One Piece

Originally posted by NemeBro
I didn't realise that being strong enough to physically hold down Garp at base and having a DF power-up that makes him even larger and stronger could be considered underwhelming.

When Luffy effectively tanked his attack, it really does. I can only assume that punch lacked Haki but that makes Sengoku look stupid.

Well never mind. Luffy apparently spit up blood. Which means it had Haki or Luffy had been exerting himself the whole fight.

Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
Another question: Am I the only one who found Sengoku underwhelming? :T

I found him underwhelming at first, but since a regular punch was blocked by a Third Gear movement he's not really bad at all.

I watch some of the anime episode andI though of something weird. Why does Nami bother haggling shops for all their clothes when she hardly wears any herself as of the skip.

YouTube video

The music that starts at 2:16 sticks out to me. What you guys think?

I'm getting a PotC vibe. A nice pirate theme.

Certainly Yonko worthy.

Speaking of that, I'm hoping Luffy is down pwning Big Bads into the ground now. He did it early on(and with Enel but whatever) and with Hody, but he better not with Big Mom.

Not that I'm against him becoming a Yonko though.

Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
Certainly Yonko worthy.

Speaking of that, I'm hoping Luffy is down pwning Big Bads into the ground now. He did it early on(and with Enel but whatever) and with Hody, but he better not with Big Mom.

Not that I'm against him becoming a Yonko though.

Well it took him multiple times to finally beat Crocodile, he almost died fighting Lucci, and he never actually beat Magellan.

Yeah I want Luffy to get his ass kicked before he goes any further, just to show him that he has a few ways to go.

Eh, he didn't seem so bad after the Lucci fight. Just paralyzed for a bit. And yes, Crocodile was awesome for that reason. And Magellan still surprises me. Like, wtf bro?

Well I guess I can take the Lucci one back but he still had to work for that one. Magellan would've probably beaten him anyway but oh well.

There really isn't even a probably to it. Magellan has literally *killed* Luffy before for all intents and purposes.

Now, I dunno who'd win.

Luffy got the absolute shit beaten out of him by Lucci. 'Just paralyzed for a bit?' Lolwut? I know that isn't anything by, like, Bleach standards where people get cut in half all the goddamn time but when you get beaten so severely you can't actually move afterwards that qualifies has as not beating your opponent into the ground imo.

I'd still vote for Magellan, Haki or not I don't know how Luffy would resist the Red Demon stuff. Though he is immune to the basic stuff I think

Originally posted by Nephthys
Luffy got the absolute shit beaten out of him by Lucci. 'Just paralyzed for a bit?' Lolwut? I know that isn't anything by, like, Bleach standards where people get cut in half all the goddamn time but when you get beaten so severely you can't actually move afterwards that qualifies has as not beating your opponent into the ground imo.

It really isn't even much by One Piece standards really. Crocodile basically killed Luffy twice, a third time if Robin hadn't been nice. And then Magellan who yeah, did his stuff. Even Shiki left Luffy in a worse position than that really.

I mean, it wasn't a curbstomp by any means like some of his other fights. But it is less close than the ones mentioned above. And then there was Marineford.

Edit: Mind you, it was better than the Moria fight, which was really only tense because it had a time limit.

Moria had so much potential too. Too bad.

Well on top of being hit by Akainu, I guess the side effects of a double dose of Tension Horomones were finally starting to kick in. The mental breakdown didn't help either.

Yes it is bad by One Piece standards. Just because Luffy wasn't dead doesn't mean that he wasn't pushed to his absolute limit. If Lucci had withstood Luffys final attack Luffy would be screwed.

Indeed. I guess it's because I've never really felt much tension in a lot of Luffy's fights. If he can hit you, it's really a matter of time before you go down.

Which is why I prefer him fighting Logia users rather than Zoan or Paramecia. But that's just me. 😛

But Logia users always kicked Luffy's ass pre-skip with the exception of Enel; which made no sense whatsoever.

Now they won't. 🙂

Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
Indeed. I guess it's because I've never really felt much tension in a lot of Luffy's fights. If he can hit you, it's really a matter of time before you go down.

Which is why I prefer him fighting Logia users rather than Zoan or Paramecia. But that's just me. 😛

I disagree. Luffy vs Lucci came down to the wire. Thats what was tense for me. Only through heroic willpower was Luffy able to succeed and at the end it looked like Lucci had won.

Besides, Luffy isn't neary powerful enough to beat anyone he can hit.

Moria is awesome and the time-limit -as stupid as it is- is part of his powerset.

Luffy got the crap kicked out of him by Kuma too.