One Piece/Awesome: Difference between revisions

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* Luffy and Zoro have a chance to be awesome without beating anyone up on Jaya Island. In fact, it's awesome specifically ''because'' they didn't beat anyone up while taking ridicule from Bellamy and the rest of the bar. I'm sure I'm not the only one that was reminded of Shanks during this scene.

** In addition to that, when Luffy DOES fight Bellamy later on, it's wall-to-wall (to turn a phrase) [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. "Do I know how to throw a punch?" indeed.

* Luffy fighting Eneru might seem relatively tame by now, the beginning of the fight is epic. Eneru hits him with his strongest attack. Luffy is still standing, not even scratched. He figures he must have missed, so he sends a giant electric monster at him, which swallows Luffy whole but doesn't even leave a scratch. Then Eneru hits him with at close range with everything he's got. And then... [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu|Luffy hits him.]] A full page of the manga is given just to show the shock on Eneru's face.

* Luffy fighting Eneru might seem relatively tame by now, the beginning of the fight is epic. Eneru hits him with his strongest attack. Luffy is still standing, not even scratched. He figures he must have missed, so he sends a giant electric monster at him, which swallows Luffy whole but doesn't even leave a scratch. Then Eneru hits him with at close range with everything he's got. And then... [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Luffy hits him.]] A full page of the manga is given just to show the shock on Eneru's face.

** And then after Eneru has to visibly collect himself and manages to barely fight off Luffy, Luffy yells at him that even if he gets past Luffy and onto the Blue, he will still have to contend with the 'hundreds of rubber monsters' down there. Given that Eneru has never heard of rubber his entire life and has no clue what's down in the blue seas is terrified.

* How about when Luffy leads the Straw Hats against the Franky Family to get revenge for Usopp? "Don't leave a single bone unbroken."

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* Chapter 645: {{spoiler|Say it with me, Elephant Gatling!}}

* Chapter 647: Luffy is so goddamn badass that he {{spoiler|wins the respect of the motherfucking SEA KINGS, the most powerful sea monsters in the world.}}

* Chapter 651: Luffy ate {{spoiler|several tons of candy at the banquet not knowing that it was the monthly fee Fishman Island paid to Big Mom (who is homicidal enough to burn an entire island into the ground because they didn't give her candy) for defending it from other pirates. But when she hears the news and threatens to demolish Fishman Island Luffy first tries to bribe her with the treasure they got back from Caribou (knowing that Nami might rip off his balls for it), and when that fails he PERSONALLY takes the blame for the whole incident, and challenges ''BIG MOM'' (who's one of the Four Emperors and probably on the same level as [[Badass Normal|Shanks]] and the late [[~~Worlds~~ Strongest Man|Whitebeard]]) saying he will go to the New World, '''kick her ass,''' '''''AND PROTECT FISHMAN ISLAND HIMSELF AFTERWARDS BY MAKING IT HIS OWN TURF'''''. After all, he is going to become the Pirate King, what other protection do you need?}}

* Chapter 651: Luffy ate {{spoiler|several tons of candy at the banquet not knowing that it was the monthly fee Fishman Island paid to Big Mom (who is homicidal enough to burn an entire island into the ground because they didn't give her candy) for defending it from other pirates. But when she hears the news and threatens to demolish Fishman Island Luffy first tries to bribe her with the treasure they got back from Caribou (knowing that Nami might rip off his balls for it), and when that fails he PERSONALLY takes the blame for the whole incident, and challenges ''BIG MOM'' (who's one of the Four Emperors and probably on the same level as [[Badass Normal|Shanks]] and the late [[World's Strongest Man|Whitebeard]]) saying he will go to the New World, '''kick her ass,''' '''''AND PROTECT FISHMAN ISLAND HIMSELF AFTERWARDS BY MAKING IT HIS OWN TURF'''''. After all, he is going to become the Pirate King, what other protection do you need?}}

** {{spoiler|The look of ''shock'' on Big Mom's face is '''priceless'''. It becomes [[Fridge Brilliance]] later on when one takes into consideration who was the protector of the island before. That's right, '''''[[~~Worlds~~ Strongest Man|Whitebeard]]'''''. He's essentially pulling a [[Papa Wolf|Whitebeard]]. That must have really been quite the surprise for her.}}

** {{spoiler|The look of ''shock'' on Big Mom's face is '''priceless'''. It becomes [[Fridge Brilliance]] later on when one takes into consideration who was the protector of the island before. That's right, '''''[[World's Strongest Man|Whitebeard]]'''''. He's essentially pulling a [[Papa Wolf|Whitebeard]]. That must have really been quite the surprise for her.}}

* There is a nice one for Luffy in chapter 661. Not that he does something, but when [[Captain Colour Beard|Brownbeard]] finally realizes who he is, he and his centaur lackeys [http://www.mangareader.net/one-piece/661/11 shat their collective pants]. It really shows how infamous Luffy has become.

