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Posts made by Steven D. Teach
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RE: What do you do for a job?
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RE: Chapter 558 "Little Brother" Discussion
i'm just saying that he is in some deep, deep shit right now, and that that shit he's in somewhat lowers his chances of playing any role anymore.
Like what, some goons holding swords in front of him and pointing rifles at him? They don't exactly appear to have him locked up and being pushed around by devil fruit users. No offense, but all we can discern from that one relatively uninformative panel is that their are some WB pirates of unknown status standing in his way. He's preoccupied and I agree with you that he probably won't do much in the war (outside of scuffling with some marine/pirate) but I don't think what little we know of his situation qualifies as deep, deep shit until we see more.
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RE: Chapter 558 "Little Brother" Discussion
Small as the panel is, the guys blocking Croc from WB don't look any different from the scrubs that were late in noticing he had made a move on WB in the first place. He's not in the best spot, but I doubt he's captured. I just think he's too big a name to not get involved in a more interesting scuffle.
I have to wonder how the next chapter or so will play out. While it's likely that Luffy will run into a big name (is it too early for him to fight Akainu?) you figure that whatever Sengoku's plan is will be something that obstructs him from just running up to Ace and bouncing out of there.
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RE: Chapter 558 "Little Brother" Discussion
I really doubt that he was captured. They appear to be just trying to hold him back from Whitebeard.
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RE: Chapter 558 "Little Brother" Discussion
In Binktopia WB says "thank you" while in Onemanga it says "I'm sorry"…
How did they get different words there?
The expression Whitebeard uses has the context of both, actually. It's an apologetic tone but said often after you've troubled someone for something, so it can go both ways.
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RE: Your First Taste?
I caught a glimpse of the first episode at anime club in high school (I feel dirty typing that), and thought the series was about a young Mexican boy that jumped out of barrels. I read the manga, and although there were no Mexicans, Crocodile made up for that.
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RE: Chapter 557 "Luffy and Whitebeard" Discussion
@Zik:
I'm more interested in what he does after this war. I don't see him dying, it'd be a shock if he actually killed WB, so what's left? Don't see him joining BB's crew. Possibly starting his own crew?…. again?
I agree with this. I think him grabbing Mr. 1 and a few others for a new makeshift crew after the war that will later reappear makes the most sense. I'm just not sure how far Oda will explore his relationship with WB–I mean, it has to be addressed in more detail. I suppose a lot of it will depend on who he fights against in the war. I figure some marine force will attack him to keep him occupied.
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RE: Chapter 557 "Luffy and Whitebeard" Discussion
I was under the impression that it was the pirate who was saying that to Smoker.
Yeah I messed up in identifying whose dialogue bubble that was. :sad:
I wonder if we'll ever see Smoker in a straight up fight. I appreciate the Lupin-esque Luffy chasing gag, but right now I'm a little up in the air about how strong he is outside of what we know of his devil fruit.
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RE: Chapter 557 "Luffy and Whitebeard" Discussion
Yeah the greenhorn thing is from someone's switching the lines.
I could kind of see Garp interfering and Akainu attacking him with his no-nonsense attitude, but I'm not sure if Oda will go that route yet, I like Garp in his marine role but I suppose the foreshadowing is there.
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RE: Chapter 557 "Luffy and Whitebeard" Discussion
@Thousand:
What the heck does that mean?:/
It means he's going to make sure Luffy stays wet.
If I had to guess, I would say the easiest solution from a storytelling standpoint is to have one of the marines attack Crocodile and get him involved in a fight, so that Luffy and Whitebeard can do their thing.
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RE: Chapter 557 "Luffy and Whitebeard" Discussion
Thank you for your translation, i think you are being modest, maybe you made mistakes, and i always trusted Cnet translation, but i read yours and Cnet and i liked yours betters, there are some parts that are different, and maybe yours are wrong maybe not, but i really liked yours anyway, i would appreciate if you continued with the translation, even more if you translate spoilers =D
Thank you very much. I try to be around as much as possible to help with spoilers, but only really do it when Aohige isn't around.
Anyway, I really enjoyed this chapter. I always try to look at them in terms of what's going to happen next and with all the reaction stuff out of the way, it'll be awesome to see who gets matched up with who (if Oda goes that route, which I feel he will for at least a couple fights). Some "teamwork" fights against tougher opponents would be pretty cool, even if it's something awkward like Croc-Luffy. I just hope there's a good stretch of action before BB jumps in.
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RE: Dumb Predictions
Wtf, crocodile, dragon and ace are EARTH, WIND & FIRE!
They can combine their powers to create a giant discoball.
I happily subscribe to this theory.
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RE: Chapter 557 "Luffy and Whitebeard" Discussion
Can i use this tranlsation for a scanlation???
