Chapter Discussion One Piece - Chapter 976 : "Allow Me To Introduce Myself"

[kom5]

JINBE *.* I'm glad he come back !!
Now with Jinbe and Sanji they have real asset in there back plus Kid now they will pose a threat to Kaido

Prob WBP and the grand fleet will arrive too and they will equal the might of Kaidos army

But Momo is a great plothole prob just a drama element in the future Oda sucked here

 

[Buusatan94]

I am looking at katakuris party being part of anti bm pirate group.

Kata and pudding probably released jinbei and hopefully germa. We already saw friction in children who thinks bm is otherwise.


Hopefully wecan see kata breaking up the ranks and join grandfleet.

I wouldn't count on it.
Katakuri's loyalty goes to his family above all and he wouldn't go in a direction that goes against most of his siblings and he certainely wouldn't want to cause a civil war inside his family. If Katakuri allies with Luffy it will be as the new head of his family and of the BMP.

Also I doubt that the BMP would have taken Jinbei and the Vinsmokes as prisonners given Jinbei's betrayal and the fact that they wanted to eliminate the Vinsmokes from the start.

 

[Sadistic Senpai]

True, well I honestly like the Momo idea and I'd love it if Momo became like Oden. Would he be willing to sacrifice part of his childhood for it? Not sure what his fighting style would even be, save for his Dragon Zoan.

Do you remember Momo's words to Luffy when he asked him to join and ally during Zou??

Momo while crying: Luffy... I wish to protect my own retainers and avenge my father and mother's death... Kaido is my enemy.. but my body is small.. I do not have the strength to do so..

Look, I'm not saying that Momo will become as strong as Oden... obviously he will not...
but all I'm saying that he is MORE THAN WILLING to at least have the body of an adult to at least do some work in this war... I'm more than certain that if plot lead to it... and he had the choice... he would do it

Momo will have descent level of strength to make some difference at least... however, he will lack the skills and experience that the normal person will collect during their normal growth... so basically Momo will be "hakiless" and "not many various techniques" and battle experience... but he will grow in strength exponentially just in terms of "physically"

And with the small training session he did with Zoro in swords (I'm sure Oda put that in many panels not just for show... he will put it on display... and I am against it making a difference when he's in the body of 8 year old kid" specially in a massive war like the one that is incoming!

That's my opinion... I can be surely wrong since it's just speculation at this point

 

[Esc]

I didn't pay attention to that neck LOL
But really
Is Oda only making Sanji use armament when the panel is NOT CLEAR at all?
what the fuck

Against Daifuku the panel is SOOO ZOOMED OUT
And this one is in his neck which his clothes is cover MOST OF IT

While in Raid Suit when his shoe is white... or when he was wearing the groom clothes ALMOST ALL OF WCI arc... and Oda couldn't careless about showing a single clear panel of it

Is he just planting these small unclear detail as a way to make the big panel during the War???? cause that's really unnecessary honestly... or does he intend to make the first clear panel is while him combining it with Diable jambe?? maybe black flames hype??

I don't see the reason behind Oda only showing unclear panels of them Sanji's CoA... makes no sense other than delaying the main big panel for an important power showcase later

It's not like hardening is some kind of crazy impressive power at this state of the story either, the mystery is just stupid

 

[Sadistic Senpai]

For people to discuss it, maybe. I'm pretty confident that Oda loves to leave small details, ambiguities, etc. just as baits for readers to theorize, debate and ultimately increase his work's influx.

But if it is not going to pay off at the end... there is no point other than blueballing people

 

[Charlotte Horchata]

But if it is not going to pay off at the end... there is no point other than blueballing people

I know, but that's basically the point. I'm sure we could go back and compilate all kind of things that didn't pay off but seems like they were put in there for us to theorize. This or Oda actually thinks his drawing is explicit enough and just wouldn't believe that we're doubting Sanji's black hardening.

 

[Sadistic Senpai]

So she can't control her devil fruit in a good way for over 20 years? In chapter 920,kinemon was already aware of shinobu's DF abilty so she had to have it before toki time-travelled the scabbards.
Isn't that just her maturing badly due to the bad conditions she was in for the last 20 years? We saw people aging in weird ways so it could just be that.

Kinemon arrived early on Wano... he made contact with Shinobu... so it's okay if she told him about what happened with her when they were gone

Also... during the flashback of Oden... there was NOT A SINGLE PANEL of her using her DF ability

Meaning when she ate the DF... it happened AFTER thy were transported into the future...
So she could have eaten it in the past 20 years or 10 years or 5 years or whatever...

Also... you talk as if Brook mastered his DF when he had his fruit for over 50 years...

Brook still is evolving... Shinobu can still evolve as well... Luffy the main character who every arc evolves beyond ANY OTHER CHARACTER has his DF for over 13 years and STILLLL mastering it day after day...

mastering a DF is never determined by the amount of time you have it... it all depends on the person and how good he is

Seeing Shinobu's personality which mostly is Gag and comedy... assuming that she has no great application to her DF is not farfetched at all imo EVEN if she has it for years.. she can still grow better...