* Then, in Chapter 667, Luffy shows off a new move that enables him to absorb an enemy's attack and return it with twice the power.

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* This troper thought Zoro got his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] ''much'' earlier, when fighting Buggy the Clown's second mate. After ''cutting open his own wound'' to show what a [[Badass]] he is, he gets kicked around a bit by Cabaji. Finally, he complains that he's tired, knocks Cabaji off his unicycle, and, when Cabaji rushes him, Zoro takes him down with one strike. Keep in mind that this is Zoro's ''second fight scene''.

** I still find when he fights [[Made of Iron|Mr. 1]]. Come on, he had '''pity''' for the guy he couldn't defeat. Because when he would be able to do it, he was going to be the man capable of cutting steel.

** Little-known but still awesome scene: in the manga only, against Hatchan, the [[Multi Armed and Dangerous|octopus]] fishman, when Zoro collapsed before him, the guy began punching apart a pillar and tried to have it fall on top of him. Zoro then gets up and pushes ''him'' into the path of the collapsing pillar, stating "why don't you take it yourself?"

** Little-known but still awesome scene: in the manga only, against Hatchan, the [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous|octopus]] fishman, when Zoro collapsed before him, the guy began punching apart a pillar and tried to have it fall on top of him. Zoro then gets up and pushes ''him'' into the path of the collapsing pillar, stating "why don't you take it yourself?"

** How can you count out the end of Zoro's first fight with Mihawk? First, he gets stabbed in the chest nearly to the heart with the Mihawk's knife, but refuses to step back because he'd rather die than lose and break his promise. Then, he goes on to continue to fight Mihawk, only to have two of his three swords broken. He accepts his defeat and faces Mihawk so Mihawk can deliver the final blow to the front of his body because,"It's shameful for a swordsman to be hit from behind." This whole scene is what turned this troper from a Luffy fan into an obsessive Zoro fan.

** Chapter 51 against Mihawk. When preparing his Three Thousand Worlds technique, there is a '''bead of sweat''' by Mihawk's eye. It is true that Mihawk effortlessly defeated Zoro regardless, but I think that it was at that moment that Mihawk saw that Zoro would be the one to surpass him.

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* Or in the Skypiea arc, where Sanji kicks Usopp out of the way of a gigantic lightning blast and takes it himself. To say the shot of his silhouette fading as the lightning rushes toward him is awesome would be a complete understatement.

** And then, standing there, burnt to within an inch of his life by one of the strongest DF powers, he mutters "I was going to ask you for a light, but I guess now I don't need one." [[Badass|Bad. Ass.]]

*** It gets better: Sanji then proceeds to continue his boasting by telling [[A God I Am|God]] [[Psycho Electro|Eneru]] to [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner|"Get ready to cry."]] {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|And then he falls unconcious on his face.]]}} And a few seconds later {{spoiler|the ship engine Sanji had sabotaged starts exploding, [[Double Subversion|throwing Eneru in visible distress]]}}.

*** It gets better: Sanji then proceeds to continue his boasting by telling [[A God I Am|God]] [[Psycho Electro|Eneru]] to [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|"Get ready to cry."]] {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|And then he falls unconcious on his face.]]}} And a few seconds later {{spoiler|the ship engine Sanji had sabotaged starts exploding, [[Double Subversion|throwing Eneru in visible distress]]}}.

* Despite being only part of a filler episode and not showcasing Sanji's excellent martial skills, [[This Troper]] found Sanji's impersonation as a Marine chef to be one of his finest moments. After being challenged by the Marine base's staff, who thought that he and Luffy were snobby chefs from Mariejois, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5SK-JDtLzA Sanji showcases not only his fine culinary skills in preparing 100 delicious meals but also his resourcefulness and understanding of cooking with the unused parts of the ingredients previously used by the kitchen staff.] Definitely one of the highlights of the G8 Arc!

