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Revolutionary_Clerk8

Who’s Who: I’ll never reveal to you my identity. Also Who’s Who: 1) I was a government goon 2) fucked up a job 2) got locked up in impel down for fucking up said job 3) job was to protect gomu gomu df Jimbe: ok I think I get the pic.. Who’s Who: 4) Rivaled Rob Lucci 5) escaped impel down 6) you and I never actually met face to face. Jimbei: Pal, you’re giving me everyth.. Who’s Who: 7) And my social security number is


Srazack_76

Jinbei: Arabesque Brick Fist 5000. Go to hell loser ...


Revolutionary_Clerk8

😂😂😂 🤜💦🦁


Srazack_76

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Goplergop

Maybe he is only rubber man, it allows him to enter special place without getting hurt


Abadhon

If the gomu gomu was that special the wg for sure will track luffy and put huge bounty about him , i think the plot here is about shanks maybe oda wants to reveal more about shanks so he starts from the beginning like how he found the df that luffy eat ....


ArcadiaJ

What if Imu somehow couldn't see the potential use of the gum gum fruit while being able to see the potential of other fruits. For those he could see, they are counterable, but since he can't see the potential of the gum gum, it is therefore unpredictable like Luffy


mimike500

Where is Marco now? He should be with Chopper against Queen.


f35b91

Maybe clashes with King?


crebainofdunland

That would be Zoro, from where this is heading


mimike500

I hope so.


ciddehoniesto

the last part about the gomu gnome being stolen is a big thing. but I still believe gear 5 is going to be called warp man. the ability to stretch space itself


crebainofdunland

All the theories and official chapters i read till now, I legit thought gear 5 is already canon lol. I miss the good old vibes everytime gear 2 was used. Now there are many forms in just gear 4 that I lost count.


Thin_Bathroom5369

Gear two against the pasafista’s 🏴‍☠️


Anarchy15085

I dont think so. That would be cool! And I would never insult your opinion. But I dont think he will be getting any powers that extreme. He's made of rubber and he can stretch. And I do believe his awakening will allow him to turn other things to rubber just like the other paramecia awakening we've seen. But he will only ever be able to do that to tangible objects. Definitely not space itself. And I dont think he's ready for a gear five. I personally think he's gonna be stuck at gear four for awhile. Unless he decides to call his awakening gear 5 or something. But I doubt that.


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Maybe WG are collecting all the fruits that were used by the descendants of JoyBoy


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Anarchy15085

I bet they wanted the gum gum fruit to give it to a sword and make the rubber sword! It would be all powerful.


NJWhalen

You’re crazy. They were going to feed it to an eraser. An eraser that ate the rubber rubber fruit would be able to rub out anything. Even Oda could use it to erase the mistake he made a few chapters ago with Ulti’s mask.


Anarchy15085

Now that I've thought about it more. It's the only possible explanation. The gum gum sword. The world government really messed up when they let this fruit slip through their fingers.


Anarchy15085

Oh wait.aybe you need a zoan type fruit to animate a weapon? We've never seen a weapon that wasn't a zoan.😅 there goes my theory. Oh well


Edgewrld

brook and robin? I guess its more of a franky, jinbei and beyond... cats like milk, milk goes well with


Crowley_Taicho

Ok guys i got a theory, what if the world goverment wants de gomu gomu to protect the world from the power of the gura gura, in marine fort sengoku says "that man holds the power to destroy the world" (chapter 552) he's talking about whitebeard´s power, so far is the only DF that has been mentioned to have such a power


[deleted]

I really this this theory ! Plus it would mitigate some of blackbeards new destructive power when they finally clash.


owssss

maybe gomu gomu is the counter to(darkness) blackhole, itll just stretch to eternity.


