I predict that Zoro will have gotten two more swords. He'll hold them in the mustache he grew just for that purpose.

>>12062
I'm taking that one up a notch: Zoro will have a mustache that IS MADE OF SWORDS!

ZORO IS REPLACED BY A SCARECROW FILLED WITH SWORDS INSTEAD OF HAY

I've said it once, I'll say it again. Human who ate the blue-nosed Reindeer Zoan fruit. It will happen.

CHOPPER WILL FLY

HE'LL FLLLYYYYYYYYYYY

>>12078
>*movie guy voice* THIS OCTOBER, YOU WILL BELIEVE A REINDEER CAN FLY!!

>>12078
>>12079
Please Oda, let Chopper develop some new points. I must have Flight point Chopper now.

>>12082
He'll also need a Light Point. With his shiny red nose, he'll lead the Strawhats Straight to Raftel.

>>12085
It'll also be his defense against Kizaru.

>>12085
Blue nose. Shiny BLUE nose.

I can forgive the absence of any new points, if Oda makes a Chopperman point.

The Marines send a platoon of Pacifistas to the Shabondy Archipelago as soon as they hear of the Strawhats' return.

Their response?

IS THIS THE BEST YOU'VE GOT?
IS THIS YOUR STRONGEST MACHINE?

Reading through Robin's origin, I've developed a theory about the end of the final chapter. The Strawhats overthrow the World Government, and that's when the aliens show up

>>12268
They're busy fighting Eneru, though.

I think they're actually the ones running the world government

There almost due for a new crew member. I was actually surprised it went through a really long arc without someone joining the team

Usopp's claim to have graduated from the weakling trio will be humorously disproven when it turns out the heavy hitters are now ultimate hax.

>>12392

That would actually be great to happen just to see Usopp's "Are you fucking kidding me?" face.

>>12439
Which looks like he's doing an imitation of the Battletoads during a boss encounter.

Post time skip, think Keimi got her legs yet?

>>12452
She looked younger than 28; more like 16 or 18, 20 at the oldest. I'd be a funny reveal, though: a woman approaches the Strawhats, calling out to them, but you can only see her from the waist down. Everyone reacts in shock, and the camera pans out to reveal who she is.

>>12452
I don't think Camie was anywhere near thirty before, and isn't any closer now.

Huh, for some reason I thought legs age was 20.

I have a similar prediction.

Full reunion and fake clock-cleaning is 599.

600, we're off to Fishman Island. 500 chapters on the nose in Paradise.

Fleshing out my earlier post a little more, tell me if this sounds too nuts.
I.. I think the OP world is actually Earth.
The people developed an insanely advanced civilization, where things like antigravity became so common that people made flying islands and the like just for the hell of it.
The Devil fruits were the result of a technique to make genetic engeneering so simple that people could completely rewrite their dna just by eating a fruit.
Then the invasion happened. Humanoids from another world attacked, and in the ensuing battle, civilization was completely wiped out. The radiation thrown into the atmosphere by the weapons used caused crazy mutations in the animals over the centuries of the lost era, and the last act of the human civiliization was to record their history on indestructable tablets, along with the directions for creating weapons to defend the world in case of the invaders return.
Unfortunately, when they do return, human civilization has deteriorated to the point that no conquest is even needed. They just set up shop as the world government, and ban anyone from researching the information on the tablets.
My guess? When the Strawhats finally defeat/overthrow the world government, that's when the men in charge will reveal their true forms.
Which will lead to the next saga. One Piece: IN SPACE

>>12556
Eh, it's workable, but there's a theory like this for just about every fantasy setting in existence. Most of them don't impress me anymore.

>>12557
In my experience, the ones that actually ARE set on Earth rarely pretend not to be anymore. For example, I don't think the Wheel of Time ever pretended like it wasn't set in far future / past (cyclical time universe, so either's fine I guess) Earth.

So, we're about to get Chapter 600.

Anyone got expecations? Speculations? Hopes?

>>13157
All of the Strawhats finally reunite and it's a crowning moment of heartwarming.

Then they look up and they're surrounded by marines and pacifistas. They look at each other and pose as a team, because shit just got real!

The entirety of chapters 601 through 603 is a giant fight scene, with no dialog beyond the standard, "This is a new move I learned that can blah blah blah!"

>>13157
The Strawhats all reunite, grab on their boat, head out in the middle of a marine blockade...

And then the artwork changes to a more Bleach style, as a big chunk of the Red Line breaks off and crushes the ship. Everyone dies. The End.

>>13157
Gonna go all Spreeses here and just throw enough shit at the wall that something sticks:
- Strawhat Reunion (been calling it for what, three months now?)
- Big battle
- Awesome huge Color Spread
- Perhaps full color chapter? If not at least a few color pages
- Not too much is shown off in the way of New Moves, but we will get something
- We'll get to see who the new head honcho of the Navy is.

>>13176

Gonna second this guy and hope for either a full colour chapter or a full colour spread of the reunion page.

I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but someone else just gave me the idea that there might turn out to be a real Sniper Island somewhere in the New World.

Fake Luffy said that his bounty is 400m. I wonder if that will be confirmed and if the other Strawhats will have new bounties.

>>13275
It's heart shaped.

>>13278
Well it has been a while since they all got bounty upgrades and they'll probably kick a good deal of ass before leaving for Fishman Island.

>>13278
>Luffy's new bounty is 400 million

Yeah, I was thinking that it was confirmed when the poser said it. Hm, I don't know what amount I was expecting for his new bounty. I mean on the one hand, the fact that Luffy caused such a stir in the previous few arcs made me assume that the government REALLY wants him captured/dead.
Then again, I didn't want his bounty to become something ridiculous like 1 billion.

>>13339
I guess it does seem like a small increase, but 400m is pretty substantial. It's the highest yet seen in the series, surpassing Doflamingo's former bounty of 340m

>>13354

Yeah, it seems that most pirates are either captured or invited to be Shichibukai before their bounties get that high.

>>13275
Well... Usopp's lies DO have a tendency to end up coming true.

>>13354
>>13355
We also haven't ever seen what kind of bouties Yonkou have.
Not at least doubling Luffy's bounty based on the Tenryuubitou beat downs alone seems... understated.

>>13278
>I wonder if that will be confirmed and if the other Strawhats will have new bounties.

I doubt it. The other Strawhats have done jack since Enies Lobby. Luffy is the guy punching Tenryuubito's, leading prison escapes from Impel Down and meddling in a war of Earth shattering proportions, all while being the son of the World's Most Wanted Man.

Come to think of it, after all that....they only raised his bounty by 100 million? Shouldn't it have at least doubled?

>>13375
Robin and her thing with the revolutionaries maybe?
And why 'doubled'? That's an incredibly random thing to say, he aready has a stupid high bounty they'll have to pay out if anyone claims it as is.

>>13377
I don't consider it random. Consider it like this:
Beating up Arlong got him, IIRC, an "unprecedented" starting bounty. (30 mil)
Beating up a single (treacherous) Shichibukai got that bounty more than tripled (100 mil)
Saving Robin and beating Rob Lucci got that bounty tripled AGAIN (300 mil)
Since that time, he's 1) beaten ANOTHER Shichibukai 2) Broke a Tenryuubito's face 3) Led the first mass breakout in Impel Down's history 4) Been revealed as the Son of Dragon and 5) Generally made a nuisance of himself in the war, and freed Ace in the process (not that it accomplished much).

