Posts made by Lacroix

@.access:

Was that written only in his poster?

In the scans redon posted from that magazine, we somehow identified a red mark over Buggy's poster and people thought the same mark could be seen on Crocodile and Jinbe's posters.
If that's the case, I assume it only means those are the bounties that were raised after the Impel Down and Marinford incidents (and we would also see that mark on Daz Bones, Galdino, Ivankov and Inazuma if their bounties were visible).
Not that it would mean he didn't became a Shichibukai, but would mean this "under review" has nothing to do with it.

i think jimbei's wanted poster was stamped with under review too but im not entirely sure at this point. all the other strawhats bounties remained the same.

@kirjava tickets are not too hard to get so i wouldnt worry about not being able to obtain them. you might have to settle with a time slot you dont want though.

@tjalling i dont know if there's a video online… they were strict about no cameras allowed

went to the event yesterday evening for the 6pm-7:45pm slot. was quite impressed with what i saw there, but the highlight of the program was definitely a montage movie of everything that's happened in one piece so far and a video of oda talking about how he draws one piece wanting it to be like a theme park ride among other things. the room with the wanted posters was pretty cool but they didnt show the bounties of characters i really wanted to know about such as whitebeard. i thought it was funny how for all the characters who became shichibukai they stamped "case closed". and it was nice to find out that bon clay is not dead. over his bounty they stamped "captured.". there was heavy emphasis on the whitebeard war and ace's death in the other exhibits.

i wanted to buy luffy and zoro's wanted posters but the store wouldnt allow us to choose: it's selected at random. i ended up buying the autumn/winter puzzle for 3,000 yen which is about $38.

edit: over buggy's wanted poster they stamped "under review."

i dont understand why ppl are saying zeo has the invisibility power. invisibility is not the same thing as camoflouge.

@Mr.333:

But look at it this way. Chapter 622, Page 7 showed us that some way, the newspaper from the surface does reach all they way down to Fishman Island/the Fishman District; since Hodi was reading about Fisher Tiger's exploits at Mariejoa. If that's the case, then shouldn't Hodi know about Luffy's raid on Enies Lobby & MarineFord, since they were widely reported in the papers? Would you really want to underestimate the crew of someone like that?

hodi probanly just overestimates his own strength… he thinks he's unbeatable with his es pills

Shin Angyo Onshi, Cowboy Bebop, and Rurouni Kenshin.

@Gokuyuske:

One last thing about the game:

Why in name of the Pirate King didn't Pedro pass the ball to Torres!?

_Pedro Rodriguez, a surprise starter in place of Fernando Torres, echoed Pique's comments before admitting he a little over-confident when he elected not to pass to the Liverpool man, who came on as a late substitute, when faced with a two-on-one situation.

"I am very happy for our progression and our play," he said.

"Perhaps I had too much confidence in myself because I was alone and had Torres to my side. I was a little surprised to start, but become involved in the match."_

there you have it. source

can't believe Spain lost to Switzerland. they played so much better, but just couldn't get that goal. also, Switzerland's goal was very lucky. if Pique wasn't standing where he was, Casillas would've cleared the ball out - it wouldn't have hit Pique's thigh and bounced back :( not Spain's day, i suppose.

@Corson:

Ask Clover and the other dead scholars, Kuina's dead body, Brook's dead crew, good ol' dead Bellmere…

meh, ace already had a tragic childhood… so what'd be the purpose of adding more tragedy to his life? wouldn't sabo's death by the hands of the tenryuubito depress ace even further? don't see how that'd make ace think life is worth living. in fact, i think that'd mess up his views on life and the world even more.

@Corson:

To carry on his will, obviously…

hmm idk, to introduce sabo only to kill him three chapters later just for ace to carry on his will? what's the point of that? there's obviously more to sabo's character.

i just reread chapter 574; i really don't think sabo will die. ace stated in that chapter that, "if it weren't for the sabo thing… i probably wouldn't have wanted to keep living." if sabo did die, why would that make ace want to keep living?

is that camel smoking a cig on the cover? hahaha oh oda.

@KingofSarus:

Yeah, I guess Oda will wipe Ace fans tears away by having his killer severely fucked up.

Niiice Oda.

yep, that certainly made me feel better. i wanted to see more akainu stomping though :(

@Urouge:

Maybe after this chapter, 13 year old girls will stop spitting on Bunta Sugawara.

srsly? lmao, poor fellow.

San Juan's head looks like an onigiri.

