Spoiler One Piece Chapter 976 Spoilers Discussion

[PuckTheGreat]

Why would Lin Lin not kill Jinbei?

She was in an awesome mood thanks to the cake. Plus Jinbe had a very powerful soul, one strong enough to defy even her, so that might have been appealing enough for her to let him go. Why kill him if you could have his powerful soul? Plus depending on how many years she took, Jinbe might be due to die very soon so I think it's a pretty neat deal from Lilin's perspective.

 

[Fiji]

I hope so, but I doubt it.

I REALLY doubt it, it would make BM look even worse in the long run. How would Oda explain that? Big Mom just took his lifespan and then let him leave? Or she imprisoned him and he escaped?

 

[Flower]

But meatheads said 2 is not enough considering they face a yonko in her territory...

When an author who usually never kills off charas kills off two charas that is more than enough tbh. For Oda's standards WCI was a bloodbath...

 

[Kejon]

What does Jinbei's presence really changes to her story ? Even with his return the alliance is still not enough to take on two yonkos and I have still the feeling that her story with Elbaf is not done yet.

It gives the alliance a powerful fighter. Also, it shows that escaping a Yonko isn't that difficult.

Besides it would be absurd if she's taken out of the story with most of her crew and children, including her mentor Streusen, and one of her Special Homies being absent.

That's absurd and that is exactly what seems like is going to happen. That's how Oda is writing BM. She is the one Yonko everyone laughs at.

 

[Lion of Olympus]

I know Jinbei knew they were going to Wano, but how did he know EXACTLY the place they would be, it just seems convoluted

 

[Kejon]

I REALLY doubt it, it would make BM look even worse in the long run. How would Oda explain that? Big Mom just took his lifespan and then let him leave? Or she imprisoned him and he escaped?

I guess Jinbei just escaped, because he is Jinbei lmao.

 

[Blackbeard]

He is smiling like absolutely nothing happened, I'm willing to bet all of his fishmen subordinates are OK too lol

 

[Kejon]

Jinbei's sudden reappearance is really out of place.

 

[dirtyLarry]

So...did some people forget that two friends of the straw hats had to get sacrificed for the escape from WCI? How is that not showing how threatening this thing was? People keep forgetting about that...

Pedro?
Hardly anyone actually cared for him. His death was utterly emotionless and meaningless to most readers.

I still think that Katakuri actually set Jinbei & Co. free (we saw how he asked Luffy to defeat BM in the end), but if we get another lackluster explanation aka "Hey guys, I just successfully escaped!" this makes WCI so much worse.

At this point I actually don't even care how Oda treats BM or Kaido. I just don't feel any sense of danger and that ladies and gentlemen is just "bad writing" in terms of developing the villains.

Let's take Togashi again (just one example). He knows how to build his villains and develop them. Introduced the chimera ants and showed them murdering innocent civilians, even kids. Depicted Pitou murdering Kite in cold blood right at the start. That's how you set the tone for an arc and its villains. Not to mention the utter brilliance of Meruem's character development afterwards.

We're standing here and nobody even takes the villains seriously. In a way Akainu is the most intimidating foe right now and even he doesn't ooze terror.

 

[Lion of Olympus]

For those saying that Big Mom took Jinbei’s life span, Big Mom has absolutely NO reason not to kill Jinbei, it wouldn’t make sense

 

[LANJI CUCKSMOKE]

apparently law and kid are mad cause jimbei is an sh while they are stuck with jean bart and killer.

 

[Desolate Smaug]

And zoro just plummeted even lower in the crew's bounty ranking lol

 

[ShinmenTakezo]

If Togashi wrote One Piece we would get something like this lol.

Bless you

 

[Kejon]

She was in an awesome mood thanks to the cake. Plus Jinbe had a very powerful soul, one strong enough to defy even her, so that might have been appealing enough for her to let him go. Why kill him if you could have his powerful soul? Plus depending on how many years she took, Jinbe might be due to die very soon so I think it's a pretty neat deal from Lilin's perspective.

That just seems dumb, but I guess Oda wants her to be like that? Why would she let Jinbei live. He betrayed her, fought against her, helped the SH's escape, punched her so hard and knocked her off the ship. They stole Zeus, tarnished her reputation. And because of the cake she just let him go, because?

 

[Fiji]

Jinbei's sudden reappearance is really out of place.

I was expecting so much more from his appearance lol. I was speculating that he could have turned the tide of the war, bringing the Grand Fleet or something with him. Why did it take him so long to get here? Questions.. too many questions

 

[ImmaIvanoM]

I REALLY doubt it, it would make BM look even worse in the long run. How would Oda explain that? Big Mom just took his lifespan and then let him leave? Or she imprisoned him and he escaped?

But Big mom ALSO took Pedro's life span and let him leave. Hell she literally gave Pedro an escort and ship to leave WCI

You are assuming Big mom is more unreasonable than she actually is

 

[Desolate Smaug]

Law and Kid can't keep up to be honest. Jinbei on his own can rival both Law and Kidd. Then we have people like Zoro and Sanji who are outright stronger than any underling under Law or Kid

 

[ShinmenTakezo]

Togashi has his flaws (artwork, long dialogues), but in terms of storywriting and character development hardly any other mangaka comes close.

Stop.

 

[Red Dog]

I wonder if jinbei will interact with kawamatsu since they are both fishman...

 

[Blackbeard]

I know Jinbei knew they were going to Wano, but how did he know EXACTLY the place they would be, it just seems convoluted

He had Luffy's vivre card?