Month: May 2024

Currently, there is no doubt that One Piece is the most popular manga and anime. The series created by Eiichiro Oda has been the most read and watched in Japan for decades, but this phenomenon has grown enormously in recent years, thanks to the quality of its plots and even Netflix, which has turned this fiction into one of the few live-action anime adaptations worth watching.

However, it’s not that One Piece is trendy and something that will happen at some point; rather, it seems to be the opposite. Oda’s series is reaching its final stretch —although this could mean up to a whopping five years for its conclusion— and each passing chapter becomes more and more interesting. In fact, the latest one is one of the most spectacular we have ever seen, thanks to a revelation that has turned everything around. Be careful, because hot spoilers are coming up.

In chapter 1.113, the last one published by the author, scientist Vegapunk has activated a mechanism, automatically with his death, that reveals to the whole world his best-kept secret: what will happen to the world of One Piece in the future. In a panel that will mark a before and after in the series, Vegapunk drops the most important bombshell of all: “This world will sink into the sea!”

Although the revelation may seem strange, all One Piece fans (including myself, of course) were shocked when we read it: now everything made sense. It seems that Imu and the Gorosei have a big plan to sink the world’s islands into the sea, leaving only the Red Line afloat. And this is something that could have happened a long time ago, sinking a world that would be afloat.

All the protagonists of One Piece would fulfill their dream

This enormous revelation brings everything into perspective and, as user @writtingpanini has correctly pointed out on Twitter, it gives rise to a theory about the ending. A theory in which all the members of the Straw Hat crew would achieve their dreams simultaneously.

#OnePiece Theory

The End of One Piece pic.twitter.com/HFUDppwk2o

— Panini (@writingpanini) April 30, 2024

The first thing that Panini exposes in his theory are the personal dreams of each nakama of the Straw Hat Pirates, which are the following:

• Luffy wants to be the king of the pirates.
• Zoro wants to be the strongest swordsman in the world.
• Nami wants to draw a map of the whole world.
• Usopp wants to be recognized as a brave sea warrior.
• Sanji wants to find the All Blue, a united sea where all species coexist.
• Chopper wants to be the best doctor and cure all diseases.
• Robin wants to know the true history of the world.
• Franky wants the Sunny to be the best ship in the world and travel everywhere.
• Brook wants to be reunited with Laboon.
• Jinbe wants to find equality between fishmen and humans.

According to this theory, all dreams would be connected to be fulfilled at the same time. How? By refloating the world sunk by the villains of history in the Great Flood. Before that, all land territories were united in one continent: Pangea. And one sea: Panthalassa. Now, there are four seas united by a great land line called the Red Line. If they cut the Red Line and managed to refloat the world, everything would return to how it was before and many problems of the inhabitants of this planet would end forever.

And now let’s see how each pirate would achieve their dream with this phenomenon.

Let’s start with Sanji, who has it the easiest. He dreams of the All Blue, a completely united sea where all species of fish are related, a great feast for a cook. With the return of this ocean called Panthalassa, his dream would be fulfilled immediately.

Robin, upon discovering what would have happened to the Ancient Kingdom, would also fulfill her dream: she would learn the truth behind the world. And Nami would now not only have knowledge about all the islands in the world, but also about the actual territory of the planet to create her ultimate map.

Regarding Luffy and Zoro, their dreams are somewhat different, but functional in this case. By freeing the world from Imu, Luffy would become the freest person there is and, of course, the king of the pirates. And as for Zoro, he only needs to surpass Mihawk to become the most powerful swordsman. In fact, according to this theory, he could be the one to cut the Red Line to prove his worth.

The curious thing is that, with the union of all the seas, Laboon would be free again, so he could be reunited with Brook once more. And by reuniting the fish-men and humans, Jinbe would be close to fulfilling his dream. As for Usopp, he would be recognized by everyone as a warrior of the sea, leaving only Chopper to join this equation. However, along the way, they will have to overcome Imu’s obstacles, who will probably use diseases to end his victims, which will also help him fulfill his dream of being the greatest doctor that has ever existed

Hunter X Hunter is back. The popular manganime will receive new chapters from the hand of its creator, Yoshihiro Togashi. The mangaka has announced a new batch of chapters for his beloved manga, delighting the fans of a series that has experienced all kinds of hiatuses during its publication in recent years.

The news comes from Togashi himself. The mangaka has posted an image on Twitter in which he makes it clear that he is working again on Hunter X Hunter. Although the photograph only shows the bottom left corner of an unfinished page, something that is usual for Togashi, the post reveals that this is chapter 405. That means that, at least, there will be five more chapters of Hunter X Hunter in the future, since currently the publication is at number 400.

