Monkey D. Dragon's Origin Reveals!

Monkey D. Dragon better known as Dragon the Revolutionary and labelled as The World's Worst Criminal. Dragon is one of the most mysterious and hyped character of One Piece. Dragon’s reasons behind his hatred for the Government has never been explained nor mentioned so far in the manga. Some believe Dragon hates the Government because of the nasty things they and the Celestial Dragons  do from time to time over the world. If that’s really the only reason, what about the pirates though? Many pirates are evil to the core and also do terrible things in the world of One Piece. Arlong wrecking havock in East Blue, Crocodile involvement during the Alabasta events, Blackbeard pillaging Drum Islands, Doflamingo being one of the worst evil mastermind in the whole One Piece universe. If malevolent acts from the Government are the real reasons behind Dragon’s hatred for them, why doesn’t he also hate the pirates for doing despicable things too? Isn’t it because the reasons for Dragon’s hatred toward the World Government and the Celestial Dragons have deeper roots?

 

I think his tattoo might be the key to understand his personal reasons. I have one question for you: Why did Dragon decide to wear a tattoo on his face at one point of his life? Do you think it’s because it makes him look cool? Judging by who he is and how stern/serious/cold-blooded he is, it’s probably not the case. The tattoo might have an actual meaning. In the Chapter O, Oda decided to show us that Dragon didn’t always have his tattoo on his face. The only moments we see Dragon without his tattoo is before he started his Revolutionary movement.

Why? Because it’s another hint from Oda that his tattoo is important to him. It clearly implies that Dragon’s tattoo is related to his fight against the World Government and the nobles. Can we push this assumption further and guess what this tattoo means? His tattoo isn’t a random piece of art, it’s actually a Shandia tattoo. Outside of Dragon himself, there are only two major characters with similar tattoos in the One Piece universe: Calgara and Wiper. Bear in mind that Wiper’s and Calgara’s tattoo are quite different, despite them coming from the same tribe. I think Dragon’s tattoo refers to his ancestors. He is of Shandia origin. There are strong chances that Dragon learned what did happen during the Void Century and he also probably learned the origin of the D. Clan at some point. He learned a part of the story, was disgusted by what the Twenty Kingdoms presumably did to his ancestors and decided to mark his face permanently before choosing to fight back and take revenge for his people. It’s not a popular theory, but many people think the D. and the winged people are somewhat related. It’s mostly because of the cover of the volume 27. We see Luffy with a pair of Shandia wings, winking at the reader. On its own, this hint is light, we agree, but there are other hints in the manga that the D. and the winged people are related. It’s not commonly brought up, but Oda also drawn Luffy as a Shandia or using Shandia kind of tools in color spreads quite a few times, while the other members of the crew were depicted normally. The last point is important since Luffy has been drawn as a Samurai, a Knight or many things in color spreads, but in those color spreads the other members of the crews were often depicted in the same way as him. On the color spreads from the chapters 175, 431 and 352, Luffy is the only one depicted as a Shandia or a native indian. We know for a fact that Oda like to use Color Spreads to hide small details and while it could mean nothing, I think it’s still a point to consider.

Irene Cara, Singer-Actress, Dies at 63

Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie Fame and then belted out the era-defining hit “Flashdance … What a Feeling” from 1983′s Flashdance, has died. She was 63. Cara died in her Florida home, according to Judith Moose, who posted the death on Twitter on Friday night. The cause of death has not yet been determined. “It is with profound sadness that on behalf of her family I announce the passing of Irene Cara,” Moose wrote in the statement. “Irene’s family has requested privacy as they process their grief. She was a beautifully gifted soul whose legacy will live forever through her music and films.” Cara was the unusual performer who was able to attain chart-topping pop success while also shining as an actress.

She won her Oscar for the 1983 hit “Flashdance… What a Feeling” and also sang the title track for the seminal 1980 movie Fame. She also starred in Fame, the dramatic musical that chronicled the struggles of high school students in a performing arts school. Cara, who played Coco Hernandez, sang the title track and “Out Here on My Own,” which both became hit singles and were nominated for the Oscar for best original song, with “Fame” winning. The songs’ success led to Cara getting nominated in 1980 for the Grammys for best new artist and best female pop vocal performance. One of her best-known roles was in the 1976 movie Sparkle, about three singing sisters whose family ties are ruptured as they pursue fame. Born in New York City on March 18, 1959, she began singing and dancing at a young age and made early appearances on programs including Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show. In the early 1970s, she made appearances on PBS’ The Electric Company and was a member of the show’s band. She also appeared in Broadway productions including The Me Nobody Knows in 1970 and Via Galactica in 1972 opposite Raul Julia. Cara went on to appear on the CBS daytime soap Love of Life, where she originated the role of Daisy Allen. She followed this with the films Aaron Loves Angela (1975) and Sparkle (1976), along with roles in the television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations (1979) and Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980). She also created the all-female band Irene Cara Presents Hot Caramel and put out a double CD with the single “How Can I Make You Luv Me.” Her movie credits include Sparkle and D.C. Cab.

One Piece Chapter 1068 Release Dates And Prediction: Kuma's Resolve

Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece chapter 1068 manga will be taking a one week break. Thankfully, there are a few key reasons why series author and illustrator Eiichiro Oda may have taken this break at such a suspenseful time in the series. Follow along as this article fully breaks down the latest news regarding One Piece chapter 1068’s delay. My first thought at the reveal of punk records was that it would change how the arc goes; at first we thought it'd be the CP0 agents hunting each individual vegapunk body, but now I'm thinking its more like a tower defense situation where the straw hats have to keep vegapunks brain safe otherwise all the satellites go down.

