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    Chapter 903: The Fifth Emperor

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    • Kdom
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      @BingBang:

      I just remember when GolD.Ace22, Melker, Razh, Watch-Man, Sereques, accesstimeco, SeaofHope, Lord Monkey D, Blissed, otakufan, Megaman and a large list of people in this forum claimed constantly that i was wrong. Raid suit finally is coming! That proves that Sanji needed an upgrade to fight stronger enemies (maybe Admiral levels?). Strawhats are a new generation of pirates more related to technologies (like us Millenials) who takes also the bests things from "old school" pirates. Thanks for the support!

      I think if you continue with this childish behaviour, it’s all apforum which you can add to your list. Have you nothing else to say about the chapter ?

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        Awesome chapter! Loved pretty much everything about it!

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          Pretty much everything people said wouldn't happen is happening. There won't be a bounty increase this soon we just had one. ODA: hold my beer. Sanji won't get a raid suit it completely goes against what he stands for. ODA: hold my beer. Luffy won't become an emperor he even said it himself he has much loftier ambitions and who's going to die to make space for him Yonkou to Gokou sounds retarded. ODA: hold my beer.
          Jinbei is still not recognized as a strawhat, whyyyyy?. ODA: hold my beer. Sanji will never get an increase higher than Zoro, Oda loves masturbating to Zoro and hates Sanji. ODA: hold my beer. Nami will never get Zeus it's just a throwaway gag exclusive to this arc. ODA: hold my beer. Luffy won't get an increase that exceeds a billion, doesnt matter if he beat commanders in that bounty range its too big of a jump. ODA: suck on deez nuts. Carrot is never going to join ever, what position is she going to fill anyway I mean just because she spends her entire time on the ship on the crow's nest doesn't mean shit you guys need to wake up and stop living in your head canon. GODA: ???

          How about hush next time and stop talking like Oda is bound to these imaginary set of predefined rules and he will never break free of his own writing?

          Well I personally didn't say any of the things you said wouldn't happen (except Carrot not joining), but that's just a little silly.

          Even the ones who predict Carrot will join are doing that based on what they think it's Oda's set of rules, hell her needing to have a position in the crew is one of them. So….
          Trying to figure out a pattern is just one of the things that every theory is based on, and saying that there aren't any is just wrong. It is always possible for the patterns to change or to be implemented in ways you'd not expect, but if you don't want people to consider them then you're just wishing for all the theories to be like: "me like dis it sure happen!".

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            So someone destroying Fishman Island might be simply fishmen themselves ?

            That thought occured to me ever since the line from some merchant wanting to buy hats to sell kids appeared. But Shyarly insisted she actually saw Luffy, if I'm not mistaken.

            Awesome chapter btw. Glad Coby is steadily getting stronger.

            Not sure I like the fact Sanji is getting the suit. But since he isn't using any weapons and doesn't have a devil fruit, I guess it's only fair.

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            I just remember when GolD.Ace22, Melker, Razh, Watch-Man, Sereques, accesstimeco, SeaofHope, Lord Monkey D, Blissed, otakufan, Megaman and a large list of people in this forum claimed constantly that i was wrong. Raid suit finally is coming! That proves that Sanji needed an upgrade to fight stronger enemies (maybe Admiral levels?). Strawhats are a new generation of pirates more related to technologies (like us Millenials) who takes also the bests things from "old school" pirates. Thanks for the support!

            I'm honored you remember I said that. :happy:

            In my defense, I actually thought Sanji would have a serious fight and show that his skills render any kind of suit upgrade needless

            Originally Posted by Outerspec

            Trying to understand Bleach is like trying to drink a bottle of bleach.

            It makes no sense and you'll be dead before you're finished.

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              So someone destroying Fishman Island might be simply fishmen themselves ?[/QUOTE

              Hmm? What do you mean?

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                I am still for Usopp to use the suit…

                Would benefit him the most... The color scheme yellow would fit him and the 3 on it as well

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                  @Hedron:

                  Well I personally didn't say any of the things you said wouldn't happen (except Carrot not joining), but that's just a little silly.

