One Piece Thread: Gear 2nd!

Any man would melt.

Hakuba, I like but I doubt he finishes Gladius off… son is on a timer if memory serves me right.

Excuse my upcoming lewdness but Barto didn’t melt… he blew one out like bull in heat.

Hakuba doing some work. His skills in that mode would slow down any of the Monster Trio. His movement even appears to be faster than regular Soru. I’m glad to see that annoying Derringer kid out of the picture.

Bartolomeo is only reacting the Robin the same way any red-blooded male would. His Barrier ability is definitely one of my new faves amongst all those I’ve seen post-timeskip.

The aftermath of Don Sai’s kick, very impressive damage left behind. Luffy really has to showcase something new to wow me with the way these tertiary characters are performing. So far his performance past his clash with (formerly) Don Chinjao has been rather underwhelming.

Especially since backtracking to the previous chapter when Bellamy attacked him. Apparently Luffy used Armaments on his abs when Bellamy punched him and he broke through Luffy’s Haki with his own Armament Haki; which is surprising to say the least.

To be fair to Luffy, Bellamy looks up to Doflamingo they way Luffy does Shanks… I’m sure he’s getting the standard Shonen Resolve boost.

And we still haven’t seen Luffy TRULY pissed off yet, although I’m sure Bellamy’s inevitable defeat and when he sees the condition Law is in will push him to that point.

Just watched Episode 676 and it has reached that “point” of the story line and well… next week must come like now.

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmLhJkFwtc0&channel=UC0Q0_KsFY0In0SxcuYeGR4A

I know I am asking much but after watching the most recent episode, I think Kyros should take down Doflo. I know it won’t happen but dammit I mean seriously that was fucked up what happened to him.

Well we can’t expect the monster trio to be superior or even on equal ground with other captains in the new world. Obviously Luffy being on par is fine, Zoro training with Mihawk should put him in contention. But its still fine if we meet swordsman that surpass Zoro. Or a captain that Zoro can’t beat. Same thing with Sanji, he doesn’t need to be the best “kicker” in the world. So he doesn’t need to be better than the new Don Sai. He was never meant to compete with him. Besides that, they’ll probably be allies after this arc anyway with Luffy gaining alliances like White Beard and the other yonkous have done.

Don’t get me wrong, I see it as a good thing. Seeing other strong mofos actually adds a new dimension to the battleground and makes me feel like “This is truly the New World”.

All killers no fillers.

Well except for Buggy…

Wait a minute. The anime is THAT close to the manga? I’m sensing some filler hell coming up soon…

Also, yeah. The thing I like about Oda is that he makes what would be simple and weak powers seem so strong in the One Piece universe. Even some of the silly Zoan transformations were still pretty damn strong but I guess that’s because of the user’s capabilities as opposed to anything else.

The anime is just starting manga chapter 743 which came out on Apirl 2nd, 2014. So roughly 9 months of manga behind.

Such a waste of a potentially bad ass Devil Fruit.

Hey! Buggy the motherfucking Clown is NEVER a waste…

That is only 29 chapters worth of a difference between the anime and the manga. From experiences before, I know that some creators will try to space the two with fillers(Similar to what Kishimoto did with Naruto), so that’s why I was a bit curious.

Also, Buggy’s power is really strong. A bit under utilized but imagine if he was just a bit more battle savvy and knew how to maximize it’s use? It’s similar to Foxy. His powers could be so broken if his character was drawn out a bit more or if he had gotten more showtime.

If you haven’t watched the anime recently or at all you should know the pacing can be be painfully slow sometimes. They usually cover only one chapter per episode and will drag out certain scenes or incert minor filler here and there to make up for it. The anime has roughly kept the same distance from the manga for quite a while now.

Watched the recent anime episodes.

Dude went down so many tiers since his fight with Luffy.

Did Oda completely forget about the dials?

I think the impact dials can also do damage to the user. Maybe that’s why he stopped using them.

Still awesome and going SUUUPEERRRR!!!

I only watch the anime, Kyros should definitely wreck some shit, but asking him to take down the current boss is too much. Leave that to the captain.

I hope we get to see more gear second with the addition of haki. Not really a big fan of third gear.

I liked this fight:

Getting hyped up for the next episode from watchop and

http://www.squaredcirclereviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/I-am-Disappoint.jpg

No new episode this week? :frowning: