One Piece

[DerpDaBerp]

they won't

jinbe

 

[Beat!]

What if Doflamingo joined Blackbeard's crew eventually?

Not saying I think it'll happen, the idea just popped into my mind.

 

[theeboredone]

I think if that happened, Don would be using BB for his own agenda. BB is up there, but I suspect Don right now is looking to be the "main" villain at least for now.

 

[john!]

dofla's entire character revolves around controlling others. he would never submit to another captain.

 

[Beat!]

Well, I imagine it'd be in the way theeboredone described. I agree that Dofla definitely wouldn't legitimately submit to anyone, but it wouldn't be the first time he joined up with someone else. He did become a Shichibukai, after all.

That being said, I don't think it's very likely to happen. I just found the thought interesting.

 

[choknater]

isn't he still a shichibukai?

 

[Beat!]

Y es.

 

[Jonas]

So is Oda taking an unannounced 2 week break or what?

 

[john!]

it's a japanese holiday i think

 

[theeboredone]

Is Frankie's hair back to normal? It looked like it when they showed him inside the Shogun.

 

[Thino]

yea frankies hair is back to normal for some reason

but he's a robot so he ain't gonna explain ****.

 

[Hot_ArmS]

I think it only comes back when he's in his vehicles, those are the only two instances so far that this hair has been shown

 

[Kuraudo]

Why aren't we talking about how awesome Usopp is?

 

[Virgilijus]

 

[Hot_ArmS]

He was my guess as soon as i saw that last panel

 

[Virgilijus]

Especially with the whole 'slept too long' line as well. The only thing that gets me a bit is the cheekbones don't look quite like his.

 

[john!]

so usopp was the one to finally capture caesar

usopp confirmed for second strongest strawhat

 

[DerpDaBerp]

I hate that he still makes Nami and Usopp virtually useless till they've already pretty much won. They're due for a good one-on-one battle

 

[Hot_ArmS]

all 3 just fell in the water, all 3 are fruit users

 

[DerpDaBerp]

And they're all running away, one essentially being incapacitated.




I'm saying that if they had approached Usopp or Nami as they did Franky, they would have run away

 

[BBQTV]

so the samurai is back

 

[Thino]

this chapter is like calm before the storm

shoutout to Law for being the only one trying to be cautious as usual

 

[BBQTV]

where is law's crew?

 

[theeboredone]

I like how people (Law) mess with Chopper in appearing all serious, when it's not serious at all.

Also, I was expecting dat Tashigi x Zoro.

 

[DerpDaBerp]

Also, I was expecting dat Tashigi x Zoro.

haha, no you're just a little horny toad



And now, of course, we wait for Doflamingo to show up

 

[Thino]

Also, I was expecting dat Tashigi x Zoro.

it's not over yet

 

[Virgilijus]

The one real gripe I have with Oda is that he needs to learn to let characters die.

 

[ぱみゅ]

lolyeah, it isn't much of a "deadly weapon" if it can't actually kill.

Now, I'm 90% sure Strawhats will take Kinemon and Momonosuke with them to accomplish whatever they are going to do. /statingtheobvious

 

[Reizilla]

What purpose would there be in killing Kinemon? Nothing really. If you had taken notice of the den den mushi when shinokuni first showedup and Luffy's hands, you should have realized it was more of an incapacitator than anything.

 

[DerpDaBerp]

Now, I'm 90% sure Strawhats will take Kinemon and Momonosuke with them to accomplish whatever they are going to do. /statingtheobvious

:|

I can't see them needing either of them for anything, maybe except to drop some fire knowledge on Zoro

 

[asianaussie]

zoro most likely picked up the fire knowledge just by watching at some point

or he will get it offscreen sometime in the next few chapters

 

[Kuraudo]

So how about that epic Luffy vs. Shanks clash?

 

[DerpDaBerp]

I give it 5 years

 

[Virgilijus]

What purpose would there be in killing Kinemon? Nothing really. If you had taken notice of the den den mushi when shinokuni first showedup and Luffy's hands, you should have realized it was more of an incapacitator than anything.

I am not saying there aren't reasons for why he is alive. I am saying Oda needs to learn to pull the trigger on people dying. Otherwise, there is no suspense; every main character will, barring absolutely extreme circumstances (like Ace), live and be fine at the end of the day. Pell, Brownbeard, The G5 marines, Bon Clay, etc.

 

[john!]

I am not saying there aren't reasons for why he is alive. I am saying Oda needs to learn to pull the trigger on people dying. Otherwise, there is no suspense; every main character will, barring absolutely extreme circumstances (like Ace), live and be fine at the end of the day. Pell, Brownbeard, The G5 marines, Bon Clay, etc.

american comic books are even worse. NOBODY stays dead in those except uncle ben.

 

[Virgilijus]

Yeah, that's something I hate and one of the reasons I hate ongoing series. No death is permanent and no repercussion should be feared. Then what's the point of reading?

 

[ぱみゅ]

american comic books are even worse. NOBODY stays dead in those except uncle ben.

I must admit I laughed at that.
[collapse=In my opinion]Most american comic books actually can't kill characters for several reasons:
1. Writers work with other writers, which means they can not ruin others' plans with any character for the sake of their wildest dreams.
2. They don't really have a timeline to follow. That allows them to create stuff like multiverses, paradoxes, spinoffs, and whatif's, but pretty much nothing will "fully translate" to future issues.
3. Their stories can NOT have an ending. They are suposed to keep publishing for years and years nonstop (but years-long pauses?), with a literally infinite amount of stories.

Unlike (most) anime/manga, where
1. There is only one writer who knows exactle what he/she wants for their story.
2. The story has a timeline (or several timelines within one single story).
3. The story has an ending.[/collapse]

 

[theeboredone]

Well for what its worth, currently Peter Parker in both Amazing and Ultimate comic book lines is dead. We'll see how long that lasts.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

Well for what its worth, currently Peter Parker in both Amazing and Ultimate comic book lines is dead. We'll see how long that lasts.

About as long as Ben Reilly being the "real" Peter Parker.

Also, what Kyo said is (for the most part) true.

Smooth Criminal

 

[theeboredone]

To be honest though, as a reader, I have never minded killing off side/arc characters. So someone like Brown Beard, I would not have cared for. I think creators fear more of a backlash when a primary character is killed off. Reminds me of how Toriyama intended Gohan to take Goku's place after the Cell Games, only for him to receive death threats to bring Goku back.