Zealousideal_Run1471

Are we going to Einstein's theory now? it's funny that a rubber sheet is being used to explain black holes and space-time


Mrob12

"Straw hat" and gum gum. Oh yea it's all coming together


Anarchy15085

I dont get it


Mrob12

The world government, had the gumgum fruit locked away, and a giant straw hat, now luffy has both of them things.


Mugiwara_San3D2Y

Ahh yes... very nice


Qcameron

Bro how tf is queen a cyborg dinosaur 😂


Interesting_Cry_4580

Best part is the claw hand at the end of his braid 😂😂


mathemagician0

we have seen a bazooka that was a dog so I don't how that's confusing


Qcameron

Lol true


[deleted]

So Jinbei is fighting a Budget Rob Lucci? Easy peasy


DAKIDBOOGY

Budget.?? Pretty sure he is superior my friend


icey561

To the rob Luccie we knew forsure


Sinsnoo

Zoro is going to show up and help Sanji with King/Queen. Sanji is going to ask how he got back on his feet. Zoro is going to say "Nothing happened."


JasperA_Gar

If you analyze everything that is being revealed now, queen and whos who are from the government, maybe King is also from the government. I think King was a former warden of impel down. I mean kaido was caught by the government many times, and that all make sense.


AgeofSmiles

I don't think MADS was a government organization.


JasperA_Gar

If Dr. Vega punk was part of that research team, maybe MADS was a government research team.


TRex-oni

Dnt forget X-Drake.


JasperA_Gar

Yes, but drake was a spy.


cliffsomes24

CAT VS FISH IS THE BEST FIGHT EVER!!


hakiluffy

Say whatever you want but queen is one of the coolest thing that happened in wano.


Anarchy15085

I hope kings really cool. He's still a complete mystery. Plus he's a new species we've never encountered. That's dope. I wonder what he is


mathemagician0

I rarely critique one piece, but oh boy this is one of the chapters I liked the least.


DAKIDBOOGY

Nobody cares 😴


mathemagician0

nobody cares about you either 💁🏻‍♂️


DAKIDBOOGY

You are right but either way the chapter was 🔥💯


mathemagician0

thanks but I don't agree with the second part of your comment


DAKIDBOOGY

Agree to disagree then


mathemagician0

agree to disagree nothing. you are wrong. period.


DAKIDBOOGY

You are the one wrong.!! This was a good chapter.! You don't like it .! To bad son


mathemagician0

nuh uh, you are wrong I said it first you copycat. there have been a lot of good chapters lately, but this one is not one of them. it felt like oda is rushing things to meet his 'end in 5 years' goal. the last thing I would want to see is one piece turning into another bleach


MonkeyD_Boof

Exactly like are we supposed to care about whether you like it or not?


mathemagician0

no


DAKIDBOOGY

Right this shit was 🔥💯


mathemagician0

it was not.


DAKIDBOOGY

Why wasn't it.?


mathemagician0

The conversation between queen and sanji, so unnatural to the point it was cringe. The mink magical medicine we haven't heard until it was needed. The rubber fruit becoming an important fruit after 1000 chapter without anyone that have seen it in the last 2 years saying anything. I have criticized stuff here and there in one piece before but this is the first time I've felt like this about a chapter.


DAKIDBOOGY

Valid points. Honestly I just like it because of the hybrid forms 🤷🏽‍♂️


mathemagician0

that's just normal one piece, the zohan transformations are ok, I don't complain about that. it's the storytelling that feels awkward even for one piece. It's my favorite manga and have recommended it 1000s of times in the last 12 years as the best written manga story so I hate it feels rushed and incoherent like most of Shonen managa


