#Kony Brooks

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"Uptown Getdown" - Rayne Storm ft. Big Pun & Kony Brooks (@raynestormmusic @officialbigpun @konybrooks)

[abysscronica]

One Piece, ATLA!AU

I was sick today, one brain cell left as I finished The Legend of Korra (Warrick best boi), here's where my poor mind went. No judgment. (very very mild spoilers for Korra)

One Piece x Avatar, the Last Airbender!

Air Nomads

Luffy (avatar)

Nami

Urouge (airbender)

Marco (airbender)

Dragon (airbender)

Koby

Sengoku (airbender)

Eneru (lightingbender)

Konis

Wiper (airbender)

Rayleigh

Pudding

Fire Nation

Sakazuki (firebender, firelord, blue fire)

Zoro

Drake (firebender)

Kaido (lightingbender)

Mihawk

Ace (firebender)

Sabo (firebender)

Kizaru (lightingbender)

Garp

Isuka

Perona (airbender, spiritual)

Moria

Heat (firebender)

Wire

Oven (firebender)

Ulti

Page One

Izou

Baby 5

King (firebender)

Earth Kingdom

Usopp

Chopper

Kid (metalbender)

Killer

Apoo (earthbender)

Blackbeard (bloodbender)

Big Mom

Whitebeard (earthbender)

Kuma

Bonney

Crocodile (sandbender)

Fujitora

Vivi

Katakuri (lavabender)

Queen

Sai

Bartolomeo (metalbender)

Water Tribes

Jinbe (waterbender)

Brook (waterbender)

Law (bloodbender, master healer)

Hawkins (bloodbender)

Shanks

Hancock

Doflamingo (bloodbender)

Rocinante

Koala

Ryokugyu (plantbender)

Tsuru

Shakky

Cavendish

Shirahoshi (waterbender)

Republic City

Sanji

Robin

Franky (metalbender)

Bege

Buggy

Reiju (waterbender)

Ichiji (firebender)

Niji (lightingbender)

Yonji (earthbender)

Vegapunk

Ivankov

Smoker (airbender)

Tashigi

Grus (earthbender)

Hibari

Caesar Clown (airbender)

Birdie

Lucci (lavabender)

Iceburg (mayor)

[lboogie1906]

Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III (April 6, 1931 – March 16, 2008) was an actor, director, and producer known for his series role in Hogan’s Heroes, for his role in the TV film The Final War of Olly Winter, and for directing many episodes of television series. Active in the civil rights movement, he served as the president of Negro Actors for Action.

He was born in Harlem, the son of a grocery store owner and his wife, who together owned a bakery.

He appeared on Broadway in The Cave Dwellers, with an appearance in A Raisin in the Sun. He was a stunt double for Sidney Poitier in the film The Defiant Ones. He was cast in two episodes of The Twilight Zone: “The Big Tall Wish”, in a rare instance of a primarily Black cast in a TV drama – and a key supporting role in “I Am the Night—Color Me Black”. He co-starred in the “Blues for a Junkman” episode of Cain’s Hundred. An expanded version was released as a feature film in Europe entitled The Murder Men.

He portrayed Jamie Davis in the Laramie Western series. He played the role of John Brooks, alias Caleb Stone IV, in the Perry Mason episode “The Case of the Nebulous Nephew.”

His independent film Nothing But a Man. He appeared in an episode of The Fugitive.

He took acting parts throughout the 1970s and ‘80s. Notable roles include Lonnie, the straw boss, in Car Wash. He played a doctor and leader of a guerrilla movement in Amerika, set in post-Soviet invasion Nebraska.

In 1978 he served as Chairman of the Expansion Arts Advisory Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts. He became the owner-operator of the radio station KONI (FM) on Maui. In 2001, he left Hawaii for health reasons and sold the radio station in 2002.

