r/OnePiece • u/_EddyGordo_ Cipher Pol • Feb 26 '21
Underrated character designs Discussion
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u/unknown_variable69 Feb 26 '21
Gladius was like Doflamingo’s Mr. 5, really cool design
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u/Greasypear96 Feb 27 '21
honestly gladius was one of my favorite member of doflamingos crew, it’s sad he was overshadowed by almost all of them
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u/BlazeKaizer888 Feb 27 '21
Gladius and pica where the coolest members of the donquixote family to me.
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u/almostasenpai Feb 27 '21
I thought Gladius and Mr 5 had cool devilfruit powers. Shame both never had that much screentime.
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u/lil-clit Feb 26 '21
Just realized ryumas got the same eye covered that zoro has closed
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u/Sufficient-Bedroom Feb 26 '21
name a bigger combo than Oda and fucking up his characters’ left eyes
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u/ProtectorOfDharma Pirate Feb 26 '21
Kishimoto and fucking up characters both eyes
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u/alexvcrisis Pirate Feb 26 '21
Kentaro miura and fucking up his characters' anus
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u/blazediamond Feb 26 '21
Kishimoto and fucking up his story's conclusion
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u/YoloYeahDoe Feb 26 '21
What was so bad about naruto?
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u/erickjoshuasc Feb 27 '21
Pain: I am the leader of Akatsuki.
Tobi: No, I'm just controlling you.
Madara: No, I'm just controlling you.
Black Zetsu: No, I'm just controlling you.
Kaguya: No, I'm just controlling you.
It could have stopped at Madara and capped off the series with a legendary character, but noooooo, we need a one-dimensional villain we had no emotional investment and elevate the power ceiling a lot more (+other problems I don't wanna discuss). But hey Naruto's not that bad (compared to others).
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u/YoloYeahDoe Feb 27 '21
Yeah I agree it woulda been better to end after Madara as well
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u/ZaknafieinDoUrden Feb 27 '21
Don’t forget Sasuke’s motivations to destroy/save the world.
“I’ll burn down the world to honor my brother who wanted to save it.”
“I’ll save the world.........so that I can destroy the Leaf Village.”
After fighting Naruto and both of them losing an arm, “Alright, how about we just call it quits and let our kids ruin the world.”
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u/ALegendaryCocoaPuff Feb 27 '21
And then what’s worse is that Sasuke and Naruto are basically gods in terms of power by the end of Shippuden. And then in Boruto they sit around and “run out of chakra” every time something happens. Like bruh?! You didn’t run out of chakra when you used an ultimate susanoo, teleported with your rinnegan, used Amaterasu, and undid the infinite tsukuyomi? Bullshit.
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u/TheGuardianWhoStalks Feb 27 '21
Not only that, Kaguya is a fucking alien and Naruto and Sasuke are descendants of aliens. Shit went that far from the ninja world.
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u/buzuki12 Feb 27 '21
Ass pulled Kaguya and ass pulled Hagoromo's twin brother was just that jump and pierrot convinced Kishimoto to continue the franchise, it was going to end up with Madara being the last boss like he is in my heart and probably a Narusaku ending.
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u/Orcas_are_badass Feb 27 '21
Do you remember that time kakashi was standing with the executioners blade facing off against the other swordsman of the mist, a group that had been teased FROM THE FIRST ADVENTURE, and he said he was about to go on a rampage and then the next time we see him they’d all been defeated off screen? Sums up how the whole war ark felt in my opinion. Shifty payoff for something built up for so damn long.
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u/Leeiteee Feb 26 '21
Tite Kubo and fucking up his characters' arms
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u/laey01 Feb 26 '21
Tarantino and woman feet.
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u/uncannythom The Revolutionary Army Feb 26 '21
My friend and I realized it last night. And drawings of Ryuma while he was still alive look uncannily like Zoro. I can’t help but wonder if we find out that Zoro is actually a Shimostuki clan member by the end of Wano
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u/lil-clit Feb 26 '21
Oh totally theres way too many similarities between him ryuma the shimostuki and even oden himself ( im aware the kozuki are a separate clan im more referencing the nintoryu style) i would love for zoro’s backstory to be more fleshed out in wano
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u/Daaj99 Feb 26 '21
I think he has been heavily implied to be a Shimotsuki so it is pretty much confirmed.
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u/Ser_Stannis-a-lot Feb 26 '21
Kuina is the one descending from the Shimotsuki clan.
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u/Alsticera Feb 27 '21
Kuina is the one descending from the Shimotsuki clan.
Zoro is shaping up to be one as well, it would also explain why Koushiro was OK with giving away his grandfather/father's sword to Zoro, if they're the same clan and makes even more sense if Zoro descends from one the leaders (that one Kozuki guy looks alot like Zoro)
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u/LurkingSpike Feb 26 '21
I think he has been heavily implied to be a Shimotsuki so it is pretty much confirmed.
