One Piece Thread: Gear 2nd!

I don’t know about that. I seem to recall that CP9 made a promise to return for some payback on that masked guy and his dad after they sent in some marines to attack cp9’s home island.
Last we saw they were sailing out probably to prevent the island’s inhabitants from getting caught in the crossfire again. I got the impression that they are now enemies of the government so they can’t retire just yet.

But yeah, it looks like Luffy’s ass whoopin’ made Lucchi realize the importance of friends and what really matters in life, but I guess any near death experience will do that to a man. Who knows, maybe cp9 will be (reluctant) allies to the strawhats in the future like everyone else it seems.

I’m really anxious to see how much Colby has improved, like I said awhile back, that kid made some tremendous gains during his relatively short time under Garth’s tutelage. I mean he started out as some short pudgy geek but turns into a fairly buff marine and can already use Soru. He still needs to work on his mental game and hopefully his newly found haki power won’t turn him into some kind of crazy person.
Oh, and he’s got scar too and everyone knows that you can’t be a heavy hitter in OP without a scar or two.

Actually I think in the end, most of the enemies that Luffy have encountered (including the Marines/ World Government) will be reluctant allies because…

Spoiler

ENDGAME Blackbeard will be totally out of control and fate of the world will possibly be at stake.

Fixed for posterity.

Oh I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s been training as hard as Luffy to get strong and cultivate his innate talent. The war made him recognize where he stood on the world stage, so it’s only going to make him aim higher. He might even be VA status right now.

Mihawk is clean son. :cool: He has that Vega swag.

Is it crazy that I’ve gone too mangastream like 3 times today expecting a OP chapter even though I read about there being no chapter this week the day before?

Is it just as crazy that I also know that there’s no chapter and am watching OP clips on youtube until the hunger subsides?

Man, I’ve watched foreign OP AMVs to get my fix at times.

Trust me, the anime pales in comparison to the manga when it comes to the skin. Although Miu is and that ninja girl are two of the best fighters in the series, the author seems more interested in coming up with clever ways of tearing off their clothes or looking up their skirts.
I guess if I were 12 I would appreciate it a lot more. :bluu:

I only like enel vs luffy better because emotions were running higher than luffy vs lucchi.

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(I wonder if we’ll see Eneru/Enel on Earth again.)

If you guys are so desperate about One Piece on weeks where there isn’t actually a release of a chapter, there’s always (good) fanfiction. I know it’s usually seen as the devil, but, with proper spelling and plotting, it can be as good if not better than publish fiction. It probably helps that in One Piece’s case, much of the better ones don’t focus on slash or, hell, even romance if you don’t care for such. Just putting it out there, even though I haven’t read any of the particular ones that TVTropes recommends myself (yet).

Grr…damn you. I’ve been getting distracted by One Piece bits from Youtube for the past hour. [media=youtube]u1NU8tKFFj8&feature=related]There are quite a few (humorous) things that I had (already) [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3wWcWf2eUc&feature=related[/media]

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I also finally got around to watching [media=youtube]RR4s-mQ9RJw&feature=related[/media] in the anime. It was quite well done.

but not higher than luffy vs usopp. their basically brothers having a serious fight…it hurts more to fight family more than anyone. i mean when after luffy beat him up he went up to zorro like… what have i done?! i beat up my family. and zorro was his cold right hand man…man up…you gotta for the crews sake…dont second guess yourself…if you do, how can we follow you?

I hope not, unless he’s actually relevant to the story- like getting one shotted by Luffy haki Elephant Gun punch to back tot he moon a la Team Rocket.

Fan fiction is the antithesis of my existence. Most are written by prepubescent fangirls fantasizing about their yaoi/dream couple scenarios. Most I’ve read were either boring or written porn for teenie boppers.

For true fans I highly suggest rewatching the [media=youtube]xIUQesissx8"[/media] Lucci vs Luffy fight from the beginning. It’s really cool seeing how everything escalates and the inherent skill Lucci had over Luffy. It took Gear Second for Luffy to even touch Lucci in regular form.

i started tearing up at the end T_T

it’s ok, emotion is good in the AM

These past few posts reminded me why I shouldn’t visit TVTropes, YouTube or even wiki when I want to take a ‘revision’ break.

And the Luffy vs Lucci fight, probably one of the best moments in One Piece, heck Water 7 was probably the best arc in One Piece. I was always said One Piece kept getting better and better and while it’s true, I wasn’t the greatest fan of Thriller Bark. It had some great bits (cue, [media=youtube]Xd8rDas-rrQ"[/media] but it just doesn’t give me that great thrill when a One Piece arc ends.

I think I’m gonna watch the entirety of One Piece again this summer. :badboy:

I remember reading some really good FF6 fanfiction, but that was years ago. I don’t know if I’d feel the same if I read it again.

(Yeah, sorry about that Logia. I know that feeling.)

It occurs to me about something that I’m curious about, having thought it more and more: the Mera Mera no Mi seems like the weakest Logia power overall, doesn’t it? Ace as a whole seemed like he unfortunately got hyped to be bigger than ended up being “on-screen” since we never saw him do anything but tie, lose and then die, so I suppose it’s par for the course.

Does anyone disagree on this? I think it is. The only Logia that seems like it might be weaker is Caribou’s weird Swamp Logia, but we honestly haven’t seen much of that and at present it seems like a ghetto version of Blackbeard’s power, which is extremely powerful.

Lol. I don’t think he show back up just to have Luffy show up his new power considering that the Kraken already did that and Oda does extremely well when it comes to reusing people, even if Eneru did get a cover story.

Oh, stop being melodramatic. That’s like saying fiction is the antithesis of your existence given that literally the only difference between fan fiction and “regular” fiction is that the latter is published and former most often manifests as a “shared universe” thing. Even then it’s kind of hazy because of quite a few (good) published fiction works being derived off common fairy tales and mythology like Wicked or Fables.

Otherwise, I concur. “Sturgeon’s Law” and all that.

Just because 90% (more like 95%, I’d say) of it is like that, doesn’t mean that all of it is. I think having worked at a bookstore made appreciate fanfiction even more than I already did (since I too didn’t really pay any mind before then) given a lot of crap I saw not only published, but become popular. I don’t think we’d disagree if I said that even some of the crappy fanfictions are still better than shit like Twilight and, basically, 99% of all modern romance novels.

Not saying that you have to read it regardless. I’m just saying that it’s an option for people who are genuinely bored, especially since pretty much all of the recommended ones on that page are devoid of romance, much less (homosexual) “slash”.

I’m curious, though. Did you at least read that page? I know that TVTropes and fan fiction are the devil, but you could at least see if some ideas spark your interest since I know you’ve talked about wanting to do fiction things of your own. (At least, I’m pretty sure I remember you having mentioned that several times and that I’m not getting you confused with Unreallystic.)

I’ll watch this when I come back.

SURPRISE LATE (or probably early) CHAPTER!!

OP 623

Where is Rock with a “C’mon Son” for that chapter, I’m pretty sure Rock B posts those.

Anyway, C’mon son. Stupid predictable ending to Tiger.

Oh, where did this chapter come from? Nice surprise!

You don’t have to be Van Auger to have seen the end of this one coming from a mile away, but there is a good twist put on it.

Still…

Spoiler

:sad:

damn…i though he was a beast, guess not.

kizaru lookin like a damn japanese mob boss lol. whos he think he is sonny chiba?