And ALL THAT is only worth another 100 mil? Considering they've tripled his bounty over less? I don't think a bounty of 600 mil is really THAT egregious, given the circumstances.

And just for the sake of comparison, Oda has said that if Enel lived on the Grand Line, he could have a bounty as high a 500 mil. Now, I ask you, do you consider Enel as more of a threat to the world governement than Luffy?

>>13380
Enel is made of lightning, with lightning-fast reflexes and the ability to put together city-destroying storms. To everyone but Luffy, he's an enormous threat that shouldn't be underestimated under any circumstances.

>>13380
>do you consider Enel as more of a threat to the world governement than Luffy?

Uh, yeah? He'd just have to hole up in a cloud and rain death from above until everything was smoking rubble and that'd be the end of One Piece.

>>13466
And before you say "but haki", Enel had it too, remember? Only he wasn't quite aware what it was.

Speaking of which, new speculation: Aisa grows up to be the badass haki warrior of Skypiea.

>>13467
I think the admirals would have messed enel up. The have better control over haki and kizaru would out maneuver him

>>13471
Saying it would have taken admirals to stop him is hardly a blow against his strength.
And more importantly bounties aren't power levels, it's threat levels, a man made of lightning who commits one-man genocide at his whim is fairly dangerous. Like how Kid had the highest at the time for the rookies because he couldn't stop murdering people who insulted his dream.

>>13536
I'm pretty sure that any of the major players during the Marineford Arc could have messed Enel up pretty good. Magellan probably could, too.

>>13551
If not Magellan then Kizaru

Continuing on a trend of jokes turning out to be semi-important, Sanji's self-propelling nosebleed turns out be a critical part of a new attack.

>>14154
Oh man, I'd love to see that.

So what's excited for in the immediate future? Personally, I'm hoping to see more Fishman Karate stuff. Hell, Fishman Island in general has me excited; It's been so long since Fishmen were first introduced so finally getting to see more of their culture will be cool.

>>13551
And Enel could have done some damage himself.

Someone on the TV Tropes forum has come up with the best Devil Fruit power ever: a bear logia.

>>14256
Oldest news ever and I am ashamed of you for not knowing about it years ago.

>>14256
More specifically, a panda bear.

>>14256
>bear logia
>not zoan, logia

reaction face.jpg

>>14285
Can shoot and manipulate bears, turn into bears, dissolves into bears when hit. Problem?

>>14303
Yes. Oda does not work that way. Good bye!

The Ancient Kingdom held the secret of eternal life, the Fountain of Youth so to speak. The Gourosei were the leaders of a great army and stole the secret and used the combined power of the 20 king's armies to erase the kingdom under some false reason to ensure that no one ever found the secret.

Reposting from /a/...
Gold Roger ate the Hat-Hat fruit
HE IS THE HAT

>>14451
Or maybe he was a hat that ate the Human-Human fruit! When he died, he turned back into a hat, and the Human-Human fruit was released back into the world to be eaten by Chopper.

Combining speculation with questions

The Void Century has to do with the way the world is so wonky

>>14459
>my face when I could totally see this happening in One Piece.

Blackbeard takes Robin's fruit and becomes unstoppable.

>>14710
Or, Monkey D. Dragon is a Dragon Zoan, and Blackbeard takes his fruit, making Blackbeard a giant dragon man that can cause earthquakes and is made of darkness.

>>14715
honestly i'd be more scared of a man capable of creating limitless blackholes and sources of earthquakes.

Caribou is glue logia, you heard it here first

>>14823
Dammit Oda snaked my character idea!
though actually it was a 'glue man' like Mr 3 powers-wise

>>14823
Well . . .
>>14423
OK sure, why not. Here first!

Don't know why but I'm pretty sure that there will be a flashback for Blackbeard too

>>14425
nah, that's too obviously evil. According to Rayleigh, the secret is gray, not black and white. People need to see the world before they can come to the right conclusion about whatever it is.

It might explain why blackbeard is an evil fuck while luffy is comparitively good. D doesn't seem to mean "ancient civilization filled with GOOD".

Does anyone want to theorize what the Dwarves and Minkmen the slave auction house list mentioned will be like?

Hopefully, the dwarvess will be something more unique than the standard. Also, I hope Moria gets into a fight with one using a pick-axe.

>>14927

Dwarves are probably the opposite of giants, being overly small people. I get the feeling we've seen several minkmen before, considering how many people we've seen with clefted lips and whiskers, but I can't say for sure.

>>14927
What, so he's going to be...

Mining Moria?

Hopefully he doesn't dig too greedily or too deep.

>>14939
But...losing is fun...or it would be if I ever bothered to breach the "clown car." (Cookies to whoever understands what I'm talking about.)

Theory: Zoro did not lose or even impair the function of his left eye, he's keeping it closed as part of his training either just as a general handicap to adjust to, or to better hone his sense of feel, spatial sense, and kinesthetic sense. It's possible that whatever gave him the (superficial) scar inspired the method.

>>16004
He's really just concealing his new power-up

There's an old sailing trick of wearing an eye patch over a perfectly functioning eye, just so you'd have an easier time seeing in the dark when going below deck.

...I don't know why Zoro would need to utilize that, just pointing it out.

>>16004
makes sense, he could have been fighting with an eye full of blood that he couldn't see with

>>16006

>>16004
I just realized that this would partially be teaching Zoro to have a sense of direction, and thus is far less likely.

Where I think everyone will end up in the end:

Luffy: Has a son, whom he passes the hat to and raises as he believes Roger would raise Ace.

Zoro: Travels the world taking all challengers for the greatest swordsman title, ultimately losing it to a badassed-up Tashigi (not my theory, but I heard it somewhere else and agree with it).

Nami: Hilariously rich surveyor and architect, her latest project being an amusement park for Fishman Island.

Usopp: Ends up a captain himself, with a crew of giants. They travel as wandering do-gooders.

Chopper: Takes over Dr. Kureha's practice after she retires, brewing miraculous cures from a certain Raftel-native mushroom (the idea that the miracle cure would be a mushroom is also a theory I heard somewhere else).

Sanji: Moves Baratie to All Blue, and eventually succeeds Zeff as head chef.

Robin: Reopens the library on Ohara and probably ends up in a high position in the new government.

Franky: Moves back to the now-mobile Water Seven, where he lives aboard Sunny for the rest of his days.

Brook: Retires to Twin Capes. The others gather there often for grog and stories.

Aokiji: Fleet Admiral in the new government.

Smoker: Admiral in the new government.

Koby: Makes it to Vice Admiral and in fact commands the unit Garp used to. Helmeppo is his number two.

Buggy, Alvida, Galdino: Miss One Piece by a very large margin, but end up scoring the fifth-greatest treasure in the world and end up hilarious rich douchebags.

Garp, Sengoku: Sunbathing and golfing somewhere.

Croc: Ends up having to beg his former underlings for a job at the Spiders Cafe.

Boa: Back to running Amazon Lily, I'd imagine.

Jinbe: Succeeds Whitebeard as the "you mess with Fishman Island, you mess with me" guy.

Blackbeard: Probably left humiliated in a dinghy somewhere.

The World Government: Comes a-tumbling down after whatever they did to the Ancient Kingdom (presumably something that'll make us vomit) becomes public knowledge; Council of Kings takes over what's left (again, a not-my theory I agree with).

>>16123
>Luffy: Has a son

He'd first need to learn what sex is, I'd imagine. And wait around until his super-glued balls finally drop.

