One Piece

Does anyone know when the new dub episodes are being added to Crunchyroll?

I, admittedly, do not. I haven't gotten word on that.

Going back to the "Oda Taking Gambles" thread, I think the bigger gamble, one we're still waiting to see pay off... is everything to do with Blackbeard. He has broken so many rules regarding the conventions of this series.

May 5th is when the next batch of dubbed episodes are being added to Crunchyroll.

Nice way to celebrate Luffys birthday.

And a nice way to celebrate Japanese National Boy's Day for that note.

...But oh, oh... Oda cooked this chapter (for context's sake, for anyone reading this message sometime in the future, I refer to Chapter 1113).

That's a mostly innocuous statement, but even so, talking about chapters that haven't officially released yet isn't allowed in this topic.

To the point we have a specific separate thread for that purpose

Edited by sgamer82 on Apr 26th 2024 at 8:52:03 AM

Meanwhile, a new MelonTeee-video, and this time it's the one we have all been waiting for: a character video of one Captain of Straw Hat Pirates and future Pirate King, Monkey D. Luffy:

Just discovered something interesting with Power Scaling. Before, I had characters like Mohji, Cabaji, Sham, and Butchie in D- tier, just barely superhuman and on the same level as an average Fishman.

And then while doing research for a separate post on the history of Zoro using One-Sword Style, I realized that Sham and Butchie were about even with Zoro in a 2v1 when he had only one sword, and how that contrasts with the scene where Zoro effortlessly wins a 1v20 with Arlong's crew off-screen with 1 sword. That indicates that Sham and Butchie are significantly stronger than your average Fishman, and that might also be true of Cabaji and Mohji.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Apr 26th 2024 at 11:24:44 AM

You know, everyone loves Zoro vs Whiskey Peak as a showing of how cool Zoro is, but I dunno. These are some of the most confusing action panels in the whole series to me:

The angle is weird on both, looking at Zoro's crotch/ass with his face awkwardly looking down so we can see his expression. The expression is really weird, too, it's like a pained grimace that doesn't fit how cool and calm he's supposed to be while slicing them up. There's no clear line of sight for Zoro's attack, in both of them he teleports from one location to another, from in front of his enemies to behind them, implying movement past them while slashing in a really confusing way. Like he's cutting rings into the ground, I guess? While spinning in the air? Horizontally?

These action panels have always bothered me, more than any other action panels in the series. I can't think of a single action panel, before or after these ones, that has confused me as much as these do.

I can at least explain the pained grimace: dude was testing out Sandai Kitetsu for the first time, a more unwieldy blade that's been, shall we say... a bit "trigger happy" on its own, and he probably started picking up on that first thing. Sure, he's kicking loads of ass effortlessly (and gloriously for that matter), but a new blade's a new blade, and this one definitely felt new.

Okay, I cut the bottom panels of the second page, but he definitely isn't continuing the grimace right after:

And he's testing out Yubashiri with the first slash, not Kitetsu.

Also, there is a moment where he comments on Kitetsu being a problem child, but it's in regard to it cutting a stone hammer when he wanted to block it.

And that's a completely separate moment from the Hawk Wave.

By the way, that stone hammer cut is a fantastically compositioned panel, so it's weird to compare it to the mess of Hawk Wave.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Apr 27th 2024 at 4:09:43 AM

I think the pacing from action-to-action is a little weird, but I don't really feel like I'm having trouble understanding what's happening in most of them. That first one, where he's testing out Yubashiri, and then is suddenly spiraling through the air, IS a confusing bit, though.

Anyone else really interested in the Elders' abilities? They seem to have two distinct sets:

• Powers associated with their mythical creature (ie. Saturn has poison and a Deadly Gaze), that are unique to each one.
• A completely unrelated set they all share, namely teleportation, telepathy, and their Healing Factor.

The first set could of course simply be Mythical Zoan abilities, but that doesn't explain the second set and why all of them have it.

I'm really interested in them. There are a few good guesses I've heard for the shared abilities:

• They're based on Imu's Mythical Zoan abilities. Imu is the one facilitating the teleportation/telepathy.

• The Elders are modified humans similar to the Vegapunk Satellites. The teleportation/telepathy is the result of Void Century Super-Science that Imu kept.

• However the teleportation/telepathy is explained, I'm pretty sure the immortality is due to the Op-Op Fruit.

I am not counting "they're just demons/yokai" as a "good" guess because I think that theory is wack and I'm not buying it until Oda jumps that shark.

This line in particular is what makes me 90% positive that the Five Elders used to be regular humans:

The Nika Fruit is only a legend, even to them. They're not old enough to remember it in action, they're not old enough to be the ones who re-named it.

I'll admit I thought the "literally demons" theory made sense for a while but your arguments against it convinced me. In particular, the bit about how weird it would be that actual demonic powers would behave identically to the now-well-established Mythical Zoans.

I still love these pages, where Ivankov suddenly rattles off some of the biggest theories the fanbase had been discussing for years. It almost feels like Oda tipping his hand, telling the audience that they're on the right track.

I'd be so good at World Government propaganda, Imu should hire me as their propagandist. They should rename "Lulusia" in the history books to "Illusia" and gaslight people into thinking Illusia was an illusary country that never existed, but some people claim to have seen it or hallucinated even going there.

Make the world think that anyone saying "Lulusia" is misspeaking and delusional. They've got Grand Line Sickness, driven mad by the waves.

I kept calling it Illusia, so it would probably work. They'd just chalk it up to Grand Line weirdness.

Edited by diddyknux on Apr 28th 2024 at 4:08:15 AM

Lulusia is was in the first half of the Grand Line, not the New World.

Who said New World? I didn't!

x4 kinda like Bielefeld huh?

HERE WE GOOOOOO!!!!!

Yup, the Transponder Snail was fake, and the broadcast is starting. We get cameos all around the world as everyone tunes in. The first part of Vegapunk's message? "The world shall sink into the sea."

We know that the Mother Flame raised the sea level when it was used, that seems very much connected to what Vegapunk has to say here. Is this why Marijoa is located in one of the highest places in the world?

Oh man, stakes are being raised! It's not just a matter of overthrowing the government anymore, it's a matter of saving the remaining landmass. But is this deliberate on Imu's part, or is this merely a byproduct of their villainy?