Who will be next Admiral?

[Kaiser Will]

Actually, you are right, I agree with you in certain points. Aokiji really is reliable when time comes to it.
But Kizaru is not that bad either. But you are right about the things you pointed out, he can't hold back, don't know how to read the situation and sometimes he is laid back too.
Yeah Aokiji may be a good candidate for the job. But only if he take it seriously.

 

[kebuenowilly]

mmm, I strongly believe that Akainu is gonna be the next fleet admiral. Yup he is insane and cruel, and does not tolerate weakness. So that's the point! He will turn the marines into a dictatorial military force. That's what the Gorousei think they need, in the unstable times that are coming (The loss of one Younkou, the rising of BB, the Revolutionist, etc).
So that will allow Oda to create much more plot development. Oda has never portrayed any faction the as the good side. The function of the marines is to mantain under control their part of the world. Nobody better than Akainu to mantain control by any means.
Also, Luffy's revenge of Ace dead will be much more epic with Akainu as Fleet Admiral.

Question: Will the next Fleet Admiral, whoever it is, wear that gull hat?

 

[kkck]

The marines already have plenty of cruelty and insanity within them though. Sengoku was not exactly a saint and aokiji was reasonably ruthless at the ohara anhilation (even if akainu was indeed willing to sacrifice innocent civilians just in case a scholar actually escaped).

 

[Freid]

Well yh aokiji is best suited for admiral, but i think akainu is still going to become fleet admiral just to compliment the current state of the Op world. Its in chaos, and just to put the icing on the cake, you then get the 'insane, cruel, and does not tolerate weakness' kinda admiral dictating everything. The world government is probably going to respond to the current state of the world by putting someone like akainu in charge. Like the saying, the government are probably intending to 'fight fire with fire'. Sengokus recommendations for aokiji are probably going to be ignored. Remember the governments response to the current events already to not let the world know about the level 6 escapees already differs to sengokus. Like i said, this might not be the best decision, and aokiji may still be the better option, but the government right now are thinking of what is best for themselves by already hiding the news of the level 6 escapees simply because they dont want to lose the trust of the people. Like x drake said, 'the marines also... must change'. This would also make the marines more of a dark organisation which would reinforce the reason why the revolutionaries want to overthrow them and would also be a good way to set up the likely war between the strawhats and the marine government.

 

[Trafalgarlawl]

In terms of which of the introduced characters seems the most appropriate to be the next admiral, I'd have to say Magellan.

1. His powers most closely resemble a Logia's (although they aren't)

2. He's faced Luffy/other characters, and like every other time Luffy met up with an admiral, he was destroyed by him.

3. he would have a reason to leave Impel Down (recapturing the prisoners/personal revenge/honor)

4. This is the best and most logical way to keep Magellan, an awesome character, part of the storyline.

5. I think he's powerful enough

 

[El-Thor]

Magellan for Admiral? I can dig that. The guy definitely has enough sense of justice to carry out w/e the higher ups tell him to do. The points Law made are also really good and just add to the cause. There's just two things I don't dig about him becoming Admiral.

1) Hannibal isn't strong enough, imo, to handle the more dangerous prisoners in ID. He doesn't make the prisoners pee their pants as much as Magellan does

2) Magellan will need to learn Haki if he is to be an admirable Admiral. This one is a given.

 

[kkck]

I stand by my belief that magellan does not have the caliber to be an admiral. His ability had the quality of being the kind that works the same on anyone regardless of strength(its quite clear poison, unlike physical injuries to a degree, cannot be simply tanked since if you get poisoned your body falls appart) but that does not mean he is strong enough to be an admiral. He seems to lack haki, his physical capacity does not seem that superior to that of gear 2 luffy, which shows how slow he is and evidently has little going for him without his ability. Admirals have the sheer physical capacities to keep up with the likes of marco, WB or vista, I doubt magellan would be considered for the position if he indeed was a marine. Quite frankly, in a not so confined space I could the top tier characters(such as shichibukai, admirals, VAs, and so on) dealing with him before he could even release poison.

 

[Skyrius]

For the record, since the argument came up before, since there's no proof that there's always been 3 admirals in the past (so there could have been more), that means it's possible that there doesn't have to be 3.

In other words, I suppose it's possible that, whoever gets promoted to Fleet Admiral later, there will simply be 2 admirals left. Not likely, but Oda doesn't have to fill the gap, since there's never been some rule saying "there must be 3 admirals at all time".

 

[Trafalgarlawl]

2) Magellan will need to learn Haki if he is to be an admirable Admiral. This one is a given.

good point, and a fundamental flaw with my logic BUT no where has it been stated that Magellan might also not have Haki...
(but ya, Hannyabal might not have what it takes to replace him )

As for him taking on other strong characters, I think he obviously lacks the strong defense of a logia-type user. But his attacks are still absolutely devastating, and Venom Demon is insane

since there's never been some rule saying "there must be 3 admirals at all time".

you're right, there hasn't been but it's fun to hypothetically fill the slot, and it's a good time waster before the chapter finally comes out...

