If you could have any character join the Strawhats, who would it be, and why? For creativity’s sake, it has to be a character that was never “in the running” for joining, like Yamato, Carrot, Paulie, Tama, Bonney, Kinemon/Momo, etc. Loki and Gaimon also excluded since Luffy directly asked them as well.
Goku, maybe they’ll fucking get on with it and find the stupid treasure already
>>291388158Obviously the only correct answer is Ragnir because he’s a Big Guy.
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>>291388394Nigga you posted like 200 characters pick one or two.
>>291388158For me it’s BonClay
>>291388158With so many break weeks I really forgot, are we getting spoilers next week or not?
I was here before THAT anon continued his melty over to this thread in a feeble attempt at ragebait.
>>291388158Well, since Carrot was the only one I really cared about joining, I guess I'm out of this particular discussion. Good day, all.
>>291388957Spoilers this tuesday
>>291388158The Zou arc was actually pretty kino. It was short, but pacing was way better than both Punk Hazard and Dressrosa and was way more enjoyable to watch.Thinking about skipping the Candy Island arc though, I don't really care about Sanji's family and him simping for Pudding is pissing me off.
>>291389015Carrot was a fun addition to the Straw Hats even though she was only temporary.It was nice having another girl member of the team and she was basically just a female version of Luffy at times
>>291388158
>>291389207Oda was intending to make Carrot join by the end of WCI, but he changed his mind, for some reason. He still wants her in the story, hence making her the queen of the minks
>>291389156Don’t skip Whole Cake. It has some of Sanji’s best character development, the Charlotte family is fantastic especially a certain donut boy, THAT Strawhat goes toe to toe with a Yonko and comes back alive in a manner of speaking, Carrot and Pedro get some much needed love and attention… It’s a fantastic arc despite some bad pacing in a couple of stretches, but that’s post-timeskip Piece for you.
>>291388158Yamato>bu-Yamato
>>291389443Yamacute
>>291389015Carrot is still joining though
>>291389156don’t skip whole cake island, it’s one of the best post-TS arcs
>>291389089nice thanks
>TWO (2)! THREADS SEETHING ABOUT ONE PIECE!>>291382703>>291370803Damn, somebody's mad today...
>>291388158Anyone who doesn't have CoC will be useless at this point.
>>291388158Smoker
>>291389751Notice it all started right around the time this post was made >>291385624Imagine being that triggered by a shitpost, there must actually be some truth to it.
Kiku's penis down my throat
>>291389443>>291389777>Yamato has CoC>Loki has CoC>Gaban has CoCTook me long enough to see the pattern here. Every major ally from now on will have CoC. There will be more new characters with CoC in the future arcs.
>>291389156WCI has Bege a.k.a. the best Supernova.
>>291390175>people at the top of the world have CoCno way
>>291390340Then why doesn't Sanji have CoC?
>>291389156>The Zou arc was actually pretty kinoliterally spent half the fucking arc jacking off the worst character in the series, oden.fuck zou
>>291390340Can you explain what you mean by the top of the world? Cause Yamato was imprisoned for 20 years, Loki for 6 years after only destroying a few WG ships, and Gaban is a retired family man. Doesn't sound like "top of the world" to me.
>>291390362Filtered.
>>291390358Best post I ever read about Sanji is he will never develop CoC until he believes he deserves it. His entire life he was straight up beaten and told that he shouldn't have been born by his own family. This is why Sanji over-reacts whenever he is shown any sort of affection, because he doesn't expect it to happen and is thrilled when it does. The same thing can be seen in Chopper, shunned by his family that wanted him to die for being different. Everytime he's complimented he doesn't know how to respond and insults the person who complimented them while doing a little happy dance.This is a real life thing called Hyperactivation which Oda struggled with when he was young. Since he was ostracized for wanted to draw manga when he was a young teen and was bullied for it.
>>291390362eh, the Oden wank wasn't that obnoxious but im probably going to skip half of Wano based on what I already know about it and apprently the pacing is even worse than all the previous arcs
>>291390358
>>291390563>eh, the Oden wank wasn't that obnoxiousLuffy, who falls asleep in every story about someone who was murdered because of the current bad. Even didnt give a fuck about NAMIS MOTHER GETTING MURDERED. Suddenly listens to the story about Oden and cries?Then next arc goes back to sleeping when Kuma's story is told? When Harolds is told?Fucking please, the nippon wank came on way too strong and it was obvious the editors and jump had a hand in it.
>>291390758This is nuLuffy, chud. He listened to Harald's story.
>>291390654damn, Sanji sucks
>>291388158Bellamy. Figured it'd be a neat way to wrap guy who told me to forget about dreams and idolized Doffy became a dreamer and my Nakama.
>>291390807No, Harjudin, Zoro and Sanji listened. Luffy was just eating and only realizing Gaban was on the pirate kings crew when Chopper told him.
>>291390926>law didnt join>yamato didnt join>carrot didnt join>instead we got a fat fucking fish who isn't even half of their rankingshow many butts did oda hurt with this decision?
>>291390946He was listening, speedy.
>>291390986Summit War did enough for me desu. He earned it even if he's not the most interesting nor fun for interactions.
>>291388158Blackbeard
>>291391050Jinbei felt like an actual character during Marineford. Everything after felt wrong, and Elbaf is a joke. At least he got to block an omen attack from Imu. Yet somehow wasn't able to stop Summers from tieing everyone up.
>>291390926Top 30 will all get Fortnite skins in the next 10 years.
