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Chapter 1073: Miss Buckingham Stussy
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The time Oda took off to plan everything out finally pays off.
I always wondered how Weevil will fit into the current story, of course there was the possibility that he would go after Luffy or Marco. What we got instead, Weevil defending Sphinx Island for the wrong reason and getting captured by an admiral, was Greenbull sulky so much after what happened on Wano that he had to go after someone he could mess with?
On that note, Weevil is said to rival a young Whitebeard in strength, was that during his Rocks days, so before he was an Emperor. I would like to know Weevils current bounty, but since he's in custody, no bounty for him yet. Miss Buckingham and Stussy get to be part of the same chapter, nice. Buckingham even name drops Vegapunk, guess Weevil is indeed a failed clone of Vegapunk.
On that note I would love to know more about the cloning, like if someone ate a Devilfruit, will the clone get the same powers without the need of the green blood? - Not sure if we have seen Boa with the green blood, does someone know?
One of the 5 Elders gets a name reveal, his name is Saturn. I hope to get more information on them as the story moves forward. Also Kizaru is on his ship, not sure if they only come to get their hands on the Seraphims or maybe one of the Vegapunks is a traitor and works for the WG. I'm betting on Shaka the good, cause he sees the good in what the WG wants to accomplish and isn't in favor of pirates. Will they make it in time to confront the Strawhats or will they arrive to late. Maybe one of the VP, I'm betting on the Stella will stay behind to move his brain and his status is useless against the hierarchy of the Seraphim control setup.
Stussy beating Lucci, or at least knocking him out is good, gives him some time to rest, after his beatings this arc. I'm sure its not the last time we've seen him and Kaku this arc. Who knows maybe we will see some of the other CP0 members again.
Sanji and Zoro defending the dome and clashing with some of the Seraphims and protecting the Vegapunks is cool a clash between S-Hawk and Zoro is awesome, I do wonder how they compare in strength, Zoro doesn't seem to break a sweat.
What's going on with Bonney and Vegapunk, I was sure we would get a flashback this chapter, maybe Oda is holding off till the coverstory moves further along.
Luffy and Chopper are sure to cause something when they run into Bonney and Vegapunk, a shame that next week is a break week. -
Member of the junta ruling the world, Jerry Garcia.
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So Stussy used Sea Prism Stone on her lips to take out Lucci and Kaku. This makes me question as to whether or not her demon form is a Devil Fruit — in fact, it might be the same type of Demonio ability that Robin used against Black Maria.
Also, the Five Elder (Celestial Bodies) likely all have to do with planets. After the revelation of Saint Jaygarcia Saturn (while taking into account the existence of Uranus [Ancient Weapon], Neptune [Poseidon], and Pluto [Pluton OR Rayleigh, given his epithet]), the rest of the "Greatest Powers in the World" likely will focus on the other planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter.
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@karubiDON said in Chapter 1073: Miss Buckingham Stussy:
the rest of the "Greatest Powers in the World" likely will focus on the other planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter.
Perhaps not coincidentally, this is the main cast of Sailor Moon.
Oh god is this how Enel comes back?
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@karubiDON said in Chapter 1073: Miss Buckingham Stussy:
So Stussy used Sea Prism Stone on her lips to take out Lucci and Kaku.
No, she didn't. She used the lipstick directly on Lucci (pressing it against his throat) and then bit him. And Kaku she just bit.
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MADS freeloader lmao.
Best part of the chapter
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@wolfwood said in Chapter 1073: Miss Buckingham Stussy:
MADS freeloader lmao.
Best part of the chapter
Isn't it a bit disappointing that the only female MADS member was just a fraud though? I guess Buckin has always been a con artist.
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So Stussy used the MADS cloning machine but sucked at it and it got us that thing we call Weevil. Nice.
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In the Japanese version, Kizaru spoke to his subordinate in a pretty harsh manner to the extent that I've never seen before. Which tells us Kizaru is getting so nervous about protecting Saint Saturn.
BTW, the number of exclamation marks of Kizaru's speech to his subordinate is only 1 in Viz version, but JP version has 2 exclamation marks. Not sure why...
In 2017, Oda explained to his editor about why Weevil is a super-cool character. Now it makes sense.🥰 Wondering if Marco will rescue him.
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I think Egghead is over, actually. We've had two boss battles, Sanji's appeared and saved someone at the last second, and all narrator has spoken. With Stussy here to inform them of Kizaru;s arrival, there's no need to stay and fight, with CoO, they can confirm Vegapunk isn't on the Island anyway. Remember, we're not in the Egghead arc. We're in the final arc.