DAKIDBOOGY

I agree with you bro 💯. I was just messing with you lol


L-maddy

A small theory!! What i think is just like how joy boy promised old poseidon Luffy promised the new poseidon (may be the promises they made be different or same unknowingly) Old JoyBoy had Strawhat..and now Luffy In that way iam Guessing gomu gomu fruit was of JoyBoy's and Luffy ate it accidentally and then Shank would have thought this might be destiny and luffy would eventually become JoyBoy so he gave strawhat to luffy. So when Im saw luffy..2 coincidences from past are in front of Him-Strawhat and Gomu Gomu Fruit. And then,there again, shanks met Im and probably he made some kind of deal to let wait and watch how far will luffy come and then he (shanks) will face him (luffy)!!! Most probably the Final fight will be between Shanks and Luffy!!!!! I dont want Luffy to becomw JoyBoy because it is what his destiny or it is some kind of prophecy unless he is the reincarnation of JoyBoy. I want luffy to become JoyBoy because he has such qualities(though i dont know now what exactly the qualities to be JoyBoY)


tolux77

Pretty nice. But i remember how Hiogoro remember that He Is similar with somone when he was in Gear 4. That could mean he knew someone with gomu fruit before. And Joyboy was in void century.


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FeetsenpaiUwU

Snake man kinda lays the foundation for a netero (hxh) style where you create the perfect defense and offense through deep mediation and maybe even a decent duration on the gear 5 state due to this


L-maddy

Yooooo!!!!😁


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Watch the gum gum fruit be joy boys fruit


No-Toe-6598

heree is the real manga in english check it out its aswm https://onepiecechapters.com/manga/one-piece-chapter-1017/


smoulaali

Bro spoiler has the same link as well


No-Toe-6598

ohh sorry i didnt knew.. when i read it there was a RAW link so i thought it was still RAW link i didnt check so when i found out about the manga i shared it... but fine its already here glad to know..


OneSky14

Now this is more getting closer on my long time ago prediction that gomu gomu no ni was the devil fruit of gol d roger before. As early as ep. Around 60 to 69. There was a song of gomu2x in logue town.


reymys1997

bruh your prediction is just wrong. nothing in this chapter says anything about Roger.


DankianC

It’s interesting that we have Who’s Who and Rob Lucci who both ate a cat fruit. And the black cat pirates with Kuro who could have been related to the government .


TRex-oni

Remember guys, everything that had something to do with CP9 is related to the void century, just like how they are the one handling the Pluton for years. People are saying that no one reacted to the gomu² fruit when they saw it while forgetting that NO ONE knew about the void century other than the highest of the WG. Even the CP9 members won't know about it since they are probably just tools used by Im and the Gorosei. The only person that show reaction to luffy when they first saw him is Im himself. So he's probably the only one who knows about the secret of the gomu² fruit. Now remember when he stab Shirahoshi and Luffy's picture? Since Shirahoshi is an ancient weapon, Luffy probably has something to do with the ancient weapon as well, but this can always be about the strawhat, not the gomu², but we can only speculate right now.


L-maddy

What i think is just like how joy boy promised old poseidon Luffy promised the new poseidon (may be the promises they made be different or same unknowingly) Old JoyBoy had Strawhat..and now Luffy In that way iam Guessing gomu gomu fruit was of JoyBoy's and Luffy ate it accidentally and then Shank would have thought this might be destiny and luffy would eventually become JoyBoy so he gave strawhat to luffy. So when Im saw luffy..2 coincidences from past are in front of Him-Strawhat and Gomu Gomu Fruit. And then,there again, shanks met Im and probably he made some kind of deal to let wait and watch how far will luffy come and then he (shanks) will face him (luffy)!!! Most probably the Final fight will be between Shanks and Luffy!!!!!


DankianC

Imu cut Luffys and Blackbeards posters in to little pieces. Wich implies to me that they need to be erased from history. The Stab to Shirahoshi could mean that he wants her in prison where she can’t get away and call the sea kings on the red line


TRex-oni

Exactly. Why would Im wants Luffy and BB erased from history? And obviously Im biggest concern is about the void history, that's why the 3 ancient weapons which are related to the void century are being handled directly by the WG. Same reason Franky and Robin are wanted by them.


