The Next Shichibukai?

[Wisshard]

up to this point all the shichibukai has animal theme. [...]

ah yea forgot about Blackbeard. i keep finding myself forgetting that BB was shichibukai. it just goes to show how desperate they are to get the new shichibukai(s)[...]

You think the World Government was desperate because they gave a Shichibukai position to someone without an animal theme?

 

[BlindMunkey]

You think the World Government was desperate because they gave a Shichibukai position to someone without an animal theme?

i wasn't saying that but if you would like to consider it. its not out of the realm of possibilities. as far as I'm assuming all the original Shichibukai was probably approached by WG first. with BB it wasn't the case. reason wise it could be little bit of everything such as he caught Ace and WG being desperate. anyways.
they are in dire need to fill the empty spots now because they want to keep the balance in power which is shifting currently.

 

[Darek Khort]

Buggy. I just know it!
Buggy will be all thinking *"OMG! If I become a shichibukai I won't have to worry about the WG and Marines anymore! And pirates will fear me! This is perfect!"*
And his crew will think "OMG! Buggy is so great even the WG recognises his greatness!"

 

[chrizzl]

Buggy. I just know it!
Buggy will be all thinking *"OMG! If I become a shichibukai I won't have to worry about the WG and Marines anymore! And pirates will fear me! This is perfect!"*
And his crew will think "OMG! Buggy is so great even the WG recognises his greatness!"

as much as i think this i also think that buggy became a captin to not take orders off anyone (but i surpose most captins do that) it just i dont see buggy liking the idea of being ordered around because we need to remember his last time of taking orders was from Gold Roger and i feel it would be a step down to take orders from the WG

 

[kkck]

as much as i think this i also think that buggy became a captin to not take orders off anyone (but i surpose most captins do that) it just i dont see buggy liking the idea of being ordered around because we need to remember his last time of taking orders was from Gold Roger and i feel it would be a step down to take orders from the WG

Shichibukai are hardly ordered around though. Given what we have seen, the only hold the WG has on shichibukai is that they can take the title away at any time. Remember mihawk and hancock? Mihawk rarely attended the meetings and the only way the WG could extort hancock into participating in the war was by threatening to remove her title. Not to mention she was hardly interested in keeeping the title, all she cared about was helping luffy. Flamingo practically dared the WG to remove his title. Not to mention he did it while in a marine base. Considering the huge risk there is involved threatening to remove a title (mihawk, boa, flamingo could easily resign their title at a whim) and the huge risk of having someone like mihawk, who could be potentially be as strong as a yonkou, or any of the other shichibukai roam as free agents I doubt it'd be something they'd do regularly.

 

[tret16]

it's inevitable, buggy is most likely goin to accept the request of being a shichibukai because he want's to be viewed as a strong pirate and what better then to be a shichibukai... The ONLY thing i could think of which would make him decline the offer is that he is serious about becoming the pirate king, but to me he was alway's just pretending to try for that so that his new crewmates would kep following him.

 

[kkck]

I think buggy would accept such a position but for different reasons. I think he is dead serious about wanting to be a pirate king or whatnot but the truth is and he knows it that he is not strong enough. His crew has level 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 prisoners which makes it monstrously powerful, it is by all intents and purposes a massive military force which could easily break havoc anywhere in the first half of the grand line. Thing is, he should be aware of the level of power people in the second half of the grand have along with the power of strong marines. In that sense, he is very well aware a single other shichibukai, a single VA or above marine or perhaps even an average NW crew (depending on the power of the crews there) could annihilate the lot of them. A shichibukai title works for the marines and buggy. It helps to keep the WG from buggy's back and it helps the WG by keeping buggy's crew in check.

 

[Fox666]

up to this point all the shichibukai has animal theme. Buggy does not. Oda simply does not do the obvious.

Interesting. Could it be that out of the 7 in animal theme, there would be also the ones with playing cards theme? I.e. Joker (Buggy) and Ace. However, I don't know which card Blackbeard would represent...

 

[Lord Rayleigh]

Blackbeard does not have any animal and yet he was turned Shichibukai. So it does not mean anything for Buggy's candidacy.

 

[Faust]

I think anyone here has the high rate to be a shichibukai:

1. Buggy
2. Capone "Gang" Bege
3. Crocodile (will regain the title)
4. Mr. 1 (together with Crocodile)
5. Alvida
6. Chew (Member of Arlong Pirates)
7. Don Krieg
8. Captain Kuro
9. Sarquiss (Bellamy Pirates)

 

[MaiSiaoSiao]

I think anyone here has the high rate to be a shichibukai:

1. Buggy
2. Capone "Gang" Bege
3. Crocodile (will regain the title)
4. Mr. 1 (together with Crocodile)
5. Alvida
6. Chew (Member of Arlong Pirates)
7. Don Krieg
8. Captain Kuro
9. Sarquiss (Bellamy Pirates)

Lol most these candidates here have been defeated either by Luffy himself or his crew mates.And if 1 of them were to become a Shichibukai then Sengoku might as well announce the disbandment of the Shichibukai.

