@Cyan:
This is Gear 2.
This is Gear 3.
And this…this is a level BEYOND Gear 3.
five minutes of Luffy screaming
LOL
First time in a while that I'm excited it will be a long two weeks.
@Cyan:
This is Gear 2.
This is Gear 3.
And this…this is a level BEYOND Gear 3.
five minutes of Luffy screaming
LOL
First time in a while that I'm excited it will be a long two weeks.
As hyped as I am about this, anyone thinking its too soon for Gear 4? I would have held that back for the fight with Kaido/Big Mom.
I think it is his only option, atm. He is fast enough to hit Dofla, but his Punches with G 2 arent strong enough and the G 3 attacks arent fast enough to hit him. While using G 3, its easy to hit Luffy, when you re really fast. And the attacks of Dofla got a bigger inpact on him. So G 4 is all about Power, I think. I have no Idea what he could do against a Kaidou or Big M, atm.
I sure wish I could take a week off once a month from my job, must be nice.
You'll have to get as good as Oda at your job for that.
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What if Doffy activates some gears of his own. For example, turns out his coat was made from strings from the start and he dissolves it into strings and coats himself with a razor spiked armor or something. That would be somewhat troublesome for a guy who attacks mostly with his bare hands.
Didn't really stop him from attacking Krieg. But yeah, that would make fight even more interesting.
I sure wish I could take a week off once a month from my job, must be nice.
He doesn't take the week off, the editor did this to make him slow down, the guy barelly slept and at some point was getting sick multiple times, I assume by making him do 3 chapters a month instead of 4 he can slow down, do things but slow down a little, well if your boss made you take a week off you wouldn't?
Gear 4 will probably focus on the muscle strength of the user; Oda made Dofla spell it out by saying "You have the speed" which made think that he speed will not be affected by this new Gear.
I don't really want Luffy to look like nightmare Luffy but we'll see.
Yup thats why I made the muscles connection and the Nightmare Luffy comment also but it doesn't make much sense because as it is said "Speed kills", so the faster you hit your move should be stronger, so I'm guessing he is getting more strenght in terms of muscle but keeping speed.
Or Barto and Hancock :P
Fortunately for us they already hang out together in the AP tournament.
Hasn't Luffy used Gears 2 and 3 together before against Moria? Why doesn't he just do that here to speed up his giant Haki attacks?
Wouldnt it be one of the biggest Trollmoves, when the next Chapter continues with Sanji and the others on Zoe, or wherever they are at the Moment? :ninja:
I sure wish I could take a week off once a month from my job, must be nice.
Very likely when you think of how fast a hockey puck moves.
I KNOW. I immediately had the feeling he was thinking about his dry cleaning and what he was going to have for dinner. Just so care free.
The manga business is insanely intensive. I'm still shocked that most mangakas that release work on a weekly basis do their own illustrations and manage to make a coherent storyline. I hope Oda has several people to help finish up half of the pages for each chapter to release the stress.
Interesting chapter. Dofla clearly still has an advantage, Law's arm looks like it might get saved. I wonder if this is the last we will see of Robin for a while of we finally get to see her brilliant mind at work and she actually puts her skill to work on organizing some plan. She has plenty of resources after all. I am truly baffled by what Gear 4th might be. I think simply Vergo like full Haki is too easy of an explanation. A reverse Gear 3 where his delirbately makes his body smaller so that his muscles and bones would be denser and his fists would be strong as bullets could be interesting but I can't see it being visually appealing enough so I am truly baffled as to what it could be
and honestly how are we still having breaks? Thisis not a high budget TV show with a large cast and production team. It's a freaking manga. An average of 17-18 pages of non colored drawings and they have more then enough money hire and train several teams of animators to draw them properly thus ensuring that a break is never needed. ugh. Freaking Oda behaving like a grandpa set in his ways.
But you have to wonder what would've happened to Luffy, if he didn't have CoC when he clashed with Doffy and Chinjao. Right now the damage on the environment seems like a side effect of two CoC users clashing and nothing more than that. It doesn't look like they "activate" anything when it happens.
