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Jun 22, 2:10 PM
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This all starts with Wanda taking Carrot’s carrot lunch from yesterday and now she’s mad. Luckily for Wanda it isn’t night time, otherwise she’d transform into a Sulong (but then again, so would Wanda, and Wanda likely has more experience using her Sulong form). Well for now, she’s joining the audience and Chopper at looking at the relationship between Kizaru, real name Borsalino, Sentomaru, and Vegapunk (who also goes by the name of Stella by the Satellites). Kizaru even up to now is a mystery. His motto is “Uncertain Justice” but always goes along with the Navy and the World Government as a whole. What inspired him to join the Navy in the first place? Did he eat the Glint Glint Fruit before or after joining? On that note, how did the rest of the Devil Fruit users in the Navy come across their various fruits? What events in Kizaru’s life have motivated him to be stubborn on following orders so much? Mysteries waiting to be solved…

In comparison, we know why Sentomaru acts the way he does, because Vegapunk gave him a job as a kid, so he generally feels indebted to him (and Vegapunk took advantage of this when Cipher Pol “Aigis” Zero came after him). I would like to see the kind of training that Sentomaru did. We know that he learned to use Haki. I do like that Sentomaru respects the Straw Hats knowing the badassery that is contained within each of them, especially Monkey D. Luffy.

Vegapunk’s genius is said to be 500 years ahead in time, meaning the world as a whole would lose a lot of the World Government went through with killing Vegapunk, but luckily the Fifth Emperor ain’t letting that happen. I wonder how they’ll handle York, since she betrayed everybody and is trying to become a Celestial Dragon. I guess these satellites have their own personalities separated from Vegapunk, otherwise how is this betrayal even possible? It’s crazy how many connections that Vegapunk has that lead back to the Straw Hats, such as Saul (friend of Robin), Monkey D. Dragon (Monkey D. Luffy’s father), Bartholomew Kuma (the entire crew), and likely more.

Given the preview, my theory is likely correct in the idea that Kuma had to become a cyborg for Bonney to get healed. I don’t know what the other two conditions are though.

I’m looking forward to more One Piece.
Jun 30, 9:38 PM
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I really thought the 6 month break they did was to avoid shiz like this.....
Jul 13, 12:35 AM
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Sentomaru calls Kizaru ojiki (uncle) even though they are not actually related. Back in the Sabaody episodes I had no grasp of these japanese honorifics, so I actually believed that Sentomaru was Kizaru's nephew! This made hard for me to digest how they went against each other in Egghead.
Sep 18, 5:45 PM
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Nostalgia Rules!

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At the very least I am glad stuff like this is kept separate from the actual series. As far as this website goes I mean.
It’s time to ditch the text file.
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