Alright, when sailors were out on their ships and saw manatees/dugongs, they believed they were mermaids. This is how the mermaid myth originated.
In the latest chapter, the crewmembers are saved by a mermaid… but they believe it to be a dugong!
Mermaid Humor
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That's because the mermaid was a fat, ugly, old lady.
Edit: A sarcastic response to an observation I thought was obvious.
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really, I didn't know.
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Oh, I get what you're saying. Old sailors see dugongs/mantees and think they see a mermaid, while the SHs see a mermaid and think that it's a dugong. That's really clever.
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I think the sailors who were lost were too drunk at the time, either from all the homosexual orgies going on to keep themselves optimistic, or just sheer boredom.
Course Kokoro could merely be like the Ugly Duckling, where she got the short end of the stick at birth.
Shrugs
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Hah, nice catch, Carter. I forgot Manatees/Dugongs were long mistaken for mermaids; what great irony, Oda!
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That was probably Oda's insparation for Kokoro…
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Haha, nice catch!! I totally forgot about all that!
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I want to apologize to Cap'n Carter for attempting to debase this thread. I originally thought that the joke was obvious, since I realized about a second after reading it, and ensued to ridicule it. It just shows that one cannot use one's own standards to represent a majority.
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I did find that amusing ("Du..Du…Dugong!!?"). Though, may I remidn people that (I think) we've already seen a mermaid on Hatchi's cover story, one that looked a bit better than Kokoro. So maybe she was the ugly duckling, though i don't tihnk she matured into a swan...
However this does confirm that Mermaids can survive on land.
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Haha, that's awesome XD I didn't even think about that.
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Was there ever any doubt they could survive on land? Unless you mean walk on land.
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lol jokes oh come on now, didn';t you all see Disney's the Little Mermaid?!
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It just shows that one cannot use one's own standards to represent a majority.
QFT.
and i thought that was obvious <_<
and to stay on topic:
yes, i've totally forgotten about that too. thanks for bringing it up, carter. the irony is really amusing, though. it's the kind of thing that only oda can pull xD
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So maybe she was the ugly duckling, though i don't tihnk she matured into a swan…
Wasn't Kokoro referred to as "Tom's beautiful secretary" in Franky's flashback (I think)? Thought I'd throw that out on the table (don't recall seeing hot old people in real-life anyway ~.~; ).
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Wasn't Kokoro referred to as "Tom's beautiful secretary" in Franky's flashback
Perhaps mermans regard being plump as a good quality. After all they seems come from more primitive culture.
Very cool indeed though. I didn't even knew about the dudong thing to begin with, it wasn't just my memory…
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Well, back in those days, Kokoro was thin.
Although she still looked kind of freaky. -
@Cap'n:
Alright, when sailors were out on their ships and saw manatees/dugongs, they believed they were mermaids. This is how the mermaid myth originated.
In the latest chapter, the crewmembers are saved by a mermaid… but they believe it to be a dugong!
Alright, where's that spoiler tag? >_>Just kidding. XD But honestly, I've only read up to 289. :sad: Tear jerking, isn't it?
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Dude, you alllll know young mermaid kokoro was a hottie, even if her face looks like a vaccum cleaner hit it the wrong way. ^_^
