One Piece: Gear IV

[Metahuman1]

Ok, and that's it, were off to the time skip!


... ... ... Nipple Laser's? *Eyes gloss ove with blue screen and error 404 message.*

[ryuplaneswalker]

ok, and that's it, were off to the time skip!


... ... ... Nipple laser's? *eyes gloss ove with blue screen and error 404 message.*

it is the most manly of weapons!

[Metahuman1]

Hehe, but seriously, I did like the send off for both the end of the timeskip and the return. After every-bit of mess that came about during Impel Down and the War with Whitebeard and the Navy, this was needed. I love a show that knows how to let characters win and when to lighten things up.


Also, Perona is rapidly becoming a favorite right along with Boa Handcock. (Though at the rate that departure was going, I was half expecting Dragon to sink a Navy Ship on Robin's behalf just cause everyone elses training period's were getting involved, why not her's?).




But really Franky, Sea-prisum stone hardware, look it up, it would be an awesome upgrade.


Also you look genuinely terrifying now.







And Brook, really, you didn't actually train, like, at all? In a Shonen? Not good form man.

[ryuplaneswalker]

Brook Trained until his eyeballs burst.



except he doesn't have any eyeballs!


YOH HOOO HOOO HOO!

[LaZodiac]

Also, Perona is rapidly becoming a favorite right along with Boa Handcock. (Though at the rate that departure was going, I was half expecting Dragon to sink a Navy Ship on Robin's behalf just cause everyone elses training period's were getting involved, why not her's?).

And Brook, really, you didn't actually train, like, at all? In a Shonen? Not good form man.

Aaaaah Perona is probably one of my favorite characters design wise she's just super cute and great. Also, the reason why Nico Robn's time skip doesn't get much screen time is because it's secretly something pretty important, I imagine.

Brook totally trained, just he's their musician so you know, he trained in a more musical sense. He DOES attack with music after all.

[ben-zayb]

Gah, I missed the memo on this week's lack of chapter! Speaking of Brook...where the hell is he? With Sanji? Getting his furry panty fetish on?

[LaZodiac]

Gah, I missed the memo on this week's lack of chapter! Speaking of Brook...where the hell is he? With Sanji? Getting his furry panty fetish on?

A theory I heard is that they think the Straw Hats are dead because they saw Brook sleeping or unconcious. So that.

[Kato]

I feel like it's not too big of a spoiler to reveal that unfortunately only the Monster Trio (Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro) have Haki by the time the upcoming timeskip is over as far as we know, though I'm sure the rest of the crew will get their moments on-screen where they'll unlock it.

Lies. Nami had haki way before any of them. Unconsciously, but still

Brook Trained until his eyeballs burst.



except he doesn't have any eyeballs!


YOH HOOO HOOO HOO!

Yeah, he worked himself down to the bone.

Okay, no trombone joke. But yeah, he trained his musical skills, because what else could he train? There's no muscles to build up after all. Wait, how does Brooke work again?

[Swaoeaeieu]

Lies. Nami had haki way before any of them. Unconsciously, but still

she does? where did i miss that?

[Sigh]

He's making a joke based off the fact that Nami can hurt Luffy whenever she wants, despite being rubber.

[Swaoeaeieu]

He's making a joke based off the fact that Nami can hurt Luffy whenever she wants, despite being rubber.

riiiight, but thats more playfull hurting right? I mean, when bad guys fight him and he gets it bad, he doesnt look like when nami beats him up. I choose to think he lets himself get messed up by his navigator

[Kato]

riiiight, but thats more playfull hurting right? I mean, when bad guys fight him and he gets it bad, he doesnt look like when nami beats him up. I choose to think he lets himself get messed up by his navigator

Tsk, so you're saying Luffy turning his ruber off to GET hurt makes more sense than Nami being naturally gifted at haki? Suuuure

[ryuplaneswalker]

So, okay real talk time.

Am I the only one who never gets tired of Brook's puns? They always make me atleast snicker even though I know exactly what is coming?

[Forrestfire]

I feel like I should be tired of it by now, but Brook's humor wraps past ridiculous and back into funny, somehow. I have yet to not find him amusing.

[Dasgovernator]

Tsk, so you're saying Luffy turning his ruber off to GET hurt makes more sense than Nami being naturally gifted at haki? Suuuure

This was actually addressed in an SBS. Oda said that "Fists of Love" can bypass Devil Fruit abilities, which is why Nami can hurt Luffy when she's mad at him but can't otherwise hurt a logia.

[ben-zayb]

This was actually addressed in an SBS. Oda said that "Fists of Love" can bypass Devil Fruit abilities, which is why Nami can hurt Luffy when she's mad at him but can't otherwise hurt a logia.

I know Ai Aru Kobushi (Fist of Love) can bypass DF abilities due to being imbued with Haki, but when and from whom did Nami learn such a technique?