He married theater student Berlie Ray (1954) and the couple had four children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #omegapsiphi

[ulkaralakbarova]

A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she must navigate the fallout of her double life. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Valerie Plame: Naomi Watts Joseph Wilson: Sean Penn Sam Plame: Sam Shepard Bill: Noah Emmerich Jack: Michael Kelly Jim Pavitt: Bruce McGill Scooter Libby: David Andrews Paul: Tim Griffin Dr. Zahraa: Liraz Charhi Hammad: Khaled El Nabawy Chanel Suit: Sonya Davison Tabir Secretary #1: Vanessa Chong Hafiz: Anand Tiwari Tabir Secretary #2: Stephanie Chai Fred: Ty Burrell Sue: Jessica Hecht Steve: Norbert Leo Butz Lisa: Rebecca Rigg Diana: Brooke Smith Jeff: Tom McCarthy Samantha Wilson: Ashley Gerasimovich Trevor Wilson: Quinn Broggy CIA Tour Leader: Nicholas Sadler CPD Agent: Iris Bahr Minister of Mines – Niger: Ghazil Joe Turner: Kristoffer Ryan Winters Nervous Analyst #1: Louis Ozawa CIA Analyst #1: Sean Mahon Professor Badawi: Mohamed Abdel Fatah Kim: Rashmi Rao Nervous Dave: David Denman Nervous Analyst #2: Remy Auberjonois Ali: Sunil Malhotra Jordan Officer #1: Kevin Makely Mukhabarat Officer: Mousa Al Satari Hammad’s Son: Rafat Basel Hammad’s Wife: Maysa Abdel Sattar B.U. Professor: Judith Resnik B.U. Student #1: Ben Mac Brown B.U. Student #2: Satya Bhabha Iraqi Scientist #1: Nabil Koni Iraqi Scientist #2: Mohammad Al Sawalqa Beth: Jenny Maguire Pete: David Warshofsky Ari Fleischer: Geoffrey Cantor Journalist #1: David Ilku Journalist #2: Deidre Goodwin Journalist #3: Donna Placido Karl Rove: Adam LeFevre Steven Hadley: Brian McCormack Andrew Card: James Rutledge Cathie Martin: Tricia Munford David Addington: Michael Goodwin Mr. Tabir: Nassar Dir. of CIA Operations: Chet Grissom Internal Security Officer: James Joseph O’Neil Supporter #1: Danni Lang Supporter #2: Jane Lee Field Reporter #1: James Moye Field Reporter #2: Judy Maier Diane Plame: Polly Holliday Businessman #1: Kola Ogundiran Businessman #2: Byron Utley Right Wing Reporter: Anastasia Barzee DC Cab Driver: Sanousi Sesay Barista (uncredited): Angela Lewis Deceased Soldier’s Daughter (uncredited): Michelle E. Mancini UN Diplomat (uncredited): Rebekah Paltrow Neumann Iraqi Server (uncredited): Barbara Grace Romano Four Seasons Waitress (uncredited): Satu Runa Warehouse Supervisor (uncredited): Kaipo Schwab Head Paparazzo (uncredited): Harry L. Seddon Turkish Diplomat (uncredited): Kent Sladyk Vietnam Vet at Rally (uncredited): Bill Walters Film Crew: Producer: Doug Liman Screenplay: John-Henry Butterworth Producer: Jez Butterworth Book: Joseph Wilson Associate Producer: Sean Gesell Makeup Department Head: Michal Bigger Line Producer: Pete Singh Key Hair Stylist: Amanda Miller Line Producer: Anadil Hossain Line Producer: Bruce Wayne Gillies Line Producer: Carson Ng Original Music Composer: John Powell Executive Producer: Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei Associate Producer: Gerry Robert Byrne Line Producer: Wesam Seif Elislam Hairstylist: Lisa Hazell Book: Valerie Plame Executive Producer: Jeff Skoll Co-Producer: Avram Ludwig Stunt Coordinator: G. A. Aguilar Stunt Coordinator: Peter Bucossi Co-Producer: Kim H. Winther Casting: Joseph Middleton Producer: Bill Pohlad Co-Producer: David Sigal Producer: Janet Zucker Set Decoration: Sara Parks Executive Producer: David Bartis Executive Producer: Mari-Jo Winkler Costume Design: Cindy Evans Producer: Jerry Zucker Editor: Christopher Tellefsen Stunts: Anthony Vincent Producer: Akiva Goldsman Art Direction: Kevin Bird Production Design: Jess Gonchor Stunts: Stephen A. Pope Executive Producer: Kerry Foster Movie Reviews:

