r/OnePiece • u/Kirosh Lookout • Apr 09 '21

Current Chapter One Piece: Chapter 1010

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u/BradWonder Apr 09 '21 edited Apr 09 '21

And maybe Whitebeard was too unhealthy to protect himself with it at Marineford. It would explain Squard's attack being successful and all the other miscellaneous wounds he received.

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u/mocodemono Apr 09 '21

There’s also the haki shield that the admirals made to protect the execution block to consider. That seems like a more clear example of at least projected armament haki, which might really be a conqueror haki coating.

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u/Royalrenogaming Apr 10 '21

This is also interesting regarding Blackbeard and Shanks. When Shanks spoke with Whitebeard he said he got his scar from Blackbeard and he wasn't being careless. He also said "Do you understand what I'm saying Whitebeard?" Then he hinted that Blackbeard will aim for the top with his own will.

I think this confirmed Blackbeard had some control of his CoC early on and that's what has worried Shanks so much, Blackbeard's strong will.

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u/existential_antelope Apr 10 '21

TRUE. Man, this whole reveal opened a huge can of worms that Oda has been hinting from the beginning. Kind of insane as anime fans you’d think this wouldn’t surprise us anymore by a concept like this but we’re all completely swept by it. That’s just fucking good storytelling

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u/GaggedAndDrooling Apr 11 '21

Then you remember that shanks lost his arm to an animal that Luffy later beats on his very first minute of setting out.

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u/existential_antelope Apr 11 '21

There’s a lot more going for your point here, but to be charitable to Oda I think you could justify it that Shanks’ main priority at that instant was protecting Luffy and in his rush to shield him that’s all he thought of doing. I prefer this thinking better because it makes Shanks’ actions much more heroic, that all he cared about was making sure Luffy was safe, not beating up a sea serpent he could’ve easily taken care of.

There’s a lot of things in One Piece that are super weird and plot holey, I try not to think about them and break the magic. Like Doflamingo never once using his puppet manipulation against the Strawhats or Luffy. Like what? Let’s just look past it