BananaKing

What's going on dude. You like alchy's zoaform? Interesting, I always though it was very odd to look at. The top half is good, but from the waste down he just looks awkward

Well its going to be really cool to see how those two brothers became so close. Luffy's really been through a tremendous ordeal these past 100 chapters. Surviving Impel Down and escaping the Battle at the Summit alive; Luffy's defied fate itself. But why did Ivankov have to leave?!!! I still miss you Ivankov!!!

Well I think it'll be interesting to see how Ace decides to accept Luffy as a brother. Ace looks so pissed and hateful, so it should be very interesting to see develop. But why did Ivankov have to leave?!! I'll miss you Iva-chan!

Why wouldn't it be gorousei? They could be thinking in unison and decided that the Shichibukai are no longer needed. Cause their purporse is fufilled; I can't remember if it was mentioned, but I believe someone said that the warlords were created to counter whitebeard. Well we know Shanks won't cause any trouble, but we don't know anything about Kaidou or Big Mama (why Oda-sensei would name him that I don't know )

Indeed it was, however the Marines were too blind to see the reprocusions of the war. I do find it very intriguing that Doflamingo is trying to kill Moria. Who do you think he's working for? I say its the Gorousei (sp)

I already read it, its an interesting plot development now. Well I think they add in comic stuff like that to give the manga time to develop. This way there'll always be a nice gap between manga and anime. So the anime people can take their time with the episodes and have that safety blanket that they won't come too close or reach the same point as the manga. So did you like the Battle at the Summit?

Besides, he may seem very noble at times, like his fight to protect the sacred relic of uranus, but he is a heartless monster. He made sho kill his own father without any remorse. I love it when bad guys make moves like that, its so extreme for readers/viewers to see and experience. Fact is, Barcus is pure evil no matter how his contenance has changed these past few books. In some ways he's as sadistic as guyot

Oh jeez this is very tough...I have 3 zoalords that I like A LOT. Shin, Guyot, and Krummegnic. I can't decide on who to pick.... Well I like Shin because he seems like he cares for everyone. He's like Pulukshterl since he cares for the people, but he only acts that way for the well being of chronos. In many ways hes like a combination of Barcus and Pulukshterl. He's someone you don't want to underestimate yet he also doesn't seem like the type of person who resorts to violence 1st. He doesn't rule out diplomacy and makes sure every move in Chronos's best interest. Then there's Krummegnic, I love him because he figured out Guyot's secret. He knows how strong the guyver is and if falling down the same destructive path guyot fell down. Yet something about him always makes me feel like he's always in control. He rarely seems to worry and doesn't see anything as threatening. Even when Shin was discovering their secrets, he did not falter in his actions. He's even gone as far as joining forces with Guyot; There's no turning back from that. Krummegnic wants the power of the guyver to rule Chronos because why should he take orders from someone who's basically on the verge of death? As far as Krummegnic sees it, Archenphel has no right to command the world or even own a guyver unit, when he cannot even maintain control of his own organization. Last but not least there's good old Guyot. Possible my favorite manga villain ever. Guyot discovered the advent's greatest secret, that a guyver zoalord would be the most powerful being in existence. Nothing would stop guyot from claiming a guyver unit of his own. Even when he zoacrystal was ripped from his skull, guyot found the strength to crawl away from Mt. Minakami, go to Shinjuku, and align himself with the Rogues. I don't know what kind of deal guyot has made with Krummegnic and Jarvil...but I do know that in the end, Guyot is the one who'll be in control of that allegiance. Guyot has come this far in his quest for supreme power, he will not be controlled by anyone; no matter what! Okay, now that I've gone crazy for today time to make a choice.....................who to choose.........I choose- no he's too obvious....ummm, no......okay I've made up my mind....I'm going with Guyot! I can't wait to see what he does next.

You haven't been already? Jeez I though everyone was keeping an eye on me by now I will say this about crop circles, they aren't really interesting. What kind of alien race would flatten large areas of crops? What are aliens playing pranks on us?