[mrjellybeanz]

Rawrrzone Picks - Saay Park Cool

  For the first time in over a year, we have a new single from the Bronx’s own Saay Park. For those who may not know, Saay Park was one of our inaugural guests on “Welcome to the Rawrrzone” seven years ago. Since his appearance, he has continued to mesmerize his audience with his diverse sounds and larger-than-life performances, featuring notable artists such as ARP Musiq, Kony Brooks, and…

[lavieestbellebelle]

Political Engagement, Platform Publics, ‘Clicktavism’ & Hashtag Activism (week 9)

A core aspect of digital citizenship is political engagement, such as voting, as well as “engagement outside the election process” (Stickels 2020), including activism and campaigning. According to Luke Stickels, a campaigner, communication consultant and community organiser, a campaign can be defined as a “project of linked actions organised towards achieving a particular goal”, whether this be political, social, business or marketing (Stickels 2020). According to The Change Agency, a theory of change can “help guide campaigners, their teams and communities” (Whelan 2020). The Change Agency propose a three part format to train campaigners to clarify their theory of change and ensure it will have their desired impact on society. This strategy includes – “if” (we implement these tactics and activities), “then” (this will create change or lead to a political outcome), and “because” (some persuasive causal logic, such as why).

Due to the enormous reach afforded by social media platforms, campaigns can quickly develop online, particularly through hashtags such as #WomensMarch, #BlackLivesMatter, #BringBackOurGirls and #HeForShe. Amongst many others, these campaigns originated from hashtag activism. Brooke Foucault Welles, assistant professor of online activism, explains her perspective on hashtag activism, as where people “use hashtags in order to denote things or issues of political or personal meaning in order to gain traction in the mainstream” (SAGE publications 2019). Continuing on, Welles notes that “hashtag publics capture mainstream news attention”, which is perhaps what makes them so powerful (SAGE publications 2019). Therefore, these aforementioned examples of hashtag activism have been developed to bring people together on a global scale through the power and reach of social media networks. It’s also worth noting that the majority of these campaigns have also been promoted and backed by well-known celebrities and spokespeople in this field, including Emma Watson and Michelle Obama, which helps the campaign’s messages reach more people.

Another key aspect of digital communities relating to political engagement and activism are platform publics, which are facilitated through social media channels, including Tumblr, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. For example, writer and media expert, Luke Stickels analyses the platform publics formed on Twitter in this week’s lecture, describing the platform as a place with users create strong and defined identities, ‘hashtag battlefronts’, and accessible archives of their thoughts and opinions on various topics (Stickels 2020). Another important point Brooke Foucault Welles raised is the idea of networked counterpublics, which Welles believes “essentially fill a gap in our understanding of how people communication online (SAGE publications 2019). Therefore, the term counterpublics has been coined to describe the way that people considered on the margins of society, who aren’t necessarily included in mainstream conversations, particularly in the news and other media, can come together and form their own online communities (SAGE publications 2019). Ultimately, Welles explains, these online interactivity is intended to advance their counterpublics by “pushing them into these mainstream publics” in order to have their voices and stories heard by a wider audience.

In a similar vein to platform publics and hashtag activism, ‘clicktavism’ is another term used to describe the rise of political engagement, especially online activism. However, this terminology has been met with mixed opinions from media scholars and activists. For instance, in an interview with The Guardian, Larissa Ocampo, online community manager at ‘One Girl’ and specialist in the not-for-profit space, describes ‘clicktavism’ as a step towards activism, arguing in favour of this new movement. Ocampo explains that “the ease and convenience of online actions (clicks, likes, tweets and shares)” is an innovative and game-changing way of introducing more people to activism in ways that aren’t intimidating and are accessible for the majority of people (Banning-Lover 2014). Whereas, Micah White, the original creator of the Occupy Wall Street protests, believes ‘clicktavism’ is “fatally flawed”, reducing this new wave of activism to “meme wars” and “propagat[ing] a false theory of social change” (Banning-Lover 2014).

