@electricmastro said in Post-Wano plotline roundup: Kozuki Hiyori:
@FelRes said in Post-Wano plotline roundup: Kozuki Hiyori:
I'm still waiting for her point to be made.
Maybe we'll hear it when we come back from break.
"What did you get for Odenmas, Hiyori?"
"Matches! Btw have you seen Tama?"
I'm still waiting for her point to be made.
@Coookie said in Chapter 1069: All Things Are Brought Into This World With Hope:
@FelRes said in Chapter 1069: All Things Are Brought Into This World With Hope:
Some people are being waaaay too hasty with thinking that was all there was to the DF explanation. Obviously there's gonna be more detail, they didn't just poof into existence.
Just like Kaido will obviously be fleshed out more with a proper flashback. Or how we will get more about Kaido's and Yamato's relationship. Or how Yamato will obviously join the crew after how many times it's been hammered in. Or how the biggest and baddest crew of Zoans in the entire world will obviously have Awakening. Or how Luffy will obviously not just win by having the bigger and stronger punch. Or how Carrot will obviously get her moment to shine and not just be completely offscreened, get burdened with ruling Mokomo Dukedom despite not wanting it and getting no proper resolution.
I hope Vegapunk will give us a more detailed explanation when/if things calm down but after Wano I'm keeping my expectations low. The first "reveal" what Devil Fruits are just didn't land for me, at all.
The only thing there that was reasonable to expect was a Kaido flashback, and even then we still got some bits. Rest of that was either established enough or never a sure thing. None of that is really that major either, they're just things some fans wanted but not big plot points. I expect devil fruits to be expanded on to some degree. It totally fits the theme of the series, so I'm satisfied with the stuff VP stated even if it's just the jist of it.
Some people are being waaaay too hasty with thinking that was all there was to the DF explanation. Obviously there's gonna be more detail, they didn't just poof into existence.
btw how are you anti-Lucci dweebs coping?
@Deicide said in Chapter 1067: Punk Records:
Is anyone else a bit uninsterested in Egghead?
I think Ch 1061 was the last one that had me intrigued. Since then, it's been just the characters walking around and getting exposition. Only the Law/BB parts made me question where are we going. There has been a lot of answers lately, but little to no adventuring, nor interesting new questions, IMO. Oda usually makes each reveal has a cost (like the character having to surpass something first), but now it feels like the answers are coming free of cost.
I'm still questioning myself if Egghead is a full arc, or just a quick setup for something bigger on the horizon. Which is strange, given how much Vegapunk was hyped over the years. I'm not saying the story is bad, just that it isn't keeping me THAT hyped for each next chapter. If you look the last six chapters (half a volume, or 2 months IRL), aside from from BB/Law clashing, you find surprisingly little tension, action, or adventuring. As a consequence, I find myself with little to talk about each week.
Nah, this arc is fascinating so far. It's obviously a expositional transition arc most likely leading to Elbaf. Vegapunk's pretty much exactly what I expected too, total ally and a goofy old man. We're seeing the payoff of groundwork that was laid years and years ago, things are finally happening. We don't need new questions at this stage, it's time for answers. It's like this was what Oda had in mind during post Enies Lobby.
I also wasn't fond of the scene switching to Law and Blackbeard for those chapters, it didn't really have anything to do with what's going on and coulda been done before the arc started. It was neat that the Pudding thing coincided with the cover story, but maybe the cover story coulda been done faster. Maybe Oda put it there to add a bit of action to keep people from getting too comfy, but now it seems like we're getting into the actual conflict with Cipher Pol arriving. I'm curious to see how thing will escalate, I'm guessing CP will fail to capture Vegapunk and seraphim will be the powerhouse here.
@Nilitch said in What do you think about the Seraphims ?:
They sure can't be unbeatable. But they seem to be as strong, or maybe even somehow stronger than their original ? And one of them could potentially be as strong as Mihawk. Which means, that the WG basically bought a yonkou with their Tenryubito money. And I'm not forgetting about the rest of them which consist of a lot of pirates with bounties higher than Marco
The seraphim to me come off as brute force type enemies. They just instinctively fight by hitting fast and hard, and are basic with their abilities. The real people they're based off of obviously have more skill to them, and have to put some thought and strategy into their fighting (or defending). It's like if you've ever played an RPG and run into those special bosses that are dark archtypes of party members. They just kinda come at you like feral animals, but if you're prepared for that you should be okay even if they're intimidating.