* This troper personally found Sanji's fight with Wanze awesome, especially when he took out the knives and chopped up Wanze's noodle armor, as well as having all those cut up noodles land neatly on a plate.

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** Sanji then decided the best way to finish the fight would be to beat him ugly. Of course, Wanze's face looking like it did, this didn't leave Sanji with much to do. Not one to be denied, Sanji then took the logical step of ''beating him pretty'' before proceeding to beat him ugly again.

*** And then when he met Duval [[Cerebus Retcon|it was established]] that beating somebody pretty is one of his special abilities.

* "Ordeal of Love." After Luffy, Usopp and Sanji spend a fair amount of time having trouble with one of the bad guys in the Skypiea arc, Sanji beats him by himself (with help from Luffy) while equating the beatdown to preparing a meal, complete with a line about [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner|"tenderizing the meat...brutally"]].

* "Ordeal of Love." After Luffy, Usopp and Sanji spend a fair amount of time having trouble with one of the bad guys in the Skypiea arc, Sanji beats him by himself (with help from Luffy) while equating the beatdown to preparing a meal, complete with a line about [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|"tenderizing the meat...brutally"]].

* It's amazing that these two words are not to be found on this page until now: [[Code Name|Mr. Prince]]

* It's also amazing these two words are not to be found on this page until now: [[Big Damn Heroes|The Hunter]]... dude Sanji has the best entrances EVER.

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* This troper feels that Usopp's real [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] came all the way back in the Arlong arc where, after successfully deterring Arlong's henchman off his trail and coming up with all sorts of stories to tell his crewmates to excuse his escape, he says to himself 'this is shameful', gets up and fights. It's the point where he turns away from being a true coward.

** "What did you say was over?" "This fight! Did you know that grog burns?" [[Badass|Bad. Fucking. ASS.]]

*** And then [[Determinator|he beat him half to death]]. '''''[[Drop the Hammer|With a hammer!]]''''' [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|And a rubber band.]]

*** And then [[Determinator|he beat him half to death]]. '''''[[Drop the Hammer|With a hammer!]]''''' [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And a rubber band.]]

**** "I did it! I beat a fishman! YOU SEE THAT, LOSER? I BEAT YOUR ASS! I CAN'T BELIEVE I ACTUALLY DID IT! WHO'S A PIRATE NOW? I AM USOPP THE PIRATE!"

* I'd have to say that the aforementioned Thriller Bark moment was too humorous to count, and that His defeat of Perona was far more awesome. {{spoiler|Defeating someone referred to as "The Ghost Princess" by making her ''faint from fear'' using nothing but adhesive, toys and a giant balloon?}}I find that hard to top.

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* During the [[Big ~~Boos~~ Haunt|Thriller Bark arc,]] two of the Straw Hats had been cornered by a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|giant zombie monkey spider]] which, like the other zombies, had no known weakness. Cue a [[Crowning Music of Awesome|quaint little song]] being sung from the unseen rafters, and suddenly the abomination is ''[[Oh Crap|freaking out;]]'' turns out, he remembers this song. The music stops, Brook attacks, and as he's walking away his [[Diagonal Cut]] kicks in and the enemy [[Incredibly Lame Pun|gives up the ghost.]] Brook wouldn't have batted an eyelash... [[I Would Say If I Could Say|even if he had any left.]] Ladies and gentlemen, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|the musician has arrived.]]

* During the [[Big Boo's Haunt|Thriller Bark arc,]] two of the Straw Hats had been cornered by a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|giant zombie monkey spider]] which, like the other zombies, had no known weakness. Cue a [[Crowning Music of Awesome|quaint little song]] being sung from the unseen rafters, and suddenly the abomination is ''[[Oh Crap|freaking out;]]'' turns out, he remembers this song. The music stops, Brook attacks, and as he's walking away his [[Diagonal Cut]] kicks in and the enemy [[Incredibly Lame Pun|gives up the ghost.]] Brook wouldn't have batted an eyelash... [[I Would Say If I Could Say|even if he had any left.]] Ladies and gentlemen, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|the musician has arrived.]]