>Croc: Ends up having to beg his former underlings for a job at the Spiders Cafe.

Not bloody lightly. At all. But I can see him reopening some other grand, cheesy casino in the middle of Sabaody.

>Blackbeard: Probably left humiliated in a dinghy somewhere.

This would be the biggest opened, ambiguous manga ending ever. He's too dangerous to be left alive at this point.

Personally, I think that all of the Strawhats will remain pirates, at least as long as Luffy is alive. Each of them will have their own ship in the Strawhat Fleet.

>>16127
>He'd first need to learn what sex is, I'd imagine.
That's already been taken care of, according to Oda.

Well, let's get a bit of a discussionl going, liven this thread up a bit:

Monkey D. Dragon. What power does he have?

>>16127
Luffy knows what sex is you fool, he's not bloody Goku.

>>16132
Could have fooled me. I haven't exactly seen any reason to the contrary either, but okay.

>>16130
Something weather related.. that's what everyone speculates, anyway. Or he may not have any fruit powers.

>>16132
>>16133
I'm fairly certain one SBS specified he knows, but just doesn't care and any time it looked like he was was just Usopp's influence.

You are right that there might as well not be a difference.

>>16134
You're missing the point.
Just because people know what sex is doesn't mean they must be interested in it, and that people too often overstate Luffy's naivety/ignorance even more than what it actually is.

>>16135
Of course there's a difference between asexuality/romantic indifference and not knowing what sex is, I'm just saying in a series that won't have any romance anyway there's not really any way to tell the difference in the first place.

>>16135
Face it, as much as you want it to not be that way, Luffy's really not very different than Goku and Naruto.
The dumb, hungry, sexually retarded boys that seem to unfortunately plague all manga stereotypes.

What Oda may say in an SBS, or what may be left up to individual interpretation is irrelevant, because he still falls under that category by all canon accounts. And the fact he looks virtually identical after this two year timeskip only further cements his.. well, cemented balls, like I said earlier.
For such a unique series with such unique characters, Oda really needs to wake up and do something.. unique for his main one.

>>16149

Actually, although Luffy hasn't undergone as dramatic a change as some others (even ignoring Franky), his proportions have noticably shifted and he's a good deal taller.

Also Luffy, Naruto, and Goku have exactly three things in common:

1. Loud
2. Socially retarded
3. Love food

There are pretty much no other points of similarity.

>>16149
>>16150
It should be noted that while all three are stupid, Luffy is stupid to a degree that heroes in a mostly-serious manga just aren't allowed to be. Luffy is so stupid he listens to advice from Zoro and Sanji.

Is Luffy dumb or is he just borderline naive?

>>16170

Well sometimes he goes off on the futility of saving lives during war and the such, so ???

>>16170
"Haha! What a weird rabbit!"

>>16170
He certainly isn't naive though when it comes to the concept of comrades he might be somewhat idealistic, and sometimes he's smarter than he seems
most of the time he just doesn't seem to care about thinking too much about things.

>>16170

I have a lot of trouble properly describing Luffy's mental state. The best I can do is that he sees the world in very simple terms, while still understanding at least in theory that it is really more complicated than that.

New idea for the material Caribo turns into: konnyaku

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konjac

>>16204
Hmmmmm..

I still like the semen option best.

>>16205

I have no advice to give to you if your jizz looks like mud.

I'm sorry.

>>16206
Color's never been specified.

Wink.Wink.

Let's hear some guesses for the next cover arc!

I'm thinking Duval might get a handsome adventure.

>>16550
Crocodile and Mr.1 wearing suits and kicking ass in the New World.

OR

A look into the changes in the power struggles of the World Government.

OR

The results of the power vacuum in Whitebeard's forces, with Marco and stuff.

OR

Hancock and Duval being BEAUTIFUL together

OR

Ivankov and the Revolu- nah I'm just kidding he wouldn't dare mess with his carrot on a stick.

Not really a plot thing, but: Robin will at some point come against a person that severely injures anyone that comes into physical contact (maybe a jellyfish stinger fruit or something similar, though obviously not a jellyfish zoan), forcing her to find a way to beat someone without actually touching them.

>>16552
Jellyfish Fishman?
They are on Fishman Island.. and Jones does have something that LOOKS like a jellyfish with him.

We're hours from finding out the official coloring of the Blackbeard Pirates! We haven't gotten such a big introduction to major new characters in a while.
So, just for fun, let's see who gets the closest guess to what we see in the anime. Here are my guesses.

SanJuan Wolf -- Dark orange skin tone, maybe a dark tan. I've always seen his hair as being orange, dunno why.
Vasco Shot -- Very dark green, or gray skin.
Catarina Devon -- Skin color somewhere in between Shiliew and Blackbeard. Big nasty red lips, though that's obvious.
Avalo Pizarro -- Blond hair with matching blond stash. The furs on his body yellow or orange.

And I lost hard. Better luck next time.
Cool teeth there, Catarina and Avalo

>>16618
>DAT QUALITY

I think we all lost to some degree.

>>16619

On the upside, I like all of their voices.

>>16618
Can't unsee penis nose

>>16638
"TOPTOPTOPTOP --- Hic~"
They do all some nice voices. I was expecting Sanjuan's to be deeper, but I think it fits just as well.

Blackbeard is already dead. That is why he could take on two fruits.

Doesn't make sense? Dreams of men never die, like Teach said.

Calling this right here.

Zoro gets an eyepatch and puts it over the wrong eye.

>>16815
I thought the reason he could obtain the second fruit was because of his first. The Yami Yami is very special in that it can cancel and absorb other powers, why is it so outlandish he got another one?
If it IS something related to his physical form, Marco knows about it very well. His extended anime dialogue raised even more red flags about it.

I'm also calling it now, he's the one who kidnapped Begge and is gonna steal/stole his powers. What better ship for his crew (especially Wolf) than inside his own body?
I think each Supernova is gonna have an entire arc or mini arc revolve around them with the Strawhats.

>>17029
Which DRASTICALLY improves his orientation skills

Speculation for the current arc:

Caribou kidnaps Shirahoshi, beats a hasty retreat to Saobondy to sell her. She is sold to a Tenryuubito (possibly Chalross again?)

Truce called between the Strawhats and Vander Decken and/or Hodi Jones.

Decken tosses the Strawhats up to Mariejoa to get her back.

Is this plausible? And is it awesome? I know I've been wanting the Strawhats to fuck up Mariejoa ever since the first time they stopped at Saobondy

>>17224
>Caribou kidnaps Shirahoshi, beats a hasty retreat to Saobondy
No. No more Sabaody. That's quite enough Sabaody. Besides, he has no ship or crew to go back.

>Truce called between the Strawhats and Vander Decken and/or Hodi Jones.
With Decken maybe, but Jones wouldn't form any sort of truce with them. Especially since he doesn't give a damn about Shirahoshi.

>Decken tosses the Strawhats up to Mariejoa to get her back.
That's not how his powers work, he's not Kuma. There would need to be someone he's previously touched before up in Mariejoa.

The Strawhats will attack that place or be part of its downfall whenever Dragon is introduced more in character and to his son. The Revolutionaries will have their own arc near the end, don't worry about that.