No405、やっております。

ムーン・ヒーリング・エスカレーション！ pic.twitter.com/53YDvetlDo

— 冨樫義博 (@Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp) May 1, 2024

One of the most spectacular mangas of the 21st century is back

Togashi is one of the few mangakas who is active on Twitter. The author joined the social network in May 2022, when he posted a simple sketch of a tree, but at that moment it went viral and, since then, he has already gained almost 3 million followers on the newly named X.

In 2023, Togashi used his social network to announce new chapters of the manga, a decalogue that was published in June of last year. At that time, its publication was stopped at number 400, due to the creator’s well-known health problems. However, as soon as he was somewhat recovered, Togashi announced that he was already working on chapter 401, thus making it clear that he was not going to end the story there. Now, we know that he has reached 405... although we don’t know when we will be able to read them. Presumably, we will have more of Hunter X Hunter in the summer.

Vanity Fair magazine has just released its new cover dedicated to Chris Hemsworth, an actor who will play the villain in Mad Max: Furiosa this year. However, the actor is best known for his role as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so they have taken the opportunity to interview his co-stars in the article.

As highlighted in the article, it was at Chris Evans’ wedding last September when they spoke with them, and some of the quotes that came out of there are unique to fans. What stands out most in the article is that it was the first time Hemsworth and many others saw Jeremy Renner since his accident, which was a great positive shock to see him in such good condition.

A connection that will never end

“He sent us all a kind of drugged, hospitalized and disheveled image and said, ‘All good, guys’.” “And then I didn’t hear from him for a while because he was in the middle of everything, until Evans’ wedding,” Hemsworth explains about Jeremy Renner’s accident.

“If there is one feature that we would all agree is essential, it is resilience,” adds Robert Downey Jr. about his colleagues in The Avengers. “To see Renner embody that literally, and in the context of what was basically a Portuguese-American wedding, was mind-blowing. Fully recovered and ready to celebrate. So yes: miracles do exist.”

“One of the first ones who came to see me in my hospital room was Anthony Mackie. He was in Las Vegas,” Renner adds about that emotional moment. “He came running and he was the first person I saw when I woke up. And it’s not like we talk all the time. We don’t spend much time together, because the problem with having actor friends is that everyone is very busy and now we are all parents and we never see each other. We rarely talk to each other, but the connection we have is something that will always exist“.

Chris Hemsworth Cover Story

The Fall Guy, the action movie starring Ryan Gosling that has just been released in theaters, is having a rather modest performance at the box office. In its first week, it has reached, according to Variety, 30 million dollars. This figure does not represent a bad debut, but it will need a boost from the audience to surpass the 130 million dollars it cost.

In the movie, Gosling plays a stunt double who, like everyone else in the stunt double community, is exploited, shot, crashed, jumps out of windows, and falls from great heights, all for our entertainment. Now, fresh out of an accident that almost ends his career, this working-class hero must locate a missing movie star, unravel a conspiracy, and try to win back the love of his life while continuing his daily work. It’s not clear if he will succeed, but we will surely have fun along the way.

A new gem by David Leitch

There are many reasons to watch The Fall Guy, from its beautiful tribute to action movie stuntmen to Gosling’s magnificent performance. However, what stands out the most is its director: David Leitch. The filmmaker has directed Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, and the recent Bullet Train, starring Brad Pitt. If you enjoyed any of them, you already know why you should watch his latest release.

“gpt2-chatbot”, an enigmatic artificial intelligence chatbot, has caught the attention of the AI community after appearing on the prominent language model benchmarking site LMSYS Org. Although its origin is uncertain, many compare its ability to that of OpenAI’s GPT-4, placing it in an exclusive category of AI models achieved by only a few developers worldwide.

According to Gizmodo, the popularity of gpt2-chatbot reached its peak before suddenly disappearing on Tuesday afternoon, leaving only a notice on the LMSYS homepage indicating its unavailability “due to unexpectedly high traffic”. Despite this, LMSYS hinted at a future release, keeping the community in suspense.

Speculations about the origin of the gpt2-chatbot have erupted on Twitter, where several users have talked about the possibility of accomplishing impressive feats such as creating a perfect clone of Flappy Bird or solving a problem from the International Mathematical Olympiad in one go. In addition, on Reddit there were numerous threads debating whether the bot belongs to OpenAI, Google or even Anthropic, although there is no evidence to support these claims.

The sudden disappearance of gpt2-chatbot from LMSYS Org frustrated many users who were expecting to try it out. The chatbot was available for testing on the web, which led to rumors that it was an anonymous model from a major AI developer (a theory supported by LMSYS’s policy of allowing certain developers to test models before an official release).

LMSYS Org has stated that its partnership with various model developers allows these new models to be tested on their platform as part of a community preview. However, these models are not included in the rankings until they are officially made public.