Speculations So have Smoker, Hina and Tashigi been completely passed over in favor of the SWORD Marines?

#21
honestly Smoker and Tashigi should've been Vice Admirals Pre Timeskip, and then Post Timeskip they should've been the Admiral Candidates. Especially Tashigi based on her dream.
Hell no. I am happy that Oda does not sacrifice world and character consistency for story relevance.
 
#22
Tashigi may fight Shiryu

https://x.com/3SkullJoe/status/1950071931190808631

Source: 3SkullJoe

".Shiryu's epithet is "Shiryu of the Rain."

.Tashigi's sword is "Shigure." / "Autumn Rain."

.It was raining when Zoro first fought Tashigi

.When it started raining in Alabasta, Tashigi was the first to comment

.Tashigi used a rain themed move to finish off Monet

.Tashigi can't see in her introduction

.Shiryu is invisible

.Tashigi's dream is to take the Meito blades from evil swordsman

.Shiryu is the stereotype of an evil swordsman"

Some people think that would make her yc1, orhers yc+, others that it would make her yonko level, it's up to your view of Shiryu's strength and how much stronger he will be then

Coby and Smoker will be minimum pirate king level, because both have an agreement with Luffy to fight at full power, but really at least Coby will be stronger than Roger, either by a bit, or by a lot, it depends on how much the new generation will surpass Roger

Welmeppo and Grus are also the future of the marines so minimum yc+, especially when Tashigi will be possibly yonko level and then train Welmeppo
 
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#23
The chicks are useless as always. Smoker will scream about Koby bringing the dawn to justice or shit like that:suresure:
Yes, Lmoker is embarrassing for the marines.
But people are gonna make fun of Sword for the design, when they didn't take the gauntlet of Ls of Lmoker.
People being fags of such a loser is hilarious.
People say helmeppo is too weak when he got second fastest promotion ratio registered in the navy history, in fact Garp at 22 barely joined and he didn't get promotions as fast as his current pupils.
People expect to see Lmoker getting stronger, but I actually think Oda will write about Helmeppo trying to not be behind Coby now that he got that power up, maybe we will see Helmeppo training harder alongside the legendary Bogard.
 
#26
None of the marines had any writing work put into them besides garp, the admirals and smoker
You cant ditch somethign what was never there
 
#32
Are we going to ignore the fact that before Hashinosu, Koby was an almost forgettable character?

Smoker surelly will comeback lmao
Since Enies Lobby, Coby has been routinely showcased doing pro-active things and earning small victories around the world, while Smoker has only had a handful of pathetic displays in Punk Hazard.

That being said, don't think I'm a Coby fan by any means, since I'm not liking the direction Oda is taking him either.

Both characters have been mishandled.
 
#34
Since Enies Lobby, Coby has been routinely showcased, while Smoker has only had a handfully of pathetic displays in Punk Hazard.
" Since Ennies Lobby, Koby has been showcased", how cute, Smoker has been showcased since Loguetown when Koby was still cleaning the toilets, and he also appeared in Alabasta/Marineford.

Also, let's not pretend Koby only cameback in Reverie during Post-TS so stop with this "routinely showcased" lol. About PH, we already know that Oda can simply retcon an character powerlvl lol.
 
#35
I don't understand what you meant

Are you talking about Smoker interactions with Luffy? That's the essence of their dynamic. essence. A cat and mouse chase. Far better than Koby being Luffy fanboy
Its not a funny chase tho, like ever since he met luffy his whole life revolves around him, he went even into the new world because of him
 
#36
" Since Ennies Lobby, Koby has been showcased", how cute, Smoker has been showcased since Loguetown when Koby was still cleaning the toilets
Do you not know how to read by chance?
I'm not talking about introductions, but proactive scenes.
Coby has done shit more recently and at length, whereas Smoker's successful plotlines are relegated back to Alabasta; PH was not a good arc for Smoker, and ever since he's done nothing (other than the one panel with him dragging the cube out at sea), while Coby has had the SWORD development, the Rocky Port incident connection with both BB and Law, the incident with Boa, became Garp's official successor, and unlocked CoC against the FV's crew.
There is no comparison between Smoker's and Coby's portrayals post-timeskip.
 
