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One Piece Manga |OT| ZEHAHAHAHA! The Name of this Age is Blackbeard!
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Fair enough, it has been a while.
Bots are better than you
Banned
Yeah Octopako (that was her name, right?) comes to mind. Imagine a brawler with a blackbelt in Fishman Karate with 6 arms, that screams Monster Trio. ^^
Omnistalgic
Member
Hmmm...guess I'm the only one that instantly fell in love with Boa and wanted her to join the crew. IMO she fits Oda's writing style for women but would certainly have meaningful fights. It's likely too late for her to join now I guess, but would have been an interesting dynamic. Even if she becomes an ally, I can't remember a time when Boa is in and I'm not chuckling. One of Oda's best characters IMO.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Are you guys talking about Boa Hancock? Because if so, you're a few years late, lol.
Even Vivi?
What crawled into your breakfast. Yeesh.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
My vote is for a Kairoseki-Crusted Goldfish to eat the crew, which then dies shortly after and sinks to the very bottom of the ocean. The manga then becomes a slice of life comedy of a ragtag bunch of pirates living at the bottom of the ocean, inside a Goldfish (re: Mind Game). They are not close to Fishman Island.
J
Jpop
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah but you'll have to wait a week longer
I'm pretty sure there is no Jump this week.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Who will be the next one to get eaten by a fish and sink to the bottom of the ocean and land next to this fish so they can crawl into the other fish???
I know it's why I said next week not this week ;_;
Contribute something then, instead of throwing a tantrum like a little kid.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Even Vivi?
Yeah. I love Vivi and she's a very close friend to the straw hats, and they traveled together for a while and bonded, and the mark on their arm also served to show that they were united, but she was never a real crew member. Again, I really like her, this is just me being unnecessarily technical as usual, lol.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
I did contribute something! My wish for the strawhats to die.
Just havin a laff here mate no need to get all serious.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
The episode titles write themselves.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Vivi should have joined.
I liked Vivi a lot
I liked Vivi a lot
You take that back. Vivi is awesome and is a true straw hat. She'll be back some day, just you see.
Pegosaurus
Banned
ah so there is no jump this week good to know
excuse me while i go cry over it
Vivi for best girl
hope she makes a comeback some time
excuse me while i go cry over it
Vivi should have joined.
I liked Vivi a lot
Vivi for best girl
hope she makes a comeback some time
Frozenprince
Banned
Vivi had such a cool weapon it would have been awesome to see her evolve.
Imperial Bishop
Banned
Vivi was fine when she wasn't yelling.
It was probably for the best that she didn't join. I can't think of what she could have really contributed to the crew.
It was probably for the best that she didn't join. I can't think of what she could have really contributed to the crew.
fulfilling young men's dreams
Yeah, I kind of like Vivi but I'm struggling to remember any significant thing she's done. I would like to see how she'd react with Brook in the crew now (reminding me I need to see the Drum Kingdom remake movie).
I wish I could've seen how the internet reacted to Robin joining. I bet most people never saw that coming and probably would've been mind blown.
I wish I could've seen how the internet reacted to Robin joining. I bet most people never saw that coming and probably would've been mind blown.
I would imagine something like a coach for Strawhats to get over minor flaws about themselves e.g. Sanji not being able to fight women, Ussop being afraid, Luffy's meat addiction.
This "No OP Week" is worse since there's no Jump at all.
No Soma, MHA, or Bleach to regulate the crazy talk.
Like honestly the whole Alabasta arc was just a drag for me. It set the tone for a lot of things in the series, but did we really need like three different miniature island arcs before even hitting the main plotline? Drum Island was the best thing about the Alabasta arc, cause once they actually went to Alabasta about half of it was spent traversing across the desert and Vivi's meh backstory.
Honestly Arlong arc was much better as a whole than Alabasta was. But I feel like One Piece didn't hit it's stride (for me) all that much until CP9, which was an arc that actually felt like it rewarded me for reading up to that point. This continued with arcs like Shaboady, Impel Down, Marineford, and even Dressrosa.
In fact if I had to rank the "big arcs" in order:
1. CP9
2. Dressrosa
3. Marineford
4. East Blue
5. Alabasta
6. Skypeia
7. Thriller Bark
8. Fishman Island
Honestly Arlong arc was much better as a whole than Alabasta was. But I feel like One Piece didn't hit it's stride (for me) all that much until CP9, which was an arc that actually felt like it rewarded me for reading up to that point. This continued with arcs like Shaboady, Impel Down, Marineford, and even Dressrosa.
In fact if I had to rank the "big arcs" in order:
1. CP9
2. Dressrosa
3. Marineford
4. East Blue
5. Alabasta
6. Skypeia
7. Thriller Bark
8. Fishman Island
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Who will be the next crewmate is One Piece's version of shipping. It'll never go away.
Sadly... At least it's a lot more tolerable than most shipping talk. I read Soma for the food and the cooking battles, not looking at who should hook up with who.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
I already said that I love her, lol.
She didn't "do" anything, but she played off the rest of the crew great in the tsukkomi role.
IMO, Dressrosa was much more of a drag than Alabasta was, but i still liked it.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Alright guys, let's do a random why-not popularity poll.
Which member of the Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad is the bestest of best?
Superior manga image:
Poorly drawn but slightly larger anime image:
Top row (left to right): Stomp, Ivan X.
