Tag: One Piece

Time to play Guess The Clone!

Is it CP0’s Stussy? Ah! I won! Yay! Stussy is indeed confirmed to be the first successful clone experiment. I guess OG Stussy (Miss Buckin/Bakkin, most likely the unidentified female member of MADS) cloned herself. Have you noticed all the clones we’ve seen so far are of powerful individuals? More on that later.

Is Stussy the “ally” Dr. Vegapunk called for help last chapter? I’d be hard for the CP0 agent to secretly answer a Den-Den Mushi call with Rob Lucci and Kaku nearby. For now, I’d say it wasn’t her. So, then… Why is she helping Dr. Vegapunk? Or is she? Is Stussy’s goal something or someONE in Dr. Vegapunk’s lab? If true, it makes sense why she doesn’t want the building destroyed.

Just who is the mysterious ally of the Vegapunks?

I doubt it’s a pirate (Why would a pirate be “chased from their home”?). It’s gotta be someone powerful who’s friends with Team Vegapunk. Hmm… Maybe a giant from Elbaph? A warrior there would be a big help. Plus, Elbaph, an island not a part of the World Government, would be a great place for the Las Vegas to hide. Then there’s Saul and the last Road Ponegliff probably on the giants’ homeland and, well…as they say… All Roads Lead To Elbaph.

Kid arrived at Elbaph first. Interesting. The Straw Hats not being the only pirate crew getting all four Road Ponegliffs could be fun. A race to Laugh Tale? I like it!

Vice Admiral Garp’s gonna confront Blackbeard. Uh-oh! Is that death flags I see? Can Monkey D. Garp rescue Captain Koby from who could very well be Luffy’s final pirate antagonist? Sure, he can! I don’t see Koby dying. But will Garp have to sacrifice himself to do it? Hmm…? And how does former Navy admiral and current member of Blackbeard’s crew Kuzan fit into the equation? Kuzan VS Garp incoming? Forget death flags. I see nothing but drama flags rising. Break out the Pepto Bismol because things are gonna get spicy!

Oh! And since Garp doesn’t have a devil fruit, could Blackbeard bust out his zoan fruit? He’s gotta have one by now, right? Poor Garp! Hope your life insurance is paid.

Wait a minute! I just realized why Oda gave Luffy toon force.

He’s made of rubber and most cartoons way, wayyyy back in the day had that rubber hose effect. You know? How all the characters were very malleable (Think the Cuphead game for all you young ‘ums out there.)? They could stretch, get smashed, and alter their bodies in crazy ways… almost like they were made of rubber. Brillant, Oda! You get an extra scoop of ice cream for dessert!

Interesting how only Zoan fruits are artificially created. Guess we don’t have to worry about artificial Logias popping up. But the Seraphim having Green Blood brings into question what S-Hawk’s devil fruit power is. Mr. 1’s dice-dice fruit comes to mind. But maybe Oda will throw us a curve ball. Since S-Hawk & Mihawk both have superoffensive capabilities, a defensive devil fruit works best. …Jozu’s diamond devil fruit? That’d be cool. Let’s go with that.

S-Snake using the mero-mero devil fruit. That was…interesting. But, to be fair, Franky went all heart eyes for Dr. Vegapunk, so the World Government agents doing the same for S-Snake could signal they think she’s cute and that was enough for the mero to do its thing. Hey! At least S-Snake isn’t wearing “combat gear”.

This could be Luffy’s final zoan fight.

Not counting Blackbeard if he’s got a zoan now, of course. It’s awakened zoan VS awakened zoan. Wasn’t sure if Rob Lucci would be a worthy opponent against Luffy, but it was stated long ago that he’s a fighting genius. That plus mastering his devil fruit sealed the deal. Plus, it’s a way for Luffy to gain more experience fighting in Gear 5 before his inevitable fight against Blackbeard. And let’s not forget Luffy VS Lucci allows OG Dr. Vegapunk to explain devil fruits to the Straw Hat Crew, specifically, the “Gum-Gum” fruit. Luffy doesn’t care, but it’s nice his crew knows how special their captain’s devil fruit is.

Devil fruits are born through hope? They’re people’s dreams realized? What are you smokin’, Dr. Vegapunk? You know you’re not allowed to prescribe cannabis to yourself, right? I was definitely expecting a more science-fiction explanation of devil fruits. But, I’m sure there’ s more to the story. We’re probably supposed to be confused until Oda drops more info bombs. Fine. I can wait.

