Posts made by Takto

@electricmastro Hard to tell. Luffy belongs to the strongest people alive now, not only that, but we consider him as overpowered. We have not seen his full potential even. So he can go much higher. Is he ever going to face a wall again? He has the means to overcome everything.
It is ok for luffy to be as powerful or invincible as he seems to be, because his remaining enemies are also quite something else. Oda held back Logia awakenings, so I assume they will be extremely ridiculous and literally a force of nature.
And i am pretty sure, at the end, Blackbeard will make Kaido look like a shool kid.
Yeah, luffy is freaking powerful, but we are at the point where we face people whom are nearly invincible.

@Takto:

Hm… not a positive reaction from me. They tried way to hard to make it look cool and badass. And there is one thing that annoyed me since Wano started in the Anime. The series got way too flashy. Unnecessary imo
So in my book, after my first view, it was not satisfying. Please turn down the effects... but probably it will get "worse"

I change my verdict. When I wrote this I watched only the last 5 minutes of the episode. Basically the part I was interested in. But I heard very good things about this episode across the board, which never happens. So I watched it completely. And it was really an awesome episodes. Very well done. Transitions were amazing as well. Now I am looking forward to some nasty moments. 9 out a 10. But the flashyness and the cringy Luffy posing still not sit well with me.

Hm… not a positive reaction from me. They tried way to hard to make it look cool and badass. And there is one thing that annoyed me since Wano started in the Anime. The series got way too flashy. Unnecessary imo
So in my book, after my first view, it was not satisfying. Please turn down the effects... but probably it will get "worse"

What I was impressed by was that giant Luffy had basically no signs of the typical inertia of the giants. He could move freely and fast like he does in his normal Form. Dude did the sonic run in giant Form. It is like he is not bound by the laws of physics. So in other words, he can do all his arsenal in giant Form. Kinda hardcore and broken I would say, but Kaido made short work of him. Luffy was top ten anyways and the other top fighters are also monsters in their own way. Will we ever see G4 in Giant Form?
On the other hand, I assume that this giant forms consumes a lot of Haki. He needs to cover a way bigger surface, if he really coats himself permanently in G5.
I am sure that the final blow involves Luffy's giant forms. On the other hand, Oda said that it takes more than a hard punch to satisfy the readers.

All white could be a hit or a miss. Nothing changes in the Manga, but i also watch the Anime… So. Maybe it changes when the dawn comes, when the sun rises. We may have a little supes here..

So Oda is saying that Luffys journey is over in a about 4-5 years. Within these years, developments take place which lead to a war, which probably will start when Luffy finds Joyboys Treasure and/or the Rio Poneglyph. It is also possible that the Government wants to prevent the finding and starts an all out war before Luffy reaches Laughtale. Ok by me, but it would kinda downgrade Whitebeards final speech :/
On the other side, it would make sense for the Government to prevent the finding. That means they can and are prepared for a big war.

The mihawk and perona part was great. Loved that.
The part on pirates Island was not that good. I was actually disappointed, tbh. That part worked better in my head for me. I may not be the only one thinking this, but wasn't the general consensus that blackbeard shook the island with his laugh alone? o.O
After seeing

! Whitebeard tilt the ocean by just being angry i thought that it is set in stone that BB creates quakes with his laugh.

I think, Sondland was the best witness FOR Trump. The others were too but Sondland made it very clear. So it is kinda obvious that i laugh at MSM and Schiff whom spin, lie and exaggerate all day long…well for 3 years now. But i am glad that people are smart and know that.

Movie was great overall and i was really surprised about the Treasure. It makes sense that it exists and it makes sense that it attracts all kind of people. So it also makes sense that everyone is there. The treasure, in the OP verse, has a gigantic weight. Very surprising, No false promises, it is really something else.
Bullet was brutal, very intimidating and probably too powerful for the cast…
Loved the Boa Kick :)
Snakeman was there but very short.
I did not like the finishers that much but its ok.

One thing is set in stone for me now, Blackbeard will get a Zoan, a mythical or ancient one. Blackbeard at the end needs to out perform Bullet and Bullet was immensely powerful and visually intimidating.
Every movie from now on needs to start with ZEHAHAHA that is how you get my attention :p

Will watch again

Why should he plan this? Trump just reacts. If he gets attacked then he unloads too. The Squad was constantly attacking him and declared him a racist.
When congressmen pay more attention to a hoax, then caring for their cities, then he should call them out. He is the leader and he can say that they ought to do their job.
And Trump is right, they have shitholes. You know it, i know it and also the congressmen know it.