>>17226
>Decken tosses the Strawhats up to Mariejoa to get her back.
>That's not how his powers work, he's not Kuma. There would need to be someone he's previously touched before up in Mariejoa.

ahem, I believe I said "She (Shirahoshi) is sold to a Tenryuubito"

That implies Shirahoshi would be in Mariejoa

>>17227
That's still dumb. Stop being dumb!

Though I can kinda dig the kidnapped princess bit.. I can see that being in OP. Decken joins their crew just to save her eventually when they're strong enough to invade. They'd be rescuing Shirahoshi and Bonney. Yeah.. Yeah!

Nah, still dumb.

>>17228
>That's still dumb.

It is EXACTLY what is going on right now with the palace invasion.

>>17224
Everything about this theory is stoopid. though I'm just getting tired with all of these kind of teamup theories involving this arc.

here's more likely to happen
>luffy gets to Jinbei
>Jinbei gives us a reason to hate Hodi
>princess probably has a flashback too since it's her mother's grave
>Luffy now angry enough to fight
>this prompts Jinbei to go with him

>>17233
"Luffy! Don't fight Hodi Jones!! . . . Until I tell you in full detail just why you should beat him up, then do so."

Here's more more likely to happen
>Luffy gets to Jinbei
>Jinbei is actually two of Nami's Exes in a fishman suit
>They challenge Luffy to a battle in six weeks
>Luffy goes to the World beneath Franky's Workshop to train his Bankai
>He emerges and he fights them off, all of them off
>Robin is a Cylon

Here's more more more likely to happen

>Luffy goes to see Jinbei
>Chopper sits in his room depressed because Luffy missed his big baseball game
>Donny Osmond sings him a song about giving people a second chance
>Meanwhile Jinbei has challenged Luffy to a round of Duel Monsters
>The mermaid princess, Caribou, and Charles Barkley show up to give running commentary on the match
>???

>>17240

that's how it usually goes down, yes.

>"you can't fight him because he did this"
>flashback
>Luffy is now angry and going to fight the big boss

Here's more more more more likely to happen

>Luffy goes to see Jinebi
>Jinbei tells Luffy that Hodi is just a misunderstood person and only friendship can bring him back to his senses
>Luffy says fuck that shit and beats the hell out of Hodi
>Usopp and Decken have a cock fight
>The Princess learns the value of not being a big cry baby
>Neptune offers his daughter's hand in marriage to Luffy
>He denies and the crew runs off with Neptune's treasure.

>>17250
Here's more more more more more likely to happen
>Luffy and co. make it to Jimbai
>Jimabi says 'Luffy dont fight these guysthey are two strong.'
>Luffs yells 'no' and punches all the badfish really fast
>Hodi is acutally the puppet of the maggna bos
>Luffy points at magmaa bos and says 'magmaa boss you kill my brother he was like fmily to me and you kill hes dad and now things bad and dark and evil but I have return to fight yu and bring back balanc to grand lin and fight back all the evil bos of the world starting with yu'
>Magnaa bos smiles and laughs and yells 'fight me'
>They fite reaally fas tand cool
>Luffy ten realizes magna cannot work in water so he pushes him in the ocen and kill him
>Jimbei says 'thank alot, Luffy'
>Lfufy laughs and smiles and eats food and put sign in fishmanisle saying no bos allowed
>Ussop die

>>17261
>Lfufy

I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.

>>17262
This reminds me of that amazing pirated merchandise thread we had on the old board.

>>17261

>>17262
You shoulda done Jimabi too

Calling it now: Robin and Franky are off fishing.

>>17274
Using Franky's penis!

8D 8D 8D Hurr

>>17277
Well considering that he has flashlight nipples, a fishing rod dong isn't that bizarre.

>not posted in a speculation thread in five months
WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY

Anyway, I don't really have too much to say about this arc, just that the fact that we haven't seen that face of Shirahoshi's mother that people are being forced to step on may be an important point in the future.

>>18084
Maybe, I guess, but Oda likes to hide faces until the very last second all the time anyway, so that's sort of hard to say.

Princess Shirahoshi will fight Sanjuan Wolf

The largest battle.

>>18090
He still has a good Oars and a half on her.

>>18104
She could still... bite his dick off?

It's going to turn out she has mermaid magic that lets her grow and shrink at will.

Big Emperor shall return at some point, and this time be complete.

>>18174
.. who?

>>18177

see >>18171
Pirate Docking

Okay, this is coming from /a/, so take it with a few truckloads of salt, but...

These coins are apparently going to be packaged in the first run of the paperback Book 1 of One Piece Part II.

And the coins seem to hint to the idea that Jimbei is going to be a crewmate.

Fake/Real? What do you think?

>>18335
This is a picture of the full set. Notice how the Strawhats have their own color for their coins?

>>18336
Jinbei is an official strawhat now?

I'll believes it when I sees it.

>>18335
Maaan, I hope not. I don't like Jinbei that much.

>>18335
Hmm I don't know. Has there ever been any "hints" like this before? Usually there's only foreshadowing in the form of Oda having the memory of an elephant.
But really, I think of him sticking around like Vivi did.

What would Jinbei's color be? What family member would he be?
(He'd probably smell of the sea according to Chopper, obviously.)

Oh God please no..
Jinbe is NOT Strawhat material. No no no no no no no no!! What the hell position would he even serve?! The only thing I can see him doing is sitting around on board slightly grumpy and silent all the time, and we already have one of those.

It seems really unOda to let that be spoiled by something like coins, though. Maybe Jinbe's only in there because of the Fishman Island arc. Fuck I hope so.

>>18342
Emergency rations.

>>18342
What's Zoro's official position? He's not officially the first mate.
Or Robin's? Archaeologist? What?

If Oda wants Jinbei on, he'll make up a role for him to play. And it'll be one we never saw coming but fits perfectly. You'll sit down and you'll like it!

>>18342

If he joins it seems pretty obvious to me that Jinbe will be the helmsman. There doesn't seem to be a designated helmsman on the crew, Jinbe immediately started steering the getaway battleship without hesitation, and it's the only confirmed job that the Blackbeard pirates have filled that the straw hats have not.
I mean, it's not as if this is 100% official, but at the same time I also remember that people are not convinced until they get their own "The nth" chapter. Hell, people argued against Brook even after he revealed his dream, had a flashback, filled a crew position, had already been asked to join(!), and even accepted once(!!). I think if you don't want Jinbe to join, at this point the best you can hope for is a Vivi twist.

By the way, I distinctly remember some sort of board game or the such some years ago that had Franky as a crew member sometime around Enies Lobby, so this definitely isn't the first time something like this has happened. He was also on a colorspread called Straw hat Pirates vs CP9 which I'm pretty sure was when they were all still on the sea train, so it's not as if Oda himself is above inappropriate spoilers like these.

>>18344
Actually, Zoro's position as the first mate is more than official. That was made clear all the way back in the first episodes.

>>18345
I'm just bitching and groaning, I know in time I will grow to like Jinbe.. but still. Nggh! He's so old! Older than Franky.
I was kind of wanting (rather desperately) for Oda to add another female, so you see my disappointment when I get an old hairy and fat fishman for the "grandpa" position. And what's worse is that Oda will most likely not add anyone else new after Jinbe. He said he always planned for ten people.

>>18343
Good one, sir. This got a cackle out of me.

>>18346
Isn't Brook the Grandpa?

>>18346
Link to something that lists him as the first mate. His official role is "Swordsman".

>>18346
I thought Luffy said ten OR SO, as like ten was just sort of a minimum. And that was just a one-off line in the story, Oda still hasn't addressed it.