* Another for Brook is his zombie's fight with Zoro. Ryuuma's body may be stronger than Brooks and that Zoro was a sword down but still, Brook was a close match he might not be able to beat Kaku, but he would still hold his ground.

* He gets another when he slices through and purifies an entire corridor of zombies while still singing. What makes it so awesome is that the zombies start to panic and run JUST from hearing his song in the distance.

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** To be clear, he defeats the entire Blackbeard crew without breaking stride. So much as daring to stand against Magellan is considered bad ass.

* Vice Chief Hannyabal, who was presented as the [[The Starscream|Starscream]] of the Impel Down arc, recently had a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CM of A]] when {{spoiler|he tries to take on Straw Hat Luffy and is beaten bloody as a result, but [[The Determinator|refuses time and time again to get out of Luffy's way]] and has a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] when he [[World of Cardboard Speech|explains why he can't let Impel Down fall, as the weak and ordinary citizens of the world who fear pirates depend on Impel Down to keep them safe]]. Mind you, this was the guy who considered letting two pirates escape so as to pin the blame on his boss and get his job.}}

** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Made even better when said boss shows up,]] [[One Hit Kill|and after one-shotting Blackbeard's entire crew,]] also [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|commends his right hand man for lasting this long, proclaiming that there's no one else who could take his place as chief]].

** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Made even better when said boss shows up,]] [[One-Hit Kill|and after one-shotting Blackbeard's entire crew,]] also [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|commends his right hand man for lasting this long, proclaiming that there's no one else who could take his place as chief]].

*** Also made better by how it's a ''villain'' taking a brutal beatdown from a hero and getting back up again. You could easily see this scene being repeated with {{spoiler|Luffy}} being the one getting pounded into mush.

{{quote| ''' {{spoiler|Hannyabal}}:''' I said you shall not pass... and you shall not!!!}}

* When it comes down to it, the entire Blackbeard Pirate Crew can be said to live, breathe, drink, and, in Teach's case, eat this trope. Whether it be sneaking into one of the most heavily defended buildings in the world (presumably after climbing the Redline to get there; alternatively, he may have {{spoiler|flown}}), throwing a two-story building at an opponent, shooting a target that's over the horizon, testing fate with exploding apples, or even just walking down the street, almost everything they have done to date falls under this trope.

** Blackbeard: "Ace, your body is fire, right? I am... darkness." Swiftly followed by sucking an entire town into a black hole, THEN blasting it back out, THEN defeating Ace despite having a sun essentially thrown at him. This troper firmly believes he'll be the final [[Big Bad]] of the series just from this.

* Give Sentoumaru some credit; post-timeskip, {{spoiler|he responds to the fake Luffy's claim to be the real Straw Hat Luffy by ''[[Shut UP Hannibal|slamming his axe on his head with enough force to]] '''[[Shut UP Hannibal|bury him half-way into the ground.]]}}''''' And why? Because {{spoiler|[[Worthy Opponent|The real Luffy isn't a piece of trash]] like this guy. He then has the Pacifista reveal the impostor's true identity, totally destroying what little cred he had left.}} Yet another example of how even the villains are cool in this series.

* Give Sentoumaru some credit; post-timeskip, {{spoiler|he responds to the fake Luffy's claim to be the real Straw Hat Luffy by ''[[Shut UP, Hannibal|slamming his axe on his head with enough force to]] '''[[Shut UP, Hannibal|bury him half-way into the ground.]]}}''''' And why? Because {{spoiler|[[Worthy Opponent|The real Luffy isn't a piece of trash]] like this guy. He then has the Pacifista reveal the impostor's true identity, totally destroying what little cred he had left.}} Yet another example of how even the villains are cool in this series.

* 603: {{spoiler|Kuma of all people gets one - he makes a deal with Vegapunk so that his human weapon body protects the Thousand Sunny untill The Straw hats get back. When Franky finally finds it, two years later, his body is completely wrecked and can barley function. What is Kuma's reply to this? 'Mission complete' - Cue slow limp away without a word, and the reveal that the Thousand Sunny is absolutley spotless.}}

* New Villain {{spoiler|Vander Decken IX}} gets one. {{spoiler|He's a fishman with a fruit ability... that involves throwing things accuratly at a target. His current target is the Mermaid Princess. So what does he go and do with this ability? Apart from throwing weapons at the love of his life, he allies with the other fishman villain of the arc, Hodi, who is basically Arlong 2.0, and then throws Hodi's strongarmed human pirate captives as human artillery to invade the Palace and open it from the inside.}}

