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[grandjedi6]

I wonder when the bomb is gonna go off. It's been sometime now.

It'll go off during the tea party and destroy the cake Big Mom has been longing for. Hence setting her off into her hangry mode that will attack friend and foe at the tea party.

 

[Kreed]

Ehhh, Zoro is aiming to take down an emperor'a rival and warlord. Luffy is aiming for pirate king and has taken out 3 warlords on his own. WB and Shanks have admiral and warlord-level fighters in their crews. I don't see the big deal in Luffy getting Jinbe on his crew when you consider Luffy is aiming past WB and Shanks.

It's just that all the warlords up to now have been arc bosses, but Luffy:
1. already befriended the WB pirates
2. Teamed up with warlords
3. is siblings with the chief of staff of the Revolutionaries and WB's 3rd division commander, who was also offered a warlord position before he caught WB'S eye. Both siblings have aided and fought alongside Luffy already.
4. is going to be aided by the Hero of the Marines, Garp, who has to go through a redemption arc after hesitating to save Ace, and will die with a smile on his face, like all Ds do.
5. Has already befriended 4 additional Revolutionary commanders, either directly or through Sabo.
6. Has been aides by, and will be aided by, Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionaries, most wanted man in the world.
7. Is being bet on by Shanks, an emperor (WB, too)
8. Was trained by the 1st mate of Roger.
9. Demonstrated the ability to take out Doflamingo with one serious punch

Plus, Nami is arguably already the top Navigator in the world, and Usopp is on his way to being the best marksman. This crew is full of gifted and driven prodigies.

The argument for weakening Jinbei currently is because Jinbei is arguably on the same level as Luffy and Law strength wise. Of course eventually Luffy will dwarf Jinbei for all the reasons you've listed, but as it stands Jinbei joining the crew would break the "unspoken rule" of the captain always being the strongest (and shounen manga logic). Personally I agree with Aaronrules380 that Jinbei losing a limb probably is not going to weaken him much (especially if Franky gives him a substitute), but we'll see next chapter.

 

[Syntsui]

We have zero evidence that Jimbe is on the same level of current Luffy though.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Pac-man ghosts

Oh gawd does that mean my dumb big mam is actually Pac-Man theory might be true?

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

We have zero evidence that Jimbe is on the same level of current Luffy though.

They seemed pretty matched to me on fish man island. Jinbe isn't some weakling warlord either.

 

[Ray Down]

They seemed pretty matched to me on fish man island. Jinbe isn't some weakling warlord either.

Yep he oneshotted Gekko, just wait till he is in water.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Yep he oneshotted Gekko, just wait till he is in water.

Exactly. He would've joined at fish man island oda choose too but that power discussion would get a bit shaky. Maybe with gear 4th he's stronger

 

[B-Dubs]

Exactly. He would've joined at fish man island oda choose too but that power discussion would get a bit shaky. Maybe with gear 4th he's stronger

Gear 4 Luffy would have wrecked everyone in the Paradise portion of the manga with one hit.

 

[grandjedi6]

I get the feeling someone is gonna die this arc

I can't imagine Big Mom surviving. Like Whitebeard, her existence blocks story progression.

I imagine all the Emperors will be dead by the end of the series.

 

[Dugna]

woah, we're already on whole cake island....this is weirdly fast.

 

[smurfx]

wonder how big mom's power works. if she removes years off of your life do you then hit a certain age and that is your cut off and you die? like some kind of countdown. i think big mom will likely remove a ton of years off of jimbei's life. maybe this is where bonney would make her self useful. she might be the one that keeps jimbei alive by making him younger and keeping death from coming. maybe this is how they counter big mom's power and defeat her. she is likely going to remove a bunch of years off of luffy too at some point. perhaps this is how luffy gets off of her island. she removes the majority of his life and gives him and jimbei only 1 year of life and he has to defeat kaido before that year is up and if he does she returns their life force.

