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SquiddyCracker
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Hm...
... made visible by haki?
They are black lines, and reinforcement haki tends to colour the weapon in question black I believe.
When he use the strings for pure manipulation, he's just being skillful, thus keeping the strings haki free and invisible.
I don't know a lot about manga advertisements but seems like Kuroko no Basket Vol 21 is getting a heavy push
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/02/04-1/kurokos-basketball-hijacks-ikebukuro-station
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/02/04-1/kurokos-basketball-hijacks-ikebukuro-station
Explain the Marionette power then.
gundamkyoukai
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Okay this off topic but still feel i should post it here just in case .
Toriko, One Piece, Dragon Ball Z Get Crossover Anime Special .
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ece-dragon-ball-z-get-crossover-anime-special
Man OP and DBZ together awesome stuff .
Also Toriko look so out of place with 2 of the biggest manga in history there .
Toriko, One Piece, Dragon Ball Z Get Crossover Anime Special .
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ece-dragon-ball-z-get-crossover-anime-special
Man OP and DBZ together awesome stuff .
Also Toriko look so out of place with 2 of the biggest manga in history there .
"God's Beard!"
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Naruto was way better than One Piece this week. I'd give Naruto a C- and One Piece a D.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Don't fall into the grading trap.
"God's Beard!"
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I've been grading for years, and it's just as sarcastic now as it's always been. Terra Formars is better than both series.
Daaaamn, you know she dead.
Crash Station
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Aku No Hana 40
You would think Unfortunate Popular Girl would think it was fucking weird dude starts tearing up. And ruh roh at Saeki showing up again
I think after being under the impression all her friends would chastise her for reading/writing, an overly positive reaction would be damn welcome.
I think you're making this more complicated than it has to be. Strings are hard to see from afar, strings are easy to see up close.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Wrong.
Part 1 has pretty much been entirely retconned.
HOW DARE YOU STEAL BANDWIDTH!
BassForever
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Toriko needs to stop mucking up these specials
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Grading individual chapters is kind of silly, though.
How ridiculous is it that Kasuga is still pulling school idols despite being both crazy and a mess
"God's Beard!"
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I wasn't.
Crash Station
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They're just as crazy as he is.
BassForever
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Clearly Cage of Eden did more damage to his brain then we initially thought
The past school idol he was pulled was even crazier than he was and I can already tell this chick will be batshit too.
Naruto better than One Piece? Explain yourself.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You're just saying that because Saeki literally raped him.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Yeah, sure, artistic license is a good explanation for that.
And the marionette ability is simply him moving his fingers and making others move, right?
With the physics of OP, that is probably accomplishable through the use of actual strings rather than DF magic.
QuiteWhittle
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Magi
Were the Banker and Isnan always the same person? Or is this an anime-only change?
Were the Banker and Isnan always the same person? Or is this an anime-only change?
BassForever
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Quick question, is black cat a one arc story the spans the entire length of it's run or will it eventually introduce a new villain and direction?
One Piece 698:
It's already difficult enough to tolerate Oda giving everyone of importance Haki and/or CP9 abilities since Oda came up with these "Logia equalizers" after the fact, since obviously it has become too hard to have Luffy find creative ways to defeat Logia opponents (not to mention that it looks like every serious villain Luffy will face going forward will have Emperor Haki).
Despite all of this, I could accept Doflamingo having one of the other two forms of Haki all of a sudden after all the years we've known his character, but Emperor level is too much. For one thing he is in the same group as Boa Hancock, who hyped up Emperor Haki as being rare AND it pretty much made her special outside of her one hit kill move. Hell, it doesn't even make sense going back to the White Beard battle, where it was special for Luffy to have Emperor Haki and to demonstrate that while fighting to the crowd. And honestly, Doflamingo just brings it down as an ability. The Emperors? Good. Black Beard? Obviously. Boa? Ok. Rayleigh? Great. Why? Because they are all way more important to the story than anyone else Luffy has come across.
Doflamingo...BS, regardless of his past as a leader/what ever story Oda comes up with to make him a great puppet master/etc... Doflamingo isn't any more special than Crocodile, Lucci, or any of the other bad guys Luffy's defeated. He shouldn't have Emperor Haki.
It's already difficult enough to tolerate Oda giving everyone of importance Haki and/or CP9 abilities since Oda came up with these "Logia equalizers" after the fact, since obviously it has become too hard to have Luffy find creative ways to defeat Logia opponents (not to mention that it looks like every serious villain Luffy will face going forward will have Emperor Haki).
Despite all of this, I could accept Doflamingo having one of the other two forms of Haki all of a sudden after all the years we've known his character, but Emperor level is too much. For one thing he is in the same group as Boa Hancock, who hyped up Emperor Haki as being rare AND it pretty much made her special outside of her one hit kill move. Hell, it doesn't even make sense going back to the White Beard battle, where it was special for Luffy to have Emperor Haki and to demonstrate that while fighting to the crowd. And honestly, Doflamingo just brings it down as an ability. The Emperors? Good. Black Beard? Obviously. Boa? Ok. Rayleigh? Great. Why? Because they are all way more important to the story than anyone else Luffy has come across.
