BananaKing

Time for an update on my end as well: So this year hasn't been off the the greatest of starts, but its had its pros and cons in only the 1st 3 months. First I got a new roommate in my apartment, he's a former air force veteran with a small Jack Russel Terrier. He's a great guy to be around, very friendly, and brings out good in people. I really like his little dog because its something that keeps the apartment lively and makes it so the apartment isnt so empty. I've been working steadily on my final animation portfolio for graduation, and in fact my graduation orientation is this friday (at 7am sadly) so the long run of college is finally coming to a close. My plans are, since I still have a lease on my apartment until september, I'll be staying in florida. After I graduate in may, I'm hoping I can obtain an internship at my university so I can improve my portfolio and put that I worked for an animation school on my resume. I'll be looking and trying to hold a job down alongside said internship which will not be easy. If I can't find a good enough paying job by the time my lease is up, then I have to move back home with my parents in cold New Jersey, and as much as I love my parents and miss my dogs; I DO NOT want to do that. Almost all of my florida friends have graduated and moved away so things are a bit on the lonely and boring side these days. I got into a car accident on monday and thankfully wasnt hurt. My car was wrecked and I handled all the insurance affairs myself since I am old enough and need to learn how to do so. I must admit its a rather annoying process when dealing with insurance companies, and an even more annoying process when dealing with a rental car service. I rented a car without a claim number and Hertz rental car didn't feel obligated to tell me that without a claim number, they can automatically assume that its just a direct rental and bill me directly. So I walked out of the Hertz dealership thinking im going to be charge $46 and looked at my transaction history to see a $269 charge from hertz. They spent the money I was supposed to spend on my prescription medication. I dont know if I've shared this with anyone here but I have Chron's Disease and take prescription meds to combat the illness. Its thankfully been in remission for the last 6yrs now. (May 2012 will make it 7yrs)

I doubt he got rid of Bepo, Jean Bart, Penguin, and that 4th guy. I dont think the "hearts" were literal but an allusion. After all, he is the captain of the Heart Pirates so it is a clever allusion...or I could be reading too much into things. I am curious to see how strong this samurai is...and what his name is XD Its cool he is Nitoryuu and maybe stronger than Brooke since Brooke ran away

Yeah the samurai and the delivering "hearts" were our clues. Makes me wonder if he and Luffy are going to be on bad terms. If I remember correctly, Law didn't say they were friends back at Amazon Lily. I believe he rescued Luffy because he respected Luffy's strength and that Luffy doesn't care about the world and the consequences of his actions. Are those gas-mask men Law's men?

I think to protect her island, she stayed Shichibukai. It looks like we have, Doflamingo, Kuma, Hancock, Mihawk, and Law as Shichibukai. I'm aware of the 100-1000 pirates he sent to the marines, and maybe he did that to become a warlord. I still think he's made himself a stronger enemy of the government than an ally

You dont get what's with this samurai do you? He wants revenge on a Shichibukai, there's a shichibukai on the island and he's Trafalager Law. Law has the power to slice people to pieces and rearrange them or choose not to. This samurai is a victim of Law's abilities O.O; I can't believe I didnt think of Law! What puzzels me is how he was accepted to warlord position? He saved Luffy from Marineford and he was labeled one of Luffy's accomplices during the Tenryuubito Affair...why would the government let him be a warlord?

Who's been reading the Punk Hazard arc?!!!!! Looks like we have a new Shichibukai and he's someone of the Supernova variety

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I'm just messing with you sir, its a cool design

Its Pikachu!

I dont think Natsuki is dead...yet. No doubt she's injured, whether it be from Guyot's attack or falling off the roof of the mansion; that girl is in pain. I still see Griselda dying here more than anyone. She's lost her main form of offense and Val has proven that even when damaged and at her unit's limit, that she can still kick ass. We also havent seen Griselda capable of using energy attacks like most zoalords. I think Aptom is going to arrive and have to face Guyot and those Libertus that pursued him might save Griselda; they might even defeat Valcuria!

I would love to see him face smoker again but I doubt those two will bumps heads again soon. I'm sensing a filler arc to build some tension and get us introduced to the New World itself. This could be like another Baroque Works where the Strawhats encounter some of Big Mam's subordinates before facing the giant lady herself

Knowing Luffy, he won't join Dragon because it means he'll be serving under someone else. If the war at Marienford taught us anything about Luffy's character, it is he will not take orders from ANYONE no matter how strong they are, how powerful their influence is, or what relations they might have. I think Law and Kidd have probably steered away from Teach, especially Law. Oda spent time making Law an "ally" of the strawhats and Kidd is being made out to be Luffy's rival so I doubt after that characterization, Oda would have Teach just rip them apart. But Oda can go ahead and destroy Urogue, Capote, Apoo, and Drake; I didnt like those guys. I would hope Teach didnt defeat Hawkins, I thought he was super cool. Anyone else glad that Coribou is done with now? He was a creepy and weird character that seemed to serve no purpose...kind of a shame. I was totally expecting him to join up with Hody or something

