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[Not Kuno]

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Thats because theres no way they could have called him the strongest man alive if he just died to getting impailed. I mean, that impailing was like 10 injuries ago.

[Lucavi]

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I love him because he's the polar opposite of Aizen. He doesn't make you think he got hit and then you're lying on the ground, or give long-winded speeches or try to cut right to your bone verbally, pissing you off and then using broken mindgames to fuck with you. Whitebeard is a leader, and just fucking refuses to go down until HE'S fucking ready - there isn't a more manly man than Whitebeard, and his love for his pirate family just adds to that awesome bravado.

I know he's going to have a fucking glorious death. Aizen could only hope for his to be half as epic.

[Akiyama]

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Bah. How disappointing. This was a perfect time for Luffy to rage, go nuts, somehow win, and then passout. Instead we got 'shocked face' Luffy and 'even more useless' Luffy. :/

Oh well, at least WB is badass and ffffuuu- Teach. God I hate that fucker.

Guess I couldn't quit OP, but I wanted to!

[Tajin]

Lufy going loco would be akin to what Aizen did in the last chapter. Its not like Luffy can draw power out of nowhere without at least some food
That said I expected him to rage a bit, but this goes more in line with OP.

[Stilzkin]

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Bah. How disappointing. This was a perfect time for Luffy to rage, go nuts, somehow win, and then passout. Instead we got 'shocked face' Luffy and 'even more useless' Luffy. :/

Oh well, at least WB is badass and ffffuuu- Teach. God I hate that fucker.

Guess I couldn't quit OP, but I wanted to!

I'd say this is much better, he's exhausted and fighting guys who should be multiple folds stronger than him. Do you really want a super saiyan thing in OP?

I fucking hope so. I really hate that oda specifically added the same people Iva mentioned. That's just so retarded it makes my head hurt. Just end the arc already, Ace is dead and Luffy can't fight anymore.

Obviously those names were going be important, those were supposed to be the scary famous pirates that are legendary. I doubt BB just broke in hoping he could find someone strong, he had the famous people in mind. Also if you look at his group there is atleast one more guy that wasn't mentioned.

I'm hoping for some real brutal stuff in the fight of Whitebeard vs. Blackbeard, as in more death. Are the new crew members of Blackbeard's there just for the sake of getting killed by Whitebeard?

BB keeps getting built up, if anything he would be the one to win if they fought at this point in the story. BB is the main villain in this story.

[Kaylia]

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I don't understand why people wanted Luffy to fight back. Whitebeard, as a father, make much more sense than Luffy who already proved himself to the world. As much as I like Luffy, it wasn't his place to do it. Too much would just kill the drama..


It might be too late for this since WB got separated from Ace, but I was kinda hoping he would die holding Ace body while he sinks the island. It would make a nice scene to finish this arc.

I'm hoping for some real brutal stuff in the fight of Whitebeard vs. Blackbeard, as in more death. Are the new crew members of Blackbeard's there just for the sake of getting killed by Whitebeard?

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Doubt they will fight. Whitebeard is going to sink the island very soon, and blackbeard is going to be humiliated once again not being able to accomplish anything significant. That's my guess.

As for Blackbeard being the main bad guy? Now that he is one of the reason why Ace died, it's possible, but I don't think he has what it takes to make a good "last boss".

[Lucavi]

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I guess people just want to see a DBZ effect, where watching a friend die somehow rejuvenates a body to not simply full power, but far beyond.

I don't want to see Luffy fight. His role in this for now is over. It would make absolutely no sense for him to revive himself and fight right now. He's pushed his body past its limits - think of just how much fighting he has done in the past 24 hours. If he somehow willed himself to fight now, all that lore about how Ivan's techniques could shorten a lifespan would be moot.

This is Whitebeard's show now. When Luffy comes to, he will be a changed man, and I look forward to seeing the direction of his growth. This is the most excitement I've had about the series ever - I can't wait to see which way the happy-go-lucky Luffy swings now that he's seen some -real- personal tragedy.

He won't be some Sasuke idiot, but I want to see if he becomes more like Crocodile, who had his same demeanor and aspirations younger, or if he endures and continues to promote "his nindou" of sorts. Everyone's been commenting on how Luffy hasn't seen enough experience out at sea, and that his naivety will wear off -- its time to see if they were right.

[Stilzkin]

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I guess people just want to see a DBZ effect, where watching a friend die somehow rejuvenates a body to not simply full power, but far beyond.

I don't want to see Luffy fight. His role in this for now is over. It would make absolutely no sense for him to revive himself and fight right now. He's pushed his body past its limits - think of just how much fighting he has done in the past 24 hours. If he somehow willed himself to fight now, all that lore about how Ivan's techniques could shorten a lifespan would be moot.

This is Whitebeard's show now. When Luffy comes to, he will be a changed man, and I look forward to seeing the direction of his growth. This is the most excitement I've had about the series ever - I can't wait to see which way the happy-go-lucky Luffy swings now that he's seen some -real- personal tragedy.

He won't be some Sasuke idiot, but I want to see if he becomes more like Crocodile, who had his same demeanor and aspirations younger, or if he endures and continues to promote "his nindou" of sorts. Everyone's been commenting on how Luffy hasn't seen enough experience out at sea, and that his naivety will wear off -- its time to see if they were right.

