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One Piece Manga |OT3| Anything You Can Gum I Can Gum Better

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Kain

Member
Wait, what if... What if Garp was one of the children Caramel sold to the Marines??? What if he's the one that knows what happened?
 
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daveo42

Banned
Don't DF powers get attracted to the nearest fruit that's the same as the original DF or was Caeser's monster from Punk Hazard different because it was engineered? I don't buy the BM eating everyone story here. I expect the WG was somehow involved and took everyone instead of waiting on Carmel to deliver BM, who they probably saw as a threat.

Edit: Mother getting out of the business was probably bad news bears for the WG as well, so they said fuck it and took everything.

Edit 2: Looking back at the last few pages...she totally did eat them. Fuck...
 
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Mendrox

Member
dan2026 said:
If she really did eat them all, wouldn't there be more blood and bits about?
I guess its implied that's what happened, but it somehow seems more ambiguous.
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Big Mom could ve thorough and just also lick it all off till nothing is there anymore. Sick chapter.
 
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LotusHD

Banned
BatDan said:
The consequences of being a speed-reading idiot.
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Sesha

Member
She definitely ate them.

- There are screams in the panel where she says "yummy!"
- "I chomped down on the table a few times".
- There are teeth marks on Mother Caramel's clothing.
- Everyone was literally shoving cakes in her mouth.

Oda basically spells it out without actually spelling it out.
 
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Oxn

Member
Red Fire said:
Why do you think she only sells one child? On the one panel where they sing binks sake she even says to herself 'i will sell every last one of you to the government'
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Thats because its her final sale, so might as well sell them all since she dont need to act anymore
 
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dan2026

Member
Looking at the size difference between Linlin and the other kids sat at the table.
I suppose it's not inconceivable that she could swallow them whole. :s


Also considering she was killing giants as a kid I have to wonder how Luffy (or anyone else) is going to be able to fight her?
And she has the Homies!

You just know Bege's rockets won't work somehow.
 
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Sibersk Esto

Banned
Veelk said:
Well, you have a point, since this is One Piece world so lol at living costs.

Still, just trying to think about it logistically, you have housing, food for multiple people (especially with how big mom eats), doctor check ups (you need to keep them healthy after all), basic home needs. Education if they have that in OP.

I would understand it more if she sold the other children the marines don't buy into slavery or something, but the chapter implies she just routinely has a whole orphanages for which she only actually uses one kid with huge intervals inbetween.

It just doesn't seem financially sound, or it wouldn't if this wasn't OP. She should be selling way more orphans, is my point.
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Why would she have trouble getting any of that if she has the full trust of the country (or at least a section) of Elbaf? I'm sure they would provide.
 
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Morlas

Member
yeah if she did eat them she could've just swallowed them whole....
wow Oda has done some messed up stuff before but this takes the whole cake...
badum tish
 
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Samemind

Member
Anyone else getting the vibe that Big Mom is kinda still just a kid and didn't really "grow up" as an adult? Between her obession with tea parties, her weird hobbies, the way she slept with her new toy and got real sad she thought it died. That she still hasn't dealt with her hunger problem or put two and two together about Caramel's disappearance.
 
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Veelk

Banned
Red Fire said:
Why do you think she only sells one child? On the one panel where they sing binks sake she even says to herself 'i will sell every last one of you to the government'
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I assumed that was like a "I hate you all" internal frustration sort of thing, since she has to pretend to like them. It still just brings up the question then why she sells them every 2 years instead of all at once, especially since they don't seem to have to be raised to any particular age or anything.

Sibersk Esto said:
Why would she have trouble getting any of that if she has the full trust of the country (or at least a section) of Elbaf? I'm sure they would provide.
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Orphanages don't run themselves. Or are giants dirty communists now?

BatDan said:
The consequences of being a speed-reading idiot.
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Look, if you're just going to do these driveby insults, I'm going to report you to the mods and let them take care of it. Stop it now.
 
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leatherhat

Member
dan2026 said:
Looking at the size difference between Linlin and the other kids sat at the table.
I suppose it's not inconceivable that she could swallow them whole. :s


Also considering she was killing giants as a kid I have to wonder how Luffy (or anyone else) is going to be able to fight her?
And she has the Homies!

You just know Bege's rockets won't work somehow.
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Brook will solo her.
 
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dan2026

Member
Samemind said:
Anyone else getting the vibe that Big Mom is kinda still just a kid and didn't really "grow up" as an adult? Between her obession with tea parties, her weird hobbies, the way she slept with her new toy and got real sad she thought it died. That she still hasn't dealt with her hunger problem or put two and two together about Caramel's disappearance.
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She is a giant psychotic manchild.

One does have to speculate how she has so many kids...and where the fathers are....
 
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LotusHD

Banned
Samemind said:
Anyone else getting the vibe that Big Mom is kinda still just a kid and didn't really "grow up" as an adult? Between her obession with tea parties, her weird hobbies, the way she slept with her new toy and got real sad she thought it died. That she still hasn't dealt with her hunger problem or put two and two together about Caramel's disappearance.
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I've seen people straight up recognize her as likely being autistic, so yea, can't say I'm surprised you think that. Also probably has abandonment issues, considering the whole "If Mama invites you, you better come" reputation

dan2026 said:
She is a giant psychotic manchild.

