One Piece

It was implied the Three Eyes, as a race, could "hear the voice of all things" like Roger could. Pudding is basically Big Mom's path to Raftel, if she can unlock the ability.

So that gives them high potential for the overall Myth Arc.

I thought that Big Mom just meant it gave them a way to read the Poneglyphs as Roger did. I have to say when I hear a phrase like "hearing the voice of all things", my first thought is not having an extra eye.

But the connection the Myth Arc is solid either way.

Third Eyes bringing forth knowledge and/or a symbol of enlightenment is pretty common. Even if the way its desribed is different from usual.

I wonder how the "hearing the voice of all things" works and how is passed out. I admit I don't like this thing, there are already many things which should be very rare (the D. and Conqueror's Haki) and make a person distinct I think this one isn't much needed.

Edited by fishysaur on Jul 17th 2018 at 10:42:06 AM

The Third Eye probably kicks in because the Voice of All Things power comes off more as a psychic ability.

Edited by sgamer82 on Jul 17th 2018 at 11:43:51 AM

??? I didn't dispute that part, just said I figured she meant they had a way to get to the same ends, not that they'd use the same means that Roger did. It's fine either way to me, though.

I'm not following, then, because I took Big Mom's statement as exactly that: getting to Raftel by the same method Roger did, using the All Things power to read the poneglyphs.

Especially because, apparently, this is the only possible way

And I wonder why is raftel so hard to find, I mean, technically it's in the ending of the grand line, but you need 4 poignee griffe, each of whom gives you a coordinate, and the coorinate in the middle of these (more or less) is where Raftel is... so it's not at the end of the grand line?

Speaking of Mith Arc, do you think the events on the moon will be of relevance?

The primary host of the The Unofficial One Piece Podcast had a big thing two years about the moon and how it might fit into the void century.

http://www.onepiecepodcast.com/2015/07/22/the-one-piece-connection/

If you'd rather listen than read:

https://soundcloud.com/onepiecepodcast/the-one-piece-connection

Edited by sgamer82 on Jul 17th 2018 at 12:00:46 PM

Thanks a lot! It's really interesting!

I too noticed how One Piece's story is divided into multiple layers (I've skipped the second one though, even if it's an obvious one), and the way the layers are played out, without slowing down the main one, is one of the things that make One Piece great (for me)

I never understood why many people decides to skip Skypiea, it doesn't look bad at all to me (is also often called as "the arc of the adventure") and of course it has events relevant to the story.

Also, considering how important the "void century" is, I'm expecting a pretty long flashback in the final arc

Just a thought, could it be that there's some kind of racism in the marines? (Or maybe in the world government) because, as far as I remember, there are only humans and giants (and giant humans )

I also realized how Luffy's crew and fleet has member of nearly all the races except longnecks, minks, and three eyes.

I mean, racism seems to be pretty prevalent in the One Piece world so I wouldn't be surprised by systemic issues in the Marines, but also humans appear to be the vast majority of people anyway.

It's less racism and more speciesism.

"Black and White live in harmony and beat up on Green" and all that.

Fantastic Racism has different species fall under it.

It always bothers me when people refer to what are clearly entirely different species as "races". Dragon Ball takes this to its logical extreme, where alien species from differing planets are just different "races" from each other. One Piece isn't nearly as bad, especially since crossbreeding is possible and not super uncommon, but it's still weird to see Fishmen and Humans both referred to as "races".

Saiyans and humans can have kids so it's not so far fetched

Because as points out crossbreeding and the like tend to happen. Fantasty settings especially because Gods can outright call their creations whatever they want.

Yeah, but people saying "the Namekian race" and "Freeza's race" is just silly. Namekians are clearly some sort of slug or plant, Freeza is a lizard, and both species reproduce asexually. Sorry for getting off-topic, it's just something that bugs me.

I understand your feeling (I have a degree in biology), but I think this is a case of "grandfather clause" because, at least since Tolkien's Lord of the rings (or even The Hobbit) the term race has always been used to describe what are technically different "species" (dwarves, elves, hobbits and humans)

And then again, by definition, two different species shouldn't be able to crossbreed and have fertile progeny but, in OP, the different "species" can apparently crossbreed. (Not that we can expect realism in a world where eating a particular fruit gives you superpower)

P.s. Namekians are slugs, and they're hermafrodites

Edited by fishysaur on Jul 18th 2018 at 8:03:04 AM

I wonder how long Luffy is going to stay separate from the others? He really does seem to like splitting up the gang now.

I imagine that Wano will probably end with some big moment with all of them, and Jinbe, and possibly whoever new joins doing a big "We're all finally together!" toast or something, but I'm also wondering if it's partially because Oda just finds it too big a hassle to write for all of them being together for an extended period of time now.

Edited by LSBK on Jul 18th 2018 at 6:50:40 AM

I'd say maybe when it is about when the arc is a fifth done. And now I am once again wondering about something that is probably futile: how long have they been in the New World?

Edited by Kakuzan on Jul 18th 2018 at 7:43:59 AM

I think they're going to get together before the full climax/final battles ensues. Only to split up again (but this time in a more coordinate manner) because Oda loves showing different points of view

I don't think Oda has problem handling all of them, has he has generally proven he's able to give them the right amount of screen time .I think he split the crew because Dressrosa was already overflowing with characters (don't ask me to make a list) and wanted to introduce the main members of the future grand fleet (and even then, some of them haven't been well presented), then in Whole Cake Island he wanted to give some screentime to those who were absent for most of Dressrosa, and now he split them (again) because he generally does this at the beginning of every arc since Skypiea, so he can easily do more worldbuilding without slowing down the story (the latter part moreso in volumes, in chapters it's slowed down)

Of course, I too want the crew to be reunited as soon as possible but, given that this arc is going to be long, I think we have to wait at the very least other 10 chapters or so (and I have the feelings they'll have to rescue Zoro somehow)

Also, yes, I expect to see Jinbe too

You mean In-Universe? It's not impossible to see actually, you have to check the moon phases (yes, they slowly advance in every arc). Though I haven't checked them so I can't tell

Edited by fishysaur on Jul 18th 2018 at 4:49:57 AM

Jinbe will be reunited with the crew at the end of the arc during a large feast. The new shogun of the island will proudly unveil the island's greatest delicacy, a rare fishman shark fin soup.

912 spoilers: We learn that the tengu's real name is Tobitetsu, he's a swordsmith and he has Nidai Kitetsu so we already know where Zoro's next power-up is coming from. Tama's promise with Ace was a generic "I'll take you to sea when you're older." and most of Wano is monster-filled wilderness thanks to Kaido, and Drake destroyed the village where they used to live. End of chapter has Luffy reunite with Zoro, and the two encounter Hawkins.

Break next week.

Edited by ComicX6 on Jul 19th 2018 at 6:59:16 AM

Something I've always wondered, but what is with people and Zoro opening his eye?