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== Thriller Bark Arc ==
* Moriah is the subject of a lot of hate for being a [[Flunky Boss]] and for going down easily when he went [[One -Winged Angel]] and at Marineford. But he's not shaped like that (entirely) because it's funny, since we've seen him at Roger's execution looking slim and muscular: His defeat at Kaidou's hands led him to become morbidly obese, and therefore has very poor motility and hand-to-hand combat, which he was forced to rely on both times he seemed to have been [[Worf Effect|worfed]].
 
 
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* Despite the unbridled awesome to come, I was somewhat disappointed after the Strawhat crew were {{spoiler|[[Wham Episode|scattered across the globe by Kuma]]}} and the manga's focus shifted almost entirely to Luffy with only hints of what the others were going through. Upon consideration, however, it could be brilliant because when the anime catches up, instead of making up [[Filler Arc|Filler Arcs]] to give the manga time to pull ahead again, the animation team will be able to spend time telling the stories of the rest of the crew.
** Perhaps the most brilliant part of the {{spoiler|separation arc}} occurs at the end after Luffy's {{spoiler|heartbreaking loss of his brother.}} After focusing on Luffy for so long the crew is pushed to the back of the reader's mind, as they were pushed to the back of Luffy's. In this way, his {{spoiler|realization that he has not lost everything and wants to see his crew}} becomes that much more poignant and accessible to the reader. It allows us to feel the chunk of time they weren't together more personally.
* Some of the logia powers shown so far in the manga have all had a element of mystery. Kizaru is once heard mumble a cryptic <s>[[Pre -Mortem One -Liner]]</s> [[Pre -Ass -Kicking One -Liner]] - "Light is...''weight.''" If one isn't familiar with Einstein's relativiety theory, it makes absolutely no sense. - [[Tropers/Spirit Of Sahara|Spirit Of Sahara]]
** For the sake of those that aren't familiar, I'll dissect the comment; Things get more massive (and usually heavier as a result) as they get faster, and reaching the speed of light gives you infinite mass (infinate weight if there's anything with gravity nearby). Light can do it because it had no mass to begin with, so infinity times nothing is still nothing. Kizaru's immense destructive power need not be superhuman strength at all, as if he kicked someone at the speed of light, he would have to turn back at that speed to be solid, giving him a mass that rivals a black hole for the instant it takes him to slow down. And according to Newton that makes the force greater than.... I'll stop there.
** The bottom line being that Kizaru's mass destructive powers are actually based on solid physics, and that Oda did the research yet again. The other Fridge logic being that Kizaru is much, much, smarter than he appears at first glance.
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== Impel Down Arc ==
* It has been stated that the winner in a fight is one with the stronger convictions. The straw hats have only lost to Aokiji, Kizaru, Kuma, and Sentoumaru, with a near-loss to Magellan. Combined with Hannyabal's "You Shall Not Pass!" speech and his impressive showing despite having no devil fruit powers, it seems like ''their convictions are stronger than the Straw Hats.'' Even villains can have ideals and dreams too...- [[User:Fish Stampede]]
** Well, that's also assuming that all of those characters are straight-out villains. Aokiji seems like a very decent guy ('Lazy Justice' my ass, he was deliberately trying to give Robin a second and even third chance, despite his obvious duty being to ''kill or capture her''.), Kuma may or may not have been an actual good guy at some point, and Kizaru seems more [[Lawful Neutral]] than villainous. What must be remembered is that most of these 'villains' are actually protecting people, the normal citizens of their world, from the pirates who would harm them. Luffy's crew is the ''[[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|exception]]'', not the rule. I wouldn't call the enemies 'heroes', but most of them aren't straight-up villains either. Even Akainu, that most bastardy of bastards in the marines, is basically a [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]] / [[Knight Templar]] with lava powers--he's utterly ruthless and definitely takes things '''''way''''' too far... but he's not deliberately doing cruel or evil things. He doesn't seem to enjoy hurting people, but believes in absolutely NO mercy. In fact, the sheer complexity of every character is what makes Oda-sensei so great... if you compare Luffy's reaction to that of the fans, you'll see that initially, they're similar (both the fans and Luffy see things extremely simply at first; Luffy's simplicity doesn't change, however, even when the situation gets complex). On the other hand, as can be seen here, the situation ''is'' immensely complex, and who is or is not a villain/hero can be up to debate, just like in the real world. Despite how over-the-top the show is about EVERYTHING, very few of the characters are overtly and absolutely of a specific [[Character Alignment|alignment]]--as in real life, you get far more [[Chaotic Neutral]], [[True Neutral]], and [[Neutral Good]] characters than you do [[Lawful Good]] and [[Chaotic Evil]], and even then, they can't be defined strictly by their alignment.
** [[Sarcasm Mode|So Akainu's act of]] [[Moral Event Horizon|murdering a ship-load of Oharans just because an archaeologist MIGHT have been among them]] [[Sarcasm Mode|is justifiable, then.]]
** In his mind, yes. He was ordered to make sure none of the archeologists escaped. He felt he couldn't take even the slightest chance. It doesn't justify it to US. But he was acting "for the good of the world."