@wolfwood:

Oh i'll continue being a salty hater

You people wanna hear about salt?

10 years ago in the volume 5 of this very same thread I made the argument that the next crewmate would be at least as tall as Brook and Franky based on the databook Green original sketches. The argument being that, taking basic composition into account, there was a tall member erased in the sketches. You can still read the thread here but I'll paste some of my comments:
"Looking Green sketches of the crew it seems like the new strawhat is as tall as franky and brook."
"Oh man. I'm not talking about sanji, zoro or luffy sketches but of the blank spot above them. There's a character erased by the editors there. You can see it, no?"
"You know Oda had planned since the beginning to be 10 nakamas in the band. It's obvious that Oda drew sketches of the entire band in the beginning (although later change his mind) so there's one missing in the image."

I was insulted by a lot of users who might not even post here anymore nor read this message. Here's their input:
"If we vote on stupidest post of 2010, I'm going to vote for Enther over people like AlmostLegendary, AGOG, and Soapbox." - JERK_DISEASE
"Honestly you've littered this thread with your irrelevant posts. It's not topic worthy" - Zik
"Hey! I also want to play that game called "make a stupid, random and overly subjective theory with zero backup"!" - Just_Babe

And my favorite reply, because I was arguing for Hachi as a new member (yeah I know) but this user broke the time/canon fabric:
"OMG its a "big" space and therefore only a "big" character can fit. Using AGOG's theory, only Jimbei = 3 Luffy's is compatible !!! It must be Jimbei!!!" - kageisa

So yes. I held this salt for 10 years knowing that some day the non edited version of the sketch would be released and today is the blessed day. I thank apforums for keeping the posts alive, I thank the posters of back then for helping me improve my poor English and I thank reality for proving me right.
Cheers to this forum surviving 10 years more.

@springsring:

Maybe it's just that I don't feel it's drawn as well as usual.

Be aware that what you are reading is a low quality photo photoshoped to erase the "recycled paper" look and redrawn in some places by someone in the fastest way possible to be the first. I read One Piece online all the time and I think I read it in good quality because I read a fancy scanlation and then I pick up a real volume and I'm always surprised at how awesome it looks.

@King:

Kin'emon has been doing such a poor job as a new potential crewmate though. He has done nothing at Dressrosa.

There's still time. Not everyone is matched. I think all the subordinates will get a one chapter fight (Lao-G, Dellinger…) And Buffalo could end fighting Kinemon. Also he did find Kanjuurou and even when I can understand that non spanish readers don't get the Mortadelo hype about Kinemon you still have to find the moment he passed as Doflamingo hilarious.
As for being the next crewmate I think he has everything in his favor. How well compliments the other two swordmen of the crew. How he interacted with the whole crew in Punk Hazzard and the fact we still know very little about him wich atlast means we will see more of him in next sagas that can change your mind about him.

Also about Kinemon I want to point the dualism with brook:

• Brook was saved by Zoro (He freed his shadow from ryuuma), it's similar to sanji (both dress as gentlemen and are pervs) but has one trait in common with zoro(swordmanship).
• Kinemon was saved by Sanji, it's similar to zoro (he's a japanese styled swordman with lots of pride) but has one trait common with Sanji (Pentvertness).

This is represented by the trios the swordman trio already mentioned and the trio that goes apeshit with momonosuke.

PD: Mortadelo is the most famous comic character of Spain and his "power" is very similar to the one Kinemon has. Basically he can disguise himself as anything. And it's hilarious.

@King:

^UP^

I do agree with you. The thing is, I don't find the theory of Jinbe death so far fetched to the extent of making fun of it as i'm seeing in the last few pages of this thread.

And to contribute to the NSC thread I'm going to share the very known theory of the number of the devil fruits with the thousand sunny added value thing that i've read on 4chan this past days:

It's well known that so far all the names of devil fruits the Strawhat crew has can be read as numbers in japanese as japanese language utilizes a lot of names for the same numbers when counting things:

Gomu-Gomu go = 5 mu = 6
Hito-Hito hi = 1 to = 10
Hana-Hana ha =8 na = 7
Yomi-Yomi yo = 4 mi = 3

So there's people who think the next devil cursed strawhat will have a DF wich represents 2 and 9. I myself think is going to be Kinemon with the fuku-fuku no mi (fuku=clothes) as fu = 2 and ku = 9.

