I would assume that's how she'll look as Slim Alvida. Doesn't make sense to cast Alvida twice.
Since stuff is bound to change anyway, I kinda hope they skip the whole fat Alvida/thin Alvida thing. I'm sure my Goda didn't mean anything vicious but I always thought at its root it was a pretty fatphobic gag. Just kinda bad taste.
I think the big finisher will come from Zunesha. A continent-sized strike to end Kaido. The trick will be how to push him away from Wano and into the elephant's range.
Only thing that seems weird about that is that Jack has already tanked a Zunesha hit if I recall correctly.
Yeah, I'm also pretty heart-broken that the dials seem to be all used up. I thought the Impact Dial was a terrific work around for Usopp's weakness.
I still think that Zeus is better than hera. She’s a one trick pony while Zeus not only can do her power, he can make storms and some control of the weather.
Far as WE know. She could have more going on or she might be stronger.
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She's angry at Kid and wants to kill him.
Good point.
She has more reasons to hate Luffy, just sayin'. :ninja:
Good point.
Well, Luffy didn't just try to drown her a few minutes ago.
Good point.
I still think that referring to Big Mom's "mode" is just a sly Shonen trope joke. I don't think it's anything we need to worry about. I think it's just a tendency for her to "mother" kids that Prometheus is referring to, and if we consider that she wants to repay a kindness, I don't think it's so out of character. As others have mentioned, Big Mom's personality is very extreme and given mood swings and flights of fancy.
I also don't think this destroys Usopp's chances for PageOne. Nami and Usopp could be fighting Ulti when PageOne suddenly staggers to his feet. Him being wounded could make him more of an even match for Usopp who, while much improved, is still weak at the end of the day.
More than anything, what's low-key odd and non-sensical for Big Mom this chapter is that she didn't fly back up to the roof. For Oda's purposes of giving Luffy his one on one, it makes sense, but from Big Mom's perspective, it's a weird decision. I'm definitely in the camp that hopes she steals Kaido's shit and tries to/successfully escapes.
As for Luffy vs Kaido, two things:
Are these the greatest One Piece developments of all time? No. Do I just really want to enjoy what's happening to the point of bias? Yeah, it's true. I love One Piece. It's really special to me. And I think the chapter was pretty decent and I'm still really excited for what Oda has in store for us. <3
I think no matter who the final government villain is, it's still THE WORLD GOVERNMENT that is the villain. That's why I'm ok with it being Im. That said, I really hope the final arc has Luffy running a gauntlet of powerful Government people that he's met or fought before. Koby, Smoker, Lucci, Garp and or Sengoku, Akainu, Gorosei and or Im. Would be like World Government Arcade mode at the arcade. Har har har!
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But in response to the actual question - yes I could see Luffy leading "all" pirates against the government alongside the Revos. I even think that Kaido and Big Mom might get in on it. Just not Blackbeard.
It's very difficult to rewrite Law's power when it's ultimately a surgery fruit, with applications that are plot-critical like the immortality operation and Law curing himself from Amber Lead. Plus, this national treasure that needs the fruit to be operated.
Plus, we cannot discount the personality switching as an one-time thing. It has loads of potential for an interesting story down the line.
If those story elements must be preserved, that's fine, I just wish his multitude of powers made more sense together. There's not really anything about things switching places that necessarily makes me think of surgery. I get that it's his ROOM and he can do whatever in it, but the operation connection is very tenuous.
What would be your suggestions specifically for Sugar, Law, Bonney and Perona?
Considering that the solution can't be too niche and still allows Oda to play all the scenarios we've seen so far?
Well I can see that this conversation has raged on since you asked this, but I'll give my opinion anyway.
Sugar - Sugar can turn people she touches into toys. Aside from that she's just a kid. I say debatably she might not need any nerfing. But alternatively, maybe her fruit power could have manifested as the handle of a wind-up toy where the target only remains a toy as long as someone keeps winding them up, or maybe she could give each toy a "battery" that needs to be recharged regularly to keep them transformed. Maybe in order to toy-ify someone she'd need to knock them unconscious or SPLAT them between a pair of cymbals like a wind-up toy monkey.
Law - Like many people, I think Law's abilities need nerfing generally. I say he should have never had any power that wasn't related to switching things around. He could have made the whole thing about Law needing to physically slice whatever he switches around without the aid of his magic room. Or at least, in direct response to the idea of "how do you counter his body switching?" I'd say, give it a time limit, or make it work until the people in question touch each other, or have it be dependent on catching your targets from behind unawares. Generally speaking though, I just wish his whole power could be re-written from the ground up.
Bonney - I think this is a fun one. Make it to where when Bonney strikes you she adds (or takes away) years of your age relative to how hard she hits you. You could also make the effects of her powers temporary as well.
Perona - Perona is fine as is. She caught the Strawhats by surprise for comic relief, but there's no reason she couldn't eventually be speed-blitzed if Usopp wasn't in the equation.
I think one of the most bizzare things about haki is that it depletes. When it was just introduced I thought Haki was one of the coolest power systems in shounen. It being a reflection of your will fit so perfectly with the themes of One Piece and being able to literally weaponize your will/ambition was dope to me. But the fact that it can run out and apparently recharge in 10 minutes(not even sure if that's an arbitary number Luffy needs or just how haki works in general) just makes it feel like more of a Ki/Chalkra/whatever that was in bleach type of power. I would get something like it being harder to fight while maintaining haki and it taking more a toll on your body but the deplete-recharge stuff is just super weird to me.
I agree with this as well. It does make it just more like every other Shonen magical-energy system.
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I don't have an issue with Vergo because Haki was his entire gimmick and I think there was a story point to his clash against Doffy. I thought it was cool when he went full black body and the way he just beat people with a black bamboo stick.
Vergo was so dope. Probably my favorite of the stoic badass opponents. Still one of my favorite New World antagonists. Very intimidating.
What can't be covered without haki are the numerous hax abilities though. They are the issue, the only issue. In the beginning Oda even tried to write around them, gave those hax attacks a relatively easy counter (don't be charmed by Hancock, stab yourself if you must), but I assume he soon figured that making up those weaknesses was too much of a problem to write around.
I personally don't see that. Oda could have easily written more limited ranges or conditions on the hax paramecia fruits.