Death penalty…if there is no doubt that the person commited a horrible crime, then i am all for it. But for me, it needs to be 100%. Not easy to prove i guess. There are of course ups and downs, but saving money, saving resources and cutting down CO2 a bit are objectively good things, imo. But really, it needs to be 100%.

I am kinda torn apart about the gun law. If they forbid guns entirely, then probably only law abiding citizen will give them up. So the bad guys then have it easier to rob, harm and murder the "good" ones. Guns can do bad things, bad also good things. If i knew my freaking crazy neighbor has a gun, then i probably would also have a gun. Its a doom loop.
So i am not against or for guns. What i am for is that they should restrict the gun law and make it more difficult to get a gun.

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@onemoment:

Edit: Oh, and Trump tried to liken himself to the first responders today. Great.

Man, America is doing amazing under trump if people complain about Tweets. If that does not speak for his success :)

@KageKageKing you sure have problems…

The Kavanaugh situation was quite interesting.Christines public testimony was strong. Especially when she said that she told her Husband many years ago and also her therapist. That was quite convincing. But doubts came up when Avanetti came around with his gang-rape accusation. At this point, it got ridiculous…knowing Avanetti.
So i doubt her from that point forward, also because i know that it is easy to fake accusations and make them kinda work. If they can create the biggest hoax in the world, russia probe, and keep that lie alive for 3 years, then they can easily manipulate small crimes too, to frame the people. So i heavily doubt everything when it comes from a trump hater. They come up with the wildest dreams, like Jussie Smolett.
Russia probe, if anyone learned anything new from the mueller hearing, then it is mueller himself. He had almost no clue about the whole story...maybe because it is hard to keep track of lies. I expected more, to be honest. Even though i do not believe in the collusion and especially not in obstruction of justice( this is just plain stupid and they know it better than me), but i had the hope that Mueller wasnt as biased as he seemed to be. So for him to be in the FBI is a shame and bad for the county.

Finally Trump is able to swap the money. That lawsuit was stupid and never had a chance of success. It is in his power to do that. He is allowed to do that. No courts necessary for that conclusion. Disgrace that it even was before the SC. But of course, they want to stall, so that they can ride longer on the "the poor childs in cages" wave. For them its funny, for the Trump administration its freaking hard to handle the situation.

@Monquito:

I ll just wait and see how Trump´s gonna get gradually more and more vocal about immigrants and people of color in general as elections aproach by. while Takto denies it has anything to do with racism.

Actually, that word, plus Nazi, became meaningless to me. So overused and repetetive. If Trump is racist and a Nazi, then it seems that a certain one was not as bad as history books say he was.

Firstly, there are many people with colour whom support trump. And that support rose over the years quite a bit.
Secondly, Trump does not decide who gets deported and who stays. Judges do…since decades. In trumps presidency, way less people got deported than in Obamas presidency. If ICE goes ahead with its 1 million deportions, then it can compete.
Thirdly, their main focus for now are criminals.

@Nobodyman:

So you're implying that in many cases the parents aren't really their parents? Do you have a credible source on this? (Breitbart doesn't count) Otherwise, I'm just going to say they are being separated because of Trump's immigration policy.

I recommend oversight hearings. There you hear both sides, Democrats and Republicans. There was a hearing 2 days ago about the situation at the border. What i took from the hearing is, that they do not separate children because it is fun. Mostly they do it to protect the children. They do that for decades now. There are many reasons to protect the children from their "parents" like you call them.
Yes, there are a huge amount of children with real parents. But there are also some other cases…You can picture something horrible now, that would be accurate.

@Nobodyman:

Not even close to the extent that Trump has.

Might be true, but still. Trump got rid of the catch and release policy, because that policy did not work as intended. So he tried the zero tolerance policy. Plus he urged for an immigration law overhaul.

@Nobodyman:

How is funding going to keep them out of cages and keep children with their parents? If they passed funding, the accommodations might be better, but they shouldn't be locked up like that at all. Here's another thing that could keep them out of cages, Trump could back off on his needlessly harsh immigration policy.

Well, if they bother enough, they can build mansions. Again, Catch and Release did not work as intended so they tried something else. If it is necessary for them to be held there at the border is just personal opinion. For now, it is a crime to enter the USA illegally. How administrations handle it is up to them. Look away or look closely and try to fix it. Trump can endure the outrage. Look away is not an option for him.