While I personally don't have a problem with it, I wouldn't really recommend it given that some parts are still a little rough, especially if it's for a big group because I don't want any mistakes to spread. But hey, you can roll it in a joint for all I care. Just letting you know it isn't perfect.
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RE: Chapter 557 "Luffy and Whitebeard" Discussion
This is rough and undoubtedly has some mistakes in it, but nothing I feel alters or takes away from the script. I really apologize for anything wrong with it and please feel free to correct/edit do what you need to it. It shouldn't be used for much more than a reference because of that:
Title: Luffy and Whitebeard
Coverstory: Brook “Repaying the Panty Debt”
Vol.1 The people who don’t fight(I am unfamiliar with Buggy/Mr.3’s voice patterns so I’m not sure who is saying what on the first page. I’m marking it as Luffy crew tentatively.)
Luffy Crew: What the hell is going on?!
Luffy Crew: Why are we in this kind of place?!
Luffy Crew: I have no clue! To think we’d be suddenly swept up by this giant wave…
Luffy Crew: All of a sudden the sea level froze over and the ship got stuck in ice!Croc: Take a look below…recognize the voice?
Jinbei: Pops!
Iva: So the war has already begun!Luffy: Everyone, listen! With my idea we’re going to get through this! Even though we’ve made it this far, we have to hurry! There aren’t even three hours left until Ace’s public execution!
Buggy: What?! You want to slide down this frozen wave or something?!
Luffy: Not that! First we have to get this ship out of the ice!
Mr. 3: It’s a battleship you idiot! There’s no way we can move it!Luffy: If we combine our strength we can do it!
Buggy: I…I kinda feel like I can do it now!
Buggy’s bitches: That’s right! We have Captain Buggy, the man who’s taken the heavens with us!Dendenmushi: Contacting all ships all forces! Our objective is TOTTZ (uhhhhh) Change formation and proceed with conventional battle plan number three. Proceed without mistaking any preparations!
Buggy’s bitches: It’s a naval military address…
Buggy’s bitches: I don’t really understand all the jargon though…Dendenmushi: In accordance, we are speeding up Ace’s execution.
Luffy: …?Everyone: Hurry up!!!
Luffycrew: Upside down upside down!
Luffycrew: We’re falling!!Marines: What just happened? A battleship just rained down didn’t it?!
Luffycrew: It’s…the sea! We’re saved! We fell into the sea!
Luffycrew: Why is this the only spot that isn’t ice?
Luffycrew: I thought we’d hit the ice and die!Jinbei: Damn devil fruit users…
Luffycrew: Climb up, climb up…compared to the water torture in that hell this sea is nothing!
Ace: Luffy!
Luffy: Ace! We finally met up!Marine: That’s…no way…Crocodile?!
Marine: Forget that! What the hell is that face?!Buggy: Gyaaahahahaha, prepare yourself, world!
Iva: As expected of all the great powers, it’s not half-assed!
Luffy: We came to save you!!Sengoku: Garp! It’s your damn family again!
Garp: LUFFY!
Vice Admirals: Jinbei! Crocodile! And even the revolutionary Ivankov!
Pirates: And behind them are pirates from Impel Down that have made names for themselves!
Mihawk: Definitely a man worth talking about…Strawhat.
Moria: Straaaaawwwwhaaaaat?!
Fullbody: Why is he here?!
Jango: Those aren’t his usual crewmates!
Hancock: Luffy…you’re ok!Coby: Hey…Helmeppo take a look!
Helmeppo: Strawhat?!!
Coby: Even though I heard he was captured in Impel Down…he’s definitely awesome!
Aokiji: Looks like he’s brought along some big names with him.
Kuma: …
Kizaru: To think we’d meet again so soooooon.Marco: So that’s the little brother that Ace was talking about.
Doflamingo: The Shichibukai, past and present, the whole set! And so that’s the rumored big time trouble rookie…Strawhat!Smoker: Stop looking around!
Tashigi: Smoker, sir, over there…uhhh
Smoker: Strawhat…and Crocodile? Why are they together?Akainu: That’s him…the hero Garp’s grandson and the son of Dragon…he too must be erased.
Sengoku: Is this your answer, Jinbei?!
Jibei: Yeah that’s right, I quit the Shichibukai!Garp: At any rate that team is pretty strange…I can’t possibly think of a common goal they’d have…at least not in this war.
Iva: Huh…where’s Crocoboy?
Buggy: Ahhh over there! He’s ran off over there!
Pirates: Croc has taken aim at Whitebeard!! Pops!
Croc: It’s been a while…Whitebeard!Croc: Our pact has already been played out…why do you protect Whitebeard?
