*.:White ShadoW:.*

I would like the fight to be manga accurate. Just like vs Doflamingo, once Luffy attains his new form Lucci should get mollywhopped like in manga canon. They can extend the initial clash but once Luffy goes into high gear there should be no dispute that G5 Luffy is wrecking shop. One of the things I hate about the timeskip era anime are the hyper-extended forced trades and clashes that show Luffy or Zoro struggling when these moments never happened. It cheapens the moment and makes them look weaker.
 
Luffy's King Kong Gun obliterated Doflamingo's Heavenly Threads in the manga but in the anime it showed Luffy struggling for 3 minutes, which makes no sense because of how the attack works, this isn't a beam clash. Conversely, Kaido's Thunder Bagua in the manga utterly speed blitzed G4 Luffy before he could even move which showed how dominant he was, but the anime retcons things which takes away from the narrative quality. Those are my two cents anyway.
 
That said, that depiction of Luffy vs Lucc part deux is fantastic, mucho props to the creator.

I would like the fight to be manga accurate. Just like vs Doflamingo, once Luffy attains his new form Lucci should get mollywhopped like in manga canon. They can extend the initial clash but once Luffy goes into high gear there should be no dispute that G5 Luffy is wrecking shop. One of the things I hate about the timeskip era anime are the hyper-extended forced trades and clashes that show Luffy or Zoro struggling when these moments never happened. It cheapens the moment and makes them look weaker.
 
Luffy's King Kong Gun obliterated Doflamingo's Heavenly Threads in the manga but in the anime it showed Luffy struggling for 3 minutes, which makes no sense because of how the attack works, this isn't a beam clash. Conversely, Kaido's Thunder Bagua in the manga utterly speed blitzed G4 Luffy before he could even move which showed how dominant he was, but the anime retcons things which takes away from the narrative quality. Those are my two cents anyway.
 
That said, that depiction of Luffy vs Lucc part deux is fantastic, mucho props to the creator.

I would like the fight to be manga accurate. Just like vs Doflamingo, once Luffy attains his new form Lucci should get mollywhopped like in manga canon. They can extend the initial clash but once Luffy goes into high gear there should be no dispute that G5 Luffy is wrecking shop. One of the things I hate about the timeskip era anime are the hyper-extended forced trades and clashes that show Luffy or Zoro struggling when these moments never happened. It cheapens the moment and makes them look weaker.
 
Luffy's King Kong Gun obliterated Doflamingo's Heavenly Threads in the manga but in the anime it showed Luffy struggling for 3 minutes, which makes no sense because of how the attack works, this isn't a beam clash. Conversely, Kaido's Thunder Bagua in the manga utterly speed blitzed G4 Luffy before he could even move which showed how dominant he was, but the anime retcons things which takes away from the narrative quality. Those are my two cents anyway.
 
That said, that depiction of Luffy vs Lucc part deux is fantastic, mucho props to the creator.

I would like the fight to be manga accurate. Just like vs Doflamingo, once Luffy attains his new form Lucci should get mollywhopped like in manga canon. They can extend the initial clash but once Luffy goes into high gear there should be no dispute that G5 Luffy is wrecking shop. One of the things I hate about the timeskip era anime are the hyper-extended forced trades and clashes that show Luffy or Zoro struggling when these moments never happened. It cheapens the moment and makes them look weaker.
 
Luffy's King Kong Gun obliterated Doflamingo's Heavenly Threads in the manga but in the anime it showed Luffy struggling for 3 minutes, which makes no sense because of how the attack works, this isn't a beam clash. Conversely, Kaido's Thunder Bagua in the manga utterly speed blitzed G4 Luffy before he could even move which showed how dominant he was, but the anime retcons things which takes away from the narrative quality. Those are my two cents anyway.
 
That said, that depiction of Luffy vs Lucc part deux is fantastic, mucho props to the creator.

Lucci is such a damn hater...
 
 

Lucci is such a damn hater...
 
 

So much to unpack in the last 2 chapters, Lore Piece is maxing out. Gear 5 Luffy is showing even more ridiculous abilities.
 
Although subtle G5 Luffy producing functional glasses from his hair is next level. It makes me think that a Luffy with a full realization of his abilities will be able to produce objects and shape his environment to his liking... Which might mean physically mending the Red Line and easily "destroying" Fishman Island as predicted.
 
I loved how despite the impressive upgrade Lucci could barely hold on, even though he overwhelmed Sentomaru's defenses, a man Luffy couldn't even touch with Gear 2nd pre-timeskip. A true emperor. I can't wait to see arguably the second most theoretically broken DF user Kizaru fares against the Mugiwaras. 
 
