Episode 98: One Piece Fans Rejoice: The Best Ways to Spend Your Break Week! w/

[@OldBastardChris]

Stream Start: 9:38 Introductions: 10:15 - (Lionel seems a little different this time around... Must just be my imagination.) Guest feature: Kev D. OG Announcements: 12:15 - No 1082 chapter discussion Superchat Reading 1: 14:50 Lucci is Admiral Level?? Kev's take on Lucci: 28:35 Superchat Reading 2: 35:18 Call-ins Begin: 38:10 - 1st Caller Andrew asks: In regards to other Seraphim, what would the other Seraphim's Devil Fruit be? S-Croc Rust-Rust? Poison-Poison? Hormone-Hormone? Wax-Wax? - 47:45 - 2nd Caller The Broker states: A Ryuma theory about slaying a Celestial Dragon instead of a real dragon, Kev responds with his own, and Law has quite a statement. - 1:01:49 - 3rd Caller Ryunosuke asks: Blackbeard on FRAUDWATCH finally?? - 1:14:35 - 4th Caller Dave asks: Blackbeard not Luffy's end game rival? - 1:28:19 - 5th Caller Tom asks: Thoughts on what Oda has planned for Usopp? Lifting Mjolnir? Sacrificing himself for Luffy's sake? False Future Observation? Sponsor Break: 1:42:30 - If you feel you need therapy, please check out betterhelp.com/TOPT Superchat Reading 3: 1:44:14 Call-ins part 2: 2:27:10 - 6th Caller JT says: Seb has bad takes? - 2:41:00 - 7th Caller Red Haired Shanked Em says: Rocks is clearly not a Buggy like character, but maybe he's not top 1... - 2:56:13 - 8th Caller Matt says: Larry isn't a real OP fan because of his takes on Blackbeard - 3:04:00 - 9th Caller SFDT says: Rocks' reason for his strength is his information rather than his physical strength Superchat Reading 4: 3:08:15 Thank you guys for a wonderful stream!

[@Kev-D-OG]

That was such a fun time! Glad to be on to talk that talk with the boys. Also, I am not Lionel.

[@EmGoCrazyy]

New to the Channel, Been seeing these guys in my Shorts. But WE NEED THEM AT THE NEXT REVERIE NO MATTER WHAT !

[@ThatOnePieceTalk]

Tell everyone!

[@SP3NS3R123]

I’ve been watching/listening to y’all for about 2 months now, and the live sessions & DDT help me get through the work day out in the hot sun. When I started One Piece, I was glad to have found this beautiful show, but now I’m even more thankful to have found y’all. So funny, and thoughtful on each of your takes. Appreciate being here.

[@ThatOnePieceTalk]

Thank you for you and don’t work too hard. 🫡

[@SP3NS3R123]

@@ThatOnePieceTalk Saaalute

[@coreygriffis510]

Don’t forget about our bon clay! For the seripham discussion! 😂

[@LxrdVegeta]

I missed it brotha, I'll watch it at work tmrw

[@MisterHeadphones73]

