[Predictions] One Piece Chapter 638 Discussion and 639 Predictions

[Lili-Chwan]

I just had this crazy idea.

Looking back on the Manga, Oda seems to introduce characters and items, that are seemingly random and useless, but then play a role quite important in the series. this was seen countless of times. One example, Luffy retrieves a glass bracelet from Perona's treasure and wears it on the arm. Later in the series, at Impel Down, that bracelet turns out to be a map to Captain John's Treasure, which he wanted, and thus he helped Luffy. Earlier on the series, Mr 3 defied Crocodile, and was dried up and thrown to the Banadile's Aquarium. When Luffy and the others were trapped inside, and Crocodile had given them a fake key, it was only because Mr 3 resurfaced that they were able to escape. Likewise, Mr 3 just happened to be on top of Ace's execution stage when Luffy's key to Ace's handcuffs was destroyed by Kizaru.

So if we look at this chapter, what random item did the Straw Hats just happened to bring to the island? That's right, Caribou. He has the Swamp Swamp Fruit, and he has explained that with his fruit, much like Blackbeard's he can simply suck people into the mud, and keep them on his body, like an alternative dimension. Where am I going with this?

Well, Caribou is useless, yet no Devil Fruit is useless. I think Caribou will, out of nowhere, or maybe forced by the Straw Hats, or the other Fishman, suck Noah inside the swamp. Maybe Noah will stop following Shirahoshi and fall into FI, maybe the 3 Princes will try to stop, find out they can't,then all Fishpeople and Merkfolk will try to help, and then the Straw hats will finally be able to push it out of FI's way. Maybe it will continue to pursue Shirahoshi, despite Vander Decken's death. Either way, I think ultimately, Caribou will suck it. xd

 

[Marimo Swordsman]

I think ultimately, Caribou will suck it. xd

Interesting theory... I like it, oh and i just like that quote is hilariours xdxd

 

[Caliburn]

I just had this crazy idea.

Looking back on the Manga, Oda seems to introduce characters and items, that are seemingly random and useless, but then play a role quite important in the series. this was seen countless of times. One example, Luffy retrieves a glass bracelet from Perona's treasure and wears it on the arm. Later in the series, at Impel Down, that bracelet turns out to be a map to Captain John's Treasure, which he wanted, and thus he helped Luffy. Earlier on the series, Mr 3 defied Crocodile, and was dried up and thrown to the Banadile's Aquarium. When Luffy and the others were trapped inside, and Crocodile had given them a fake key, it was only because Mr 3 resurfaced that they were able to escape. Likewise, Mr 3 just happened to be on top of Ace's execution stage when Luffy's key to Ace's handcuffs was destroyed by Kizaru.

So if we look at this chapter, what random item did the Straw Hats just happened to bring to the island? That's right, Caribou. He has the Swamp Swamp Fruit, and he has explained that with his fruit, much like Blackbeard's he can simply suck people into the mud, and keep them on his body, like an alternative dimension. Where am I going with this?

Well, Caribou is useless, yet no Devil Fruit is useless. I think Caribou will, out of nowhere, or maybe forced by the Straw Hats, or the other Fishman, suck Noah inside the swamp. Maybe Noah will stop following Shirahoshi and fall into FI, maybe the 3 Princes will try to stop, find out they can't,then all Fishpeople and Merkfolk will try to help, and then the Straw hats will finally be able to push it out of FI's way. Maybe it will continue to pursue Shirahoshi, despite Vander Decken's death. Either way, I think ultimately, Caribou will suck it. xd

Caribou is not random. Introducing him, letting him be captured and taking him to FI where he escapes, that's not random. By default you know it's going to have some purpose. It wouldn't make any sense otherwise. Giving him all that attention and then not giving it a purpose would be weird. This is different from Nr 3 and the glass bracelet you used as even if they wouldn't have had any ulterior purpose, no one would have found it weird.



Why can't they just let Shirahoshi touch Noah? I mean the DF power works till it hits its target, but if something that big as Noah isn't going to go that fast. If you just swim to it and then touch it slowly the power should end. If you then remain close to the ship VDD would even be able to throw the ship again as there's zero momentum.

 

[Lili-Chwan]

Caribou is not random. Introducing him, letting him be captured and taking him to FI where he escapes, that's not random. By default you know it's going to have some purpose. It wouldn't make any sense otherwise. Giving him all that attention and then not giving it a purpose would be weird. This is different from Nr 3 and the glass bracelet you used as even if they wouldn't have had any ulterior purpose, no one would have found it weird.