@Nobodyman:

And Republicans don't? I'm not saying it's necessarily a good thing, but that's what happens when this country becomes as divided as it has.

Pointless because that was not the point. I merely stated that the Democratic party DO stick together, contrary to what you wrote.

@Nobodyman:

Okay, sure.

1. He has not started a major war (yet)
2. He has not ordered the mass slaughter of Hispanic immigrants (yet)
3. He has not launched a nuclear strike on another country (yet)
4. He has not destroyed our health care system (yet)
5. He has not outlawed abortion (yet)
6. He has not outlawed gay marriage (yet)
7. He has not shut down news organizations that opine against him (yet)
8. He has not legalized automatic weapons (yet)
9. He has not changed the law to make himself president for life (yet)
10. He has not pulled out his penis on national television (yet)

Not quite what i wanted, but ok. Doing the same with the democratic Party is easy that way. I do it differently…i focus on accomplishments i respect and like. Probably not ten things...

It was a big challenge to recover from the great recession, but they did it.

Affordable Care Act was a big step in the right direction. Healthcare is really important, but the individual mandat and fine caused some problems and outrage. But overall, it is a good system, especially because they also thought of the poor.

Adressing the climate change heavily.

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@Stranger:

I don't know, he seems serious about himself liking Trump, though he has confirmation bias and refuses to see both sides of the argument to see the big picture. Usually, a troll for me is someone who just wants to start trouble with people for no reason, but that's just my take on it.

Hm, i think i am the only one here who does also listen to the other side. That is why i am disgusted by the current democratic party. I like Trump, that is true, but you can be damn sure that i also have some problems with his policies and approaches. I like the person itself. He is entertaining, has no politician filter, which is always a great thing for me, i truly believe that he wants to make america a better place for all the people, his success as president is overwhelming, people may laugh now but i think he plays 4D chess while the democrats still play tic tac toe.

Also, I don't like Trump yes, but I do not agree with everything that Democrats say about him, but regardless he's still pretty bad in my viewpoint, and does not act like someone that should lead a country. And I don't hate the man, he's better off doing some other job than being president. But regardless you probably will ignore me -_-

That is completly fine. Even if you hate him, it would also be fine. The problem for me is, when someone justifies their hate with BS and lies.

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@Green_vs_Red:

If you're talking about legislation that requires a bill to be passed in both houses of congress…...which you know is pretty damn hard to do when party is actively committed to getting in the way of progress either because they're stubborn assholes or getting paid to be. And when the guy in the white house has the power to veto it anyway.

I was not talking about a bill or even a Law. I was only talking about the funding. If the funding is enough then things get better. A Bill or Law is another story. Even though an overhaul is what trump wants, i am not sure if congress is able to do that. For years now they fail and wont touch the immigration law. And yes, i am also talking about the congress where the republicans had the majority.
Funding wont fix the border problem, but i am sure it will get better…the conditions.

@Monquito:

Oh!, there it is! 'the previous administration did it first' argument!

Everyone go home, Takto fixed the world, children are no longer suffering!

Like i wrote, that is no answer. But i did not expect more in this thread

@Nobodyman:

So separating children from their parents, locking immigrants in cages, and the endless parade of Trump's hateful, bigoted, and embarrassing tweets are nothing?

Or, you know, maybe they actually do care about the kids? Isn't that a possibility?

I'll grant you that the Democrats as a whole aren't doing as much, but many of them are clearly outraged about the border situation and trying to fix it. It's just, contrary to popular belief, they aren't a collective hive mind that all share the same opinions.

Aside from that, would like to discuss something specific or are you going to continue to make generic blanket statements about how the Democrats suck and Trump rules?

You should read why they separate childrens from "their parents". It may shock you…
Cages were brought in by obama, he used them too. That is of course no answer. But that is just lack of funding.

Well then they could fix that with a piece of paper. They chose not to. They have the majority in congress plus you can bet that they have the republicans votes on that issue...but they did not bother.

Democrats stick together. They have one mindset. When was the last time you watched a Vote? What i saw was that they were ALL on the same page.

I may continue to make some statements. Discussion is pointless to me. I am honest again, i dont deem anyone worthy whom gets their stuff from the fake news media. I have the impression that the thread is flooded from people like that. Pointless...
I may get interested in a conversation when you state at least 10 positive things trump achieved during his presidency. Then i can see that you at least tried to find something positive about his presidency :)
Is a little reference to the battle between Trump and Clinton on stage. They hammered each other but then someone asked them what they admire about the other person. I found that kinda nice...