I like them. They're not proper characters, they're tools, and the context for them is interesting as they're the natural progression of the ongoing government experiment conspiracy theory element of the story. And they even have a vague connection to some still-mysterious lore that was recently brought up with King's race. They're very connected to everything that's going on, plus it's a fun excuse to use the warlords' kid designs. And while they're very powerful, they aren't totally unbeatable. I'm curious to see where Oda goes with them.
@The-Franky-Tank said in How was your Day 2 (general chat):
@FelRes said in How was your Day 2 (general chat):
@The-Franky-Tank said in How was your Day 2 (general chat):
Just got back home from a 10-day trip to Iceland. If you love mountains, water, snow, and cool weather you should definitely go there. Got lucky and saw the Northern lights, kind of. It wasn't strong enough to see the colors with the naked eye, it was mainly a faded green mist in the sky with the colors appearing on pictures.
I went to Iceland over the summer, it was absolutely gorgeous. So many puffins and so much rye bread. Didn't get to see northern lights tho. It was daylight pretty much 24/7 it was weird but cool. Need to go back one day.
Awesome, glad you got to enjoy your time there. Being October puffins were long gone for me but did get a rare sighting of some reindeer in the distance. Also got a chance to see some of my favorite animal, the Humpback Whale during a whale watching tour. Where all did you go during your visit?
We circled around the entire island. Highlights for me were the myvatn baths, whale watching up north in Dalvik, puffins in Borgarfjörður eystri, and Glacier Lagoon + Diamond Beach. Loved seeing all the seals playing in the lagoon, they're my 2nd fav animal after sharks. And we miraculously saw some humpback whales engaging in some... humping at Diamond Beach. It was nuts. I missed out on elephant rock tho, which was the main thing I wanted to see r.i.p.
@The-Franky-Tank said in How was your Day 2 (general chat):
Just got back home from a 10-day trip to Iceland. If you love mountains, water, snow, and cool weather you should definitely go there. Got lucky and saw the Northern lights, kind of. It wasn't strong enough to see the colors with the naked eye, it was mainly a faded green mist in the sky with the colors appearing on pictures.
I went to Iceland over the summer, it was absolutely gorgeous. So many puffins and so much rye bread. Didn't get to see northern lights tho. It was daylight pretty much 24/7 it was weird but cool. Need to go back one day.
Finally got in and have been playing the past couple days.
Of the new characters, Soujorn has been the most fun to use. Very mobile and just feels good to use. Junker Queen has some cool abilities, but I haven't felt compelled to play her much. Might need to try more, but feel like she's just not my type of tank. Kiriko just feels bad and awkward to play, and I dislike her design. She's just heavily cliched Japanese Tracer.
New Orisa is more fun than the old one, but it's underwhelming she's the only one with such a drastic rehaul. I think the only other one with much tweaking was Bastion? He feels weird to play now, especially with the 5v5 balancing. Which is horribly unbalanced. Mei not freezing with her frost gun anymore is also weird to get used to, but she's still op.
Everything else is pretty whatever. The battle pass is abysmal, and nothing about anything justifies the '2' in the title as it largely feels like the same game but more like broken freeware. They didn't even really update the characters' designs, everyone looks the same with minor differences to their hair. Not giving any money to Blizz for this one, but will keep installed a side game for when I want something mindless.
Yeah it's day 3 and haven't been able to get in at all. Getting through a queue just puts me back in the queue. This is D3 launch bad. The few people I know who've played were disappointed in the battle pass/cosmetics system too
I semi can't wait to play this dumpster fire for the next couple of weeks before heading back to Fortnite.
It's pretty much guaranteed either Vivi or Yamato at this point. It doesn't even matter who BB's 10th is, most of his known commanders aren't even really fleshed out at all.