Therefore, it is clear that terminology relating to online activism has created polarizing perspectives on the validity and effectiveness of the increasing popularity of digital activism. However, despite these varied opinions as to the benefits and consequences of online activism, digital communities formed on these social media platforms are evidently helping pave the wave for change in society. This can be in the form of incremental or huge ways, including raising awareness, helping reduce stigma around particular issues or raising significant funds for their associated charities.

Image Credit: ‘For All Womankind’ Illustration Poster by Deva Pardue 2016.

References

Alvarez, N, Lauzon, C & Zaiontz, K 2019, ‘On sustainable tools for precarious times: An introduction’, in N Alvarez, C, Lauzon & K, Zaiontz (eds), Sustainable tools for precarious times, Palgrave Macmillian, Switzerland, pp. 1-25.

Banning-Lover, R 2014, ‘How to campaign online: 15 dos and don’ts’, The Guardian, 15 July, viewed 14 May 2020, <https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/jul/15/16-dos-and-donts-of-online-campaigning-clicktivism-digital-activism-kony>.

Foucault Welles, B 2019, Researching online activism using social network analysis, SAGE Publications Ltd, London, viewed 14 May 2020, <https://methods-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.swin.edu.au/video/researching-online-activism-using-social-network-analysis>.

Hitchings-Hales, J & Calderwood, I 2017, ‘8 massive moments hashtag activism really, really worked’, Global Citizen, 23 August, viewed 16 May 2020, <https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/hashtag-activism-hashtag10-twitter-trends-dresslik/>.

One Girl 2020, Why girls?, One Girl, viewed 15 May 2020, <https://www.onegirl.org.au/our-impact/why-girls>.

Stickels, L 2020, ‘Week 9. Digital activism and campaigning’, MDA20009 Digital communities, Learning materials via Canvas, Swinburne University of Technology, 13 May, viewed 13 May 2020.

Whelan, J 2020, ‘Theories of change’, The Change Agency, 21 April, viewed 15 May 2020, <http://www.thechangeagency.org/theories-of-change/>.

White, M, Alvarez, N & Zaiontz, K 2019, ‘Protest after Occupy: Rethinking the repertoires of left activism’, in N Alvarez, C, Lauzon & K, Zaiontz (eds), Sustainable tools for precarious times, Palgrave Macmillian, Switzerland, pp. 27-40.

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Ivan Dixon

Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III (April 6, 1931 – March 16, 2008) was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes, for his role in the 1967 television film The Final War of Olly Winter, and for directing many episodes of television series. Active in the civil rights movement since 1961, he served as a president of Negro Actors for Action.

Early life and career

Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III was born in Harlem, the son of a grocery store owner. When he was young, Dixon lived in the brownstone at 518 West 150th Street in Harlem, on the same block with Josh White, Ralph Ellison, and the Hines brothers, Gregory and Maurice. He graduated from the Lincoln Academy in Gaston County, North Carolina, and went on to earn a drama degree from North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in 1954, where the theater troupe is now known as the Ivan Dixon Players. While at NCCU, he joined the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

In 1957, Dixon appeared on Broadway in William Saroyan's The Cave Dwellers, following this in 1959 with an appearance in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. In 1958, he was a stunt double for Sidney Poitier in the film The Defiant Ones. He was cast in two episodes of The Twilight Zone: "The Big Tall Wish" – as the lead, in a then-rare instance of a primarily black cast in a TV drama – and a key supporting role in "I Am the Night—Color Me Black". In 1962, Dixon co-starred with Dorothy Dandridge in the "Blues for a Junkman" episode of Cain's Hundred, which was the highest-rated episode of the series. An expanded version was released as a feature film in Europe entitled The Murder Men, and became Dandridge's last screen appearance.

On September 25, 1962, he portrayed Jamie Davis, a livery stable groom, in the episode "Among the Missing" of NBC's Laramie western series. In 1963, he played the role of John Brooks, alias Caleb Stone IV, in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Nebulous Nephew."

In 1964, Dixon starred in the independent film Nothing But a Man, written and directed by Michael Roemer; it was Dixon's performance in this film he was most proud of. He also appeared in an episode of ABC's The Fugitive entitled "Escape into Black".