Thats exactly why it needs to be more than that. Going against an opponent who doesn
t possess that ability seems to have no benefit so far.(when he isnt fodder who can
t stand the pure existence of this power)
Guys like the yonkou at least must have a way to use such a feared power in ways we haven`t seen so far and what makes them to Conquerers!
The presence alone of it is noticeable for the environment, so using it in your techniques must be possible for those who really can control it.
But then again stands the question why we havent seen WB using something in that regard already. I see it like using CoA, Oda simply didn
t draw it visible before we knew it existed.
So it might be with CoC, but we might had already a glimpse with the sky splitting when Shanks and WB clashed against each other ^^
1 more chapter of the fight and Dd still din't use parasite or what the heck is the move he used on Jozu and Sanji.
If DD doesn't use it in this battle, it would leave a hole.
Is it only me who gets annoyed with the way chapters end lately?On top of that, we get a 2 weeks break, but I guess it's to be expected after something that huge. Maybe I should start reading volumes instead of chapters. Anyway, just out of curiosit any clue/hint how 4th is/will be pronounced? I'm struggling to imagine it with a cool way :P
@-Pk-:
Wouldnt it be one of the biggest Trollmoves, when the next Chapter continues with Sanji and the others on Zoe, or wherever they are at the Moment? :ninja:
I'm actually expecting Oda to shift the focus to Sabo.
Is it only me who gets annoyed with the way chapters end lately?On top of that, we get a 2 weeks break, but I guess it's to be expected after something that huge. Maybe I should start reading volumes instead of chapters. Anyway, just out of curiosit any clue/hint how 4th is/will be pronounced? I'm struggling to imagine it with a cool way :P
Why? we didnt end with "oh no Law is going to die!" this week, if it did I would agree with you, if you are talking about the cliffhanger Oda has always done that when a schedule break is coming.
Its not a two week break, I think its no chapter next week, then we get a double issue and then we get no chapter the week after, its nothing to do with it being huge or small Oda this has been going for like two years now, 3 chapters, break, 3 chapter, break with some variation but its usually like that.
Why the hell did you guys all lose your memory and forgotten this month that its been like this for a while? you want to see Gear 4? cool so do I but calm down, I prefer that Oda takes a break than getting sick because he overoworks himself and get forced breaks.
and honestly how are we still having breaks? Thisis not a high budget TV show with a large cast and production team. It's a freaking manga. An average of 17-18 pages of non colored drawings and they have more then enough money hire and train several teams of animators to draw them properly thus ensuring that a break is never needed. ugh. Freaking Oda behaving like a grandpa set in his ways.
It's a manga mostly drawn (anything that moves is drawn by Oda) and 100% written by one man. It's his work and is never going to be regulated to a gigantic team of drawers and writers.
He also has to work on various Shueisha publication covers, including the random fan books they put out, Volume covers, and plan the story for the future.
There is literally nothing wrong with these breaks that are there to give the man more time to get things done, and maybe give him a chance to relax? He isn't your personal work dog, you know.
Oh wow, why didn't I notice this sooner? Leo and Mansherry were basically created just to put Law back together. Sewing and healing. Jesus H. Christ.
I also expect Gear 4 to make Luffy's hair hang down to his ankles and give him a monkey tail. =/ egh
oh my god, i got shivers when i read the last panels
great chapter !
Interesting chapter. Dofla clearly still has an advantage, Law's arm looks like it might get saved. I wonder if this is the last we will see of Robin for a while of we finally get to see her brilliant mind at work and she actually puts her skill to work on organizing some plan. She has plenty of resources after all. I am truly baffled by what Gear 4th might be. I think simply Vergo like full Haki is too easy of an explanation. A reverse Gear 3 where his delirbately makes his body smaller so that his muscles and bones would be denser and his fists would be strong as bullets could be interesting but I can't see it being visually appealing enough so I am truly baffled as to what it could be
and honestly how are we still having breaks? Thisis not a high budget TV show with a large cast and production team. It's a freaking manga. An average of 17-18 pages of non colored drawings and they have more then enough money hire and train several teams of animators to draw them properly thus ensuring that a break is never needed. ugh. Freaking Oda behaving like a grandpa set in his ways.