Before I respond to the responses that you all had about the theories on this episode I wanna say that this is another wonderful podcast that had me intrigued and smiling all the way through! It's my first time seeing Lawrence on the podcast (Ik he's one of the main hosts, I'm just new here) and it was really great to hear what he says because he's very neutral on a lot of stances that kind of blends both sides of the argument (Limbo's Overseer as oppose to Devil's Advocate). With that out of the way, here are my quick thoughts on each of theories: 1) Lucii's power level is somewhere between vice admiral and admiral. As Lucii is currently, he would probably clear most vice admirals like current smoker but is still far below an admiral. While Lucii's strength and speed have significantly increased with his devil fruit awakening, it wouldn't be enough to hang with the admiral's attack power before they used their awakened forms, or even with their haki. 2) For S.Crocodile's DF power, out of the one's mentioned the rust rust fruit and wax wax fruit would be most in line from known fruits for the reasons you guys suggested. I don't think the poison poison fruit would be fitting cause of how inherently destructive it is and lacks utility of the sand sand fruit. There is no seraphim/previous warlord that would be a buster call only move, they can all be deployed strategically. With that being said, what would be the DF of a seraphim Doffy/Moira be? 3) I kind of agree with portions of Larrys, Seb's, and Law's takes. I agree with Larry with the use of the expression, "hard times create hard men, hard men create soft times, soft times create soft men, soft men create hard times" for the Celestial Dragons because there had to be SOMETHING that originally made them a force to be reckon with before creating institutionalized power. I agree with Seb's take that Ryuma probably killed a celestial dragon and Law's take that Ryuma was the sole defender of Wano against the world during the lost century. What if a powerful celestial dragon was the original dragon DF user that was similar or stronger than Kaido and was part of the attack force that went after Wano? This would not only make Ryuma a dragon slayer, but also further emphasize his strength against multiple world armies. Also very quickly to Kev! A flying whale warship would be interesting given the significance of whales in one piece! What if pluton's other ability besides flying is submerging beneath the ocean to create earthquakes? Similar to how plutons actually happen in science while also making pluton be the god of earth that the shandaran's described! 4) Black Beard isn't as strong as people think but he's also not as weak as people think he is. I would place him anywhere between 15th-20th in the verse simply because he woudln't have the strength to win a good majority of 1v1's through DF skills alone. Between Luffy, Law, and Kidd BB would probably only be able to beat Kidd with medium difficulty. Compared to Shank's one shot BB still has a long way to go before he can rival Kaido's strength to give Luffy a hard time. Also keeping in line with that, I believe BB will be one of the lead up fights before the final fight. There are too many players left that Luffy has to square up against to get his FINAL dream which is only acquired after the One Piece. With everything that would follow after having the One Piece this got me thinking that Imu is going to be the final fight. 5) Usopp will probably go through a major character development in Elbaf. Every time Usopp has been a coward it has been when he has put himself first, and his best character showings is when he is selfless for others, especially the crew. In Dressrosa he was willing to sacrifice the fairy's until he remembered Robin, in Wano Usopp thought him and Nami could lie to save themselves and wasn't ready to fight until Nami stood her ground. Defending his friend's would be the most likely outcome for Usopp's power increase. If we were to follow the mjolnr bit Usopp would also need the gauntlets and a belt to increase his strength to mirror norse mythology. (Gauntlet to correctly use the hammer, belt to augment strength to pick up the hammer). Maybe he makes these 2 with the help of Vegapunk? 6) Everyone has their fair share of bad takes. Larry and Gia think Garp should have done more to save Ace and I disagree with that cause I think Garp did what he could. Seb and Parv (maybe Kev too?) have a bad take about Buggy and Rocks being similar characters. The one character Rocks is like isn't even in the same series. Idk how much you guys know about Bleach, however there is a character in Bleach named Aizen who has a bunch of other incredibly strong people following him even though the underlings all have different backgrounds/motivations that are called the Espada. Aizen and Rocks unite their people through strength, Buggy unites people through luck and charisma. In order for Rocks to be a Buggy like character, Rocks would have to rely on sheer luck. If Kaido is comparing Luffy to previous people he has fought or think that can seriously injure him and Rocks is among those people then Rocks is not a Buggy like character. (Side note -> buggy is more shank's rival than luffy's) 7) Kind of going off of what I said earlier, if you can unite people through strength and your name alone has to be wiped from the history books because of how much destruction you have caused, and you have clashed against the hero of the navy that teamed up with who the world now knows as the previous king of pirates you have to be near or at the top of the verse. Yes you can persuade people to join you, but if they have conqueror's haki they will only follow you if you are stronger than them. Rocks was the captain with Primebeard, Kaido and Big Mom on his crew. Rocks had to be stronger than all of those yonkos to have them follow him, otherwise they aren't gonna follow. 8) BB's durability is impressive but it's not on Kaido's or Big Mom's durability. Kaido had to be jumped by Luffy, Law, Zoro, Kidd, Killer, and Yamato while Kaido was holding up an island in the sky thousands of feet above ground. Not only that went multiple rounds against Luffy and Zoro with conqueror's coating. Until I see BB win solo in multiple rounds against comparable people, it ain't happening. 9) I think Rock's main goal was to unify the world, that being through being it's ruler. If he is able to rule the world then he's able to fulfill all of his crew's goals -> whitebeard has a family, big mom can unite all the races, and kaido finding eternal rest through a glorious end. Last bit! Luffy's upcoming fights in order from the characters we currently know -> Seraphim/World Gov up first, then Shanks, then BB, then Akainu, then Imu. These are just guesses so I could defintley be wrong in the future. I just think these are the most likely match-ups and are probably the most interesting people/order for Luffy to go up against.

[@ThatOnePieceTalk]

Thank you for your insight, opinions and well-thought out analysis of the episode. We can tell you we’re engaged. Thank you again for being so well-spoken/impressively neutral. Hope to see more of your comments!

[@Kev-D-OG]

This was super fun to read through! And for context, I’m not 100% on Rocks being Buggy at all, but I can just see a potential where that happens.

[@XBlueXFire]

Hard to watch ya'll live cuz im european, but im really appreciating the content. Glad i found the channel

[@ThatOnePieceTalk]

Glad we found you. Thank you for watching.