Bottom row (left to right): Cowboy, Bourbon Jr., Carue, Kentauros, Hikoichi.
Not shown on the image: Eyelashes.
Carue is sooo cute and kind, but Cowboy is the guy who gets the ladies, no doubt. Dude brings a-game for sure. Kentauros is also such a boss; probably gets shit done. I'm gonna go with Cowboy though.
You?
Where's ma love for ducks at.
Which member of the Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad is the bestest of best?
Superior manga image:
Poorly drawn but slightly larger anime image:
Top row (left to right): Stomp, Ivan X.
Bottom row (left to right): Cowboy, Bourbon Jr., Carue, Kentauros, Hikoichi.
Not shown on the image: Eyelashes.
Carue is sooo cute and kind, but Cowboy is the guy who gets the ladies, no doubt. Dude brings a-game for sure. Kentauros is also such a boss; probably gets shit done. I'm gonna go with Cowboy though.
You?
Where's ma love for ducks at.
NHarmonic.
Member
Eyelashes is the true hero of alabasta.
I thought so too until I re-read a good portion of it on the Viz releases. Alabasta was definitely more of a drag, and Dressrosa had a much better story all around than Alabasta did. All the flashbacks in Dressrosa are amongst the best in the entire series and really gave the storyline a lot of depth that other arcs don't have. The only part of Dressrosa that dragged for me was the gladiator portions of it tbh and some of Punk Hazard, while Alabasta didn't stop dragging till Drum Island and then it drags again when they actually get the Alabasta till they actually start fighting Baroque Works towards the end.
Maybe i should reread Dressrosa and PH, those are the only arcs i didn't read a chapter after the other
Oh sh- It's "No OP" week again?
It's "No OP Week: Jump Off Edition", in that there's no Jump at all this week.
RomanceDawn
Member
The entire crew was planned before the manga started. Not to be confused with his early crew sketch with no Robin and the little Fishman carpenter.
Vivi was never going to join in the sense that we know it. She was a bad guy and at the very very last second, Oda went on record in saying that he thought it would be more interesting if she was a princess involved heavily with the Buroque Works saga. Just look at how she flipped after trying to kill Laboon. That isn't to say she doesn't count because she does, just differently. She is crewmate 6.5. Again all from SBS's and interviews.
Barto is not joining. He has his own crew who he has traveled with from the East Blue to the New World. We saw one member with very little panel time. If we saw more, fleshing them out giving us hints that they would want him to leave and join the Straw Hats then that would be something. It doesn't have to be that specific but the followers of Franky, Usopp and Jinbe are in a completely different boat. He is not leaving his crew behind to join Lufffy, not without major build up first. Not to mention Bartolomeo has been established as the comic foil to Cavandish. They are 2 sides of the same coin who will ultimately be the leading commanders on Luffy's side in the final world war. Barto and Cavendish are Zoro and Sanji with a different kind of support role. I guarantee you!
Jinbe is next or the 9th person at least, which would make him the 10th Straw Hat. Like the picture posted above that was one of 2 times Oda did that. Roughly 3 years after Jinbe said he would join the Straw Hats. It was just another reminder for fans who pay close enough attention. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, Jinbe is the 10th straw hat even if he isn't the next one to join. What I mean by that is Nami didn't officially join before Sanji and Usopp but later got her 2nd person chapter.
There will be at least one more member after that giving Luffy his 10 men and Oda his soccer team. They will join in succession much like the early days of One Piece or even Franky to Brook.
Vivi was never going to join in the sense that we know it. She was a bad guy and at the very very last second, Oda went on record in saying that he thought it would be more interesting if she was a princess involved heavily with the Buroque Works saga. Just look at how she flipped after trying to kill Laboon. That isn't to say she doesn't count because she does, just differently. She is crewmate 6.5. Again all from SBS's and interviews.
Barto is not joining. He has his own crew who he has traveled with from the East Blue to the New World. We saw one member with very little panel time. If we saw more, fleshing them out giving us hints that they would want him to leave and join the Straw Hats then that would be something. It doesn't have to be that specific but the followers of Franky, Usopp and Jinbe are in a completely different boat. He is not leaving his crew behind to join Lufffy, not without major build up first. Not to mention Bartolomeo has been established as the comic foil to Cavandish. They are 2 sides of the same coin who will ultimately be the leading commanders on Luffy's side in the final world war. Barto and Cavendish are Zoro and Sanji with a different kind of support role. I guarantee you!
Jinbe is next or the 9th person at least, which would make him the 10th Straw Hat. Like the picture posted above that was one of 2 times Oda did that. Roughly 3 years after Jinbe said he would join the Straw Hats. It was just another reminder for fans who pay close enough attention. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, Jinbe is the 10th straw hat even if he isn't the next one to join. What I mean by that is Nami didn't officially join before Sanji and Usopp but later got her 2nd person chapter.
There will be at least one more member after that giving Luffy his 10 men and Oda his soccer team. They will join in succession much like the early days of One Piece or even Franky to Brook.
Pegosaurus
Banned
a fate worse than death
this makes me happy haha
i'm looking forward to jinbe joining the team, I hope he really does join in the upcoming arc
NHarmonic.
Member
Personally i don't care much about Jimbe, though i kinda see it being the one who's constantly amazed at the reckless antics of luffy and co, and that would be a lot of fun.
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