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Well, it's better than waiting for Berserk or Gantz XD
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2009-10-09, 04:50 | Link #143 | ||
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I guess I will get used on OP breaks better more recently, if Oda feels that he needs to have breaks then he really deserves to have brakes. I would even understand if Oda would take small hiatus for some well deserved brake. Oda has been drawing manga basically non-stop for 10 years now. |
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2009-10-09, 04:52 | Link #144 |
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^oh well...
I would prefer to borrow doraemon time machine and put ODA sensei in it... so we can continue reading the mangga everyday HAHAHAHAAA!!!..(nobita evil mode ON). anyway guys please don't put other manga in to lower grade when we are talking about good thing in one piece...that would be wise...
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2009-10-09, 06:45 | Link #145 | |
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Franky was transported to Vegapunk's birthplace so Zoro might have ended up on Mihawk's home island. The glooom |
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2009-10-09, 07:28 | Link #146 | ||
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(Get it? LMAO!) Besides, Kuma is strong but he isn't super powerful. Last edited by AddiKtioNn-BlaCk; 2009-10-09 at 09:57. |
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2009-10-09, 11:39 | Link #147 | |
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2009-10-09, 12:31 | Link #148 |
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If Luffy fights and defeats Mihawk that might mess up the friendship and relation between Luffy and Zoro. Zoro could consider Luffy a rival more than a nakama.
On the other hand, until now, we have always witnessed 'blade vs blade' and 'fist vs fist' fights, 'blade vs fist' fights (like Luffy vs Zoro, when they first met Vivi) are so rare in One Piece world, and non of them concluded. I don't believe Oda would let Luffy and Mihawk fight each other, though I have to admit that Oda is surprising me too much recently. I'm quite sure that someone will interfere this match between Luffy and Mihawk, and these unknown third person will most probably be a swordsman, like Whitebeard himself. Yeah, that is a possibility, we might at last see someone like Mihawk down for count! |
2009-10-09, 12:51 | Link #149 |
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Luffys devil fruit offers zero protection against cutting and slicing attacks. Luffy is having massive handicap when fighting cutting specialized fighters.
And of all enemys he is attacked by Mihawk himself, world greatest swordsman. I think Mihawk is last person who Luffy could beat in fight, Luffy should not fight Mihawk 1vs1 unless he has death wish. |
2009-10-09, 13:23 | Link #150 |
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I dont see how Luffy can be mutch of match for Mihawk, given his powers mihawk would be the perfect on to eliminate him. Ivankov looks pretty doomed to me, it seems like he is just biding time, like none of his attack are anything Kuma can get up from. About Kuma, well i think we need to see Vegapunk to explain it, hopefully soon. Oh, and Diamond guy is going to get crushed, he may be strong but two shishibukai, that pushing it. I hope smoker can catch up, i been wanting to see rematch between him and Luffy for awhile. With how much he has improved, i think he should be promoted to Vice-Admiral, i mean he pretty much dominated Luffy in seconds, something many above his rank where unable to do.
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2009-10-09, 16:48 | Link #152 |
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i Doubt Iva can defeat Kuma. Kuma is one of the strongest we've seen so far, he can teleport anywhere and his reject ability is insane. added on to his super hard body, i don't see how Iva is going to win.
Smoker and hancock is a good matchup. Id say hancock will win only cause shes a shichibukai, plus she has strong haki which allows her to hit smoker. |
2009-10-09, 17:53 | Link #153 | |
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And for me that is a really big handicap, especially against opponents who may not use conventional methods to fight. Sometimes you need to know and understand the person to choose the right fighting methods, and I doubt a cyborg minded human is capable of doing those. |
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2009-10-09, 19:27 | Link #154 | ||
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In the other translations I read (and I'm actually talking about full text translations.... I'm a little too impatient to wait for scanlations), Iva's line was more along the lines of "If you've forgotten how terrifying I can be, then I'll pound the memory back into your body!" I don't think he's implying that Kuma was afraid of him, but merely that he's not a pushover, that's all..... Quote:
Can we really be sure of that, now? I'm fully aware of what Zoro told Luffy when he first joined about how Luffy would have to take full responsibility if something were to prevent him from achieving his goals, but I have a feeling that the circumstances may have changed a bit after all the trials they've faced (the situation with Kuma at Thriller Bark would be the most definite proof of this). Of course Luffy's chances of defeating Mihawk at his current level are slim to none, but if, by some miracle, he was able to wound the world's greatest swordsman, I don't think that Zoro will hold it against him, considering the circumstances. Luffy respects his first mate's ambition, there's no doubt about that, but he had to do what was necessary to save his brother from certain death. Also, it's already been heavily implied for a good while that Mihawk had an interest in Luffy, as well as Zoro. We saw him approach Shanks so he could show him Luffy's bounty poster. Also remember that he attended the Shichibukai meeting in chapter 234 because they were discussing Luffy's crew (and Doflamingo commented that Mihawk was the LEAST likely person to arrive at that meeting, so that's saying something right there). So in a way, it's actually not too surprising that he wants to test himself against Luffy, a rookie who's been stirring all sorts of trouble in the world as of late. Lastly, we can't forget his line at the end of this chapter about whether or not fate would favor a pirate of the new age such as Luffy. If anything, he must consider BOTH supernovas to be a worthy challenge for him at some point in the future...... |
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2009-10-09, 21:29 | Link #156 | ||
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If anything, it actually makes way for a plot hole... afterall what reason could Kuma now have for NOT just rejecting his targets halfway around the world and into the middle of the ocean... He could beat Iva in ONE move, and give him a one way trip to the calm belt... the old Kuma was able to make the conscious decision to not use that power, but the dead kuma doesn't have such thinking and thus moves with pure cold logic... "destroy the enemy"... there is no reason for him not to finish all his fights with one move unless ofcourse, there is something more to that power that we don't realize... Moria seemed to allude to this when Kuma asked him where he would want to go... kinda like Moria knew how to protect himself from the power... so their indeed might be more to it not to mention, a cold obedient robot, is probably better to have around than someone you can hardly trust... Kuma was so loyal but after that incident with the nobles he kinda did show himself to be no more trustworthy than any other shichibukai... his loss of more flexible thinking is a small price compared to him betraying the WG and using his human weapon strength against them Quote:
Because of Shanks, Mihawk has come to the belief that Luffy is destined to be the figure head of the next generation; he is now testing Luffy's fate... if Luffy fails to survive against Mihawk, then fate has failed him and he is no golden child... If Luffy survives or manages to escape from a foe more powerful than himself, then fate is smiling on him and he may truly be destined for great things That's the meaning behind Mihawk's last line... will fate favor Luffy, or will he die here... it's not about Mihawk, it's about Luffy |
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2009-10-10, 05:15 | Link #158 | |
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Mihawk's past hasn't really been talked about other than the fact he used to be rivals with Shanks. Heck he's even one of the few Shichibukai who's bounty hasn't been revealed. He's still quite the mysterious character despite being revealed so early in the series.
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2009-10-10, 10:02 | Link #159 |
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^ He must have lived through a hard life to obtain that title. Just consider Zoro's life, how hard Zoro trains, what pains he endured even in his childhood. I'm sure Mihawk had an interesting past too, also I'm positive that he has a reason to be the best swordsman in the world. He could not be a pirate, he is not one to rob people for wealth. Zoro wasn't a pirate hunter as well, just people called him so. He was hunting pirates for money to eat.
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