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Ceasar Clown is another such situation. As far as I remember, he's only been adressed as Ceasar so far, not as Clown. Kinda odd, because people in One Piece are usually called by their first name or nick name, with the occasional Full-Name Ultimatum.

The only other situations I remember where someone is addressed by their last name is Shakky calling Luffy "Monkey-chan", and I think the Franky family mostly addressed Roronoa by his last name. Oh, and "Trafalguy".

Blackbeard has been adressed simply as "Teach" a few times, and I don't think Whitebeard was ever called Edward or Newgate, only "Whitebeard", "pops" and the Full-Name Ultimatum twice or so.

Basil Hawkins, Hody Jones, Rob Lucci, Benn Beckman, Catarina Devon, Charlotte Linlin, Jesus Burgess, Ceaser Clown and many others also make more sense in westren order.

Jaguar D. Saul, too.

Saul is actually a Hebrew given name.

Not really. Saul is uncommon but existent given name, but I don't think I've heard of Jaguar as a name outside of that, but the precedent established by the other D's implies it's a family name.

Yeah, pretty much everyone named after a real pirate has western order. Or seems to, anyway.

edited 13th Oct '12 1:35:49 PM by Gilphon

Which sounds logically considering that are originally western names and would sound weird in the Japanese order.

It's best not to assume either way.

Oh right, Hody was mostly adressed by his last name too, wasn't he?

Tony makes more sense as a first name, but in that case it was justified because Hiluluk gave him his name, and it was some kind of reindeer pun (I think? Or something like that).

Van Auger has no first name. Neither has Van der Dekken. Cutty Flam ironically sounds more like a nickname than Franky does. Also, when I first read that there was a woman named Nico Robin in this series, I assumed Nico was her first name, mostly because I only thought of Robin as a boy's name.

It seems to go back and forth. There might even be a correlation based on region, since West Blue seems prominently western in its setting the few times we've seen it.

edited 13th Oct '12 8:08:56 PM by tvsgood

And now I remember why I read this series.

Fuckin A', man. "Help me, Luffy" and "Take me out to sea again" always do it for me.

This week's episode featured the blood transfusion. I think the entire thing was a bit higher quality than previous weeks. Anyway, almost out of Fishman Island!

edited 14th Oct '12 4:09:50 AM by Autumncomet

About the almost out of FI, that's a good thing!

Chapter's out and it has the greatest color spread of all time

Whoa, whoa, Man-Made Devil Fruit? That can be done? Well, this is certainly interesting, I'm curious what the details and story behind that is. And as if we needed a new reason to hate Caesar Clown. Man, drugging children, putting through state of pretty much torture, and now shown willing to let them die. For Science!! In any case, it's brought out my favorite side of Luffy: Angry. Also, glad to also see official fight counts as Law & Smoker versus Virgo. While expecting usual complaints of "Blah blah blah, Law is rigged, doesn't count for Smoker alone" etc. I actually hope they both temporary align to defeat him. Law has proven he can't defeat Virgo by himself, which should honestly further silence whole overpowered Mary Sue thing but alas, and Smoker just kicking his ass on his own turns Law into Worf Effect all for the sake of Virgo, which I don't believe smartest move either. Working together though to defeat him, Virgo still losses and both of them are put over. Anyway, looks like almost all the fights are setup at this point. Should be seeing some more action next time. Plus we finally got to see a taste of Monet & Robin fighting. Plus like the setup of Monet versus those crew mates while they also have to deal with the children. So many excellent factors for keeping the heat on.

edited 17th Oct '12 4:19:59 AM by Prime_of_Perfection

Best part about the colourspread is the "trick or meat" bag.

So, a Dragon Zoan? Interesting. And that was Flamingo's face that Monosuke saw, right?

Yeah, it certainly looked like Doflamingo's face. The glasses are rather distinctive. Maybe he's the one who kidnapped Momonosuke? Speaking of which, seems like there will be a twist regarding Momonosuke's human appearance.

And I personally liked the "Whisky [sic] or Beer" bag.

Technically, Law was at a distinct disadvantage due to Vergo incapacitating him with his removed heart long enough for a devastating surprise attack. Had he had his way, and unless Vergo has Armament Haki (hey, nobody specified what kind of Haki a Vice-Admiral has to have, right?), he would've just cut him into pieces with his Op-Op Fruit power.

edited 17th Oct '12 4:59:31 AM by MarqFJA

Oh, I missed that the first time. Nice.

I agree he probably could have, depending on how strong Virgo's Haki is. But the reality here is that he doesn't and can't. He IS at a disadvantage, something which wouldn't happen to the supposed God-Mode Sue some make him out to be. He's repeatedly got his ass handed to him whenever in Virgo's presence. Just because Virgo isn't doing it through a purely brute way doesn't make it any less significant. There will always be factors in fights that give people advantages or put others at disadvantages, like Caesar only being able to win first fight because of his gas power. The reality remains still that he won. Or in this case that Law has been having his ass handed to him repeatedly by Virgo, which just makes claim seem all more ridiculous to me. Yes, he's strong - as expected from a freaking Warlord - but it's not like he's the only strong person in One Piece universe or even the strongest, which is why it's gotten tiresome for me.

edited 17th Oct '12 5:23:11 AM by Prime_of_Perfection

I think this fight is just to showcase Smoker's strength, Law be damned.

Did Monet stab Robin and fight Zoro with an ice pick?

Big version of color spread

edited 17th Oct '12 5:38:34 AM by Autumncomet

Judging from fact it says Law & Smoker versus Virgo, I don't think that's reality And I believe as such, which is making Monet seem even more badass to me.

The spoiler's described it as a rapier though looking at it, the handle is all wrong. It's a genuine sword not generated by ice, where did she even pull that out from?

Also, Vergo managed to land a hit on Law even without squeezing his heart first. So even without the advantage of the heart, Vergo does have an advantage over Law.

If it weren't for the fact that Monet's a snow logia, I would have doubted the chances of her being Zoro's opponent and I hope she is Zoro's opponent for this arc. This is the first time since Loguetown that he's had a female opponent and the first SH besides Luffy to fight a logia opponent. Plus fighting the second strongest SH is good cred for Monet too and it's quite refreshing to see a strong female fighter after seeing the wringer Tashigi was put through. I hope Oda doesn't backtrack and relegate Monet to fighting Tashigi or Nami just to have his Designated Girl On Girl fight or worse.....Sanji.

edited 17th Oct '12 5:50:28 AM by TheDrifter

Actually, I highly suspect this is a bait-and-switch for a Tashigi v. Monet fight. Not sure how I feel about that. On one hand, it'd be nice for Tashigi, but only if Monet isn't nerfed in the process. As it is though, Monet looks like she'll put up a good fight against Zoro.

Law already fought Vergo, so the card isn't wrong.

edited 17th Oct '12 5:57:08 AM by Autumncomet