Edit: damn...messed up the quoting part

To be fair, the "Squad" is bad for the country. People like them need to be replaced by grown ups. I hope voters get smart before the next election. Glad that AOC has Sherie Murray now as a competitor. At first glance, she is less moronic and most certainly has a less annoying voice.
Ilhan Omar should be despised by any american, to be honest. But that is just me. Its quite fascinating how extreme opinions can differ. Anti-Trumper are for me like Flat Earthers . They make no sense, dont have a clue, they are hypocrites, not worth a discussion because they only reason with feelings and beliefs. People believe what they want to believe and it is quite interesting how far people go to justify their belief.
Maybe i am on the wrong side? Cant i see that i am wrong about trump? What do i dont see what others see? Imo, im not the "black or white" guy. My thoughts are in the grey area. I can be convinced, i also accept mistakes and so on. So i personally do not believe that i am wrong about trump. My opinion is formed by things i see, hear and experience. And what i see of Trump is positive. He gets it done even though he has an extremely worthless congress. What i see of the democratic party is outrage over nothing, obstruction, mad mad people, orange man bad, physical harassment, violence, false accusations and so on.
I mean, i only see a democratic party whom does not care about the children at the border at all. Only if they can use them to hurt trump. They did not acknowledge that there is a crisis. It seemed like they wanted it to escalate so they can use it against trump in a big media outrage. And that is exactly what they have done. For months they requested fundings, but democrats just wanted a political stunt that can hurt trump. Lets hope it gets better now at the border.
Democrats for me are blind from their hate. All they have in mind is trump trump trump.
What i observe is a disgusting and hypocritical behaviour from the democratic side. There is almost no exception in that party. They are dishonest people that i despise.

The 2020 election will be interesting for me. I actually like Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang. Yang has an interesting approach while Tulsi has calmness, sharpness and charisma. But unfortunately, they wont come far as it seems. But a race between them and Trump would be nice.
I think that Trump won because Hillary was a bad candidate. Trump was just the lesser bad i guess. Maybe also because of the media saying that Trump wont become President. So many thought that they dont need to vote. But that works both ways. Maybe Trump supporters had the same thought. So they counter each other out.
But 2020 is different. People now know that Trump is hard to beat. Especially because he is more popular now and his approval rating is only rising. So, we have a powerful Trump whom is no longer underestimated. Meaning, more people will vote. We saw that in the midterm election already.
I dislike the democrats approach to try the win the election by linking Trump to crimes, smearing his name, making false accusations, declaring him a racist 24/7, letting none citizen vote, threatening/harassing his administration and old acquaintances, one sided/unfair/false media coverage and probably some more.
Im a fair guy, so i dont approve that at all. Maybe thats why i like Andrew and Tulsi. They seem like decent, free from hate, people whom i can identify with.
I wish that Trump will win 2020. I think he makes a fantastic job. Tries his best to fulfil his promises. Whenever there is an obstacle, he figures out a way around it. He earned my respect for standing strong and not giving up even though there are vicious and vile people on his behind plus a special counsel investigation he has to endure and a useless congress he has to work with.
So, even though he has so many obstacles, he is still there. Until 2024? We will see.

Visuals are fantastic. Song is not that good…lame even. Still baffled about Kyoshiro whom is shown among the 8 known scabbards. Is he the 9th one? It would make sense

Man, there is a lot of BS in this thread. I thought OP Fans are better people than this. But ignorance, stupidity, fascism, prejudice, arrogance and mobbing is everywhere, i guess. So despicable and nonsensical. Its laughable. You are certainly NOT better than Donald Trump…that is for sure. Not one bit

Even though its an early build, it already seems more fun than BL2. The cool thing is, that there were hardcore BL Streamer at the event. They played it and the verdict was one sided. It exceeded high expectations…even though it was early in the game. I was also impressed and of course i noticed every change...and them make BL so much more fluid and fun. I cant wait for the release.

Man i hope they will restock their freaking collectors edition. Sold out first day…what kind of BS is that. How many did they make? 100?

@Leon:

Handsome Jack is still one of my favorite villains of all time.

Yeah he is great. Did you ever play Tales from the Borderlands? I would recommend it. Its enough to watch a walkthrough. The later Parts are amazing and the game made Handsome Jack even more "likeable"

Glad that here are few peeps whom like the franchise. Oh man i cant wait.

