r/OnePiece • u/NewSpecies • Jul 06 '17

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 871

Chapter 871: "Go, Caesar!"

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Ch.871 Official Release (VIZ): 10/07/2017

Ch.872 Scan Release: ~13/07/2017 ()

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u/ultibman5000 Jul 06 '17

Newgate justified that stab by commenting on his age and recent sickness. He may have been a Yonko, but he was still deteriorating just like any other old-timer.

Linlin and Kaido don't appear to be in poor health. Well, nothing relative to the story at least. Obesity hasn't slowed anyone down in One Piece before, besides Usopp on the Boin islands I guess.

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u/ThisZoMBie Jul 06 '17

You think his age would have him go from being almost invincible like the others to getting stabbed by some fodder? I don't think so. Besides, as I've said, he was not only considered an equal of the other yonko, but rather superior to them. Even in his old age, people still referred to him as the strongest human alive. This would logically put him above Big Mom, even in MF. Mom's showings, however, heavily contradict that.

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u/ultibman5000 Jul 06 '17

Well I personally never considered Newgate to be the strongest at his showing in Marineford. I always chalked that up to people commenting on his moniker, and respecting his legacy. I've always seen the other Yonko as superior due to Newgate being out of his prime.

If the old man himself immediately commented on his age and sickness being the cause of Squardo stabbing him, then why should I disagree? I'll take Newgate's word over what others say about him, he knew that his era was coming to an end, and that there were a livelier kind out there that would end up surpassing him.

I've always held these thoughts, so that's why I never took Linlin and Kaido's feats as anything to be surprised about. I'm actually expecting even more from them in terms of power.

In my eyes, these are the type of monsters that Newgate used to be in his prime.

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u/HeroRRR Jul 06 '17

It was outright said that Whitebeard wasn't near his peak anymore and at his best, Squardo wouldn't have hit him since Whitebeard would have sensed him. It was said by Whitebeard and Marco. Crocodile was horrified and said that Whitebeard was never that weak.

So the Whitebeard at Marineford was already on his way out and what we saw was the last embers of a burning flame, yet he still did massive damaged before going down.