                  Even the ones who predict Carrot will join are doing that based on what they think it's Oda's set of rules, hell her needing to have a position in the crew is one of them. So….
                  Trying to figure out a pattern is just one of the things that every theory is based on, and saying that there aren't any is just wrong. It is always possible for the patterns to change or to be implemented in ways you'd not expect, but if you don't want people to consider them then you're just wishing for all the theories to be like: "me like dis it sure happen!".

                  Excitement got the better of me I must say. There are definitely patterns of course but like you said there's also room to break out of the mould and that's what I've always argued. Lo and behold.

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                  I am still for Usopp to use the suit…

                  Would benefit him the most... The color scheme yellow would fit him and the 3 on it as well

                  Not happening. Quote me if you like and I'll happily eat my words years down the line but Ussop will never wear that suit.

                  Year of Sanji, let's go!

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                    Lot's of people around the internet jumping to conclusions about the whole "5th emperor" stuff.

                    Morgans saying that a "5th emperor has emerged" doesn't mean that he is an emperor now or that he is considered one, but that it's on his way to become one in the future..much like every new talented football player is "the new messi" , "the new iniesta", "the new gerrard" and so on…it doesn't mean they are already at the level of those champions..but that they resembles what those champions were at their age..the same way luffy has probably reached this level faster than some of the yonkou did.

                    and by the way,I expect a yonkou bounty to be WAAAAAAY higher than 1.5 bln.

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                      @Kishido:

                      What powers besides bulletproof and jet boots plus better physical specs

                      The special abilities like lightning and co came from the mutant DNA

                      The special power to provide a badass transformation panel.

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                        @Maju:

                        Lot's of people around the internet jumping to conclusions about the whole "5th emperor" stuff.

                        Morgans saying that a "5th emperor has emerged" doesn't mean that he is an emperor now or that he is considered one, but that it's on his way to become one in the future..much like every new talented football player is "the new messi" , "the new iniesta", "the new gerrard" and so on…it doesn't mean they are already at the level of those champions..but that they resembles what those champions were at their age..the same way luffy has probably reached this level faster than some of the yonkou did.

                        and by the way,i expect a ynokou bounty to be WAAAAAAY higher than 1.5 bln.

                        That's how I interpreted it too. He isn't an emperor quite yet.

                        Year of Sanji, let's go!

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                          @Dranza:

                          Not happening. Quote me if you like and I'll happily eat my words years down the line but Ussop will never wear that suit.

                          I know… And that's sad

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                            I'm not convinced that Sanji getting that raid suit is narratively a good idea for now, but maybe Oda will manage to make it enough likeable later on, we'll see.

                            By the way, Helmeppo's words "I wasn't able to sense a thing" may imply that he also can use the colour of observation, even though not as much as Coby.

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                              I know… And that's sad

                              It's fine maybe we will see sogeking 2.0 in Wano

                              Year of Sanji, let's go!

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                                Fantastic chapter, 10/10. This should have been chapter 900, not the mediocre chapter last week.

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                                  @Maju:

                                  Morgans saying that a "5th emperor has emerged" doesn't mean that he is an emperor now or that he is considered one, but that it's on his way to become one in the future..

                                  Yeah, pretty much this. I do, however, hope to see what the politicians have to say in the upcoming chapter about this. Could be that they agree with Morgans’/the newspaper’s statement, or they could say that it is being blown out of proportion. Afterall, headlines are a big part of what sells a story. Not that I mean we necessarily can apply real life economixx to OP, but it can be considered as a legitimate factor as to why it would go as far as to call Luffy just that.

                                  On another note: Luffy has the highest known bounty in the series now! This is a first, isn’t it?

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                                    @Dr.:

                                    I'm not convinced that Sanji getting that raid suit is narratively a good idea for now, but maybe Oda will manage to make it enough likeable later on, we'll see.

                                    By the way, Helmeppo's words "I wasn't able to sense a thing" may imply that he also can use the colour of observation, even though not as much as Coby.

                                    It's bad idea… No matter how you twist it.

                                    I am for sure not against a power up for Sanji... But not for the sake of destroying his character development even more.

                                    What's next people would say is OK for certain characters? Zoro using a mecha sword made by Franky and some knight armour to protect himself against blade attacks... instead of you know... Focusing on his body and haki?

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                                      It's bad idea… No matter how you twist it.