There's no need to do that...I'm not making these crop circles I swear it

Let me switch to conspiracy mode here, *puts on big sunglasses and dims lights* It seems to me that the crop circles are a means to fool the common people into a questioning state of mind. Now we know that certain governments (like the US) doesn't like its people asking questions. HOWEVER, in the case of crop circles, people do ask questions. They ponder where these circles came from, who made the, does the government know, what are they doing about it? Well, this is part of the scheme, you see you ask questions and get distracted while the government takes advantage of your blissful ignorance. They say, "We need X-million dollars in order to investigate these mysterious crop circles." However, they "rob" you of this money, do basically nothing about it, pocket the change, and some time later, they show you a crisis to distract you again. Either that or its rival farmers trying to sabotage each other.....maybe its artists going crazy

Simple...farmers want more attention

The only time I watch the one piece anime is too see the fight sequences. As I mentioned before, many of the fights get extended and that'll be very entertaining when the "Impel Down Escape Crew" join the battle at Marinefold

From what I hear, they cut some small stuff from the manga, but the end result is very good. I couldn't read the manga, but I have to gives brotherhood some props since its managed to keep my interest

But just like every anime, its has too much

Even though they take their orders from the WG, I think dragon's main enemy is the WG itself and the Tenryuubito. He most likely sees entering this war as a waste of his resources no matter how weaken his enemy may be. Plus, I have a feeling he's waiting for something relating to the Will of D before he does anything.

Shanks siding with the marines?! Durendal, surely you jest, shanks is a good friend of whitebeard's and a pirate of the roger age. He's paving the way for the new age by cleaning up the scarred past of the old age. I never thought, and still cannot see any reason why dragon would enter the battle at marinefold. I never expected him to bat an eye because its not his problem. Deep down he does care for Luffy, but he's accepted that Luffy has his own destiny to fulfill, just as he has his own respectivly. I see this great battle about to end within the next chapter or two. Shanks might be so bold as to go after Blackbeard himself. I mean Shanks does have very powerful Haki, and half of Blackbeard's powers mean nothing to Shanks. I bet you he's the only emperor w/o a devil fruit. I had always had this little idea that it would be cool to see the other straw hat members all joined up/allied with the whitebeard pirates and/or allies and rejoining luffy at marinefold. You know, they all knew he'd go there

I'm a bit torn on Shanks' appearance. A part of me loves that he's there, but another part can't stand to see him. I can't explain until I see what Shanks does. I did find it very funny how Kizaru is threatened by Ben Beckmen. But what about Ivankov and Inazuma?! Is Law leaving them behind? No!!! You can't break up the Impel Down Escape Crew!

Well IMO, the Sunny is a part of the crew meeting Luffy's 10 crew requirement. I think you've got at least another 30+ chapters before Impel Down evens starts. And even then it doesn't get too interesting until Luffy tries to escape. As cool as it was, I didn't like the battle with Gecko Moria too much. The only thing I like about Devil Fruit fights, is seeing luffy get own by the enemy's fruit power. I'd recommend you watch the anime rendition of the fights. More often than not, they extended the fights and give them add in some stuff that the manga fights need. Ex: When luffy is fighting moria in Oz's freezing chamber, the battle pretty much ends when Luffy stamps Moria's ass. But in the anime, they fight for another few minutes after that. Its mostly just Moria sending his brick bats at Luffy, but it feels like it had more substance than the manga fight. As for the Zoro vs Kuma encounter, I just wasn't expecting Kuma to be a cyborg. The scene where he grabs luffy and zoro slashes him with his Lion Song, was perfect. Even though their battle was a bit short, even if Zoro was at full strength, the battle wouldn't be that much different. Kuma may be one of if not the toughest Shichibukai (or if you prefer warlord) to defeat. The only man who may be able to beat him is Mihawk. Kuma has the ultimate defense and it was very cool to see how Zoro stacked up against another warlord. Although, I still want to see Luffy fight Doflamingo. Sorry for the spoilers but

So you finished thriller bark then? Oh man wasn't zoro vs kuma EPIC?! It was one of my favorite moments in all of one piece

I don't know why, but I really found this line very funny. I guess maybe the translators just get lazy? Or perhaps they're trying to make us accept the japanese names for attacks and etc. I mean when I think about my friends I don't think about nakama. When I think of sho and tetsuro, I still don't think nakama...in fact its only in one piece that I think about nakama. Oh well, I like it better than just "friends". IMO, anime has become to heavy on the words friends, and friendship. I know its one of anime's biggest themes, but its a bit annoying. But I really can't complain, the anime shows I come up with are all about friends and friendship...its taking over my mind!

Well unlike you durendal, I happen to love it when they use the japanese named attacks. It sounds much more epic when luffy says "Gumo Gumo No Giganto Fuuson!" Rather than Rubber Rubber Giant Balloon...

Some of the most epic moments in the series happened at Enies Lobby. I do find the Roushiki techniques to be some of the most interesting move-sets in the whole manga. I thought they were devil fruit powers when 1st saw them in action. I just love Tekkai and Roukogan (sp). You know the ring move that Lucci nearly killed Luffy with. Don't think we're done with CP9, give them a few chapters down the road, they'll come back and be very humorous. I did find Kumadori to be quite annoying though. It was amusing to see him go down so easily to Chopper's Monster Point