And don't tell me he "let his guard down". In the beginning of the first movie he is shown in the cave with some wires hanging off his chest attached to a battery of sorts to keep the shrapnel out of his heart. Was the Iron Man video phone technology ever used in real life? After the incident at God Valley, they went their separate ways to form their own crews and became Emperors. Answer: I will argue that he didn't because all the things that he did, Blackbeard could do too. This was seen in his encounters with Shanks,[47] Gol D. Roger,[48] and Shiki; still, this did not guarantee complete cooperation from him, judging from the nature of these conversations.[15][49]. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. [102], Under normal circumstances, they did not provoke each other. The Blackbeard Pirates" is the 485th episode of the One Piece anime. Whitebeard spent much of the early battle on the Moby Dick, contenting himself to observe without interference. Introduced in the series as one of the Four Emperors of the Sea, Whitebeard managed to conquer nearly the entire ocean and earned the reputation of being the 'Strongest Man in the World'. There are no plot holes. [94] Just before dying, Whitebeard openly declared that Blackbeard was not worthy of being Roger's successor. He was suffering from heart attacks because he took off his life-support system prematurely. He had a long face, ploughed because of the advanced age with many wrinkles around his eyes, and many scars running along his chest, and was very muscular. [159] The fight between Whitebeard and Blackbeard is extended in the anime. The Emperor's tactical prowess was demonstrated when he saw through Sengoku's deliberate leak of information regarding a change of schedule for Ace's execution,[136] and when he foresaw the Pacifista's arrival at Marineford and scattered the pirates so that they would not be routed by the cyborgs.[137]. In the anime, there were no swords at all in his body. Once starting out as an apprentice on the crew, he had come to be Whitebeard's closest confidant and right-hand man. ), as Newgate does not possess an actual beard. As such, Whitebeard dedicated a majority of his riches for humanitarian aid towards Sphinx, having built a peaceful village for the locals to live in. [15], Whitebeard was an abnormally large man, with a height of 666cm (21'10"). [50] Like Perona, his laugh is similar to the name of his Devil Fruit, the Gura Gura no Mi. At 72 years old, he was the oldest known Four Emperors member in the series. A young, orphaned Newgate had to grow under those oppressive conditions, leading to his life as pirate, although he never valued treasure as much as the idea of family. Whitebeard was an orphan and spent most of his life in poverty. [7][109] Due to his incredible strength he was already feared as the "Strongest Man in the World", before Roger's death and the start of Great Age of Pirates. After his captain's death, Marco assumed leadership of the Whitebeard Pirates until the crew's disbandment following the Payback War. "Settling the Score - Whitebeard vs. Many people argue that since he could send tremors through the air and thus had to have awakened it but the biggest counterargument to that is that everything that he did at Marineford, Blackbeard cou. He was so weakened due to his illness he couldn't see the attack coming. [158] In his initial appearance in the anime, his eyes were black like many male characters of the series, but this was changed to a golden yellow color by the Summit War of Marineford. [126] In his prime, Newgate was capable of fighting Roger to a standstill in a battle that lasted 3 days and 3 nights. Checking your browser. When Teach claimed to be an orphan with nowhere else to go, Whitebeard quickly allowed him to join out of sympathy. He has twice been featured as part of MegaHouse's Portrait of Pirates collection of a 1/8 scale figures: once in July 2011 in his present-day appearance, and again in September 2013 in his youthful appearance (called "Ver. While not in battle, Whitebeard was typically on oxygen and attached to several medical sensor machines, due to health issues concerning his age. Whitebeard made his first proper appearance in Chapter 234 of the One Piece manga and Episode 151 of the anime. Regardless of his poor health at the time, Whitebeard liked drinking, to the point that bringing and sharing a drink with him (preferably of high quality and very expensive) was viewed as enough of a respectful gesture to engage a conversation. [58] Initially, Ace refused this offer and attempted to kill Whitebeard nearly a hundred times, only to fail at each one. Squard, in return, thought of Whitebeard as a father figure, but felt betrayed when he thought that Whitebeard was planning to sacrifice all of his subordinate crews to save Ace, leading him to stab the Emperor in a surprise attack. Following . Plot hole and plot armor are two overused and misused cliches by anime fans. Edward Newgate, also known as Whitebeard, was one of the greatest known pirates in the world of One Piece. However, before even reading the letter, Whitebeard threw it away, claiming that Shanks should come in person with some expensive sake if he wanted to talk. His other hobbies include exploring the beauty of nature when he can. [46][92] However, Sakazuki earned Whitebeard's wrath for killing Ace, and Whitebeard brutally injured him.[93]. They first created a prosthetic chest over his real chest and spray tanned it to match his original skin tone. Whitebeard is widely regarded as the "strongest man" in the world. The same heaven and earth shaker Whitebeard used in marine Ford, that he struggled to do, is the same move he can do just by getting mad and didn't need to use his hands. During this occasion, Whitebeard and Roger held a casual conversation with Kozuki Oden joining in, showing both captains were comfortable with each other's presence. How do they film the mirror scenes in movies? Even then, it didn't matter that he got skewered. Whitebeard was unable to move after his last attack on Blackbeard but managed to move forward with his body turned red with smoke coming out of it, similar to Luffy in Gear 2. In his prime, he was second only to Roger. @JohnO many film-makers prefer physical effects, even if it's for mainly emotional reasons, and on a film with a budget like Iron Man's this kind of stuff is a drop in an ocean. Roger Garp Sengoku there aren't very many people who know about the sea back then. Even Buggy, who used to sail Roger