User blog comment:Dark Doctor/Jinbe vs. Luffy/@comment-3242083-20110616213254

If it will be a real fight, which I doubt, I really hope that Luffy gets a good beating.

Not because I favor Jinbe, not because I doubt in Luffy's new abilities - but for the sake of the series as a whole. I fear that if he is able to defeat one of the strongest characters introduced so far "on the go", One Piece will definitely near its end, or worse. I don't want that he evolves into a second Songoku, who is so strong that you can't even track his movements anymore.

Remember, there is not much left for Luffy to progress if he can defeat Shichibukai-level characters without breaking a sweat. Only the 3 Admirals and the remaining 2 Yonkou would be left to defeat and to progress on, and the gap between a Shichibukai and an Admiral is not THAT huge.

Thats why I would prefer that Jinbe shows Luffy his place before someone or something interrupts the fight.

I think it will go like this:

While Jinbe and Luffy exchange some blows, Caribou sneaks in from behind and devours Shirahoshi with his devil fruit abilities. Shocked, Luffy rushes to her aid, but is already entrapped in a swamp-like puddle.

Decken finally catches up as well and arrives on a huge spiked boulder, which, to his surprise, crushes directly into Caribou.

The Supernova reforms and Decken realizes that the wet-haired fellow in front of him must be "a cursed one". Caribou remarks that any attack made against him is futile and he won't let go of his pray that easily, after all the mermaid princes is his ticket to richness.

Luffy interrupts the conversation and hits both Decken and Caribou with a gear third headbutt...

Suddenly the broadcast from Ryugu Palace continues.

Hordy appears on the monitor, behind him a few hundred citizens of fishmen island, lined up in a row. The leader of the new fishman pirates announces that everyone who wished to migrate above the sea surface is allowed to do so. However...they will leave their fins where they belong to. The Den Den mushi turns to the left side of Hordy, where a huge pile of severed  flippers and webbed feet is seen, together with a blood drenched scaffold. A brief conversation between Ikkaros Muhi and Hyozo can be overheard, the latter complaining that he was hired as an assassin, not a butcher.

After Jinbe witnessed this atrocity, he loses his temper and heads off to Ryugu Palace without a word.

Sanji and Franky try to help Luffy out of the swamp.

Meanwhile, Caribou emerges from the rubble, seemingly injured on the forehead with an insecure expression. Decken appears a few meters afar, he managed to avoid the impact by digging below the sea floor (like a bullhead shark).

Decken remarks that the Straw Hat and his crew are worth over 500.000.000 beli and suggests to team up on them. Caribou would get the bounty in exchange for Shirahoshi's life. Caribou agrees, saying it is the will of god.

The Straw Hats prepare to battle the duo, tho Luffy tells them to go after Jinbe and help him free the others. He adds that the wet hair is impossible to harm with conventional methods and that he is the only one who can fight him.

Sanji grudgingly agrees and starts to make his way to Ryugu Palace, together with Nami, Franky and Chopper.

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