                                      I don’t mind it if you look at it this way: his biological family doesn’t actually look down on him; they see him worthy to be their peer. That isn’t quite a development for Sanji, but rather for Germa.

                                      To me, that isn’t too bad in terms of how it plays a role in the story.

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                                        @Knaxern:

                                        Fantastic chapter, 10/10. This should have been chapter 900, not the mediocre chapter last week.

                                        I don't live in this world where Ch. 902 is apparently mediocre.

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                                          It's bad idea… No matter how you twist it.

                                          I am for sure not against a power up for Sanji... But not for the sake of destroying his character development even more.

                                          What's next people would say is OK for certain characters? Zoro using a mecha sword made by Franky and some knight armour to protect himself against blade attacks... instead of you know... Focusing on his body and haki?

                                          what character development are you talking about exactly?

                                          sanji's goal has never been combat-focused..he is a cook first and foremost…him not wanting a raid suit is mainly about him hating the name vinsmokes and probably thinking those suits look ridicolous..but it's hardly "character development"..we are not talking about sanji kicking women here.
                                          Zoro becoming stronger thanks to technology would of course be against his goal of being the best swordsman,but sanji doesn't really give a fuck about how he becomes strong..he just doesn't like germa and germa tech...but probably one day he's gonna be forced to use that..maybe not even in a direct combat but as a way to be faster ,maybe to reach someone in time or shit like that.

                                          also,people argued the same stuff about a "destroyed character" when zoro asked mihawk to train him.

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                                            This chapter confirms that only sanji can use it, so he won't give it to someone else.

                                            Sanji was Always like a superhero with secret identity, it fits him. But I would still rather if he uses his own suit made of full body armaments like vergo san, that rocked full body armaments before it was cool.

                                            https://imgur.com/MyjRSWw

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                                              Not probably, definitely. The suit isn't there for nothing. And Sanji's relationship with his family hasn't been left in the air for nothing.

                                              Originally Posted by Outerspec

                                              Trying to understand Bleach is like trying to drink a bottle of bleach.

                                              It makes no sense and you'll be dead before you're finished.

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                                                Actually, I could totally see a way in which Sanji uses the raidsuit in a really satisfying way! Similar to how we have seen Luffy powered up (e.g. hypnotized, Nightmare mode, wearing an afro).

                                                Picture this, say 3 or so years from now: the Strawhats are in trouble. Nami and Robin are in big trouble. Sanji is trying to save them, alas the big baddy blast him with an attack that seemingly no normal human could have survived. The enemy is closing in on our maidens (actually, let’s throw in Carrot as well). Nami, Robin and Carrot are about to perish, and Sanji has been vanquish- pew! A laser comes out of nowhere! ”F-franky?!”
                                                ”No. It is I, mr Prince” Sanji says, wearing the raid suit, holding a cigarette.
                                                ”Just what do you think you are doing to my waifus?”

                                                Calling it now. 2018-04-28.

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                                                  Was Coby leading the escort of Lulusia Kingdom? Sakazuki is probably already pissed enough for Coby's actions at Marineford and generally for Coby's very different ideals from his own… With the fleet admiral disliking him so much, Coby will have to achieve extremely heroic actions if he wants to make it to the rank of admiral.

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                                                    @Dr.:

                                                    Was Coby leading the escort of Lulusia Kingdom? Sakazuki is probably already pissed enough for Coby's actions at Marineford and generally for Coby's very different ideals from his own… With the fleet admiral disliking him so much, Coby will have to achieve extremely heroic actions if he wants to make it to the rank of admiral.

                                                    since he was assigned to the dressrosa/prodence convoy..no,he wasn't him.

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                                                      @Maju:

                                                      what character development are you talking about exactly?

                                                      sanji's goal has never been combat-focused..he is a cook first and foremost…him not wanting a raid suit is mainly about him hating the name vinsmokes and probably thinking those suits look ridicolous..but it's hardly "character development"..we are not talking about sanji kicking women here.
                                                      Zoro becoming stronger thanks to technology would of course be against his goal of being the best swordsman,but sanji doesn't really give a fuck about how he becomes strong..he just doesn't like germa and germa tech...but probably one day he's gonna be forced to use that..maybe not even in a direct combat but as a way to be faster ,maybe to reach someone in time or shit like that.

