Posts made by Benjaman

I think, that because Momo can hear the "sound of all things", the lanterns will talk to him, when he tries to move the island. He will hear the cries of his country, that has been destroyed in the last 20 years, and he will able to power himself up. Let´s not forget that Momo to a certain point could be a Secret Weapon, he must shown why that could be.

Are we sure that Kaido hasn't already awakened his fruit, last time I check is called the Fish-Fish fruit, and he is clearly a dragon. We may see him in the flashback learn to take his fruit into a new level.

I am with Robby in that Bojji is the best! But also after catching up with the series, I have to say that Queen Hiling is such a good character! That I could watch just a spinoff series of her if they need to make something between seasons.

Is clear that Yamato is gonna be the new nakama, apart from him being a very unique character design wise, Oda made sure to give him a very distinctive quality story wise. He met Ace before. Ace and his impact in Luffy as a catalyst is a key point for the series. The biggest problem Oda has now, if he wants to make a new Nakama is how much connection will that person have with Luffy overrall on the series. No new nakama is really needed, but if it was, its needs to be someone that can in some form have a raport with the overall story of Luffy. And Oda has decided to elevate the story of Yamato around a key person in the life of Luffy. Yamato has been waiting for Luffy since the start of the series, that makes it for worth it as a character than any other one. Tama being a close second, but I think her role is more connected to the reformation of the smile users, than any new type of nakama.

I think the big problem with the Nami fight is that its main purpose it was not to showcase Nami's tricks and abilities to defeat a powerfull oponent, but to give a proper ending and establish for good her new power up.
Since the first moment in the raid her whole story line has move around encountering Big Mom and develop her relationsip with Zeus. That is why almost all the fight was offscreen as that wasn't the point.
Makes no sense in using panels on Nami thinking about how to fight Ulti if the final panel was always going to be her attacking with Zeus. It feels to me that Oda decided more on having Nami and Ussop being a conduit for Tama than anything else. Also a good excuse to showcase how fragile pirates can be under the stress of life and death situation, with her resolve of defending Luffy's dream being compared to the surrender of Ulti's personal one. I think the person that had the most to lose was Ussop as he cleared was put on the back of the whole "Nami and Zeus" storyline. It will be interesting to see how Oda gives back Ussop a moment to shine after his none fight with Page1.

@Seafarer33:

Been catching up, reeeeeaaally interesting discussion. Love Robby's insight on comics creation in the long run, it couldn't ring truer.

One thought that's been nagging me for a while, though, and could have some weight in the five-year count : are we absolutely certain that we're ever going to have an Elbaf arc?
We're assuming there's going to be one for a number of valid reasons, that we do. Big Mom has some unfinished business with giants and Usopp wants to become a brave warrior of the sea and there's that big-ass tree over there, not to mention prince Loki who almost married Lola. But then, what of it ? What if this is just another story Oda from a decade ago would have loved to brush but modern Oda choses to let go ? Is any of that required to bring One Piece closer to its end ? No. We visited the island once in Big Mom's flashback and maybe that's all we're ever going to see of it. Luffy already has the world's only Giant Pirates crew for allies. Lola (maybe) married someone. We have enough information to guess what really happened to mother Caramel. Big Mom can live on without a giant in her kingdom. The tree is interesting and mysterious and possibly linked to the D kingdom, but so are a dozen other landmarks in the world of One Piece that we may never learn more about… The only reason I could picture Elbaf as an absolute milestone is if the last Road Poneglyph was revealed to be there. But so far its location is unknown and even that could be skipped now we have Yamato and Oden's journal.

Don't misunderstand me, I would love the story to take a detour in Elbaf and if there has to be another destination after Wano it might as well be there since the place has been teased repeatedly over the years. But when everything's said and done, the story could very well wrap up without ever needing to set foot in there.

There is a very good theory about Elbaf being the island of Shanks, that makes a lot of sense. Basically, the strawhats will defeat Shanks and crew on a "Davy Back Fight", probably for the secret to where the last poneglyph is. There is a lot of assumptions about it, like Mihawk will be with Shanks to be under a Yonkou now that the Shichibukai system is abolished. So we can have Luffy, Zoro and Ussop facing their heroes and the latter becoming a great warrior of the sea by then.
Mr. Morj (hopefully I am taping his name correctly) is the guy behind the theory, he has a video about it on youtube.

I really hope so too. As you said, the whole sensei speech with Hinata understanding the situation was just heart wrenching. I really hope the team doesn't loose just because Hinata is away.
And yes, this thread needs more love, the last few chapters of this manga, has been by far one of my best reads of the week.

Such a good chapter. Damn the art this week was good.

Awww the years of the Tobi Tank and other weird memes.

Can you please not start another war U.S.A., please!

The rest of the world.

In the commercial, I don't know if someone already said it. But isn't the cat that Chopper is holding a double reference to the two ships of the Straw Hats. The cat is white because that is the main colour of Merry, and also a cat because that is the main type of animal represented by Sunny.

One of the guys leaving the Dojo (furthest to the left) is Hyouzou.

