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Sort of; Oda hasn't explicitly said in an SBS that he's changed it, but on the cover page for chapter 651, Oda teamed up with Toshio Asakuma, a sculptor that specializes in animal figurines as near as I can find, to design animals that resemble the Straw Hats. Because this set retained...

Caesar definitely made contact, and as we've seen, any impact on a heart is enough to cause the victim to cough blood and potentially pass out. What I'm saying is that the anime showed the shrapnel embedded deep into the heart, whereas the manga only shows the initial contact which can be...

That would definitely make sense, though I think that there's an easy workaround that wouldn't require the manga to conform to the anime: the anime could justify it as Caesar's imagination. Remember, even in the manga, he's sure that he stabbed the heart thoroughly enough to kill Smoker. In the...

I could see that, though I think it might be interesting if rather than a controlling and manipulative relationship like the other girls have had, Monet has a more amicable relationship with Vegapunk. I get the impression that Vegapunk is a much kinder person than we've been led to believe by...

Hrngh, all of you, bein' so nice to me... 1623727647 I hear what you're saying, Carrot definitely doesn't really fit a lot of the patterns that have long been accepted by the fandom. For me, though, while I have a ton of fun analyzing patterns, I will always prioritize the flow of the...

Those are some good catches there! I can definitely see the secondary colors being for the non-human recruits, but in my mind that actually makes for a stronger argument for both Carrot and Pudding: Chopper=literal animal, Franky=cyborg, Jinbe=Fishman, Carrot=Mink, Monet=harpy...

I've seen people discuss the Yonko's colors before, the general consensus being that they seem to fit the Four Symbols of Chinese mythology: Whitebeard is Byakko the White Tiger, "Red Hair" Shanks is Suzaku the Vermilion Bird, Kaido with the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Seiryu is quite literally...

I'm not so sure that really lines up with what we know so far. Luffy being red definitely works for his personality and abilities (energetic, turns red w/ Gear 2, minor fire generation, etc.), but I don't see the rest of the crew matching the same way for the most part. Still, it could work...

Ooh, that's a toughy. Let's see... Like I said, I think Carrot is the most likely, so I'll go ahead and put her at 90%. I'll also give that to Monet because of all of the evidence I've found pointing towards her, but that other 10% is for the possibility that I'm wrong. Tama and Pudding, I'll...

I'll let her know you liked it! And shucks, my finest? You're too kind. Was there anyone you were hoping to see that I didn't end up mentioning, or would you say you're satisfied with the outcome? I believe the original theory was written prior to Pedro's supposed death, so I definitely...

Greys As I said, grey is unlikely on the basis that it could interfere with the Straw Hat 13, but it does have a couple of notable candidates, so I wouldn't be comfortable leaving it out entirely. Similar to Tashigi, Smoker gained a strong following after Scaling the Red Line, though unlike...

Introduction Hello, everyone! It is simultaneously a sad and glorious day for me, my friends. With the first volume of the second season of the Vivre Card Databook, Oda has finally graced us with Jinbe's official theme color, a revelation that I've been eagerly awaiting for several years now...

Oh my, Oumaga-san? You're making me blush Honestly, what I'd really like to see is for Bellamy to have custom Jolly Rogers for everyone, incorporating the Straw Hat into all of the Grand Fleet's standard flags or giving everyone their own, personal Jolly Roger like Oda's been doing for the...

You're welcome, I hope that was the answer you were looking for Like I said, I just don't think they're likely, but an argument definitely could be made for any of them. Oda can do whatever he wants with his story and I would probably be happy with it no matter what, even if it's not who I'm...

I'm glad you liked it! I don't particularly think that any of those four are likely to join the crew, though their chances aren't equal Buggy is easily the least likely, being a rival captain and direct antagonist to Luffy. He could become an ally, but I don't see him leaving the Buggy Pirates...

Another good point. Personally, I'd prefer it if Sanji was used to explore an alternate branch of Armament, as it seems to be implied that Armament has different uses similar to Observation's branch between presence-detection, clairvoyance, mind reading, and futuresight. Everything we've seen...

Ah, fair point. Yeah, I could definitely see him flipping a proverbial switch to get iron skin like his siblings then, but honestly Sanji's already trained himself to the point that I don't think he's that different from his siblings anyway. He's tanked an incredible amount of damage over the...

Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding, but it sounds like you're conflating "Lineage Factors" with "special abilities." "Lineage Factors", from Yonji's explanation, is literally the One Piece world's term for genetics and DNA. Devil Fruit grant abilities by literally changing the user's genetic...

Huh, I hadn't really considered that Weevil is a parallel to Buu. That's a nice catch, I'd definitely like to see him getting along with Usopp. If nothing else, I definitely see Weevil having a falling out with his mother. It seems clear that she's manipulating him (even more so in the original...

I'm curious, what got you on that train of thought in the first place? Just his strength, or have you considered the possibility of Weevil joining before? I've never even considered the possibility, and in fact I tend to forget Weevil even exists most of the time, so I'm really interested to...