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Added 2023-10-01 03:39:03 +0000 UTCI can't draw.
Guess what's back! So, afte
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Fair enough. I never read the manga at all, so it's highly probable it's just something I don't know about :-).
Novus
2023-10-21 07:58:24 +0000 UTCthey did strip everything, but that also means Sengoku called in more help from the WeeGee. And there are a few tricks up his sleeve. Stuff i don't think you will get if you haven't caught up with the manga Heh.
vimesenthusiast
2023-10-20 13:43:52 +0000 UTCHonestly, I suspect the break up of the Whitebeard Pirates was purely for story reasons, since the New World was too...stable? Semi-stable? Something like it, at least. It was a bit to stable prior to Whitebeard's death, with no room for the Strawhat crew to grow into, at the power levels they were at in canon at least. But, yeah, never passed by sanity check either. ...That description of Tsuru fighting makes me really want to see it now ;-). Doffy is nothing BUT a bundle of issue... Even calling his change of plans in, I'm not sure the Marines have anything to bring in as backup at this point. Not unless you've made serious background changes to the world that haven't been revealed yet. They were worried about even just the Strawhats unbalancing things because of how much of their own firepower they'd been forced to bring together at Marineford. Which seems to imply they stripped pretty much everyone they could down to the bone of real powerhouses. But, it will be interesting to see one way or another. And it's entirely possible I'm missing something. I'm not all that familiar with One Piece past the Fishman Island Arc.
Novus
2023-10-20 12:04:00 +0000 UTCI never understood the whole break up and vanish thing Whitebeard's crew pulled. I saw the point of Blackbeard wrecking their shit, sure, but not easily. And their going after him in turn only to lose utterly, fine. But don't then say Marco's alive later on hiding out. Does not pass my Sanity check. Tsuru we never got to see fight, so I will have her do so, here, which should be interesting. Think a mix of Cohen the Barbarian and scary old lady LOL. I would say Kong is up there too. Able to at least hang with Garp, although not beat him outright. Doffy... is going to have his own issues. The Marines, yeah, they brought a lot of guns, and won't go quiet, but unless Sengoku has a few aces up his sleeve, he's done. Of course, he did call this change in plans in so... Regardless, yeah, the marines are in for a VERY bad day. To say nothing about the specific marines who have cheesed off Raffy.
vimesenthusiast
2023-10-18 14:32:22 +0000 UTCIf Ace makes it out of the Whitebeard War without becoming a human Doughnut I will be content that maybe we will get an Ace, Luffy, and Yamato scene ripping up Kaido and the Beast Pirates.
Aaron Orr
2023-10-06 02:06:55 +0000 UTCWell, the Marines are satisfyingly screwed. Shiki is on par with Whitebeard, Garp, and Sengoku for power. So if he actively engages as more than just transport (and he has every reason to, as he hates the marines and this is a perfect chance to crush them), it's Three of the strongest remaining powers of the old guard, versus just One on the marines side. Maybe two, if you count Tsuru. But she was never claimed to be in the same power class as the others. Stronger that Doffy, who always ran from her, but not in the same raw power league. Add in the damage Garp already did, removing quite a few of the mid-high tier fighters from the picture at least temporarily during his rampage. Then the fact that the Warlords are...basically done as an organization at this point. Even with Blackbeard added in, there are literally only three of them left who are 'loyal' to the marines. Doffy is more likely to stab them in the back at the moment too, given how Sengoku slapped him down. He sure isn't likely to stick around for a losing fight, at least. Which basically only leaves Blackbeard and Hawkeye. There are multiple Hard Counters present for the three Admirals, as well. Frankly, I'd be shocked if the Marines actually come through this as still a world power, even with the Pacifista to help. While their highest level fighters might live, their mid-level commodores and vice-admirals are going to be slaughtered in the dozens or hundreds. With the amount of territory they have to cover at all times, there aren't likely to be enough of those ranks LEFT after this to actually cover their obligations. And projects like the Pacifista can't cover the gap, as they don't have the command skills to lead. They're just weapons. On the flip side, even if Whitebeard dies (which seems unlikely, honestly. Blackbeard isn't going to be able to get the cheap shot at him so easily at sea) the remaining three Yonko are basically untouched. And if Ace and Marco live, the Whitebeard pirates aren't as likely to just...break up and vanish with his death like they seemed to in canon? Even if he does die. Meanwhile, the prestige of having actually shattered the power of Impel Down might actually make Luffy's tentative claim as a new Yonko stick...
Novus
2023-10-03 20:27:43 +0000 UTC