I can only see it being Yamato or Vivi, more likely Yamato since there's more set-up for it. I don't expect any Egghead character to be given that sorta honor, Bonney is just a guest.
Does it come with a "Guess That Girl!" section featuring Nami lookalikes and answers in the back?
I don't really get any complaints about this chapter, it's not like the mystery dream thing is new, it's been an established thing and is obviously being saved for ~Laugh Tale. It's annoying to have to wait so long for mysteries to be solved, but I had zero expectation for anything to be resolved right now. Likewise, Im has already been established as a spooky end-game villain, now we know he's capable of destroying islands, prolly via Uranus which is apparently shaped like a straw hat, whatever that implies.
Nice to see Straw Hat interactions on the ship still going. And not completely dumbed down to their quirks, they're actually discussing things instead of having token lines. Curious to see where the Bonney thing goes, hoping we're being led to Vegapunk next.
R.I.P. Princess Komane you were a wild one
Those eventual promo shots and trailers better look amazing considering they put like no money toward known names with grabbing power.
Iunno. I'm not even speculating on it, I want a pleasant surprise.
So yeah, Kirby fans have been winning nonstop this year and it's become apparent other Nintendo franchises aren't even trying. Seeing a Waddle Dee do something cute sparks more enjoyment than the entirety of BotW.
Yeah turning off the infinite scroll too, aside from that everything looks great. I love the classic AP look.
I'm at 13 years apparently. Though I do recall looking at spoilers before that, don't remember if I had a dif account for that or if it was public.
This is probably the thing to bring politics back to the forefront everyone's mind. I know it was expected, but this year is gonna be really long.
I mean there's no real reason the name can't change to gokou or whatever number. That was even the subject of a chapter. But they're obviously not emperors, they don't have the same influence the Straw Hats have.
I don't get why people think I mean a long flashback.
Were you really expecting a usual-sized flashback? For a villain?
I always expected something between more like Yamato's, or Big Mom's at most. Never more than that.
Doflamingo's story was told via snippets, partly during Law's flashback. Big Mom's was quite unique, but took only two chapters. We never had a full-length villain flashback. Maybe there will be one someday, but I doubt it will be now, during such a long arc that already has a full-length flashback.
I don't think Kaido would get more than some key moments in his life, like recruitment by Rocks, the fall of Rocks, meeting Orochi, scenes of his many defeats, something with Yamato… Small things that define many of his beliefs, like "Pirates will always betray each other" or "the victor needs no epithet".
Anything more than a quicky few panels to a couple pages mid-chapter woulda totally ruined the momentum of going from Luffy dying to Nika awakening. That transition happened in an intense moment, not the place for fleshing out Kaido when it's Luffy's time to shine.
It's going to be Niji and Yonji, Pudding was shown plotting something like she tricked Oven somehow. The two being experimented on aren't real. BB pirates would illicit an even stronger reaction from the people running away I think.
Have we seen a devil fruit that can do illusions? I guess nami kind of has that except so far we’ve only seen her make illusions of herself
Non-canon, but Ann from Stampede has that fruit.
While not in canon, but there's a bunch that have some illusive effects. Copying appearances of other people (Bon-chan, Brulee, Catarina), molding appearances out of whatever (Mr 3, Kanjuro), and Kizaru has control over light so he should technically be able to make em.
I hope they go back to some worlds but the characters are suddenly the live action remake versions. "Simba you look different"
I hope he's legit just the result of a horrible one night stand with Bakkin. It'd be too amusing.
Booted up the Chrono Cross remaster. First thing I get is this lovely new theme:
Game is as lovely as I remember it so far. The remaster visuals and framerate aren't anywhere near as bad as some people are making them out to be. Some of the backgrounds are smudgey and blah though. Woulda been nice to mix and match options. But overall the whole thing including the text and portraits look better in-game than in the screenshots. Still tempted to switch to classic mode for nostalgia purposes, it is my favorite game of all time.
Prolly gonna save Radical Dreamers til after I finish a playthrough.