 

[kkck]

I think anyone here has the high rate to be a shichibukai:

1. Buggy
2. Capone "Gang" Bege
3. Crocodile (will regain the title)
4. Mr. 1 (together with Crocodile)
5. Alvida
6. Chew (Member of Arlong Pirates)
7. Don Krieg
8. Captain Kuro
9. Sarquiss (Bellamy Pirates)

Crocodile is the only pirate there who is not more worthless than cannon fodder. Buggy has a name and a powerful crew to back him up but his actual strength is worthless. The rest of them are nameless worthless pirates who the marines or government would not even bother looking at. Seriously, they are so pathetic, weak small and petty its not even funny. They are so weak, that the government would not know the difference between them being as they are now and them being crippled and bed ridden. Crocodile obviously has the caliber to be a shichibukai and buggy has a decent shot due to his luck but the rest of them have invariably not a sliver of a chance in hell. Then again, the government is not bound to repeat the whole crocodile situation so he also has no chance whatsoever.

 

[Lord Rayleigh]

If Capone Bege was to be defeated by the captain of the UFO, he would possibly end up as a Shichibukai. After all, it seems Crocodile became a Shichibukai after Whitebeard put an end to his dream there in New World.

 

[Flenser]

Buggy will be shichibukai

... I'm calling it now.
Didn't see anything else relating to this on the forums, but I thought it needed mentioning
My reasons are:
1. There are openings (3, if I'm not mistaken) that need to be filled
2. His reputation has been given such a boost by the marineford battle that has set him, for all intents and purpouses, almost on par with the yonkou.
3. He recieved a message from the world gvmnt. contents unknown, but I'm willing to bet that this is exactly what it concerned.

Or what do you guys think?

 

[kkck]

Re: Buggy will be shichibukai

^Are you kidding? I have been saying that ever since buggy got blamed for the ID incident. Its in my sig for crying out loud.

 

[Lord Rayleigh]

Re: Buggy will be shichibukai

It's not only about kkck, everyone on this forum have considered the possibility that Buggy became one of the Shichibukai during the time skip. We had a lot of posts about that, it's just that you're a new member and that you did not see them when it was discussed : we already had a look at it, and there's not much to discuss anymore. Now we've moved on, and we are interested by the current events at the Sabaody Archipelago.

 

[hy4k]

I've been thinking about this a bit and there's a few people i'd like to see as shichubukai.

Kidd naturally because he is a brutal motherfucker and shichibukai status would give him free reign. Hawkins would be good too as he struck me as quite a badass dude

Buggy HAS to be a shichibukai, if only for comedic purposes

I also want to see rob lucci as a shichibukai. Perhaps he takes up piracy after taking out spandine/spandam. He was an excellent villain, and a powerful one to boot

If they need an old guy Shiki would be good too

 

[Fox666]

I can't imagine Capone as a Shichibukai. He almost wet his pants when he heard that an Admiral would come to Shabondy.

Apoo also run from Kizaru after shooting him. Bonney also looks far too weak for the post. And I can't see a non captain like Killer with the position.

So none of these I can see as a Shichibukai. Ironically these are also the ones with less than 200 million.

The others, Law, Drake, Hawkins and Kidd have worth potential. However, Drake is a former marine, it seems unlikely he would "return" to them. So I leave the other 3...

 

[kkck]

I've been thinking about this a bit and there's a few people i'd like to see as shichubukai.

Kidd naturally because he is a brutal motherfucker and shichibukai status would give him free reign. Hawkins would be good too as he struck me as quite a badass dude

Buggy HAS to be a shichibukai, if only for comedic purposes

I also want to see rob lucci as a shichibukai. Perhaps he takes up piracy after taking out spandine/spandam. He was an excellent villain, and a powerful one to boot

If they need an old guy Shiki would be good too

I don't think the rookies in general have what the WG currently would expect from a shichibukai. They want people with considerable strength and a strong name to back them up. The supernova might be quite famous in the first half of the grand line but their names won't scare anyone in the new world. The gorousei even mentioned they were going to take their time with that and choose people with strong names to back them up. Shiki would be a great choice for a shichibukai. Wonder if he is alive though. Even if he was, I doubt he would accept the position though. Lucci would still need to grow stronger to be a proper shichibukai. Above lucci not being strong enough, his name is completely unknown. I guess it is possible he can have a significant power boost over the timeskip though but that would only be the bare minimum.

 

[caco]

The others, Law, Drake, Hawkins and Kidd have worth potential. However, Drake is a former marine, it seems unlikely he would "return" to them. So I leave the other 3...

I agree with you about drake but maybe the WG wont give the seat to law because he helped luffy to run away from them. Kidd is the one who have the most chance in opinion.