                                                      also,people argued the same stuff about a "destroyed character" when zoro asked mihawk to train him.

                                                      We won't agree with this one… So to each their own.

                                                      Just one question... If sooner or later the suit won't be enough... Cuz it wasn't enough even for the Germa to protect themsevles against a gattling gun or the likes as Katakuri... What's next? Should he awaken his hidden DNA super X-Men powers as well? Even if this whole arc was to show that Sanji is just HUMAN, hates his family and Luffy even praised him for his "failures"

                                                      On top on that... We have godly strong people without any shit like suits or weapons. So you doesn't need it.

                                                      And one last time... If the suit for example was the suit of his mother or maed by his mother because he is "only human" I would be OK and like I'm said not against him powering up.

                                                      But not with some shit from Judge

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                                                        since he was assigned to the dressrosa/prodence convoy..no,he wasn't him.

                                                        It doesn't seems like it, since he asks if that was the dressrosa/prodence group right away as he jump aboard, and king riku doesn't recognize him at first. He also get called back to the other ship later.

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                                                          We won't agree with this one… So to each their own.

                                                          Just one question... If sooner or later the suit won't be enough... Cuz it wasn't enough even for the Germa to protect themsevles against a gattling gun or the likes as Katakuri... What's next? Should he awaken his hidden DNA super X-Men powers as well? Even if this whole arc was to show that Sanji is just HUMAN, hates his family and Luffy even praised him for his "failures"

                                                          On top on that... We have godly strong people without any shit like suits or weapons. So you doesn't need it.

                                                          And one last time... If the suit for example was the suit of his mother or maed by his mother because he is "only human" I would be OK and like I'm said not against him powering up.

                                                          But not with some shit from Judge

                                                          again, the presence of the suit in the story doesn't mean sanji is gonna stop improving and start relying completely on germa tech..this very chapter has sanji stating that he will never wear it, which in story terms means that he will wear it only that one time where it's absolutely necessary and never again.

                                                          basically it's just a planted plot device for later like the tamatebako and other things like that..there would be a moment where normal sanji is not enough despite all his efforts, and he will be forced to use that

                                                          it's not supposed to be an evolution of sanji's character, but it's not a destruction of it either since getting over his hate for his family once to protect people he cares about isn't against the character.

                                                          nor the presence of the suit undermines the accomplishments of sanji as a human…the raid suit is just a stat bonus ..the growth of sanji as a fighter will continue.

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                                                          It doesn't seems like it, since he asks if that was the dressrosa/prodence group right away as he jump aboard, and king riku doesn't recognize him at first. He also get called back to the other ship later.

                                                          from what i understood,the dressrosa/prodence group didn't request marine protection (it was already stated some chapters ago, when riku and elizabello talk about going to the reverie) but the marines sent some anyway because there were pirates kidnapping royalties…coby's ship was the one sent to check on the dressrosa/prodence group.

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                                                            Although the details of its use are unknowable, I think he'll use it at least once, in such a situation where his hatred of using the suit will be outweighed by his desire to do something noble, etc. So it'll have that much more meaning when he does it. My main interest is in "wtf can it actually do" lol

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                                                              As I said to each their own… If you would like it because he would overcome his hate for his family... OK have it. I won't like it.

                                                              If would be a present by his mother never given to him by Judge... It would be something different.

                                                              But now let us see when he will use it.

                                                              Still would love Usopp rocking it ❤

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                                                                The kind of chapter to just put a smile in your face all day long. Oh, how far we've come 🙂

                                                                We all float down here!

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                                                                  Yeah, pretty much this. I do, however, hope to see what the politicians have to say in the upcoming chapter about this. Could be that they agree with Morgans’/the newspaper’s statement, or they could say that it is being blown out of proportion. Afterall, headlines are a big part of what sells a story. Not that I mean we necessarily can apply real life economixx to OP, but it can be considered as a legitimate factor as to why it would go as far as to call Luffy just that.

                                                                  On another note: Luffy has the highest known bounty in the series now! This is a first, isn’t it?

                                                                  After Arlong Park.