That said, Atlas the evil sounds fun.
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Or it has to do with the fact that the name of the planets in Japanese contain "star" in their name, Saturn is "earth star" for example, and the "elder stars" are named after the five "oldest known" ones.
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Plus, in ancient times, every celestial body (other than the moon) was called a "star". Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were all "stars". That's why Venus is known as the Morning Star, for instance.
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Arthur's new video about the chapter is pretty mindblowing:
Oda shows everything to the reader, yet we only understand all the signs much later.
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@blackness662 these things were already pointed out by the community a long time ago tbh
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@T-D-A said in Chapter 1073: Miss Buckingham Stussy:
@blackness662 these things were already pointed out by the community a long time ago tbh
Well, it was new to me and I think the video sums up pretty well all the information, so I think that matters to me the most.
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@T-D-A So, I did a search on Google and I literally see only one post on reddit pre last week.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/pi3qkc/imu_is_the_greek_god_of_planet_earth_gaia/ -- recieved poorly, etc
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Not exactly the full direction I was hoping for, but still feeling good about Egghead not being over yet. Man, Vegapunk in that cover is the most unsettling single image of any of the MADS group we've seen yet. I wonder if it's just meant to be a joke that VP is really bad at taking photos.
It's hard to tell from the outside, but the cuts inside the main lab do make it seem like the Seraphim caused a lot of damage. But not in the area where Luffy and Chopper are searching.
I'm pretty convinced right now that Vegapunks are gonna keep adding people to the rideshare. It's turning into a running gag that I'm sure Sentomaru and Bonney will get their moment of being told to come along too. The ultimate payoff will be when they end up leaving a different way in the end and Sanji and Franky are depressed.
It's hilarious how not too long ago, the Strawhats visiting Sphinx and Weevil being there was probably the most popular guess at the next location. Then it mostly got dropped once it became apparent we weren't visiting Sphinx. Turns out we were right about Weevil turning up there though. Shouldn't be a surprise that he'd protect the village, as he's always seemed devoted to his Dad. It's just WB's crew and allies he has issue with. I can't really tell if this is just Oda pushing Weevil's story off to the side to cut it as much as possible, or if Weevil's gonna end up one of the big triggers to another massive jail break of Impel Down. Next cover page will definitely show Bakkins being a freeloader.
Finally the Elders move. All this time I've been wracking my brain on how to get the Seraphim to them, so there must be a traitor VP or something to get authority control over them. I never believed they'd actually come themselves. Welp, one of them is coming themself, so that should solve that issue nicely. I hope they're all fittingly named for the planets so we can call them the Elder Sailor Scouts.
Man, it would be nice if the rest of the old cp9 guard are also on that ship. I wanna see Jabra and Kumadori in cp0 gear. It's not like they need to do anything but be there to rescue Lucci and Kaku. Otherwise Hattori is still free I guess.
Franky should be heading outside, but technically it looks like Sanji ran ahead to save the day and he hasn't arrived yet. Caribou is still missing in action, but no telling if he's just hiding nearby or has actually left the area yet. If Vegapunk really is physically missing cause of Bonney and/or the Kuma memories, or some other unknown factor, I guess we've got our issue that's gonna keep us around until Kizaru arrives.
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So, it looks like Vegapunk Stella and Bonney disappearing into Kuma's memory will keep everyone on Egghead long enough for Kizaru and Saturn to arrive. And then, the Seraphim will, once again, change sides. But depending on the length of time, the CP0 guys are dealt with, and hopefully Sentomaru can get patched up in time.
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Do you think it’s funny how all of the big three have there own ways of bringing back legends from another era?
Naruto has that forbidden jutsu that both Orochimaru and Kabuto use
Bleach has them sent to hell to come back as enemies
And now One Piece has clones
Hell even Jujutsu Kaisen is doing it
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I was pretty disappointed with Stussy not being a third-party, but just an ally. Plus Buckin and Weevil also being instantly turned into the good side without any conflict leading to it (hopefully Marco remembers his new hero was also hunting and putting down his brothers until the day before). But this arc has been so fresh I don't mind it, still pretty ecstatic with this ride.
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I wonder how Oda will tie Weevil back into story, since that seemed already hard before and even more now. Maybe Vegapunk knows something that will force Luffy to rescue him (something like Weevil being the one who took the Road Poneglyph away from FI and only him and his mom know where it is)?
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The CP ships disappearance and the dome power down are points that most people are ignoring, even though they definitely tell us there is an unacknowledged entity(ies) at play in Egghead. I don't know if I agree with Deicide on the theory of one of VP being behind the CP disappearance, though, since it was said they sync daily with Punk Records to share their memories, so anything one of the Satellites did should be known by the others (except any action taken on the current day).
