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Slaughter

United States20254 Posts

September 28 2018 07:18 GMT

#29341

asspull? I don't believe time travelers fits into an "asspull" since its not an ability so allows the protagonists to overcome anything.

More like a plot development that you aren't happy with.

Olli

Austria24422 Posts

September 28 2018 07:30 GMT

#29342

I'd say it's terrible writing, but let's wait and see what happens

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16955 Posts

September 28 2018 07:30 GMT

#29343

Interesting. This does open the door to someone from the Void Century (or thereabouts) popping up. Someone who's not an immortal running the World Government that is.

PVJ

Hungary5221 Posts

September 28 2018 09:14 GMT

#29344

It's very rare to see any series handle time traveling well but if anyone is capable it's Oda. Still, I don't like this development as of this chapter.

MajuGarzett

Canada635 Posts

September 28 2018 10:45 GMT

#29345

As long as it's only going forwards in time I think it'll be fine.

Merany

France890 Posts

September 28 2018 11:07 GMT

#29346

Good call on the time travel, would never have thought of it myself...
Also, just realized Kinemon was first introduced like 6.5 years ago, it's always crazy to me if everything was planned from the start...
Anyway, I usually don't like time travel stuff but I'm curious to see if Oda can make it work.

Yhamm

France7248 Posts

September 28 2018 12:32 GMT

#29347

not really excited by the time travelling revelation...

where are Robin & Franky?

MajuGarzett

Canada635 Posts

September 28 2018 12:56 GMT

#29348

The woman dancing while that guy is talking about the curse is Robin.

Saumure

France404 Posts

September 28 2018 14:19 GMT

#29349

Oh no, we are about to get a 20 chapter flashback...

sumsaR

Sweden1812 Posts

September 28 2018 15:19 GMT

#29350

It was lol when evilfatsh1t wrote it and it's still lol when Oda wrote it.

Mensol

14536 Posts

September 28 2018 19:14 GMT

#29351

Im not happy at all about how Wano has begun. Time travel is a very tricky thing.

Dangermousecatdog

United Kingdom7084 Posts

September 28 2018 19:19 GMT

#29352

Time travel has great potential to completely fuck up a series, but it's Oda, so hopefully he has well thought this out and/or restricted it to travelling to the future, and/or is completely plot critical and reveals that the void century is literally a century of time travelling and in the past people were living in a scientific utopia with the ability to destroy stars and time travel or something. It's probably just ~~magic~~ devil fruit in the end anyways, but what a devil fruit it would be.

WaveofShadow

Canada31495 Posts

September 28 2018 21:35 GMT

#29353

Has anyone made this joke yet?
If not I can't believe it

+ Show Spoiler +

CHEONSOYUN

568 Posts

September 28 2018 21:46 GMT

#29354

they might have just been frozen in time or put in a state of suspended animation through an unknown devil fruit

Wala.Revolution

7584 Posts

September 28 2018 21:55 GMT

#29355

wot

Incognoto

France10239 Posts

September 29 2018 01:47 GMT

#29356

if it's forward in time then it's completely fine.

there are devil fruits in One Piece. There has to be some sort of ability like that.

RenSC2

United States1083 Posts

September 29 2018 04:13 GMT

#29357

Time Travel definitely worries me. If it's only sending someone forward in time, then I can accept it. Backwards in time creates so many paradoxes and needs to be a central component of your story if you're going to use it.

I do have faith in Oda though. Ever since Momo came onto the scene, we needed an explanation for some things that didn't make sense and forward time travel would bridge the gap. So this has been in the plan for awhile.

I also remember an old theory that someone in Shank's crew can manipulate time, such as slow it way down. The guess is Lucky Roo who just suddenly appeared next to the bandit back when Luffy was young and shot him, but that could just be super speed. The other hint is that Shanks was supposed to be tied up with Kaido during the Marineford War, but was somehow able to arrive in time to stop it. They may have slowed down time to get there.

So time manipulation has been theorized to be a devil fruit ability for a long time now. An ultimate ability that sent someone into the future could be a component of a devil fruit.

I really hope people can't be sent back in time though. Ugh, that tends to mess stories up.

Warri

Germany3208 Posts

September 29 2018 08:12 GMT

#29358

Yea cant say im a fan of time travel. Meh. :/

Mensol

14536 Posts

September 29 2018 14:53 GMT

#29359

The last two months have been really lackluster tbh. Perhaps its time to admit that age is finally catching up to Oda.

This time travel stuff will be a big test for him. Lets hope that he wouldnt become another Kishimoto.