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On October 06 2010 06:44 SuperArc wrote:Show nested quote +On October 05 2010 04:37 JiYan wrote: theres no way coby would be luffy's rival. thats like saying konohamaru actually has a shot to compete with naruto for hokage. truthfully, smoker + lieutenant sword girl is the only real possible marine-rival for luffy-zoro-SH crew. Tashigi is nowhere near Brook's power level. She wouldnt stand a chance vs Zoro even in her dreams. Zoro vs Tashigi would probably involve something like "OMG U LOOK LIKE MY DEAD FRIEND, NO CAN FIGHT", which would give her at least some advantage most other potential "rivals" wouldn't have.
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It's nice that he did the timeskip without totally altering the characters. No real major personality shifts or anything silly like that.
I'm a fan of long hair, so Nami increased a bit on the hot meter. Robin has always been the hotter of the two for me and still delivers. Will be interesting to see what Robin has learned over the two years, as the place she was headed had some of the most potential for interesting story information. Usopp apparently doesn't suck (as much) anymore, which is nice. Still a moron, shown when he saw fake sogeking. Chopper is his same old, clueless self as well. Remember that he can shapeshift, so even if his small form is the same, he could be hiding other stuff. It seems unlikely that he'd have control over his super-giant form at this point. That'll likely come later, if it all, but his rumble mode is most likely improved (or always on, or something else to that effect). Brooke being on a music tour as the king of soul is just all sorts of hilarious and awesome.
Sanji looks to be unchanged. Likely just new moves... though I wonder if his fighting style is gonna be hilarious (new-kama and all that). Zoro also seems to be very similar, scar aside. Those two were always the strongest fighters of the crew along with Luffy so it'll be interesting to see what they have in store.
And of course Franky looks the most different, but he's likely the same old Franky, now with 140% more cola and tea!
Probably the thing I like most about One Piece as opposed to a lot of other shows, anime, manga, whatever is that it doesn't really rush. It has a story to tell and it doesn't seem to give a shit how many episodes it takes to tell it. It just tells the story at its own pace until it's complete and when its time to move to the next thing, it moves on. The "fillers" are usually good too. The world is compelling enough that when a filler of some kind is used to fill out the world more, it's generally interesting even when minimal main characters are part of it. Rushing from fight to fight with no backstory or depth leads to a pretty shallow experience.
While part of that longterm design can be the comfort of success, knowing that there's money to take the time needed, there are things from the very, very beginning that pointed to this thought process right from the start (Dragon saving Luffy, Mihawk's early appearance, and other examples). I also love the devil fruits and all the crazy things they allow (bubble fruit, wax fruit, etc.). The series doesn't even try to emulate real life which liberates it to allow all sorts of crazy shit in its world. Quite refreshing when we're otherwise inundated with a bajillion different takes on our own planet and games that insist on having RL physics and useless, boring shit like that.
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I bet Zoro has a sharingan in that left eye!
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On October 06 2010 11:26 superbabosheki wrote: I bet Zoro has a sharingan in that left eye! This is one piece not bleach, meaning he has a geass in his eye that can see into the future!
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Must.. resist.. spoilers..
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I'm sorry, but Zoro is just too awesome. The way he's talking in that one panel kinda bothers me though, he doesn't seem so empty-headed anymore.
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they became so ugly =/ especially sanji
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YES YES YES!!! zoro is too sexy. one eye zoro iz too sexy!!! edit:nice 444 post. which means death in chinese/jap cultures. WUT WUT! woot woot!
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Ha, he has two arms after all!
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Early chapter this week !
We see Luffy using haki and the fake one said Luffy's bounty is now 400m. ARGH Choper is geting on my nerves.... I love Franky's new look ( most ppl are disapointed wtf ) and Zorro looks so good now (but probaly has one eye or he got himself a sharingan XD ) and slicing the ship in half :D
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Even after reading the spoilers and knowing about how Zoro cut the ship in half, I still find myself laughing as I actually read it. It's a bit mean but Zoro may be doing those pirates a favor, if they can't prevent him from cutting the ship in half as easily as he did they probably have no place going to the new world. The talk about fate is interesting but Zoro has always been that way, the fact that he got lost and got on that ship in the first place is just showing that hes the same kind of character.
I like the setup for next chapter with the fake strawhats and the marine all converging in the same spot, it's likely that the rest of the strawhats will show up there too and we'll get the big reunion next chapter followed by the strawhats roflstomping all of them for the next 2 or 3 chapters after that. I don't think Oda will show off too much of their new skill sets so it might be a bit brief.
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zoro eye switch o_O
chopper has been making me angry too
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Loved this chapter. Zoro is so sexy <3... only chopper is pretty anoying, always was my least favorite character..
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I read the spoilers earlier in the week then read this chapter thinking i already read it for reals lol.
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Fuck yeah, early One Piece.
The time is ripe for a new adventure!
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yeah. whats with people hating on Franky's new look? Yes he is less human looking, but who cares he is still the same franky. I personally like the ostentatious new franky. and ya. never liked chopper other than for comedic purposes and maybe when he goes into beast mode. but this little venture isnt even funny. i just find him utterly stupid and annoying. i guess thats oda's attempt. really stupid gag comedy. meh doesnt work for me in this case. but i am a bit excited to see choppers new moves, im excited to see everyone's new moves. so far we've given glimpses @: [x]Luffy [x]Zoro [x]Nami [x]Usopp [ ]Sanji [ ]Robin [ ]Chopper [ ]Franky [ ]Brooks meh, 4/9!
@proxy, yeah nice point of the fate thing, it has been pretty much demonstrated that fate plays a big role in OP manga. /drools @zoro & somehow i'm not too big on sanji's stash.
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Did Zoro learn philosophy from Mihawk? :p
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Zorro thinks he's a shinigami now. I wonder if he can bankai.
Anyway, good chapter. I was a little afraid Franky would suck ass, but he looks awesome. Zorro sure is as awesome as ever :p The only thing that got me worried is chopper. This might still turn into "look for chopper/rescue him" mini arc and we can't forget that Brooke is still doing his concert thingy. Can't wait for everyone to meet up and celebrate.
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