>>18349

He said in I think volume 0 that he intended in the beginning to have at least ten, but made it purposefully vague if that's still the number. To paraphrase: "maybe its ten maybe t isn't. Why don't you wait and see."

>>18336
Did you ever stop to think maybe they added Jinbe because they needed a tenth coin spot?

Koala will die, and he is going to be the reason Fisher Tiger ends up fatally wounded.

>>18336
This seems like a confirmation to me.

I really don't know how I feel about Jinbe being the next member, but I trust Oda.

I still don't think Jinbe will join

Hello guys! NO ONE FROM SKYPEIA JOINED and they got flashbacks like mad.

>>18376
>>18376
>>18376
This. Everyone chill the fuck down.

>>18395
Ancestor flashbacks don't count

Wiper didn't have any personal tragedy that he experienced

>>18398
And what personal tragedy has Jinbe witnessed? Cause I hardly count this whole flashback as something tragic. Not even Tiger dying in front of him would be remotely as tragic as what's needed for him to join.

>>18399
Sanji's wasn't tragic

They let him join.

A guy cutting off his leg to feed you is FAR less tragic then having a guy who would've been like a brother to you die on you

>>18400
What about the other chef's little Sanji worked with on the boat?

Not saying they count, its just after remembering them I HONESTLY wonder if they died or not.

>>18400
Not good enough. And you need to set your angst tragic past story priorities straight.

Tiger's death has nothing to do with the Strawhats and it's only being shown now for the sake of the arc, not for Jinbe.

>>18403
>Tiger's death has nothing to do with the Strawhats and it's only being shown now for the sake of the arc

And I suppose the deathes of the Oharan archaeologists had anything to do with the Strawhats, or the death of Hiruluk, or the death of the Rumbar Pirates....oh wait, NONE of those deathes had anything to do with the Strawhats! They only had meaning for the member who was directly related to them!

Maybe this flashback IS only for the sake of the arc, and maybe Jinbe won't be a Strawhat, but making that "Tiger's death has nothing to do with the Strawhats" argument is bullshit

>>18400
>Sanji's wasn't tragic
wait, you mean surviving a ship wreck only to almost starve to death on a barren rock in the middle of the ocean isn't tragic at all?

>>18404
Ohara flashback was set to reveal where Robin was coming from and to introduce certain characters.
Death of Hiruluk directly ties in with Chopper and the place they were at.
Rumbar Pirates explains Brook's past which would have otherwise gone unanswered.

What does this flashback do other than reveal the backstory of Fishman Island and its people?
We already knew Jinbe was in the Sunny Pirates. We already knew he was friends with Tiger.

Unless Jinbe comes out next chapter screaming, pulling on his hair and crying "I WANT TO LIVE!", there is no valid excuse for this chapter being his tragic backstory.

Your turn.

Wait, I thought this flashback DID have to tie in directly with the Strawhats and their current arc. I mean, if nothing else it's giving context to the current problems in Fishman Island, and why Hodi and his gang are such a huge problem.

>>18376
Did you ever stop to think that I put the words, "take it with a few truckloads of salt" up there for a damn reason?

>>18418
Well, next time you have to drag in mandatory trucks of condiment for your vague bullshit claims from 4chan, don't.
It just leads to this.

>>18424
>'your vague bullshit claims'
>I show two pictures of coins, and talk about what they seem to be implying, without giving my own thought about it one way or the other. (For the record, if you want to know, IF it is how things end up, I'm disappointed we didn't get a new character for the crew, but whatever.)
>I ask for a discussion, and I get one. It's not a calm discussion, but it's a discussion.
>I've apparently done wrong in this, somehow.

>>18424
Don't be such a douche. He was just sharing some stuff that's circulating the internet that might interest us, and doesn't try to pretend like it's anything resembling reliable information.

Eh. I think it would suck ASS if we got an entirely new crewmember introduced now.

Think about it. A new character would have no connection to the ordeals the rest of the Strawhats had gone through up to this point, and as a result we'd have less reason to accept them because it'd feel tacked-on, added after the fact. Oda is damn good at making the story flow naturally anyway, but without a prior connection to the Strawhats and ESPECIALLY the Whitebeard War, it'd feel stupid.

Jinbei fits the bill--he's got a deep connection to Luffy because Ace asked him with his dying breaths to protect the guy, he's already pulled a wild stunt with them in the form of accompanying Luffy to ring the Ox Bell, and thanks to the fact that he was a hardass already it doesn't feel like an asspull to have him join the crew and be on the same level after the Two Year Powerup. He's also got what looks to be shaping up to be a longstanding dream. Jinbei is Grade-A Strawhat material.

In my mind, the coin just cements it.

>>18406
Compared to the shit that happened to Robin, Chopper, Nami, Franky and Brook? Watching loved ones die right in front of you?

>>18407
>Unless Jinbe comes out next chapter screaming, pulling on his hair and crying "I WANT TO LIVE!", there is no valid excuse for this chapter being his tragic backstory.

And who's to say he WON'T? Flashback isn't over yet. There's still time for shit to happen that would make Jinbe prime Strawhat material. Sure, he's not guaranteed a spot yet, but that's no reason to flatly say "Nope, not gonna happen at all."

>>18433
Starving to death out at sea is pretty fucking brutal. And on top of the hunger he was out there for over a week on end isolated to his side of a rock doing nothing but staring out at the sea hoping a ship will pass by. With nothing to distract his mind from the hunger or the terror of knowing that he was going to die a slow death if no one find him, that must have been hell. And one ship, possibly more, DID pass by, but they didn't see the poor bastards stranded on a rock. So now not only does he realize he's stranded out in the middle of the sea dying of starvation, but even if a ship DOES pass by, he has to be lucky enough the get seen? Is that worse than losing someone in front of your eyes? Maybe not. Is it just as scarring and traumatic an experience? I don't doubt it.

>>18437
Okay, but he did survive and he didn't go mad, and you're mostly making up the trauma here. So it wasn't really that tragic, just intense.

I dunno. I can see where knowing a guy had to eat his own leg because he was saving all the food for you could be sort of traumatic to a kid.

It may not be a tragedy since the guy survived and all, but I would think it would definitely give you some baggage.

>>18439
Yeah, I probably am. Also, that was getting too off topic so, calling it now: Sanji is secretly a deranged murderer and also a cannibal.

I'm just preparing you in advance for yet another potential source of excessive fanwank.

it begins

I think it's far more likely that he'll be an honorary Strawhat like Vivi.

But then again, Oda has never really been one for the expected, and I wouldn't mind a grumpy egg shaped fishman on board.

>>18453

I don't get it.

>>18453

Already been posted bro.

>>18464
Sorry, I guess I forgot or something.

>>18453
>>18466

>>18466

Well, I feel like an enormous asshole now. I spent an embarrassing amount of time flipping between the two pics to "find the difference."

I mean, if they were identical it would obviously cause a duplicate file error. Obviously.

>>18418

The phrase "Take with a grain of salt" means that you should take a statement with the weight of a grain of salt. Which is to say, not very much weight.

Saying you should take something with several truckloads of salt would mean that you would take it with the weight of several truckloads of ANYTHING which is to say, kind of a lot.

TL;DR that doesn't mean what you think it means, bro.

>>18546
lol u srs

Wow. There is nitpicky, then there is nitpicky.

>>18546
You ass, the saying comes from the act of adding a small amount of salt when consuming something that tastes like shit. A few grains, if you will.