Doflamingo...BS, regardless of his past as a leader/what ever story Oda comes up with to make him a great puppet master/etc... Doflamingo isn't any more special than Crocodile, Lucci, or any of the other bad guys Luffy's defeated. He shouldn't have Emperor Haki.
Antiwhippy
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It never introduces a new big bad, though it does introduce some new little bads.
Ignis Fatuus
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BassForever
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Doflamingo is the only warlord to have his main domain in the New World, that alone makes him on a higher level then pirates who failed in the New World like Crocodile or organizations that don't reside there like CP9. We just saw him in his first fairly serious fight as he stomped G5 and Smoker. I'm not saying he's Emperor or Admiral level, but he's for sure ahead of the other warlords except maybe Mihawk who we also know very little about the true extent of his powers.
Edit: Ignus Fatuus would have an even better answer with less words
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
That idea didn't come from Oda. He never said it was uncommon among the powerful. He said just the opposite. It has nothing to do with your literal ambition, that just stems from a mistranslation.
Shichibukai hasn't really meant anything besides the big Whitebeard battle. They do whatever they want and they sever their ties whenever they please. There's very little downside to being one. Blackbeard, Mihawk, Law, Kuma, Hancock, and Jinbe are pretty good company to be in. And none of them really sold themselves to the government. They're all playing the government for their own gain and they don't have to do much to retain the title.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Sasuke love his brother, Itachi
That quote doesn't say it's common. Rayleigh is basically saying "Lots of important and influential people can do this." It's the Kuja that say it's rare.
BassForever
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The warlords have all had very different reasons for why they became one, most of them never gave up on their ambition they just used the Warlords rank to advance their plan without fear of having the navy being down their neck. Really the only people who view them as "betraying their ambition" are poser pirates who could barely survive in paradise let alone the new world.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
So you're agreeing with me?
I guess? I don't really have any issue with the number of people with Conqueror's Haki, but rather that anyone with it should be answering to or fearful of anyone else. It's a power that's supposed to belong to the elite, not the insignificant.
Gecko Moriah didn't really have that much going on. He had Oars and the zombie army, but what was he really going to do with them?
And Crocodile may have had ambition, but he only took the Warlord role because he got smacked down as a pirate and wanted the protection of the World Government. It's only when he discovered the existence of a weapon that would give him an advantage over everyone else that he began to dream again.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Cool.
He comes off as a shrewd guy so he probably has no problem bowing his head and taking orders to advance his ambitions. Luffy did the same sort of thing at Amazon Lilly to save the girls that got turned to stone.
A Huge Battleship
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Doujin Work 1-13
The anime was entirely wholesome in comparison to this (unsurprising given the author). Will keep reading, but early impressions favour the manga, not least because Najimi's more likeable in it. Feels like her personality was toned down to make her into a more typical MC in the anime.
The anime was entirely wholesome in comparison to this (unsurprising given the author). Will keep reading, but early impressions favour the manga, not least because Najimi's more likeable in it. Feels like her personality was toned down to make her into a more typical MC in the anime.
In the manga, Banker and the Weapons dealer were the same person but they changed that in the anime so Isnan and the Weapons dealer were the same instead. A pretty dumb and pointless change as par the course for the anime really.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Yup.
Fair enough.
I'm surprised that Zoro hasn't shown any signs of it yet, actually. Maybe he needs more time.
Chie Satonaka
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I want to play.
Naruto
What a great fucking chapter. Finally, we get the exact reasoning why the Uchiha clan is SO fucked up. It's really kind of sweet, and develops Sasuke's character so much more. I wish this would have been something that happened gradually instead of a big shove near the end, but it was still really satisfying. It was also neat to see Harishima being kinda goofy. Reminds me a lot of Naruto. Yes, I know this is intentional.
One Piece
I'm not convinced that Doflamingo is Admiral tier yet, but it's pretty clear that he's a serious, serious threat. Beating Smoker that quickly, holy shit. I never saw that coming. I figured that was gonna be an actual fight, but he just made everyone there look like a joke. I can't WAIT to see how he reacts to Aokiji. Is that gonna be a fight? Who wins?
Gonna be a long two weeks. Damn it, Oda. First a three week break and then you make us wait another two? HOW WILL I DEAL
Naruto
What a great fucking chapter. Finally, we get the exact reasoning why the Uchiha clan is SO fucked up. It's really kind of sweet, and develops Sasuke's character so much more. I wish this would have been something that happened gradually instead of a big shove near the end, but it was still really satisfying. It was also neat to see Harishima being kinda goofy. Reminds me a lot of Naruto. Yes, I know this is intentional.
One Piece
I'm not convinced that Doflamingo is Admiral tier yet, but it's pretty clear that he's a serious, serious threat. Beating Smoker that quickly, holy shit. I never saw that coming. I figured that was gonna be an actual fight, but he just made everyone there look like a joke. I can't WAIT to see how he reacts to Aokiji. Is that gonna be a fight? Who wins?
Gonna be a long two weeks. Damn it, Oda. First a three week break and then you make us wait another two? HOW WILL I DEAL
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