 

[vongola_x]

If Aokiji is promoted to Fleet Admiral, I get the feeling that his replacement will be someone that we haven't seen yet. Magellan is much too undependable to take the job (due to his... erm... sanitary problems) in my opinion, and Smoker isn't strong enough to receive such a promotion.

Perhaps a Vice-Admiral from the New World? Someone who's been battling it out with the Yonkou?

 

[kkck]

It'd be interesting if an officer from the G-5 division is made admiral. It'd open up positions for smoker to be promoted. EVen though I think smoker is far from having the caliber of even a VA (he'd be fodder to them for the most part IMO) he perhaps has the caliber to be a rear admiral (position which is apparently directly underneath that of the VAs given what we know). Drake should be of roughly luffy's caliber yet he held the position so smoker perhaps can have a seat there. Considering they would be directly beneath the VAs though, it is extremely possible smoker would be among the lesser members of the rear admirals if he does get the position though.

 

[Sannom]

In terms of which of the introduced characters seems the most appropriate to be the next admiral, I'd have to say Magellan.

I agree with Magellan in terms of power and dedication, but there is one problem for me : his priority would be to capture the inmates that escaped his prison, and an Admiral doesn't seem free enough of his movements for that.

1) Hannibal isn't strong enough, imo, to handle the more dangerous prisoners in ID. He doesn't make the prisoners pee their pants as much as Magellan does

That problem kinda resolved itself : all the inmates in Impel Down are either dead or free as a result of Luffy's and Black Beard's actions. Plus, after that fiasco, I think they would enact new security measures that wouldn't even permit to a Shishibukaï to enter, hence negating the possibility of something like what happened with Luffy to happen again.
Impel Down would be reasonnably safe, I think.

 

[kebuenowilly]

Mmm I have a weird theory: what if World Government has DF in stock to give to their best subordinates? Just as we saw with Kaku and Califa. They will for sure keep the strongest DF for the high ranked marines, so maybe, the next admiral will get a logia DF, so it could be anybody, since it will keep the logia theme of admirals.

Would that new admiral has a face inspired on a classical japanese actor?

 

[damane08]

I would love it if a strong marine from the G5 base in the NW was promoted to admiral because i don't think that we have seen anyone strong enough to be promoted thus far. One of the Vice Admirals that we've seen might fit the bill but they don't seem to be destructively powerful as the current admirals.

Wouldn't it be funny if none of the admirals were promoted to FA? what if the current admirals remain the same and another person got promoted to Fleet Admiral? i would laugh my ass off.

 

[BlackSword]

Re: One Piece 597 Discussion / 598 Prediction Thread

I Don't Care!! I want a Swordmaster Admiral! >.< Not to mention after letting like 200+ Criminals Escape from Impel Down I doubt they will give him a promotion.

 

[DEATHBOTT]

Re: One Piece 597 Discussion / 598 Prediction Thread

does magellan even count as a marine? i thought the prison staff were a different sub set of the wg. anyway i think he just appeared strong because luffy was just a bad match against him. the admirals would rape him imo. so i don't think he will be the new admiral. doberman or momongo or whatever his name is probably.

 

[jacek185]

Re: One Piece 597 Discussion / 598 Prediction Thread

magellan is not that strong its becouse of that poison and venom ;| he had a hard time with luffy + the candle armor xD so admiral will have not hard time with beating him maybe that marine with the Sabi Sabi no Mi(rust rust fruit) ? zoro had a hard time with him(almoast lost)

 

[Katz]

Re: One Piece 597 Discussion / 598 Prediction Thread

does magellan even count as a marine? i thought the prison staff were a different sub set of the wg. anyway i think he just appeared strong because luffy was just a bad match against him. the admirals would rape him imo. so i don't think he will be the new admiral. doberman or momongo or whatever his name is probably.

I wouldn't call him a marine, an employee of the WG very much yes.

but yea I don't see magellan becoming an admiral

A. he just failed at his job of being warden of ID, of course not his fault but none-the-less I'm sure the WG will place blame squarely on him

B. he would probably lose to any of the 3 admirals unless he fought them in a closed/sealed room cause though he might not being to hit them, logia's like everyone else have to breath, so he could possibly takedown admiral in a pure happenstance sort of way, but he's beatable, he's a strong bastard due to his DF yes, admiral level probably not

 

[DBC]

Re: One Piece 597 Discussion / 598 Prediction Thread

Regarding Magellan, two years is a long time. If he were to learn haki to deflect physical attacks then he would be extremely overpowered seeing as a fight against him is a fight against the clock. And certainly in two years he could possibly clean that mark off his record, possibly by rounding up escapees. Food for thought, sooo much can happen in two years you gotta keep an open mind.

 

[vagabond87]

Re: One Piece 597 Discussion / 598 Prediction Thread

I really dont know why are you guys discussing possibility of Magellan becoming new Admiral.. There is thread where you can write about who will become new Admiral.
http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62984&page=11

Only few days and we will have some summaries for new chapter... Im used to wait for manga like Berserk but its impossible to wait any longer week more for One Piece...