Wano takes a whole row on its own LMAO
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RE: Chapter 1090: Kizaru
@Alfiere said in Chapter 1090: Kizaru:
So there isn't really any reason for not devoting not one chapter, but an entire subplot to Sanji dealing with the hunger in Wano because that's what I'm expecting from Sanji on a famined island after 20+ years of following his adventures. İf it's missing, anyone who cares about the character is bound to be disappointed.
Please do not speak for other fans like that. For one, Sanji already had his subplot (Germa suit which was relevant for both Sanji as a character and for the events of Wano's act 2 and 3), and he saw some other action such as rescuing Otoko with Zoro as well. In order to read and understand this series well enough, you should start by knowing that Sanji does not have a monopoly on food-related matters. We've seen a ton of affection regarding the famine - which includes the victims themselves, the citizens of Wano, because what would you know, the strawhats are not obligated to be the most victimized or concerned by all the nonsense that plagues the lands they visit. Luffy, Zoro and Tama covered the famine thing well enough in the first 10 chapters or so. And the average reader will know for themselves that the other SHs are made aware of the circumstances at some point and feel bad for the land of Wano. The reader doesn't need Oda keeping a checklist of every strawhat like "oh did I give Usopp a panel of him being sickened by Kaido's treatment of this country, did I give Sanji at least two chapters of him being scandalized about the food distribution?"
I'm going to talk about the seraphim down below, but that is the same thing really. No need to see ten straw hats bring up the issue when, even before they came across S-Shark for the first time, we could already apprehend a possible redundancy, what with SEVEN warlords needing to meet and react to their clone and express some doubt, Hancock already did that btw.We also had what, 15 chapters of Sanji making an ambitious cake and ravishing an Emperor with it just 20 chapters before Wano started and hit us with the famine plot right away. Or at the beginning of WCI, when he had a fight with his brothers over them wasting food and beating up a maid over it. Plus Luffy wanting to be fed by him no matter what. etc... No need to be redundant with the food stuff when it has never been any more of a priority for his character than several of his other traits. Besides, Wano was already long enough as is lol.
Regarding the seraphim, a lot of the talk about them is either saved for downtime later, if/when Vegapunk can give more details about them to the SHs; or a lot of it is rightfully offscreened, because Jinbei emitting concerns over such a thing would be out of character in the first place (unless only HE was cloned, but he could pretty much see it was a warlord thing), but even if he did have to bring it up to Vegapunk, it's easy to assume the conversation would be this:
Jinbei: boi what's up with that?
Vegapunk: oh, WG commissioned this new form of pacifista to replace the warlords, but this technology is in ITS LITERAL INFANCY and cannot recreate fully grown, superpowerful adults yet
Jinbei: makes sense, ok chiefand that's it. Not even worth a page. Egghead has been super meaty in terms of exposition and especially the tech stuff. We already know the concept of the seraphim. We already saw one warlord react. We already know Vegapunk doesn't produce weapons on his own (whether from Dragon's testimony or Germa cover story). We already know that the WG ordered the seraphim's creation and we've known for hundreds of chapters now that the WG sucks. The reader can figure the extent of Vegapunk's guilt (if any) for themselves with all that info.
The SHs aren't idiots. They don't have to torture themselves over questions that were already answered in implicit, time-saving ways. If Nami really has beef with someone for having a kid Jinbei try to kill her AND she had a breakdown as she hesitated to defend herself (this is actually a worthwhile SH reaction regarding the seraphim topic), then she can take it up to Saturn or whoever she happens to see when they eventually raid the holy land.
We don't know if Vegapunk has really made reprehensible creations OF HIS OWN ACCORD, but the only possibility presented so far was the Kuma modification, robbing him of his agency and whatnot. Bonney rightfully chased him to seek answers and revenge. But now she might understand what was up with that, considering she doesn't even want revenge anymore. Vegapunk at least did feel some guilt for what he did and for not wanting to tell Bonney, so there's that at least.
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RE: Jump Festa 2024
The long-awaited clash between THAT PERSON and THAT OTHER PERSON will have an unexpected outcome? Oh so Bartolomeo will embarrass Shanks after all? aight thanks for letting us know Oda
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RE: Jump Festa 2024
@MetaMario said in Jump Festa 2024:
There's also the question of what will have ON said island. Like will they have to take refuge while the heat dies down, will the Giants demand some kind of test from Luffy (it being in Shanks terrority right?), all while weaving in the preestablished lore - Dorry, Broggy, Oimo, Kashii, Prince Loki, etc.
I just don't think Oima and Kashii are a big of a deal as some think, they're most likely Bogard-tier in Oda's mind, he will need some reminding to include them lol
Hajrudin and his four giant mates on the other hand, will play a bigger role than people seem to suspect.
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RE: Chapter 1090: Kizaru
I didn't read all that. You're so pressed to have the last word that you started comparing Usopp's legitimate focus with the giants (which he IS getting once we get to Elbaf) to Sanji needing to react to everything food-related, him over everyone else, when that's neither meaningful nor essential. I can't even fathom how such a subplot would work in Wano. Orochi had spies everywhere, and Sanji already drew a LOT of attention and trouble to himself due to cooking soba in the capital, the one spot where the people of Wano aren't even that famished. Forget him trying to fix famine in every corner of the land. Again, simply getting rid of Kaido is a safer and quicker way to achieve that. Luffy was rightfully disgusted at the famine and kept reminding Kaido, even in the final pages of their fight, that he was gonna make him fly outta Wano to make people never starve again. So no need for Sanji to be a whole 1:1 clone of Luffy in that regard, with the exact same motivations and irritation. Waste of panels and on-screen developments.