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@FolhaS:

My only beef with the trailer is that since I followed the leaks it was cool but not really surprising.
What I wanted was to see some actual gameplay, a side quest or so, but I guess that's what's coming in a week when Gearbox does their thing.

As for judging the villains, c'mon, we can't do that now, we don't actually have nothing to judge them on.
Jack is a great villain because you've played the whole BL2 game and got to know him before shooting him in the face. Gotta do that to the twins before reaching a veredict.

I also was up to date with the leaks. But it still surprised me and it also made me more excited, knowing what is waiting for us.

Regarding the villains, i know that i should not judge them. It wasnt exactly what i meant. What i wanted to say was that it is very hard to compete with Handsome Jack. Of course, it really does not matter. Its a looter shooter

I was kinda disappointed in the Trailer, but it was only because of the extreme expactations i had for it. I imagined something else as a Trailer, but once my headcanon was destroyed i replayed it and i liked it.
Too bad that there is no release date :(…but its coming out this year for sure. Its my most anticipated game ever and i know its gonna be more fun than Borderlands 2. Its just BL2 but way advanced and enhanced.

What i like about the trailer:

• It looks like more of the same, even though i know that there are major steps forward in all regards(but more of the same is all the peeps wanted for years)
• The looks of the four new classes(Moze is probably my first main, even though they all look fun)
• returning Tales from the Borderlands characters(while the game mechanic is not my cup of tea, the characters and story were cool and interesting)
• WE ARE LEAVING PANDORA!(when referring to the positive side of Pandora..."at least you are not on Promethea!" guess what...we go to Promethea and Eden 6!)

What i dont like:

• Abilities of Flak the Beastmaster and Zane the Operative. Flaks pets dont seem that cool or interesting. Dont know what to expect. What i expect is, that you can make badass versions of the pets or even super/ultimate badasses. Then it will indeed be fun. Zanes is apperently just a decoy, like Zero. Dont know why they feel the need to do that. But it also seems that he has some kind of drone. Hopefully we will see more of them on april 3.

Other stuff:

• The Villains, the Calypsos Twins Tyreen and Troy. They seem cool and interesting, but im not convinced that they are good villains. I dont expect them to beat Handsome Jack, as one of the best game villains ever, but lets see how that plays out. What im sure about is, that they are way more powerful than Handsome Jack.

• The weapons so far seem over the top. They look crazy. But its just a few out of many types, so i dont have a verdict now. Most important thing for me is, in regards of weapons, the feedback. When you shoot, you have to feel great. Borderlands 2 does a good job with it, but it needs serious improvements.

• Epic Store Exclusive. Since GB and Epic are buddies, they might help the Epic Store. We dont know yet, but its a high possibility. Even though i dont care myself, i feel bad for the outrage and backlash :(

In conclusion: SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!

Freaking Yes!!! Finally

I guess it makes sense now that a poneglyph was embedded in the golden bell. Maybe the golden bell was from Wano? Was Shandora/Jaya part of Wano in the past? Or did the kozouki clan travel the world and "wrote/created" the poneglyph in different locations?

Shusui and Yoru are the only black blades we know. So it must be pretty hard to create a black blade. Considering only the Sword God and the Worlds strongest Swordsman were able to do it. I dont see Zoro upgrading his other two swords to kokutou in Wano. If he does, i would question why Shanks, Rayleigh, Vista, Edward etc did not have kokutou

Im not sure why oda wants luffy to actively train CoA but its ok. I thought it will just get stronger while fighting. He can upgrade his devilfruit powers…there is SOOOO FREAKING MUCH HE CAN DO NOW, but Oda wants a better CoA. Of course, that can also result in a new G4 Form

Looks like Kidds ability. Does look interesting…
But now that i think about it, it could also be the same case like it was 2009 with Shikki. Briefly mentioned in the Manga and then the Movie about him. So the movie can be about Rocks.

So for a while now, we had rumours about the new playable classes. And it seems like that they were true, considering that we have pics now. Since its not officially announced, we should still take it with a grain of salt. But to me, it seems like the real deal.
I love the Borderlands Series and im so happy that we finally have something solid. Game announcement is still month away, probably pax east 2019.

Here are the pics of the classes, only 3 out of 4…

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The Bot Jock Class is actually rendered because this character was already, pretty much, done. Its the one that was shown at the GDC 2017 Tech Demo. The other 3 are still concept arts.

