aldaron noob
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aldaron noob
It's interesting how luffy was rooting for Bellamy
Probably on a log or something.
Why are people still rooting against Bart when he literally just saved their lives?
So, Bartolomeo is working for someone I guess?
You bring up a good point, but the announcer pretty much said "the only reason you're still alive is because of Bart."
Onto the actual match, I think it's a good thing Bart won because someone with an ability like that would be the only one able to realistically challenge Burgess.
It'd be pretty funny if Bart turned out to be working for Dragon. And is actually a big softie on the inside (the heads on a pike thing could just be an overblown rumor, I mean these are the same idiots who thought Luffy was a man-eating giant).
Well, being predictable isn't always something bad. It's not as if Bart winning was as obvious as you make it seem, as most people here predicted that Bellamy would win. Also many people here predicted that Dagama will get hit by the King's punch and that Bellamy would absorb the punch with an Impact Dial. But none of those things happened, and actually the King's punch lived up the the hype. This doesn't seem so predictable to me. Finally, Oda hinted many times Bart's power while showing that Bellamy wasn't that strong (by showing him struggle to beat Tank Lepanto, a fodderish character which Bellamy should be able to OHKO if he wanted to have any hope of winning his block)
Finally, why do you believe that Bart is a circus side-show trick fighter and that all his power comes drom his DF? We are in the NW now, and it has established that you can't succed there with cheap DFs alone, so believing that the only thing that Bart has going for him is his cheap DF is very naive.
I'm a bit confused here. The majority of everyone's predictions was that the King's Punch was overrated and wouldn't do anything...and it ended up being able to knock out most of the remaining people...which is unpredictable.
Also, I don't understand what you mean by "another cheesy fruit." A previous post of yours mentioned you wanted it not to be haki or not a fruit...well what else can it be in one piece?? It was an invisible wall that damaged Hack...couldn't have been some weapon so...???
Since, romeos power is devil fruit based and not like the admirals haki shield he's significantly weaker than I thought he was, though this also puts him at a level appropriate for luffy so there's some hope there, if he's working for someone that doesn't have a devil fruit already it could very well be Shanks, he's another character that like luffy wouldn't want Ace's memento wasted. Dragon is a stretch since I don't recall iva ever mentioning Ace's relationship with luffy, and romeo doesn't look like any of the whitebeard allies we've seen nor do I think Marco would at this point go so far out his way to get ace's fruit which should by all means be for them a remembrance of their failure and powerlessness
Bart seems more like a bad guy wrestler type than an actual villain.
@Alex-- I'm not saying that it was predictable in the sense that everyone expected Bart to win-- I'm saying it was predictable in the sense that what actually happened was extremely bland and simple.
It didn't throw the "curve ball" or interesting plot twists/sophistication in battle we expect from One Piece.
We predicted that way because we expect curve balls in One Piece, and characters of "true strength" overcoming gimmicks. From a broader sense (of someone not used to OP), "Attack A is hyped" => "Attack A is super powerful" is extremely linear and predictable, no?
New things are also introduced in One Piece-- often by strong characters that make appearences. Arlong introduced the strength of Fishmen. Smoker (and later Croc) introduced the power of Logia. Lucchi and Co. introduced something new in Rokushiki; and Haki became an important part of OP after that.
Besides, there are a whole host of characters from fishmen, to Usopp, to Nami, Frankey/Pacifista, etc. who have power that isn't derived from Haki or Fruits.
Here we have a brand new character with a mysterious new ability-- what's wrong with wanting it to be something entirely different; potentially introducing something new to be paid attention to in high-level fights.
Not ever enemy's ability has to be chocked up to a new fruit. .__.
It didn't throw the "curve ball" or interesting plot twists/sophistication in battle we expect from One Piece.
We predicted that way because we expect curve balls in One Piece, and characters of "true strength" overcoming gimmicks. From a broader sense (of someone not used to OP), "Attack A is hyped" => "Attack A is super powerful" is extremely linear and predictable, no?
I didn't want it to be either-- I wanted something new to be introduced.
New things are also introduced in One Piece-- often by strong characters that make appearences. Arlong introduced the strength of Fishmen. Smoker (and later Croc) introduced the power of Logia. Lucchi and Co. introduced something new in Rokushiki; and Haki became an important part of OP after that.
Besides, there are a whole host of characters from fishmen, to Usopp, to Nami, Frankey/Pacifista, etc. who have power that isn't derived from Haki or Fruits.
Here we have a brand new character with a mysterious new ability-- what's wrong with wanting it to be something entirely different; potentially introducing something new to be paid attention to in high-level fights.
Not ever enemy's ability has to be chocked up to a new fruit. .__.
I think a problem with a new type of power is that oda would have to justify why others previous didnt make use of it, haki was foreshadowed enough for it to work thanks to Skypiea and Amazon lily the vice admirals having rokushiki was foreshadowed by Enies lobby etc. For Romeo to have his own power at this point would be rather unreasonable no?
Speaking of Blue Gilly, I wonder if he's going to have any significance in this arc moving forward. You'll note Ricky was entirely hidden, yet Blue Gilly said "old man," implying Observation Haki.
This could just be Oda's way of introducing us to arcs where haki is more common than normal, but it could also be signaling something for Blue Gilly.
Also, +1ing Franky; Kyros is almost definitely related to Rebecca in some way...