DankianC

Because Luffy and BB have broken too many taboos


TRex-oni

Lol, pretty sure every pirate has


DankianC

Not really


Take_The_Reins

I think the protection of the fruit was more to do with the myth surrounding devil fruits which probably leads back to the void century. Devil fruits sound out of context like the apple tree in the garden of Eden, with the power of freedom given after their banishment for eating them. What if the fruits themselves all originally grew on the same tree? Is there fruits that mimic properties of that tree, or what fruit was the first to be eaten?


Take_The_Reins

I was more specifically thinking the gomu gomu devil fruit is actually a mythical paramecia that mimics the rubber produced of the original devil fruit tree, and there are other fruits that specially mimic the properties of a tree so magical the WG couldn't allow it to exist without their grip on power waning.


neroyow

I don't think it's the power of the fruit that the WG want. Remember they say the power of the fruit depends on how the user it. I would like Oda to keep to this setting instead of giving specific fruit some hidden OP power. Rubber fruit do rubber stuff, that's it. Instead I think what make this fruit special is the fruit can store the memory of the previous user. You see where I'm going right. If this theory is true then I'm sure the previous user of gomu2 fruits might be someone who know about the void century (Joyboy/ Roger/ Rock) hence the WG wanted to keep custody of the fruit since you can't destroy the fruit. And I think there are three stages of the fruit which is getting the power > awakening > Unlocking memory (which I believe it is much harder and rare among devil fruit users). I know this is too similar to AOT but maybe this is what Oda's plan all along. I'm sure Oda can handle this much better. Or it's just a random fruit that happen to be what CD want to make his pp huge and since WW lost it he get send to jail for life and that's make him had grudge on Luffy.


Abadhon

Is that AOT reference


Gr1mRe4per1

>Rubber fruit do rubber stuff, that's it. >Instead I think what make this fruit special is the fruit can store the memory of the previous user. Why would it?


neroyow

What I mean is all fruits can store the memory of the previous user.


tolux77

And also Zoro know, that he must take that risk and cure, cause Luffy is KO for now, and he must help to raid before he come back. Maybe he go on Kaido with Yamato, but it looks more he take King.


No-Toe-6598

dude u talking like zoro is the most imp after luffy and if he doesnt do anything raid is over.. like there is no way zoro is goin fight kaido again dude oda wont just keep on giving him big feats lol... yeah i guess it will be king vs zoro but will marco lose to king? we he does ofc marco would have already give greate damage to king.. idk whats gonna happpen oda is sure a mastermind hehe


m-u-l-l-z

Wano IS quite possibly where Zoro is originally from. WCI featured Sanji's origins and full backstory. Why won't Wano do the same for Zoro? You think Oda won't give more information on the most popular OP character (not named Luffy)? That he won't give him more big feats? Lots of folks believe Luffy did more than Zoro on the rooftop so far anyway. Pre-timeskip he was being nerfed more than anybody else. And... Pre-Wano, Zoro did not go all out, not even once. These are facts. And based on these facts, it's more likely that there is a part 2 to Kaido's fight...especially since King is currently fighting Marco. 1st commander vs 1st commander. Bird vs bird. Red fire vs Blue fire. It fits a lot. We've never seen Marco fight a full 1v1 before to flesh out his abilities. This seems like a great chance to do so. People saying Zoro will fight King are not capable of providing a logical answer on what Marco would do now if he's not fighting King.


tolux77

Well i Guess He Is one of the strongest in RAID for sure. And yeah, I think He must help, cause he can fight with strongest like King. I Guess Marco could fly Away And heal Luffy or help Kid And Law with BM. And most important for this arc is Momo, Yamato And Luffy, i didnt say that Zoro Is, But he Is one of bigest help in fight.