Regardless of who it is, hopefully we can have something on it next chapter since we need more than the SH looking for VP to keep us entertained while Borsalino and Saturn don't arrive. -
Now that the possibility of Buckin being the real villain of the arc is out the window, I don't really have any theory where this is going. The only things I know I want moving forward are:
-- Kaku and Lilith bonding over the fact they have the same speech quirk,
-- Lucci forced to wear hawaiian shirt.
Bonus points if Lucci and Kaku are handcuffed to each other from now on. -
Regarding who else might arrive in Egghead, once he found out about Luffy being there, Borsalino asked every available warship to be sent to Egghead. Probably due to that, Doll said they were leaving for Egghead two chapters ago when Garp arrived (Garp plan is to take Helmeppo straight to Beehive, but if he was made aware Borsalino is calling a fleet to take down Luffy and Vegapunk right next to the G-14 base where he is, who knows?).
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I have absolutely no idea what to expect from Saturn, but I hope he keeps Buggy's seraphim as his bodyguard (S-Clown? Panda? Nose?)
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@access-timeco said in Chapter 1073: Miss Buckingham Stussy:
I don't know if I agree with Deicide on the theory of one of VP being behind the CP disappearance
I don't think Lucci dropped that info for nothing, but even if we disregard it as unimportant, we need to remember that (1) someone dropped the defense dome, and (2) it was machinery beeping that brought Bonney to the memories. The later can be explained as coincidence, but the former is actually an unaddressed major plot point.
There's a lot going on just outside the reader's PoV. I'm sure there's a hidden villain working, and being one of the Vegapunks is the best explanation at this moment.
About the memory sync they do every day, they are all geniuses. I'm sure one of them could figure a way to hide some memories from their collective brain.
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His quiet resignation at having to get rid off Vegapunk could suggest that sailor saturn does not always agree with Imus decisions
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The five elders and how old they are..
They don’t use astronauts suits like the other celestial dragons. They have battle scars like this one who’s accompanying Kizaru. There’s one who carries a sword.
I think the assumption of their immortality or at least long lived is very fair.
I really think these guys were there 800 years ago when Joyboy failed. -
Egghead definitely seems to be heating up, but the direction of the arc remains hard to parse with the state of advantage between the Strawhats/Vegapunks and Cipher Pol swinging like a pendulum from chapter to chapter. Will there be an escape sequence? Will we stand and fight against Borsalino's fleet? Will Cipher Pol slip their bonds and strike back, turning the advantage once again? It's exciting to feel like we have so little idea of where the story is going.
Vegapunk's invention on the cover is certainly an interesting way to reference the famous Flower Power moment of the Vietnam War protests, although it's a little hard to figure from his imagination what exactly the purpose of creating it was meant to be. Ending wars by having it grow in both sides' munitions, spoiling them as shown? Sounds a little more like a weapon of sabotage to me. And what's with his expression while he accepts the Mobel Prize?
I love seeing Stussy weaponising seastone in such a clever way - when you think about how effective it is on Devil Fruit users in such small, concealable amounts, it's almost strange we haven't seen more moves like this. But given that assassination and covert ops are a big part of the Cipher Pol playbook, it makes sense for it to be showing up here. People have complained that CP9 was too weak before the timeskip, but their job wouldn't be to get into straight up fights like they had with the Strawhats. Attacking unaware targets from the shadows like Stussy does here shows how the right tools and intel can level the playing field.
Her not being able to override Lucci's orders even after he's knocked out though, that feels like it was decided just to get the clash between Zoro and S-Hawk happening. I'm very curious and concerned about what Zoro said about the Seraphim's humanity though. Mihawk has always seemed relatively chill to me, but is Zoro here hinting at a darkness we haven't been shown yet?
Oh? Stussy's been invited too now? Yeah, somehow I don't think the last stage of this arc will let Vegapunk's plans come to fruition that easily. I could always be wrong, but it's going to be a storytelling chore to manage such a huge entourage for the main crew if that just gets to happen with no complications.
Vegapunk vanishing in a way that earns narration boxes is a bit of a shock though. That makes it feel like a huge event, but I wonder if maybe Oda just felt short on page space and decided this was easier than showing Luffy and Chopper checking a dozen places and concluding they can't find him while he's just off in a side room dealing with Bonney. Just a strange plot point to throw up so suddenly...