S-Hawk is an interesting one, my guess is that they gave him the Supa Supa no Mi so he can still slice and dice without his replica sword and Daz Bones was a prisoner in Impel Down.  My theory is also that Vegapunk gave these artificial beings Lunarian physiology to make up for the fact that they can't utilize Haki, since Haki literally translates to "ambition" and they have none.  I will elaborate more later because the Lineage Factor is a very fascinating topic that will take some time to delve into.
 
Also, those WG agents that turned to stone from kid S-Hancock's  Mero Mero no Mi need to get their statues destroyed immediately...

So much to unpack in the last 2 chapters, Lore Piece is maxing out. Gear 5 Luffy is showing even more ridiculous abilities.
 
Although subtle G5 Luffy producing functional glasses from his hair is next level. It makes me think that a Luffy with a full realization of his abilities will be able to produce objects and shape his environment to his liking... Which might mean physically mending the Red Line and easily "destroying" Fishman Island as predicted.
 
I loved how despite the impressive upgrade Lucci could barely hold on, even though he overwhelmed Sentomaru's defenses, a man Luffy couldn't even touch with Gear 2nd pre-timeskip. A true emperor. I can't wait to see arguably the second most theoretically broken DF user Kizaru fares against the Mugiwaras. 
 
S-Hawk is an interesting one, my guess is that they gave him the Supa Supa no Mi so he can still slice and dice without his replica sword and Daz Bones was a prisoner in Impel Down.  My theory is also that Vegapunk gave these artificial beings Lunarian physiology to make up for the fact that they can't utilize Haki, since Haki literally translates to "ambition" and they have none.  I will elaborate more later because the Lineage Factor is a very fascinating topic that will take some time to delve into.
 
Also, those WG agents that turned to stone from kid S-Hancock's  Mero Mero no Mi need to get their statues destroyed immediately...

So much to unpack in the last 2 chapters, Lore Piece is maxing out. Gear 5 Luffy is showing even more ridiculous abilities.
 
Although subtle G5 Luffy producing functional glasses from his hair is next level. It makes me think that a Luffy with a full realization of his abilities will be able to produce objects and shape his environment to his liking... Which might mean physically mending the Red Line and easily "destroying" Fishman Island as predicted.
 
I loved how despite the impressive upgrade Lucci could barely hold on, even though he overwhelmed Sentomaru's defenses, a man Luffy couldn't even touch with Gear 2nd pre-timeskip. A true emperor. I can't wait to see arguably the second most theoretically broken DF user Kizaru fares against the Mugiwaras. 
 
S-Hawk is an interesting one, my guess is that they gave him the Supa Supa no Mi so he can still slice and dice without his replica sword and Daz Bones was a prisoner in Impel Down.  My theory is also that Vegapunk gave these artificial beings Lunarian physiology to make up for the fact that they can't utilize Haki, since Haki literally translates to "ambition" and they have none.  I will elaborate more later because the Lineage Factor is a very fascinating topic that will take some time to delve into.
 
Also, those WG agents that turned to stone from kid S-Hancock's  Mero Mero no Mi need to get their statues destroyed immediately...

Good point, like Judge Vinsmoke seems to have a finer-tuned understanding on manipulating the Lineage Factor than Vegapunk, at least in the past. Well knowing his brain ability definitely explains why Im finds him more of a liability.

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Good point, like Judge Vinsmoke seems to have a finer-tuned understanding on manipulating the Lineage Factor than Vegapunk, at least in the past. Well knowing his brain ability definitely explains why Im finds him more of a liability.

To be fair, Oda has established that there are limits to Vegapunk's understanding.  It looks like lots of his inventions don't work out the way he planned.
 
He has more raw info than anyone else, but his synthetic comprehension seems to be in roughly the same tier as the other geniuses in the series (which is probably why he has a pattern of collaboration with people, including his clones).

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https://onepiecechapters.com/chapters/5538/one-piece-chapter-1067
 
 

Won't lie a brother teared up a bit this chapter. Good stuff.

Good analysis as always White Oda.

LORE PIECE!
 
So much to unpack this chapter that I have to read it one more time.  Seeing that ancient giant robot rocks because ever since the flashback with Nico Oliva and Ohara  revealing the lost advanced civilization  (still my top 5 OP chapters) I have been waiting too long  for Vegapunk's arrival. As I've been theorizing Vegapunk has been more or less discovering past tech from the forgotten past and using it as inspiration. The impressive part is that he has the knowledge and skills to use this knowledge to create his own tech or offshoot abilities. Shaka being Logic is probably the closest to his true self, and his words might be the truest intentions. His design looks vaguely inspired by something but I can't remember what...
 
