One Piece

Jimbei's basically Thunder God Orlandeau.

Ugh, I hate when games do that. I prefer to switch out characters on the regular, so one guy that always has to be there just galls me.

I've heard theories that the new We Are OP depicts the Straw Hats in order of weakest to strongest (starting at 1:10):

So, Usopp, Nami, Brook, Chopper (shown in Monster Point), Robin, Franky, Jimbei, Sanji, Zoro, and Luffy. Seems to make sense, though we also have the official SBS speed rankings (this was pre-Jimbei):

Franky, Robin, Nami, Usopp, Zoro, Chopper (Walk Point), Luffy, Sanji, Brook

I am annoyed the upcoming Midnight Sons game is apparently doing that.

Whats even worse is that the Hunter is a completely made-up character for the game so in a game designed for you to make 3-man squads of your favorite Marvel characters one slot if always gonna be locked to the character everyone cares the least for.

If we're going into game analogies, we could also note that some of the Strawhats have gained abilities that would give them different roles.

• Luffy's latest Gears would make him a burst type damage character who can deal massive damage with a few hits but gets rendered helpless afterwards.

• Zoro wielding Enma and its potentially dangerous side effects makes him go from a Melee Tank to a Melee DPS who loses HP with each blow — think a Final Fantasy Dark Knight.

• Nami gaining Zeus adds Summoning abilities to her DPS mage package. Think Rydia from Final Fantasy IV.

• Sanji tapping into his Germa genetics could make him The Berserker. He'd go from a Melee Fragile Speedster to an all around Made of Iron Lightning Bruiser...except he'd be out of control and won't stop until his enemy is dead.

Yeah, the different Gear 4 forms are basically Limit Breaks. Different temporary upgrades with different areas of strength.

Jinbe would definitely be a baritone.

The SOS Bros, who I watched read through the series until they caught up, gave Jimbei a voice directly inspired by Optimus Prime and I think it fits better than his actual anime voice.

In that case, Zoro can be the bass.

Just out of curiosity, the members of the Blackbeard Pirates we have yet to see the post-timeskip designs of are Van Augur, Sanjuan Wolf, Vasco Shot, and Doc Q. I'm most interested to see what Wolf and Shot's fashion sense is now that they've ditched the prison uniforms, since Devon's outfit sure took a dramatic turn.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Nov 28th 2021 at 11:08:50 AM

One hopes that Wolf's own clothing grows with the rest of him.

That's how it works with most Devil Fruits.

Not always though. There's Jewelry Bonney.

Edited by M84 on Nov 29th 2021 at 2:31:50 AM

I'm actually curious if Lunarians are gonna be like, extra allergic to water. Since they're on fire and all that.

I'm thinking the fire thing might actually be that weakness. Literally burning up your own body cannot be good for you.

Wow! This fight truly is the first one where Zoro fears to lose since... Mr 1?

Its kind of funny Zoro only really struggles when he can't simply cut his opponent down; if he can cut it, then he always wins.

This fight is rather noticeable because its the first time in a long time he's actually had to put some thought into fighting his opponent this time.

Well, he had to put some thought into getting at Pica at Dressrosa, even if after that was cake. Of course, that arc started — ten years ago?! Already?!

Edited by Dracoblade on Nov 29th 2021 at 12:33:58 PM

Zoros struggle with pica wasn't even really trying to cut him but finding where he was in all the stone

So, you know how Zoro can't even make King bleed with his strongest attacks? This is from chapter 1006, right after Marco hit King with his Bluebird attack.

Maybe those exclamation points are more genuine surprise than we thought.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Nov 29th 2021 at 4:46:59 AM

I'm glad Zoro isn't curb-stomping everyone and hope it's that way for his upcoming fights... we're approaching the finale of OP and with possible upcoming enemies like Blackbeard's crew I'm hoping we see the Straw Hats truly give it their all in these last major fights of the story

Oh huh, he can bleed; there goes my “he’s an Energy Being in a pressure suit” guess.

The new chapter makes me wonder; if the really powerful swords are actually dangerous for normal people to wield, what does that say about Mihawk's sword, Yoru, described as "the world's strongest sword"? Does that mean that if an ordinary person tried to take it, it would instantly kill them?

Whitebeard’s Skysplitter and the Shodai Kitetsu are said to be as strong as Yoru too, and all three above Enma. Think about that for a sec!

Roger's sword, Ace, is also in that category.

And I'd be kinda surprised if Big Mom's Napoleon and Shanks's Griffon weren't.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Nov 29th 2021 at 6:00:57 AM