Hogan's Heroes

In his best-known role, Dixon appeared as POW Staff Sergeant James "Kinch" Kinchloe in the ensemble cast of the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes. "Kinch" was the communications specialist, a translator of French, and Hogan's default second in command. Dixon played Kinchloe from 1965 to 1970, the only one of the series' long-time cast not to remain for the entire series. Kenneth Washington replaced Dixon for the last year of the show's run, as a different character filling a similar role.

Film work and directing

From 1970 to 1993, Dixon worked primarily as a television director on such series and TV movies as The Waltons, The Rockford Files, The Bionic Woman, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Magnum, P.I., and The A-Team. Dixon's first feature film as director was the blaxploitation thriller Trouble Man. He also directed the controversial 1973 feature film The Spook Who Sat by the Door, based on Sam Greenlee's 1969 novel of the same name, about the first black CIA agent, who takes his espionage knowledge and uses it to lead a black guerrilla operation in Chicago. The New York Times wrote in 2008:

Although The Spook caused controversy and with suppression facilitated by the F.B.I., was soon pulled from theaters, it later gained cult status as a bootleg video and in 2004 was released on DVD. At that time Mr. Dixon told The Times that the movie had tried only to depict black anger, not to suggest armed revolt as a solution.

Occasionally returning to acting, Dixon played a doctor and leader of a guerrilla movement in the 1987 ABC miniseries Amerika, set in post-Soviet invasion Nebraska.

He also served as Chairman of the Expansion Arts Advisory Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts in 1978.

Personal life

In 1954, the same year Dixon graduated from North Carolina Central University, he married theater student Berlie Ray. The couple had four children, sons Ivan Dixon IV, N'Gai Christopher Dixon and Alan Kimara Dixon, and daughter Doris Nomathande Dixon.

Later life and death

After his career as an actor and director, Dixon was the owner-operator of radio station KONI (FM) on Maui. In 2001, he left Hawaii for health reasons and sold the radio station in 2002.

Ivan Dixon died on March 16, 2008, aged 76, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, of complications from kidney failure. He was predeceased by sons Ivan Dixon IV and N'Gai Christopher Dixon

Berlie Ray Dixon, born on April 5, 1930, in Badin, North Carolina, died on February 9, 2019, in Charlotte, at age 88.

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(Kony Brooks)

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Saay Park feat. Kony Brooks "Ready" [Audio] - By Jack Barnes Emerging artist Saay Park has released his new (R&B/Dancehall) single "READY", featuring rapper Kony Brooks. For more on this upcoming Bronx talent go to his Social Media. Enjoy this audio stream below after the jump and please share this with friends. Please Reblog!

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Uptown Getdown - Rayne Storm ft. Big Pun & Kony Brooks (@raynestormmusic @officialbigpun @konybrooks)

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Kony Brooks is "Rough" Around the Edges with New Video | @konybrooks |

Kony Brooks is "Rough" Around the Edges with New Video

Kony Brooks is Rough Around the edges with New Video

They say lyrics don’t matter to hip hop anymore. Kony Brooks, a New York native changes that statement as he teams up with fellow lyricist Mickey Factz known for his 2010 hit song Paradise. Both lyricists bring forward and back the New York sound with a stand out song off his…

[lboogie1906]

Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III (April 6, 1931 – March 16, 2008) was an actor, director, and producer known for his series role in Hogan’s Heroes, for his role in the TV film The Final War of Olly Winter, and for directing many episodes of television series. Active in the civil rights movement, he served as the president of Negro Actors for Action.

He was born in Harlem, the son of a grocery store owner and his wife, who together owned a bakery.

He appeared on Broadway in The Cave Dwellers, with an appearance in A Raisin in the Sun. He was a stunt double for Sidney Poitier in the film The Defiant Ones. He was cast in two episodes of The Twilight Zone: “The Big Tall Wish”, in a then-rare instance of a primarily black cast in a TV drama – and a key supporting role in “I Am the Night—Color Me Black”. He co-starred in the “Blues for a Junkman” episode of Cain’s Hundred. An expanded version was released as a feature film in Europe entitled The Murder Men.