Poor Sentomaru. His navy career’s over, but I don’t think he’s dying.

No way is Rob Lucci this arc’s chief antagonist.

More developments must be happening. Not saying Lucci isn’t stronger than he was in the Enies Lobby arc, but so is Luffy. Lucci’s not beating the Straw Hat captain at anything other than tic-tac-toe anytime soon. Maybe Sentomaru’s the main antagonist? He’s a marine officer now. His loyalties may side with the Navy. And with the Vegapunks giving him control of the Seraphim, he’d have the perfect opportunity to take out most of the science eggheads. Plus, it’d give the Straw Hats opponents to fight. So, yeah, put me down for Sentomaru betraying the Vegapunks.

OG Dr. Vegapunk has a devil fruit. Wasn’t expecting that!

The Brain-Brain Fruit. It basically turned Dr. Vegapunk into a walking library. Which he then transformed it into an actual library. How exactly? It’s a devil fruit; Oda doesn’t have to explain it. Probably better if he doesn’t. Cutting off your brain, turning it into a digital library, then creating clones and giving them your mental Wi-Fi password is straight up magic. Let’s just accept it and move on.

Did you notice Dr. Vegapunk glitching? What’s that about? Is he dying? Is there a massive flaw to his Brain Library of Congress? Just putting it out there.

More power source talk. Yeah, that has to be why the advanced Ancient Kingdom lost. Something happened to their power source. Either it fizzled out or the Pre-World Government destroyed it. That would explain how they could possibly win against a country that advanced.

How the heck did an advanced ancient civilization lose a war?

Maybe they ran out of batteries? What we do know is Jaguar D. Saul survived Ohara’s buster call? Cool, I guess. Honestly, I’d forgotten about that character. But if he’s on Elbaph along with Ohara’s books, that’s one more reason to guess the Straw Hats are going to Elbaph (besides Usopp wanting to go and it’s probably the location of the 4th Road Ponegliff).

Clones of powerful pirates, laser beams, Lunarian DNA, and now, Seraphim have devil fruit powers?!

Now that’s overpowered! Even more interesting, the Jimbei Seraphim possesses Senor Pink’s Swim-Swim Fruit. Hmm… Is Senor Pink dead? Maybe, unless Dr. Vegapunk extracted the devil fruit power without killing the user. But, for now, I’d say he’s dead. I wonder what devil fruits the other seraphim have? I’m looking forward to finding out!

Ya know? Shaka The Good seems to know a lot about the world 900 years ago. Looks like curiosity got the better of the Vegapunks and they know more about the Void Century and the time before it than the World Government allows. Could the Vegapunks knowledge of the past be the reason the Elder Stars want them dead? Makes sense given their zero tolerance to anyone mentioning anything about the past.

You’re not even trying, Oda.

I know One Piece is written for Japanese boys but can you at least make Nami and Robin’s “future suits” cool looking? They’re as basic as you can get. It’s like you put all your artist points in making them look sexy but forgot about style. Oh, well. I’m sure your target audience will enjoy reading this chapter with one hand.

Looks like all the information about Kuma being a former tyrant was World Government lies. Most likely, he criticized the powerful organization, and had to give up his throne as a result or risk his country suffering from retaliation. Oda’s building up more hate for the WG, just in case you didn’t dislike them already.

Speaking of hype, Kuma is part of a special race? Could that be the same special race as…Blackbeard?! Dun-dun-dun! Kuma could be how the Straw Hats (and readers) learn about Blackbeard’s special body. If true, that’s an interesting way to go about it, Oda. I almost forgive you for turning Nami and Robin into Victoria’s Secret models.

Blackbeard? Well, isn’t this a surprise?

Was not expecting to not only see the Heart Pirates and Blackbeard Pirates, but we’ve got confirmation of several of Team Blackbeard’s devil fruits! Doc Q’s Sick-Sick fruit makes sense. Jesus Burgress’ Strong-Strong fruit is the perfect power for a muscle head like him. Stronger’s Pegasus Horse-Horse fruit works too. And woo-baby! We see Van Augur rockin’ the Warp-Warp fruit! That’s the perfect devil fruit for a sniper! I’m so excited for the destined Van Augur/God Usopp sniper fight. More than any other Blackbeard VS Straw Hat battle. Yeah, you heard me. I want to see Usopp master observation haki and whoop Augur’s ass. Just thinking about how insane their fight will be has me shaking with anticipation!