2014-03-13, 12:45 | Link #61 | |
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Usopp having no fear on fishman island was because the whole crew was together, which I pointed out in my last posts already and actually even in the discussion of the previous chapter. It had a calming effect on him. Not to mention just as in EL, there was no place for him to run away to anyway. And as other people already pointed out, Usopp was not scared about the doc workers, but instead about being discovered, which would ruin the plan they had and also possibly cause the "big guns" like Trebol to appear, who Usopp was actually afraid of. He simply hoped it would go like "stealthily get to Sugar, shoot the Tabasco in her mouth/get the dwarves to make her it it, get tons of allies in form of the toys and have an easy win". He didn't want that "perfect opportunity" to be wasted, but in the end they were busted and Usopp who had no one from the crew near him started to panic because Sugar turned out to be a much stronger enemy than he expected and he would have to face off against 2 bosses at the same time. Not to mention he didn't know for sure if Trebols power is Logia-like as Caribou or more Paramecia-like as Mr. 3 and he probably must have shat his pants because of Sugar's ability that turned people into toys, while all people forget that you even exist. He was scared to die a pointless death, or even worse, to be forgotten (though I am not sure if he knew this part her ability) and having to work as a slave for the rest of his life. Expecting to do something like this from someone with the character of Usopp goes too far IMO. He actually is insane to run in now. I hope Franky comes to help or something like that, or that he manages to somehow pull off the strategy before being defeated.
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2014-03-13, 13:02 | Link #62 | |
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In Ussop's case, he hasn't shown that increase in flexibility over time, he seems to constantly revert, quite unrealistically at times. But anyways, this is perhaps taking one piece too seriously on my part as psychology is my field, it's like a physicists complaining that one piece doesn't show good physics. |
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2014-03-13, 15:37 | Link #64 |
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Ok so besides the whole discussion on the Usopp debacle...
First off, there was a toy that reacted to Usopp mentioning the Strawhats. Which could mean nothing, it could just be a recent convert that happens to know of them (one of the recent coliseum even). But this got me thinking, for all we know there could be a lot of wellknown/interesting people among all the toys. The number of Strawhat allies/friendlies could potentially skyrocket again. Also, if Usopp pulls this off he'll really make a name for himself with all the toys there witnessing the fight. Another thing I noticed was Sugar's odd reaction to the Tontatta's firm belief in Usopp, she seemed kinda sad there. I guess she did kinda feel sorry for them? It might not have any bearing on this arc, but I still found it interesting. I find it amusing how she rags on Trebol btw (you're an idiot, die). As for Trebol himself, it sure looks like he's a logia now. Although the way he plopped into his chair at the beginning of this arc kinda indicated this too. But it's hard to say what the limitations of paramecia are. At any rate, this sure makes for an odd logia but it does resemble Caribou's logia. Just like that one, Trebol's ability doesn't seem to have a large destructive potential like the classic logia's. So while Caribou's special ability is having his own personal storage capacity, Trebol's might have some kind of specialty as well (besides being sticky and flammable). Not particularly happy to see more flashbacks at this point, especially after a couple of slow chapters. Hope it's a short one. |
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You should reread the fishmen fight. He did show fear.
Like Greyzone said. The situation was different. The whole crew was together and they were against nobodys. In front of the crew or when he is with really strong fighters like Luffy, Zoro or Sanji he is "brave" because he knows that if bad things happen they will get him out of it. You are making it sound like you understand his characters better then he himself. That men breaths his characters and I am always surprised by how much. For example in the most recent SBS he mentions the least favorite foods of everyone and he remembered that Ussop hates mushrooms because he had some incident which was mentioned in the Barati arc. Or that Robin always carries sweets for Choppee and so on. There is a gradual change. This time what changed is that he told the Dwarfs the truth. If this would have been the old Ussop he wouldn’t have told them the truth. He would have said he came back to save them or that he is a hero or something like that. But this time he told them the truth. That he lied to them, that his name is Ussop and that he is no hero and was about to abandon them. Last edited by CrowKenobi; 2014-03-13 at 22:01. Reason: One Piece is licensed. Please don't link to non-legal manga sites. |
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All the people who want Ussop to stay the way he is seem to be forgetting that he himself hates being a coward and wants to change, hence his dream to become a brave warrior of the sea. Unless they're suggesting he not achieve his dream, he will eventually change, whether they like it or not.
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2014-03-13, 21:11 | Link #68 | |
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2014-03-14, 11:54 | Link #73 |
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It will be like this: Fujitora throws a meteor at Luffy/Cyros, they dodge, then newtons law applies and the meteor flies, flies, flies, until it breaks through the ceiling of the toy factory and directly into Trebols face. The end.
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I still think that it was a mistake for Oda to make Ussop look brave in the fishman island arc..
Well... whats done is done, its time to move on... I just hope that Oda should not care what others think about his manga and should always do what he thinks that would be better in the story... Ussop is the bravest man in the sea... remember when Ussop fought Luffy?? Luffy even said in that fight "I dont sense a cowardice in you right now" Let Ussop be a coward right now, Oda is actually building up Ussop's dream to be dramatic
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I still don't really see how it's a "mistake", but whatever. I won't bother arguing about his performance at the mermaid island arc since others are already taking care of that..... Moving on to another topic, I find it interesting that we've yet to see the dwarf princess so far, even as a silhouette. I mean, we've even already had a silhouette of Kanjurou so far (whom Oda even changed the design for, just check out the SBS thread to see what I mean), so how long will it be before we see Manshelly....? |
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