Recent content by Rocks D. Xebec

I thought ZKK might happen after Luffy beat Kaido, but this is delusional at this point. Oda decided to kill Kaido with magma instead. Akainu's stock is through the roof.

Disappointed that Gear 4th still drains Luffy's haki for 10 minutes. In terms of portrayal so far in this fight: Zoro >= Luffy > Law > Kidd > Killer Zoro and Luffy are clearly getting more shine. Kidd has an opportunity to step up now that Zoro is busy protecting a defenseless Luffy. Imagine...

Oda didn't cuck us and immediately transition to another scene. :finally: Zoro learned Foxfire Style!! It looks like he hasn't mastered Enma yet, so his ryou will get stronger as the fight goes on. Killer confirms he was nerfed without his primary weapons. Punk Rotten looks incredibly badass...

I was about call you a moron and say the hilts are completely different. Then I saw the post-timeskip design. Shanks has Roger's sword. :chopoff:

That would be a satisfying conclusion to Kaido's character arc, but nothing would be stopping him from continuing to do what he did to Wano. In the case of Crocodile/Doflamingo, they needed the Shichibukai system to back their rule. Kaido can do it with strength alone. I'm not actually pushing...

Containment can't ever be a permanent solution. If an author imprisons a villain in a long-running action story, the audience assumes its because he intends for that villain to return. There has been discussion about if/when Doflamingo will return since the end of Dressrosa. Oda can write an...

Somebody has to kill Kaido. :kayneshrug: Kaido isn't like the previous arc villains. We learned during his introduction that he literally cannot be contained. He's lost to Yonko and the Marines numerous times, but they can never imprison or execute him. If Luffy punches him out, he'll just get...

Kaido was just a pirate apprentice on Rocks' crew. The Fish-Fish fruit is clearly symbolic of Kaido's strength over time. He was a koi who climbed the waterfall and became a dragon. He was likely a non-factor at the time. We'll probably see this in his flashback. Linlin and Whitebeard were also...

Kidd fans are forgetting who Luffy's real rival in the Worst Generation is. Oda hasn't foreshadowed Kidd defeating either Kaido or Big Mom, so this talk about Kidd beating Linlin seems like wishful thinking to me. Tbh, I don't see 5 Supernova winning against 2 Yonko at this stage. I think Oda...

I think you're underestimating Garp's feat based on Chinjao's showing against Luffy. Chinjao himself is fodder, his head is the only impressive part of him. Chinjao's drill head is said to be able to split continents. Although we don't we see him split the entire ice continent on panel, we can...

Post-Wano Bounties: Sword God Zoro - 2.2 Billion Luffy - 2 Billion Kidd - 2 Billion Law - 1.8 Billion Killer - 1.6 Billion Sanji - 1.33 Billion Robin - 1.3 Billion God Usopp - 800 Million Jinbe - 500 Million Franky - 440 Million Brook - 330 Million Nami - 166 Million Chopper - 500 Yamato - 0...

My understanding was that barrier haki is an advanced application of hardening, expanding it outside of your body. I may be wrong, that's why I qualified it as an assumption. Like you said, we won't know for sure until Oda explains it, but I doubt he will. :kayneshrug:

If permanently blackening your sword is the pinnacle of CoA, then we only know of two characters who have done so: Mihawk & Ryuma. Although that's just an assumption for now. The best we can infer is that Garp has the best CoA, since he lacks any weapon, devil fruit, or special power to keep up...

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Burgess does not outrank Shiryu. The Ten Titanic Captains are equal in rank, but Shiryu is the strongest. Oda has stated that the Whitebeard Pirates' Commanders were of equal rank as well. Ace was obviously not the 2nd strongest commander on WB's crew. Shiryu > Burgess Jozu & Vista > Ace...