>>291391081>Everything after felt wrongNot FMI and WCI. Wano-Elbaph is when he integrated to the just there category and it's unironically when he officially joined as helmsman.
>>291390758>Luffy, who falls asleep in every story about someone who was murdered because of the current bad. Even didnt give a fuck about NAMIS MOTHER GETTING MURDERED. Suddenly listens to the story about Oden and criesfuckijng kek and didnt even realize that
>>291388158Wasn't one of the amazonesses originally supposed to join? With some cat model zoan fruit?I swear I recall some old scribbles from Oda but I can't seem to find them now.
>>291388158Arlong or AbsalomSo we get more doujins of nami rape
>>291389156Luffy indirectly resolved the Zou conflict before he even arrived then they just regrouped and got some exposition, it was a nice change of pace from running from an advancing wall of death
>>291388158AkainuJust for the constant conflict. Strawhats are too close and boooring.
>>291392439>I said Oden was loser, he never won a fight in his life and protected nothing. He does not deserve this much praise >Shut up, we LOVE Oden in this crew
>>291388158Karakuri probly
>>291389272mah niggacooler he would be the Bombardier
i feel like i'm taking crazy pills sometimes having to deal with one piece fans hyping up fights in the anime where i can barely fucking tell what's happening
my wife and daughter
>>291388158Franky would be a good addition.
>>291393061Here's mine.
>>291393030Wiper is what Zoro larps asWould be the only member of the crew with an actual flaw in his character, IF he kept the personality from SkypieaWhich likely wouldn't happen, because to be fair both Robin and Franky could have fulfilled this. Franky was a delinquent character, he should have been picking fights and being unreasonable all the time. Robin was a femme fatale manipulative bitch, she should have been willing to lie and be cruel.
>>291393174
>>291388158Bonney DUH
>>291389156Whole Cake Island and Doffy's arc are retroactively 9/10 arcs and actually feel like old Piece. Wano and Post Wano are shark jumps that have not proven to be worthy of the story that preceeded them.
>>291393419Nah, while Wano was shit, Egghead is a top 3 arc of the entire series. Kuma backstory was insane to go through weekly.
Edward Weevil whatever happened there
>>291389156Zou is so weird since the entire plot of it is told in flashback
>>291390065Zoro...Sanji...
>>291388158Imu so the series would end
>>291388158Ulti and Page1
>>291389381I think it'll all make sense the closer we get to endgame. I think she'll bloom Haki too and I can see her being born with CoC but right now she needs to find her sense of self since other minks on Zou are stronger than her. She already has best usage of her Sulong and Electro, though.
>>291393419I have a theory that because of third party meddling not entirely the fault of Oda, Wano turned out the way it did because the arc was used to spread more nipwank and instill nationalistic seeds within the Japanese youth
>>291393556thats because the strawhats showed up after all the crazy shit went down and they were mostly just vibing and got a new crew mate
>>291393671>Poopi and Piss1
>>291388158How about the man who, after meticulously studying them and testing their resolve, single-handedly saved all of the SHs and guarded their ship for two entire years because he just believed in them that much? Kuma would also fit in perfectly with Jinbe/Robin/Franky/Brook, all of whom had former crews/orgs before anyone goes "What about the RA", and simultaneously entrust Bonney to the best pirate crew that she (a self-made pirate) could ever hope to be part of. And now that we know that nothing is gonna kill him, Lilith can restore his consciousness, and he's no longer too big and strong for the SHs (especially as of Loki being on the table), Kuma could be back and ready to join by the end of Elbaf, with nobody to take away his Devil Fruit that the Goroawase indicates will be among the SHs.
>>291394522
>>291393070Kek, underrated
>>291394606>entrust Bonney to the best pirate crew that she (a self-made pirate) could ever hope to be part ofMaybe she'll finally find Kuma on Laugh Tale
>>291393419This isn't untrue. Dressrosa is a retreading of Alabasta so maybe it shouldn't count, but Whole Cake is very inspired. If only the execution was the same as Old Piece it'd be fantastic.>>291394444Wano is quite literally anti-nationalistic, what the fuck did you think the whole "we must open the ports of Wano" meant nigga? lol
I am an OG fan and i miss serious One Piece, Gear 5 ruined it by turning it a Daffy duck episode
>>291393070We never really got the actual Water Seven Franky/Cutty Flam did we?
>>291394940BasedSoulful, charming and funny old piece >>>>>>>>> gay, lame new piece that insists upon itself
So given that Luffy and Yamato had a bit of trouble with Ulti and she needed Big Mom to take her down, she was actually in the 1 billion range right?
>>291395056giwtwm
>>291394995We did in a bit in Thriller Bark, then he kindof left the series for a hundred chapters
>>291388158Bon ClayBarto
>>291395134I think he was already toned down in Thriller Bark, but it's true. Asking Brook why he didn't kill himself is something nu-Franky would never do he'd just stand around saying super or crying
>>291394917Nothing about that is "anti-nationalist" particularly because tehy decided to open their borders on their own.Before that, the wano glaze was quite obnoxious.>Island country with the fiercest and most powerful warriors/pirates>World Government is terrified of them, and the Navy refuses to go anywhere near their oceans>Oden being this super awesome mega powerful mysterious figure who was SO strong, he easily traveled through LaughTale with Gol D RogerIts all just nip glaze throughout.