[@paulco9058]

I’ve been seeing your guys clips forever now but I’m just starting to get into this community and I love it

[@ThatOnePieceTalk]

Thank you and we’re happy you’re here! Welcome.

[@ninjasloveanime]

So sad that I missed this one, but I'm listening to the whole thing rn! I'm in Cali, so 2-3PM PST on Monday is always a busy time for me

[@LeflaneJohnWayne]

Ayyyo Larry, I like that sweater bro

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

Thanks for the stream I enjoyed it

[@GotionHardestLevelGaming]

I can't agree that Ussop will be a conquer. there are 2 criteria to be a conquer for sure. You gotta be born with it and you have the dream and the ambition to back it up. Brave warrior of the sea just aint it. Maybe his goals will align and he get it, like maybe he will become King of the snipers or something but for now I dont think it will happen. But I love the idea.

[@mvpslayer2468]

Hey guys loved the new podcast! I got a question, can i call from Slovenia?

[@ThatOnePieceTalk]

Yes! Also thank you for loving us.

[@aniForge772]

Like ur potcast . keep it up👍

[@ThatOnePieceTalk]

Thank you

[@xenon5426]

Everything Sebastian and Lawrence said is the reason why I'm against Law as a Sword member. It defeats the whole point of Corazon's sacrifice: for Law to live freely. It was just recently that Law finally follows that path after Sengoku clarified Corazon's will. It's a different story if he has a temporary alliance with Sword, but being part of it makes no sense to me. I won't be too upset if Aokiji is Sword, but I think it will be more interesting if he follows his own path, which seems more likely based on the recent chapter. It also makes more sense since his morality keeps clashing with WG and he was personally affected by Ohara. I also prefer Garp not being Sword too, but I don't mind either way. Sword Law is my biggest gripe.

[@jackpatey6471]

It always confuses me that usopp is so hated. Usopp is the audience surrogate (a character designed to represent the audience) and I think he does a really good job in this role. He's honestly the 4th best designed straw hat

[@ProjectIceman]

I am not ashamed of my SuperChat LMAOOOO Awesome to see what the future holds for TOPT. Can't wait to see it come to fruition

[@ThatOnePieceTalk]

This is a blessing and so are you. Thank you a million.

[@just_call_me_scott2312]

I'd love to see S-Croc get the chop chop fruit and be able to break his body into particles

[@youngboyforeve3076]

What do y’all think about koby and luffy joining to fight Blackbeard like Roger and garp I don’t like it but it kinda makes sense

[@shecallsmemister]

58:04 i understand about bb not “earning” his crew or making anyone submit. but did luffy make anyone submit?

[@FTL_SAN]

Once ussop gets a blicky, he’ll become a brave warrior of the sea. And shanks will be the one guarding the one piece and luffy will have to fight bb to pass shank’s test.

[@coreybrown1366]

If Sanji get conquerors I feel like it should be because he overcame an ordeal because of his ideology cuz i will forever disagree with Sanji ideology and we've seen his ideology put himself as well as his friends in harms way so in my opinion the next step for him to evolve especially since he doesn't want to get rid of his ideology he has to find a way to stand up, defend, fight against women or whatever w/o goin against his ideology if he's able to find that then I think that'll be key or allow him to awaken his conquerors

[@Ohmylanta686]

Late to it, but mihawk did say that the strongest power is bringing people together.. wonder where he got that from.

[@Ronjulio900]

He told no lies leopards are faster than a tiger 😂😂😂😂

[@pronoucedseptzilla]

Xebec is the real deal don’t even try… If he indeed is Shanks Father then and Blackbeard have a gigantic admiration for him that’s why i wants to have a kingdom!

[@gabeygabegabe8322]

at 2:01:00 the table goes crazy lol

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

[@benreilly4886]

Pretty sure Roger didn't die till 1 to 2 years later after they fought and Crocus at times can clear Roger for battle. Roger wasn't stronger than WhiteBeard.

[@themightymastodon8805]

You know what really funny, ppl acting like Rocks is dead! In the story he was only defeated not killed/ deceased. I can’t wait for him to return to the story and start folding ppl

[@laurentbergeronmusic]

What happened to the last few minutes?

[@FTL_SAN]

Buggy might find a treasure that he thinks is the one piece and be a fake pirate king.

[@mikelach7550]

He cant give them Logia types !! That is the reason he didnt gave any seraphim Marines powers !

[@joaocarlosramos3724]

Larry u gotta save Sebastian man always saying something crazy

[@NoGymNeeded]

Laurence dont forget Sengoku also met and saw buggy and completely believes hes full yonko level and sweating about cross guild lol just saying. But i need rocks to be that guy like Mihawk, who is definitely That guy.