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                                                                    So, err, is Luffy officially recognized as a yonkou or is that just an embellishment by Morgans? I see it the same way as Blackbeard, he's not ready for the title of yonkou just yet. I rather enjoy Luffy and the strawhat pirates being the underdog in the series.

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                                                                      Saw some folks on Reddit saying that Oda once said in an interview that a new crew member would be a former villain, and Zeus turns out to be this member. Is that interview true?

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                                                                        @Jakisuaki:

                                                                        So, err, is Luffy officially recognized as a yonkou or is that just an embellishment by Morgans? I see it the same way as Blackbeard, he's not ready for the title of yonkou just yet. I rather enjoy Luffy and the strawhat pirates being the underdog in the series.

                                                                        Let's wait for the official translation in the coming days to be sure what the intended message really was, but I'm personally not seeing him as a true emperor right now. If he is one, it's not really by choice and his fleet's just gonna do their thing and he's gonna have no part of it anyway lol

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                                                                        Saw some folks on Reddit saying that Oda once said in an interview that a new crew member would be a former villain, and Zeus turns out to be this member. Is that interview true?

                                                                        I think of the Sunny as more of a member than Zeus, lol. Anyway, I think the "slave that lives in Nami's weapon" thing kinda sealed the not-a-real-member part
                                                                        I thought the interview just said that the strawhats would head to the new world, as would a former villain. Not necessarily as part of the same crew

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                                                                          I see it the same way as Blackbeard, he's not ready for the title of yonkou just yet. I rather enjoy Luffy and the strawhat pirates being the underdog in the series.

                                                                          Well, Blackbeard has been named as one of the Yonko officially since the time-skip. He also beat a former Yonko crew, has the strongest devil fruit, so I don't quite understand why you think he isn't ready for this.

                                                                          As for Luffy being "The underdog" that has been the premise of the series since Day 1. Interestingly, things are now reversed and Luffy is getting a title he still has to rpove he is worthy of it.

                                                                          Carrot's still never gonna join the crew. ![](images/smilies/ipb/wink.png "Wink")

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                                                                            Well, Blackbeard has been named as one of the Yonko officially since the time-skip. He also beat a former Yonko crew, has the strongest devil fruit, so I don't quite understand why you think he isn't ready for this.

                                                                            As for Luffy being "The underdog" that has been the premise of the series since Day 1. Interestingly, things are now reversed and Luffy is getting a title he still has to rpove he is worthy of it.

                                                                            I think he meant he agrees with Blackbeard who also believes Luffy isn't yet ready.

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                                                                              I think he meant he agrees with Blackbeard who also believes Luffy isn't yet ready.

                                                                              I see.

                                                                              There is an interesting parallel regarding this: When Blackbeard and Luffy first met in Mocktown , Blackbeard spoke of Luffy's impressive haki at a time when Luffy still didn't know that his new bounty at that time was 100 million. Luffy insisted that his bounty was a mere 30 million, while Blackbeard correctly deduced that Luffy's bounty must have been higher. Now we have a scene, where Blackbeard correctly determines that Luffy is still a step below a Yonkou, even though the news seem to suggest otherwise.

                                                                              Teach always seems to have an accurate sense of Luffy's development and strength.

                                                                              Carrot's still never gonna join the crew. ![](images/smilies/ipb/wink.png "Wink")

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                                                                                What a thing to wake up to on my birthday. Thank you, Oda (and scanlators who released it today 👅). I'm also not sold on Sanji's raid suit development but I will wait for the moment he actually uses it to make my judgement. For now, it just goes against the entire theme of Sanji's character arc in Totto Land, which was him disowning his own father and restating that Zeff is his real dad.

                                                                                Everything else was gold. Morgans sounds like a real sensationalist, blowing Luffy's accomplishments out of proportion, haha. I too think Luffy is not quite an emperor yet, Teach. If he is being regarded as such right now, I can't wait to see what we have in store after Wano. We are truly headed to the final stretch of the series after it.

                                                                                Lastly, this chapter got me even more hyped for the Reverie. I truly think it will be a monumental arc that changes the status quo in the series after all this time (along with Kaido's defeat).

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                                                                                  Great chapter.