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Luffy will change at most as much as Goku did in DB, he may gain a serious side but mostly remain his childish self.

Just realized that in BB's crew 3 of the new guys have prisnors outfits but the guy with the mustache doesn't.

[Tajin]

He switched his outfit at impel down after being rescued.

[Not Kuno]

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The only thing about BB I want to know is how he got past Magellon and if he helped out mr2 any D:

[toonces]

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If i remember correctly BB fruit lets him nullify others abilities whilst he takes double physical dmg

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As for Blackbeard being the main bad guy? Now that he is one of the reason why Ace died, it's possible, but I don't think he has what it takes to make a good "last boss".

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I see no reason why Blackbeard should be the 'last boss' but he's definitely candidate #1 for 'next boss.' Marinford lies in ruins and there isn't much else standing between Luffy and escape, barring last-second shenanigans from Donflamingo or the remaining admirals. What remains to be seen is if Luffy can get his priorities straight and reassemble his crew before attempting anything against BB's freshly bolstered ranks.

[jimbo]

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BB has the will of D and they've hinted many times that hes got huge ambition. hes looking for one piece just like luffy is. i can see them fighting it out at the end for one piece

[Viserdes]

Was it even necessary to introduce a character bigger than the Oz's? I bet he carried his crew as he walked across the ocean floor....

[Khajit]

Was it even necessary to introduce a character bigger than the Oz's? I bet he carried his crew as he walked across the ocean floor....

That kinda of character would be awesome to see and you know it.

[Drex]

I'm glad the other characters are actually accomplishing something for once. Too many times the main character does everything while everyone else just watches. Nice to see these pirates that were played up to be badasses (especially whitebeard) actually living up to the hype and wrecking shit.

[Stilzkin]

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I see no reason why Blackbeard should be the 'last boss' but he's definitely candidate #1 for 'next boss.' Marinford lies in ruins and there isn't much else standing between Luffy and escape, barring last-second shenanigans from Donflamingo or the remaining admirals. What remains to be seen is if Luffy can get his priorities straight and reassemble his crew before attempting anything against BB's freshly bolstered ranks.

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There are many reasons why BB could be the final villain. Unlike all the other bad guys he's been slowly built up. He started as some background looking character and has been slowly growing showing he's not a good guy. Just like the main character he has been looking for crew members and believes in his dreams. He's just as rash as Luffy but in a darker sort of way. He scared Shanks and screwed around in WB's crew. If BB's crew gets defeated in the next few arcs it means the last villain will be either Dragon, Shanks or some random "one-piece is actually a robot-zombie-demon" type of bad guy.

[Eaglestrike]

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There are many reasons why BB could be the final villain. Unlike all the other bad guys he's been slowly built up. He started as some background looking character and has been slowly growing showing he's not a good guy. Just like the main character he has been looking for crew members and believes in his dreams. He's just as rash as Luffy but in a darker sort of way. He scared Shanks and screwed around in WB's crew. If BB's crew gets defeated in the next few arcs it means the last villain will be either Dragon, Shanks or some random "one-piece is actually a robot-zombie-demon" type of bad guy.

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There's still Vegapunk. And there's still room for more marines.

My theory would be:

BB is going to be the "end boss" from the pirates for Luffy.

Vegapunk will be the "end boss" or 2nd to last "end boss" of the marines as they could put the king of the world government up there or something.

Dragon is going to come in and offer aid with at least one of these. I don't believe he'll be opposite Luffy, everything we know of him makes him very much an ally of what Luffy is trying to accomplish and Luffy is probably a big help to Dragon without even knowing it. Dragon is probably very very proud of his son.

People mentioned some timeskip not too long ago in this thread. In that from an interview or something confirmed? If so, there's always room for new villains to come after a timeskip.

[Stilzkin]

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There's still Vegapunk. And there's still room for more marines.

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Doubt we'll see more marines than the ones we've been shown. The admirals and sengoku are the top guys there. The only thing I could see happening is old guys like Kong still being around somewhere. Though if Kong is around he is probably more involved with the WG than the marines now.

BB has going for him the fact that he can be a rival, WG is more like the sinister group in the background. I could see the final arc being some sort of battle royal of WG, Strawhats and BB crew. The thing to wonder about is what does BB actually want. Rayleigh suggests the truth about the history being at raftel. We also have heard about stuff like pluton and if thats what BB is going for why did he never go for Franky or the cubes(the ones Robin reads). BB seems to know exactly what he's going for.

[Eaglestrike]

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Doubt we'll see more marines than the ones we've been shown. The admirals and sengoku are the top guys there. The only thing I could see happening is old guys like Kong still being around somewhere. Though if Kong is around he is probably more involved with the WG than the marines now.

BB has going for him the fact that he can be a rival, WG is more like the sinister group in the background. I could see the final arc being some sort of battle royal of WG, Strawhats and BB crew. The thing to wonder about is what does BB actually want. Rayleigh suggests the truth about the history being at raftel. We also have heard about stuff like pluton and if thats what BB is going for why did he never go for Franky or the cubes(the ones Robin reads). BB seems to know exactly what he's going for.

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Dude Vegapunk is the scientist creating the PX or whatever Kuma clones are there. Things strong enough to destroy the entire Straw Hat crew. The guy is mass producing those things. The marines have more shit up their sleeve for sure and I highly doubt we won't see Vegapunk at some point in the series.