@TheStrawHat:

inb4 burgess kills sabo

that would be incredible, lmao

Hot damn, Doflamingo looks ferocious pouncing through the sky like that.

Where the hell was the Texans offense today? Seriously, that loss was a bummer.

You know, I'd say I'm 50/50 on the whole "Shanks will die" thing. I could see it being relevant to the plot in a sense that it will drive Luffy or something along those lines. Still, I think Shanks is really cool and I'd wish he'd show up more, so it would be a bummer if he ended up dying.

As for the on-topic question, I sorta always imagined him meeting Shanks after reaching the One Piece and becoming Pirate King- achieving his dream in life. Though, I don't think he'll necessarily return it. Possibly, Shanks could be like "Keep the hat, you've earned it,l or "It's yours now," or something, and then at some point down the line Luffy will give the hat to another young, aspiring child, thus continuing the cycle.

Or idk, who knows. It just sounds ideal to me.

As for the samurai off-topic discussion, I'm pretty sure there can be Sword Dojos anywhere in the One Piece world, wherever there is a teacher who is willing to instruct others in the ways of the sword. Their location doesn't really matter much.

Also, I wouldn't say Zolo doesn't stand a chance. He was under the wing of Mihawk for two years, thus his strength and skill has grown exponentially. Pre-Timeskip he even managed a fight against Ryuma, who was a legendary samurai from Wano. If he did fight one now, in a healthy, prime state (such as Kinemon), I could see it being a close match, or even a draw. But to say that Zolo doesn't stand a chance based on nothing is ridiculous. Isn't his whole drive centered around "never losing in another swordfight until the day he beats Mihawk"? Surely his ambition would push him to win a fight, even if he was outclassed?

In One Piece, there are no rigid power rankings, but determination proves to be a great strength. This is basically the reason why Luffy was able to beat Crocodile, despite being outclassed (or beaten two times previously and narrowly surviving), as his ambition allowed him to keep on fighting until he beat Crocodile.

So based on that, Zolo has done the same thing, and could do it again when faced up against the Wano samurai. But we'll just have to wait and see if that'll ever happen.

@MetaMario:

With the destruction of the island possibly coming up…....what the heck happened to the Cool Brothers? What will happen to them?

^This is a legitimate concern of mine as well. Whatever happened to those two? They were curbstomped and that's it? I would have expected them to regain their composure by now at least.

I absolutely love the colorspread, and the first part to Franky vs. Baby 5 and Buffalo was neat-o. Baby 5's power is p nifty, eh?

Overall, I liked the chapter, and it felt like Pre-Timeskip One Piece, which was nice. Perhaps it was just seeing Franky in action again that struck up those nostalgic feelings.

I guess my only complaint would be seeing Monet back up, threatening to blow up the island. No doubt that it's Monet's heart that Caesar's holding, and he's going to unknowingly subdue her, putting him in a further state of vulnerability.

If Monet's attitude this chapter doesn't dispell the whole "Monet 4 nakama" hype, then I don't know what will. I mean, we've already seen that she's clearly got some evil tendencies, and even though she claimed to be "protecting" the kids and whatnot, she seems to have no hesitation killing the kids along with the others now. But we'll see how things play out next chapter. If anything, I see her being subdued and later possibly being in a cover story with Vergo or something. I'm not sure if Doflamingo would be accepting them back by his side after failing him, but you never know. But hey, this is just me showing my dislike for Monet, who I just see as a boring character with a wasted fruit power.

@joekido:

How is saying "fuck you" is going to take any effect on westboro? Just go and bomb the Fucken church

Y'know, I pondered about this today. Given their notorious reputation and inconsiderate maliciousness, how come no one has ever taken any sort of extreme action against them? I am no supporter of violence and killing, even given Westboro's sickening nature, but I just don't understand how they have managed to go around shitting on people's mournings for so long and not face any sort of extreme violence from some lone person, or even a small group who was pushed past their limits of tolereance with the "church."

I guess no one has been pushed to that point yet, or finds prison time worth it. And I guess that is true; the WBC are so ridiculously awful no one takes them serious, or worth it, even given how evil they have been. I still find that hard to believe that not one person has ever attempted some sort of extreme attack, but maybe it's for the best.

Honestly, even given their terribleness, it would still be better to see the group's demise in a non-violent, law-abiding way, rather than more bloodshed. At least it would be just and fair, unlike their interpretations of holy writings that they preach.

I had really wanted the Raiders to win last night, and I was really hyped when they managed to get 3 sacks in and a touchdown during the first half, but I had to go to bed during the second half, and from there they weren't able to catch up apparently. I'm no football expert, but they're defense seemed…uncoordinated? I don't know, they just seemed to be all over the place at times.

Vacuum-Vacuum Fruit / Vac-Vac Fruit. Paramecia.

This fruit turns the user into a human vacuum, allowing them to inhale and exhale gusts of wind at inhuman levels, and allows them to store inhaled objects in their body until they are exhaled. They can also form holes in their hands and feet that are granted the same properties as their mouth. Stored objects are held within a sort of "hammerspace", allowing for the inhaling of a number of sizable objects, even if the user's body isn't logically large enough to hold them. There is a limit to the size and number of objects a user can absorb, but those limits depend on the user's strength and skill with the fruit.

The fruit has many practical combat and supportive uses. For instance, they can use it in battle by inhaling and exhaling large gusts of wind from either their mouth, hands or feet. They could also charge up wind blasts, pressurizing them until they are exhaled as "Coup de Vent" like air bullets. Another usage would be releasing strong gusts of wind from their feet, allowing for short bursts of speed or even flight. A user could even store hazardous items inside of their body, such as steel balls and swords, and exhale them out at opponents during battle, catching them off guard.

Whenever the user has an item that they need to keep safe or hidden, the Vac-Vac Fruit could be extremely helpful, as the item could be stored within their body and could only be aquired by beating it out of the user through force, or if the user reliquished said item and exhaled it. This power could be used to store a human, but only after becoming skilled with it. They would only be able to last in the "hammerspace" for a limited time, as it is essentially a vacuum within there, unless the user is constantly resupplying the stored human with inhaled gusts of air.

Now that I think about it, Franky better get some sort of Big Damn Hero moment or at least have been up to something productive offscreen this whole time. How many chapters ago was he last seen?

I'm really starting to miss the Strawhat's residential speedo-totin' pervert cyborg. ;-;