>>291394917>what the fuck did you think the whole "we must open the ports of Wano" meant nigga?You are talking to an NPC, you can explain it as much as you can, they will blindly look the other way and even give it excuses
>>291389430>THAT Strawhat goes toe to toe with a Yonko and comes back alive iMy favorite spread in the entire manga.
>>291395090Nah.
What if Imu joins the straw Hats?
>>291388158Law. No reason other than the fact he’s cool and I’d like to see more of him.
>>291393061Isn't Lilith a little old to be your daughter?
>>291388158Does Law count as in the running? If not, then Bonney.
>>291396346Lilith and the other satellites are only like 2 years old.
I would have Saint Charlos join and give him a complete redemption arc
>>291388158me, so they could suck my dick
>>291396499
>>291396857Why would you want Brook or Jinbe to do that?
>>291396499All he needs is some mermaid pussy to have him change his ways
>>291395056GIWTWM
Shipbreaking sex with Marine sluts!
>>291397750Kys AI nigger
Perona. Duh!
>>291397832From what I remember, this was hand drawn. It's some guy's RP oc
>>291397832that’s some ancient oc, dude
>>291397750i REALLY hate to say it I REAAALLY do but she's built for 'zuri unfortunately :/
>>291397913>>291397933That’s even worse, I’m afraid.
Why doesn't law just use the op-op fruit to remove his heart, lungs, brain, central nervous system, veins, arteries, and all vital organs, and hide them all away in some secret place, and just pilot his eyes + skin around and just be almost-immortal?
>>291398060Speak for yourself runt, there are a lot of plappable OCs in my opinion.
>>291395056Carrot and her Choniki
>>291390175Hopefully old characters will bloom it too.
Wake up
>>291398980WAKEY WAKEY
Honestly?Wicca to serve as Zoro's compass and maybe some stealth stuff that Robin couldn't pull and Rebecca because of BEAUTIFUL LADY SWORDSMAN WITH MEAT that one baited me hard.Momo AND Yamato seem redundant, but Momo was with them since PH and Carrot's got history alongside Yamato.Vivi/Karoo are still Straw Hats, but I can see them focusing on political stuff on the side. Maybe she recruits a few guys on her side, probably Rebecca, Shirahoshi or even Koby once shit goes down alongside the Straw Hat Fleet.
>>291399186>BEAUTIFUL LADY SWORDSMAN WITH MEATwhat does Kiku have to do with anything
>>291399282Stop it Kin'emon
on a scale from 9 to 11 how likely is it that Loki joins the Strawhats?
>>2913994120
I wanna lick Bonney.
>>291399515she's a little girl
>>291399544out of 10
>>291399412I don't think it matters at this point. With Imu already revealing himself and BB potentially fucking over MJ Oda is heading straight to a long as fuck war arc with a trillion characters so every ally Luffy ever made is gonna come back.
>>291399412So he stands around and does nothing next arc?
>>291399579Sadly, I think that the ones who are fuckng up MJ are the revs. And I say sadly because after introducing this Nika, Davy and whatever lore the revs have no chance to do shit. This is a fight for Luffy. I really wish Dragon and his people would've crushed that rapist town, but I don't see it happening anymore. I wanted Luffy to ignore the WG and go after the One Piece, and clash with Blackbeard while Dragon dealt with the WG, now I don't think the Revs can't do shit, and everything will be about Luffy, maybe Nidhoggr, Blackbeard /Davy) and Imu.
bonney is cute and nakama
>>291396391
>>291396391>>291400134stupid sexy lilith
>>29140031860 year old men shouldnt look like this
>new Nami card drawn by To Love-Ru artist Kentaro YabukiI NEED IT
>>291400555>pre-tsA man of culture
>>291400343>60 year old men shouldnt look like thisYes they should and Lilith needs to sit on my face for scientific reasons.
>>291400555
>>291400583How would you like it if your buddies grandpa transferred his consciousness into a 6ft tall supermodel body and gyrated his ass in your face, I bet not very much
>>291400608Hey, I'm sure foxy grandpa knows what a nice ass-gyration should look like, who am I to question it?
>>291400584>the 10th anniversary of the One Piece was 19 years agoDamn...Where does the time go?
>>291400702of the One Piece manga*The 10th anniversary of the anime was 17 years ago...
>>291400702Toki keeps sending us into the future...
Hm?
>>291400807Leave this to me, Strawhat. It's okay if I beat that guy, right?
>>291400608I don't care about your mental illness and veiled homo self-reporting over Lilith:Lilith's ass. My face. The math is sex.
>>291400583>>291401052based lilith was engineered for face sitting, prone bone and mating press. anyone saying otherwise is a gay retard.
>>291397750who the fuck is this
>>291395690You will NEVER be Japanese.
>>291401072>based lilith was engineered for face sitting, prone bone and mating press.Correct.
>>291401052She is an old man
>>291389272This. He should have joined.
>>291401072>anyone saying otherwise is a gay retard.Also correct.
>>291401182>>291401215
>>291395203I love her so much. Probably my favourite girl in the series design-wise.
>sex, violence and pooping>three uses for women. Vegapunk truly was a genius
>>291401284I don't think there's a sex vegapunk...
>>291401279top beauty for sure
>>291401299I had hoped she would join Yamato like Ulti and Page One. Sucks that it didn't happen, Maria deserved better.
