One Piece Chapter 544

[Honoko]

Also, Luffy able to listen to rationale? Really? I seriously thought him and Blackbeard were going to spend at least 10 chapters duking it out.

[Assertn]

I knew they weren't going to seriously fight. It would be a terribly inconvenient time to start such a serious match. Plus, as I said before, BB only wanted Luffy cause he wanted schichibukai status, and this chapter confirmed it. I did forget, though, that BB had no intention of fighting Ace initially. This means that the war itself wasn't part of BB's plan.

That being said, I really have no idea what BB intends to do here...

[Archangel]

That being said, I really have no idea what BB intends to do here...

My guess would be he's gonna free someone in the confusion

He did say that all the chaos would help his plan after all

Im really wondering how Oda will manage to get all the strawhats back together again.

Using Rayleigh's life paper

I had already suspected that all the strawhats would get a power upgrade during their mini arcs, since Nami landed on a weather island and Franky landed on a futuristic technology island.

That was my first assumption but I wonder how that's gonna work out for Robin and Zoro, who seem to have been sent to such strange locations

I am very curious about the big event that Blackbeard is planning. Will he take credit for the fall of Impel Down by bringing down Magellan? Somehow, I doubt that is the extent of it.

That "credit" would probably cost him his shibukai title he worked so hard for

[Splash!]

That "credit" would probably cost him his shibukai title he worked so hard for

He did ignore the shichibukai summons and just waltz into Impel Down so how concerned about his title is he really?

The question is whether Blackbeard has longterm plans for his title or whether he just needed it to put himself in a position to do whatever he is about to do next. I think its the latter.

I am sure there are already questionmarks about his loyalty with the World Government. If i were the WG, I wouldn't trust him with too much freedom as a Shichibukai.

But before anything, he better do a damn good job of covering his tracks in Impel Down because I doubt the WG would be willing to let his current actions slide. Picking an oppurtunistic time to enter into the mayhem generated by Luffy and Co. is a start.

[Archangel]

But before anything, he better do a damn good job of covering his tracks in Impel Down because I doubt the WG would be willing to let his current actions slide. Picking an oppurtunistic time to enter into the mayhem generated by Luffy and Co. is a start.

He will probably claim he was trying to stop Luffy and the whole thing was just a huge misunderstanding

Then he'll probably get out of it with a slap on the wrists

[Assertn]

I think his goal for schichibukai status was entirely so he could gain access to Impel Down.
After all, the gates only open for marines and schichibukai.

[Archangel]

I think his goal for schichibukai status was entirely so he could gain access to Impel Down.
After all, the gates only open for marines and schichibukai.

Why not just highjack a marine vessel then? Somehow it seems that becoming a Shichibukai just for that would be more trouble than it was worth