One Piece Mega Convo Thread, the 1st Chapter

[Gold Knight]

Ahoy!

Think of this as the 'Hang Out' version of an One Piece discussion thread. In here you can randomly talk about practically anything involving the One Piece universe. Anything that comes to mind that you don't really feel like starting a thread about in the Tree of Knowledge.

We have similar threads for the Naruto and Bleach forums so I thought it'd be a good time to have one here as well. Enjoy!

Just a little set of rules to help us keep the place tidy:

No current week's spoilers! Spoiler rules and the weekend's rule are also valid in here. Discussion on the latest week's spoilers and chapters are not allowed until Monday of the following week.

No heated arguments! This is supposed to be a place where you can have a casual conversation. For in-depth, serious discussions, please head to the Tree of Knowledge.

No spam! This is obvious, isn't it? No one-liners, no useless posts, yadda yadda.

No agonizing! Don't keep on asking for spoilers/raws/scans/translations, just be patient.

[venicia777]

good point!! when i saw the title i told myself i have seen this somewhere before- but not here. Yeah!! the little news i heard on Gerusama irc channel is that there will be no one piece next week. damn!! That sure sucks!!!

[bhendjol]

Is there anyone that's curious about what Pluton might look like?, or just me?

[Mogeking]

i think it might look like a big doggie...i dunno why, but I do...*shifty eyes* hee hee hee

[Watson]

I've always imagined Pluton to be this big ship made of metal that has lots of cannons and that it could act somewhat as a submarine, thats what i've imagined it.

[Gold Knight]

Hmm, Pluton. Possibly a robot? o_O

[Mogeking]

OOooOOooooOOO maybe a moon sized robot that is deployed from the sea!!! like a mini-death star!!!

[Zoolooman]

I'm afraid that Luffy's Gear 2 and Gear 3 attacks will bore in comparison to his regular fighting style. His Gear 2 attacks were drawn with blasts of air, and his Gear 3 form was scrunched and tiny on the page. I can't help but wonder if they'll remain as visually entertaining as his original attacks.

[-zenith-]

I was wondering about Luffys third gear. We haven’t seen him actually attack while in it, so I was thinking that him becoming chibi might be a side effect of Luffy over using his elasticity from attacking in third gear.
Perhaps third gear looks really bad ass and is powerful but Luffy has to go chibi for awhile afterwards to recover.

Maybe I’m just being hopeful because I don’t think Luffy will be able to have any badass moments if he’s chibi for all his tough fights .

[Predator]

I'm starting to think that all Luffy's Gears are applications of original rubber characteristics.
> By far he only used streching. That could be described as gear one.
> Gear two was without doubt, the volcanization. Rubber changes it's abilities, like endurance.
> The third gear looked very much like poping. He had to bite himself. He poped like a baloon and that was why, the explosion occured. This could also explain why he was chibi afterwards. After that he, so to say inflated back to normal size.

[zumb1e]

I'm starting to think that all Luffy's Gears are applications of original rubber characteristics.
> By far he only used streching. That could be described as gear one.
> Gear two was without doubt, the volcanization. Rubber changes it's abilities, like endurance.
> The third gear looked very much like poping. He had to bite himself. He poped like a baloon and that was why, the explosion occured. This could also explain why he was chibi afterwards. After that he, so to say inflated back to normal size.

Thats the best way to describe the gears that i read on this entire forum....

[ltphil]

the question will be....does he need to change to gear 3 to beat the hell out of lucci???

or will gear 2 be enough for him.....


ruffy need some more abbility's and power to go against the higher ups of the world gov.

and don't forget the" ice man"(admiral akuji (i think that it is his name))

ruffy don't have a friggin chance against him...

or will the gear 3 make him imune to ice....

[Kilik]

I think gear 2 will be enough to beat Lucci because that appears to be his battle form gear 3 seems to be used for clearing the way with explosive power...but I could be wrong because we haven't seen him in that form enough

[Bravo]

gear 3 seems to be used for clearing the way with explosive power.

It looked like he was about to lay the smackdown on Blueno with it before he realized the big cow was unconcious, ja? He was doing the same thing in that chapter as he did in the later chapter when he was all like "Zomg, /own on this n00b door"

[venicia777]

the question will be....does he need to change to gear 3 to beat the hell out of lucci???

or will gear 2 be enough for him.....


ruffy need some more abbility's and power to go against the higher ups of the world gov.

and don't forget the" ice man"(admiral akuji (i think that it is his name))

ruffy don't have a friggin chance against him...

or will the gear 3 make him imune to ice....

as the latest chapters have shown and as many predicted Luffy had to go to gear 3 in fighting Lucci. In my opinion Lucci is at Luffy's level in many aspects. i totally agree with you- there is no way in hell Luffy can defeat aokiji unless there are more gears he can go to. do you remember- the guy's power is just too ridiculous- he can freeze the ocean to the nearest island and even more. whew!!! i think he is one of the ultimate warriors- ''brick Wall"- that will always stand in Luffys way. i just pray they never meet him until luffy gets stronger.

But i am really glad that CP9 has become soo useful. They have provided an effective launching pad for the whole crew to hone in their strength and bond. Look at Nami- we all know she was just lucky- but i am sure proud she has come this far. Chopper in crazy beast mode; reminds me of Kyuubi Naruto 4 tails. and lets not forget even luffy learned something from them for his gear 2 technique. Gooo Roku Shiki Users. i cant hate this guys like all the other bad guys. i mean you gotta love kaku and kalifa