You could always get a Togashi when a new Dragon Quest game comes out. It can be a lot worse.
In this chapter he blocks G2 and dodges G3. In chapter 780 he blocked G3 and dodged G2.
G4 will help but I don't see Doffy ending up like Bluneo. Blueno already had a hard time with normal Luffy.
We have to week to guess what the G4 is….Hehehehe!
@Galaxy:
It's a manga mostly drawn (anything that moves is drawn by Oda) and 100% written by one man. It's his work and is never going to be regulated to a gigantic team of drawers and writers.
He also has to work on various Shueisha publication covers, including the random fan books they put out, Volume covers, and plan the story for the future.
There is literally nothing wrong with these breaks that are there to give the man more time to get things done, and maybe give him a chance to relax? He isn't your personal work dog, you know.
Yeah, the man needs all the rest he can get. I mean he did go into the hospital a while ago which shows his health needs to be taken into consideration. Working on a manga this long since you were in your twenties takes a lot of effort and hard work. Most important of all that he gets all the time he needs to spend with his family as much as possible.
and honestly how are we still having breaks? Thisis not a high budget TV show with a large cast and production team. It's a freaking manga. An average of 17-18 pages of non colored drawings and they have more then enough money hire and train several teams of animators to draw them properly thus ensuring that a break is never needed. ugh. Freaking Oda behaving like a grandpa set in his ways.
Yeah, how dare he have a life!? Taking a break every two months really is way too much for a simple job like his. You just need to draw, right? There aren't other things to consider like pacing, choreography, thinking of best perspectives to convey the story, structure, planning on ahead, other side projects that have to do with One Piece and whatever else that comes along with his profession. That should be one piece of cake, right? (pun intended)
People should stop being so greedy especially if they read it for free without supporting Oda by buying the volumes.
About Gear 4, I think it would be quite cool to see a miniature Luffy speeding around his opponents like lots of people already said. It would fit with the vulcanization property of rubber, making it a technique exclusive to him (please no simple full-body haki which pretty much every experienced haki user could use). He'd be smaller which could mean more speed while hardened fists and legs would mean more force behind his attacks. Downside would be losing his elasticity and maybe a rather short amount of time to use it because it puts a lot of pressure on him to compress his body.
I'm actually expecting Oda to shift the focus to Sabo.
Well the difference is that nobody cares/would want that. People acutally would want to see Sanji and co.
Yeah, the man needs all the rest he can get. I mean he did go into the hospital a while ago which shows his health needs to be taken into consideration. Working on a manga this long since you were in your twenties takes a lot of effort and hard work. Most important of all that he gets all the time he needs to spend with his family as much as possible.
Yeah, people get greedy. 3 chapters a month is fine really. It could be a lot worse and will be if he doesn't get these breaks.
@Don:
But then again stands the question why we haven
t seen WB using something in that regard already. I see it like using CoA, Oda simply didn
t draw it visible before we knew it existed.
So it might be with CoC, but we might had already a glimpse with the sky splitting when Shanks and WB clashed against each other ^^
True and good point about it being possibly invisible. I doubt it will be fleshed out more in this arc, as G4 will probably steal the show, but hopefully it will come soon.
It's sad to see people complaining about Oda taking these breaks.
I would rather he take these breaks and it take us a little longer to reach the end, than for Oda to run himself into an early grave getting these chapters out, neglecting his wife and child(ren?), barely sleeping.
He has long earned the right to take time off, and should have long earned your respect enough to understand.
It's sad to see people complaining about Oda taking these breaks.
I would rather he take these breaks and it take us a little longer to reach the end, than for Oda to run himself into an early grave getting these chapters out, neglecting his wife and child(ren?), barely sleeping.
He has long earned the right to take time off, and should have long earned your respect enough to understand.
I think people complaining either don't know about Oda's health or complain in a "I'm too excited and I can't wait for the next chapter" kind of way.
Well the difference is that nobody cares/would want that. People acutally would want to see Sanji and co.