Luffy: So this guy is Whitebeard…well then don’t lay a hand on him. Ace likes this old guy.
Marco: Oh he’s pretty good! Ace’s lil bro…
(Flashback: Whitebeard: What kind of enemy in the East Blue did you give that left arm to?
Shanks: …I bet this on the new age. )
Whitebeard: Kid…that strawhat…looks a lot like the one redhair used to wear.
Luffy: Old man, you know Shanks? I’m looking after this hat for him.
(Flashback: Ace: Look pops, this is my lil bro! )
Whitebeard: Did you come to save your brother?
Luffy: Yep!Whitebeard: You realize who the enemy is…right? (I suck with old man Japanese, I think he warns Luffy about the danger of losing his life, but I could be wrong)
Luffy: Shut the hell up! You don’t decide those things! I already know, you want to become the Pirate King, right?! Well, I’m the one who’s going to become the Pirate King!
Whitebeard: …you’re a cocky lil brat aren’t ya…
Whitebeard: If you slow me down I won’t give you any help, you snotty nosed brat.
Luffy: I’ll do things how I want! I’ll be the one to save Ace!Buggy/Iva: He’s…going head to head with Whitebeard!
Kizaru: Sengoku…it’s ok if I “execute” them all, right?
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RE: Chapter 557 "Luffy and Whitebeard" Discussion
…he's wet.
And nice to see Jinbei give quit the Shichibukai in plain language.
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RE: General Cosplay Thread
It's not too different from how I made my Croc hook above. Although I've changed it a bit since then, I used a styrofoam ball base and coated it with papermeche/plaster wrap to give it shape and sturdiness. The actual hook part uses a coat hanger as a base. Mine looks a little bumpy, but I've seen some really neat looking ones that have a lot of plastic work–I just suck at that stuff. XD
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RE: General Cosplay Thread
(Because I accidentally clicked on the wrong thread last time XD) My subpar Croc from a few years ago at AX. I've updated it since then a few times, but a friend just posted it so here you go.
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RE: Chapter 556 "Justice Will Prevail!!" Discussion
I think it's more that he spelled the word in a way that indicates he had been pounding the keyboard with his penis than making a simple typo that has people flaming him.
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RE: Chapter 556 "Justice Will Prevail!!" Discussion
i agree with u there,magellan is a beast!
and well when akainu triyed to hit Wb,his reaction was go blow some candles out,u can only assume from Wb comment that he is no match for him and his level of power,after he told him that disrespectful comment he didnt do anything to Wb that u can say he is in his level of power.
all akainu showed so far is that he is cruel to his own nakama.
Really? That's what we can assume? That one insult is indicative of Akainu's strength? We might as well call off the war, then, because WB would talk shit about just about anyone he was fighting. Honestly, what was he going to say, "Daaaayum you're hot stuff Akainu!" :wub:
I'm not going to speculate levels of power from what was essentially a blocked punch. I'd rather see Akainu take on someone from Luffy's makeshift crew.
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RE: Chapter 556 "Justice Will Prevail!!" Discussion
It does usually devolve into a Luffy vs. Croc and/or Luffy vs Moria doesn't it?
But those weren't fair fights!!!!11one
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RE: Chapter 556 "Justice Will Prevail!!" Discussion
Shoot. I completely forgot the type of discussion a One Piece break provokes.
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RE: Chapter 556 "Justice Will Prevail!!" Discussion
Especially with Chuck Norris dubbing Gold Lion.
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RE: Akainu/Sakazuki Discussion
Except that's not who Akainu is based on.
Kinda surprised about the debate about the morals and ethics regarding his actions though, I thought we had a pretty solid idea about that presented to us.
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RE: Chapter 556 "Justice Will Prevail!!" Discussion
I think Akainu looks ok in terms of following the pattern of the admirals. Aokiji seems to fit right in, Kizaru strays a little, and Akainu is definitely the most realistic, but it's very hard to represent Sugawara in Oda's typical style. I think he did well, though. We've only really seen dramatic closeups anyway.
I absolutely cannot wait to see what the jailbreak crew does upon landing. Here is to Croc and Jinbei immediately matching up with someone.
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RE: Chapter 556 "Justice Will Prevail!!" Discussion
One Piece is just too good, Crocodile yelling at a legendary tranny midair just does it for me.
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RE: Crocodile vs Luffy
Crocodile noooooo. Non-SH winner chances will be dashed!
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RE: Chapter 555 "Oars and kasa" Discussion
@Kairouseki:
This chapter was pretty late to be scanlated, anyone know the reason?
As far as I know it's because of the fact that only a cam raw was available for some time.
