[Manga] One Piece - Page 386

On June 06 2013 03:29 IshinShishi wrote:
I can't even imagine what someone has to do to get luffy's perpetual hate.

On June 06 2013 03:06 DarkLordOlli wrote:


I don't personally. One thing I've always loved about Shanks' crew is that none of them look particularly flashy. Sure there's a huge obese guy and Shanks has his scar but other than that they all look like normal people pretty much. Compare that to say Whitebeard (what's eccentric about him is rather obvious) and his crew or Big Mum (again, obvious) or even Luffy who has freaking Robots and Skeletons in his crew, and you wouldn't get the feeling that if you met one of those guys somewhere on an island, he'd completely fuck you up and sink your ship. But that for me is a huge part of their badassery. They seem like small time pirates back in Luffy's village, the bandits don't even know them and suddenly they show up ready to fight and Ben Beckman lifts a finger and makes them all disappear.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is that Bartolomeo is already too eccentric in the way his character looks, acts and is presented for him to really fit the image of Shanks' crew. I could definitely see him working for someone like Kaido or Big Mom though or - which I'd personally find really cool - Kidd or one of the other Supernovas.

Also if he's really dedicated to bringing the fruit to "that person" which he seems to be, then I'd say that there's a deeper meaning behind this. Like, some kind of personal meaning for it. That could be something like the Whitebeard pirates who don't want Ace's memory to be tainted or even - if we assume he's alive for a second - Sabo. I just feel like Oda wouldn't make readers suspicious like that if the person Bartolomeo was working for/with didn't fit that criteria.

Oh also typing that huge wall of text made me realize again what an incredible writer Oda really is. His attention to detail and broad scale at the same time and his staying true to his characters is probably unrivaled by even most book authors.

On June 06 2013 04:03 whiteLotus wrote:
So i just saw mr.dad dragon get mentioned last page on this thread, and im wondering again, i havent realy watched anime or anything, but has there ever been any mentions of how strong he realy is ? i mean can we compare him to kaido? who is supposedly the strongest "monster" in the world or is he just a figure with no real power?

On June 06 2013 04:08 Mensol wrote:

He is the most dangreous and most wanted man in the world.

no one knows his power though.

On June 05 2013 23:59 Mataza wrote:
I think Bartho is scared more of the huge reputation Luffy has than his devil fruit.
He is famous for:
-being a supernova
-being Ace's brother
-breaking into and out of impel down
-having been in the saobody incident and marineford war
-returning to the marine hq a few days later in full view of reporters

That's quite a list. I'm going on a limb here and say this is a lot for someone just entering the second half.

On June 06 2013 04:09 Wildmoon wrote:


He should be reasonably strong considering his insane hype.

On June 06 2013 04:18 shark. wrote:

Well given his hype It would be weird to find out he is anything less than Whitebeard/roger level imo. I mean hes got the title "Most dangerous person in the world" which should at least uphold a large amount to his own power.

On June 06 2013 04:31 DarkLordOlli wrote:
One thing to mention about Dragon is that the anime basically showed him using an air based ability by blowing away the flames on Luffy's home island (can't remember the name, sorry) so that refugees could escape. That scene was however not in the manga I think. So I'm really not sure what to make of it. I mean Dragon having some kind of air/storm ability has always been the most likely and kind of assumed by people but I feel like they're either confirming it there or they're just assuming things. Don't really like either.

On June 06 2013 04:55 Saumure wrote:
tbh, Dragon himself doesn't have to be that strong. Ofc, not that weak that everybody can walk up to him and one shot him, but he might be feared because he is the one organizing revolutions all around the world... just saying