It also seems like Vegapunk has more or less mastered the lineage factor as he can splice different races to create novel hybrids, also including devil fruit abilities and even latent skills like with the Jimbei seraphim knowing fishman karate. At first I thought it was only Zoans that could be mimicked since they are more biological in nature but now it seems even Paramecia abilities are possible. Logias and mythical DFs might have special properties to make them even more challenging to replicate and go beyond the standard rules of replication. In any case, having these seraphim present around the world and functioning as pseudo-Shichibukai presents an existential threat not only to our Strawhat superheroes  but the entire world. The game has changed because it's crazy how much harder, better, faster, and stronger than the previous Pacifistas due to having super-robust Lunarian physiology, hinting Lunarians are augmented beings themselves.
 
As for Vegapunk himself, it seems he's been able to divide his core biological functions into individuals, but essentially he's human after all. As we're near the end of the line I hope we'll get lucky and he'll unpack the whole mystery of the void century and the name of this mysterious island before CP-0 comes for him; I've waiting nearly 18 years for this epic discovery.
 
And as a final note, the combat abilities of a Fishman that can swim and utilize different materials as water is pretty broken and a fresh concept. Throwing "solid" metal or stone as if it was water can not be underestimated. I wonder when Jimbei and the seraphim make contact if there'll be a father and son relationship, well if its even alive and can sense emotion that is...
 

LORE PIECE!
 
So much to unpack this chapter that I have to read it one more time.  Seeing that ancient giant robot rocks because ever since the flashback with Nico Oliva and Ohara  revealing the lost advanced civilization  (still my top 5 OP chapters) I have been waiting too long  for Vegapunk's arrival. As I've been theorizing Vegapunk has been more or less discovering past tech from the forgotten past and using it as inspiration. The impressive part is that he has the knowledge and skills to use this knowledge to create his own tech or offshoot abilities. Shaka being Logic is probably the closest to his true self, and his words might be the truest intentions. His design looks vaguely inspired by something but I can't remember what...
 
It also seems like Vegapunk has more or less mastered the lineage factor as he can splice different races to create novel hybrids, also including devil fruit abilities and even latent skills like with the Jimbei seraphim knowing fishman karate. At first I thought it was only Zoans that could be mimicked since they are more biological in nature but now it seems even Paramecia abilities are possible. Logias and mythical DFs might have special properties to make them even more challenging to replicate and go beyond the standard rules of replication. In any case, having these seraphim present around the world and functioning as pseudo-Shichibukai presents an existential threat not only to our Strawhat superheroes  but the entire world. The game has changed because it's crazy how much harder, better, faster, and stronger than the previous Pacifistas due to having super-robust Lunarian physiology, hinting Lunarians are augmented beings themselves.
 
As for Vegapunk himself, it seems he's been able to divide his core biological functions into individuals, but essentially he's human after all. As we're near the end of the line I hope we'll get lucky and he'll unpack the whole mystery of the void century and the name of this mysterious island before CP-0 comes for him; I've waiting nearly 18 years for this epic discovery.
 
And as a final note, the combat abilities of a Fishman that can swim and utilize different materials as water is pretty broken and a fresh concept. Throwing "solid" metal or stone as if it was water can not be underestimated. I wonder when Jimbei and the seraphim make contact if there'll be a father and son relationship, well if its even alive and can sense emotion that is...
 

I mean we have seen powers more or less replicated before with the OG being alive.
 
 

I know it would fuck up the narrative, but when the Navy found out about Law vs Blackbeard they should have decided to drop the hammer on them instead of backing off.  
 
Also, I'm starting to wonder if BB attacking Law head on is just a distraction to cover for some other shady moves?  Maybe the poneglyph tracings are going to get yoinked off Law's ship while all eyes are on the fight?  Then BB gets to walk away a winner without Law having to bite it. 

A few things I wanted to talk about last chapter but didn't post in time:
 
- Oda solidifying that with enough Haki you can override certain abilities was good, since people were complaining how Kaido and Big Mom couldn't be affected by Law's Room which was unprecedented back then. To me it made sense but w/e...
 
- I found it interesting that the Kurohige Pirate captains all took abilities that made them more of what they already are, with Van Auger's teleportation ability being especially useful. I had Usopp pinned as his final opponent but he needs to level up beyond his observation haki, which he hasn't really definitively since Dressrosa.
 
- Teach's way of doing things is what makes him the most "piratey" pirate IMO. Even though he has the fate hax effect working in his favor he's also smart enough to position himself in the right places. If he gets the hand on those copies of the poneglyphs he might end up being the first to Laugh's Tale.

Aaa and cosplayers have another option to wear while...artists...have something new to draw... 👀