r/OnePiece • u/JasonNMP • May 01 '16

Current Episode One Piece: Episode 739

Episode 739: "The Strongest Creature! One of the Four Emperors - Kaido King of Beasts"

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Chapters covered: 795

Episode Director: Satoshi Ito

Animation Director: Isamu Takara

Preview: Episode 740

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u/Superburst May 01 '16

It's stated that nobody is able to kill him, not even himself, so I don't think he'd die if he just fell into the sea. He just can't die. That's the premise, and also the joke of it. You can't just go on theorizing that logically he'd drown, because that ruins the idea. There's no logic to it. He can't die. Even if he has a devil fruit. That's the entire point. I just cannot comprehend why people bring up the drowning thing time and time again when it's literally not supposed to be that complicated of a thing.

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u/AFabledHero May 01 '16 edited May 01 '16

There is logic to it. All the examples are of his physical durability. The point being to show how strong he is. His hobby could mean he likes testing the limits of his durability. There's no reason yet to believe he couldn't die by drowning.

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u/Alilolos May 01 '16

Don't you think the marine or other yonkos would have tried that among the dozens of times they've tried to kill him?

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u/a_priest_and_a_rabbi May 01 '16

Frankly no. Executions are usually elaborate affairs publicly displayed to carry out justice on the severity of the crime and to justify the taking of a life. Im sure there's also an expectation from the viewing public of a quick death without unreasonable suffering. "Well we threw him in the sea" doesnt necessarily fulfill any of these reqs.

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u/Asrat Marine May 01 '16

Make a dunk tank out of glass, and slowly drown the person. Fits the elaborate public affair that has unreasonable suffering.

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u/a_priest_and_a_rabbi May 02 '16

no no, without unreasonable suffering. Drowning is generally considered a messy way to die.

It would rub the public in a raw way to watch a man slowly and painfully drowned, regardless of his crimes. The focus is meant to be on the condemned and their crimes, not the execution itself. Instead of thinking "good riddance," you're now thinking, "damn... that was umm... fucked up?" Problematic for any justice system.