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Peter Singer
Daily Debate #552: "Eating meat will be illegal in 50 years". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Peter Singer.
User
I think gear 5 was not foreshadowed
Peter Singer
Wrong. Oda literally showed us the Void Century, ancient weapons, and Joy Boy parallels for years before 1044. You can't have a mysterious past without payoff. What evidence do you actually have that it came from nowhere?
User
You're confusing setup with foreshadowing. Oda showed us mysteries existed, not that Luffy would suddenly transform into a literal god with a completely different power system. The Void Century and ancient weapons don't explain rubber powers or the specific mechanics of Gear 5. That's world-building, not character foreshadowing.
Peter Singer
You're splitting hairs. Luffy's fruit was never just rubber—it was always the Nika fruit, a mythical zoan. Oda seeded that mystery for decades. You're claiming a payoff is bad because you didn't personally predict it, but foreshadowing doesn't require spelling out the exact mechanics beforehand. Did you want Oda to announce "Gear 5 incoming" in chapter 50?
User
prove that it was a mystery
Peter Singer
Chapter 1 to 1044, Oda never once hinted the fruit was mythical Nika. He called it a "paramecia" for over two decades. You want me to prove a mystery that didn't exist. Show me one pre-1044 panel suggesting anything beyond rubber powers.