>>23996

Also since when is it off limits to base my theories based on what we've seen? that doesn't make it any less valid if we've only seen it once.

I can already tell this guy's going to start a lot of fights until his half-ness is explained.

>>23997
No, but it makes them much more skewered. And the samurai leg man is talking about the "breeze of these flames."

Calling it now, Law shambled his lower half to the fire dragon and his top half onto an ice dragon.

I thought it was Buggy at first.

>>23992
>What caught my attention the most was those hazmat guys, who I've no doubt are working for Vegapunk. They took Franky with them, so it should make for an interesting meeting.
Two humans, one iron man and one pet. They didn't mention a skeleton...

>>24001
Gas can't knock Brook out.

For he has neither nose nor lungs

>>24002
Yes that's my point

>>24001
>>24002
Even if Brook was knocked out, no one would know he's a member of the crew because he's just a skeleton.

>>24004
>"Jesus Christ you guys, get a load of this, they were just keeping the corpse of a victim around for sick amusement, they put a wig on him, dressed him up and put a violin in his hands."

>>24002
Brook's knocked out with the others, you can see him on the ground. They just didn't recognize him as a crew member.

You would think that word would have spread by now that the Strawhats have an undead world famous rockstar on their crew. Hasn't it been a few days since Sabaody?

>>24007

Luffy isn't on board, so I don't think they realize whose vessel this is. For all they know Franky is the captain.

>>24007
If they didn't recognize the other Strawhats or the Strawhat flag, why would they recognize him?

>>23999

Yeah I guess you're right, it could ONLY BE LAW and nobody nor nothing else could have caused a man to be a half-man that can attach himself parasitically to a dragon.

>>24009
something tells me these hazmat guys don't get off the island a whole lot.

Also, they look like fucking geth. Really cool suits.

that "Join my Crew" line is always gonna worry people huh?

Well either way if it does turn out he's a samurai he probably won't join the crew. He might make an interesting mentor/rival for Zorro at least.

>>24013

I think after Mihawk Zoro doesn't really need anymore mentors.

>>24014
But doooooooooood samurai are the BEST swordsmen in the whole WORLD!

>>24015
And Mihawk is THE best swordsman in the whole world.

Put me down for the people that think Law is the most likely suspect, especially since that could explain how he's talking (Law could have moved his mouth to somewhere under his pants).

Put me down for the people that think Law is the most likely suspect, especially since that could explain how he's talking (Law could have moved his mouth to somewhere under his pants).

>>Oda:He's obviously talking with his hea-.... wait no he's not got a torso...Alright, he's obviously talking with his balls.

>>24019
He does it like many people do,

he talks out of his ass

>>24011
>that can attach himself parasitically to a dragon
Funny how that is exactly what we've seen Law do. Hm.
Also, notice how the man acts as if he's been put there as a sort of punishment and is clearly preoccupied with something else. After getting rescued by Luffy he just runs away. So after reviewing all this, in your scenario, why would this "halfman" use his l33t-parasite-attaching skills to be on this dragon by his own doing?

>>24012
Ohohoho, they do have a Gethy air to them. The first thing they reminded me of were the hazmat cleanup crew guys from Monsters Inc... Yes, this is the best picture I could find.

It'd be cool to see Law again in a context where he is actually relevant.

Seriously, what was the point of him showing up in the Whitebeard War? Was there one?

>>24022
Saving Luffy's life with his skills as a doctor

>>24023
Yeah, but, like, one of Whitebeard's sexy nurses could have done that. Or any other ship doctor, there were hella ships around. It didn't have to be Law.

>>24024
Okay, first off, those sexy Whitebeard nurses are Law's. Those are his nurses. Second, even Ivankov couldn't fix Luffy as he was, and he's one of the greatest doctors in the world.

>>24025

>Okay, first off, those sexy Whitebeard nurses are Law's. Those are his nurses.

Fanfiction.

>Second, even Ivankov couldn't fix Luffy as he was, and he's one of the greatest doctors in the world.

Straight up wrong. Iva is not a doctor in any sense of the word. All he does is inject people with hormones and stand back to see if their bodies heal themselves or explode.

>>24025

I'm still waiting on the pics or it didn't happen since the last time someone made this claim.

>>24026
>>24027
Okay I admit I was dumb on the nurses, but SINCE WHEN WAS IVANKOV NOT A DOCTOR? I'm looking at everything and nothing says he is... but... I swore that was a big thing. He was the miracle doctor, the greatest in the world! I feel like I'm going crazy that this is suddenly something that was NEVER true.

>>24026
Not fanfiction. All of the medical equiptment of WhiteBeard's nurses have Law's logo in them.
If the world's strongest man in the world back then choose his nurses/medical treatment over any others, chances are Law is one of the best friggin doctor in the whole world and respected as such, right up there with Hogback.
Plus in such a busy and agitated war not one doctor would have been aviable to promptly treat Luffy's terrible wounds, or get to him in time while running away from the 3 goddamn almirals specifically trying to finish Luffy off to finally escape the war and thus saving him.

Without Law's appearance in his (unique in the OP world) submarine, Luffy couldn't be able to even survive long enough the Almiral's pursuit and get to another pirate doctor and get the needed surgeries and stabilization. Hell, even after Luffy escaped the marines weren't gonna let any single pirate escape alive from there until Shanks appeared.
So strangely and abruptly Law appeared in the middle of the war, apparently to keep an eye on Luffy in particular and save him if posible even risking his life and his crews' to a very likely yo happen death. All this following orders from a misterious person.

So no, Law's part in the war wasn't irrelevant or pointless. It seems it really had to be him and not random pirate doctor #87 saving Luffy. We just don't know YET why it seems it had to be Law, but Oda will show it in time.

