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I think we never made this discussion yet, I believe. What do you think will be all the Straw Hats power ups, and maybe even other characters. To be more specific, what do you think is left for each of them to develop. We've already seen some glimpses of powers, but I think much is still open.
"Straw Hat" Luffy
"Pirate Hunter" Zori
"Burglar Cat" Nami
"Sogeking" Usopp
"Black Leg" Sanji
"Cotton Candy Lover" Chopper
"Demon Child" Nico Robin
"Cyborg" Franky
"Soul King" Brook
What do you guys think? Also, try to predict the next Straw Hat, based on characteristics and abilities the current members don't possess. I think the ability to breath underwater and talk to fishes, thus a Fishmen/Mermaid Straw hat, would benefit them alot.
"Straw Hat" Luffy
We all knew Luffy was going to work on Haki, and that is mainly the power we've seen in the 2nd Half Chapters, other than the obvious growth of Speed and Strength (I base this on his ability to withstand Water for a while and inflate his arm far greater than he was ever capable of. We all know that Luffy has to use his own strength to stretch his body like he does, so we know it requires alot of strength. And of course, the Pacifista pwnage).
So other than the King's Haki control, Observation Haki and Armaments Haki, which he mixes with his own Gomu Gomu Power and Fighting Style, what else can he power up?
I think the only thing left is his own Devil Fruit mastery. The creation of another Gear is probable, but I can't think of one. If there is another way of using Rubber that hasn't been shown yet, will probably be shown now, as a power up. What could that be? Also, the mastery of the previous Gears is near, for we saw (probably), the usage of localized 2nd Gear. Third Gear, other that the afore mentioned growth, may not have improved in the aspect of after-effect, or at least I hope not, for Chibi Luffy is what makes 3rd Gear so special to me.
So other than the King's Haki control, Observation Haki and Armaments Haki, which he mixes with his own Gomu Gomu Power and Fighting Style, what else can he power up?
I think the only thing left is his own Devil Fruit mastery. The creation of another Gear is probable, but I can't think of one. If there is another way of using Rubber that hasn't been shown yet, will probably be shown now, as a power up. What could that be? Also, the mastery of the previous Gears is near, for we saw (probably), the usage of localized 2nd Gear. Third Gear, other that the afore mentioned growth, may not have improved in the aspect of after-effect, or at least I hope not, for Chibi Luffy is what makes 3rd Gear so special to me.
"Pirate Hunter" Zori
Zoro has 3 great assets: Strength, Speed and Swordsmanship. We've seen obvious growth of the first and last one, and 2nd one is so obvious that it shouldn't even be mention (And to be honest, it won't be as great as others' speed growth). But, from what we've seen with the Galleon and the Pacifista, the first grew quite drastically. What is left for him to grow? Basing on his supposedly sensei, Mihawk "Hawkeyes", what can we expect? The gentle swordsmanship he employs? Are his eyes an asset or a mere characteristic? Since Zoro's been shown with his left eye scared and closed, it is not yet certain whether his received a power up or a power down.
Other than the cutting abilities, and long ranged slashed, which we expect to see (and have seen) a growth, Zoro developed a very unique and peculiar technique during the 1st Half of One Piece, the Azura. A perfected technique, or the improvement and/or mastery of this technique may cause bigger fear striker, in similar nature to King's Haki, with a more dreadful appearance and environment around him, or a more cutting power, such as all around cuts happening around him, even without him moving.
Though he has 2 great Weaknesses that I'd like to see removed, his inability to cut through Diamond and Sea Stone, being the latter the most important one, and the fact that he was powerless against intangible Logia users. The first weakness can be surpassed by sheer strength, and seeing has he so easily cut through the Pacifista, which had a thicker and stronger than steel composition, we may see him cut through Sea Stone in no time. For the latter can only be surpassed with the Usage of Haki. It is unknown if he learnt this, but if Mihawk had it, he most likely taught Zoro too. Until now only Luffy shown Haki, and Sentoumaru mentioned anything about his slash being infused with Haki, so most likely he doesn't have it yet, which is a shame.
Other than the cutting abilities, and long ranged slashed, which we expect to see (and have seen) a growth, Zoro developed a very unique and peculiar technique during the 1st Half of One Piece, the Azura. A perfected technique, or the improvement and/or mastery of this technique may cause bigger fear striker, in similar nature to King's Haki, with a more dreadful appearance and environment around him, or a more cutting power, such as all around cuts happening around him, even without him moving.