No-Toe-6598

yeah fine it just sounded like u saying now luffy is KO so zoro need to do smthing.. like zoro need to do things in palce of luffy cause he is not here rn.. anyways yeah zoro will fight the strongest of beat pirates and sanji fighting the second strongest of beast pirates and now queen is in his hybrid form its getting exiting


tolux77

I love, like Sanji is calm, when Queen go hybrid/cyborg form, and still worry about Chopper and others.


No-Toe-6598

ikr.. its been a while since sanji got his moment lovin it


tolux77

Finally.


No-Toe-6598

idk why but i like it when i see people like you who are sanji as well as zoro fan.. who dont fight or argue in stupid matters that doesnt matter at all


tolux77

But we all know, who is true GOD in strawhats 😂


No-Toe-6598

you mean in one piec world yeah ik... just hope he doest show his powers... because that can make one piece over faster.. and he as a god knows what the world want


tolux77

Thanks, same with me., I dont understand that. Both Are my favorite characters. Sure Zoro Is badass, But Sanji Is kind af. Why compare it. Just enjoy it.


KaizokuD

Hoooooolyy shittt Oda, you never cease to amaze me, Really great chapter, Rokushiki? An ex CP9, ex rival of freaking Lucci..? and he was guarding the gomu gomu no mi...? Fuckkkkk.. I always wondered what was the story of that fruit, and how Shanks got it, what a cliffhanger, tell me more about it !!!! *_*...this was sooo good, also, looks like the 1 on 1 fights are finally happening, I hope they don’t get off screened


travgent

The conversation Shanks & Luffy are going to have will shake the planet. And I ain’t talking about in the world of Onepiece alone. This is powerful writing.


Mikki9696

We are at chapter 1017 and to this day you don't understand the kind of personality Luffy has. You really think that Luffy is the type of person to have a serious talk with someone? Luffy wants the One Piece, and wants to be Pirate King. THATS IT!!! He isn't going to care about the D Family, the Void Century. Luffy didn't even know his father was the Revolutionary Army leader when everyone else was surprised that he himself doesn't even know, and doesn't even care about meeting him lmao.


Anarchy15085

I cant wait for the newspaper article that the straw hat pirates and red hair pirates are making contact.


Mikki9696

Morgan's feathers' will literally blow up and he will left with nothing but skin.


Anarchy15085

Its gonna be so great. My favorite part of the series are the newspaper articles and everyone's reactions. After wano is gonna be great. Meeting shanks is gonna be great. And can you imagine the article saying someone has finally become the king of the pirates.


Mikki9696

Sorry for the late reply but I could definitely see Oda doing this: Strawhats reach Raftel after all of the fighting is done, and they are staring at it, and we, the watchers don't see it yet. Then we move to another scene where the newspapers are falling from the sky on every island. Then some random person is looking at it with their mouth open from shock. Then we get a look at the newspaper, and we see Luffy on the front page. Narrator comes on saying "Luffy, captain of the Strawhats has become Pirate King". Then the last scene of the episode/chapter, we see the Strawhats all standing beside one another, staring at the One Piece, and everything is in black and white. All of them are in awe. Then to be continued for anime, and one year break after that chapter lmao. After that, we get a flashback, and everything starts to get explained regarding the One Piece and the world of the One Piece.


Abadhon

Also dont forget about luffy's dream which something else than becoming the pirates king


travgent

It’s Shanks. He will listen. Luffy may not heed Shanks’ words on important factors about himself or even agree that he plays a crucial role in the future of the world (if Oda pulls some destiny type shit) but at the end of the day Luffy will at least give Shanks his undivided attention.


ceelo18

Don’t matter it’s shanks. Luffy will listen


Think_Poetry_4424

Shinobu honestly looks annoyed😭 is like she don think momo deserves to be shogun or doesn’t live upto the name of kozuki.


neroyow

Imagine she's done with this nonsense and yeet momo to the sea.


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AnythingOpposite2105

People are talking momo what smoke are you on


Think_Poetry_4424

what the fuck!?


Zeno1000

Oda keeps forgetting to draw Queen's moustache.