I know chapter 1 teased that there will be 10 crewmates, and Loki will probably be the last true crew member - with Yamato, Law, and other figures becoming subordinate captains like Bartolomeo - but I wish the series had had a much bigger Strawhat crew. We even see Roger's and Rocks' crews being much bigger.It's not like this even poses a storytelling problem given that Oda forgets about them all the time or straight up reduces the cast for certain arcs.I'd add in:>Kung fu dugong>Wyper>Paulie>Marguerite>Bonney>Pekoms>Reiju>Yamato>Vegapunk
>>291401318Same anon, sucks we didn't see her at all. I doubt she's dead, but maybe she really is.
>>291388158a previous arc antagonist, like Enel or Crocodile or Moria, ideally joining directly after the arcs they were villains of. I mostly just want to see their backstories and I think that seeing them actually develop as characters from being tyrants to reigniting dreams they'd given up on for some reason or other, or to see how they'd react to Luffy pulling off something they thought impossible (Moria seeing Luffy beat Kaido). It'd also be interesting to see the direct power gap in play where they sort of become crutch characters, stupidly strong early on pre-timeskip and able to nearly solo most of the problems up to that point only for Sabaody to kick in and then post-timeskip happens, where they fall off because the rest of the crew catches up with them
>>291401326How the fuck is Loki going to fit on the Sunny(i dont read the manga and im currently at WCI arc)
>>291401371Maybe he has a devil fruit that'll shrink him to human size!
>>291401371>how will Jinbei fit on Sunny>how will Yamato fit on Sunny>how will Loki fit on Sunny
>>291401441Yamato can fit on my dick
>>291393419Egghead was fine, though I do have some gripes about how the story's been going since then>itching to go back to Run Piece>doubling down on haki being the be-all end-all which makes the entire rest of the crew outside of the monster trio borderline useless against the haki check enemies>Luffy in Gear 5 just feels off, the Zoan affecting the mind thing is perfectly sound I just dislike how it changes his character, much prefer him knowing that he needs to be serious instead of the constant gigglefits>fights are generally just worse now though that's due to the fact that they're fighting regenerating villains they haven't had the ability to actually hurt up to this point
>>291401441Jinbei and Yamato aren't giants
>>291401371Gaban just cut a huge piece of the giants' tree off, I could see Franky taking that and making a Super Thousand Sunny that acts as an extension of the normal Sunny that would be big enough for Loki
>>291401371How can someone admit to this and we don't all collectively rape them to death? Why am I even on this website anymore if we have no code of honor...
>>291401472Anime onlies are cute to me.
>>291401497Sure, fair. Still abhorrent to admit you're not caught up and are using the site to intentionally spoil yourself+ act like you're "in" with the gang.
Mayumi Tanaka isnt going to play Luffy in the Wit remake
>>291388158Why would I want my favorite character to join the most boring crew in-universe?
>>291400807What's with the "aaaaaa"? Is somebody running towards Luffy and screaming?
>>291401497Sex with Gerd
>>291388158Honestly?Tashigi or Smoker.Having a marine that actually quit because the world government is so corrupt would really add to the story. As it stands every marine apparently joins with full knowledge that they're slaver rapist tyrants. No one actually thinks they're serving justice. Yet for some reason good people like Smoker still joined.
>>291401831She was already in the trailer.
Predictions for Sanji powerup?>Killingham's speed and agility is too much in zoan form for Sanji>flashback to Wano during the period Luffy and Zoro was unconscious>Yamato tells Sanji she's joining and asks for a fight to see where he stands>comedic spar where Sanji refuses to hit Yamato because she's a woman, while Yamato gets mad and says she's Oden and insists takes it seriously>Yamato used Divine Speed to force Sanji to be serious>Sanji uses Ifrit Jambe to defend himself>Yamato has flashbacks of fighting Ace with his flames>Yamato points out that Sanji is leaking lightning with Ifrit Jambe and tries to teach him how to use lightning powers like her and Kaido>Sanji can't do it because it requires conqueror coating and doesn't understand but observed how she does it anyways >flashback to modern fight, Sanji remembers how Yamato covered her club and strikes Killingham, it doesn't regen>Sanji has officially uses CoC and decided to try Divine Speed one more time>Sanji wraps himself in lightning and gets a new form, Electric Cooking style: Raiden Jambe>it enhances his speed to top of series, and he uses it with his observation just like Enel for top of series observation haki>absolutely speed blitzes Killingham so fast he can't even react
>>291402172>Sanji remembers how Ivankov molested him
>>291402172Its going to be something lame instead of something cool like okama kenpo
>>291402172
>>291388158I wouldn't have anyone join there's too many already and we barely get any strawhats interactions or screntime.I'd kill for a mini arc where there's no antagonist or bloated cast of randoms, just the crew exploring somewhere and interacting with each other.The first few chapters of Thriller Bark were kind of like that and they were peak. Come to think of it the best part of each arc is often the beginning where the crew aren't split yet and are doing stuff and being funny together
Bellamy or Caribou would be cool. They need a rogue or someone with more questionable morals to make them feel like a real pirate crew.
>>291402366Did you think Caesar had good chemistry with them in Zou?
>>291402382Huh? Caesar was the villain of Punk Hazard, on Zou they were travelling with Cedar the Pharmacist
>>291388158Colon and Urouge. Urouge becomes the crew's Douglass Bullet while Colon becomes the cabin boy and Shanks. Urouge is already a Nika follower and likely tied by fate to Luffy as the monk who lost to Enel. Colon despite being a kid has a strong giant woman mom, super strong human dad with CoC, pseudo Bucc genes. He'd be capable of being a combatant warrior even as a kid. Both join during the heaven realm arc. Urouge becomes the ship pilot whenever sea clouds are used and helps the crew traverse the high summit.