Guys, the phrase actually comes from a Latin pun. cum grano salis. salis means both "salt" and "wit," so what you're saying is "with a little wit" or better yet: "put some thought into it before accepting this as truth."

>>18556
That one's classier.

>>18562
Yours, I mean.

Alright my fellow One Pieceophiles, gather 'round. It's time for another thrilling chapter of "batshit predictions and theories."
Today we're gonna be discussing THIS motherfucker right here. I've never heard anyone from the community speculate about him/her, and I feel he/she/it is being overlooked.

I've always heard people say it was the Gurusei or Kong who ordered Moriah dead -- but it was THIS person! WHO IS THIS PERSON?! It's driving me insane.
My personal opinion is that we're looking at our next Fleet Admiral right here. No, it's not gonna be Akainu. No, it's not gonna be Aokiji. The reason being Oda isn't gonna break up their whole Momotaro legend, matching names/looks deal. They're a solid package and need to stay at the helm of things. I also think the Marines will need a new, more evil person directing things since the whole WG/Marines need to take a more antagonistic angle to follow their developing dark backstory.
I know only an Admiral could move up to the post of Fleet Admira, but a lot could have happened in two years. Mingo also says he/she's got a lot of power (God, I hope it's a she).

Also, question: Does anyone know just where this is taking place? It's not Torino Kingdom, cause that's where Chopper got sent to and it's a remote little wild island. It's also right on the next page, so I think it was a translation error.

>>18713
I always thought that was Vegapunk, personally. (Watch me be completely wrong about that!)

>>18713
It's hard to really tell who it is, it could be a man or a woman from the angles we see, and the colors are no help as they're just fan predictions. But it's probably not a Garousei, or they wouldn't have bothered covering his face. And you're right, it can't be Kong, unless the guy's really slimed down in all this time. I honestly don't know.

I mean, I WANT it to be someone from the Revolutionaries playing some sort of elaborate coverup for something, but I have no proof, so I'll shut up.

>>18713
Kinda looks like Mariejois. See the tops and circle windows?
We'll just have to wait until the anime covers that page. Also see if it's female or male then.

>>18720
>Revolutionaries
Wha... what? What there hints at... but... the ONLY trait he shows at all is being from the govern...but...huhh??

That settles it. Vivi for Revolutionaries.

>>18728

I have no idea what this has to do with the other thing, but revolutionary Vivi = yes. Good excuse to have her show up again.

>>18741
Even in jest I don't call for revolutionary Vivi, afterwhat such antics did to her own country you know? I doubt Dragon's boys are going to turn out to be ohso glorious saviours either.

On that note anyone got any spec on Dragon & the revoltionaries and how they will interact with Luffy and the Strawhats in the future? Obviously there's that thing with Robin but what else do people think?

>>18746
Well, from their interaction with Robin you can tell a lot. I think they will be the oh so glorious. I mean, why not? Why wouldn't they? Basically every other faction is made up of assholes in the One Piece world.

There's also the fact that Dragon seems to genuinely care for Luffy. Ivankov went through all that trouble to protect him for his father. He also hid Luffy's identity from basically everyone, even his closest friends didn't know Luffy existed.

Just like the cataclysmic events of the first half was Whitebeard vs. Marines building up into one final showdown, this second New World half will basically shape up to be Revolutionaries vs. World Government. I think they'll cross paths with the Strawhats, and maybe even help each other from afar, but Luffy isn't going to care much about them.

>>18748
>but Luffy isn't going to care much about them.
Yeah, that's pretty much how I see it. I think we'll see the Strawhats cross paths with the Revolutionaries at some point and for the most part they probably won't care. Luffy will meet Dragon and say someting like "Who're are you again?" Though I could also see some conflict coming between the two; the Revolutionaries obviously want to have Robin in their ranks. I don't think we'll get (nor do I want) a "let's rescue Robin" arc again, but we'd at least get Luffy butting heads with Dragon.

>>18741
>>18728
Eh, I don't see it. It seems cool on the surface, but the more I think about it the more I don't like it. I mean, I loved Vivi and she'll always be an honorary Strawhat in my heart, but I feel like her story has been told.

>>18750
>the Revolutionaries obviously want to have Robin in their ranks. I don't think we'll get (nor do I want) a "let's rescue Robin" arc again

Didn't she clarify to them that's not what she wanted to do and that her only plans were her crew? They want her for her symbolic status for being persecuted .. they're not gonna do the same to her.

Skip to the year 2021, though, when One Piece is ending, and we'll see her epilogue with the Revolutionaries. Or what will become the new World Government. The "good one". "Grand World Historian" Nico Robin. Mhm, mhm.

>>18751
An epilogue where they all split up doesn't really seem right.

>>18752
Roger's crew did. Of course, he died and everything, but even so. I'm sure they will want to pursue different things after the greatest adventures they've ever had are over, even past finding One Piece. At the moment, I'm honestly fine with them splitting up in the end or staying together on a ship, because no matter what...

...They'll be nakama, no matter where they are. besides at the rate luffy's been going he'll die when he makes it there amirite

>>18753
>spoiler
I'd say it's about a 40% chance at this point, yeah.

>>18750

I agree with Luffy not giving a damn about the Revolutionaries, since that's his reaction to pretty much everyone.

Yeah, I guess revolutionary!Vivi is silly. But I think she would try to find a more peaceful and diplomatic way to fight the world government. I can't see her just sitting back and doing nothing.

Vivi will show up during the final fights with an Arabastan fleet to help them while in her full makeshift pirate outfit.
Flashing an x on her wrist at them.

>>18753
The last scene is going to be Luffy on the gallows with that big shit eating grin of his proclaiming that he found Roger's treasure, but he's not telling anyone where he left it. Cue to a kid in a straw hat telling his Grampa Colby how he wants to be king of the pirates, which gets him a smack upside the head. The circle of life is complete.

>>18795
Ehhhh. Roger redux would be a lame ending, really lame.

>>18796

Well there are a lot of parallels between them. But yeah. It should be different. (And I don't really want him to die like that.)

>>Gallows
>>Luffy

Trying to hang a rubberman?

Could be fun to watch.

>>18798

I hadn't thought of that!

Now that would be an ending!

>>18798
Silly Anon. Gallows aren't primarily limited to hangings. Remember your old friend the guillotine? That's technically also on gallows --- gallows just being the framework of it all.
And Roger wasn't hung. He was apparently jabbed to death with giant spears .. so. Yeah.

>>18798
Funny visual gag, but Seastone handcuffs and the fact they either behead or stab to death the prisoners kinda kibosh it.

>>18800
Naginatas, typically a samurai weapon, I figure Oda just thought they were cool.

Though I did take it as a bit of a comment on the way the World Government dealt with people, putting them on their knees and killing them by hand, but without lowering themselves to their level, ya'know to reflect their houghty thoughtiness, but that's me reading A LOT into it.

>>18796
Honestly, I don't really want a "Luffy dies THE END" ending. Just give me a small epilogue, maybe an animal house style ending where it tells you what happened to them while they fight a whole army of naval officers. Then Sanji drives away with some random lady. Sengoku is just screaming "PIRATE HOUSE!" the entire time.

>>18798
Make the scene all manly as fuck up until that point only for Luffy's feet to end up reaching the ground while everyone gives out an Enelface.

>>18801
>Naginatas, typically a samurai weapon, I figure Oda just thought they were cool.
I thought naginatas were women's weapons they were trained in to repel home invasions or something.