The Hogwarts experience largely lends itself to a multiplayer experience, what with obvious character progression, a world to explore, and house factions and all that. Could even have quidditch built in and make seasons of content. It would be huge and it woulda been a good time to release something like that seeing as Blizz is a mess right now and there hasn't been a big online release in a while. But instead it's just yet another open world blockbuster.
I was excited for Hogwarts Legacy until I saw it was single player. Something like that really should have a PVP experience. Looks really good otherwise though, but not a day one for me.
I want to believe Kid recruits his crewmates by beating them in band contests and forcing them to join or get their asses beat.
Also, Zoro's bust size is officially 110 cm.
God bless Oda
Kid has so many girls in his crew, and they all look really metal. Iunno it's nice to see that instead of a sausage fest or token chick.
I love it. I question how long he had all the details planned and the lead-up to this was pissy, but I also think some people are jumping to lots of different conclusions and we need to see more of the situation. But I've enjoyed every panel of it so far so whatever.
You'd expect Money to have the yuki-onna fruit, but she's really got Jack Frost
Yeah, I don't feel like that needed to be an hour. It felt like when you're trying to fill up an essay with fluff to reach a word count. I do appreciate they made the effort to do an English version though, and it's decent background noise to sum up one piece news if you've been busy or something.
She's cute. She looked cooler in the teaser profile sketch though. Oh well, I'm a sucker for bilateral hair coloring at least.
But very often you can track down one person saying itpublicly years before other people do. Greg in this case. They may not have heard it from Greg and got it second-hand instead, but there's a looooot of cases when you can see "original theories" that aren't original.
And sure, everyone reading the same story, getting the same clues, people DO get the same ideas sometimes. That happens. But sometimes the "spontaneous co-creation" is years apart.
He does write for a column after all.
You're a 4-star, do you REALLY need to reinforce this weird "CALLED IT" theory clout thing that plagues this forum?
Never forget the crow logia
Still waiting for a spider logia where hitting said user will result in spiders going just everywhere
Yep, whimsical cartoon antics are nothing new in the series.
To be fair, Oars scene is less cartoony as it doesn't involve Luffy laughing his ass off, exaggerated expressions, and one sided mauling of the boss all being highlighted at once.
Chapter 479 is titled "Warrior of Hope", referencing Luffy himself. There, we find this page:
It bothers me that he's swinging at such a high angle, that was the worst way to throw Bowser
The week long One Piece ritual is fun. Refreshing for spoilers to go up, short spoilers deets, why this is the best or worst chapter ever just from that, spoiler summary, photo leaks, korean scans, hasty scanlation, weekly mob outside Oda's megamansion, a day off to rip on whatever the anime messed up this time, official translation, then spend Monday watching people ask where the spoilers are and remind them of the Oda's scheduled bathroom break
Why consolidate that to one day, that's boring
Coincidentally, Robin's family name Nico also shares the Nike/victory root. It's a cool name.
Chapter 1044 is trending. What would be the biggest troll move Oda could pull for the next chapter? Caribou fakeout?
The uncertainty was getting to me.
That and the fact that I had to cut back on my anxiety medicine because it was interacting with the alcohol in the Nyquil that I ended up needing to take to get a proper night's sleep.Thanks for your concern though.
Oh yeah I feel that. I used to be dependant on anxiety meds and can get mad bouts of hypochondria. It's horrible and I've wasted too much money to have doctors tell me I'm fine or have something less severe rip. Hope ya get better soon
Copypasta from your link:
I wasn't imagining my symptoms. Fever, sweats, chills, aches for about two days after my booster.
Edit: To be clear, I got Moderna for all three shots. The symptoms got progressively worse with each one, but even with the first one I definitely experienced a 101F fever and body aches.
I can't tell you whether you had genuine symptoms or not. If you measured a fever then you had a fever. But there are very much people who will go in expecting symptoms and then come out convincing themselves they have certain symptoms. There's even people who checked into hospitals thinking they had covid but it was just anxiety. I know I had the sore arm, but I question the fatigue I had. It's a hell of a thing.
Well… you're right that I'm not thinking straight right now, but I'm confident that I really am sick because my voice sounds super rough and I have a productive cough and occasionally discolored mucus.