>>291398980that's bibi
>>291389156Luffy vs Katakuri was the last main conflict before the animation went all dbz power auras in wano and after. They dont actually draw the fights out anymore beyond blurry power auras and weird angles in 90% of scenes. The arc is worth it and doesnt drag nearly as bad if you can just binge it compared to week to week.
>>291401297It was Edison
>>291401545I’ve been reading the manga longer than you, quit acting like One Piece is some super secwet series that you’re only eligible to speak about if you’ve directly shaken hands with Oda, retard. That newfag so far has been infinitely more on-topic than faggots like the Carrotcuck or the Hiatusissy or You
You shouldn't discuss One Piece if you aren't 31 yo and watched every episode as it was aired + read the manga at least twice
>>291402597>mfw I'm 33 and been caught up since 2006
>>291402605Its not fair that he is hot as both genders
>>291402172>Killingham and Sanji back and forth, Killing gets the upper hand>Zaza vores Sanji and tries to drown him>Sanji laments not being able to fight back and swears to defeat Killingham>Sanji unleashes a CoC burst while still inside of Zaza, causing her to revert back to plain water since haki is supereffective against df bullshit>Sanji gets buttmad at Killingham for forcing him to damage even a depeiction of a woman>Unleashes CoC covered kick and sends him flying to the moon
Wrong again. The only qualifier is if you know the entire 4kidz intro rap by heart. No cheating and looking up the lyrics.
>>291402634YAYOYAYODREAMIN'
>>291388158Lola or Katakuri. They strike me as characters who hit it off with the SHs but had their own thing going on so they couldn't join. If Jinbe could pull it off maybe they can too. Cricket and Wiper too.
>>291402652Cricket is sort of a package deal with Masira, Shoojoo and their crews
>>291402628>>Sanji gets buttmad at Killingham for forcing him to damage even a depeiction of a womanWhy is it that every accurate in character moment for Sanji gives me so much second hand embarassment
When are we getting the next cover story?Odas regular black and white chapter covers haven't been good in years.
>>291402757All the options for egghead are boring, you'll hate it
>>291402757They are when he gets requests for characters who are not Yamato or Strawhats. Which is once in a blue moon
>>291402786>>291402757Fuck you, Sentomaru's journey would be great
>>291402757Neo MADS go to Wano and recruit anemic Queen
>>291402597I haven't read the first half of the manga actually. Only the second half and Impel Down + Marineford.
>>291402801There aren't that many fans of Sentomaru...
>>291402841He's the world's most tight-lipped man with the strongest defense...
One Piece is still the greatest shonen of all time.
>>291402839See? Fujos and yumes are scum of the earth.
>>291402839you know this isn't like Dragon Ball where you can start from Z, right?
>>291402839That’s around where i started skipping episodes
>>291402839
>>291402841Sure but nobody outright dislikes him either moreover he's actually an adrift character who just lost his family so his initial situation at Egghead begs for a hero's journey and you can do pretty much anything so long as he's in a position to receive a newspaper and fight in the endgame eventually.
>>291402757Vivi, Morgans and Wapol adventures
>>291402856>>291402856I watched the anime until it stopped and honestly never saw the point of going back to read the manga.
>>291402849…on Opposite Day
>>291402848>the strongest defe-ACK
>>291402858>skipping DragonballNgmi
>>291402882Disgusting.
>>291402452No its the cool pachy
>>291402858>start from Z>skipping the best part of the story so you can get to the worstWhy would anyone do this
>>291402858According to Oda, you can start from Egghead. Egghead is probably better as your first arc anyway, since that Vegapunk speech that's 90% lore recap has value to you.
>>291402896>>291402914OG DB is overrated, the Z portion is more popular for a reason.
>>291402945Silence, Manuel. Civilized people are discussing manga.
>>291402945DB is way more varied than DBZ. If Z started from the 23rd Tournament, no one would find it out of place, but the first arc is 90% comedy with action just as a little extra. Then there's a long way in-between.
>>291403043Imu should have shat on Usopp more
>>291401158Marine Captain Shizuma. Can't you read?
Goku used to be moe
>>291403094Luffy too
>>291403102he still is
>>291402172>Killingham BTFO's him>says he's unwirthy to die by Longinus>decides he will be killed by his own fear>pulls out evil Stealth Black out of his head>Sanji unlocks CoC to beat his evil alter ego and the offs Killingham
No matter what happens to your favourite character from here on out, no matter how much Oda shits on them, at least they'll never be as irrelevant as a marine character after the introduction of the Holy Knights.Remember that.
>>291403094That all changed when he was locked in the Time Chamber for a millennia and Betrayed
>>291403167Kek it's just like this fanart
>>291403174kek
>>291401545Ive known about some pretty spoilery shit for a while now just by passively coming online to various platforms, im still enjoying the anime so far and some reveals genuinely catch me off guard.
>>29140259734 and binge watching every episode up until Elbaf
>>291401472Look man we're just glad the thread isn't dead, also >>291401497 Unless they're really arrogant about a false belief they have like my Zorofag friend who thought Zoro died in Marineford and stopped reading the manga because of it I feel no incentive to rape them with superior knowledge.
>>291403171Akainu > ImuGarp > ShamrockKoby (EOS) > Garling
>>291403306This but the other way aroundAlso I adopt Koby as a Holy Knight because he's still young, ignorant, and naive and therefore not evil, also he's pretty much the one marine who won't get benched in the endgame.