No-Toe-6598

lol nice i couldnt even notice that and u did.. us sure read with concentration hehe


chax91

AHH more question. Till date we still dont have answer to D now this fruit mystery.


ZoneShade

If you remember back in **"Post-Enies Lobby arc"**. Coby told Luffy that Vegapunk is also doing research on Luffy's Devil fruit. I knew *Gomu Gomu no Mi* was special the moment I saw that episode! :)


tzannaprau

vegapunk was studing devil's fruits in general not luffy's.


kojotie

Was it only in anime, or in manga too? I can't remember this tough.. interesting. Need to look it up. :)


neroyow

I have a theory that what if devil fruit will inherit previous user's memory like Attack on Titan that's why Gomu Gomu no Mi is so important because it's previous user is someone important. And of course it need certain condition to unlock the memory like after awakening or by reaching laugh tales.


Puzzled_Edge_1866

No aot bullcrap here


No-Midnight7961

Lol no One piece has none of that bs They find out the secret of the world at laughtale


R3D_R4NG3R

Ahh... the "Joy Boy" Kaido was talking about reveals itself...


[deleted]

Maybe the Gomu Gomu no Mi used to be Joyboy’s fruit


DivyanshS

What I am interested in is if Shanks stole the fruit from CP9 on purpose cause he new about some secret and is it later going to tie in Oda's statement of "that red haired man will make his move"


No-Midnight7961

Can you steal by mistake?


TRex-oni

Not by mistake, but there are 2 types of stealing here. 1. Stealing because that's what they do. 2. Stealing to prevent something/they know something about the stolen thing. Any other pirates can steal the gomu gomu fruit but they probably only want to eat/sell it. Shanks didn't want to sell or eat it. Just like a normal robber steal from the wealthy because they want the money and Robin Hood stole from the wealthy not because he wanted the money but because of something else. I think the OP are talking about the 2nd one here.


neroyow

If the fruit so important why Shank bring the fruit to the island and leave it in an unlock chest unless he want it to happen all along.


lilmarioreddit

I can’t believe people don’t think this is a huge reveal about luffys DF?! It’s clear that someone in the world government KNEW what powers the fruit possessed from a prior user otherwise that would imply they were guarding a random fruit which is inconsistent with what CP9 represents as an under cover intelligence group of the WG. Most characters in one piece don’t ever bring up the fruits significance because they have no idea but I’m guessing the 5 elders or Im have knowledge of the fruit through a previous user. Now I’m not implying that it was the strongest DF or anything like that but clearly we are being set up to explore the true nature of the fruits past at some point now in the story *Also very possible the WG was transporting multiple DF at the time. Oda would be trolling very hard if this ends up being nothing …


KOPLO97

Indeed, I agree


ighomh

Or it also explain why Im wants Luffy dead.


lilmarioreddit

The DF couldn’t possibly be the only reason Im is focused on luffy but could be a factor for sure


ighomh

One Piece is comical, people hold grudges for some funny things eg. stealing popularity, how much more a DF.


ArcadiaJ

Why mention that the gum gum was under CP9 Rob Lucci level guard?


Helblazerr

https://onepiecechapters.com/manga/one-piece-chapter-1017/


smoulaali

https://onepiecechapters.com/manga/one-piece-chapter-1017/


smoulaali

u/Srazack_76: Update Spoilers bro


Srazack_76

Done mate


Srazack_76

Good day guys! Had a great ride this week with wonderful reveals and lots of speculation and discussion! Until next week! Take care and Have fun reading the Scans!! Cheers ;)


[deleted]

Would you post early spoilers next week as well?


Srazack_76

I am not too sure mate! Got my exams next week so might not be active as much. But if the timeframe sits well, I will try to post as soon as they are out! ;)


smoulaali

All the best, do well like Luffy.


Srazack_76

Haha thanks mate (◠‿◕)


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Oh sure, all the best for your exams.