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RE: Chapter 555 "Oars and kasa" Discussion
I just hope Doflamingo gets an arc that awards him the attention and buildup (although part of this is already in place) that Crocodile had. I'm not sure how the Strawhats would go about fighting someone with that ability, be he as all the makings of a very strong arc villain.
Really glad to see most of the major players (of those already assembled, at least) joining the fray. Luffy's arrival not withstanding, Oda has enough people moving around to have the next several chapters be really exciting. One of the little things I'm looking forward to is that when Luffy's gang shows up, if Crocodile and the other shichibukai interact in any respect, the exchange between Croc and Blackbeard was cool to begin with.
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RE: Chapter 555 "Oars and kasa" Discussion
Major lulz at Oars Jr. talking like a mental invalid. One day RAW releases will coincide with me being sober enough to translate them.
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RE: Brook vs. Garp vs. Crocodile
Except Garp and Croc tied last time?
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RE: Brook vs. Garp vs. Crocodile
Sweetness, I hope Croc can make it far.
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RE: Jango vs. Sanji
Went with Jango purely because his seiyuu song is the pinnacle of all civilization. He'll probably get murdered, but oh well.
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RE: Do you think One Piece has too many characters?
Uh, no? If anything, it's the fact that it has so many characters worth developing that makes the series so appealing. The sense of scale is ridiculous, and it just seems that every character gets (or is in line to get) the attention they deserve. "Too many characters" isn't that far off from "Mexican zoan" when I think of crazy things said about the series.
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RE: Chapter 554 "Admiral Akainu" Discussion
The ice?
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RE: Chapter 554 "Admiral Akainu" Discussion
@Fire Fist:
Couple notes:
3. Is the translation of Akainu's laugh accurate? Then he has the same laugh as Doflamingo (Fufufu, which is pretty much laughing through one's nose). What's up with that? Every villain usually has a unique laugh. Also, looks like he had to strain to use his power to that extent. Wonder why.
Fufufu can actually be a pretty generic bad guy laugh in manga.
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RE: Chapter 554 "Admiral Akainu" Discussion
(Roughly)
WB: You went and ignited everything so gaudy…why don't you go light a birthday cake or something, magma boy?
Akainu: You'd just hate a gaudy funeral, huh, Whitebeard.For whatever reason that seems badass. I want to see some blows land.
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RE: Chapter 554 "Admiral Akainu" Discussion
4. Something about BB & crew at the end of the chapter, please someone translate quickly!:wub:
To very briefly/liberally translate, it basically just says "The gong that rings in the war…watch out for Blackbeard!" and details his story, what he's done so far and the impact it has had on the story so far.
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RE: Chapter 554 "Admiral Akainu" Discussion
http://i810.photobucket.com/albums/zz26/Maxwendal/df.jpg
I wonder if that's a DF or not. If it is, what kind would it be?Deepthroat DF. WB's most beloved son.
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RE: Theories That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread
Random theory been rolling around in my head.
Dadan is one of the Gorosei. His design looks very similar to the one on the left in this picture. Would explain why Garp had high hopes of Luffy becoming a Marine (what with the dude being one of the head honchos and sure to make an impact on him) and such.
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/551/07/
A lot of people keep saying this, but the guy walking with Luffy is Garp.
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RE: Usopp vs. Whitebeard
Went with Whitebeard in a stubborn/futile effort to try and cockblock the SH crew.
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RE: Chapter 553 "Battle of the Highest" Discussion
I'm glad Blade of the Immortal had a little educational blurb on that when it was released in the States, I can imagine the fuss raised about Manji.
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RE: Akainu/Sakazuki Discussion
ahh here we go:
D: Are Kizaru and Akainu stronger even than Aokiji? P.N. Osumansan
O: Hahh, hahh… Sorry for the late introduction. Hello. I'm the author, who got his Balls Flattened by a Reader... you can call me Balltender. But who cares! Here's a question...YIKES!! What the hell is THIS?! Kizaru?! Get outta here! I'm gonna have nightmares! Sorry P.N. Osumansan, Kizaru's already appeared! He'll show up in the next volume. Actually, you're not that far off, though.
Oda hints that Akainu is stronger then Aokiji.
I've heard it stated here and on another board that the "not far off" is in response to a fanart pic. I haven't seen the SBS or original Japanese though so I don't know.
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RE: Chapter 553 "Battle of the Highest" Discussion
What do you guys think Oda is more likely to do–show a quick flash to Kaidou and Shanks duking it out, or having one or both of them eventually make it to the battlefield?
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RE: Akainu/Sakazuki Discussion
Fitting, since I'm doing a Yakuza Papers/beer marathon tonight.
Anyway, this Akainu cocktease must end. While it would be hilarious for him to sit on his ass looking constipated for the duration of the war, this needs to turn into a bigger slugfest.