 

What if the robot wasn’t attacking Mariejoies, but instead returning to where it thought it’s creators where? Similar to the green line theory and that the lunarians used to live in an advanced civilization on the green line. So instead of attacking and running out of power it simply returned and shut off, like a roomba to its recharge station. It would make sense especially if Mariejoies is hiding the eve tree, because that could be a source of power as well as lunarian fire. The thing about our understanding of brains is that only our recent history has a semblance of understanding. People of the past barely understood what breathing really was. People still confuse the heart to have emotions to this day. So the brain which would have no safe way to look at directly was a total mystery. Memories and dreams were thought to be supernatural. Basic things like getting hit in the head and suffering minor trauma understandable but what the brain actually does is only a recent thing. I'd guess less than 300 years and I'm being generous. I could be wrong about that timescale, but the point would still stand that humans are dumb. If vegapunk's awakening is sharing his thoughts with everyone, couldn't the voice of all things be an awakened previous user of the Nomi Nomi Nomi who used it on poneglyphs and animals and decided only a few members of the chosen could listen or understand the voice. So they might think it's magical powers, but it's just information being streamed into your brain by a devil fruit. That one sentence where vegapunk said he has something to give to bonney, might be the biggest thing in this arc, could be some memory data of kuma or whatever, and him regaining his memory could be really huge in future. We might even meet dragon in this arc too since kuma surely trying to rush to bonney, but giving that they're like, islands apart so really not likely, but would be cool if we meet them. Thoughts on Vegapunk's dream and if it can be achieved in the story or if the World government would put a stop to it? What connection does the iron giant have with the fishman right movement of 200 years ago? What is happening to Kuma?

 

One Piece 1068 - Who Really is Kuma? 

Kuma was shown to be a brilliant agent of deception, managing to successfully manipulate the World Government from discovering his true affiliation towards the Revolutionary Army for several years, managing to be appointed to the position of Warlord of the Sea (though it does appear that they did eventually become suspicious enough of Kuma to compromise his identity as a double-agent and force him to accept a permanent lobotomy). Despite being perceived as the most dutiful of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Kuma still held enough of his convictions to adamantly refuse to directly address Marines as high-ranked as Admiral Kizaru. He was generally calm and composed in any situation and is subtle in his attaining of goals (such as not revealing to the Straw Hats the exact reasons for testing their power twice and then separating them across the world for future preparation). He also demonstrated great loyalty and honor to his cause in defending the "Thousand Sunny" from a continuous stream of assault over the course of two years, not moving to even recover from his injuries. His combat abilities are also demonstrated with expert use, Kuma using it for offense, defense and travel and often in quick succession of the previous action.

However, at present, the modifications have been completed. In the finalization of the Pacifista project, Kuma (as the original model and the only one to have self-awareness) eventually lost his free will, personality and memory to the modifications, in order to ensure his reliability and continuing services towards the World Government. In this stage, Kuma shares the same mindless intelligence of his fellow Pacifista models, only recognizing individuals as either enemies or allies to the World Government. Doflamingo refers to the original personality as being "dead" though it was later revealed that Kuma and Dr. Vegapunk (the man responsible for his cybernetic implants) made a secret deal to allow for Kuma to have a temporary relapse by rendering his final "free thought" as defending the Thousand Sunny. 

Kuma's Geographical Knowledge

Through his actions, he appears to have great knowledge in geography, as with his powers he knows exactly where he is sending someone seemingly no matter where in the world he is. His degree of knowledge is high enough to perfectly locate even a moving sky island, although his cyborg modifications may have enhanced this ability. This is also shown when he asks people where they would like to go before he pushes them. 

One Piece Chapter 1068 Release Dates

The One Piece manga is on break at the moment and, as such, is scheduled to release in the upcoming issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump magazine. According to MangaPlus, One Piece 1068 will be released on December 4, 2022. As always, fans can read the chapters for free on the MangaPlus and the Shonen jump app And One Piece Chapter 1068 Recap Here.

 

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2022 FIFA World Cup New Rules

The nervous tension that comes with extra time and a penalty shootout has led to some of the great World Cup moments over the years. But you’ll have to wait to experience that until the knockout stage. When the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar on November 20, it will be the start of the two-week-long group stage. Meaning that the four teams in each group (lettered A through H) will play a round-robin schedule for the right to advance to the knockout stage. Extra time only comes into play once the knockout round commences in the tournament. At this point of the competition, it’s win or go home for the teams that are still alive in the World Cup. If two teams are still tied by the conclusion of the match, then two full periods of 15 minutes are played between the teams to determine the winner. There is no “Golden Goal” in this scenario, which is conversely more or less a “sudden death” situation where the first goal scored results in the respective team winning the match. In extra time, the two teams are required to play the full two additional 15-minute periods to determine the winner. If after the conclusion of extra time both teams are still tied, then a penalty shoot-out will ultimately determine the winner.

In the group stage, teams are awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss. The top-2 teams advance from each group, and goal differential is used as the first tiebreaker. If teams are still tied in the standings then the tiebreaker proceeds to total goals scored, points from matches involving the tied teams and goal differential involving the tied teams (the latter two used for a three-way tie). Disciplinary records and a random drawing are rare but last-resort tiebreakers. But the round-robin setup and tiebreakers negate the need for extra time. And really, you can’t have teams potentially playing three 120-minute games in a single group stage when the point system works just fine for this early round. Besides, even some classic group stage matches have ended in a tie. The 2018 match between Portugal and Spain comes to mind. That’s a totally different story in the knockout stages where someone needs to win to move on, though. We have extra time (two 15-minute halves) and penalties for that.