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Watch Flame Of Recca, if you haven't.

Yep, they were in Level 6 ... and I think there's another hidden level. BB had to have been on Haki dope aeons ago ... remember when Luffy was a kid, and Shanks lost his arm, he had the scar then. That was 15-20 years from the current arc I presume. So BB's been using it for years ... and like Shanks said in the chapter where he meets WB that he would come to reclaim the throne using his 'own will' indicating a very strong Haki, like Luffy's strong will to either save his nakama or reach out for OP. BB in the current chapter still believes in OP and wants it. It's Luffy the good guy versus BB the bad guy who have the same passion. It'll get tricky in terms of Haki strength. What does BB mean when he says "Ace!!!You...you have to join me as my nakama again!!" during their duel ... hmmm. Any contact to BB will nullify the DF user's power. I wonder what Luffy has that'll go past. Haki alone won't do it. BB took a big hit, and he has no choice but to stand and face it in exchange of the DF's power, like he said during his battle with Ace. Makes me think, what happens if he were to face a big attack that he can't survive, like a fatal blow? How will the terms of exchange work then? EDIT: pretty good Zoro point ... that's a big risk like one of those Buzzozo vs young Gutts ones X'D. Uber Edit: BB has made a calculative move against Magellan me thinks, he knew that would happen, and maybe Shiryuu told him a secret or two when they met, or about the whereabouts of member X, Y, Z that BB might be after (like you said Sledge) Magellan has his hands full with having to deal with Luffy n monster crew trying to escape, Ivankov, a possibly recovering BB n crew. EDIT EDIT: Re-reading a chapter, made me realize how much of the SH strength's actually lacking versus these big guys. It took Zoro's Ashura, Luffy's Gear 3 Gigant Rifle, Sanji's Flamboge Shot - their 3 biggest moves combined together to beat an already vastly injured (fake) Kuma PX-4 X'D ... that makes you wonder why Impel Down's guards were to weak against Luffy's infiltration effort, doesn't make MUCH sense if I think about it a lot - wait, and explanation that'd make sense - Vegapunk's prolly given those key people in the WG access to try-out models of the Kuma prototype before mass producing them. Either way, why wouldn't you mass produce the PX-4 for instance, or maybe they are in the New World, who knows.

Yeah ... he might be, or he's out to get whatever the hell is under Level 6 ... I think there's a secret level that nobody other than the WG knows about, maybe it holds the bigger giants or such, weapons of the old maybe, locked up devil fruits maybe, I have no clue. Maybe there's an old WB or GDR rival down there who's worth getting on his side, and who'll fight for him considering WB is closing in. I wanna go back and read BB's past chapters or the one where he fights Ace. He seems to take monster hits, and be able to stand up. Is he the type who needs to get hit once, so he can access the DF inorder to pull them close or whatever the heck - adjust or extract the DF ability out of the person maybe? If he is an eternal black hole, nothing should be able to hit him, provided he changes form. Key is to keep attacking him, giving him no time, or give him 1 QUICK fatal blow. Notice how Crocodile's suprised when he sees Luffy bleed quoting "Blood?! I thought he was made of rubber" ... why was that? Didn't he run his left spike into Luffy's stomach back in Alabasta, and didn't he notice Luffy use his blood to sock him at the end when he ran outta water? I'll post more on the next break I get.

I think Kisame is the surprise trump ... and will pull a Naruto/ Nagato in the end deciding to help the good guys. Urrmmmm whatever happened to Itachi giving Naruto some knowledge or chakra or whatever the heck it was when they met briefly before the Sasuke Itachi fight? Right before Itachi fell, he said something to Sasuke ... what was it? Eerrrmmm whatever happened to the other member of Akatsuki (creepy guy who pops up from the ground), where's he now? How does he figure in Madara's new plans with Hawk or whatever? What about the other captured beasts ... ? Who knows the jutsu to use all the chakra power they captured ...

I know! I wish I hadn't read it 2 mins ago.

I just crossed 7K posts ... want a sig change for the next 1K or 500 ... thinking about what I want *folds hands and nods*

It felt like a very easy decision for Naruto - 'not to' kill Nagato, which isn't surprising X'D. As far as passing the torch, I'm not sure about that ... you also have Sasuke and Tobi with their own propaganda, and the 8 tails somewhere missing in the whole plot as of now. If Nagato says "Ok, screw this, let's stop" ... what in the world was all the capturing Gaara and the other guys for? I mean, it's just too easy or convenient to say "Ok, I won't do anything" or stuff like that because of 1 conversation.

I missed out on discussing the anime when the forum had a separate subsection for it like the current set up for Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, and Gundam. I think it's archived somewhere ... Yep, the anime's all about battles that get bigger each time, power abilities growing stronger each time, it's explosive, big fights ... and it's also got a pretty good soundtrack too.

Rawr ... welcome aboard!

Char is a pedo ... *makes mental note*

Zeehahahaha!

I haven't finished Gundam Wing as yet ... >_>'' *watches Strider get into his Gundam to prolly obliterate me*

That's what you think ^_~ ... I think the Chief is now part of the Blackbeard crew ... or is working with him, to get to WB or Dragon or Shanks.

I should think of doing of Vegas trip soon then ...

Speaking of Gundam series, how many have been turned into H~goodness? Anime + Live Action.

I know I know ... the only place I feel safe these days is at home, where I can do whatever the hell I want ... wait, I need blinds ... goddamnit!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8054893.stm Just when I was thinking of moving to China ... this had to happen *palmface*

The Chief Warden Luffy the last time. Luffy showed that he could last longer, no doubt, but he was outclassed like every other arc's first boss battle. About your other points, and my thoughts on the chapter, I'll post later ... right now I'm having trouble seeing single as it is with this cup of black coffee on my table, torturous indeed. They could make the bottom-most level of Impel Down as a Black Coffee level where everyone's forced to drink a cup every 5 minutes, thus torturous.

That's pretty stupid of the military ... I mean, that's direct profiling.

Dubie, you've hit the nail on that. I agree completely with the workplace scenario, and the raising costs. Question - how does it work for Canada? They all have free health/ medical coverage, and I think it's covered by the high tax rate (around 15ish %) on close to every purchase, I'm guessing. I ask this because it's not a question of the quality of doctors across the border - their standard's pretty much the same on comparison.

I dunno ... but the cost of health insurance for me alone went up from 325$ to 395$ per month, and I got off it a month ago. I thought of it as a scam, but that's just me.

Hollywood, take note.

Just read the RAW for the new chapter ... while I couldn't make any of the text, it was superb to say the least. There's a bunch of interesting things going on, all at the same time.

I actually posted that the same day the 4 min exclusive came out