#37
Do you not know how to read by chance?
I'm not talking about introductions, but proactive scenes.
Coby has done shit more recently and at length, whereas Smoker's successful plotlines are relegated back to Alabasta; PH was not a good arc for Smoker, and ever since he's done nothing (other than the one panel with him dragging the cube out at sea), while Coby has had the SWORD development, the Rocky Port incident connection with both BB and Law, the incident with Boa, became Garp's official successor, and unlocked CoC against the FV's crew.
There is no comparison between Smoker's and Coby's portrayals post-timeskip.
And i'm telling you that doesn't fucking matters.

Koby was nothing in Post-TS until Reverie while Smoker was more relevant since he appeared in 2nd Timeskip arc, now the situation has just reversed. Koby got more spotlight and Smoker didn't.

The thing is, it's certain Smoker will returns. Do you think 2 OG one piece characters are just going to be forgotten for the sake of this new trash marine generation?
 
#38
Do you think 2 OG one piece characters are just going to be forgotten for the sake of this new trash marine generation?
I think whatever storylines Oda had planned for Tashigi will either be off-paneled or sped-through, and whatever storylines Oda had planned for Smoker (Roger-Garp like dynamic & anti-Shichibukai honest Marine) were transposed onto Coby and Fujitora respectively, leaving Smoker a hollow character. I don't doubt he will play a role in the future, but I don't expect it to be: 1. neither as big as it was originally intended to be; nor, 2. as big as Coby's.
Coby is the future of the Marines. Smoker will be a part of the "good Marines" fighting against IMU & the WG in the EOS, but Coby will be their face.

Koby was nothing in Post-TS until Reverie while Smoker was more relevant since he appeared in 2nd Timeskip arc, now the situation has just reversed. Koby got more spotlight and Smoker didn't.
The situation wasn't reversed. It's about relevance & panel time.
Before Enies Lobby, there was no reason for Coby to receive panel time because he wasn't doing anything important; he was simply training as a lowly Marine. Once he reached a level necessary for him to affect the plot, he was brought back in by Oda.
Smoker was already at that level. Yet he was sidelined. He was sidelined in Fuji's favor. He was sidelined in Coby's favor. Even his escorting mission to bring the PH kids to VP was cut off, and the kids were never mentioned. Whatever errands Smoker is now doing off-panel, they are minor in comparison to what Oda is feeding Coby: and that's what the story is showing, not my own preference.
 
#40
I think whatever storylines Oda had planned for Tashigi will either be off-paneled or sped-through, and whatever storylines Oda had planned for Smoker (Roger-Garp like dynamic & anti-Shichibukai honest Marine) were transposed onto Coby and Fujitora respectively, leaving Smoker a hollow character. I don't doubt he will play a role in the future, but I don't expect it to be: 1. neither as big as it was originally intended to be; nor, 2. as big as Coby's.
Coby is the future of the Marines. Smoker will be a part of the "good Marines" fighting against IMU & the WG in the EOS, but Coby will be their face.


The situation wasn't reversed. It's about relevance & panel time.
Before Enies Lobby, there was no reason for Coby to receive panel time because he wasn't doing anything important; he was simply training as a lowly Marine. Once he reached a level necessary for him to affect the plot, he was brought back in by Oda.
Smoker was already at that level. Yet he was sidelined. He was sidelined in Fuji's favor. He was sidelined in Coby's favor. Even his escorting mission to bring the PH kids to VP was cut off, and the kids were never mentioned. Whatever errands Smoker is now doing off-panel, they are minor in comparison to what Oda is feeding Coby: and that's what the story is showing, not my own preference.
Tashigi Helmeppo Grus and Hibari were also called the future of the marines
 
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