When I joined this place, I never considered I'd see some of us hitting retirement.
Does this mean we'll get a retirement subforum? I've always wanted a place I could shake my cane from.
When I joined this place, I never considered I'd see some of us hitting retirement.
Does this mean we'll get a retirement subforum? I've always wanted a place I could shake my cane from.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (2nd in the Stieg Larsson series)
The third books great. A little wacky but still good.
As for me, I've been following this guy on tiktok (thetalkingbook), and found myself totally entranced with ancient philosophy.
And so like any illogical tiktok junkie…. I decided to jump into the deep end and buy some of the literature he reads from (marcus aurelius - meditations).
At some point I'm going to fall into a Good Will hunting cliche, I just know it.
https://www.mangasail.co/content/dragon-ball-super-84
Probably the first DBS chapter I've enjoyed in a while. Touching on Gokus past, the reason why they fight and more importantly removing all of the complex mechanics of the story and just boiling it down to raw fighting. All in all a rather good chapter.
I've never considered it until now, but this could be additional evidence for Yamato needing to stay with Momonosuke. He might want to open the borders but not be physically or mentally mature enough to lead this change.
And as many people (inc myself) have pointed out….this is something that Yamato has been consistently shown to do (inspire, motivate and supervise) throughout their relationship. In fact Yamato is the ONLY one other than Luffy that has pushed Momonosuke, even though multiple people, including the scabbards have had a chance to do this.
And not just since Punk Hazard, but even in flashbacks from over 20 years ago.
I understand why its a little weird to essentially have dead actors come back from the grave (if just for the extra $$$), but I think people like Stan Lee would get kicks from this.
Though I doubt that could be said of some actors in the Marvel and Star Wars universe (e.g. Harrison Ford).
@Daz:
My Yamato opinion remains the same: I see a high likelihood of him joining, but can’t say I would consider the road to said outcome smooth.
I personally don't think the clues or setup is strong enough for Yamato joining, but I think you're right about it being possibly rocky if Oda did go in this direction. I mean just look at Jinbeis journey to becoming part of the crew. If anything it tells us that Oda isn't afraid to branch out from the cast used on many of the early members.
Yamatos “Case” has a lot of factors going for it, but a lot of these are just so…blunt. Stuff like the connection to Ace, the appearance on volume 100, stating up front that he wants to leave and so on are all valid “clues” for Yamato joining, but they’re also wildly different compared to stuff like Frankys whole Sea Train escapade with Sanji and Usopp or Brook putting off a veritable showcase of personality in front of the entire crew.
Having a connection to Ace is a good point, but its also shared with Otama which is why I don't think it holds a much weight. My guess is that Oda wants to showcase Yamato's strength, personality and leadership skills in the effort to make them a viable candidate for supervising Momonosuke while the country rebuilds under the rule of the former Shogunate.
And yes… in most scenarios Oda wouldn't bother putting this much effort into characters that will lose plot relevance once the crew leave Wano; but my theory is that if Momonosuke is indeed Uranus, then he will indeed be important to the final war, which would mean he needs to not only develop his power, but also become a man (which has already been achieved through his aging). Yamatos guidance is therefore crucial towards him (Momo) being relevant.
Ultimately, I can’t help but see it as Oda deploying a sort of “Cheat code” for making Yamato a crewmate– as if all he needed was to evoke Ace and ask to join right off the bat, and then Yamato could just do…whatever for the remainder of the arc. The bulk of his actual paneltime in the story being tied to helping Momonosuke and a fillerish-feeling bomb-removal becomes totally irrelevant a way to run out the clock to the end of the arc because the “work” has already been done. The Ace-Yamato flashback might’ve been hyper-abridged and awkward, but it conveyed the clues it needed, and that’s enough, supposedly.
We could always see Yamato join at a later stage, or even become some kind of Vivi repeat, with the promise to join once things in Wano are fulfilled.
Nevertheless theres still a disconnect for many, with an oft-stated expectation that Yamato would get more exposure in a more fully featured flashback…or as part of Kaidous flashback…Kaidous PROPER flashback…
And Yamato might get such exposure, and might very well join, but its also entirely possible that he’ll join based on nothing more than this, because that’s just Odas current writing style.
You're likely right about a flashback, but maybe this could be as a means to shed Odens identity and become their own person with new found ambitions.
Can't wait.
However Wano ends, be Yamato, Carrot, Tama or Raizou joining or not, it will be nice to talk about something or someone else after these last years.
I honestly don't see this happening for months though, as we have to cover a lot of points before this arc finishes. And its possible that the next crew member wont be invited until the end, or at least until these things are addressed:
And to be honest this list is likely much bigger, but these are just some things off the top of my head.
Am I the only one following the Depp VS Heard trial?
I haven't been this invested since the GoT finale.
I've never understood the hype with She-Hulk, nor have I ever really seen any fan-base for her.
The same could be said of any of Hulks byproduct characters, like Rick, his two sons, thunderbolt Ross AKA discount JJ Jameson etc.
And even the Hulk himself has only remained a thing by constantly growing in strength and exploring his internal relationships with banner, while the aforementioned character just seem to copy/paste/repeat their roles (some since the early 80's).
For that reason I don't hold very high expectations of this new series.
At least we are just a few months away at most before we get an answer to the current candidates. Being right or being wrong, I can't wait, this has gone stale years ago.
I'm really excited to see the outcome of this debate.
I haven't been on the forum in years, or found anything interesting enough to debate until now.
And I'd like to think that right or wrong, I chose my candidate (Yamato) quite early when I saw what I assumed to be Oda throwing us subtle signs.
Hopefully my pride can take the knock if I'm wrong hehe. Though a small part of me would like to see someone totally unexpected join, if only to watch this thread go into meltdown.