One Piece

And we get to see the new powers of the rest of the crew! At least in part.

Spoiler:
Chopper's rumble ball is *way* more powerful, to the point that 'guard boost' is actually useful (seriously, after the first time did it ever come in handy at all?).

And Robin's got giant hands going that makes the one she made to hold Oars look small. Not just holding, but actually using too.

So far, both have been 'the same but bigger,' though maybe we'll see more later.

so...did luffy just harden his skin?

Originally posted by menokokoro
so...did luffy just harden his skin?

Probably he pours blood into the arm instead of only air. Pretty nice display of abilities, poor Caribou brother is outmatched there.

Nice strength feat for Luffy. Punching something that huge enough to send it flying, whilst underwater and with your strength getting sapped is pretty darn impressive.

^

I want to see how strong Teach has become.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
I want to see how strong Teach has become.

I'll note Nico use a thousand arms- each of those two hands was five times bigger than the one she used against Oars!

This is a dangerous route.

Tell me about it. Thank god they had a timeskip or they'd've got pwned like a mother****er.

Originally posted by Nephthys
Tell me about it. Thank god they had a timeskip or they'd've got pwned like a mother****er.

Unless they got luckier on what they ran into, at least. They seem to be hitting all the worst bits here.

i love that they have the kraken as their pet now, thats just epic

so will the Kraken be considered as the crew's newest member?...

maybe not, but it'd be funny to see Marineford's reaction, that the notorious Strawhat pirates have gained a new member, and it's a friggin Kraken...

and the way Franky found Caribou made lol...

Hm, good question. Depends on whether it can travel to the New World or not.

I just had a thought, what if Cobby became an admiral? I know he wasn't exactly next in line, but a lot can happen in 2 years. and that is his goal.

It is possible he could have taken Akainu's spot, Akainu is who I assume to be the new Fleet Admiral.

yeah, i would agree with that. he seems more...leadership material than the others.

Even if he isn't an admiral, i wonder if he is going to be a threat to luffy now. OH! he was studying the cp9 techs wasn't he? what if he surpassed lucci!? ooh, i hope so, that would make things interesting

I just started re-watching all the episodes from the beginning, and I didn't realize how much strength Zoro gained from when you first meet him. Like when Luffy is in that cage and Zoro is trying to save him, he was struggling to hold it, and could barely move while holding it. Given, he was stabbed in the back, but even with that, I would expect him to be spinning it on one finger or something. I am excited to see their increase in power again, cuz apparently I wasn't paying attention the first time around.

Also, I was thinking, do you think that Oda had Haki in mind the whole time? or did he come up with it recently? It kinda seems like he thought of it...well with Enel, but watching these again, Shanks uses...or appears to use it on the sea creature who ate his arm.

Originally posted by menokokoro
I just had a thought, what if Cobby became an admiral? I know he wasn't exactly next in line, but a lot can happen in 2 years. and that is his goal.

Promotions simply won't happen *that* fast. He wasn't even an officer when we last saw him after all. Also, the power jump that'd entail would be crazy.

Smoker might be an admiral, but it'd be impressive if Coby was so much as a commander.

Originally posted by NemeBro
It is possible he could have taken Akainu's spot, Akainu is who I assume to be the new Fleet Admiral.

Hopefully it will be Kizaru.

Anyway, I'm somewhat enjoying the new arc.