Though he has 2 great Weaknesses that I'd like to see removed, his inability to cut through Diamond and Sea Stone, being the latter the most important one, and the fact that he was powerless against intangible Logia users. The first weakness can be surpassed by sheer strength, and seeing has he so easily cut through the Pacifista, which had a thicker and stronger than steel composition, we may see him cut through Sea Stone in no time. For the latter can only be surpassed with the Usage of Haki. It is unknown if he learnt this, but if Mihawk had it, he most likely taught Zoro too. Until now only Luffy shown Haki, and Sentoumaru mentioned anything about his slash being infused with Haki, so most likely he doesn't have it yet, which is a shame.
"Burglar Cat" Nami
Nami has obviously shown great Navigation Mastery, able to (somewhat) easily surpass the journey between Sabaody Archipelago and Fishman Island, which has a 30% rate of survival. It is not yet certain how she'll adapt to the New World Navigation, and it's obstacles have been noted in the newest chapters. It seems the Log Pose won't work as it used to. This will obviously be a great test to her abilities, but it is still not yet a Power Up, so lets move on to her Weather Control skills.
Up until now, she shown only an innate and self-taught ability to read the weather, and she has only been able to use one weapon, the Clima Tact. It was first an extremely efficient toy, which she mastered and surpassed immediately, and was then turned into a weapon with the Dials. She now left from Weatheria, a Weather Investigation Sky Island, filled with Knowledge, both old and new, and Technology. We've been introduced to the Wind Knots, with a very powerful wind release. The bubbles with black clouds that we can see being emitted by Nami, when she defeated the Fake Strawhats, may indicate only a perfected way to create Clouds, or may have other uses, but it is still uncertain. There's also the Weather Ball, which he are still unsure how it works. Anyway, I expect that she improved her ability to induce localized weather disasters, and we may see new ones, such as a freezing Blizzard, a thick Mist, basketball sized Hail (or something like that), Cyclones, etc, aswell as the enhancement of the old ones, such as heavier Rain, more powerful Lightning Storms, enhanced Mirages etc. Though for now, I think the ability to create Snow and Ice related weather would be a great asset to her. And maybe we could see something related with the Heat ball, such as firestorms and falling blazing balls, etc.
Up until now, she shown only an innate and self-taught ability to read the weather, and she has only been able to use one weapon, the Clima Tact. It was first an extremely efficient toy, which she mastered and surpassed immediately, and was then turned into a weapon with the Dials. She now left from Weatheria, a Weather Investigation Sky Island, filled with Knowledge, both old and new, and Technology. We've been introduced to the Wind Knots, with a very powerful wind release. The bubbles with black clouds that we can see being emitted by Nami, when she defeated the Fake Strawhats, may indicate only a perfected way to create Clouds, or may have other uses, but it is still uncertain. There's also the Weather Ball, which he are still unsure how it works. Anyway, I expect that she improved her ability to induce localized weather disasters, and we may see new ones, such as a freezing Blizzard, a thick Mist, basketball sized Hail (or something like that), Cyclones, etc, aswell as the enhancement of the old ones, such as heavier Rain, more powerful Lightning Storms, enhanced Mirages etc. Though for now, I think the ability to create Snow and Ice related weather would be a great asset to her. And maybe we could see something related with the Heat ball, such as firestorms and falling blazing balls, etc.
"Sogeking" Usopp
The first thing I have to remark is his courage when it's needed. He is now reliable, or so we seen. Moving on, Usopp can only develop 2 Skills (for Speed and Strength isn't very likely, or at least not very significant, and doesn't go with his character): Aiming and Sight, which is to say Marksmanship. Augur can shoot, with unnatural precision, 2 seagulls at a such a distance that the Island he was standing on was still out of sight for the strawhats. Also, according to One Piece Wiki, he is able to shoot trough the barrels of opponent's guns with ease, destroying the guns inside out. Such skill is provided by a sniper-like GUN, while we know our Usopp uses a Black Kabuto. Though the distance and speed may surpass that of Augur's riffle, with the usage of Dials, and that's what I expect. So we only need to see if his sight and aiming have improved, for he seems to have the arsenal support to match Augur. So, in addition to the multiple different shots he was able to preform with the usage of Dials, he now has one great Power Up, the Pop Greens. It is unknown how he creates the seeds, for it would be absurd if he can't recreate them, and has only a limited amount of Pop Greens. Anyway, he seem to be able to create nearly all plants, including Venus Fly-Traps (Carnivorous Plants) and Seaweeds (Water Plants). What else can he summon? The immediate purpose I can think of is the ability to trap and imprison his opponents, but I don't see much more. Well, I guess a combination of flammable plants that lock and trap his targets in place and a, well, flame, to burn them up would be quite a great combo.