>>291403249killingham would make a better woman desu
>>291403365I think he'd be great either way but I like that he's shaping up to be another fanboy like Duval. Sanji shouldn't have too many female fangirls anyways. He's not suited to this.
>>291403391respect =/= fan
>>291403391Not in japan.
>>291403466Meant for >>291403409 obviously
>>291403466>>291403480ok then
>>291403365Sanji should have come back from the timeskip a woman desu
>>291403167>bad guy whose entire gimmick is making you face your greatest fear>not Usopp's opponent
>>291404006I'm hoping Imu kills Usopp
goodnight /opg/
>>291404385Goodnight Beccabro, I'm heading to noddyland soon too
>>291404006Eh, not making the most obvious match has a value to it, as long aa youncan do something equally good. Usopp in particular is likely to have a bigger role.
>>291401326I sort of agree. But I understand that balancing all those characters would be pure hell. Doable, but hell. There will be a situation where all of the Straw Hat allies will come together and the WG will mistakenly label these characters as Strawhats (Not shown on the banner: Karoo):>Marguerite, Perona, Shirahoshi, Momonosuke, Rebecca, Wicca, Carrot, Pekoms, Law, Kidd, Katakuri, Amande, Wapol, Yamato, Bonney, Kuma, Koby, Loki, S-Snake (Her love for Luffy legit overrides Saturn's orders)Add the SH Fleet leaders and you got a 'final' roster of Straw Hats even though Luffy only considers 10-11 of them as actual crewmates. Note most of the picks are also from different tribes, sort of coining in the unity of all races under one banner.
Powerscalers, what is the appeal?
>>291404892The appeal is coherence in the story
>>291404607I mean Zoro got the thorn man, and the thorns aren't even a problem to him. Sanji is fighting Ham but his DF is also a non-factor in their fight. Are these matchups really better just because they weren't as obvious?
>>291404607Giving the fights to the power trio is as obvious as one can be. Usopp fighting him would have been the subversion.
>>291404892You know how girls like to ship characters based on the trends and hints in the story that the author gives if you pay attention enough? That's what powerscaling is like for me
>>291405505No it's not the same thing as shipping, does it make sense that a pirate with 30 years of experience loses to a rookie? strong world which is not canon did this and it was stupid because of this, Crocodile becoming Mihawk tier is rightfully regarded as dumb because of this aspect
>>291403351>Also I adopt Koby as a Holy Knight because he's still young, ignorant, and naive and therefore not evil,Uhh I think you have a misunderstanding of the holy knights. They're evil. In fact not only are they despicable celestial dragons with all the baggage of one, Imu also brainwashes them to be more racist and sexist than they already are. Therefore you should want Akainu to become a holy knight and Koby to stay in the marines.
>>291405505I think I understand, but I don't get it, if that makes sense? It's, what, kind of a puzzle?
>>291405063Zoro's fight is just boring, and presumably any other would have been, Zoro isn'. For Sanji, I can't say yet since the fight hasn't started for real.
>>291401207Real recognize real
>>291405662It's really simple but you will continue to pretend not to understand
>>291405459It's the second time in 700 chapters that Sanji gets to win a proper one-on-one vs. a mini-boss. He usually either clears fodder, sucker-kicks or clash-pieces.
>>291405711No, I genuinely GENUINELY do not understand it.Basically, the math for me breaks down like this.Good Character + cool powers = Pretty Damn GoodGood Character alone = Awesome, good stand-alone storytelling that interests mecool powers minus character focus = Numbers/white-room theory crafting and empty aura farming
>>291405662Yes. You see, Oda has a personal list of the doriki of every character, but he's not allowed to outright say anything about power in those terms. Instead, you have to infer it from the statements and experiences in the manga itself. You know how strong Kaido, Katakuri, and Doflamingo are well, because they spent several chapters fighting. What's more interesting is when you have to figure out how strong one of the minor characters is. Was Franky stronger than Zoro when they first met on Enies Lobby? Did Garp continue to grow to be stronger than Roger after his death? Is Garling weak or was the difference between him and Rocks just too big? These are all interesting puzzles to unravel
>>291388158why didn’t he want yamato to join?
>>291405797So you would be ok with Ussop beating Imu, he is a good character with cool powers
>he is a good characterLMAO
I accept your concession, faggot.
we've survived another break week
>>2914061573 chapters in a row now
Where's episode 1181?
I think Akainu should join the crew
>>291406472Anime's on break until next year.
join the marines
>>291406717akainu just lets his daughter leave the house like this?
Marco birthday illustration.https://x.com/OPcom_info/status/2106762671228125496
>>291406717Holy jesus...how old is doll again?!
>>291388158>If you could have any character join the StrawhatsEL Koido of course.
>>291405740Didn't it take until Wano to get the typical stuff of Zoro and Sanji fighting the number 2 and 3s of the enemy team again?
>>291395056Keky
>>291399412Still 0
>>291406750He has no control over anything. That's qjy he's secretly addicted to playing Civ games.
>>291399412Oda can't even figure out what the fuck he wants to do with Jinbe and you believe he's gonna add another Straw Hat.
Hey, /a/. Guess what? I have some good news for you allBreak next week
I wish one piece had a decent to good game like the storm Naruto games.
One Piece is still in the denial phase of death when it comes to Oda doing break weeks for the rest of this mangas run. Oda got a taste of freedom and now wants the break weeks.
>>291404892Finding order in chaos.
