection" doesn't only appear in the story with Brook's fruit, though. Look at the 430s, the chapters between 430 and 439, before Brook's introduction. That is the story of the death and revival of the Going Merry:
Chapter 430 - Going Merry's last ride. Iceburg reveals Going Merry's request to go out just one more time. Merry's death.
Chapter 431 - Franky's deliver of Adam tree wood arrives. He tells the Straw Hats about his idea of building a dream ship for them.
Chapter 433 - The shipbuilding is offscreened but mentioned.
Chapter 435 - Franky and company are shown building the ship. It is finished after 3 days! (Jesus Christ!)
Chapter 436 - We see the ship for the first time. Luffy asks (demands) Franky to join.
Chapter 437 - Franky joins.
Chapter 438 - Usopp comes back. The Straw Hats are all on the ship.
Chapter 439 - They decide the ship's name, Thousand Sunny. Coup de Burst. Franky says this ship will surpass the Going Merry in every way. He also adds that the Sunny inherited the spirit of Going Merry. Thousand Sunny's first ride…
That's 100% a nice coincidence. With numbers in Japanese having possible phonetic pronounciations it is possible to find anything you want in the manga.
It's a nice way to talk about Merry's goodbye and Sunny's birth, though.
I wouldn't say you can find anything, but what makes this one nice is that we have not one but two instances of "resurrection" with the link to the yomi/43. And both were pretty close to each other in the story too.
I like that Oda avoids the main characters wearing the same exact attire every arc like most stories.
Oda really blew it with Kaidos devil fruit.. Has Dragon form Kaido done anything other than gotten beaten up and humiliated?
All these years and I can't remember 1 question about Vergo possibly being connected to the Germa clones. Either there's no connection at all or there is and they've thrown away every question because people should be patient and it will be explained later.
Why do you think they are connected? Is there a similarity I missed?
Robin keeps lipstick, but i've never seen her with lipstick on before.
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Oda really blew it with Kaidos devil fruit.. Has Dragon form Kaido done anything other than gotten beaten up and humiliated?
I hoped to see more of dragon magic, it was kind of underwhelming…
I hoped to see more of dragon magic, it was kind of underwhelming…
Yup. Like every fight including Kaido so far has gone like this:
Kaido in Dragon form gets mercilessly spanked like a ragdol.
Kaido reverts to base form and smashes the shit out of his opponent.
Dragon form = massive floating pinyata
Well, dragon's main advantage is how big they are, which in real world terms mean more devastating blows and toucher skins.
Being big is actually a disadvantage in One Piece, as smaller characters can achieve the same strength and resilience without drawbacks.
I feel the dragon has showed some interesting feats, like the tornadoes, wind blades and boro breath. But it's the "standard form to dispatch mass of weaker opponents". For 1v1, human form is more effective. And Hybrid form, being the sum of all positive aspects of both human and dragon forms, is more fit to go 1v1 against powerful opponents.
I mean, he severed Kiku's arm by breathing…
Robin keeps lipstick, but i've never seen her with lipstick on before.
She is totally wearing one in the color spread of this chapter (forgot which)
Robin is a super spy. I wouldn't be surprised if the lipstick was actually a recording and listening device 
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She is totally wearing one in the color spread of this chapter (forgot which)
Robin is a super spy. I wouldn't be surprised if the lipstick was actually a recording and listening device
I have been proven wrong. Thanks for this. Plus, it's the same colors, so I know it's the same one.
@Zik:
What exactly is the complication?
As is, its just another myth out in the world.
Obviously Oda had it mentioned for a reason and it'll be important when revealed.
Right now, we know nothing about it or what else its connected to so how can you say the story didn't need it?
Might as well say other random stuff about what the story doesn't need.
I'm saying it's not needed for the story because we already have about eleventy billion names, legends, important characters and so forth and instead of adding yet another Oda could have easily given whatever he plans for Nika to another character like Joyboy or Rocks or Captain John or my mom, you know, something that already exists.
It's time to start tying things up and making existing connections known, not adding even more random crap.
Honestly, IDK why I feel so strongly about this one, but it just really annoyed me when it came up. I'm irked. And I don't like to feel irked when reading One Piece.
I'm saying it's not needed for the story because we already have about eleventy billion names, legends, important characters and so forth and instead of adding yet another Oda could have easily given whatever he plans for Nika to another character like Joyboy or Rocks or Captain John or my mom, you know, something that already exists.
It's time to start tying things up and making existing connections known, not adding even more random crap.
Honestly, IDK why I feel so strongly about this one, but it just really annoyed me when it came up. I'm irked. And I don't like to feel irked when reading One Piece.
Well like I said you can do that for everything.
Make Joyboy and Rocks and Im and anybody else all the same person.
FTR, I disagree. We definitely do not have a billion names of mysterious characters. We barely have a dozen when it comes to the void century.
As far as when he chose to do it, seems to be an assumption that things need to be tying things up as if the series has 2 or even 5 years left when it does not.
@Zik:
Well like I said you can do that for everything.
Make Joyboy and Rocks and Im and anybody else all the same person.
FTR, I disagree. We definitely do not have a billion names of mysterious characters. We barely have a dozen when it comes to the void century.
As far as when he chose to do it, seems to be an assumption that things need to be tying things up as if the series has 2 or even 5 years left when it does not.
I agree with you that assuming the story only has five years left is wishful thinking at best. And you make a good argument about Nika. It just annoys me. So I guess this is my emotional, knee-jerk response? I just don't like it. For the record, I don't mind Joyboy existing but if he ends up being Luffy or anything of the sort, I'll be really disappointed, since Luffy's whole journey is about being free and making him some kind of chosen one completely ruins that message. Kind of like Naruto, except fuck Naruto, it was awful from the beginning anyways.
Robin keeps lipstick, but i've never seen her with lipstick on before.
Yep, Dwarves managed to catch Robin while the Government never could, not counting that time she turned herself in.
I agree with you that assuming the story only has five years left is wishful thinking at best. And you make a good argument about Nika. It just annoys me. So I guess this is my emotional, knee-jerk response? I just don't like it. For the record, I don't mind Joyboy existing but if he ends up being Luffy or anything of the sort, I'll be really disappointed, since Luffy's whole journey is about being free and making him some kind of chosen one completely ruins that message. Kind of like Naruto, except fuck Naruto, it was awful from the beginning anyways.
Yeah I totally get that sort of impatient annoyance feeling especially as it regards to the mystery part of One Piece. I guess I kinda turned that switch off in my brain and am just open for w/e especially since I don't think it's ending any time soon. So to me its just like if somebody was really tired of Wano and got pissed off if the Big Mom pirates showed up or if the top officers got up to fight again cuz they awakened their zoan DFs. I'm just here for all of it enjoying it as it comes.
As for Naruto, agree. I did enjoy the first part up to a point though but it went to shit right after their timeskip.