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@sgamer82:

You say you're not a blind follower, but, not unlike expressions like SJW, "MSM" (Mainstream Media, for reference's sake) is one of those phrases that, as soon as I see it used unironically, I can no longer take the user seriously.

The sad thing is, you're not wrong…

Then i dont take you serious either.

@sgamer82:

It is very hard to take any praise for Donald Trump seriously. The same people who'll gladly chant "Lock Her Up" are typically blind to the fact that Trump is everything Hillary Clinton was ever accused of being. And, let's face it, you can not read the man's Twitter and see him as a rational human being. SAD!

Donald Trump is a buffoon with no business being anywhere near the position of power he holds.

Yeah, i also cant stand the 'lock her up' chanting but even worse is the 'USA' chanting. I like Trump because he steps up, and has common sense. He also seems pretty nice. He also is funny. Of course im not a blind follower. He does some missteps, but often only minor ones. The current Jim Acosta incident is one i dislike. Sarah Sanders overstated by saying 'attack'. Trump was kinda furious, but its ok. Thats what the MSM is like since two years…even worse...far worse.
Trump handles America perfectly, that is my perception.

@Green_vs_Red:

That and apparently the appointment of the guy who replaced Sessions is legally dubious.

Also Lindsay Graham got called out on Fox.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/watch-lindsey-graham-bumble-fox-news-airs-previous-comments-trump-firing-sessions/

Regarding Mark, i was under the impression that The Senate needs to confirm him to run the DOJ. So i assumed that it will take place someday. Lets see what Trump does with Rod now. Like i said before…interesting times.
On Graham, he changed his position month ago. And i think he is right. If Trump has not much confidence in his AG, he should replace him. If it doesnt work out then you need to make a decision. Its common sense. Also, Trump did not fire Sessions per se.

Well, i do think that the probe is a hoax anyway, it should end rather sooner than later. It is also good that the AG now will oversee the probe. Of course there will be no firing by Trump. Since he thinks that the investigation is a waste of time and money, he wants to end it as soon as possible. So now that the AG oversees the probe, he can judge by the evidences if there is something fishy or not and can act on it. Til now it was 'do whatever you want'.

Its awesome that so many people voted. I cant wait to see the 2020 election. Trump has now an even tougher war to fight and i cant wait how he will handle the battle in the next 2 years. 2020 Election is going to be crazy and really passionate. Trump always said that the congress was obstructing his agenda and now that the Democrats have the House back, it will get pretty much impossible for him to get things through the congress. Plus…Congress Majority's agenda is to investigate Trump even more. That seems like an nightmare for Trump. But also because that the possibility sank even more for an investigation into Democrats, especially into Hillary and the so called 'Deep State'. And now Justice Ginsburg could be the next Justice to be replaced by Trump. He has the majority in the Senate on his side, he will get every qualified candidate through. So its gonna be an interesting time...
I personally like Trump. I think he is a great president and a great guy overall. Plus, he just gets it done, he cares for the people and his agenda is comprehensible. I was never a fan of political correctness. Lets just say, politics got less boring and more fun in the past two years, thanks to him. And that guy has energy...incredible. I wouldnt replace him. To this point, i supported him, but lets see how he manages the next 2 Years, maybe my depiction of him will change. For now, i wish him luck and even more success and 'winning winning winning' Trump 2020

@Big:

Yeah, as if One Piece would be finished in about 5 years. Oda may have some weird reason the audience doesn't understand, but this strikes me as a statement which will soon be contradicted by reality…

Why? He means Story progression and not quantity of chapters. Wano Kuni, Reverie, Elban, Raftel and Mary Joa are the last 20%. This can take 5 Years but also 10 Years

Question. It is said that, this year 2018, the digital sales of manga surpassed the print versions. Is there any record of digital sales? I looked into that because i couldnt believe that apparently all series dropping in sales since years now and the trend is continuing. Looking at One Piece sales the last years are kinda a disgrace compared to like 2012 or so. And its kinda strange considering that OP is still going strong and even had many peaks since 2012 . Print sales of many manga dropped more than 50% since 2000 til now. Digital sales on the other hand are now higher than printed ones. So it could mean that OP is still in its 4 million copies range :/

@MrBits:

I'm curious, to anyone who thinks Imu is the final villain, who did you previously think was the main villain? If it was the Gorosei then I can understand changing your mind, but if it was Sakazuki or Blackbeard (or someone else), why did you change your mind? Because until we get more details, Imu's role in the story is just "bigger Gorosei."