I can't be the only one who doesn't want to know and is fine with implications, right? They are way too much fun.
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u/Orcas_are_badass Feb 27 '21
I feel like it’s more likely he is at this point. We now know that members of the Shimostuki clan left Wano and founded a village in east blue, which is the village that Zoros dojo was in and it is confirmed his sensei was of that clan. Furthermore, green hair has been shown in Wano. At this point it would be kind of odd for Zoro not to be a member of the Shimostuki clan.
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u/Sol327 Marine Feb 26 '21
Calgara was pretty cool
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u/refance Feb 27 '21
Calgara had a powerful design if is sad to not have some shandians in blue sea
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u/multivitamins138 Feb 27 '21
Definitely would be excited to Wyper in the future again. It made sense before because the shandians had a duty to take back their homeland but not anymore. Wyper is one of my favorite characters
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u/j4vaEX Feb 27 '21
Reading through that arc in the manga after catching up to the anime made me realize Skypiea is one of my fav arcs of all time
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u/EZPZ24 Feb 27 '21
The Nolan and Calgara flashback is legendary, honestly would be better than Oden's if not for the fact that Oden's has more recongizable/important characters for the current story.
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u/Banger-Rang Feb 27 '21
Him and Noland feel massively underrated at times, long before the pirate era, or even the era before that. These guys were the strongest and most revered (to our knowledge), also pretty bad ass. The ark isn’t most beloved but those two were probably the best characters to come out of it.
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u/One_Historian_5984 Feb 26 '21
I found it amazing when I discovered that out of all of Oda's designs he has never designed a character with a patch over their eye.
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u/xanborghini Feb 26 '21
I read somewhere once that he’s saved signature pirate designs for key characters, so like Hook on Hand (Croco) & Peg for a Leg (Zeff)
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u/Wolfinhat Feb 27 '21
I think hes saving the eye patch for luffy in the final arc
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u/IrrelevantTale Feb 27 '21
Right at end of the fools journey when he gains enlightenment. Odin style
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u/BigY2 Feb 27 '21
Yeah I definitely think we'll we see flashbacks to the lost generation or Roger's era that incorporates more real world pirate elements
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u/ShvoogieCookie Feb 26 '21
Not sure whether you know it already but it's intentional. A pirate shall appear who will have an eye patch and people are assuming it'll be Joyboy.
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u/Grim_Raver Feb 26 '21
I really want to see more of Whitey Bay. I dunno why, I think she's really cool
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u/Vinsmoker Feb 26 '21
I think she's really cool
Because her epithet is "Ice Witch"? :p
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u/jetman209 Feb 26 '21
I wanna see more of her because she was one of WB original crew members. Why did she leave and go start her own crew?
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u/Stewman08 Feb 26 '21
Kids gotta move out sometimes.
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u/jetman209 Feb 26 '21
Clearly she was still loyal to WB as see came for the war. I’m wondering if maybe when WB was conquering territories he left her to guard a one ( a frozen island maybe hence how she got the title ) and kinda just made her division it’s own thing hence her being a captain.
I think the more likely answer is Oda at the time hadn’t fully fleshed out the Wano arc and when he did the WB flash back he choose to add her despite the more questions then answers it presents. I do think we will see her again possibly in the final war when Luffy brings all his allies together.
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u/DarkPhoenix369 Feb 26 '21
Wasn't she confirmed to be killed by Weevil? We saw some of the bounties he had turned in to the government
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u/Grim_Raver Feb 26 '21
I know she was defeated but it's unknown if she died or not.
Its Weevil, so chances are he would, but I'm hoping not. I really love her aesthetic.
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u/Inner-Juices Feb 26 '21
Of course we have to see more of her. Well, I hope we do.
She was the only female fighter that Whitebeard allowed on his ship
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u/sbsw66 Feb 26 '21
The entire Impel Down crew have great designs - Magellan looks so ferocious
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u/dafood48 Feb 27 '21
Some of the toughest characters or most dangerous devil fruit users have some sort of comical gimmick to render them from being too powerful.
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u/kidkurlyy Feb 26 '21
Calgara is sick
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u/TheDELFON Feb 27 '21
The OG 💯
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u/kidkurlyy Feb 27 '21
Will never understand why people don’t like the skypiea arc smh🤦🏽♂️
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u/TheDELFON Feb 27 '21
Preaching to the choir friend. It's literally my favorite arc (I LOVE Marineford and Water 7 / Enies Lobby, but Skypia just hit different... and soooo good.
The awe and wonder, the flashback, the high takes, the ominous Roger + D + Poneglyph ending, hnnnggg right into my veins.