[Razade]

He's making a joke based off the fact that Nami can hurt Luffy whenever she wants, despite being rubber.

It'd be a better joke if Luffy was a Logia.

[LaZodiac]

Y'all need to watch Slayers and learn what the difference between Comedic and Actual damage is.

[Metahuman1]

All of this reminds me. They changed the joke with Handcock so that Luffy is aware and get's what's going on with her, and now just keeps very calmly and reasonably telling her no and letting her over drama it.


I think I actually like this cause now it's "I am setting the bounds, and reminding you were the boundaries are, and making NO pretense that anything I say to you is anything else.". It makes it more amusing when she goes off in her own little world somehow.




Also, redesigns, it's, odd, I think the only one I didn't like was Robins. And yet, I can't put a finger on what I dislike about it.

[chainer1216]

I really didn't like Franky's, Nami's or Robin's redesign.

Franky's has grown on me but the ladies still bug me, esspecially Robin, because since she's in her 30s, that means she had some pretty extensive plastic surgery done while with the revolutionaries.

[Sigh]

The designs will grow on you, but yeah Robin's was a bit off for me too, and I think it's because of her age. She's filled out much like Nami, but the difference is that Nami is in the prime of her youth (20-ish) while Robin just hit 30, and while anyone can slim down if they want to she now looks a bit younger than she did before the timeskip.

I have the same issue with Chopper.

[ben-zayb]

I really didn't like Franky's, Nami's or Robin's redesign.

Franky's has grown on me but the ladies still bug me, esspecially Robin, because since she's in her 30s, that means she had some pretty extensive plastic surgery done while with the revolutionaries.

Or maybe she ages really well, as the case is for a lot of Oriental women.

I also just reread Marineford, and remembered the unimaginably durable metal that the marines used to ward off the pirates. Could this have been winesteel, or at least a prototype version of it? Maybe winesteel is haki-reinforced metal?

[lord_khaine]

I really didn't like Franky's, Nami's or Robin's redesign.

I still really, really miss the old Franky, especially each time i reread the serie.

[Lizard Lord]

Or maybe she ages really well, as the case is for a lot of Oriental women.

Oda has said that if the Strawhats had real world nationalities Robin would be Russian.

[Kato]

Oda has said that if the Strawhats had real world nationalities Robin would be Russian.

Well, there are oriental women living in Russia. (I guess) Also, I'm not entirely sure where you'd draw the line but Russia goes far out east (duh) and there's a lot of different kinds of people living at least around the southern borders.

I still really, really miss the old Franky, especially each time i reread the serie.

Yeah... I mean, his new look fits his over the top character but it is a bit MUCH.

Y'all need to watch Slayers and learn what the difference between Comedic and Actual damage is.

Damage is damage, stop denying Nami's power

[lord_khaine]

Yeah... I mean, his new look fits his over the top character but it is a bit MUCH.

I just kinda think that Franky lost a lot of his core identity during the timeskip.
He is no longer a speedo wearing pervert thats also a cyborg, but have instead become a cyborg that might also be some sort of pervert?

[Sigh]

We got a new anime episode, and man I think they split up the Zoro/Pica finale up into two parts because this episode was pretty much nothing but the buildup to Zoro eventually taking him down, the episode ends on him coming up with said plan and saying, "let's do it!".

[ben-zayb]

We got a new anime episode, and man I think they split up the Zoro/Pica finale up into two parts because this episode was pretty much nothing but the buildup to Zoro eventually taking him down, the episode ends on him coming up with said plan and saying, "let's do it!".

Maybe it's just me, but I find Zoro's fights post-timeskip to be very forgettable. I think he offpaneled Hodi somewhere, and a vague memory that he fought blue-ringed octodude and Pica but can't remember the details. I can't even remember who (if any) he fought in Punk Hazard. The only clear memory I have of his "fight" is when he and Sanji OHKOd a Pacifista.

[Metahuman1]

I just kinda think that Franky lost a lot of his core identity during the timeskip.
He is no longer a speedo wearing pervert thats also a cyborg, but have instead become a cyborg that might also be some sort of pervert?

En, I dunno, I actually just took it as a bit of over due maturing, possibly brought on by the fact that for once he was truly on his own and had just had it shoved down his throat how much he needed to up his game.

[Swaoeaeieu]

Maybe it's just me, but I find Zoro's fights post-timeskip to be very forgettable. I think he offpaneled Hodi somewhere, and a vague memory that he fought blue-ringed octodude and Pica but can't remember the details. I can't even remember who (if any) he fought in Punk Hazard. The only clear memory I have of his "fight" is when he and Sanji OHKOd a Pacifista.

as far as i have seen, Zoro hasn't had a real fight since the time skip. even Pica he admitted to playing around with. We have yet to see Zoro's full potential