One does have to speculate how she has so many kids...and where the fathers are....
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I just... I just can't see all of those relationships being consensual, considering all that we know about her.

Veelk said:
Look, if you're just going to do these driveby insults, I'm going to report you to the mods and let them take care of it. Stop it now.
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*nods approvingly
 
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Blackleg-sanji1

Banned
Veelk said:
I assumed that was like a "I hate you all" internal frustration sort of thing, since she has to pretend to like them. It still just brings up the question then why she sells them every 2 years instead of all at once, especially since they don't seem to have to be raised to any particular age or anything.



Orphanages don't run themselves. Or are giants dirty communists now?



Look, if you're just going to do these driveby insults, I'm going to report you to the mods and let them take care of it. Stop it now.
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I agree here^^
 
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Kreed

Member
One Piece 867:

I was really confused as to what happened at the end of Big Mom's flashback until I came in here (I was thinking Caramel and the kids were kidnapped). Next week's chapter is going to be "something" if this flash back leads into Big Mom's next actions after the assassination attempt fails.
 
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LotusHD

Banned
Kreed said:
One Piece 867:

I was really confused as to what happened at the end of Big Mom's flashback until I came in here (I was thinking Caramel and the kids were kidnapped). Next week's chapter is going to be "something" if this flash back leads into Big Mom's next actions after the assassination attempt fails.
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Feel like I've been waiting for her reaction (post-scream) for the longest time now lol

Flashback was appreciated though
 
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Blackleg-sanji1

Banned
Plot twist...the giants hate big mom because of the incident she caused at age 5 not because of the marriage..something's afoot here

Because it still makes no sense to me why even for a second allow your prince to marry(whether he was in love or not) into a family who's mother slaughtered many of your ppl at a young age out of hunger
 
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LotusHD

Banned
Blackleg-sanji1 said:
Plot twist...the giants hate big mom because of the incident she caused at age 5 not because of the marriage..something's afoot here

Because it still makes no sense to me why even for a second allow your prince to marry(whether he was in love or not) into a family who's mother slaughtered many of your ppl at a young age out of hunger
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It could be both. Maybe somehow the marriage was a way for them to reconcile? I dunno...

It'd be interesting to see who, if anyone, actually informed her about what she did to the Giants.
 
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Blackleg-sanji1

Banned
LotusHD said:
It could be both. Maybe somehow the marriage was a way for them to reconcile? I dunno...

It'd be interesting to see who, if anyone, actually informed her about what she did to the Giants.
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Thats the most interesting part she probably still doesn't even know,add to the fact Lola for some reason believed mama was on her side..Why?
 
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LotusHD

Banned
Aaronrules380 said:
I mean they straight up said it was a way to reconcile with them back when they explained it
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Ah it's been a while, so memory's shaky, and only remembered the part about how the alliance would benefit her becoming PK.

Blackleg-sanji1 said:
Thats the most interesting part she probably still doesn't even know,add to the fact Lola for some reason believed mama was on her side..Why?
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inb4 one last big deception-twist involving Pudding
 
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Sibersk Esto

Banned
Samemind said:
Anyone else getting the vibe that Big Mom is kinda still just a kid and didn't really "grow up" as an adult? Between her obession with tea parties, her weird hobbies, the way she slept with her new toy and got real sad she thought it died. That she still hasn't dealt with her hunger problem or put two and two together about Caramel's disappearance.
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That has always been a part of Big Mom's character, but regardless she's still mostly mature as an adult.

Veelk said:
Orphanages don't run themselves. Or are giants dirty communists now?
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It's an old Viking style village, being communal is more likely than them being capitalist, especially when it comes to an orphanage.
 
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Ray Down

Banned
Blackleg-sanji1 said:
Plot twist...the giants hate big mom because of the incident she caused at age 5 not because of the marriage..something's afoot here

Because it still makes no sense to me why even for a second allow your prince to marry(whether he was in love or not) into a family who's mother slaughtered many of your ppl at a young age out of hunger
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Depends on how the royals at Elbaf act.
 
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UnemployedVillain

Member
daveo42 said:
Don't DF powers get attracted to the nearest fruit that's the same as the original DF or was Caeser's monster from Punk Hazard different because it was engineered? I don't buy the BM eating everyone story here. I expect the WG was somehow involved and took everyone instead of waiting on Carmel to deliver BM, who they probably saw as a threat.

Edit: Mother getting out of the business was probably bad news bears for the WG as well, so they said fuck it and took everything.

Edit 2: Looking back at the last few pages...she totally did eat them. Fuck...
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Which makes no sense because that wouldn't explain why they didn't take JUST BM, as she alone was stronger than the others combined, and why they left her there instead of killing her
 
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Ray Down

Banned
UnemployedVillain said:
Which makes no sense because that wouldn't explain why they didn't take JUST BM, as she alone was stronger than the others combined, and why they left her there instead of killing her
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Yeah, unless Pudding messed up her memory to forget what really happened, I don't see how the WG can be involved with that.
 
SolVanderlyn

SolVanderlyn

Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
...she ate them all.

That is beyond messed up. This is like horror story level
 
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Sibersk Esto

Banned
Now I'm wondering how many other characters in the series started out with Mother Carmel. Although Carmel's death probably happened before most characters were born.
 
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