 

[Murilo]

Hopefully Toei will flash out Sanji using Haki more in the episode, also can't wait for the filler with the whole crew blocking the arrows.

 

[Sadistic Senpai]

It's not like hardening is some kind of crazy impressive power at this state of the story either, the mystery is just stupid

Exactly my point...
I mean if it's a power that is "RARE" by people... not many use it

Then sure... hide it and reveal it later in bigger and better panel

But CoA hardening now is fucking so prevelant that it is so fucking stupid if Oda is thinking that it will be a big deal if he revealed it later...

The ONLY WAY that it can be payed off in a good way is if revealing it for the first time will be in "combination with Diable Jambe" and turning his flame into "black flames"

That is the ONLY WAY it can be payed off as "unique reveal"

But delaying its reveal just to make a panel later him using normal hardening is honestly so bad considering how many people use it anyway

 

[Kejon]

Brah... they are wrong
It never was stated on manga panels... I even went back now and checked the scenes in which her abilties were involved...

And also that is the only panel that explains her powers

Also... I will even extend my analysis even more and say that the REAL REASON that Shinobu turned from being that sexy youthful looking woman into an old looking mature person is that "she can't control her DF ability" in a good way yet... so she matured a WHOLE LOT MORE than what she normally should... I think Oda will use that DF for two things in this arc:

1- To allow Momonosuke to have BIG PART in this war... since he's Oden's heir... Oden the god damn legend.. and a small kid is not going to have big role.. but making him adult will prove worthy... At least he'll have some muscles to back up his skills..and DF

2- Oda somehow... someway... he will manage to make Shinobu CANCEL the affect of her DF on herself... because DF can do the affect... and can also in some case cancel the affect... so she will cancel the affect on herself... and she will get back to her "sexy young self" at one point...

Well, for now, she only used her DF to affect inanimate objects. But, if her DF also workded on people, she could instantly kill them and that would be too powerful.

This is what they say:

The Juku Juku no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit which allows the user to mature and decay inanimate objects. It was eaten by Shinobu.

I think it makes more sense that way.

 

[Sadistic Senpai]

Well, for now, she only used her DF to affect inanimate objects. But, if her DF also workded on people, she could instantly kill them and that would be too powerful.

This is what they say:

The Juku Juku no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit which allows the user to mature and decay inanimate objects. It was eaten by Shinobu.

I think it makes more sense that way.

Lol... believe your wiki until they are proven wrong later LOL

 

[Un-amed]

2019:Jimbe doesn't fit as nakama, and it's dead.
2020:Jimbe new nakama, and is still alive.
2019: carrot is horrible as Nakama...
2020-2021...New nakama xD

 

[Crooc]

Oh, how convenient.
By the way, I don't like how obsess Kid is with Luffy, like c'omn man you've got better things to do.

 

[Albino 👑]

Law said fuck the alliance

Tho man better start begging the scabbards to stay as long as possible after seeing jinbei join luffy

 

[Murilo]

By the way, I don't like how obsess Kid is with Luffy, like c'omn man you've got better things to do.

This is just the start, when he realize how much of a fodder he is next to Luffy by the end of the arc, his role as his cheerleader will be official.

 

[Gintoki]

The absolute state of Carrot's chances of joining the Strawhat crew

 

[Sadistic Senpai]

The absolute state of Carrot's chances of joining the Strawhat crew

Lol, for real... she's irrelevant...

 

[Vlad D. Impaler]

I wouldn't count on it.
Katakuri's loyalty goes to his family above all and he wouldn't go in a direction that goes against most of his siblings and he certainely wouldn't want to cause a civil war inside his family. If Katakuri allies with Luffy it will be as the new head of his family and of the BMP.

Also I doubt that the BMP would have taken Jinbei and the Vinsmokes as prisonners given Jinbei's betrayal and the fact that they wanted to eliminate the Vinsmokes from the start.

If BM captured Jinbei, than given how strong Jinbei is, she would have used his soul to create a powerful homei or would have done something terrible to him seeing how he played a big role in humiliating her... But how did he escape her without a scratch when she had him surrounded with her whole army??? There's definitely a catch, and I've got a bad feeling about Jinbei.

 

[Hereforthesalt]

Yikes chapter all for jinbe entrance and luffy’s boring “I’ll save you promises”

this is the NEW WORLD!!! Is anything new??? Are the strawhats just going to accidentally bumble their way through the toughest waters ever no problem? It seems same as ever, cliche and tired, if not worse this chapter. I appreciate oda’s hard work, I enjoy his penchant for ‘romance’, but it goes to far in moments like this when the stakes are too high. You’d think the Yonkou was another thriller bark scenario or something. I’m not feeling this chapter AT ALL and the drama is just not hitting for the most part. I did like Kin’s statement that this might be the end for him and the scabbards, but that’s about it.

/self-salt

happy for those who liked the chapter and at least we’re getting some version of a sea battle now... sort of

 

[kurwa]

With Jinbe back we got perfect match ups

Luffy vs Kaido ( captain v captain)
Jinbe v Queen (strength v strength)
Sanji v King (fire v fire)
Zolo vs Kanjuro (clown v clown)