He portrayed Jamie Davis in the Laramie Western series. He played the role of John Brooks, alias Caleb Stone IV, in the Perry Mason episode “The Case of the Nebulous Nephew.”

His independent film Nothing But a Man. He appeared in an episode of The Fugitive.

He took acting parts throughout the 1970s and ‘80s. Notable roles include Lonnie, the straw boss, in Car Wash. He played a doctor and leader of a guerrilla movement in Amerika, set in post-Soviet invasion Nebraska.

In 1978 he served as Chairman of the Expansion Arts Advisory Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts. He became the owner-operator of the radio station KONI (FM) on Maui. In 2001, he left Hawaii for health reasons and sold the radio station in 2002.

He married theater student Berlie Ray (1954) and the couple had four children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #omegapsiphi

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Album Review: Audiocity - Rayne Storm

Album Review: Audiocity - @RayneStormMusic

Harlem NYC’s own RAYNE STORM is back with his latest eclectic rap album ‘Audiocity’. Within a month of its release the album has gained over 60,000 Spotify streams, over 100,000 across all platforms with the momentum rising. AudioCity also reached #4 in Hip-Hop/Rap and #21 in All Genres on iTunes in the country of Bahrain off the strength of the single “Revenge” ft. Jarren Benton & Kony Brooks, a…

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Recap: Creative Chaos March 2019

Recap: Creative Chaos March 2019

Check out some interviews I conducted of performers and more who packed the SOBs house in support of Tribe Called Kush and Mor Bookings Creative Chaos March 2019 headlined by Kony Brooks.

  Part 1

  Part 2

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FEATURE: We Used Math to Guess the Next Straw Hat Pirate

  A lot of the plot of One Piece is centered around numbers. The characters’ strength is measured by how much money they have on their heads. Then you have the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the Four Emperors. There’s even a number in the title of the story! But the most important numbers in all of One Piece might actually be the ones you have to dig a little deeper to find. Like, say, in the names of the Devil Fruits. Perhaps the reason they are hidden is because they may just be hinting at who will join the Straw Hat pirate crew next. This will first require a very quick Japanese language lesson.

  In Japan, numbers can be pronounced two ways: the native Japanese way and the Sino-Japanese way. The latter is basically the approximate Japanese pronunciation of Chinese words for numbers from the time they were first introduced in the country many centuries ago. A lot of them have diverged significantly over the years and don’t sound similar at all now but, for example, the number 3 is still “san” in both Chinese and the Sino-Japanese reading. Here’s the full pronunciation list for numbers 1 to 10:

    Number Japanese Reading Sino-Japanese Reading 1 hito(tsu) ichi 2 futa(tsu) ni 3 mi(ttsu) san 4 yo(ttsu), yon shi 5 itsu(tsu) go 6 mu(ttsu) roku 7 nana(tsu) shichi 8 ya(ttsu) hachi 9 kokono(tsu) kyuu, ku 10 to ju

    What’s interesting is that the Sino-Japanese system is actually more widely used in modern Japan. The native system is still around, of course, and you can use it to count to whatever number you like, but you almost never hear it used by Japanese speakers to talk about a number above 10 (with a few exceptions.) But that’s not important right now. What’s important is that Japan loves using the Japanese and Sino-Japanese readings of numbers for wordplay.

  It works like this: in modern Japanese, the numbers can be read by their full or partial name — as in, you can read, say, 6 as “roku,” “ro,” “muttsu” or “mu” — so you can string together a bunch of numbers to form words and phrases. Japan does it all the time. It’s not as frequently-used now but back in the day, a popular cell phone/internet messenger message was "4649" because, by mixing the Japanese and Sino-Japanese systems, you can read that number as yo(4)-ro(6)-shi(4)-ku(9) or yoroshiku, a common Japanese greeting. You can have A LOT of fun with this. And it kind of looks like Eiichiro Oda did.

  This theory has been floating around the Japanese internet for a while now. It goes like this: if you look at the Japanese names of Devil Fruits among the Straw Hat crew, you realize that they all sound like readings of numbers. Observe:

  Luffy: Gomu Gomu no Mi. Go(5)mu(6). 5 and 6. Chopper: Hito Hito no Mi. Hi(1)to(10). 1 and 10. Robin: Hana Hana no Mi. Ha(8)na(7). 8 and 7. Brook: Yomi Yomi no Mi. Yo(4)mi(3). 4 and 3.