>>18801
Nitpick: Seastone/water doesn't stop Luffy from stretching, it just robs him of his strength

>>18809
Now see, I knew Seawater didn't stop him, but I thought Seastone cuffs were auto power cancellation.

>>18810
Well, it sort of does, sort of doesn't. I mean, strength is needed to fuel a devil fruit power, but you could still do it in some situations.

Hell, maybe Smoker's been carrying around those Seastone batons everywhere he goes to sort of build up his strength even WHEN affected by it. I mean, I know he wears gloves, but it's got to affect him somewhat.

Docking System 4 isn't in the planning stages, it's ALWAYS had a function.

What is its function?

Well, do you think Franky would burn the blueprints to an ancient weapon, and not have looked over them first?

>>18810
Seawater/seastones are both auto-power cancellation, in that a user is paralyzed and cannot use any powers that have activations or uses. Buta person like Luffy has had his body permanently changed to be stretchy, and that holds true even when he's got the water screwing him over.

Nobody resists seastone, though. So far it's just an immutable rule; if you're a user, it fucks you up.

>>18800
>Roger wasn't hung

Rayleigh's smirk says otherwise. Look at this old bastard reminisce.

>>18813
Yeah, but isn't the ancient weapon supposed to be something crazy powerful? I'd imagine something that the World Government wants would require an insane source of power. Though I could see Franky creating a cola powered Doomsday device...

>>18820
It would take some mighty fine cola.
Y'know that was my general 'speculation', that at some point as a powerup Franky would find/create some ultimate form of cola that makes him stronger/let's him use his SUPAA! moves without running out so quickly, So carbonated it would blow your Goddamm head off!

Two things:

1. The Straw Hat is just an ordinary hat. Yes, it has a colorful history, and was worn by powerful people, but it's still a hat, and it didn't make all those famous people set out to sea, build a crew, save the world etc. It was the ones who wore the hat, and sailed the seas, and gathered crews that made that happen. The hat just helped protect against sunburn.

2. Luffy will realize this after he loses the hat for good. Maybe it's set on fire, or gets crushed, or something else. Yes, it means he can't keep his promise anymore. Yes, it means Shanks will be angry.
And it's okay, because he made it to the end anyway. Shanks doesn't really worry about the hat, he worries about the one wearing it.

>>18866
I can see that as being a very interesting arc.

I'm going to take a guess that the power Doflamingo has shown so far does not come from a Devil Fruit, but:
a. He'll claim that it does come from one (even making up a fake name for it) then take advantage of someone falsely thinking he'll be affected by seastone and water OR
b. he actually does have a Devil Fruit, but it gives him a completely different power that we'll only notice was even hinted at in hindsight (or maybe only the body control or cutting comes from a Devil Fruit, but not the other).

>>18837
Mellow Cola, maybe?

>>19017
I dunno, man. All the stuff he's done up until now, especially highlighted after the Marineford arc, it would be pretty unlikely that he had anything BUT a devil fruit. He was able to stop people like Jozu without flinching.

.. then again, he could pull a Goldenweek.

>>18837
>>19018
Franky invents 4 loco?

>>19019
There's a pretty big indication that it's got something to do with wires (the finger moving, the controlling people like puppets, the invisible cutting a la razor wire), so yeah, it could go either the way of "he's the wire master" or "he ate the wire wire fruit."

There will be a moment far off in the future.

Kaidou's entire Pirate Army will be bearing down upon one small island, an epic war seems to be upon us. And they have one of the Strawhats leading the way.

Then from out of the sky, the Thousand Sunny will come down into the ocean, smack dab in the middle of the fleet. A fleeting moment of shock, and then all of the guns turn towards the ship. And then they emerge.

The team is all standing on the sides of the ship, a combination of determination, anger, and mild nervousness lines their faces, and they gaze at the ships surrounding them, the hundreds of crews drawing sword, shot and shield. Kaidou gives the call, OPEN FIRE! The cannons launch, the Strawhats jump, as the whole army bears down on this one little ship.

One Piece will be back in two months.

Just as Madame Shirley predicted, Luffy's gonna be part of the destruction that destroys Fishman Island. He's gonna trigger Shirahoshi's mad Sea King bringan skillz. This will be to a better end; the land they live on is filled with the hatred of humans. Fishman Island won't ever see the sunlight, but a new island free from that hatred will. He's gonna force a migration. And Hodi's hatred of humans will be destroyed with it; whether that includes him or not will be seen soon enough.
Also, Luffy's gonna maybe try to pull a Whitebeard and claim protection, which will introduce us to Big Mam...

(A personal speculation for Big Mam is that she's gonna be pretty big, but in a zaftig way, not a gonk way. Please, Oda~)

Loooooola! Your friends are heeeere!
If you're going out bring me MORE CANDY! DID'JA HEAR MEEE?

.. She'll forget, she always forgets.

Sabo is going to be a girl, genderswap a la Ivan

Fucking brilliant idea I had yesterday- "Joy Boy"? He's Jolly Roger, the FIRST Pirate.

>>19397
Called it.

Are your bodies ready?

brilliant. Also going to call it now: He's the first hat bearer.

The treasure of One Piece, the loot on Raftel, isn't gold or treasure.

Luffy is following in Roger's footsteps in more ways then he thinks. The crew never really acquired any wealth, or at least never held onto it for long. It's why Buggy never tried to go back, and instead is always on the lookout for actual gold and loot. It's why none of his other crewmates ever seem to have inherited any monetary share. All those legends of him are really tall tales like any other pirate.

At Raftel is an old house, that he had built over there, for his family and friends. That's his treasure. A family. It's why Whitebeard can say he's seen it, his whole pirate armada was his big big family.

There's no surprise twist or riddle to it, it's just a house at the end of the ocean.

>>20246

and underneath that house is LOADSEMONE

>>20246
His family lived in East Blue nowhere near Raftel, while his crew lived on the ship with him with no need for a house. Also Raftel's treasure supposed to be an actually important thing now.

Reverie's coming up.

Possible future arc in Mariejois?

>>20903
Oh man, if so I'm hoping Vivi pops up for a while in an actual character capacity, rather than a cameo.

>>20903
>>20908
Yeah, I've been wondering about it a lot lately. It was talked about so much in this arc, but it wasn't until the latest chapter cover that I really wondered what Oda had up his sleeve with it. I'm wondering if the Strawhats are going to end up there for some reason: I don't think it's likely, but I could still see Luffy marching on up to the various world leaders (save Vivi and possible Dalton, since he seems to have taken over in Wapol's place) and calling them jerks for whatever reason or another.

-OR-

The Strawhats AREN'T going to show up and it's simply going to set up some other plot points. Maybe we'll get to see some future big bads or we might even get to see the current Shichibukai roster: last time I checked, the group was missing a few members, so who would be bad enough dudes to fill their places?

>>21010
Also, was Vivi's flashback from the Drum Island Arc (where she recalled her first meeting with Wapol) a flashback of a past Reverie? I'm having trouble finding the flashback itself, but I did find a page of Vivi saying that they met at a "Meeting of the Kings".

(also, holy shit, this thread is almost a year old.)

