Mihawk discussion

[DutchPhoenix]

mihawks real name is julakil mihawk, weird name actually xD

 

[Absolutio]

Julakil? I guess it's Latino/Hispani/etc. ?
I really wonder if we see him soon, sometime after the arc. He is one of the fav chars after all..

 

[Impel Down]

Mihawk's name is Dracule Mihawk or Juraquile Mihawk, actually. I think Dracule is more appropriate because he looks like a vampire.

 

[Imitorar]

It's not Julakil. It's usually romanized as Dracule, the joke being that he appeared in a coffin. However, the romaji actually come out to Juraquille, which is pronounced more or less the same way, but it sounds very French, which makes sense, when you consider how Mihawk looks. (Come on, he'd fit with the popular image of a Musketeer pretty well.) My guess is that Oda meant for both references, that he seems sort of French, but he acts a bit like a vampire. By the way, Viz, in their official American version of the manga, uses Juraquille, I believe. Either way, we'll know for sure once we see his Wanted poster, if we ever see it.

 

[Impel Down]

It's not Julakil. It's usually romanized as Dracule, the joke being that he appeared in a coffin. However, the romaji actually come out to Juraquille, which is pronounced more or less the same way, but it sounds very French, which makes sense, when you consider how Mihawk looks. (Come on, he'd fit with the popular image of a Musketeer pretty well.) My guess is that Oda meant for both references, that he seems sort of French, but he acts a bit like a vampire. By the way, Viz, in their official American version of the manga, uses Juraquille, I believe. Either way, we'll know for sure once we see his Wanted poster, if we ever see it.

Actually, Viz chose Dracule for his name, which makes more sense in my opinion, because of the vampire thing. I mean, the coat, the coffin-boat, the over-all appearence, the fact that he keeps coming out of mist or darkness, and all the crosses are sort of anti-vampire, so that's interesting.

But there's a French thing going on with him too, it seems. I mean, 4Kids (shakes fist at sky) gave him a frenchish accent.

 

[Imitorar]

Hey, the accents they gave people were always based off their physical characteristics. They were all (except maybe Shanks's) horrifically unfitting, but they made sense based on how the character looks. Mihawk really does look French. That's why I say Oda meant for both references, the vampire one and the Musketeer one. And I heard that the romaji is properly Juraquille anyway. Like I said, either one makes sense, since he looks sort of like both, and both were probably intended. We can't know for sure unless we see the Wanted poster.

 

[hollowfied]

Mihawk is awesome.

Hope we see him soon.

 

[Impel Down]

Just heard Mihawk's new dub voice in the Funi dub.

...it has no...bite. It's just a bland voice. I was disappointed. Now, don't get me wrong, it's better than the 4Kids French voice, but it just needs more character in it.

And about Mihawk plot-wise, since the WG is clearly sending real forces after Luffy and his crew, is it possible that they will try to send Mihawk as well, since he already had an interesting in the crew (well, Zoro, but he said the whole crew in the meeting). If he was to be sent, I think he'll show up much later, like in the New World, since they're so close and Kuma was already sent, so maybe the WG will just focus all their forces in the New World.

 

[Wale]

Mihawk is my favorite Shichibukai (but Crocodile is one of my favorite evils.. =D) i hope we see him again.. really soon =) There is something in his personality, that i like very much.. maybe that Mihawk is one of the most serious characters.

 

[ANBU4U]

Hey, the accents they gave people were always based off their physical characteristics. They were all (except maybe Shanks's) horrifically unfitting, but they made sense based on how the character looks. Mihawk really does look French. That's why I say Oda meant for both references, the vampire one and the Musketeer one. And I heard that the romaji is properly Juraquille anyway. Like I said, either one makes sense, since he looks sort of like both, and both were probably intended. We can't know for sure unless we see the Wanted poster.

I actually found Robin's country accent strangely fitting...

 

[Yami_Yami_No_Mi_89]

I think real Mihawk's name was Drakul...

 

[Impel Down]

It's never really romanized, but most people accept Dracule, like most dubs and subs and scans do.

I mean, he looks like a vampire, and there's a lot vampirey stuff about him, so Dracule just seems right.

 

[hollowfied]

So Mihawk can fight on par with a Yonkou, and he operates fine alone and without a crew in the New World..I think hes probably the strongest Shichibukai.

I mean Moria is incredibly strong, with his huge zombie army as well as Oz, and his immensely overpowered Shadow Asgard skill, and yet he still got owned in the New World by Kaidoh.

Crocodile wouldn't even be able to survive 2 weeks in the New World imo..

Quite huge power differences between the various Shichibukai...

 

[ANBU4U]

So Mihawk can fight on par with a Yonkou, and he operates fine alone and without a crew in the New World..I think hes probably the strongest Shichibukai.

I mean Moria is incredibly strong, with his huge zombie army as well as Oz, and his immensely overpowered Shadow Asgard skill, and yet he still got owned in the New World by Kaidoh.

Crocodile wouldn't even be able to survive 2 weeks in the New World imo..

Quite huge power differences between the various Shichibukai...

Seems reasonable, for some reason, to assume Moria began further experimentation with his Shadow abilities AFTER losing his crew in the new world. Discovering then his ability to reanimate corpses with stolen shadows...and THEN subsequently his ability to take in those same stolen shadow for however long.

Likely, and Moria believed this himself, upon reentering the New World he would have acquitted himself far better than his first trip.

 

[arcrouma]

Does anyone know why mihawk came to see shanks?

 

[Imitorar]

You mean in chapter 96, right after Luffy defeated Arlong? Then it was to tell Shanks about Luffy's bounty, which he thought Shanks might be interested in, because Shanks had told him a bit about how he lost his arm, and therefore, about Luffy. If you mean any other time, then you'd have to tell which time, because that's the only shown meeting between Shanks and Mihawk that I can think of.

 

[Absolutio]

To tell him of Luffy's first bounty (since he knew of his relations with him.. Mihawk and Shanks used to be closed rivals).

 

[kazuma_uzumaki]

I wonder if Mihawk's sword is one of the legendaries

 

[Imitorar]

I wonder if Mihawk's sword is one of the legendaries

I think it's been canonically confirmed that it is the best sword in the world. At any rate, I think Tashigi might have mentioned it back in Loguetown.

 

[ANBU4U]

I think it's been canonically confirmed that it is the best sword in the world. At any rate, I think Tashigi might have mentioned it back in Loguetown.

It's one of the world's twenty-one Ōwazamono, just like Wadō Ichimonji and Shuusui. Nothing more.