Ask me One Piece - March 2021

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and ideas. The Buggy disrespect hahaha. Pacifistas using several different types of devil fruits sounds awesome and terrifying. Here's to enjoying the story and events now and leading up to whatever the finally is.

Zinchrome

Capturing the Shichibukai and making them Pacifista-like robots could be possible, it would mean replacing the Shichibukai in a very literal way, but I feel it sounds a bit redundant and only for visual flare, especially since the Shichibukai all have different degrees of strength. I could get wanting to make a Mihawk Pacifista perhaps (though his small body might not be able to fit all that technology like Kuma), but a Buggy Pacifista would be as worthless as he is! I briefly elaborated upon what I think the SSG's project is in my most recent analysis, but I think that it could potentially relate to Vegapunk's research of artificial devil fruits. On one hand, Oda has established the plotline of Vegapunk discovering how to apply devil fruits to objects, while on the other we have the story with Judge about learning how to clone humans, and we later learn how Vegapunk applied that to clone devil fruits, cloning Kaido's Uo Uo no Mi. So I think this could all potentially converge on what Oda has established with Pacifistas: on one hand, the Pacifistas are likely just clones of Kuma, at least in blueprint, by replicating Kuma's lineage factor. While they are just machines in the end, they do possess biological parts and blood (which Drake remarked, also acknowledging Vegapunk's research). But furthermore, they have the beams of the Pika Pika no Mi (Kizaru's fruit) applied inside of them, likely through Vegapunk learning to replicate the lineage factor, the DNA string, that makes Kizaru's fruit work (or on the other hand, cloning the Pika Pika no Mi several times to apply it to each Pacifista's cannons). So I think that ultimately the final point for the SSG would be to be able to clone and replicate any kind of devil fruit for the Pacifistas. Oda has been making a big deal of Vegapunk's artificial devil fruits and unlike Caesar's, those haven't really gone anywhere yet. So imagine Pacifistas, but with any type of devil fruit, not just those beams. Able to freeze like Aokiji, melt like Akainu, etc. etc. They would become a legitimate threat! It would certainly make the final war feel all the more tense when Imu would have command over such a massive force. Though it does bring into question if Vegapunk is working with the Revolutionaries in the end, just like Kuma is, and this is specifically their trump card to overcome (Oda did also hint in an SBS Fujitora and Ryokugyu would betray the World Government, which is interesting since he was the one who pushed for the dissolution of the Shichibukai in favor of the SSG project). All of these pieces will probably fall together in the final war. Well, at least i feel that's what could happen, or at the very least that it's something that will elaborate on those plotlines. But I feel like Oda has something big in store for all this!

Hi Artur, thank you for all of the incredible work you do. I want to ask your thoughts on the SSG's plans+my guess of what it is. My guess is that the SSG plans to capture the current Warlords for the sake of turning them into pasifistas, same as what happened with Kuma.

Zinchrome

Well, from what we've seen last chapter, Sanji seems to be headed "here", or in other words, to the room with the Scabbards. We also know that Jack was rushing there in order to finish them off. So it almost seems too fitting for the two of them to meet and clash. Jack is already wounded too, which would make it more realistic for Sanji to fight him. The bigger question is if Oda will commit to making that a match up or if it'll just be a brief clash, but honestly I would love to see Sanji go up against a calamity, he had a great character moment but he also deserves a great fight. The even bigger question is actually whether the two will meet up with Kin'emon and the others, and of course by extension, Oden. Though I think it's likelier Sanji and Jack will clash before arriving there. That said, I'm not sure if Chopper will fight Queen. At the very least, Chopper is clearly not strong enough on his own on a purely physical front to stand up to a Yonko Commander, he needed a rumble ball to even land a serious hit and he's gonna be unable to move after a while soon given the effects of the rumble ball. So I do wonder who will be fighting Queen in the end. I also wonder if Chopper will be the only Straw Hat to sit out on a fight this arc, given how he already got a chance to shine through his medical knowledge, or if he will still get someone to fight against. We're coming to the point where the match ups are finally getting settled, so I can't wait to see everyone's fights play out!

OHARA SENPAI! So with today's MASSIVE reveal, I'm very curious and I think I'm going to ask the question that is on everyone's lips today... I think you know what I'm asking... SO if Chopper is going to fight Queen, then where is Sanji going????