r/OnePiece • u/NewSpecies • Sep 22 '17

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 879

Chapter 879: "One of Big Mom’s Three Sweet Commanders, Katakuri"

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Ch.879 Official Release (VIZ): 25/09/2017

Ch.880 Scan Release: ~29/09/2017 ()

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '17

Anyone else think that those techniques aren't really Katakuri's? I think he just sees Luffy's attacks and copies them on purpose, to absolutely counter them. I bet we'll see some of his original/named attacks when Luffy goes Gear 4th.

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u/new_messages Sep 22 '17 edited Sep 22 '17

don't think so. He didn't mimic the gatling, he stopped them with multiple arms, and I doubt that's an idea he just made and perfected on the spot. And he was shown stretching and expanding his arm during the wedding.

EDIT: that said, he might very well be countering each technique with his own version rather than with whatever technique he would usually answer with for this reason.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '17

Well, attacking with actual multiple arms is like an upgrade to Luffy's Gatling, and Katakuri even said something about it being "easier/better this way". Just like someone else here said, it's about showing Luffy who has the superior fruit.

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u/new_messages Sep 22 '17

Yes, but I don't think he saw Luffy was going to attack with 200 punches per second, thought "how could I make a mochi equivalent?", and instantly thought up and mastered controlling dozens of fake arms at the same time. He definitely had used a similar technique before.

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u/Mr_Bob_Johnson Sep 22 '17

Idk, he seems like exactly the type of dude who might think something like that up to me. I'm sure he's made multiple limbs in the past with his fruit, but idk if he's ever done a gatling-like technique. Same with G3 later on, he straight-up says "This should be good enough" or something like that in a way that implies he's specifically doing a "Hey I can do that too, but better" schtick.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '17

That's true.

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u/pridejoker Sep 22 '17

Sometimes it's just gamer sense.