Remember dave the internet is a vast place and we humans are adaptable, just cause one site shut down it doesnt mean we wont find another way to get our guyver. We'll adapt and find another source

Well the fight with the New Fishman Pirates was to show that an enemy that would have been trouble for the Strawhats 2yrs ago, cant hold a candle to the New Strawhats. Say what you will about that fight, I liked their battle And OMFG Luffy challenged a Yonkou!!!! Now this is the Luffy I like to see. Luffy hasn't been like this since he punched a Tenryubito

I could see aptom coming in soon. But remember, Shizu has lost her main form of offense as far we know and she has to deal with a crippled but very combat effective guyver and a fully powered and ruthless zoalord (Even if his powers are weakened). Guyot has done nothing in this fight so even if shizu can pull a victory against Valcuria, I dont know how well she'd do against Guyot. The only thing that I'm seeing could save her would be the innocent civilians that are attracted to the fire

Im thinking its gonna look like her head was cut off but I think its her "hair" and Griselda will barely dodge a fatal blow. I dont think this is over yet...

So Hody is beaten? Do you guys think Hody is really defeated or will the grudge keep him alive?

Well wasnt this battle eluded to being Griselda's final battle or something like that? Griselda seems too distracted by the Unus to pay attention to Guyver IIF who's combat skills far exceed Griseldas. Even in the small amount of their battle its becoming obvious that Guyver IIF's skills are better than Griseldas. I'm thinking the poor girl either got sliced or stabbed... ...if Griselda dies what happens to the Libertus? Have we ever seen them without her nearby? Could Guyot control them?!

I'm interested in seeing what these unus are capable of in their combined state other than quadriga. Anybody else see these unus as a throwback to khan's ability to merge with other zoanoids to make a stronger form? Perhaps they were designed using his zoaform power as a base

No Brooke is not on par with Zoro, Brooke's power is to utilize his music skills with his fencing. His music has hypnotic abilities and affect your emotion and moods, relaxing you to the point of complete distraction. Then he exploits with his super speed and fencing skill. And now his soul can exit his body whenever he wishes. Decken touched Hody so he could throw things at him and hit him without aiming. Decken isnt fast so theres no way he can hit a drugged up shark in the water, but thanks to his Mato Mato power he doesnt have to worry. I dont see how the strawhats can stop Noah without destroying it which I dont see happening because of how its been alluded to being this great meaningful symbol to fishman island. I totally see the brothers going into Noah and helping Decken, I hope thats what happens. I like Vander Decken, he makes me laugh; I dont want him to die D:

Well I want to see Brooke vs Zeo cause he's my favorite New Fishman Pirate. I predict just before Noah slams into Fishman Island, Decken will get back up and throw the ship at Hody but Hody wont be scared and the battle will take place on Noah

Well remember the giant is already on energy steroids. I kinda see the New Fishman Pirates all overdosing on the steroids to fight the strawhats. I don't see Hody losing to his steroids but I do see him going after Fukaboshi rather than Luffy! Remember if Fukaboshi goes then Luffy is dead. I see Fukaboshi falling and maybe Shirahoshi or King Neptune taking his place...or Hachi XD I wonder how Zoro will deal with Hyozou's poison touch... I think Jimbei is more than enough to handle Wadatsumi, I think Jimbei is equal to Luffy at this point, maybe. He did after all take a Haki Punch and didn't cry about it like Hody does.

Well I'm not questioning why he's making use of all his limbs, I'm just commenting that he was established as a 3 sword user and now isnt... I think its cause of the air issue. He fought Hody underwater and after he slashed him, the strawhats and neptune all fled the palace and Hody caught them using his steroids. Zoro even said his lungs were gonna burst (or something like that) when Hody caught him. I think Hody only became a threat to the strawhats after his overdose. Its looking like the New Fishman pirates aren't strong enough to fight the strawhats unless they abuse the steroids so I'm seeing they all abuse the steroids in battle. I wonder though, both Hody and Hyozou have overdosed and become super strong...but does that mean they can take more steroids and get even stronger? Hody certainly seems like the type to abuse the steroids even more if he starts losing to Luffy in the water

Well she can't just let Noah plummit and be destroyed either. Noah is being hinted as some sort of sacred relic like the Golden Bell was back on Skypiea so there's a dilema on top of a dilema I was wondering something about Hyozou though, didn't he start out as a Santoryu user? Now that he's overdosed he breaks out like a dozen swords...what happened?