I heard it said that Skypia, as an arc, is the perfect microcosm if One Piece as whole. And have the luxury to binge the arc when I first stsrt going thru OP (caught up at 3Dx2Y)... I completely agree
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u/LifeMechanic2 Feb 26 '21
I'd say King but I guess not really underrated, he's adequately rated.
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u/Roronoa_Zoro_ Feb 26 '21
Once we see what's under his ridiculous garbs, I suspect he'll be more popular.
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u/SuperSemesterer Feb 26 '21
I’m low key expecting him to be BEAUTIFUL under his gimp suit.
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u/Deanbledblue Feb 26 '21
I agree. I think he’s actually an elf. We’ve had giants and dwarves, why not elves?
The spikes on the side of his head look like elf ears.
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u/1-1-3-1-1-4 Feb 27 '21
did it NEVER crossed my mind that he looks like the gimp... thanks I hate it lmao
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u/keifas Feb 27 '21
for some reason i am expecting him to look like fodder underneath his suit and mask.
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u/Nicole223 Feb 26 '21
His voice in anime is nice, i was expecting a deep voice but was pleasantly surprised to get a chad voice.
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u/Charkarx The Revolutionary Army Feb 26 '21
Never thought I'd find a bdsm bird to be cool but here I am lol
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u/vinsmokewhoswho Feb 26 '21
Gladius looks sick, I love his steampunk aesthetic.
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u/bdarwish Feb 27 '21
He has always had one of my favorite character designs except I hate how his badass jacket turns into a bland robe on the bottom. Something as simple as pants would make him look so much cooler lol
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u/Insullts Thriller Bark Victim's Association Feb 26 '21
I’ll never understand why the Sky Island arc gets so much hate, I loved the character designs and the flashbacks so much.
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u/dafood48 Feb 27 '21
I’m not a fan of flashback arcs. Almost every major arc has had flashbacks. But the skypiea one really got be hooked and genuinely wanting more.
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u/Haingis Feb 27 '21
I remember at the time of watching it I thought it was uninteresting compared to Alabasta, I disliked the Shandians which made me care little of the battle, and well... Noland backstory just popped up and prolonged an arc I wanted to get over with.
The only redeeming factor in my eyes was that not everything was translated properly, so I watched half of it on HK-subs which was hilarious and kept me going.
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u/borislavk14 Pirate Feb 26 '21
If we are talking about underrated what about Pell.
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u/_EddyGordo_ Cipher Pol Feb 26 '21
I knew I forgot a few people when I made this post, Pell's whole asthetic was great definitely deserving of being here
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u/dafood48 Feb 27 '21
I love Pell. I had mixed feelings about his death fakeout and wish this trope would stop. There’s so many characters thought to have been dead, mourned, only to turn out to be alive.
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u/Florissssss Feb 26 '21
Don't think they're underrated, they're just all characters we either haven't seen in a long time or much at all. Besides design there's not much to talk about period. But I've always really liked Whitey Bay's design, also the fact she has an icebreaker as ship is cool.
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u/modimusmaximus Feb 26 '21
Who is the one on the top right?
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u/Xanlis Feb 26 '21
WB Ally, i don't remember her name, you can see her in Marineford Arc, and .... might be spoiler so that should be enough
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u/DutchLudovicus Feb 26 '21
Whiteybay the Ice Witch. She fights with a sword. She posseses the only ice crusher ship seen so far in One Piece. An ally of Whitebeard and once a combatant of the Whitebeard pirates, despite there being a rule in the WB pirates against female combatants.
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u/L_U_D_W_I_G_ Feb 26 '21
Who was the blue woman? I saw her with whitebeard, but they never explained who she was or what her powers were
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u/DutchLudovicus Feb 26 '21
Whiteybay the Ice Witch. She fights with a sword. She posseses the only ice crusher ship seen so far in One Piece. An ally of Whitebeard and once a combatant of the Whitebeard pirates, despite there being a rule in the WB pirates against female combatants.
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u/PsychoLogical25 Pirate Feb 26 '21
Whitey Bay. Used to be on the main crew before forming her own crew and then becoming a subordinate crew under the WB pirates.
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u/hiballNinja Feb 27 '21
she had a good debut scene.where tf is she. I bet she’s hunting Aokiji(Kuzan). I’m sure she wants to run him over. That’s her hobby after all . Lolol
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u/dylercrews Feb 26 '21
Fully agree.
Whitey Bay is bae.
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u/IamYodaBot Feb 26 '21
hrmmm bae, fully agree. whitey bay is.
-dylercrews
Commands: 'opt out', 'delete'
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u/WhitecaneV1 Feb 26 '21
I love Skypia shame they didn't get a crewmate; it's a real missed opportunity.
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u/dafood48 Feb 27 '21 edited Feb 27 '21
There’s been arcs where I really wish Luffy recruited a crewmate. Some other ones that come to mind: Paulie, Perona, Marguerite, Carrot, and one of his prison buddies, Mr. 2 being a prime pick. Its just something cool about Luffys former enemies joining him. Robin was such a shock and welcome addition. I also want Law and his crew to keep their alliance with straw hats after everything is over.