    At first glance, this might all seem like a huge stretch but consider the following: No number in the names of the Straw Hat Devil Fruits is repeated, and not every Devil Fruit in One Piece sounds like a number. You can’t really get a number from Ace’s Mera Mera fruit or Kurozumi Orochi’s Hebi Hebi fruit, or Whitebeard’s Gura Gura fruit. To be clear, all those names (which are based on Japanese onomatopoeia) totally mean something on their own but the ones eaten by the Straw Hats also seem to have non-repeating numerical readings. It all just seems too perfect to be a coincidence. It sounds more like something Oda planned out from the get-go to hint at the next member of the crew.

  If the Straw Hats ever get a new nakama and they are a Devil Fruit user, then the name of their fruit will need to sound like numbers not used by the current crewmembers. There are only two left: 2 and 9. Given the syllable-syllable structure of Devil Fruit names and depending on how the numbers are arranged and read, this gives us 12 possible readings:

  Fuko Fuko

Fuku Fuku

Fukyu Fukyu

Niku Niku

Nikyu Nikyu

Niko Niko

Kofu Kofu

Kufu Kufu

Kyufu Kyufu

Kuni Kuni

Kyuni Kyuni

Koni Koni

      A lot of these would actually work as Devil Fruit names — especially Niko Niko (which sounds like the Japanese onomatopoeia for smiling. More importantly, though, two of those possible names already exist in the One Piece universe: the Nikyu Nikyu (Paw-Paw) fruit eaten by Bartholomew Kuma and the Fuku Fuku (Garb-Garb) fruit eaten by Kin’emon. And that’s why we think one of them will end up joining the Straw Hat crew in the future! Personally, our money is on Kin’emon because his clothes-based powers would give Eiichiro Oda an excuse to put his characters into different costumes more often, but it could also be Kuma. We’ll have to wait and see.

  If you’re still not convinced, consider this: if you take all the individual digits in the Straw Hat Devil Fruit names in the order they appear, express them as numbers (so, for example, “Gomu” would become 56) and add them all together, including the potential new one, then it’d look like this:

  56 + 110 + 87 + 43 + 29 = 325

    What does the number 325 have to do with anything? Well, it could be read as “Sa-ni-go,” which is what the Straw Hats call their ship, Thousand Sunny, for short in Japanese. Again, it could be a coincidence but … could it, though? Could it really?

  Who do you think will be the next Straw Hat crewmember? Do you think there really is a code hidden in the Devil Fruit names? Share your theories in the comment section!

      Cezary writes words on the internet. You should follow him on Twitter.

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By: Cezary Strusiewicz

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Soulful songstress mixed with wicked lyricism gets you one of the dopest artist you've ever seen! Checkout @iamjennifair live TONIGHT!! Bizzy Bee BBP presents "Presence Is My Present Volume 2" May 22nd, 2018 Starr Bar 214 Starr st. Brooklyn, NY 11237 Doors open at 7:00pm 8:00pm - 12:00am 21+ Music By: DJ C-Murda & DeeJay Deelite (@dnc_afterdark) Photos By: Werds Of Art Photography (@werdsofartnyc) Performances By: Kony Brooks (@konybrooks) VDP (@vdpnyc) Jennifair (@iamjennifair) Special Guest Performances By: Bonnie Godiva (@bonniegodiva) Frank Knight (@frankknizza) Charlie Tanqueray (@charlietanqueray) Army Regime (@army_regime) Come out, have fun, and support! Each artist is benefitting directly from you!! Follow me @bizzybeebbp (twitter, instagram, etc.) for more info and future events #Parr #Blessed #PIMP #BBP #Blogger #Radio #MusicLife #Dj #Emcee #Musicartist #Musicians #Singers #Rapper #Rapartist #HipHop #Reggae #Pop #Rap #Soul #Music #DanceHall #unsignedArtist #independentArtist #Underground #stagelife #concert