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*** {{spoiler|In chapter 599, after Luffy is beaten down once again by Smoker, [http://www.manga-access.com/manga/O/One_Piece/chapter/559/13 Hancock comes out of nowhere and saves him, easily swatting aside the Logia user] who has been pretty much an undisputed [[Badass]] up to this point. Yeah, it's becoming pretty clear that she didn't just get into the Warlords [[Incredibly Lame Pun|with her looks]].}}

* Ace, Jinbe, and Crocodile get one ''off-screen''. Namely, when prisoners are brought to Impel Down, they are stripped, boiled on an iron kettle, tossed into water reaching a hundred degrees, and "baptized". According to one of the officers, they went through all that without lifting an eyebrow.

* I fail to see why Wyper hasn't been put here yet; he got 30 million volts and an El Thor head-on, and uses a Reject Dial, a device known to destroy a man's body after two uses, to kill off Shura, ''[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu|actually kill Eneru]]'' ([[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|though Eneru amplifies his heart to revive]]), and blasts a gigantic beanstalk so that Luffy and Nami can confront Eneru. [[Determinator|ALL. WITHOUT. DYING.]]

* I fail to see why Wyper hasn't been put here yet; he got 30 million volts and an El Thor head-on, and uses a Reject Dial, a device known to destroy a man's body after two uses, to kill off Shura, ''[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|actually kill Eneru]]'' ([[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|though Eneru amplifies his heart to revive]]), and blasts a gigantic beanstalk so that Luffy and Nami can confront Eneru. [[Determinator|ALL. WITHOUT. DYING.]]

* Vivi's duck Karoo gets one as well, when he and Vivi are running away from Bon Clay, and Karoo runs straight up a several-hundred-foot tall wall, despite [[Determinator|having gotten heavily injured in a stampede mere moments ago]].

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** {{spoiler|This couples as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: as soon as Bon Clay learned that Luffy's healing process depended upon his willpower and that it would take over two days, which would cause Luffy to be unable to rescue his brother, he refuses to eat or sleep and stands in front of Luffy's locked recovery room and begins to cheer him on. The other okamas, including even the cynical Iva, join in after seeing his resolve and spend eight hours yelling encouragements to Luffy as he goes through the painful healing procedure.}}

*** And now {{spoiler|he appears to have pulled a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], staying behind while the others escape so he can imitate Chief Warden Magellan to open the Gates of Justice. Magellan comes and confronts him too late to stop him. Just as Luffy realises what he's done and contacts him. The whole thing is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] and a bit of a [[Tear Jerker]]}}.

**** This is the whole of episode 451 in the anime. As the music surges, {{spoiler|Bon Clay throws off his diguise, and faces down Magellan. "Do you have any last words?" To which Bon Clay responds, with a smile, [[Facing the Bullets One Liner|"SATISFACTION!"]] Magellan's fist comes down, the screen goes white, and a single rose petal falls to the water.}}

**** This is the whole of episode 451 in the anime. As the music surges, {{spoiler|Bon Clay throws off his diguise, and faces down Magellan. "Do you have any last words?" To which Bon Clay responds, with a smile, [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner|"SATISFACTION!"]] Magellan's fist comes down, the screen goes white, and a single rose petal falls to the water.}}

***** This is one of those crosses, as One Piece tends to pull, between a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], and {{spoiler|a [[Tear Jerker]] that had this troper alternately cheering and pumping her fist in the air for his SHEER BADASSERY while simultaneously sobbing incoherently like a baby.}}

*** In this tropers mind, this was the single greatest [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in One Piece to date. Let us restate this just to get the impact in. {{spoiler|Bon Clay impersonates the Chief Warden of the most impenetrable prison in the world, enables the first successful escape of this place in history, and then after being caught by the Chief Warden himself- and let us take note that the Chief Warden Magellan singlehandedly defeated Luffy, Luffy & Mr. 3 & CANNONS, Ivankov, Inazuma and THE ENTIRE CREW of the Blackbeard pirates without even breaking a sweat. Bon Clay simply grins at him and gets into his fighting stance.}}