Other than that, he may have some strength improvement to use his beloved hammers (for real, this time), but like I said, I'm not certain it will happen. And of course, his inventions and gadgets, which are constantly improving.
Other than that, he may have some strength improvement to use his beloved hammers (for real, this time), but like I said, I'm not certain it will happen. And of course, his inventions and gadgets, which are constantly improving.
"Black Leg" Sanji
Sanji developed a stupidly great weakness, the Perverted Nose-Bleed. I hope Oda sacks that idea quickly, because it is getting quite dull. Moving on, Power Ups. Like Zoro, he has Strength and Speed to increase, and he shown that the latter has been increased drastically, with the creation of Blue Walk Technique, which allows him to all through and probably above water like nothing. Strength is also expected to increase, since he was able to critically kick a Pacifista, feat he was unable to preform in the 1st Half.
Other than that he received 2 great Power ups, one for Martial Arts and one for Cooking Skills: 99 Okama Recipes and 99 Okama Techniques. The characteristics and strengths of these power ups are unkown, so there's not much to say about them. But it is true that he has shown great mastery over the Diable Jambe. There's not much to develop, apart from that. Can he shoot fireballs out of his leg? Something that he could be able to do, and he certainly has the speed to use, is the abilty to create multiple copies of himself, and lauch a barrage of kicks. It is certainly a possible technique, since his sensei was, among others, Emporio Ivankov, which has shown to possess similair technique, when she multiplies her head and sends out a barrage of Death Winks.
Like Zoro, Sanji was unable to use Haki, and thus he was unable to fight Logia users, which is a huge weakness. Emporio Invankov was his sensei, so he might have learnt Haki, but is uncertain, and not yet stated. This is just a Theory, but if everything continues the way it is, Luffy will most likely fight and defeat all Admirals by himself, either at the same time or one by one.
Other than that he received 2 great Power ups, one for Martial Arts and one for Cooking Skills: 99 Okama Recipes and 99 Okama Techniques. The characteristics and strengths of these power ups are unkown, so there's not much to say about them. But it is true that he has shown great mastery over the Diable Jambe. There's not much to develop, apart from that. Can he shoot fireballs out of his leg? Something that he could be able to do, and he certainly has the speed to use, is the abilty to create multiple copies of himself, and lauch a barrage of kicks. It is certainly a possible technique, since his sensei was, among others, Emporio Ivankov, which has shown to possess similair technique, when she multiplies her head and sends out a barrage of Death Winks.
Like Zoro, Sanji was unable to use Haki, and thus he was unable to fight Logia users, which is a huge weakness. Emporio Invankov was his sensei, so he might have learnt Haki, but is uncertain, and not yet stated. This is just a Theory, but if everything continues the way it is, Luffy will most likely fight and defeat all Admirals by himself, either at the same time or one by one.
"Cotton Candy Lover" Chopper
Chopper has 5 things to enhance: Strength, Speed, Devil Fruit, Rumble Ball and Medicine, being the first 4 connected. Chopper, because of his physical growth, showed to have improved his Normal Form/Walking Point, because his legs are longer, and his horns as well. We still haven't seen his Full Transformation Form/Strong Point (I believe), but similar growth is expected. His Hybrid Form/Brain Point, is still unchanged. Now onto Rumble Ball Points. Due to the already mentioned growth, Guard Point is greater and stronger. It is expected the same from Jumping Point, with, I assume, bigger jumps and greater speed, Arm Point, more speed and more strength, Horn Point, the same and the dreadful Monster Point, which I can't even imagine (So Cool...).
With the newest chapter, we know he has more points (Yay!).
