Explaining Gojo's infinity, the connection with Achilles and the Tortoise paradox, and a simplified explanation of the underlying mathematical theory :
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being a jjk fan feels like winning the lottery every day without even having played like no one asked for a modulo pv no one would’ve dared to hope this would happen so soon ???
it was funny and all but seriously it’s so weird not showing megumi like. gege really decided to cast him out of the story lmao what is wrong with him ??
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This chapter dropped a very strong hint, and this is where you realize the greatness of translation and quality because most One Piece fans completely overlooked this.
There is a striking similarity between two words:
覇気 = Haki
魔気 = Maki
Unfortunately, Maki was translated as Omen, or a sinister foreboding. While that isn’t technically a linguistic mistake, since many English translators relied on standard meaning!
It arguably erased one of «Oda’s terrifying wordplays», something likely only native Japanese speakers would fully catch.
Because there is a powerful parallel between the two words:
覇 (Ha) = dominance, supremacy, overwhelming power (in a positive sense)
魔 (Ma) = demonic aura, darkness, cursed or ominous force
And both share 気 (Ki) = spiritual energy, life force
What if Haki was something Joy Boy developed as a counterforce against Imu’s Maki?
That would explain how Joy Boy’s Haki was able to repel the Gorosei, wound Imu, and even make her gasp under the pressure of his Haki during the Egghead Arc.
What if Joy Boy spread Haki among humans so they could resist not only Devil Fruit powers, but also Imu’s demonic abilities?
And what if the highest form of Haki “Conqueror’s Haki” belongs only to certain bloodlines and races…
…and that is why Imu seeks to purge them from the earth through extermination, in order to create his own world?
worse part is that a few months ago I was talking to a friend who was about to start Egghead and I was like “yeah I’m basically spoiler-free except for Shanks’ death” 😭 I was so convinced it was common knowledge I didn’t even think of it as a spoiler… felt so bad for nothing 💀
I started One Piece convinced I was spoiler-free except for ONE thing I thought I’d seen on Twitter: Shanks’ death. Mind you i had no idea who tf he was but the spoiler was so huge it stuck anyway… so I spent the whole read waiting for it 💀 turns out my brain fully made it up ?
Even weirder, some people I know thought the same thing. I’m wondering if we somehow mixed it up with Ace?
Bc before reading One Piece, I just knew Ace and Shanks’s names and how they were somehow both important to Luffy… so i guess my brain just filled in the rest 💀
People glazing Dan for his looks above all things makes no sense. Like he clears Jiraiya in absolutely everything he’s genuinely a walking green flag but he could NEVER compete with Jiraiya’s insane face card