One Piece: Gear Second

[Vaspinne]

Oda had all this shit planned out from the beginning

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Gosh that really looks like Enel...

[BWYuko]

My money's on Hiyori.

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Long shot is Toki, since we never see her actually die, just resign to the fate of burning alive in the Kuri Castle inferno after sending the scabbards to the future. She may have somehow jumped forward through time herself.

Enel would be lol, and spectacular, but I think his ear lobes are thicker than the silhouette's. Also he has a thriving enterprise on the Moon, and his abilities are almost purely offensive save for that self-defibrillation thing he can do. Not super helpful for the writhing scabbards. Then again, it would immediately answer Nami's call for a bigger jolt for Ulti. Funny how that actually fits. I bet Oda would take credit for the red herring if someone called him out.

Anyway, sucks we have a cliffhanger until 02/26.

Also: that's a mighty fine Tama you got there. Would be a shame if something happened to it.

[detlef]

Yeah the thing that gave me pause was the emphasis on stronger lightning powers being needed. Hiyori does make the most sense but I don't see what she brings to the table.

[Lokus]

Doesn't she still have her father's other katana? Might have something to do with that if so.

[Vaspinne]

Yeah, I think the big Enel push is because of Nami's comment during the chapter. He doesn't have any ties with Wano AFAIK, so it'd be a real out of left field moment if it was him. And it makes more sense for Nami to reclaim Zeus from Big Mom to boost her power somehow, or somehow create her own Zeus by some remnant that stayed in her rod or something, I dunno

Hiyori might have a DF power we don't know about yet??? But could also just be doing basic healing recovery shit like bandages and whatever that always work like magic in mangas lol

Toki could be interesting too. Could have 'died' in the fire but given her DF power, maybe jumped forward in time to this moment too?

[Zealot]

One Piece passed the point where I can keep track of all the characters outside the crew and the main villains a long, long, long time ago.

[Vaspinne]

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More of a setup chapter but we're getting our first big matchup, Robin and Brook vs Black Maria. They've both had fighting moments, but this might be the first time we see both Robin and Brook in a serious matchup, which is exciting

[BWYuko]

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GJ Robin, I can't wait to see what new tricks you're going to bring to the table.

[Lucavi]

ROBIN-CHAAAAAN!

She looks so hard this chapter. <3 <3

[Kanriel]

Really loving how she's acting here. She always seemed a bit more reserved and not wanting to fight (though willing to use her ability for sure), but she's all in for it now, which I think is awesome.

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[BWYuko]

Was really hoping to see some Robin vs Black Maria, but it's good to get caught up on stuff we haven't heard about in a few months now.
Perospero off-screening Carrot and Wanda due to inclement weather is some grade-A bull-shit, though.

No break next week

[Lokus]

Ngl, hope Carrot sticks around with the crew but Yamato is the current frontrunner for new crewmate.

[Kanriel]

I'm pretty sure Oda is going to off screen a lot of fights because it allows the anime to add them in since there's no way to do filler.

[Vaspinne]

I can see him putting the spot light on a couple big ticket fights, but yeah, I wouldn't be surprised at all if we don't get big 1 v 1 or 2 v 2 matchups like we did in the past

[Vaspinne]

Spoilers and raw are out, so I assume the chapter will be here shortly.

The uh... the character at the end is interesting

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Seems like Vegapunk made an artificial devil fruit from Kaido's DNA, that he refused to give to the World Government and stored at Punk Hazard. And as we all know, there's a bratty snot-nosed kid that happened to eat an artificial fruit at PH and can turn into a dragon >_>

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