So let's review. Using Kung Fu Point, Chopper shortened his size but bulked his body, thus he increased his agility, short size, and his strength, bulk appearance. This enables him to employ a monkey-like fighting style, resorting to high punches, kicks and jumps, fit to quickly breach through a big sized mob, so it is very useful against multiple opponents. (These are only my opinions, based on what we saw). I think he has more points. We could see a Running Point, where he slims down and strengthens his legs (much like Jumping Point), but increases drastically his speed, instead of using it for jumps. It would be nice to see a Sumo Point (This may be the Kung Fu Point, for my depiction could be incorrect), where he increases his weight and stature dramatically, thus reducing his speed but highly enhancing his strength, to employ sumo wrestling techniques. Any more ideas? (I think there will be 3 new Points, or 4 since when rumble ball was first introduced it came with 4 additional Points). Also, he may have perfected the recipe in order to be able to eat more rumble balls without the side-effects and to increase the time it is in effect (Longer than 3 Minutes).
About his Medice, he may have found herbs and drugs that enhance the others' abilities, or even Rumble Balls that affect Paramecia Users. Not likely...
He may use poison, but it is also unlikely... His medicine skills may have increased quite alot, but I don't think it will have any effect on his fighting style, other than the rumble ball.
With the newest chapter, we know he has more points (Yay!).
So let's review. Using Kung Fu Point, Chopper shortened his size but bulked his body, thus he increased his agility, short size, and his strength, bulk appearance. This enables him to employ a monkey-like fighting style, resorting to high punches, kicks and jumps, fit to quickly breach through a big sized mob, so it is very useful against multiple opponents. (These are only my opinions, based on what we saw). I think he has more points. We could see a Running Point, where he slims down and strengthens his legs (much like Jumping Point), but increases drastically his speed, instead of using it for jumps. It would be nice to see a Sumo Point (This may be the Kung Fu Point, for my depiction could be incorrect), where he increases his weight and stature dramatically, thus reducing his speed but highly enhancing his strength, to employ sumo wrestling techniques. Any more ideas? (I think there will be 3 new Points, or 4 since when rumble ball was first introduced it came with 4 additional Points). Also, he may have perfected the recipe in order to be able to eat more rumble balls without the side-effects and to increase the time it is in effect (Longer than 3 Minutes).
About his Medice, he may have found herbs and drugs that enhance the others' abilities, or even Rumble Balls that affect Paramecia Users. Not likely...
He may use poison, but it is also unlikely... His medicine skills may have increased quite alot, but I don't think it will have any effect on his fighting style, other than the rumble ball.
"Demon Child" Nico Robin
There's not much room for her to improve, fighting wise, so the only thing she has going on her favour is Devil Fruit Mastery. She showed the 1000 fleur, Manos Gigantes technique, so she enhanced her power and strength. I don't know what else she could do, that she hadn't done already. I guess she can use her Wings longer?
The only thing she could improve greatly, by being with the Revolutionary Army, is her overall knowledge over world affairs and history, which may be quite useful, if not, it will be good to tell Luffy about his father and his business. But that may not be fit to be called a power up.
The only thing she could improve greatly, by being with the Revolutionary Army, is her overall knowledge over world affairs and history, which may be quite useful, if not, it will be good to tell Luffy about his father and his business. But that may not be fit to be called a power up.
"Cyborg" Franky
Wtf. I am NOT covering all the possibilities of his new cyborg form. What I can say is, Dr. Vegapunk's knowledge will be VERY useful, and Franky may even know where to find him. There's someone I'm really eager to meet and to learn from, much more than meeting the last 2 Yonkou.
"Soul King" Brook
Strength and Speed wise, since he has no muscles, I don't expect much improvement. So his fencing skills might to have improved that much. The only thing he has a to improve greatly is his music. As Soul King, he used his powers for good, luring millions of people into his music. He may use them for bad now, employing them in his fighting skill. Prior to the Time Skip he showed the ability to put enemies asleep with music, I believe this ability can be enhanced deeply, in a mixture of Miss Golden-Week's colour traps, to make his enemies feel a certain way through music, and Jango's and Laffitte's Hypnosis abilities. Controlling his enemies like puppets would be a great asset to him, for those are probably the only power ups he can get, for Physical power ups are a bit off limits to him, in my opinion.
What do you guys think? Also, try to predict the next Straw Hat, based on characteristics and abilities the current members don't possess. I think the ability to breath underwater and talk to fishes, thus a Fishmen/Mermaid Straw hat, would benefit them alot.
