Chapter 671: The Gas-Gas Fruit

[Ace of Spades]

A great chapter. Loved the action, that was nice. We learn more about the gas gas fruit. And a nice cliffhanger.

Though the end note ruined it, no chap next week.

[Fleet_Admiral_Akainu]

Theories: I have two guesses for who the mystery character at the end is.

My first guess is Doflamingo. First of all, we must assume that whoever can bring Law down like this at least has shichibukai caliber strength. Among the characters we are familiar with, the only characters that have abilities that mess with your heart are probably Doflamingo and.. ? Thats it? Doflamingo's ability is still kind of a mystery. but we know that he is able to control people's actions like puppets. Following the switched personalities of the Straw Hats via the switching of their hearts, we can assume that someone who can control someone's personality may also have the ability to crush a personality, aka crush a heart.

This may be a farfetched theory, but thinking of the different characters that the mystery person can be, Doflamingo's ability is the closest thing that comes to mind.

My second guess is Ao Kiji and it is purely for aesthetic reasons. Aokiji looks the closest thing to the silhouette. I also think that Oda treats every picture as important, and focuses in on the stranger's shoe. Here is the silhouette of the stranger which includes a picture of his shoe. http://www.mangainn.com/manga/chapte...-fruit/page_16

Notice that the head is not shown and the shoe is focused on. If it were aokiji, the head would definitely give it away with aokiji's noticeable hair. As for the shoe, it sure looks a lot like Aokiji's previously worn shoes shown here and in most other pictures of him http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0...iji2_super.png

Also, if you can find another significant character who wears the same style shoe, I would be curious to see it. So far ive checked Crocodile, Shanks, Akainu, Kizaru, Dragon (could not see feet), Doflamingo, Ivankov, #2, Sabo (boots when young), Boa Hancock, Basil Hawkins, and Blackbeard. Feel free to double check me, but no one else so far has that shoe style except Aokiji.

(ill edit this if you guys correct me or something)

Edit1: For those who are saying its Law's dad, wouldn't Law's dad call him Trafalgar? He called him Law. It would be like Dragon calling Luffy "Mugiwara" dont you think? Might be a translation error or im just wrong. But to me, a dad wouldn't say call his son like that.

Sigh...it was taking too long...

[CCC]

Am I the only one to think (ok just read the first page nvm) that the way luffy and law got downed is so incredibly similar and that luffy defeat doesn't have anything to do with ceasars gas attacks?

I agree. From a plot structure point of view, it would seem shoddy and anti-climactic to have Luffy explaining his poison immunity on one page and collapsing from poisoning on the next. Not necessarily anything to do with Law, but I don't think it's because of Caesar...



And mystery man is obviously not Doflamingo. He's missing Doflamingo's characteristic bowleggedness, and Doflamingo saw Law at the war two years ago, by which point he was already grown-up, of course. And that's the same reason that it can't be Aokiji or anyone else from Sabaody or the War.
EDIT: Oh... as Knaxern already said.

[wolfwoof]

Hmm. Who would want chemical weapons capable of wiping out islands?

The bastard level of these weapons rule out most anyone who's not looking to conquer on a massive scale.

[Monkey.D.Joeru]

Barrels ftw, loved Franky this chap and his exposition of Luffy's abilities.

[JiYan]

Its pretty easy to understand that it is a character that we hasnt seen before. "Youve gotten so big, Law." "How many years has it been?" According to this, its pretty clear that it is a person who knew Law from a young age, and hasnt seen him for many years. Most of the suggested people except Vegapunk, saw Law at the war.

should we assume that everyone in attendance at the war saw everyone? Shanks was at the War but as i recall Luffy did not see him there.

[Dryish]

Hmm. Who would want chemical weapons capable of wiping out islands?

The bastard level of these weapons rule out most anyone who's not looking to conquer on a massive scale.

If they were to be used against the Yonkou, the revolutionaries or pirates in general... Yeah, you probably catch my drift.

[TheCrystalShip]

-Oh, it's really interesting that haki is the same energy that's inside the seastone.

It's not. Busoshoku allows you to strike a Logia's body, but it doesn't negate their powers, like Kairoseki would.

[zachri]

I'm dead.
The awesomeness of this chapter has made me dead.
Seriously.
Expect a better reaction later when I get home.

[Fleet_Admiral_Akainu]

I agree. From a plot structure point of view, it would seem shoddy and anti-climactic to have Luffy explaining his poison immunity on one page and collapsing from poisoning on the next. Not necessarily anything to do with Law, but I don't think it's because of Caesar...

I share the same idea.

[rydz]

Wow man! This chapter was off the hook, I had to make an account and talk about it myself!
I'm not too sure about who this guy is but one thing for sure is, that he has to be the JOKER. I really hope it's not a new character but someone that has not been revealed yet or someone from before - it does look like Aokoji a bit and he did have a fight on Punk Hazard but, it doesn't fit his personality. All I can say is that this chapter was really really realllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy good! Oda never disappoints!!

oh but fml 2 weeks wait

[wolfwoof]

If they were to be used against the Yonkou, the revolutionaries or pirates in general... Yeah, you probably catch my drift.

If Caesar is working with the revolutionaries the plottwist would just blow my mind

[Roronoa Dodo]

I always found 'It's ME!' a very annoying answer to the question, 'Who is it?'

Spoiler:

[Styxounette]

My guess is that the new guy is some kind of Kryptonite which makes Law useless, and since Luffy has the same heart as Law, he collapsed too. But I have no idea what kind of kryptonite.

[Kizuchan]

It's not. Busoshoku allows you to strike a Logia's body, but it doesn't negate their powers, like Kairoseki would.

Huh, well, Robin said that in the scan I read and she said armaments haki which is Kenboushoku. I guess it's wrong/badly translated or something?

[zuppamann]

I knew that Franky rampaging in Chopper body wasn't a coincidence. Chopper will be of great help now... (maybe after he will be able to move again). Meanwhile no one will find him in the bag

[Faruway]

I agree. From a plot structure point of view, it would seem shoddy and anti-climactic to have Luffy explaining his poison immunity on one page and collapsing from poisoning on the next. Not necessarily anything to do with Law, but I don't think it's because of Caesar...

Maybe there's something more to Caesar's Gas Gas ability, if Luffy is immune to poison, there's no way he will be collapsing from the poisoning and became unconscious. My guess is that Caesar can change into different type of gases and if it's true, then Caesa is able to change the gas to a different type and renders Luffy's unconscious.

[CCC]

Huh, well, Robin said that in the scan I read and she said armaments haki which is Kenboushoku. I guess it's wrong/badly translated or something?

Armament haki is Busoushoku.

[Kizuchan]

Armament haki is Busoushoku.

OH. I've been confusing them all the time, lol.

[AkumaMiltos]

Can someone answer me this?Where did we see a connection between Luffy's and Law's hearts or at least something that has to do with the hearts of the two?