admitted this. Crocodile seemed disappointed about Whitebeard's power weakening with age, claiming that the Emperor barely resembled the man who had utterly defeated him years ago. In the manga, after Akainu melted off a portion of his head, Whitebeard lost his left eye and the left side of his mustache (this was changed to just losing the left side of his mustache in the anime) as well as a massive hole in his torso (a second, bigger hole in the stomach was also dealt by Akainu . [19] In the manga, his eyes are brown,[20] but in the anime, his eye color is seen to be yellow. After Whitebeard's death, when the narrator lists all the injuries Whitebeard suffered, swords that have pierced his front and through his body could be seen with the tips protruding from his back. Whitebeard and Roger clash with Haki-imbued weapons. [115] Few would dare to challenge him or any of his crew, which makes Ace, Crocodile, Aokiji, Akainu, Blackbeard, Kaidou, and Luffy very brave and powerful people, for just trying. It maybe a little weird but I wouldn't say it is a plothole. [4] In fact, among them, he was considered the "Closest Man to One Piece", and the ruler of the sea who stood before the "throne" and the title of Pirate King. He could also jump very high despite his size and weight. I don't like being a nitpicker but at the end of his life, there's a speech about how there's not a single injury on his back because he never turned away in a fight. you can see in this pic They first created a prosthetic chest over his real chest and spray tanned it to match his original skin tone. Whitebeard was an orphan and spent most of his life in poverty. During the Summit War, he was on the verge of using Haoshoku Haki against some of the World Government's executioners to protect Portgas D. Ace but failed because of a sudden illness attack. Then they put in his "heart" so it would look like it's actually a hole in his chest while his actual chest is underneath it. This was down to the fact that Sphinx island couldn't afford to ally themselves with the World Government as they lacked the funds to pay the Heavenly Tribute. [161] A 9" figure was featured as part of the Figuarts ZERO One Piece series. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Oct 16, 2020. [26] In initial appearances, he seemed unable to see any cause for alarm on any decision he made and refused all advice given to him, such as his nurse telling him not to drink heavily[27] or Shanks warning him of Blackbeard. Whitebeard had two very intriguing rules that he never broke. At one point during marineford, Squard stabs Whitebeard. Whitebeard considered every single member of his crew, as well as his subordinate crews, his "sons". He also wore shorts and a white bandanna. Edward Newgate vs. Sakazuki (after the death of Ace). This is easy, they showed it on youtube. [1] The muscles on his biceps seemed to grow bigger whenever he used his quake-based powers. [77], Whitebeard seemed to have some form of respect for Luffy after hearing about him from both Ace and Shanks; Ace had shown excitement that Luffy was on the Grand Line,[78] and Shanks had stated that he had given up his arm on a "bet on the New Age", referring to Luffy. Since his old captain had spent much of his fortune aiding his struggling homeland, Marco found himself with the duty of protecting the one thing that still remained from Whitebeard's past, becoming a local doctor who took care of the health of the locals. He let Oden go without saying goodbye, but still ordered his crew to leave some supplies for him and his family. 0"). What is a word for the arcane equivalent of a monastery? [43][44] People that were children at that time were still viewed as children in Whitebeard's eyes, no matter how powerful they had grown since. He liberated and protected Fish-Man Island from slavery, an act which touched the hearts of the normally human-distrusting citizens of Ryugu Kingdom and invested the majority of his riches to support his homeland of Sphinx, an once poor, lawless island. Unlike other large-sized humans, however, he was well-proportioned. In the anime and other related merchandise, it is red. At the time of the war, he was in bad health. And, here are 10 things you didn't know about him. He was eventually promoted to commander of the sixteenth division of the crew, showing that he had earned Whitebeard's respect as a leader and fighter. [1] [30] Whitebeard also treated all of his "sons" and "daughters" equally and claimed to Squard that Ace was no different than any other, despite being Roger's son. [149] Whitebeard could also utilize the advanced technique of projecting Haki out from his blade; this was shown during his fight with Roger where the duo's weapons met in a powerful clash without even making contact.[109]. Whitebeard's eyes are colored brown on the cover of Volume 57. [65] This hostility dissipated a bit when Oden was formally inducted into the Whitebeard Pirates, with Izou sticking around for Oden's sake. [162] Banpresto has released two Whitebeard figures as Ichiban Kuji prizes, one in August 2010[163] and another in April 2012. These New World subordinate crews included "Bohemian Knight" Doma, "Thunder Lord" McGuy, the Decalvan Brothers, "Great Whirlpool Spider" Squard,[70] Little Oars Jr.,[71] and the "Ice Witch" Whitey Bay. Why didn't Whitebeard have scars on his back? As he further bonded with Whitebeard's crewmates, who already treated him as family, Ace eventually grew to respect Whitebeard so much that he viewed him as a proper father figure, due to his hatred of his actual father, Gol D. Roger. But to sum up: RDJ is actually sitting inside the chair you see. [16][17][18] Like all of his men, he had his own Jolly Roger tattooed on his back. He simply wasn't interested in finding the One Piece, and for him, his only treasure was his family. Undaunted, his finger fired several lasers which Hawkeye dodged as he closed in. It was confirmed by Eiichiro Oda that Whitebeard had the skill to use all three Haki types. Marco teared up when he told Nekomamushi about Whitebeard's love for the land he had been born into, knowing that it was the reason his captain was so stingy with money.[35]. [103], Whitebeard considered Kaidou a powerful and fearsome pirate and for this, he chose not to march into Wano Country to wage war against his crew just to avenge Oden's death, knowing that it would cause many casualties.[64]. [128] Even with his health issues, Whitebeard was still considered the world's most dangerous and powerful pirate.