I really never thought about it. Blackbeard as the final villain came to my mind when he declared war to the world in Marineford. Pretty late if you ask me. But of course he was mentioned and build up way before that. But i was never sure if he is really the final boss, because throughout the series we have seen that there is something very very wrong within the OPverse. The authorities of this world are cruel and they did and ordered some really fucked up shit. And for me, Whitebeards final words made it somewhat clear…after the One Piece is found, there will be war which would engulf the entire world. When the One Piece is found, it indicates that there is a new Pirate King. Most likely Luffy. So Luffy beat Blackbeard and now he goes into war, because beating Blackbeard doesnt change the World...and the World needs to be changed. The Authorities need to vanish. So of course, since Marineford, i thought that the Gorosei will be the final villains. I never thought that Sakazuki would be the final boss because i think Yonkou>Admiral. So that never crossed my mind

Well it can go in many directions. It depends on Oda which route we take. It would work in any direction. Blackbeard was established pretty early but the World Goverment too.
Since Oda presented hints he can also go with us to space and let us fight the creator of everything. There is no limit for him since there are hints

@HeartOfDarkness:

And where are the ancient weapons in all of this?

Pretty much the one question that can destroy this theory.

Well, Poseidon is with Luffy at the end, Franky has the Blueprint for Pluton in his Head and Uranus is not known. Ancient Weapons are there to up the chances against the final boss.
I dont know if you guys know how much forces and how powerful the forces are behind the Goverment and Im. Bleackbeards crew in comparison is a joke…couple of fleas

Well, since Whitebeards last words, it was set in stone for me that One Piece does not end when the One Piece is found and Luffy became Pirate King. finding the OP and Luffys Pirate King Status equals the fall and defeat of Blackbeard.
After that we go in a war against the World Goverment. And lets be honest, World Goverment did way more fucked up shit than Blackbeard can ever do. Especially when Im is responsible for the Void Century. So yeah, World Goverment + Im are the main Villains. Blackbeards team are saints compared to them.
ALSO…King of the World>PirateKing>Yonkou

The hat is not the point…it looks more like a memorial. But it also looks like a coffin underneeth the hat. So they preserved a body from past times

What if the celestial dragons want to destroy luffys reputation with the strawhat? Wasnt there a saying in the OPverse that Luffy was 8m tall? So now we will have someone with that strawhat whom is big, 8m maybe, and that person destroys fishmen island. On the other hand, why should they care about his reputation rather than killing him. They have reason to be angry at Luffy

Hm, OP is in again. Wonder how that happened. Maybe because of the 903 hype or the Anime did a good job…or both

@tron3:

So… Zeff and the Baratie are alright and will be alright in the future? Could someone remind me, what was the given reason Big Mom won't send anyone to the East Blue for taking revenge?

Maybe next chapter we will get a scene about that. And then Gin comes in as the personal bodyguard of the Baratie and wipes the floor with the assassins. Two loose strings connected. The Zeff assassination and the reappearance of Gin, which Oda kinda promised way back.

@Cyclone_Baroness:

I assumed it was a type of Duke.

Not Rook?
I just noticed. The pacing could actually be very smooth from now on, because Toei can fill in Katakuris visions and then the changed present. Its the perfect filler content :o

R.I.P. Stephen Hawking. You were amazing. Certainly a loss for mankind.

@Watch-man:

Cracker almost cut off Luffys arm in boundman. Snakeman arms are thinner and more streched. It would put Luffy at risk of loosing arm. But on other hand goal of fight with Cracker was to tire him and finish him off without risking Life or very heavy wounds.

Luffy and Cracker were shown to be close to being even when they clashed with Luffy having more attack force and Cracker having better defense. Now I see Luffy as someone between Katakuri and Cracker. So above Cracker ability but still not as good fighter as Katakuri, Luffy lacking in some areas compared to him. After defeating one of Kaido calamities, Luffy should be on their level and he should become someone on par with Katakuri.

Uhm…l thought that the retraction of Snakemans Python is almost instantly, also the attack itself. I cant see the soldiers nor Cracker to fend that off. But its ok, its not like i can give facts. I just assume :/
And Luffy is not sailing to Wano Kuni to take out a Calimaty. He has higher goals. Even if undeserved, Luffy beat the right hand man of Big Mom, an 1Billion54Million guy. Where is the threat or intensity in fighting a Calimaty now and see it as a step up? :/

@pRopaaNS:

Because the soldiers are there for the purpose to fight Luffy and respond to his attacks.
Cracker's fighting style is blocking attacks not dodging, so Luffy would have to throw Culverine up in air and thereby openly expose it's mechanics. Furthermore because of wall of soldiers he'd have to do it from afar. And the soldiers would surely react to the attack and block it before it reaches Cracker anyway.

