2007-05-30, 17:11 | Link #826 |
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Even if a ship can sail around the island, there is not a single secure location for a ship to dock or enter (possibly with the gates closed you cannot even come close to the island because of the wild currents). And, from the front, you have to walk on foot, which makes it nearly impossible to cross (considering the obstacles along the way). In short, that gate ensures the security of the Enies Lobby, even against Giant ships (for giants).
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2007-05-31, 23:18 | Link #827 | ||
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And, ignoring the door and sailing around that place will add unnecessary burden to them. It is like so as to go to your backyard, instead of using the backdoor that open to the garden, you want to use your front door and walk around the house to reach the backyard. Quote:
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2007-06-01, 01:35 | Link #828 | |
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2007-06-01, 13:16 | Link #829 |
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If the door was covering all around the island, you would be right. That is not the case. Enies Lobby is not promoting their security on the front lines, where the door does not reach. So, how can they be imposing, when they are doing this in an incomplete way?
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2007-06-01, 13:53 | Link #830 |
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Like I said, it's shock and awe...Why not just bulid a normal gate that surrounds the island you ask?? Because we're THE WORLD GOVERNMENT and we want the placed pimped-out as to say "We dare you to challenge us!" (TWG is arrogant as we've seen)...Now if you're a big-fry you might not be scared or shocked by the doors, but any normal pirate or villain sees those doors and they see a representation of the World Government (Not many people mess with TWG)..It's not just promoting their security, it's promoting what their security COULD BE (Isn't that where CP9 hangs out anyways?)...Just like you said in your previous post, just by the enormity of the door you'd have to sacrifice your saftey just trying an alternative route to get in...Let's remember it took the straw-hats a flying sea-train, Zoro mystical sword slashing, and Giant GIANTS IIRC just to purge Ennis Lobby and all that happened "In a perfect-world" scenerio..What if you have no choice but to enter straight? (alla the sea-train) You have to deal with the impossible size of those doors...Like I said, if we're keeping it simple, despite the actual physical dynamics of the door, it's sheer size and prowess are still a deterrent by default...
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2007-06-02, 17:09 | Link #831 |
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Any normal pirate or a villain wouldn't dare to challenge the world government even if it would be a small door; just letting those people know that there are thousands of very good marines that are protecting the Enies Lobby is a good enough "shock and awe" promotion...
That door is there to scare the stronger class of pirates. And, most likely, it is there for actual security and protection purposes, not because it can shock the negligible-quality pirates. |
2007-06-03, 02:18 | Link #832 | |
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So, if a group wants to save a pirate that is captured and brought to enies lobby for his trial, the only possibility to save him is acting before the captured pirate goes to one of the two possible locations (marine headquarters and impel down). As we observed in this arc, it is impossible for a small group to achieve that success, (almost) regardless of their individual strength. The Strawhat pirates wouldn't have succeeded in their plans of saving their friend, if they hadn't received help from the Franky Family, Kokoro's family, Giants, and Galley-la personnel. So, even if a large group attacks, it is impossible to succeed, unless that group consists of very powerful people. And, at the end, the short distance to the buster call recipients, makes it a lucky ending...But, that is only true for Enies Lobby. I doubt, MarHQ and Impel Down would allow for the luck factor to be taken into account... |
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2007-06-03, 21:54 | Link #834 |
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I haven't checked the new episode, but, the anime producers cannot interrupt the storyline right now. The fillers will possibly gonna wait for 5-10 episodes (don't remember the chapter count remaining in this arc). After that, the producers will have only two choices, either giving a break or continuing with filler arcs. Considering the popularity of the anime, and the quality of the filler arcs in One Piece, I doubt they will give a break.
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2007-06-04, 03:10 | Link #836 |
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THAT sucked...
Spoiler for SpanDAMN!:
I wouldn't wish that on anyone...Hell Eneru, Crocodile, and Arlong get off better than Spandam methinks...Was kinda bizzare how they tried to play it off as comedy after it happened...I'm all about uncut, but Funi better edit that $hit...
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2007-06-04, 21:47 | Link #838 |
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Its been a while since I last posted here and the reason I'm posting here is for one reason only, episode 312. It was one of wait, I take that back.... the most emotional episode in One Piece. The animation style (Movie 7) in this wonderful episode created the perfect mood for the perfect scenes. I'll be serious, I have never wept tears when watching anime until I saw this episode. All I can say is, thank you very much Oda for this amazing Shōnen series and I hope we see more greatness from you.
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2007-06-05, 19:17 | Link #840 |
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An episode filled with emotions (from the emotional ones, Sanji, Zoro, Robin play the role of the ice-faced nakama, though they were compensated by Franky, the kid, and the animal).
I expected Merry's theme (dear friends) to be used while the strawhats share their memories. I wish the anime team would have selected much better scenes to represent those memories. There were highly emotional strawhat scenes from before involving all those characters, when they were with Merry. I guess, later on, someone might post a better clip for those section. For the only-anime followers, do not miss the next two episodes. Lots of shocking news will be waiting for you. |
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