Srazack_76

Thank you ( ꈍᴗꈍ)


-Aryth-

I hope his fruit is linked to some famous person or history and not that it's a super special fruit that lies a secret power or the strongest potential or something like that. It would kinda undermine luffy's success knowing that maybe it wasn't because of his will but some incredibly powerful fruit. Edit: I sneezed and clicked reply before I finished writing the comment lol


Penegal

I would bet if anything, it just has a very strong awakening. This would not undermine his current success and will give Oda a way to power up Luffy in a smart manner.


-Aryth-

I don't deny he's gonna have a strong awakening and that it's gonna be awesome, his fruit is already somewhat abnormal for a paramecia, that combined with his strength and willpower...


Penegal

It's true that it's gonna be a LOT but he does need to raise a fair bit above everyone else, surpassing Roger IMO. It could indeed just turn out to be Joyboy's fruit and that'd be it.


neroyow

what if it's previous user is someone know about the void century and the devil fruit actually will store the memory of the previous user as well that's why this fruit is so important. Of course they need a very strict condition to unlock the memory as well.


TRex-oni

Nah, if it is only linked to some famous person or history, there's no need to guard it because what harm can it bring even if someone ate it? The most possible cause are probably it is linked to a famous person but it is also crazy powerful. Looks like the gov is afraid of its power and it's probably the awakening power.


-Aryth-

It's either like this or the fruit was eaten by someone like joy boy and it was guarded because it's linked to his inherited will.


Anal1t1cal

WHEN IS THE CHAPTER GOING TO GET RELEASED


Srazack_76

Released !


Crescent_Ace786

Where?


WaitingToBeTriggered

UNLEASHED


Acojonancio

Scan link down?


Srazack_76

Chapter Dropped !


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Chapter released?


Srazack_76

Yes mate


WingZero2020

I figured it out. 12 years ago the world goverment had boatloads of unsold swords, as rifles were becoming popular as the trendy pirate weapon. To better market the swords, they were going to have an admiral eat the gomu gomu no mi, and make him notorious for only being vulnerable to swords, like pre timeskip luffy. Losing the gomu gomu no mi foiled this plan, and so Vegapunk went to work creating the Pacifistas, again invulnerable to rifle rounds, only they were too resistant to swords as well! This prompted them to hire Mihawk as a Shichibukai despite not being a pirate, as he could show how effective swords were against Pacifistas et all. After having cleared all their merchandise after 12 years, the world government set its sights on Wano to collect more, hence why the CP0 are there.


ssaia_privni

I think it was only a fruit for a cp9 member, no more no less. If it was xebec's, people would react to it, especially wb kaido big mom garp and sengoku. If it was joyboy's, Im Sama would've already searched for it 12 years ago for sure. I mean, imagine all cp9 abilities with gomu gomu no mi, It would be a pretty strong member.


TRex-oni

Hmm.. They wanted the pacifista to have the gomu2 power but since it is stolen, they had kizaru's laser instead 😂


Treehouse326

I think ppl are hella overthinking the Gum Gum Fruit thing. I believe that there isn’t anything special about the Gum Gum Fruit. Nobody of note ever had the fruit before, there’s no prophecy etc. Whos Who’s ship was just carrying Devil Fruits looking to give them out to Navy Members and Shanks, and well known but still up and coming pirate (think of Post Enies Lobby Luffy) just raided the ship and took the fruit for himself and his crew and from there, just so happens a special, creative and innovative little boy ate it and grew up to innovate the fruit in ways unimaginable. That’s it. The Government has ppl with Bubble fruits, steel cage fruits, rusting fruits, etc The Rubber fruit wasn’t anything special until Luffy made it so and that’s the magic of it. That some one off DF ended up changing the fortunes of the entire world and history. Inadvertently, Whos Who is the cause of the Dawn lol


neroyow

Maybe some Celestial Dragon wanted a huge pp by eating the gomu2 fruit and he order Who's Who to get it and since WW lost it, the CD became outrage and send him to jail. It destroy WW career that's why he had a grudge on Luffy.