>>291407293The storm game are only good because of the studio behind it, CC2 are absurdly talented
>>291407324Anon... Oda's been doing break weeks for over a decade...
>>291405905>Ussop>good character with cool powers
>>291400318
>>291407409Anon.. it hasn’t been this much … and people complain still….
Sentomaru
Cumswaping kisses with Perona!
>>291405905IDGAF about "feats" or "verses" or "X beats Y". I want a good story with good characters, not some fuckass bullshit about how much blurple HakiNenChi you can put into your attack to overcome multiversal SuperSommers' defenses
>>291405905That would be funny as shitImu sucks
>>291407441
>>291407507>doesn't answer the question
>>291407507>I want a good story with good characters, not some fuckass bullshit about how much blurple HakiNenChi you can put into your attackThat is why Egghead is considered great, Bonney/Kuma and the Vegas to some degree make a for a good plot. Elbaf is also great due character like Xebec/Harald/Loki but lately Oda is fucking it up with boring fightfagottry that nobody cares about.We need more focus in Loki's plot and also Imu desperately needs more characterization. Oda is also trying to do something with Gunko but so far it has been boring as fuck.
Why do faggots who hate Shonen read Shonen? i never understood this mental illness
>>291407819i used to watch op when working out (good treadmill fodder) but after a while it got really fucking stale and then i just saw the shonen matrix unfold before me and now everything is paint by numbers hypefaggotry that tries to be jjk/kny
>>291388158Perona, with Moria's blessing. She could be the ship's medium and psychiatrist, doing goofy fortune telling with tarot cards and being really blunt but supportive, like how she was with Usopp. She could also help Brook write songs and help perform with him on the ship.
>WAOW THIS IS AN INSANE [POWER ENTITY #1] UPSCALE>[POWER ENTITY #2] ONLY EVER CLEARS FODDER>THE POST-CREDITS OMAKE SHITPOST PROVES [POWER ENTITY #19287] IS FTL, WHICH MEANS SINCE [POWER ENTITY #568] KEPT UP WITH THEM THEY'RE ALSO MULTIGODVERSAL FLASH-PILLED ATTOSECOND-THINKERS>[POWER ENTITY #29183] SHOULD STOP GETTING MOGGED IT'S MAKING ME LOOK BAAAAD
>>291407819They see it as children’s entertainment when in reality there favorite manga is probably the same way. To me if a story is it’s good regardless of tropes
>>291408088>there
>>291408088Yeah but why does the obese tranny that clogs the treadmill in gyms watches Shonen when he hates fight scenes
>>291408077
>WOW USSOP JUST BEAT IMU*HUFFS HIS OWN FART*>WHAT A CHARACTER ARC WOW*INGESTS MORE BEANS TO GET MORE GAS*
>>291407988And they could all eat cremepies out of her
>>291408211Why do you care about what other people think? Shouldn’t your opinion be the one that matters? If they want to be dumb you don’t want to help them
>>291407949>is paint by numbers hypefaggotry that tries to be jjk/knyYou realize the opposite is the truth, that JJK/KNY are stale rip offs of other anime… right? JJK is just Naruto but with a less deep story (not that Narutard is deep, just in comparison) while having “better” animation.
>>291389751I read that through that thread about Oda/One Piece execs sabotaging Demon Slayer, and honestly, it makes sense. I could overlook Oda's relationship with Watsuki because Japan has a different culture, and that's his mentor, but there's too much going on with how Demon Slayer was treated to ignore. Honestly, it kinda makes me uncomfortable that One Piece is protected so hard when it's kind of a legacy manga on terms of what it's trying to do, this sorta mindset is why Japan is falling behind in general.
>>291408400JJK rips from both Naruto and HxH actually, it's kinda like how Oda rips from Dragon Ball
>>291408359It's all advantages.
>>291408232Sadly Oda belongs into the average-powerscaler fan category, and that makes them right.After all, everyfight is decided by who hakis harder, aka who has more dorikis.
>>291408778To be fair HxH stole from Naruto as well
>>291409083Everyone steals from Naruto, look at moot, he hated Naruto and tried to steal Naruto's aura? where is he now? a loser in some wagie 9-5 company while Naruto is a president/dictator of the hidden leaf federation
Ulti Sama!
>>291409342Moot’s making 6 figures a year working at jewgle and his son isn’t tarnishing his name like Naruto’s is tbqhfam.
>>291409756He was fired from google and his son is a hapa incel, future school shooter/ tranny who is gonna jump from a bridge cause women don't wanna touch him, NOW Boruto on other hand? genius, smart, women love him, uchiha girls want his uzumaki seed
>>291409809>LOOK AT WHAT THIS RANDOM NIGGER SPEAKING IN EBONICS SAID ON TWITTER!! PISSERS ARE SO MAD!!
I want a drunk Robin to chew my ear off about some country I've never heard off fighting a civil war over something so asinine I can't quite grasp who was on which side and why
>>291388158Foxy.Okay, maybe that is bending your question somewhat, Luffy could have picked him in the Davy Back fight.But he didn't, quite decisively, so I think he counts still.Say he did. He gains a goofy weirdo, with an interesting fruit. Foxy would take a long time to integrate, and during W7 might not fit at all much. Perhaps during Enies Lobby, he'd realise just what kind of man Strawhat was, and truly strive to take part.I mostly like his fruit and his personality, and having him remain in the manga to bounce off, both in use of his fruit and his dick-ass trolling/jerk ideas, would be fun.Can see him getting along with Usopp, Franky to a degree, and Brook quite well.Feel free to disagree, its just a fun answer to a casual question.
