"He who conquers this sea will become the Pirate King" - One Piece manga/anime discussion thread

[Dark Soul # 7]

And Law returns with an endgame Xanatos gambit that would've murdered most other people. Most other people doesn't have a DF as ridiculously versatile as Doflamingo though so yeah. Good game Law, but now it's time for the future pirate king to see if he can score a Shichibukai hat trick.

I so freaking love that stand off Luffy and Doflamingo have on the last page.

[Hazard]

Can't say I'm exited about this.

But, I have been meh about One Piece for a while.

[Crimz]

Gear 4!!! One Piece finally picks up again and reveals there is a 4th Gear, but is on a week break. Damn it!

[Dark Soul # 7]

Great googily moogily.

Gear 4 suckas. Gear 4.

I'm so hype that I don't even care about the one week break.

I wonder what it is. Can't imagine. Just hype.

Doflamingo was kinda kicking his ass even with Law's attack. So it is required.

[Crimz]

Gear 4 seems to be a perfected combination of 3 and 2, with armanent haki.

I like the design it is mixture of cool and ridiculous, just like Luffy.

And it reminds me of Nigtmare Luffy.

[master of read]

oda, you are my god now.

[Dark Soul # 7]

Nice.

Beefing up all his muscles with a variation of constant Gear 3 inflation and further boosting it with armament haki. It looks weird and badass and the results certainly speak for themself.

I'm kinda liking all the references to Thriller Bark to bring home the point that the crew is getting stronger. What with Zoro cutting an Oars sized being to shreds on his own and Luffy certainly resembles his Nightmare form, of course he was probably already stronger than that form.

I wonder what Doflamingo will try to counter with.

Small moment I enjoyed were Sai acting like a leader and Zoro seriously moving to stop bird cage.

[Hiromi]

/contented sigh/

Ah these chapters are why I keep reading this bloated, convoluted and nevergoingtoend story

[Liquid]

Doffy ded. Seriously, no way he'll survive the wrath of Gear 4.

[Dark Soul # 7]

Doffy ded. Seriously, no way he'll survive the wrath of Gear 4.

Luffy doesn't kill his enemies. He breaks their dreams and leaves them alive with nothing but shattered hopes and ambitions.

So yeah, Doflamingo ain't gonna die.

[Dark Soul # 7]

Interesting. This is the second time around we're hearing about awakened devil fruit users, first time being the four special guards in Impel Down. I'm looking forward to seeing this aspect further explored.

So Luffy kicks all his stats into high gear and Doflamingo counters by turning the entire city into his weapon. Shit be crazy.

Good speech by king Riku.

[Liquid]

Luffy doesn't kill his enemies. He breaks their dreams and leaves them alive with nothing but shattered hopes and ambitions.

So yeah, Doflamingo ain't gonna die.

It was an expression. I honestly don't think he'll walk away okay though.

Anyway, I'm rewatching Thriller Bark and I have no idea why people consider it long or boring. It was really fun to watch up until the Oars fight, then it was lagging.

[master of read]

my live reactions. warning: only watch if you have already read the new chapter.

[Dark Soul # 7]

Well. Burgess is screwed. Sabo's already shown that his haki is stronger and now he has the Mera Mera no Mi backing him up. Burgess is probably really good but he's got nothing on Sabo.

Luffy's defenders on the other hand. I don't know if they'll be able to last five minutes, let alone ten.

[Dark Soul # 7]

Yep. Burgess is looking more and more screwed. Should probably use haki next time to try to hit the logia, you big idiot.

Doflamingo has gotten quite a bit scarier now that he's pissed off and desperate.

And that was an excellent cliffhanger.