They need to solve that before the final battle and I'm not saying what I want I'm saying what Im expecting.
I think people complaining either don't know about Oda's health or complain in a "I'm too excited and I can't wait for the next chapter" kind of way.
Possibly, but they way some of them are expressing it just rubs me the wrong way.
I am as excited as anyone to see what Gear 4 looks like, and disappointed that we have to wait 2 weeks to see it, but I would never bash on Oda for taking these breaks.
@Galaxy:
It's a manga mostly drawn (anything that moves is drawn by Oda) and 100% written by one man. It's his work and is never going to be regulated to a gigantic team of drawers and writers.
He also has to work on various Shueisha publication covers, including the random fan books they put out, Volume covers, and plan the story for the future.
There is literally nothing wrong with these breaks that are there to give the man more time to get things done, and maybe give him a chance to relax? He isn't your personal work dog, you know.
I am not criticizing the breaks. I am criticizing the reason for the breaks aka Oda drawing it almost entirely by by himself. This is just incredibly silly. It's been years already. He should stop behaving like the stereotype of an self absorbed artist and start acting like an actual adult business owner. We get it. He likes his work but this is real life and we can't always do whatever we like. He can easily delegate the drawing to other drawing teams which he can train himself and concentrate on writing with him personally drawing just one of every couple of issues. This will make everything smoother and eliminate the need for breaks
And also I just Wikipedia him and he is apparently freaking 40 years old and has a wife and two kids? And he still does stupid things like work himself to death on a goddamn manga instead of simply delegating?
@Daz:
I'll try my best not to argue semantics, but this^ all hinges on that very odd moment where Luffy stated his explicit intentions to be free and go on adventures as they happe- I mean, seek out the Super Bosses of the world and beat them.
It isn't really like with Vivi, where Luffy was doing everything as a friendly favor; when Law asked "Luffy, do you want to team up in elaborate machinations to take out the geopolitical heavy hitters?" the reply was "sure, I was gonna take out the geopolitical heavy hitters anyway eventually, even though-as far and I and the readersknow- this is in no way a requirenment for finding Raftel"Luffy didn't need to go poke Doflamingo to continue his adventure, he didn't need the alliance with Law to proceed either, and his speech here makes about as much sense as if he'd berated Crocodile for hindering his progress. Oda has done the "Luffy is in wrong place at wrong time and villain obstructs his path" angle many times; this is not one where it applies.
Youre right, but it
s to note that Doffy mentioned in this chapter the babysteps Luffy took to come closer and closer to Doffy.
While taking this small steps he gained more and more momentum and power in his movement.
Compare it to a landslide, which will eventually become so big, it has no other option as to reach you, even when youre not directly tackling it. That
s Luffys path, and we can assume that with this path comes the change in the world we see as necessary. Luffy sure is the adventure guy you mentioned, but even for Luffy it
s obvious that you have to become bigger and bigger to reach his goal.
Afterall Luffy has this character to help everywhere he sees evil or unfairness, which brings him all the friendships that are making him bigger and bigger.
So talking about the grande picture, which will lead us the the final war/climax it makes sense, but i agree with you that from a personal standpoint (Luffys simple minded perspective) it makes less sense.
About fighting the yonkous:
By now i would judge Luffy as someone who has understood at least the basics of this world.(in his eyes)
He knows that there are four big pirates around who claim to be close to become pirateking, so it isn`t that far-fetched to assume Luffy decided to beat all of them to reach his dream.
My prediction for Gear 4: two weeks of Dragon Ball jokes.
He should stop behaving like the stereotype of an self absorbed artist and start acting like an actual adult business owner.
I'm glad Oda doesn't take your advice. I'd rather that an artist like him focus on the quality of their art than that they sacrifice the quality that made them famous in the name of more efficient business decisions (especially when they're a skilled and talented artist, and we have no idea about the quality of their business acumen).
He likes his work but this is real life and we can't always do whatever we like.
He makes tens of millions of dollars per year; I'm pretty sure he can do pretty much whatever he likes.
He can easily delegate the drawing to other drawing teams which he can train himself and concentrate on writing with him personally drawing just one of every couple of issues.