The Sphinx Island cutaway once again shows the cruelty of the World Government to non-member states while bringing Weevil into the fold for real. I appreciate Oda taking the time to set the Miss Buckin/Buckingham Stussy connection in stone so soon, after I was complaining about people still getting the name wrong last week. Can't miss it now, no matter how casual you are. All these global events being built up though. Sabo's desperate situation. Law's fight with Blackbeard. Kid at Elbaf. Kuma climbing the Redline. Garp rescuing Koby. And now a reason for Marco to try and save Weevil. I don't think we're going to see all of this play out in parallel and am adjusting my expectations accordingly. More likely it'll be like the events built up in the intermissions of Wano, left hanging for a long time to be resolved all at once in the Egghead post-arc period.
But the big news is obviously an Elder making his move in the real world. Whatever comes of this will go a long way to show us how the final battle will be. Are the Elders fighters in their own right, or just figures of authority. I've always figured the latter, I think it makes a lot more sense, but I'm open to being proven wrong. He's great theory fodder either way - all the stuff flying around assigning planet names to the others, keeping in mind the Ancient Weapons and Luffy as the Sun God. Imu as the moon, with their space laser from earlier, if you asked me to guess right now. But I'm not going to be too quick to assume anything deeper about their roles or personalities or abilities based just on possible planet names. Like the lackadaisical but ultimately meaningless Flower Power homage on the cover, Oda will sometimes reference things just for the imagery, just to make something in his story share a name with something he thinks is cool in real life. Not because he's trying to recreate the mythology behind the gods we named the planets for 1:1. Just worth keeping in mind as the theorycrafting really picks up over the break week.
I've never been a big believer in the theories that the pre and post timeskips will mirror each other too exactly. I think you have to really stretch to make it work beyond superficial stuff like the first saga having fishmen in it, the second one being about saving a kingdom (news flash, most arcs are about saving a kingdom!) and so on. But I'd put down reasonable odds at this stage of Egghead concluding with Luffy kicking off a global war by clocking one of the Five Elders in an escalation of Sabaody. I'll take the loss up front if it comes to that. Things aren't always the same as other things, but sometimes they are.
It hurts to have another break after such a strong chapter, and so soon after the new years' off period, but Oda's health and energy levels matter. At least we've got a lot to chew on while we're waiting.
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@Captain-M reminder that Mihawk did take Zoro's eye.
#Vergoshotfirst #Doflaisapunk
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If you're a fan of sexy vampires, this is a great time to be a One Piece fan. I'm not personally, but the seem to be pretty popular. Good for them.
Also, respect that she really did beat Lucci. She did use a weapon yeah, but she actually tricked him with Kami-E first. She's both a sneaky fighter and a skilled fighter at once, and ended the fight in a matter of minutes. It's really impressive. For once, the girl of the group ends up being the strongest out of all of them.
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So is that one Marine Nezumi, being corrupt and all, or maybe even related to Nezumi?
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Law vs Teach. Garp going after Koby. Please save Weevil. Kid Pirates in Elbaf. Bonney-VP-Kuma mysteries. Cipher Pol Abuse. Arms Race for clones. Saturn and his sycophant Kizaru on the way.
Nothing for the Straw Hats. They are just there existing. I've never seen so much going on before, while nothing for the actual crew. Just spectators with barely any connection outside of being escorts and they haven't even started their duty as escorts yet. No reason to be escorts either. At least Luffy had "Atlas fed us" when attacking Lucci.
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Wait, so the Five Elder STARS were actual celestial bodies??? Great name revelation.
If Imu represents nature, and the planet Earth, then I can see the themes of the final war being connected to the old astronomical dispute between heliocentric and geocentric models. The WG represents tradition and authority, demanding that everyone revolves around Im (the Earth), while those who seek to be free and think for themselves will revolve around Sun-God Nika, Luffy. -
@wolfwood said in Chapter 1073: Miss Buckingham Stussy:
His quiet resignation at having to get rid off Vegapunk could suggest that sailor saturn does not always agree with Imus decisions
I mean they really didn't want to blow Ohara the fuck up either.
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how long would it take to reveal Kuma's backstory
any theories on why he sold himself to become an obedient slave ? Like who agrees to that ?
we're talking about a greater sacrifice than Oden's who agreed to accept humiliation for a fixed period, Kuma is permanent !
but what if Kuma makes it to egghead and go to that room and touch that big bubble ? will he restore his real self now he connected with his own memories ?
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@Logia said in Chapter 1073: Miss Buckingham Stussy:
So is that one Marine Nezumi, being corrupt and all, or maybe even related to Nezumi?
At a guess, they're probably brothers. There's probably an entire family with them all being named after various rodents and mustelids.