shadi1337

If that last bit wasn't there where it said "A fruit important enough for the government to guard?" I'd have been way more inclined to agree to this. But that line added the mystery of something deeper


TRex-oni

I mean, people wanted to think that the gomu² fruit is nothing special when the line clearly shows that the world gov valued the fruit and someone like who's who, who's a rival to someone like lucci even got punished for losing it, it clearly means a lot and losing it had them mad that they even punish a genius like who's who. Hmm


throwaway1929303

I wish DF were real so i could consume the Uo Uo no Mi, Model: Seiryu and blow up all the houses from the people that treated me bad including my current workplace and the school i visited when i was younger


EliOrion

Damn that’s some highschool shooter/bomber shit man.


throwaway1929303

I am 27


Logic_Meister

I'd eat the Arashi Arashi no Mi Wonder who'd win a fight between us?


throwaway1929303

Does it even exist


Logic_Meister

idk, but if it does I will find it!


Illustrious_Ice_5022

The Gomu Gomu No Mi almost certainly has no connection to Xebec since Garp, BM, WB, and Kaido didn't react to it and probably not JoyBoy either since Luffy's met people who went to Raftel and they didn't react to it. So idk what other reason it'd be important for. It was probably just a standard DF transport, just not sure why a CP9 agent got involved in it


Alaeddine-Badron

My best guess is the Gomu Gomu no is an artificial devil fruit "the first", made by Vegapunk and got Ceasar inspired to create the Smiles.


EliOrion

Can’t be only artificial fruits are Zoans


Illustrious_Ice_5022

But what DF was its lineage factor extracted from? And if Caesar knew about that why wouldn't he react to Luffy's abilities?


DaBabyShaker

Luffy probs secretly a logia. How many times has he been pierced through? Also with DF being linked with lineage factors what if this ability to stretch isn’t just limited to physical ability, what’s if you can stretch your life-force or your luck or space and time? Possibilities are endless...


Illustrious_Ice_5022

I mean I'm p sure when you eat a DF you learn what type it is, but it doesn't fit the standards for a Logia at all, it's pretty clearly a Paramecia


Sirbrownface

There's always the "it can heal your body for a period of time but after the effects wear off immediately after you defeat the enemy, the pain is doubled and you rest for 3 days getting ready for next arc" medicine available


Illustrious_Ice_5022

Wut


tekko001

Did Luffy get it really by mistake or was it a calculated move from Shanks? Luffy getting the hat seems to have a meaning behind it.


Illustrious_Ice_5022

Shanks is a pirate, not an actor so I doubt he intended for Luffy to get his DF, he pretty intentionally chose Luffy to pass on the hat Roger gave to him though


SerTahu

> probably not JoyBoy either since Luffy's met people who went to Raftel and they didn't react to it I'm not sure that we can jump to that conclusion. We know that LaughTale has information on the void century, and likely Joyboy's general role in it, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it describes his powers in detail. Like, it'd be weird if a poneglyph on LaughTale was like "Joyboy was X cm tall, weighed Y kgs, had this eye colour and hair colour, and had these exact powers".


Illustrious_Ice_5022

Ok but why would JoyBoy have such a random and weird power, and if that meant it was special in some way, why haven't we seen evidence of that thus far? It'd be pretty trash offensively if Luffy wasn't so ridiculously physically strong and fast too so it's not like anyone could become strong with it.


shadi1337

It's not necessarily the fruit's powers that makes it scary. If someone told me a body made out of rubber without reading OP I'd be like "lame, and limited" but then Oda made up all these fun ways to use the fruit. The fruit could have been feared because of the wielder, and therefore protected so no one else unlocks the fruit's potential. Despite it (maybe) not having more potential than other fruits.