**I was recently re-reading the Jaya arcand came across something interesting.
Stephen
Large Man: Hundred million...
I thought thirty was odd for a kid with such [u]ambition[/u],
but THIS...!!
``` **You think Blackbeard was talking about the same kind of spirit/chi/ambition/badassness that appeared in the latest chapter?**Very plausible…
What an observation, i don't know but maybe the spirit is connected
to the dreams and ambition… it's both abstract and it can connect...
For that matter, why do they believe in fate so much, so much with the exploding apples and shooting air to see who gets shot?
Maybe… it's a cult.
A cult? Yeah, right. Just like Zoro and Nami and Luffy and almost all the Strawhats tend to "leave things to Luck". So they are also a cult, aren't they? :p And besides: The only one who really mentions luck all the time is that ill one, if I recall correctly. That's probably his quirk, just like Zoro is sleeping all the time.
But back to the topic: Luffy showed real ambition because he didn't fight against someone who isn't worth it. Blackbeard himself said: "If you want to be a first-rate man, you'll encounter a time when there's no reason to fight back". That's what impressed Blackbeard, and not some weird kind of fighting spirit that makes people crumble.
And later he clearly refers back to Luffy's first encounter with Bellamy, because that's the only time he met Luffy: When Luffy showed that he has too much ambition and too many more important things to do than to waste his time on some minor enemies.
It is possible that Luffy will get some kind of fighting spirit that makes people crumble. Just like some kind of extreme determination and killing intent which people subconsciously sense and that is strong enough to make their willpower shatter.
But I see absolutely no connection whatsoever to what Blackbeard said besides the fact that Luffy has the ambition to aim to the top. But we know since the very first Chapter of One Piece that he wants to be pirate king, so that knowledge isn't something that surprise us at all.
Yes I think they are the same characters. (Just checked my raw scans)
nice find….
So the guy above me just comfirmed Oda meant ambition the same way he meant shanks' ambition. Well this is a good easter egg. Good find Octogan.
Luffy does have some spirit, but its just not at a high level. At least it wasnt than.
Im not really sure what it means to bring out your spirit. In the anime Bellamys crewmate tryed to stop him and Luffy just looked at him and the guy froze. That could be considered spirit couldnt it? Its not like Shanks where people just have to see him, but would yall consider that Luffys spirit?
Personally, while reading Davy Back Fight for the first time yesterday I noticed some things. With us being on the latest chapter if we went back to chapter 1 and re-read everything we'll probably come across plenty of stuff.