 

[Big One]

Am I the only one that thinks we might just get both Jinbe AND Pekoms as Strawhats this arc? This chapter pretty much established Jinbei, and Pedro mentioning his piracy with Pekoms suggests Pekoms does indeed have a dream related to the poneglyphs for some reason. Plus Oda mentioned a while back that the next Strawhats might join "back-to-back" and one of them will be a "previous villain." Seems natural to me at least.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Am I the only one that thinks we might just get both Jinbe AND Pekoms as Strawhats this arc? This chapter pretty much established Jinbei, and Pedro mentioning his piracy with Pekoms suggests Pekoms does indeed have a dream related to the poneglyphs for some reason. Plus Oda mentioned a while back that the next Strawhats might join "back-to-back" and one of them will be a "previous villain." Seems natural to me at least.

previous villain thing was a long time ago and referred to the marineford teamups

 

[Squishy3]

she can probably just "eat" anything, even if it's stuff that doesn't exist in a concrete form like a person's lifespan. honestly this is the thing that feels most like a stand in one piece.

 

[NSESN]

Shark-daughter to new SH
But seriously, i think Jimbe will survive.

 

[Grexeno]

Am I the only one that thinks we might just get both Jinbe AND Pekoms as Strawhats this arc? This chapter pretty much established Jinbei, and Pedro mentioning his piracy with Pekoms suggests Pekoms does indeed have a dream related to the poneglyphs for some reason. Plus Oda mentioned a while back that the next Strawhats might join "back-to-back" and one of them will be a "previous villain." Seems natural to me at least.

Don't you mean Jinbe and Carrot

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Don't you mean Jinbe and Carrot

Yup I'm positive Carrot and jinbe are the new strawhats. One mink, one fishman

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Carrot is going to die to create a shit got real moment

 

[Big One]

Don't you mean Jinbe and Carrot

I would like this better, but this recent chapter mentionign Pekoms and Pedro's quest to obtain poneglyphs suggests a lot when it comes to either of them joining the group. Carrot is just a fangirl type of character though I would rather her than Pekoms, she probably doesn't have a tragic backstory like Pekoms likely does.

 

[ckohler]

Yup I'm positive Carrot and jinbe are the new strawhats. One mink, one fishman

I hope so. The diversity makes sense and would be interesting. BTW, Carrot was shown being the ship's lookout last week.

Carrot is going to die to create a shit got real moment

No.

 

[Cloud Strife]

I'm still set with Pudding/Jinbei. Though Oda is definitely setting up some kind of backstory/flashback for Pekoms and Pedro. Perhaps this will tie into Pudding's backstory somehow.

Either way, on top of Sanji and the Vinsmokes flashback this may be a very flashback heavy arc. Even Brook has some potential for a flashback as well.

 

[RomanceDawn]

Jinbe doesn't need to be nerfed. From his first appearance he has been shown in a far dimmer light than every War Lord to date except for Buggy. He is no where near Luffy and will make a nice addition resulting in the monster quartet.

Brook's certain Kingdom was probably destroyed by the Vinsmokes way back in the day which prompted him to a life of piracy.

 

[Ray Down]

Tratorrot is not joining people.

 

[BatDan]

Tratorrot is not joining people.

That's a terrible nickname.

 

[Ray Down]

That's a terrible nickname.

Tratot was a rejected one.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Jinbe doesn't need to be nerfed. From his first appearance he has been shown in a far dimmer light than every War Lord to date except for Buggy. He is no where near Luffy and will make a nice addition resulting in the monster quartet.

Brook's certain Kingdom was probably destroyed by the Vinsmokes way back in the day which prompted him to a life of piracy.

Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, jinbei?

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

This chapter is too much. Jinbe losing a body part, this mysterious figure behind Carrot. Oda PLEASE.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

This chapter is too much. Jinbe losing a body part, this mysterious figure behind Carrot. Oda PLEASE.

It was probably Nami.

Brook is definitely getting a flashback this arc. It's been hinted at since the Vinsmokes were introduced.

 

[Ray Down]

It was probably Nami.

Brook is definitely getting a flashback this arc. It's been hinted at since the Vinsmokes were introduced.

Probably worked in a kingdom they overthrew.