>>21010
>so who would be bad enough dudes to fill their places
My guess for the current Warlords:
-- Kuma (More loyal than ever)
-- Mihawk
-- Doflamingo
-- Hancock
-- Buggy (There should be no doubt by now, really)
-- Two brand new pirates we haven't seen
I don't know why I always pictured Kid becoming a Warlord, but that seems unlikely. He wants to be Pirate King, right? I really don't know what role, if any, the Warlords will play in the New World, though. Since they seem to mainly stick to the fist half, and the New World seems to be more focused on the Emperors.

And yes, there is a flashback in Drum Island, but it's from Dalton's point of view when he first sees Vivi and remembers her. Wapol slapped her during Reverie and she bowed to him.

>>21013
Pretty sure Kuma's rusting in a field somewhere after protecting the Sunny

>>21013
I could see them testing the waters around recruiting Kidd, seeing as he's kind of like Doflamingo - that whole "well he's a crazy motherfucker, but he could be our crazy motherfucker" appeal - but he's anti-world government, isn't he? I remember him dissing it at the slave auction.

Speaking of Doflamingo, he's definitely going to have a role in the New World. He keeps on being built up more and more as a villain, it's going to be great.

>>21015
Kidd hates the World Government, and really why would the World Government want TWO DoFlamingos?

>>21013
Okay. I knew it was somewhere in Vol. 16.

>>21014
Yeah, we're probably not seeing Kuma come back. Though maybe they're going to make Moria into the next Kuma? Imagine what the government could do with Moria's powers under their control. They could easily take inmates with Devil Fruit powers and give them to their subordinates. Actually does anyone know what happened to Oars Jr.'s body? I wouldn't put it past the World Government to take his body using it the same way Moria used the original Oars.

>>21016
The same reason why they have one Doflamingo, as far as I understand it - better with them than against them.

>>21014
Kuma will most likely come back whenever we get heavy into the inevitable Vegapunk arc. Him and Sentomaru should come back around then.
Also, whenever the Revolutionaries get big and heavy in the story, Kuma should get a few mentions or flashbacks.

Anyone else besides me think that Buggy getting a letter from the world government means he may become a replacement warlord?

>>21112
It was pointed out several times. Along with the fact that Buggy got his letter by bat, which so far only other Warlords have been shown to.

>>21112
>>21113
It was sent by a BAT, clearly that means it was sent by Gecko Moria, asking if he can bum a ride of Buggy's ship. And he thinks that Buggy, as a former member of Gold Roger's crew, can help him take out Kaidou.

Clearly, this is the most logical theory

>>21112
Moshi moooosh!

>>21115
Yees?

When Buggy stops being such a cowardly weakling, he's gonna have one HELL of a badass moment.

>>21139
That . . . might be a while.

But when it happens...

When Doflamingo spills blood for the first time.

>>21148

He's already done that, way back when he made Sarquiss(i'm pretty sure that was his name) kill Bellamy, and if you mean more directly that happened during the war with Oars jr.

minor plot point but i'm pretty sure hodi was going to kill dekken anyway because he's got a human ancestor

>>21149
Yeah, that was a shit-ton of blood.

Gin is gonna come back in the New World.

It's weird how Oda never closed up that plot point.

>>21193
I hope Gin is awesomely god tier when he comes back.

I mean, last time, he kicked Sanji's ass like it was nothing. And now that Sanji is strong enough to hurt the Kraken, I'm gonna cross my fingers that Gin has gotten stronger at an equivalent rate.

I wonder if it's too much to hope that Krieg will be there too? And equally strong?

>>21198
I doubt it, Krieg's whole point was that he wasn't shit compared to the Grand Line. He doesn't really seem the type that would grow, nor was he smart enough to get through by his own devices.

>>21199
>Gin is the new leader of the Krieg Pirates after the timeskip
>they made it through the Grand Line

MAKE IT HAPPEN, ODA

Gin was gross looking, stoppit.

You know? If Robin can make giant stuff and copies now it stands to reason the inverse is true and she can make mini-Robins or some such.

>>21209
Aw man, she could make tiny little microscopic Robins; suddenly, she's facing this giant bad guy who's all bad ass, but then she creates thousands upon thousands of tiny Robins and they're entering his nose and clogging up his brain and now he not think so good because he am having stroke.

>>21210
Something tells me Robin wouldn't go up a guy's nose. Then again, she's always a surprise.

>>21211
Yeah, I guess you're right. I just figured it'd be a direct route to the brain (plus they can ride on the air that he breathes in to cut down travel time), though I guess if they wanted to do that, the little Robins would use the ears.

that giant ship is Gol D. Rodgers ship

>>21236
We've seen Roger's ship, it ain't that big.

Shirahoshi's gonna join the Strawhats for a while like Vivi did.

They're gonna escort her to the reverie.

>>21243
Except the Strawhats would get annihilated, power-ups or not, if they got anywhere near Mariejois.
Besides .. she doesn't even fit in their ship.

>>21243
>>21244
The whole point of going through Fishman Island is to go under the red line so they don't have to use the crazy ship elevator and go through the capital of the fucking world loaded with people who want them deader than a burnt steak.

Would they double back to escort Weakyhoshi? Maybe, they're nice like that. But it doesn't seem likely.

... Still... Oda does seem to be hinting quite heavily at a Vivi Reunion.

>>21248
I wouldn't mind Vivi coming back, as long as she's nowhere near as fuckshit annoying as she was the last time. Her interactions with Robin would be .. interesting.
I would much rather the 10th member to be a fresh new face, though. And a female at that -- no overweight old fishmen.

The Strawhats are gonna meet Koala.

Hearing how the Strawhats helped Fishnman island, she'll be moved to tears.

Then she'll join them.

>>21286
She will also be absurdly voluptuous.

I bet Sanji has another new power to reveal.

He's backed into a corner, shit's gone bad in a 1v1 fight. Possibly fighting some extremely strong woman. "After going through hell, I didn't just learn how to run." He runs his hands through his hair and re-adjusts it, covering his left eye again. "DEATH. WINK."

>>21347
I would be okay with this.

>>21347

>>21347
Except that still hurts her, and he doesn't hurt women. You completely missed the point of him being in Kamabakka Island.

He clearly would dress up as a woman himself and start fighting her, girl to girl.

>>21347
That'd be pretty fucking neato

>>21353

Think of it more as an alternate personality thing. When his right eye is exposed, he goes back to those horrible times.

>>21353
So then how about "Swoon Wink?" Just makes ladies hearts flutter so bad they pass out from TOO MUCH SEXAY.

>>21356
>TOO MUCH SEXAY.
Let's not kid ourselves; if anyone's fainting from sexy in a fight between Sanji and a woman, it's going to be Sanji. Most he could get from a "swoon wink" is laughinggirls.jpg

>>21355
One of his eyes sees the present while the other keeps reliving the past over and over again?

Gecko Moria digs up Kuina, steals her father's shadow, makes her fight Zoro.

Gecko Moria is suddenly more horrible than Spandam.

>>21394
Or he steals Tashigi's shadow.

Chopper can now use Monster Form and stay sane.

He's going to overdo it and burn his body out.

Brook looks like Aokiji back when he was still known as Kuzan.

Therefore they're related.

>>21851
He's still known as Kuzan .. that's his name.

And no.

>>12268
IT TURNS OUT ONE PIECE AND THE SECRET WEAPONS OF THE VOID CENTURY ARE ALL GIANT MECHAS-SHIPS!

THE DEVIL FRUITS ARE GENE-REWRITING NANO-MACHINES THAT AREN'T WATER-PROOF!

DON'T MISS ONE PIECE: GT!