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* I think that we can safely say that the ''entire'' Impel Down Arc is made of Crowning Moments of Awesome, with {{spoiler|'''''MR. 3, OF ALL PEOPLE'''''}} getting one as well, when he {{spoiler|blocked Magellan's highly poisonous Hydra attack with his Candle Wall, despite being only a quick sprint away from complete freedom, urging Luffy and company to escape.}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Mr. 3}}:''' I'll be damned if I'll stay in your debt, Straw Hat!}}

* This one isn't for a character, but for Toei's decision to take away [[Four Kids Entertainment|4Kids]]'s rights to dub the anime. And then gave those rights to [[~~FU Nimation~~]], who pretty much [[Superlative Dubbing|revived the franchise in the US]] despite being [[Screwed By the Network|Screwed By The (Cartoon) Network]].

* This one isn't for a character, but for Toei's decision to take away [[Four Kids Entertainment|4Kids]]'s rights to dub the anime. And then gave those rights to [[FUNimation]], who pretty much [[Superlative Dubbing|revived the franchise in the US]] despite being [[Screwed By the Network|Screwed By The (Cartoon) Network]].

* Here's ten for Luffy, his greatest punches up to his first ''shown'' use of ''Third Gear'' called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zmKhx7hktQ Luffy's Greatest Hits]. Unfortunately, Youtube edited out the soundtrack...

* A huge [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Silvers Rayleigh, he not only blocked a kick/laser beam, he cut a logia user and made him bleed.

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* 646: Jinbe {{spoiler|hit the now colossal Wadatsumi so hard that the blow came out the other side. He's the size of a freaking palace and Jinbe manages to puncture him on the ''opposite end''.}}

* 647: Shirahoshi {{spoiler|successfully summons the Sea Kings to stop Noah. She even gets in the way of Luffy's Elephant Gatling to stop his assault.}}

* 648: Jinbe {{spoiler|giving blood to Luffy [[Screw the Rules I'm Doing What's Right|in full defiance of Fisman Island's laws]].}} When pointed out, he has this to say.

* 648: Jinbe {{spoiler|giving blood to Luffy [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right|in full defiance of Fisman Island's laws]].}} When pointed out, he has this to say.

** In the same chapter, it is revealed that {{spoiler|''Gold Roger could also understand Sea Kings''.}}

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{{quote| ''"If the reason I am here right now... was to avenge my fallen friend, would you laugh at me, hmmm?!"''}}

* Chapter 572. Whitebeard shouting his {{spoiler|[[Last Request|final order]], and then prepares himself to fuck up the marines ''is simply the most badass thing he's done this whole battle.''}}

** Luffy and Ace being [[Back to Back Badasses]] and fighting all the Marines together is equally badass.

** Luffy and Ace being [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] and fighting all the Marines together is equally badass.

* Akainu mocking Whitebeard just so Ace will lose control and attack him, then Akainu nails Ace while telling him that fire can not possibly defeat magma.

** {{spoiler|Kinda dark, but he should get another one just for negating the series' infamously thick [[Plot Armor]].}}

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* With the arrival of chapter 579, what sort of awesome will they pull off this t- {{spoiler|''JESUS CHRIST IT'S SHANKS! GET IN THE CAR!''}}

** Not to forget Coby's display of both courage and compassion {{spoiler|defying Akainu because he wishes to stop the war and end this senseless violence since the Marines already completed their objective.}}

*** What's particularly epic about this is, if only for a few seconds, {{spoiler|''he stops the war. All of it.'' Pirates and Marines alike just stop dead in their tracks. Not just the grunts, either. He managed to get ''Blackbeard's'' attention. Now that is an EPIC [[What the Hell Hero]] speech}}.

*** What's particularly epic about this is, if only for a few seconds, {{spoiler|''he stops the war. All of it.'' Pirates and Marines alike just stop dead in their tracks. Not just the grunts, either. He managed to get ''Blackbeard's'' attention. Now that is an EPIC [[What the Hell, Hero?]] speech}}.

**** Wanna know what's even more epic? Coby, according to {{spoiler|Shanks, changing the FATE OF THE ENTIRE WORLD DUE TO HIS SECONDS OF COURAGE.}} Now that is awesome.

**** What's also awesome is that it goes to show [[Character Development|just how far Coby has come ever since we first met him]]. He started off as a boy who trembled before Alvida and has become {{spoiler|someone brave enough to stand up against someone as scary and ruthless as Akainu}}.