 

[smurfx]

i don't think any of the minks are going to join. they are all destined to become part of the strawhat alliance. jimbei has a reason to join because he is trying to stop the discrimination against fishmen/mermen and he wants luffy to help make it happen. it's a big strawhat like dream. pekoms will probably form a pirate crew with some of the remnants of big mom's crew and carrot might join that if she wants to sail the sea. pedro might become an adventurer and help look for the lost poneglyph in order to help pay back luffy after he defeats kaido. carrot can easily join him if she wants to explore the sea.

 

[TheGreatDirector]

Tratorrot is not joining people.

But will Headless Jinbei join?

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

That wasn't Nami. She's got lances or something on her back.

 

[smurfx]

That wasn't Nami. She's got lances or something on her back.

that's probably what nami was wearing when they were fighting off the ants. next when you see nami the ants are defeated and they are nearing whole cake island.

 

[BobTheFork]

That wasn't Nami. She's got lances or something on her back.

Yeah, what's going on? Are half of you trying to troll the other half. Nami's on the same page in another panel with Brooke. How is she standing behind carrot as well?

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

Yeah, what's going on? Are half of you trying to troll the other half. Nami's on the same page in another panel with Brooke. How is she standing behind carrot as well?

Nami is also wearing a completely different distinctive top and black skirt. This character is also wearing a hat. Nami isn't.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

So who's standing at the cape is it actually pudding? Jinbe with his missing arm? Big mom with jinbes head in hand.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

I figured it was a slight gag in how they had to fend off the ants.

Chances of All Blue showing up during this arc? Chances of it getting mentioned at all? It is a Sanji centric arc, after all. It hasn't even been mentioned since WAY back.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

I figured it was a slight gag in how they had to fend off the ants.

Chances of All Blue showing up during this arc? Chances of it getting mentioned at all? It is a Sanji centric arc, after all. It hasn't even been mentioned since WAY back.

What do you mean sanji already found his all blue. Xp

 

[smurfx]

So who's standing at the cape is it actually pudding? Jinbe with his missing arm? Big mom with jinbes head in hand.

jimbei with his arms and legs missing. it's going to be a reenactment of zoro's scene in thriller bark. luffy is going to ask what happened to him and he won't answer because he is dead.

 

[Rebel Leader]

What do you mean sanji already found his all blue. Xp

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Lol precisely. First strawhat to achieve his dream

 

[Cloud Strife]

jimbei with his arms and legs missing. it's going to be a reenactment of zoro's scene in thriller bark. luffy is going to ask what happened to him and he won't answer because he is dead.

Can you even fucking imagine. Does Oda have the stones to turn this series R?

 

[ssj5krillhan]

I was pretty hyped for the cover page with Rogers crew on it

 

[Aaronrules380]

I was pretty hyped for the cover page with Rogers crew on it

I think most of those people were just random guys at Rayleigh's bar. Don't think they were part of Roger's crew

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

jimbei with his arms and legs missing. it's going to be a reenactment of zoro's scene in thriller bark. luffy is going to ask what happened to him and he won't answer because he is dead.

No fucking way. Pedro for next SH then? You know a flashback is coming.

 

[ssj5krillhan]

I think most of those people were just random guys at Rayleigh's bar. Don't think they were part of Roger's crew

There were 2 different big bald guys in Rogers crew in the stong world ova and the guy behind rayleigh looks like it could be one of them

 

[Cloud Strife]

I was pretty hyped for the cover page with Rogers crew on it

Yeah I don't think that's someone from Rogers crew. More than likely a rando gambler.

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

Sanji seems like the only Strawhat not working on his dream.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Sanji seems like the only Strawhat not working on his dream.

Hopefully we'll get some reaffirmation soon. I'm assuming the conversation with his Dad will bring up Zeff and what's changed since he left his home regarding how he lives his life and shit.

 

[Ray Down]

I figured it was a slight gag in how they had to fend off the ants.

Chances of All Blue showing up during this arc? Chances of it getting mentioned at all? It is a Sanji centric arc, after all. It hasn't even been mentioned since WAY back.

There all ways that one theory that connects it to One Piece or something.