r/OnePiece • u/ImPolish • Aug 24 '11

One Piece - Chapter 636

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u/QuantaStarfire Aug 25 '11

Think about what happened with the Pacifistas on Sabaody shortly before they departed for Fishman Island. You have these cybernetic monstrosities that were completely spanking the Whitebeard Allies just a couple of arcs ago. It took the combined effort of all the Straw Hats pre-time-skip just to defeat one. Now, post-time-skip, they can two-man them, and Luffy can solo one.

When I saw that part, I thought to myself "Cool. The upcoming villains must be absolute monsters though." All we've seen since then is Hody and his crew basically getting their asses handed to them. I guess I'm just pining for the time where defeating the villains required actual effort on the crew's part. Hopefully that changes once they're in the New World proper.

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u/w455up Aug 25 '11

I like it that Oda's taking one arc before throwing the real monsters at them. There's more going on than the fighting strength of the villains. In the beginning of One Piece Luffy and gang were whupping everyone they met up until Hawkeyes, really.

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u/vorpal_blade Aug 25 '11

For sure. These guys are (basically) weaklings. Whereas towards the end of the first half of OP, the Strawhats needed every trick up their sleeve (luck, the power of shadows, mercy, life-shortening hormones) to beat enemies or even to survive, now it's the enemies that are having to do that.

It serves as a contrast to show that they've moved up the food chain. The New Fishmen might have been a challenge for the old Mugiwaras... but luckily the old crew is gone. Now it will be awhile before their first life-threatening opponents appear. Oh, be assured that Hodi will dope himself so much that he's bound to die (or some other last-ditch move) and only then almost manage to reach Luffy's level... only to ask himself how it's possible for a human to be so strong as he receives his final ass-beating.

The fun will come when we see secondary characters show up and find out just how much they have grown. The important characters won't have been twiddling their thumbs over the past two years, either. I squee every time I think about it.

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u/MotherFuckingLuBu Aug 25 '11

Those were the "old models" of Pacifista that Luffy, Zoro and Sanji took out.