I guess this is as far as i go with Rave. All good things must end right.
God dammit Sky
This is my third time in Manga Wars and for the third time One Piece is in my part of the bracket, and for the second time its waiting in the third round to stomp me ....
Also is it my luck that first i had to face my fav manga, and now i have to face OP which is my second fav manga and fav shonen ...
Like with Berserk, One Piece is among my fav manga. I own almost all the manga volumes, and ive been following One Piece since freaking 2003, RTL 2 german channel everyday after school, so when i was about 10 years old, and now im 27, fuck im old.
So obviously OP is extremely dear to my heart and like Berserk it will never be beaten or dethroned from its rightful place as one of the 2 fav manga series ive read/still reading. With Berserk i had a bit of luck, and it was a battle of two completely different manga series, while now with One Piece its basically a battle between two very very similar manga series, but with OP being more expansive than Rave in almost all fields. Should be interesting to see the result of this battle
I still have a little bit of juice left with Rave, I'll post something by the end of this day.
I'm sorry but I agree too much with your paragraph about how great OP and Berserk are.
Would have supported Rave against other shonens like Naruto, though. It's a great adventure.
I'll support One Piece no matter the opponent (even my other faves) but this war's campaigns got me interested into more mangas and Rave is definitly one of them I'll give it a read as soon as I can !
Everyone always compared Fairy Tail to One Piece, ignoring that Rave is actually far more similar to One Piece than Fairy Tail ever was. After rereading Rave for 4 times in the last 10 years, i am of the strong opinion that Rave Master is basically a vastly shortened version of One Piece. The characters, the world building, the journey, the mystery, the emotions and feels, the devil fruits aka Dark Brings, and more, a good portion of what makes One Piece great, Rave has it as well but in a more compact and shortened version. I dont know how this helps my case, but i still wanted to point that out. Rave manages to accomplish everything i mentioned in almost 300 chapters and with really great quality. A fulfilling journey, across the world, there and back again, with lots of interesting characters, side characters and villains included, great moments ranging from funny, goofy, epic, shocking, emotional and tear-jerking. Sure there are those Mashima-esk bs moments and stinkers, but it aint that bad trust me, besides all great manga series need stinkers. Even One Piece
Still One Piece is One Piece. I have honestly nothing at my disposal to really fight it. So just one last campaign to show the finishing touches of Rave.
.... once again for the end ... a bit cheap doing this again, but oh well
In all fairness, @Valhalla777 has probably written the best campaigns.
So this could be my last post but I'll only focus on Haki in this one:
Haki is a mysterious and spiritual power than a lot of people have throughout the OP world. This power can be seen as a counter to devil fruits and when combined with devil fruits can cause calamities.
Some people assume that on order to be the strongest character, you need to have a DF power and I can understand why. Most of the top tiers have a DF in their arsenal.
This however is completely wrong as some of the strongest characters (Garp, Roger, Shanks, Mihawk, Beckmann, etc) don't have one.
So there are 3 types of Haki:
1) Kenbonshoku (Observation) haki. This allows the user to essentially have 6th sense. They can feel others' presence and strength. There is an advanced version of this that even allows the user to see into the future for a short period.
2) Busoshoku (Armament) haki: This allows the user to basically use their spiritual energy to convert it into a hard substance that makes the attacks much more powerful. It is seen as a black coating around the points of attacks like fist or leg. Now to be honest, I really don't understand the advanced version of this haki so if anyone (@thedude@Moegara) wants to help me out.... Please do
Important to note is that this haki is needed to fight logia users as it allows the character to bypass their elements bodies.
3) Haoshoku (Conquerors) haki: This basically allows the user completely overpower the will of another resulting in the opponent getting knocked unconscious for period of time or making the opponent obey the commands of the other.. This specific type ks the most rare in only 1/1000000 people use it
It was the first kind of Haki to be shown when Shanks used it to scare the sea monster from eating Luffy.
And that's it for me folks..... Here's hoping to another chance to defend OP.
P. S: We really need a Shanks or Mihawk sticker @revo
Voting for Rave. Valhalla has had some of the best campaigns for the wars, and he's remained consistent. While I am still salty he beat my Berserk, he has my vote.
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