@sanji499:

That was an awesome and sad chapter !
I wonder if it is a coincidence that Luffy and Nami are on the cover of this sad chapter. I think she will hug him when they will reunite. I am sure of it.
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/574/01/
This reminded me of the manga "City Hunter" which was probably the origin of the dominant female beating up the male character for being an idiot despite being incredibly strong. They were obviously in love. Another proof of their pairings ? Is nami Luffy's strongest bond ?

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Will they share the same fate as Roger and Rouge ?

…no. Oda said there'll be absolutely no romance in One Piece.

saddest chapter in the series.

@Aohige_AP:

Woot!
page 6

crowd: The visuals are back!!!
crowd: What happened to Whitebeard!?
crowd: Did the pirates under him perish, sold out by Whitebeard!?
Buggy: Ahem.
crowd: Someone's coming on!!
Buggy: Hello, men!! It's me, Buggy!! You know, the legendary one.
crowd: NOT YOU AGAIN!!!

ROFL. hilarious!

@onemoment:

Ya know, I realize that after this war the battlefield is probably surrounded by a lot of fire.

I wonder if that'll play into the next few chapters somehow.

this ain't fairy tail; ace can't eat fire and become stronger

@Urouge:

If they could shoot magma at me and wanted me dead? Yes.

well, that's where you and ace differ. ace just has more pride than you do.

@Urouge:

If a person could turn into magma and shoot it at me, there isn't a taunt in the world that would work.

so if someone insulted your girlfriend, your parent, or your best friend when they were right next to you, you'd just take it and let it go? you wouldn't even try to defend them?

Ace's reaction to Akainu's taunts was normal. if someone insulted a person that you loved, you would get angry and tell that person to stfu too.

the Ace hate in this forum is ridiculous.
Ace defended Whitebeard's name. plain and simple. that's not whining.

another great chapter. whitebeard's gonna tear shit up at marineford next chapter. the last hurrah :(

@lil:

if it was so easy for kizaru to shoot a beam through the key, wouldnt it have been equally easy for him to put a beam through luffy or ace's brain?

in case you forgot, this is a shounen manga, not a seinen manga.

On pg13, was Sengoku the one who said, "Oh no!"? it looks like he reverted back to his normal self just as the bombs were incoming.

@Aohige_AP:

The MVP definitely goes to Mr3 here. It's really him that save Ace afterall.
Besides, Luffy and Ace would be dead without him.

And yet, he's a weak willed weakling who falls to Luffy's haki outburst.
I love it. :D

Not to mention he did it for Bon-chan!
I give 1 week before Mr2 x Mr3 fangirl drawings start appearing in pixiv.

THIS POST. QFT.

thanks! ace is finally free! whoo!
and sengoku looks awesome.
chapter looks amazing.

good episode… but sadi-chan's moans are starting to annoy me... they're overdone just a bit?
loooved that WB vs World Government war preview in the episode.

so err… does this mean Boa Hancock is a D since she's a Haoshoku Haki user also? :p

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@Narutossss:

Run Ichigo run for your life!!!!!!!!!

lmao! young narutossss cosplayers. sad.
and yea, ichigo's placement there is a little awkward.

@HaxeyeMihawk:

So Luffy pretty much states that if he is unsuccessful at saving Ace then he'll want to die ("emo Luffy"), so how many still think that Ace will be executed?

that doesn't make Luffy emo. if you lose a loved one, that'd make you feel so bad that you'd wish to die. think about it. -_-

Great chapter, but short.

Few things:

I hate to see Luffy jeopardize his life, but it's good to see him back in action after we all considered him down for the count last week. It's touching to see that Luffy is giving his all for Ace, and how if Ace dies, that'd make him want to die. It kinda confirms that Ace won't die now, ne?

Hooray for more of Ace's backstory! i really like that he tried to find out more about his dad and how upset he got when the townspeople badmouthed him. Poor Ace, throughout his life, it's been pounded into him over and over that his dad was an awful man, trash, etc. It's no wonder then that Ace has such a low opinion of him. He needs to meet more people from Roger's crew who can attest how great of a man/pirate Roger was. I know he's met Shanks, but I doubt Ace knew that Shanks was part of his father's crew. Ace needs to meet Rayleigh ._.

Also, that panel of Ace crying ;_; Don't cry anymore, Ace. little bro is gonna free you, and then you can kick-ass and save your bro, crewmembers and Oyaji! wishes this to happen

Ooh, and Buggy's back. He's gonna do something… maybe resume filming the war to Sabaody or something else?

Also, Akainu is evil. The admirals are really starting to piss me off... even Aokiji.

