Spoiler One Piece Chapter 998 Spoilers Discussion

[Zara]

It’s zoro > apoo > drake > killer

 

[critical mindset]

It was signposted that he was nerfed by Oda in the nami scene where others commented it was surprising he was taking real damage even from Nami.
Usopp being an endurance monster himself who didn't have to fight top level combatants in CQC means that is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.
Vergo was a CoA specialist stronger than Smoker and Sanji didn't have proper hardening until WCI, of course it was a bad matchup.
Sanji still "won" a moral victory by saving the marines and preventing Vergo from his goal of killing them all, and small fracture aside Sanji was still able to run and fight with no constraints.

Another deluded Sanji stan

Sanji is a cuck ass bitch with weak bones then is your argument, just so you can downplay Vergo with gag scenes, nice going there

 

[Finalbeta]

You're too late. They already started downplaying this feat even in the spoiler thread of the chapter 988, when Kaido was stabbed
These wankers are fast I tell you

Yeah but I'm supposedly waiting for the moment the fight will finally come into place. The only way some sense will be spread into them is that Zoro will manage to evade Kaido's attacks or even block a Thunder Bagua.

 

[HA001]

iva was out for two whole chapters. for apoo it hasn't even been 1. he got right up.

Chapters isnt a timeframe

 

[ImmaIvanoM]

Zoro fainted after Killers attack tho

You mean because he was hungry

 

[WesMidnight]

It wasn't team. That was all Zoro. Drake didn't see the attack nor did he know Zoro was getting ready to attack.

Apoo was prone from having his weapons occupied clashing against Drake, while running from everyone else also.
Zoro was huffing the panel before this happened, so they were both involved in a 2vs1 against Apoo with strategically negative surroundings for Apoo.

 

[WoronoaWoro]

mid chapter

 

[Kuruka]

Ivankov was able of catching up with the other prisonners a few chapters after just in time to help them against Magellan and his Venom Denom, that's not what I call being out of commision for a long time.

stop with the semantics...Apoo just RIGHT UP after zoros attack and ivankov was out for like two whole chapters

 

[LANJI CUCKSMOKE]

apoo should be commended
he has taken a beating
xdrake is in hybrid
a tad disappointing

 

[Underworld.Kingpin]

And now Ace will have "Ryou" and damage Kaido pre time skip...

LMAO

 

[Blother Fertitta]

It was signposted that he was nerfed by Oda in the nami scene where others commented it was surprising he was taking real damage even from Nami.
Usopp being an endurance monster himself who didn't have to fight top level combatants in CQC means that is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.
Vergo was a CoA specialist stronger than Smoker and Sanji didn't have proper hardening until WCI, of course it was a bad matchup.
Sanji still "won" a moral victory by saving the marines and preventing Vergo from his goal of killing them all, and small fracture aside Sanji was still able to run and fight with no constraints.

You can hate on Zoro or whoever, but ay dont disrespect Vergo. The dead cant defend themselves, scum

 

[CbShadow]

iva was out for two whole chapters. for apoo it hasn't even been 1. he got right up.

No, Apoo didn't get right back up so just stop.

The haters are losing their mind because they fail to comprehend the greatness of Zoro. Let it explain it.

When Apoo was falling last chapter we saw the antidote flying through the air and land in Zoro's hand. Nobody questioned that part because most was too focus on Zoro's attack speed and offensive cutting ability. This chapter Apoo is defeated for the second time, this time by Drake. Because of that some are questioning Zoro's attack because they fail to understand the importance of scene with the antidote.

Let's go back and look at the scene to determine how the antidote flew through the air because we know it wasn't in his hand because Apoo was holding his tonfas. That means the antidote would have been in his clothes. How did it come out of his clothes? The only logical explanation is while Zoro was cutting Apoo he hit the antidote with his sword but instead of cutting through the antidote he just knocked it out of his clothes.