Oh yes, and I suppose he's going to dedicate all his copious free time over a year or two to get a team trained who can effectively take over for him. And then he'll have to focus extra time on QA to make sure that they got things the way he wanted them.
It's sad to see people complaining about Oda taking these breaks.
HxH fans can complain, the rest should be thankful.
Odas problem is we all want to know what
s going to happen so bad, that every break feels like an eternity. :)
We could say just finish us the Doffy vs Luffy fight and make a longer break to regain stamina, but then we already can`t wait to know what happened now with BigMum and what is up with the other hundret mentioned things :D
Here and there a rest he deserves and we can be glad that we might be able to see the full story someday finished, with him being fine and healthy(as much as possible until that^^)
And also I just Wikipedia him and he is apparently freaking 40 years old and has a wife and two kids? And he still does stupid things like work himself to death on a goddamn manga instead of simply delegating?
mate, what the hell do you think the breaks are for?
And don't criticise an artist for taking it upon himself to make sure his art is a certain way.
@Daz:
I'll try my best not to argue semantics, but this^ all hinges on that very odd moment where Luffy stated his explicit intentions to be free and go on adventures as they happe- I mean, seek out the Super Bosses of the world and beat them.
It isn't really like with Vivi, where Luffy was doing everything as a friendly favor; when Law asked "Luffy, do you want to team up in elaborate machinations to take out the geopolitical heavy hitters?" the reply was "sure, I was gonna take out the geopolitical heavy hitters anyway eventually, even though-as far and I and the readersknow- this is in no way a requirenment for finding Raftel"Luffy didn't need to go poke Doflamingo to continue his adventure, he didn't need the alliance with Law to proceed either, and his speech here makes about as much sense as if he'd berated Crocodile for hindering his progress. Oda has done the "Luffy is in wrong place at wrong time and villain obstructs his path" angle many times; this is not one where it applies.
Luffy wants to be the Pirate King. To him the PK is the guy who can do whatever he wants. If Luffy wants to do something and someone is preventing it then that person, however out the way Luffy might have gone to run into them, is in his way. So in Luffy's selfish mind it doesn't matter thath he didn't have to pick a fight with Doflamingo. It doesn't matter that he didn't have to help the people of Dressrosa although helping the dwarves was franky's idea and luffy thought he was mostly helping rebecca who turned out to be tied to the fate of the entire country. Luffy wants what Luffy wants, and right now he wants Doflamingo gone from Dressrosa and the only standing in the way of that is Doflamingo.
I would also complain about the breaks if I knew many mangas with more chapters per year than One Piece during the last decade.
I would also complain about the breaks if I knew many mangas with more chapters per year than One Piece.
… Eh, most weekly series?
I mean, not bashing either Oda nor editorial department for breaks, but at least do try making valid counter-arguments.
Like Oda being insane.
If one piece was made by several different people it will start to look like apf/op sub-reddit instead of one piece.
I'm glad Oda doesn't take your advice. I'd rather that an artist like him focus on the quality of their art than that they sacrifice the quality that made them famous in the name of more efficient business decisions (especially when they're a skilled and talented artist, and we have no idea about the quality of their business acumen).
He makes tens of millions of dollars per year; I'm pretty sure he can do pretty much whatever he likes.
Oh yes, and I suppose he's going to dedicate all his copious free time over a year or two to get a team trained who can effectively take over for him. And then he'll have to focus extra time on QA to make sure that they got things the way he wanted them.
It's a freaking black and white manga not the Mona Lisa. Hell they can easily train people to actually copy the Mona Lisa I am sure he will have no trouble training any semi talented artist to draw like him
Well technically we all can we do what we like. Doesn't mean that those are not dumbass decisions with horrible consequences. People here have literally said that his health is negtively affected by his dumbass lone wolf only I get to work on it silly attitude. And I can't imagine his family is very happy
Oh for god's sake. It's a black and white 17 pages of basic comic. Literally every single even slightly experienced artist can easily duplicate it and with a week or two training there will be barely any difference. And 99.999999% of the audience won't even notice any significant difference. He can easily concentrate on actually writing and just draw one out of every few mangas with absolutely no problem.