Why can't they just let Shirahoshi touch Noah? I mean the DF power works till it hits its target, but if something that big as Noah isn't going to go that fast. If you just swim to it and then touch it slowly the power should end. If you then remain close to the ship VDD would even be able to throw the ship again as there's zero momentum.

Then what is his purpose? Are you saying is the real villain of this arc, and not Hody or VDD?

 

[Izuna Uchiha]

Then what is his purpose? Are you saying is the real villain of this arc, and not Hody or VDD?

He'll surely have a purpose, he's just saying Caribou is not random like your other example. If nothing happened with him by the end of this arc, that would be random and strange.

 

[Lili-Chwan]

He'll surely have a purpose, he's just saying Caribou is not random like your other example. If nothing happened with him by the end of this arc, that would be random and strange.

He sounds pretty random to me. Btw, giving him the purpose of stopping Noah is quite big. It's not like he would be useless.

 

[Caliburn]

Then what is his purpose? Are you saying is the real villain of this arc, and not Hody or VDD?

How should I know what his purpose is? I just said that he must have some kind of purpose as otherwise it wouldn't make sense. My point was that he doesn't just appeared randomly as you start saying that Oda often shows things that just seem random without any kind of ulterior purpose and then suddenly have an important role. That's true however Caribou is not one of them.

If you use your example of Mr 3, tell me if that scene of him opening the cage wouldn't have appeared, would it have been strange? Of course not, you would have just assumed he really was eaten by the Bananadile, there would be no reason to doubt that as it's a familiar scene of an evil boss to kill his own subordinate that had no use anymore. So yes that was really random of Oda, however Caribou is completly different. If the SH crew leaves FI and Caribou has no role anymore, what was his purpose then? That doesn't make any kind of sense, so his actions aren't random, they still have some kind of purpose. No idea what, but they aren't random.

He'll surely have a purpose, he's just saying Caribou is not random like your other example. If nothing happened with him by the end of this arc, that would be random and strange.

Exactly.

 

[Lili-Chwan]

Caribou followed the Straw Hats to take their heads and gain world recognition, like any other Pirate. Luckily for him, they brought him alive to FI, where he started to rampage and abduct mermaids, to sell them. Again, nothing extraordinary for a pirate. That's it.

But Oda doesn't introduce characters just for the sake of introducing characters (*cof* Kubo *cof* Kishi *cof*). Ultimately, he will be the one who stops Noah.

 

[Love Cook]

Caribou was introduced because he is going to join the strawhats at the end of this arc!

Or would that be too random ? Nothing a sad past can't fix.

 

[Lili-Chwan]

Lol, a sad past can't fix his face.

Sanji can though O_O

 

[BlacKing]

I just had this crazy idea.

Looking back on the Manga, Oda seems to introduce characters and items, that are seemingly random and useless, but then play a role quite important in the series. this was seen countless of times. One example, Luffy retrieves a glass bracelet from Perona's treasure and wears it on the arm. Later in the series, at Impel Down, that bracelet turns out to be a map to Captain John's Treasure, which he wanted, and thus he helped Luffy. Earlier on the series, Mr 3 defied Crocodile, and was dried up and thrown to the Banadile's Aquarium. When Luffy and the others were trapped inside, and Crocodile had given them a fake key, it was only because Mr 3 resurfaced that they were able to escape. Likewise, Mr 3 just happened to be on top of Ace's execution stage when Luffy's key to Ace's handcuffs was destroyed by Kizaru.

So if we look at this chapter, what random item did the Straw Hats just happened to bring to the island? That's right, Caribou. He has the Swamp Swamp Fruit, and he has explained that with his fruit, much like Blackbeard's he can simply suck people into the mud, and keep them on his body, like an alternative dimension. Where am I going with this?

Well, Caribou is useless, yet no Devil Fruit is useless. I think Caribou will, out of nowhere, or maybe forced by the Straw Hats, or the other Fishman, suck Noah inside the swamp. Maybe Noah will stop following Shirahoshi and fall into FI, maybe the 3 Princes will try to stop, find out they can't,then all Fishpeople and Merkfolk will try to help, and then the Straw hats will finally be able to push it out of FI's way. Maybe it will continue to pursue Shirahoshi, despite Vander Decken's death. Either way, I think ultimately, Caribou will suck it. xd

I COMPLETELY Forgot all about that dude.

You are the Queen for a reason. U_U

 

[Dracule]

I finally caught up

Looks like Decken is finally out of the way, but Hodi and his little fish-steroids needs to get killed already.

 

[HakkeKoshu]

More All Caps Rage of the Strawhats

 

[Lili-Chwan]

Epicness must be visible to all