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RE: 1074: ''Believe in Momo - Luffy's Final Move!''
The song is good on its own and especially fitting for Momo and for an end-of-Wano opening. It could also match Egghead to some extent
I sure hope they saved the resources for a proper Egghead opening because this wasn't it chief
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RE: Official Egghead Thread
I do not think Oda resolved the conflict off-screen at all. We'd barely been made aware of it anyway, when the death game was ongoing. The whole issue with York reaching for CD status and betraying the Punks is only really just starting.
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RE: Chapter 1090: Kizaru
He didn't step back though. So if you really wanted him to suck out the screentime of his fellow SHs even more than he already does in Wano (alongside Luffy and Zoro, and the same can be said for Egghead now) then I suppose it's no problem for me, he's my favorite character after all. Or do you mean to suggest that both he AND the likes of Franky and Usopp need far more presence on screen without cannibalizing each other? Fine, fine, I love those 2 as well. But I don't want to hear the complaints about "bloated arcs" and "time consuming plots" being said in the same breath. Sanji did spend more than 10 chapters baking one (1) cake, and you think he was gonna fix the famine in Wano in a timely measure while everyone else is busy with their own plotline too?
Wano hasn't been lacking in SH interactions or moments, far from that. There has not been a single point post-timeskip where we were famished for Straw Hats relevance (I mean except the long-ass Oden flashback or the 10 chapters away from Egghead, but that makes sense why we don't see the SHs there, though we got color cover spreads at least). When/if we somehow get to that point, then yeah we will complain, but we're not there yet.
In Egghead's case I'm definitely concerned seeing as how the majority of SHs are literally just dicking around even when things get intense around them, but we are given reason to expect contribution from them soon, because no way the monster trio has enough hands to tackle everything the marine fleet can throw at them (including an admiral) AND possibly more threats and surprises such as the Blackbeard pirates or whoever else might show up.
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RE: 1074: ''Believe in Momo - Luffy's Final Move!''
@realtenchu said in 1074: ''Believe in Momo - Luffy's Final Move!'':
It’s very rare, very rare when the anime episode is better than the manga and this was way better than the manga in Everything.
My thoughts exactly.
Only Momo's flashback at the start suffered from slight pacing slowdowns on some frames, but we'd be eating good if we otherwise had normal pacing in EVERY episode of the anime. I get that they can't animate like this every day but the pacing should be the norm, and not an occasional thing
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RE: Volume 107 Prediction/Discussion
Don't forget about the moon. We're going there.
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RE: Chapter 1112: Hard Aspects
Daily reminder that nobody gets to see or hear Vegapunk's message in this arc. Cope
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RE: 1100: "Another Level of Power! Luffy vs. Lucci!"
Best episode in the anime, easy
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RE: Chapter 1111: Sun-Shield
Robin is reuniting with Saul, no way she's gonna be a bystander in Elbaf ESPECIALLY when she sat out most if not all of Egghead already.
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RE: One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 (Switch, PS4, XBox One, PC; 2020)
Roger naming his shakedown attack 'Give Me Everything You Have' is kino
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RE: One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 (Switch, PS4, XBox One, PC; 2020)
Roger is awesome but a tad slow. RED Shanks gets stale fast
Rayleigh and Garp are bangers as well
The new missions aren't as replayable or developed as I imagined, but still a good effort. Gave us a less soulless version of TPW too.
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RE: One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 (Switch, PS4, XBox One, PC; 2020)
@Johnny-B-Decent said in One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 (Switch, PS4, XBox One, PC; 2020):
I will say that I do like this Garp moveset more then the one from 2/3. Maybe in 5 they can add the moves from the fight with Kuzan, as well.
You saw one clip and decided Garp had a whole different moveset?
He is the same in the end, just fixed slightly as to not be overreliant on grabs. AND he got at least one Hachinosu move.
We got footage for all 3 as well as a look at the new special log. Yeah we got a racing game inside our musou game now. Peak fiction
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RE: One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 (Switch, PS4, XBox One, PC; 2020)
Garp and Rayleigh have been revealed, the pack releases March 28. Gameplay stream tomorrow to showcase the new characters and special log.
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RE: Chapter 1109: Interception
@Seafarer33 said in Chapter 1109: Interception:
If 1109 had kept going with the actual truth of the world, you would have a hard time finding any readers frustrated about how people of the world have had no time to set up their recorders or whatever.Kek. Good thing that outcome was mathematically impossible and we could already deduce that with the few elements we had from 1108. You people just wanted your truth now and you're mad because you didn't get it.
And again, if the elders ARE going to cut off the signal then you were never gonna have the message this year at all lol. Oda would have blueballed you either way but you didn't want to consider other possible outcomes than the one you wanted.
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RE: Chapter 1109: Interception
@blue-san said in Chapter 1109: Interception:
So again. Why not put the message on repeat?
The chapter explained it to you. Can you read?
Vegapunk catching flak daily for people's illiteracy here lol
This is a video conference with relevant visual elements, VP wants the world to SEE the truth of the world.
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RE: Chapter 1109: Interception
@Deicide said in Chapter 1109: Interception:
And ninjutsu able to paralyse a victim by holding your fingers together.
That's just how ninjutsu works though. You never tried it yourself? You gotta learn it first chance you get.