@Monquito:

! Watch Captain Marvel to learn why

! I did, but check Black Widow's hair, in the post credit she has long red hair and in the trailer is blonde and short

The last scene on the trailer doesnt make sense. Why is Thor and Black Widow with their Infinity War Looks but Captain Marvel is there too. Did she travel trought time to that day before the snap?

At this point Togashi is just trolling. He notice that "everyone was happy that Guts got out of the boat", that he decided that Kurapica is never leaving his. I would be surprised to see if we get to the dark continent in the next ten years.

Peter Jackson already did this, and the result is the cult classic Meet the Feebles.

So is there any chance that the straw hat from Luffy was made from the straws of that hat. Like somebody understood the importance of that symbol and took it out of Marijoas as an old symbol.

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I saw Thor Ragnarok this week. It is by far the best Thor movie and even tought some of the secondary characters dont get too much to do, the Thor/Hulk interactions are well worth the price of admition.

I have been reading about this discussion about the "What is the point of" for Carrot, and for me at least it may seem like just the setup for a moment when Carrot becomes a kind of "new captain" for the SH Fleet. Probably she will be inspire by Pedro and lead some forces of minks during the war in Wano. No nakama, just a new ally.

Saw the movie, it left me quite cold. They spent some much time explaining stuff that there is almost no place to establish characters. Light is just a horny teenager, that sells answers for homeworks and has a personal vendetta against a criminal. Two of those points are solved in the first 20 mins of the movie and after that is mostly a nothing of a film. It is implied that Ryuk is evil and will kill Light eventually but that plot point goes nowhere. I would have to say that Mia made a more reasonable "Light". Her actions mimic more the original character that this Turner kid. Also there is almost no "Cat and mouse" play between L and Light. It really is baffling that Hollywood directors and producers cant understand a main character without giving him a "love interest". That doesn't make any sense for Light, especially for a guy that look at himself as a god.

I think Arya is gonna get captured. That is gonna be the thing that is gonna divide Jon and Sansa, and put Cersei in a position of power agains the Stark. And probably is gonna be the catalyst for Jaime to decide if he gonna save Arya or not, and become the "Queen Slayer".

Just saw Homecoming! One the best Spider-man movies. Up there with SM 2 and just plain fun. Holland moves so easily between Parker and Spidey. Just go see it and lol wait for the after credits u will love it!

They should do a Masters of the Universe/Thundercats/Silver Hawks shared universe.

"Fan service", the show. With all the hate that it gets, GT looks like a master piece in front of all this clusterfuck of choices.

That moment in your life when you hear Bill Burr talking about OPM:

Dude, spoiler tag. Use them.

In canon isnt Bra suppose to be years older than Pan? So why is she born now a few months at least after Pan. Doesnt add up.

Such a waste. Is a really good manga.

So, how many kids are going to get killed in this escape scenario. The fact that the MC is holding a baby that is probably not going to make it, is really bleak.

Something needs to happen fast. If chapter 6 is another "lets think how to get out of here" chapter, this is going to become very boring very fast. The kids need to take action fast. It was very dumb to not include more kids in the plan, or at least attack mama at some point, seeing as there are no demons around.

So ghosts babies… Can someone explain that?

These "evil" chefs, make Team Rocket look like "L" from Death Note.

Doctor Strange trailer: http://geektyrant.com/news/get-another-psychedelic-look-at-doctor-strange-in-this-brand-new-comic-con-trailer

New trailer for WW:

So now is confirmed, a new character for Agents of SHIELD. http://geektyrant.com/news/ghost-rider-confirmed-to-appear-in-new-season-of-agents-of-shield

I love some of the designs for the evil dragons at the end. Especially the Four Star Dragon and the big one with a cigar. Better than the new Super Dragon in my opinion.

So what is going to be the name of Ichigo's son/daughter? Boltgo?

So it is possible that what Jimbe looses is his home, so in that regard it would be in a certain way Luffy´s responsability. So the fate of fishman island would become true.

Meanwhile in Copa Centenario in the USA:
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Azami is slowly but surely killing this manga. The whole Central plot is so absurd that the aura around the 10 seats, went from cool rivals, to wacky villains. In a few months there is probably going to be an antagonist that would want to destroy evey Mcdonalds in the world or something like that.

A Grass/Flight starter is really OP… But he looks really cute. Grass Owl for me too.

Yeah i would have been good for the episode to name the Accords, to kind of understand why none of the avengers is going to fight this monster.

Aizen has always been the gift that keeps on giving.

@Xanegoh:

Really love the new thread title.

And Franky. I get what you mean. I joined last year. Really wish I could have been a part of the fullbringer nonsense.

Ohh you missed the golden era of Aizen is a butterfree.

Just saw it. The film is amazing, and the action insane. People at my screening were going crazy. This movie is going to make all the money.
That airport scene… just wow.

Enjoy the bankai:
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Yeah! New HxH!

So are we going to have a new prediction poll in the thread for how many chapters everyone think we will get?
Because i´m going big with 20 at least.

Besides from the quality of the animation. The fights of this super power beings is just plain boring. Even the filler tournament in heaven from DBZ was much more entertaing than this.