One Piece Chapter 539

[FireEmblem]

Not only that but we also know that Shanks will probably end up sidding with White Beard/Luffy/Dragon as well based off of the fact that Shanks stopped one of the other Emporers from stopping White Beard going to war with the Marines. IMO the only thing the marines really have going for them is numbers, and I'm sure everyone is aware that even an infinite amount of faceless and nameless grunts are useless in most Shonen manga/anime.

Well, the marines aren't all faceless and nameless grunts. It wouldn't be too much to assume that a lot of marines of Captain rank are pretty strong. Considering that Smoker was leagues above Luffy on their first encounter, it wouldn't be too much to make a parallel between Smoker-Luffy and Garp-Roger. Garp was known for cornering Roger many times, and I see Smoker being that thing for Luffy at one point or another.

But aside from Smoker, I assume that yes, other Captains are at least as battle ready as a lot of hardened pirates. Not to mention things that rank higher than Captain.

[Munsu]

Great chapter. I had forgotten about Dragon myself... good thing they mentioned him and tied him to this war. I don't know if he'll make an appearance though now that he has been mentioned. I would've thought that the next time he appeared would be by surprise.

[Tofu #2]

Maybe they'll break Ace's shackles off, and let Ace burn Magellan to death.

anybody else notice how many times magellan has commented on the heat?
like here...
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/534/02
kinda like he's melting.
possible foreshadowing?

oh and a few chapters back when bon clay was impersonating hannybal here
http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/535/16/
is it possible he touched magellans face?

[Tyreal]

Well, the marines aren't all faceless and nameless grunts. It wouldn't be too much to assume that a lot of marines of Captain rank are pretty strong. Considering that Smoker was leagues above Luffy on their first encounter, it wouldn't be too much to make a parallel between Smoker-Luffy and Garp-Roger. Garp was known for cornering Roger many times, and I see Smoker being that thing for Luffy at one point or another.

But aside from Smoker, I assume that yes, other Captains are at least as battle ready as a lot of hardened pirates. Not to mention things that rank higher than Captain.

I was actually basing my statements off of how Luffy managed to defeat 1000 (or was it several 1000? I can't remember) marines singal handedly at Enis Lobby.

[FireEmblem]

Oh yeah well those marine foot soldiers yes will be cannon fodder and faceless/nameless but it goes without saying that all of those marines with the baseball caps are cannon fodder.

[Assertn]

I'm sure whitebeard has his share of faceless pirates in his crew too.