The thing that baffles my mind and I'm sorry if has already been mentioned is that if you sum all the numbers:
56
110
87
42
+29
the result is 325.
If you read this number in japanese not as 325 but as indivdual numbers sounds: san-ni-go (sunny-go). And at this point I think it can't be coinidence.

@The:

So go on, show me the foreshadowing of Jinbe's death. Tell me why it would be good for the story - thematically and plot wise even. Nothing marks Jinbe for death.

I don't think he is going to or want Jinbe to die. But saying nothing marks Jinbe for death when the fucker is calling for it since pretty much his first appearance is just false.

@RamistaR:

-then the average poster explains that Oda is predictable and that Jinbe hasn't death written all over his character…as opposed to Ace

That's funny because Oda has gone out of his way to imply that Jinbe and Ace share the same fate:

• Jinbe was presented caged in the same cell than ace.
• Jinbe was equal in terms of strengh to Ace (They are even drawn in the same position on the floor).
• They both pledged alliance to the antagonist of their heritage. Ace was the son of of WB greatest rival and Jinbe is the heir of Fisher Tiger will.
• Jinbe took Ace place as a "brother" when Luffy needed it the most with the knowlege Ace had given to him about Luffy.

Look, I don't think all of the above has the meaning that I am implying it has, but if you are going to say Ace had death all over his face because of details then Jinbe "Murderers" can say the same about Jinbe.

Also, everybody is doing a good job explaining why Ace and WB death were necessary and meaningful for Luffy and for major antagonists but that doesn't mean that is the only way for Oda to create a meaningful death. For instance Jinbe is part of the most metaforic saga and the only one to remain unfinished wich is Fishman Island could Jinbe death istead of build up of an antagonist be the catalyst for the desruction of Fishman Iland by Luffy's hands? You don't have to agree but at least consider the possibility of Oda doing things differently than previously made.

@phoenix_fire:

I am actually pretty surprised how much unanimous excitement it gets on this forum. It feels strange given how critical people can be here.

That's because it feels wrong to piss on the parade when a manga is new and gaining fandoom.
I myself think Nanatsu no Taizai is incredibly bad, Fairy Tail 2.0. Actually, is the first thing to redeem Hiro Mashima of his work since now I think part of the bullshit of FT it's to blame on the editors who are doing the same with NnT.
The series is all about creating "cool moments" and kawai characters without any meaning and making no senese taking all to a point when it's ridiculous and embarassing. Not to mention the fanservice. This manga will be a hit among kids and hipsters and will be liked only by kids to years later just as Fairy Tail.

/Rant

@Admiral:

yes you're right somehow this mistake from oda bothers me a lot

Marineford it's supposed to be covered by fog. Oda does not draw the fog in every panel though. Look at chapter 550, you can see the fog but if Oda were to draw all of it you could not see anything so it seems there's a clear sky.

Also this:

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@MJR.:

Funny how the drawer of Sanji's current bounty picture has drawn him exactly the way he looked when he was a baby.

The baby of chapter 0 is Duval.

I think the next time a photo of Sanji gets sent to the marines HQ a G-5 marine saved by Sanji during Punk Hazzard will destroy it. Also Sanji is not "the spy" of the strawhats but "the invisible man". Oda trolled Sanji during the first part of the series and acomplishing his dream in the only way that doesn't make him happy was part of it.

Loving the theory of the thunder soldier being kyros. Also, to everyone that says Diamante is the toy fruit user I hope he smashes you when he transforms into his Bull hybrid form.

@Smiley:

You would thing that kaido would put someone who can at least hit logias on his favourite island considering the new world is full of then but nope.

Isn't the fact that Caribou has to dodge the bullets instead of just swallow them proof that Scotch can in fact hit him?