                                                                                  Regarding Sanji's bounty, while I'm glad it's finally on Zoro's level and closer to Jinbe's, I would have prefered if that increase followed an arc where he did something really impressive to be viewed as such a threat by the WG. A show of strength like Zoro destroying Pica's statue for example.
                                                                                  Just being part of the failed assassination plot shouldn't have been enough. Otherwise, Nami should also have a similar increase (if not higher since she helped Luffy defeat Cracker and stole one of Big Mom's weapon).
                                                                                  I guess that his relationship with Germa66 must have played the biggest part in justifying that decision.
                                                                                  Hopefully, the next bounty (with a photo update) will have more to do with his combat ability.
                                                                                  Wano arc, please don't disappoint me on that regard. I've already lowered my expectations (from fighting a calamity 1vs1 -> fighting a calamity as a group -> fighting a calamity's lieutenant) to lessen my disappointment.

                                                                                  As for the raid suit, I expect it to be used by Sanji but more as a one time deal in a very specific situation and not as a permanent power-up.
                                                                                  IMO, I would like such situation to happen the next arc he meets his family.

                                                                                  Luffy's bounty reaching the billion tier is what I expected.
                                                                                  Being called the 5th emperor wasn't but I liked it. Even though I expect it to be more "official" after the Wano arc (although at that time he would be the 4th with Kaidou out of the picture).
                                                                                  I liked the panels of Barto and Cavendish revealing to the reporters about the Grand Fleet. Also, I smiled at the report of Luffy's intelligence and planning during those events.

                                                                                  Finally, I'm now really looking forward to Nami's next fight. With Zeus involved it could be really cool to see.

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                                                                                    As much as I like Sanji's fighting style, it haven't carried him in the New World. Ever since he failed to destroy a steel door that Franky easily broke out, he've not accumulated any relevant victories and instead kept losing fights. The moment never came. If at beginning of *NW I saw him like a ninja who doesn't show off his strength unless absolutely neccesary, then at this point it's no longer same story, since he's been using DJ as his strongest technique left and right and never unleashed the hidden card I was hoping for. Unless he's been hiding his true strength all along he absolutely needs a powerup, otherwise he falls behind as a side character when it comes to battle.
                                                                                    For a record during Dressrosa arc I was hoping it'd be him to get mera mera DF for that reason. His performance haven't changed since, instead contrary to expectactions he didn't even get a proper fight on Cake Island Arc. He needs a powerup, more so since his bounty is now above Zoros. If not then he's just a joke as a fighter.

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                                                                                      Amazing chapter. Oda never fails to deliver on this kind of stuff.

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                                                                                        In the back of my mind, I always thought Luffy was going to get the Title eventually. And I'm sure if I mentioned it before, a ton of you would have disagreed with me.

                                                                                        But yep, we officially live in the world where Luffy is an Emperor.

                                                                                        Donquixote Rosinante deserved what happened. He was a liar and a traitor. I hate when characters betray, even if its happening on the villains side.

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                                                                                          Sanji can give that Suit to Franky.

                                                                                          For examination of course so maybe Franky can upgrade some of his work

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                                                                                            Saw some folks on Reddit saying that Oda once said in an interview that a new crew member would be a former villain, and Zeus turns out to be this member. Is that interview true?

                                                                                            That interview is really old and most likely teased the team-up between Sir Crocodile and Luffy at Impel Down since nothing else afterwards came close to the statement. People just have been twisting the words and Zeus isn't really a full-fledged crew member.

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                                                                                              Sanji can give that Suit to Franky.

                                                                                              For examination of course so maybe Franky can upgrade some of his work

                                                                                              Pulease, Franky would upgrade the suit.

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                                                                                                Best-Chapter I've seen in years

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                                                                                                  What a great chapter!

                                                                                                  Sanji getting the Raid Suit and the emphasis placed on it does seem like he'll use it at some point but I don't really think so. Maybe once but not for a permanent upgrade. Even the milky dials brought back from Skypiea have been useless to this very day, though this suit will be used in some way I'm sure of that. The way Franky and Usopp were associated with science during the same talking points gives me the idea that they will utilize it one way or another. Sure Sanji's DNA is most likely tied to the thing, something which resulted from the discoveries of Vegapunk and Judge but Franky has been shown more than capable of utilizing Vegapunk's tech and discoveries. Franky will figure it out starting with a strand of Sanji's hair and I bet both he and Usopp make permanent use of the gadgets within.