Ok i can take that as an argument. But i fail to believe that a Jet Culverin wouldn't reach Cracker. Its an aspect of Snakeman i don't like but Oda established it, Python speeds up when it bends, whatever the science behind that is. So like you said, if he does it from far away, the soldiers can't exactly react to it, because Luffy can come in from very different angles and i can't imagine that Cracker himself can react to it. Even if there are Soldiers reacting, Force equals mass times acceleration. So with every bending, or was it accelerating in a straight line too, to be more specific, is it permanently accelerating? Regardless, the force increases maybe to the point where it just goes through the Soldiers straight to Cracker…well not exactly straight. But even if not...the Dude has a Gatling version of it, Black Mamba. But whatever. I dont think anymore that Luffy was below or on Crackers level. I think he was above from the get go.

@uniaka:

To be fair, law didn't use all his tricks. Like what he did on the straw hats in punk hazard or remove dofla's heart. Even when it was 2vs2 with luffy0s help he could have swiched dofla with trebol's body.

But stronger nope, just more broken fruit.

The thing is, Doffy also didnt go all out on Law. He also had awakening in store. And the whole point of CoA is that hax powers arent that hax anymore. Plus, Law tried MES on Doffy, but Doffy just dodged. Splitting Doffy isnt also that easy. But i have to admit, i was kinda shocked that Shambles worked on Doffy, but its ok i guess…i didnt do any harm physically

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@pRopaaNS:

Cracker had army of living armors blocking path towards him. Cracker was making more of it faster than Luffy could destroy it using G4 Boundman. Whenever Cracker can see Culverine coming or not doesn't matter if it can't reach him anyway.

Why wouldnt a highspeed python pass the soldiers?

@Watch-man:

In my opinion Luffy after his fight with Katakuri should be able to take out Cracker if they fought 1 vs 1 in that forest they fought in. With better CoO he could get closer to Cracker and land some hits, as we know Cracker hates pain and is likely not as durable as Katakuri was.

CoO is great help in any fight as it was shown. If Luffy can get close and has improved haki, he can take on and take out Cracker in my opinion.

I believe Luffy had Snakeman at his disposel. And there is nothing Cracker could do about it. If Luffy wanted to, Cracker would lose in seconds. Since Cracker is a pussy, one Jet Culverin would wreck him and he wouldnt even see it coming. Katakuri needed Future Sight to react to Snakemans weird attack pattern. Luffy stretched the fight out, because "he never passes on free Crackers" :P
So its a different case. Luffy was stronger than Cracker from the start. But Katakuri was stronger than Luffy from the start even throughout the fight…til the end.

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@Razh:

Didn't we already see that fight? Don't need to remind you how it ended.

Exactly. Damn im in the 897 discussion thread…havent even read it yet :o

@Kaido:

Something to keep in mind is that Cracker did not sustain any injuries during his fight with Luffy until he was propelled to his defeat. He effectively lost the second he cracked first and attacked Luffy himself instead of continuing his biscuit offensive.

It's much the same with Katakuri. He failed to successfully take down Luffy before Luffy could gain future sight, and that's what decided the battle. He still had a chance of beating Luffy after the fact, but it proved to be too little, too late.

The thing is, Luffy had Snakeman. There would be nothing Cracker can do against Snakeman version of python. He would lose in seconds. So Luffy was stronger than Cracker anyway.

@Blissed:

There were a good amount of people that thought that Oda was making it too obvious, what with characters like Sanji or Luffy himself talking about how he'll definitely defeat Katakuri, so somehow they convinced themselves that those obvious bits of foreshadowing was all one big red herring, that Oda would do the unexpected.

I dont think that this is the reason. It was just underwhelming and anticlimactic. Til the end Katakuri was the one on top. Many people said, myself included, after Chapter 895 Katakuri was still dominating Luffy, in Snakeman. Suddenly, Katakuri on the ground. 895 was still a Katakuri chapter. Start of 896, Katakuri lost. And i thought the fight is going on in 896 where Luffy manages to overwhelm Katakuri, but it was really the final clash.