I swear to god we are gonna get something that makes Roger laughing make less sense and confuse us all.
I honestly think it's going to be a sign saying the equivalent of "the transmission is coming from another castle." The chapter suggests that contingencies might be in place and Vegapunk sending the 5 Elders on a wild goose chase when they can't actually stop him from this island would be apt.
That would require Vegapunk being smarter than he’s so far been shown to be
Well, the Gorosei have been shown to be the puppet masters controlling all the evil in the world, so like Sauron, they HAVE to be seen as the biggest of kahunas and the stuff of nightmares since they’re now doing something instead of doing the “villain sits in their lair and relies on their minions to do everything” cliche. At least until Imu comes along in earnest.
Eh, all Roger said that it was a “funny story” about the One Piece and the fact that Joy Boy left it there. It’s just a matter of everything finally clicking. And I really hope we actually see the treasure at that point, considering all the other stuff that hinges on it.
I hope that there’s contingencies. Because all we’ve had at this point is the equivalent of someone on Twitch screwing around during the “The stream is starting soon” segment where you’re waiting for people to get in the chat. And at this point, doing MORE dicking around and cockteasing about the bigger lore and not even giving something where a plausible theory that can satisfy your curiosity just to go “JK Reader, you want to know more about this? Gotta keep reading to the end!” Will feel more like a middle finger than anything.
Isn’t Vegapunk said to be the smartest guy in the world?
As great as the scene is in context, are things really at the point where something like kicking a Marine in the head is a “Big W” for any “good” pirate that isn’t a Yonko or Warlord or Straw Hat in the Monster Trio?
We're really not counting Franky one-shotting Vice Admiral
Except that's supposed to be Imu's job, along with the God's Knights. If the Gorosei are stronger than any of the Yonko or Admirals, then it severely devalues everything that happened at Marineford. Having the Gorosei sit on their asses this whole time despite being stronger than the real playmakers is so goddamn boring and cliche, especially when the point of One Piece's "Better than every other shonen in the entire world"' reputation is that it doesn't perpetually scale everything vertically like Bleach and DBZ. Well, that and how it lets its main supporting cast win fights instead of constantly lose and/or get sidelined because of the power gap between them and the MC.
i have always thought about it like this. the nika fruit seems to be based around freedom. in its normal state the user is free to do whatever they imagine they can do. luffy was told he ate the gum gum fruit and that he was made of rubber. so when he fights he does so thinking his body is made of rubber which is how he does all his attacks. in the fruits awakened state this effect of freedom begins to effect everything around the user.
Except the thing is that Imu is supposed to be in the shadows unknown to everyone, and the Gorosei are supposed to only be politicians. Also, the God’s Knights are just to be some cross of Mary Geoise police and special forces that can hold Celestial Dragons to task. The whole thing of Mary Geoise and and the Gorosei is keeping up appearances, and the only reason the Gorosei are stepping up now of all times is because Luffy and Blackbeard have forced their hand because they refuse to play by the rules.
There is no "better than every other shonen in the world", Oda is just doing what he thinks is cool/funny without breaking the rules. If he sets a trend, it's unintentional and all the follow-the-leader series tend to slip up for whatever reason on the author's/editor's/publisher's part.
You must be looking at One Piece on YouTube and main subreddit too much. We love the Goda worshippers, but they're spergs.
I cant believe it, finally happened
What’s the difference though?
It’s shit like this that makes me wonder why people love Oda so much, then I remember it’s the worldbuilding that some compare to JRR Tolkien.
Y'all have to give Wranky his flowers. At least he hasn't fallen off like Linbei.
One Piece has always perpetually scaled.