Luffy needs to beat doflamingo, and fast! Gear 4 is gonna be fast and powerful. I think it will be something entirely different and not haki related. Haki applications will come in later to keep things fresh. (Similiar to Gigant Pistol becoming Elephant Gun.)
However, if the trend is followed he will say "Gia Fosu!" Which just sounds so cool.
Also, I have a strong feeling Doflamingo is gonna get wrecked. I mean, WRECKED. Like so wrecked that we're gonna feel as though Luffy is ready for Admirals. Why wouldn't Doflamingo get wiped easily? He's already taken so much damage and stronger enemies are coming. It'll be like Luffy vs. Blueno next chapter.
As for the gear itself, I had no idea what it could be besides awesome.
Could you provide that interview ? I'm re-reading one piece and Luffy mentions he wants 10 people in his crew for his adventure, the thing with this is he includes himself in this number. Not much people realize this.
Here's the interview. Take it for what you will, but this is what people always reference.
! http://onepiecepodcast.com/2014/07/04/eiichiro-oda-interview-with-china-times/
I am not criticizing the breaks. I am criticizing the reason for the breaks aka Oda drawing it almost entirely by by himself. This is just incredibly silly. It's been years already. He should stop behaving like the stereotype of an self absorbed artist and start acting like an actual adult business owner. We get it. He likes his work but this is real life and we can't always do whatever we like. He can easily delegate the drawing to other drawing teams which he can train himself and concentrate on writing with him personally drawing just one of every couple of issues. This will make everything smoother and eliminate the need for breaks
And also I just Wikipedia him and he is apparently freaking 40 years old and has a wife and two kids? And he still does stupid things like work himself to death on a goddamn manga instead of simply delegating?
Do you have any idea what the hell you are talking about ?
The manga industry does not work like you think it does , Oda also has people that helping him draw .
Also having one person draw most of the manga it part of the reason why it becomes popular , the same as having one writer .
It also give him more control over the IP and how much they can make from it .
EDIT i see you think that any artist can draw a weekly manga is that some type of joke ?
That's the most disrespecting thing i've ever read for Oda, wow. Are you for real?
That's the most disrespecting thing i've ever read for Oda, wow. Are you for real?
16 chars of Agreed
… Eh, most weekly series?
try making valid counter-arguments.
Hi my statement is 100% true bro. What isn't valid ?
Hi my statement is 100% true bro. What isn't valid ?
Because it isn't true. Thanks to breaks, Oda has actually less chapters a year than, dunno, Fairy Tail, to take entirely random example.
If you are going to say that you would complain if Oda produced less chapters a year than your average mangaka, it's like you are complaining already, since he does.
It's a freaking black and white manga not the Mona Lisa. Hell they can easily train people to actually copy the Mona Lisa I am sure he will have no trouble training any semi talented artist to draw like him
Well technically we all can we do what we like. Doesn't mean that those are not dumbass decisions with horrible consequences. People here have literally said that his health is negtively affected by his dumbass lone wolf only I get to work on it silly attitude. And I can't imagine his family is very happy
Oh for god's sake. It's a black and white 17 pages of basic comic. Literally every single even slightly experienced artist can easily duplicate it and with a week or two training there will be barely any difference. And 99.999999% of the audience won't even notice any significant difference. He can easily concentrate on actually writing and just draw one out of every few mangas with absolutely no problem.
Have you ever created something yourself, work on it for 17 years and let someone else finish it ?
Man he met his wife thanks to this goddamn manga.
Now he is rich, and he likes to draw. Of course he is going to draw. He will not pay someone to do what he likes the most.
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Because it isn't true. Thanks to breaks, Oda has actually less chapters a year than, dunno, Fairy Tail, to take entirely random example.
No it is still true because I don't know Fairy Tale. Read carefully.
Have you ever created something yourself, work on it for 17 years and let someone else finish it ?
Man he met his wife thanks to this goddamn manga.
No he is rich, and he likes to draw. Of course he is going to draw. He will not pay someone to do what he likes the most.
.