>>291411251Also with his fruit he’d be very useful against Kizaru
>>291388158Monet
>>291411478That's another thing about him I'd like to see, if he mastered any kind of haki, or even tried to exert himself (unlikely), he could be quite dangerous. His fruit is great: he isn't, at least, power wise.Also while Lilith is great there isn't anywhere near enough York in this thread
>>291394444>4 quadsthe numbers have spoken this is correct
>>291411478No he wouldnt, light is so fast that Foxys brain gets melted before a thought that would trigger Noro Noro rays began
>>29140690740s, somehow no uni aged kids
>>291412164God I wish she was my mom
>>291402597i caught up with the one piece virgin podcast back in highschool #itsnotjustaboat
I hope Doll makes high school age cadets fuck her secretly
>>291411508Patrician taste
>>291412372>high school agewe can go lower
>>291408906Is that better or worse than the highest bounty level losing 9/10 times?
>>291412523I dont think the Navy has kid rookies
anyone else just not excited at all for new chapters of this Imu god knights filler fight
>>291413697Sorry but we're hyped as fuck
>>291413740Impossible, we all agreed that the hype died two weeks, fours weeks and six weeks ago
>>291388158>If you could have any character join the Strawhats, who would it be, and why? Given the restrictions I'd go with Pudding. Luffy stated briefly in Zou that if any of the Strawhats get married, their wife or husband can tag along too. Pudding fits that bill. It'd be interesting to see her memory powers in action doing intel gathering in a way that complements Robin.
>>291414178Unfortunately Oda wanted Sanji to continue to drool over sexy woman instead of ignore his wife
What’s your One Piece schizo theory? Can be anything.
>>291414593The Laugh Tale is not funny
>>291388158Enel
>>291413697It's so boring I haven't read the manga in months
>>291414593One Piece will have a good chapter in 2027.
>>291414593Devil Fruits have become a hundred times more common since the 'Age of Piracy' started
>>291413697By not reading spoilers and going into chapters blind, I've been enjoying chapters significantly more. I'm excited whether we jump to Sanji or stick with Zoro this week.
>>291402172It'll be Zeff 100% he traversed the Grand Line and logged it.
>>291409862That sounds like a lot of projection, especially considering Boruto has literally destroyed schools and his father is an inbred furry.
>>291415186we are due for a yamato chapter. show her fucking up blackbeard or some shit.
>>291415177Brook not knowing about devil fruits corroborates this...
>>291413697>anyone else just not excited at all for new chaptersI don't give a fuck about chicken wing slop, its boring as fuck, the last chapter focused in Zolo was easily the worst chapter of the whole Elbaf, and I fear we are going to have another 3-4 chapters of chicken filler.
>>291415177>>291415394Isn’t it also the fact that Devil Fruits reincarnate close to where their previous user died? Because people in the East Blue and Wano also considered them to be folklore/witchcraft, it makes sense that for very isolated places they would never see them since they are constantly being recycled where the strongest pirates congregate in the Grand Line.
>Doomerkek can’t stop thinking about chickenPost timestamped photo of your arm, I need to confirm if my suspicion is true.
>>291415186How can you be excited to see Sanji and Zoro effortlessly destroy two joke characters?How can you be excited to watch Imu and Nika pointlessly trade blows again and again and again when you know there's no consequences?
>>291415440No lies detected.
>>291404408hope you had a good sleep anon
Do you guys think Mihawk is a secret celestial dragon like Shanks?
>>291415389I more than anything I'd like to see outside events but Wano's Act structures and Egghead were pretty unique windows to get them. Here outside of few times cutting to Marijoa due to Imu being a prominent figure this arc Oda's kept the story isolated to Elbaph so I imagine we won't cut to other parts 'til the intermission to the next arc. Speaking of which we're 26 cover requests in and last number before Yamato's were 21 (Egghead) and before Germa 32 (Wano) so I'm wondering if these sets will pass the 30 cap but we should be very close to a new cover story finally. >>291415502Better to not know it's happening in the week you're expecting a new chapter. You know it's coming but to keep guessing makes the reading experience enjoyable. I don't hate Sommers or Killingham either. I want to see the trio become close to the endgame level they'll reach signifying we truly are at the point.
>>291415394I skipped this flashback, won't read or watch it until maybe after this arc ends if not ever, not interested in this bitch we never saw that was ever relevant or Brook (just so happens to know her) bullshit
Kuma might be a cuckhold, Shuri's dad might also be a cuckhold but you the reader is the ultimate cuckhold for you just got cucked of 20 years of your life by a chinaman baiting you with ''answers'' in his weekly cartoons
>>291416047I don't like skipping, but long as you go back to it. Gunko is important, though, and her eyes need to awaken like Pudding's third eye.
>>291416130>WAKU WAKU ARE BEJITA AND CHICHI WRESTLING AGAIN, IM GETTING EXCITED!!!
>>291406992It did. Zoro fight in most of the arcs, but Sanji doesn't.>in FI he gets a two-on-one with Jinbe>in PH it's just a clash here and there>in Dressrosa, he jobs to Doffy>in Zou he just fights fodder>in WCI it's again clashes and fodder (plus a short duel with his father he forfeits)Wano is his first proper solo win in a lengthy fight.
Any teasers yet? Not that I ever found Redon's hints particulary helpful at all.Wife.