Really looks like Whitebeard's gonna die after this war. Stab wound + old age + Akainu's attack... Noo ;_;

Looks like Marco also got hurt by Kizaru's attack. So I guess his mythical zoan DF does not make him invulnerable to attacks like logia DF users.

@lelandlancaster:

LMAO. Him being chained to a wall this entire time is pretty great. And the half-naked part (which is his usual thing) doesn't hurt. XD

lolol more ace fanservice plz

ah, finally back to canon.

episode was funny. gotta love that "whack-a-3" scene with luffy playing along too. also, the part where buggy and mr. 3 responded to the sphinx's "cool man" comment.

jimbei's va is great.

and ace is sooo unf. that smile at the end! swoon.

@Jet:

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Sorry guys if this was posted here already, but this is from the movie program, and when I saw it, I had to put it here. Feel the vintage epicness^^.

looking gooood. i adore the seiyuus!
i'd like to read this cast interview

@Miadestroystokyo:

when did Oda say this?

some pages back in this thread:

@Festizio:

UPDATE: Greg says, "oda wrote 'this is luffy's last adventure as a 17 year old.'
you're free to interpret that as u like cause u got me."

"This story is Luffy's last adventure as a 17 year old so watch it over and over again!" - Eiichiro Oda (mangahelpers)

i'm very intrigued by Oda's announcement that this adventure will be Luffy's last as a 17 year old. i have no idea what that could possibly mean except a time skip in the storyline. the question is, just how much older he'll make Luffy… and WHY Oda has decided to make a time skip?

@Crossword:

So let's see, if I'm looking for nice eye-candy and animation, I'm set. (Some of those scans are absolutely gorgeous)
If I'm looking for interesting and funny characters, I'm set.
If I'm looking for emotion, I'm set. (The scene at the very end sounds like something that'll leave a big smile on my face)
If I'm looking for humor, I'm set. (lol Sanji)
If I'm looking for awesome music, I'm set. (OST rocks so far)
If I'm looking for a unique plan and execution…maybe not quite as set, but still decent enough.

Cool, looks like I'll enjoy this one quite a bit. Now for the however-month-long wait to begin.

i'm with you on this.

thanks for the review, Greg!

@Greg:

Don't wait up for me. Prolly gonna be a few hours. I'm at two pages and I'm just getting started.

two pages and counting? awesome!

i flee to sleep now

yes, 2:51 am where i am and i got finals next week to study for, but hanging around this thread, waiting for Greg's review

Ace is ridiculously hot. that bod! those freckles!

luffy's adorable
zoro is sexy

@GeckoMoria:

HOW CAN U NOT LIKE MORIA!!!! HES THE BEST
BRICK BAT
[qimg]http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs47/f/2009/210/0/8/Gecko_Moria___One_Piece_by_myrllok.jpg[/qimg]

kishishishi

moria's got amusing facial expressions, but his character's just annoying to me. he's condescending when he shouldn't be since his attacks/strategies are lame.

in no particular order

hogback
absalom
moria
conis
wiper
aisa
sky priests: ohm, satori, shura
don krieg

these characters made thriller bark, skypeia, and baratie my least favorite one piece arcs

eff yea, England's in a good group with USA, Algeria and Slovenia.
England should be able to win their group. USA will prob be runners-up.
The winners of group C will play the runner-up of Germany's group.

Group D and G are both interesting. Germany will have a difficult time against Serbia, Ghana, and Australia. lol at Brazil for getting grouped with tough opponents. Brazil will prob still emerge top of their group though. Portugal and Ivory Coast will battle for second place.

France is in an easy group >:p Boo on them. Not fair.
Italy by far has the easiest group. Lame.

Anyhoo, so excited for the WC now!

@juju14:

LOL Look at aokiji. I guess this explains why Garp is just a vice admiral. They should open the movie with this chapter IMO??

nah, Toei already made this chapter into an anime special which will be shown in January '10.

@juju14:

ohh thanks. This is amazing then?? is it translated yet?

it's beyond amazing. Gabbe posted a link to the chapter already, but here it is again: http://reader.sugooi.org/?m=One+Piece+Strong+World&c=1

some bad translations in this scanslation though

@juju14:

Wait these are fillers right or they really happened? So we take this has canon like fleet admiral can fight?

chapter is canon. chapter is set 20 years prior to current storyline.
it explains who Shiki is… who is the antagonist for the upcoming OP movie.

@Gaiyae:

Anyone notice Sanji in this chapter?
I wonder if the part about him being cursed is more then just a joke.

that's not Sanji. that's Duval >.>

chapter is magnificent.