One Piece Thread: Gear 2nd!

General Discussion
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“The weak cannot even choose how they die.”

What Doflamingo said is the exact quote Law said to Tashigi after cutting her in two. It seems Doflamingo’s teachings went really deep into Law’s psyche.

What a sadistic man. Especially how he was using Bellamy, I can’t believe Oda actually made me feel sorry for a former scumbag in such a short time. When he as begging to die out of embarrassment… :sad:

That Red Hawk was so satisfying, when Doflamingo coughed up blood you know that shit was **FELT!
** Luffy’s fighting IQ has always been bordering on genius level, and this tactic was flawless. Still, you can tell from the impact that this is not a crippling injury, Doffy can tank a lot more than this, and he’s displaying only the basics of his power.

BTW, Doflamingo’s Observation Haki is very good though; you guys noticed how he spotted something was up before Red Hawk even occurred but was just too slow to avoid it?

So the nutcrackers were multiple people. I was worried that the decapitated toy soldiers would become a gory sight when Sugar lost consciousness. lol

Mini-predictions for the latter rounds:

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Doflamingo is too smart to let this duo continue their antics, his strategy will probably target Law in some way, since he’s very familiar with his ability and knows how he thinks. Trebol can stick himself back together so he’s not completely down for the count either.

Then Luffy will go HAM solo but Doflamingo will display his full array of tricks used in tandem with his psychological mindgames and make it hard for Luffy- forcing him to display his secret techniques.

But the main thing I want to stress is that Doflamingo will not be permanently KO’d like the other baddies. I think his quote is “The weak cannot even choose how they die!” and his Conquerors Haki gets to the heart of his determination and he will rise with the strength to at least use his trump card or setup some diabolical endgame to screw everybody and make an escape. His spitefulness knows no bounds.

Not only that, but since Luffy can’t technically kill him, I think some room will be left for a certain Yonkou to give him a final sendoff…

I just wonder what Sanji-san and co. are doing about the Charlote Linlin situation?..

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That Red Hawk reached my heart. Dofla deserved it so much !

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I can’t lie, Doflo got hit so hard, that while I know he has to come back from it, its a bit [Tucker]DDAAAYYYYYUUMMMMM[/Tucker] and there wouldn’t be a surprise outside of it’s unexpected for such a long build up - for it to be over so quick.

But armament or not - dude coughed up blood, that shit touched his soul.

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So do you guys think the shades are coming off?

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Next chapter…

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I wonder if Dofla’s shades coming off = akatsuki robe off = defeat?

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I know who Dofla’s mom is.

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his biggest trait that they stole from dragon ball…from goku.

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Oh I forgot to mention. Dofla said there was 1 more “Corazon”, with the other being his brother. If so, who’s the other one?

No wonder Law didn’t want the position, that’s a high mortality for a job.

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Diamanté is the other one but I wouldn’t doubt he has back up .Doflo had a sleeper agent amongst the marine upper ranking he probably has another agent somewhere ready to fuck shit up .

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Perhaps, Dofla has a hidden fourth lieutenant. Maybe a fat guy who uses his large girth as armor.

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I finally got caught with everything and let me just say

ROBIN-CHWAAAAAAN! Can’t wait to see the rest of her battle w/Bart against Gladius!
That menacing look at the end of that panel tho omg.

And Usopp… It’s like a love/hate relationship with this guy… His cowardice pisses me off at times, but he ALWAYS redeems himself. But if its one thing I love, it’s that I love seeing his skills progress. And it’s a new skill that actually fits! A sniper with a Obs. haki. Perfect fit for him. (Still wanted Robin to unlock some form of haki this arc :bluu: )

And now this tag team between Law and Luffy. I was soooo not expecting shambles to be used like that. When I saw Luffy being reckless as usual that panel. I was like, “Oh lord, the hell is Luffy doing now?” Can’t wait for the next chapter, but please finish Robin’s fight first!

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I was thinking for a moment there was no new chapter then Friday came along, was checking for another manga and saw they did indeed release the new One Piece. GREAT chapter and I can’t wait to see where Oda takes it.

I have to say I will miss Law when he goes off to do his own thing, him and Luffy are a great team.

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It isn’t new territory really. Do you remember the things the Gorgon Sisters were capable of during the fight with Luffy? Marigold set her entire body on fire and Sandersonia could turn her hair into independently controlled snakes that could bite through concrete. I don’t think that’s a byproduct of just having a Snake zoan.

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Also, we’ve seen others with out the use of devil fruits use elements, such as Sanji, Zoro during his fight with the Samurai Zombie and a few others do things with fire or as one dude in the Marineford war arc, electricity.

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LOL God Usopp get Byakugan haki and Sanji still doesnt have armament haki to… you know go with his nick name…black leg.

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Actually the Monster Trio has Armament and Observation Haki, with Luffy being the only Conqueror user.

It was pretty much confirmed since the last arc. Sanji just doesn’t do the armament hardening technique for whatever reason. Voyeur Observation Haki is pretty much his specialty.

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http://www.mangapanda.com/one-piece/760

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Looks like Dofla is also a monster.

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Aww I really wanted to see that…

[details=Spoiler]Injection move by Law. For shame…

Radio Knife is boss! A specific anti-Logia cutting move, anywho, on to the main event.

Doflamingo is why birth control was invented. Holy shit, he’s definitely a confirmed psychopath to the max!

He cut off his own father’s head in order to regain his status, when he around 8 years old.

Oedipus Rexin’ dat ish.

I can see why he had a special place in his “heart” for Lil Law, who wanted to blow up the town suicide bomber style.

Not only that, but he took superficial damage from Red Hawk and overpowered Luffy’s armament hardening with his own and subdued him in 2 successive moves. I knew this fight wasn’t going to be easy, but yeah…

We have to see Gear 4- Gomu Gomu No Red Hawk Storm x Wolverine Tempest x Blue Whale Bazooka combo to take this guy down.
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Next week can’t come any sooner!

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We knew this coming in though.

That kick was NASTY though.

Talking about Celestial Dragons will get him killed by Luffy though…

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[details=Spoiler]Pfft, sorry Doffy, but I find your backstory to be shit so far. You really are nothing but a greedy evil creep, one from the very start. -_-

Anyway, for a 13-page only chapter, that was freaking awesome!! Heck I’m starting to like Fuji again! :slight_smile:

And lol @ what Koala is doing to Sabo’s face! XD

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