Your stance in this seems similar to that of the people who think the supernovae were shoehorned into the story and Oda simply doesn't know/care what to do with them just because after all this chapters from their introduction they haven't showed up yet as the center of the attention.

I get where you are coming from since we hadn't see Law being the MOST relevant character in an arc or chapter and we have yet to know anything from him, his motivations, origin story, his true behavior and character traits, but it's not like all of his apearances are irrelevant to the plot.

>>24029

I want to believe you - because I also love Law and think he's awesome - but if you're talking about this page and saying it has his symbol on the medical equip/nurses...I'm just not buying it (http://www.mangareader.net/103-2341-12/one-piece/chapter-234.html). If I squinted really hard and clapped my hands, maybe I could make it real, and I have no doubts that Oda's got it all in the bag and can very well prove me wrong, but I'm not buying that Law is involved here.

>>24030
Maybe Law is not involved at all with WB's medical treatment, I give you that.
Even so, to say Law's involvement in the war arc was pointless and irrelevant and that it could have been any anonymous doctor doing his part is a really far stretch.
Remember he not only treated Luffy's body, he managed to escape the marine hq when the war seemd like it wasn't gonna end any time soon.

>>24030
>Plus in such a busy and agitated war not one doctor would have been aviable to promptly treat Luffy's terrible wounds, or get to him in time while running away from the 3 goddamn almirals specifically trying to finish Luffy off to finally escape the war and thus saving him.
Without Law's appearance in his (unique in the OP world) submarine, Luffy couldn't be able to even survive long enough the Almiral's pursuit and get to another pirate doctor and get the needed surgeries and stabilization. Hell, even after Luffy escaped the marines weren't gonna let any single pirate escape alive from there until Shanks appeared.
So strangely and abruptly Law appeared in the middle of the war, apparently to keep an eye on Luffy in particular and save him if posible even risking his life and his crews' to a very likely yo happen death. All this following orders from a misterious person.

Here, you seem to have missed this part of my post.

>>24030
I miss the sexy nurses

So... How about that half-guy? Correct me if I'm wrong, but has it been explicitly stated that a run in with a Shichibukai is the cause of his current state? Also, why has the possibility of Devil Fruit-based powers been ruled out? Though the letters "PH" on the suited figures probably stand for "Punk Hazard" it seems they could stand for "Pirate Hunters" too, no? Also- TEAMWORK!

What if it really IS Buggy and Oda is just trolling us?

>>24036
What-if that guy is really has a parasite devil-fruit and Doflamingo chopped in half and thought that that leg-guy was dead and it wasn't?

Time for more facts?

Smiles in One Piece

The "smile" symbol has appeared throughout the series, with different variations, and Doflamingo considers it the symbol of the current age ("The era of "smiles" is approaching"-to Disco, during Sabaody part 1). The border is not terribly important, as both the Bellamy pirate flag and the auction house symbols are considered to be Doflamingo's despite the former being more ornate. Notable smiles:

Whitebeard's medical equipment: Regular curved smile
Ace's hat: Regular curved smile and frown
Doflamingo's symbol: Regular curved smile, crossed out
Law's symobl: Flat smile with a nose dot.

Emporio Ivankov

Emporio Ivankov was never called a doctor; he was called a "miracle worker." He has never demonstrated any "medical" abilities whatsoever. Any miracles he performs are simply the result of him giving them the power to help themselves, sometimes through hormone injections. The only person who has been called a miracle doctor is Hogback.

>>24038
This.
It's not Law's symbol, and that people seriously think it is is ridiculous. God forbid fanfiction-driven fanboys/girls see reason for once. Did you forget that by the time those panels/scenes occurred Law would have been at a sub-rookie level same as Luffy? Why would Whitebeard listen to this newb?

>>24039
Well if you want a credible anwser I suppose because being a doctor and being a pirate are different things, you don't have to be renowned in one to be skilled in the other.

Its fine if you don't like that theory or consider it to be utterly baseless, but you should chill out a little, its nothing to get hateful about.

Really there's been too much hate and semi-flaming amongst people over speculation here for awhile now...

>>24040
No there hasn't, and I'm as chill as they come.

>>24041
Jinbe

>>24042
What about him? There were debates as to whether he'd join or not, but nothing ever crossed the line. And I'd say a good 80% were trolls joking about it.
You pantywaists need to grow a thicker skin. This place is here for One Piece discussions and debates.

I hope it's not Law. I want someone new and I can care less about the Novas for now. And I don't see why Law would become a War Lord. He really doesn't seem like the type to give in to the government like that.

Also the man doesn't seem to be in shock or any sort of mental state where it seems like he was separated from his upper half against his will. He was only surprised to be separated from the Dragon.

Also is -De Gozabuh his laugh?

>>24075

>He really doesn't seem like the type to give in to the government like that.

He does seem like a guy who would use and then throw away his title though. Like Teach, only maybe less evil and more smart.

>>24075
If it's now Law, then it has to be something related to Buggy in some way. He's definitely a Warlord by now. Could he have expanded his powers to separate other people? It's dumb and very improbable, but I still can't shake the feeling he has a part in this.
And like >>24076 said, he could just be using the title for some specific reason or goal. Reminds me of a post I saw on here linking Law to Vegapunk's doctors shown working on Kuma. Maybe he's related to this island.

That, or it's someone completely new, which I'm not opposed to, either. We need to move past the recurring character shit and meet new people.

>>24075
From what I can tell, -de gozabuh is a combination of two of his vocal tics - sticking "buh" at the end of his words and "-de gozaru", an archaic semi-formal keigo stereotypically used by ninja and samurai.

Which would fit with the Wano connection, now that I think about it.

Legs guy was half sucked in by Blackbeards power then left to wander around. This happened two years ago before Legs guy learned that BB was no longer a shichibuki.