Why does it have to be either work till he drops or give it up and let someone else finish it? Apart from his stubborness what exactly prevents him from merely talking a smaller role in drawing and just draw say one in three chapter instead of every single one by himself while still keeping his role as sole writer ?
Do you have any idea what the hell you are talking about ?
The manga industry does not work like you think it does , Oda also has people that helping him draw .
Also having one person draw most of the manga it part of the reason why it becomes popular , the same as having one writer .
It also give him more control over the IP and how much they can make from it .
I suppose it's one of those things we will have to agree to disagree with. I can understand and I absolutely approve Oda staying in complete control over the writing but the drawing is just silly to me. Literally anybody with evne the slightest of drawing taletns can draw it the same as Oda. But then again I am not a big manga fan and I basically see it as a glorified spoiler for the anime so I am guessing my views will clash EXTREMELY with people who actually like mangas and are a huge fans of it
Oh well. Now onto more interesting topics. I wonder if instead of going the Haki route completely Luffy may have based his G4 on Life return. he saw Lucci use it(not Kumadori who seemed to be more proficient at it but still) so he would be aware of it. Perhaps Luffy can use it as well to bulk up on his mass and gain more strength. It will be interesting to see Lufy suddenly bulk. Not entirely to his nightmare form but still much larger
Because it isn't true. Thanks to breaks, Oda has actually less chapters a year than, dunno, Fairy Tail, to take entirely random example.
If you are going to say that you would complain if Oda produced less chapters a year than your average mangaka, it's like you are complaining already, since he does.
Fairy tail is also publishing a chapter of fairy tail 0 once a month, putting them at 5/month instead of just 4/month.
That being said, FT sucks. 3/month OP > 5/month FT. You do have to respect his release schedule though.
what if Leo and Mansherry reattach Law's arm backward on accident
No it is still true because I don't know Fairy Tale. Read carefully.
Ah, so, like… do you not read any other series weekly?
Hmm. If you say so... still, it's not a convincing argument for most.
Nonetheless, this discussion is stupid and off-topic. Can we go back to the chapter, pretty please? I need to read it again to form my thoughts, but I will have something on the subject soon.
I suppose it's one of those things we will have to agree to disagree with. I can understand and I absolutely approve Oda staying in complete control over the writing but the drawing is just silly to me. Literally anybody with evne the slightest of drawing taletns can draw it the same as Oda. But then again I am not a big manga fan and I basically see it as a glorified spoiler for the anime so I am guessing my views will clash EXTREMELY with people who actually like mangas and are a huge fans of it
Oh well. Now onto more interesting topics. I wonder if instead of going the Haki route completely Luffy may have based his G4 on Life return. he saw Lucci use it(not Kumadori who seemed to be more proficient at it but still) so he would be aware of it. Perhaps Luffy can use it as well to bulk up on his mass and gain more strength. It will be interesting to see Lufy suddenly bulk. Not entirely to his nightmare form but still much larger
Drawing a manga is more than just drawing pictures , it's about thinking how big each panel should be , pacing , shading , size of the text bubbles , backgrounds , character angles and positions etc etc.
And you are doing this every week not to mention that you have to draw a draft to see if everything match up to how it is in your head .
EDIT this also don't count changing stuff for the vols or what ever else he doing the same time like colors pages or movie work etc etc .
Why does it have to be either work till he drops or give it up and let someone else finish it? Apart from his stubborness what exactly prevents him from merely talking a smaller role in drawing and just draw say one in three chapter instead of every single one by himself while still keeping his role as sole writer ?
We are talking about a millionaire who doesn't need to work. I think it is pretty obvious at this point that he likes what he does.
Now I guess too many breaks would be pretty disrespectful for the fans (that buy the manga).
But :
@Galaxy:
From 1997-2013:
! 1997 (debut year): 48
1999: 48
2000: 48
2001: 48
2002: 47
2003: 45
2004: 45
2005: 45
2006: 45
2007: 44
2008: 43
2009: 42
2010: 40* (Timeskip)
2011: 42
2012: 43
2013: 39
2014: 37
What are we even complaining about here ?