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I wonder if he will mix the roman/greek names for the remaining elders as he did with the weapons.
Poseidon feels left out right now among roman names.
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At the start of Egghead I thought it might be a short arc, the length of Zou, but with the arc developing in the last chapters and this chapter especially, I think Egghead might be longer than I initially imagined.
We've got an admiral and one of the 5 Elders on their way to Egghead, with Saturn being sad of things have turned out. Is it a stretch to assume that not all of the 5 Elders are in favor of Im and question his choices? It's also the first time that we see one of the 5 Elders outside the holy land and the castle. I do wonder how often they leave the castle and what is his reason for Saturn to go to Egghead, cause I can't imagine that its just taking back the Seraphims, maybe Vegapunk is working on some other stuff.
Will we see another admiral this arc, or will Kizaru be the only one who makes it to Egghead?As for Vegapunk and Bonney being lost, maybe his teleportation device malfunctioned again, like at the beginning where he was stuck in the ancient robot.
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Yes, the way it is written, Vegapunk and Bonney are not in Kuma's memories room anymore. Either touching the memories can teleport you somewhere (the fruit power is broken enough to allow such crazy things) or the teleportation device but that would be weird since Oda seems to want to show us Kuma and Bonney's past with this plot device
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Oh what the heck, I'm so lame for this but I want to gloat in the official release thread also.
So it seems like that Weevil is a clone (or close to it) of WB, which i totally predicted in the distant past of '20
@FatDogForMidTerms said in Theories That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread v.2:
Anyone get the sense that Weevil was made in a lab? He seems like a failed prototype.
We have never seen him as a child, for some reason Bakkin goes out of her way stop him going after Blackbeard. "Revenge is not important."
Dude even looks like a Frankenstein's monster. I'm calling it, he"s a clone of WB, made by Vegapunk ofc.
Before someone snarks at me of course it's totally possible that I end being wrong and im sure i wasn't the first one to make this prediction. But when i thought of it i don't remember seeing it elsewhere.
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My theory is that Bonney and Punk both touched the paw bubble and disappeared because they are now in the flashback experiencing the past like in A Christmas Carol where Bonney will see exactly how things went down in Kuma's life but she can't interact with anyone/anything and is powerless to stop the tragic events. That could be a neat new way of doing a OP flashback.
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@NameWaster I'm seeing a lot of theorizing like that, that Bonney and Vegapunk have disappeared into Kuma's memories.
But that's not how his power works. As Vegapunk said, it's transmission of neural input. If you touch the memories, you get the stored info, you don't enter a fantasy dimension.
Wano predictions: There will be 5 acts; All Straw Hats will get fights, some in Act 4; Big Mom Pirates will arrive; Carrot will have her moment, but won't join; Yamato will be a Kouzuki samurai and Wano's Guardian; Shanks will visit Luffy in Act 5; Next arc is Mary Geoise.
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@Deicide It's true, it would contradict what we know about his power but I'm trying to figure out where they could've gone otherwise.
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@FatDogForMidTerms all hail the clonegiver - bringer of clones
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@realtenchu said in Chapter 1073: Miss Buckingham Stussy:
The five elders and how old they are..
They don’t use astronauts suits like the other celestial dragons. They have battle scars like this one who’s accompanying Kizaru. There’s one who carries a sword.
I think the assumption of their immortality or at least long lived is very fair.
I really think these guys were there 800 years ago when Joyboy failed.No. Gandhi Gorosei said Nika Nika fruit was fabled even to them. So, they shouldn't be of Void century.
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Having one of the Senile Planets finally on the move is unexpected and intriguing for sure, but coming from several years of any given threat or tension being immediately defused, being already aware of the greater evil and the recent systematic belittling of WG top dogs, I'm cautious of the actual amount of hype the appearance of rabbi Garcia here should justifiy. Sparked my curiosity nevertheless.
Curiosity has its own reason for existing
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The simplest explanation is that all the mysterious stuff so far — disappearing CP ships, defense dome shutdown, machinery beeping bringing Bonney to Kuma’s memories — may be related to the disappearance. I.e.: someone is manipulating the events. -
@wolfwood said in Chapter 1073: Miss Buckingham Stussy:
@FatDogForMidTerms all hail the clonegiver - bringer of clones
Don't count your clones before they've hatched!
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I have read that what Saturn said at the end about Vegapunk could imply that he disagrees with Imu decisions. But isn't that jumping to conclusion ? We don't know that killing Vegapunk was Imu decision and Saturn may just be sad that they loose the scientist that gave them a lot of weapons (to help achieve world peace...)
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Someone's getting that Mobel Prize