Seasonal allergies rarely give me a sore throat and never an altered state of mind like this.
In fact, I've noticed that my normal allergies have been almost totally covered up by my current symptoms.
It's either Omicron/Stealth Omicron or the flu, and N95-equivalent masks let in about twice as many Omicron virions as flu virions.
Hey maybe you do have it. You might not too. I'm just worried because you seem to be convincing yourself it MUST be the worst even though it could be a ton of things. If you're concerned then take precautions to make sure you don't get anyone else sick and try to relax until you get better. That's all that really matters.
The side effects I got from the booster were much worse than for either of the first two doses of the same vaccine.
This is normal, symptoms of sickness develop after vaccines because your immune system is reacting to the foreign elements in your body. The better your immune system gets at recognizing the pathogens, the stronger your reaction will be.
If you get little or no symptoms after a vaccination, it can actually be a bad sign. Could be evidence that your immune system isn't reacting to the vaccine the way it should.
There was actually some research done revealing that 2/3 of side effects were the nocebo effect. Everyone talking about side effects so much caused expectations and anxiety which led to people believing they were experiencing side effects they didn't have. So while your arm likely was sore, there's reason to doubt any headaches or fatigue you may have had, especially after the second vaccine. I didn't really feel anything after my booster which I got after learning about this. Something like this could actually cause some hesitent people to get vaccinated if side effects were genuinely their concern.
I mean the pacing is wonky, the fights are all over the place, there's a ton of missed potential going on, the villains need fleshing out, Straw Hats don't get consistent focus and sometimes feel like guests in a Wano manga, the art is claustrophobic, there's way too many unnecessary reaction panels, and I've gotten burnt out a couple times now (first time in the prison, second time later in the raid).
That said it fixes some things Dressrosa did poorly. Dressrosa felt really disjointed all around. Wano's story structure has been more clear, flashbacks are largely consolidated into a larger flashback (that unexpectedly went into Roger and Whitebeard lore, making it feel more relevant), the local stuff is fitting into the larger worldbuilding very meaningfully, the various factions intermingling is more natural, the secondary characters have their motives and actions better executed, and the stakes feel more impactful. That said, Dressrosa has better local flavor, the civilians aren't awful, and the Doffy family was more entertaining. Those aren't as big as deals though.
Whole Cake is different and is just better in most ways compared to Dressrosa and Wano. Charlottes and BMP were good villains and it officially salvaged Sanji's character for me. He went from my original fav SH to worst back to one of my favs. I didn't think it was possible. I think Wano continued his character arc nicely (although this forum won't have it, tsk).
And overall I just like how the story has progressed to such a larger scale. Lots of decades long mysteries are coming together, payoff is right around the corner. Luffy is rising to the TOPPEST top. I know people don't like that the focus isn't as strong on the SHs anymore, but I doubt Oda planned 25+ years worth of story for each individual crewmate to tell. I enjoy it now as viewing the soon-to-be pirate king's crew's journey, like how we saw a glimpse of Roger's journey in the flashback. One day the SHs will be the ones to reach Laugh Tale and I'm more excited than ever for it.
(Enies Lobby baby btw)
To be fair, you could be making assumptions about people being sick. Yes, they can be coughing and all that, but people have conditions. I have asthma and throat problems and am prone to clearing my throat (especially when not in tip top form), and pretty much have a permanent sore throat. A girl at work has GERD and coughs a lot. But I'm not actually sick with anything infectious and I'm not goint to stay home just because someone might think it could be.
Just the past couple weeks people at my job were getting sniffles from allergies, but we're all tested weekly and it wasn't covid. There have been periods where a bunch of coworkers got covid and had to stay home for a couple weeks, but they would mention it was gotten from people they live with or gatherings. Yet it didn't really spread at work. I don't know how I wasn't infected, I was working with unknowingly infectious people legit a foot away from me all day talking to me before their result came in. And these people were totally asymptomatic, while my wheezy self was just fine.
My point being that you can't tell who's sick just by looking at who is coughing. It doesn't work like that. And remember that anxiety will often arise some symptoms in your head and you can convince yourself you have something you don't actually have.