                                                                                                  Either that or give it to Mr 1, Daz Bones. Finally get him his super hero outfit to really enact his dream. Not entirely joking either.

                                                                                                  While I would have loved Sanji to get a full 1vs1 to get that bounty, had he did it with someone like Daifuku or Oven the bounty would probably well passed 300 million and thats probably no good just yet. I feel like what he has now is fully deserved but from things that go back as far as Saboady. It took every Straw Hat going all out to destroy one Pacifista pre-time skip. Now Luffy, Zoro and Sanji can basically one shot the original models and that was witnessed by Sentomaru. Looking forward to future fights and arguments between Zoro and Sanji.

                                                                                                  Reverie hip hip hooray! I love seeing everyone on their way and reacting to the news. I still think there is a chance for Germa to show up. The only thing I wonder is how they are perceived in the news paper. They allied with Luffy to assassinate Big Mom from what I gather but to the government is that such a bad thing? Maybe Germa does make their way to Mariejois and they have to explain themselves? I don't know, don't really care why I just care about Judge and Vegapunk making contact again with the possibility of Caesar joining in for the hilarity. Vegapunk is in the news again so what better time to get him introduced in full than at the place where he is most likely stationed? Especially after several arcs containing people that knew him personally.

                                                                                                  Crocodile is sitting there reading the news about a "5th Emperor" probably thinking "dang, I remember when that kid called himself the 8th War Lord straight to my face" lol.

                                                                                                  Luffy's bounty sitting that high makes sense but I certainly wasn't sure about it getting to the Billion mark this soon. I suppose if the Commanders are around 1 Billion Luffy will still be the underdog going up against guys like Kaidou. Jimbei's 400+ million seems paltry in comparison and being so close to Luffy's 500 million was a little off putting but now its super non-issue.

                                                                                                  Luffy - 1.5 Billion

                                                                                                  Jimbei - 400+ Million
                                                                                                  Sanji - 330 Million
                                                                                                  Zoro - 320 Million

                                                                                                  Usopp - 200 Million
                                                                                                  Robin - 130 Million
                                                                                                  Franky - 94 Million
                                                                                                  Brook - 83 Million
                                                                                                  Nami - 66 Million
                                                                                                  Chopper - 100

                                                                                                  Also I guess now with Sanji's new bounty, Zoro has to step down from the monster trio. Seriously though the Monster Trio is Zoro, Sanji and Jimbei. Luffy is in a league all his own and has been that way for some time.

                                                                                                  I want to see more pissing matches between Zoro and Sanji. If they are going to compete to keep the higher bounty for goodness sakes Oda let Chopper join in on the fun and surprise us all!

                                                                                                  Folks who read One Piece… Just better people. ¯\(ツ)/¯

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                                                                                                    Not necessarily. They might have fought on the same side since that's how they ended up. From what we know so far, Law did something to cause the 100 pirates to fight against him, then he beat them and ripped their hearts out. All the while Koby was protecting the civilians from the fighting. It's more likely that it was the 100 pirates that were causing the trouble for the civilians rather than Law with his pre-ts power level.

                                                                                                    Law was outright said to be the mastermind of the incident, so that he implies he caused it. Incidents tend to not be good things, and it was treated as something that gave Law infamy.

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                                                                                                      CoRE (In The House) is my new crackship, Two pink-haired Luffy fans around the same age, I'm in! Papa Kyros already approving Coby

                                                                                                      Chapter was awesome.

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                                                                                                        Fantastic chapter, 10/10. This should have been chapter 900, not the mediocre chapter last week.

                                                                                                        Then it's a good thing 900 wasn't last week

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                                                                                                        It's bad idea… No matter how you twist it.

                                                                                                        I am for sure not against a power up for Sanji... But not for the sake of destroying his character development even more.

                                                                                                        What's next people would say is OK for certain characters? Zoro using a mecha sword made by Franky and some knight armour to protect himself against blade attacks... instead of you know... Focusing on his body and haki?

                                                                                                        Did Zoro make his own swords? Did Luffy grow his devil fruit? Would a suit really be any different?

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