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u/ArcatiosThaGod Feb 26 '21
No lie I said the same thing
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u/WhitecaneV1 Feb 26 '21 edited Feb 26 '21
Like, imagine Wiper or even Conis on the blue sea? It'd be awesome; please tell me there is fanfic of that?!
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u/SoggySet3096 Thriller Bark Victim's Association Feb 26 '21
Anyone else wish that the samurai Ryuma would get his own show with demon slayer animation styles?
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u/blazediamond Feb 26 '21
Meh, Ryuma is so back in the past I don't have any interest in him (since we don't know anything about his friends, enemies, etc)
I would much rather have something about Roger, Shanks, Garp, etc
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u/ChosenYasuo Feb 26 '21 edited Feb 26 '21
Your crazy, Ryuma was called King before Roger was. He had the bravest warriors soul before his adventure even began. He became known as “god-sword”. To this day the marines wouldn’t approach Wano because of his name. Like I want it badly
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u/SoggySet3096 Thriller Bark Victim's Association Feb 28 '21
So badly. Like I'd even be fine with a special or movie. As long as they go with the title, One Piece: Monsters, since Oda wanted to use that title for the short manga really badly. Even though it isnt exactly canon it'd be cool if they used that storyline too and sort of cross in some One Piece stuff to make it fit with sweet animation and Ryumas One Piece character design.
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u/Masca77 Feb 26 '21
Once OP is finished it would be really cool to have an anthology series for side stories or flashbacks
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u/TammyFucksworth Feb 26 '21
I feel like I'm way less hype for for Revolutionary Army content than I should be just because I fucking hate steampunk
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u/jheeeeeezzzzz Feb 26 '21
that’s your opinion, however i think they all look amazing with exception of morley? the trap giant he’s got a cool df but too sus
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u/MariJoyBoy Feb 26 '21
Morley is a picture I send to one of my friends who doesn't like one piece, and I say "look, all the characters look like that"
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u/mlted_strawbrries24 Feb 26 '21
whose the blue haired due?
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u/GreatCucumber Feb 26 '21
Gladius. Dude who blows up in Dressrosa and got KO'd by Barto. You probably don't recognize him because he usually wore a hat/helmet.
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u/Kinglyzero_91 Feb 26 '21
Hyouzou needs to be here. What a badass design.
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u/Panzick Feb 26 '21
Hyouzou
yeah, too bad they ended up almost as joke characters, because design-wise the Hody pirates were surely detailed and interesting.
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u/schwesty Feb 26 '21
Ryuma actually looks like Sukuna from jjk. Well opposite actually since Ryuma came first but they both looks so cool.
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u/Cizarius Prisoner Feb 26 '21
Steam Punk dude is freaking cool. Hopefully, he plays a big role. Can imagine him teaming up with Franky to make a steam punk robot samurai with cannons.
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u/MariJoyBoy Feb 26 '21
Th two in the middle are among my favourites, so not "underrated" for me ... however I don't like the other 4 =)
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u/stohnerrweeb Feb 26 '21
These are cool but can anyone agree that some of the character designs in one piece are unnecessarily over the top and weird like Qeen for example
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u/Masca77 Feb 26 '21
I really like Chess' design (Wapol minister of defense back in Drum), probably my favorite between lesser known characters
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u/EmpressOfSalt Feb 26 '21
My love for whitey bay is way too strong for how little she appears honestly.
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u/PlusUltraK Feb 26 '21
God damn gladius is my favorite from Don Flamingo' s crew and I wish he didn't get the generic villain knockout
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u/IronSavage3 Feb 26 '21
The Pop Pop fruit is one of my favorite DF’s and I think it’s pretty underrated
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u/2ecStatic Feb 26 '21
Character names/arcs? I only recognize two of them
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u/_EddyGordo_ Cipher Pol Feb 26 '21
Top left to bottom right Gladius: Dressrosa, Ryuma: Thriller Bark, Whitey Bay: Marinefort, Kalgara: Skypiea, Lindberg: Reverie? If I remember correctly, Domino: Impel down
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u/italianredditor Feb 26 '21
Been reading this on and off since it came out (I'm 39 now), I have no f clue who these characters are aside maybe from the girl from Impel Down (Magellan's right hand? Not entirely sure either).
This manga is great but it does have way too many characters.
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u/twich_simp69 Feb 26 '21
Don't remember bottom left maybe he from Manga but he kinda look like guy from the time I got reincarnated as a slime
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u/Sombrakata Feb 26 '21
Gladius looks a little like a villain of the GI Joe movies (I never watched them. I just remember some ads).
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u/SplitDBanana Feb 26 '21
I like Karasu's design a lot