That's only possible with the ability to cut nothing. Which is a power that allows swordsman to only cut what they want to cut. Zoro wouldn't have wanted to cut the antidote.

Damn, the antidote saved Apoo from being killed. Lucky him.

That scene showed so much more than what we realized. It showed Zoro's speed, power and mastery of ryuo (barrier haki).

Zoro's greatness does not stop.
:cheers:

Exactly.

This is the scene after Zoro dropped Apoo.

This is the scene when Queen considered him a failure and was ready to kill him.

Apoo was defeated and people try to claim he wasn't.

With my post I've already proven why Apoo wasn't hurt as bad as he could have been and that he didn't get right back up.

 

[Fuckthis3]

They are pirates. If zoro can interfere in a 1v1(Apoo vs Drake). Than drake can finish the job, and put apoo to sleep.

Ok then drake cheapshot too

 

[pg13]

There is a difference between the two.

Sanji attacked Oven from the rear. When he kicked Oven he was outside of Oven's body and out of his line of sight. Sanji kicked across of his body and him near the collarbone. Look at Oven's left leg and compared to the location of Sanji's body.

Zoro attacked Apoo from the front and with a single swing he cut through Apoo tonfa, cut Apoo and didn't cut the anitdote. Instead he knocked the antidote out of his clothes. All thanks to us ability to cut nothing. Zoro attack was a frontal attack and he cut Apoo on the white part of his clothes that goes down the center of his body.

These two scenarios are very similar actually, since Apoo gets up after Zoro's attack.... Basically Sanji and Zoro blitz Oven and Apoo and then Another supernova being Capone and X Drake attack them afterwards.

Both Oven and Apoo were engaged in combat with someone else too, (Apoo's being a lot more intense).

 

[LANJI CUCKSMOKE]

It’s zoro > apoo > drake > killer

pretty much

 

[Fleet Leader Fenaker]

Another deluded Sanji stan

Sanji is a cuck ass bitch with weak bones then is your argument, just so you can downplay Vergo with gag scenes, nice going there

they try to do that when sanji used his leg to counter vergo leg attacks it didn't get cracked but when he used his ankle magically it became nerfed

 

[Albino 👑]

Brook vs black maria forshadowing?

 

[ImmaIvanoM]

also any gifter would do similar demage to apoop too

You mean any gifter is as strong as Zoro?

 

[Blother Fertitta]

And now Ace will have "Ryou" and damage Kaido pre time skip...

LMAO

Yeo i sweater god if ace has ryuo

 

[Paperchampion23]

Don't fall for it......Especially given Oda's history..... 1 or 2 of these matchups might be confirmed but theres no all 3 are. if it is this is definitely gonna be very interesting.

At this, point while its not inherently obvious, I think its starting point that way too, imo:

- Nami/Usopp are running from Ulti, the last thing P1 said was for her to do it herself. He was temporarily held up by the Baboon. They may fight her again later on, they may not.

- P1, stuck on the Performance Floor again, is where Chopper seems to be staying for the remainder of the fight (to handle the Ice Oni issue), may lead to something may not.

- Sanji and Jinbe seem to be fighting characters that are of a similar caliber to who Franky may fight this arc (Sasaki). We know they are of a different combative group than Franky is.

- We also know Queen is interested in Sanji, that must play out.

- Robin/Brook are left pointless on the performance floor, potentially they go into the mansion and take over the fights for Sanji and Jinbe respectively?

- Leaving Sanji to potentially deal with Queen and give Jack reasonable time to continue and recover to fight Jinbe.

- This depends on if Luffy doesn't run into Jack and fight him on his own, but I doubt he needs to prove himself against another YC.

- Leaving Zoro to potentially eventually leave with Marco to the roof, where King may interfere (not indicating who Zoro will fight, just saying this is possible)


Just seems very cookie cutter and already planned out. Every chapter it feels like it gets clearer but we have to see where Yamato will end up, and who Zoro, Sanji, Jinbe, Robin and Brook end up actually fighting.