Chapter 673: Vergo and Joker

[Leon]

I still dont understand how gas can eat a devil fruit, or even a sword.

[KaizokuJinbei]

It's about time we start to see some background on DoFlamingo

[MetaMario]

I still dont understand how gas can eat a devil fruit, or even a sword.

First Lassou, then Funkfreed, and now Smiley.....y'know, one of these days Oda is going to have to explain how inanimate things can be given Devil Fruits.....I mean, in this case, Smiley is a product of Caesar, who is a intelligent scientist, but a generalized explaination is still needed.

[ODA SENSEI]

I still dont understand how gas can eat a devil fruit, or even a sword.

I believe it's one of Vegapunk's invention.

[Retro]

S**t hitting the fan now

- Cover Page

Heh I'm guessing a fan saw Night at the Museum. Smacks way too much of that movie.

- Yarisugi

Damn even some of the higher ups in this unit are assholes. I mean really "burn down a village" over someone asking for help just because he doesn't like one person? Wow. And wait..."playing around a neighborhood then died in a shipwreak"? Really? No wonder the parents don't buy that. Along with bad table manners, Vergo's really bad at coming up with lies.

- Back at the cave.

From bad to worse but then again we all kinda saw this coming. Interesting to know that the sleeping stars have limits though.

- Smileys

Lol, I just heard the Podcast yesterday and them discussing over the name. I had my doubts too if that was right or not. But nope this confirms it. Annnnd it has a Devil Fruit? So those things even work on another byproduct of a Devil Fruit...eh works for me. Oh Oda, may the silliness of you never change.

- Vergo and the identity of Joker
Wow, seems every time Donflamgino appears he becomes more and more of a threat as the series goes on. Now we learn he has moles in the Marines (considering his Shichibukai status makes tons of sense). Is he trying to take the Marines over from the inside or just cripple them? I also wonder if he's on Blackbeard's payroll cause keep in mind, he a guy who just does things for the "fun" of it. The only reason he joined the Marines in the first place and why he tried human trafficking before becoming bored with it. Also begs the question why Ceasar is even working for him. @_@ Oy some many questions. Still kudos to all who guessed Donflamingo was involved. Good thing he wasn't the mystery man a chapter ago, eh?

Also nice callback to the Alabasta. Was even thinking of it when I saw the spoilers, even better when Luffy mentioned it.

Okay so we got three Straw Hats captured along with Smoker and Tashigi, with possibly Ussop and Nami joninig them. Chopper still running loose as are Zoro, Sanji and Brook along with Kinemon on the way to the lab. And the threats coming from Ceaser, the Slime monster, Monet and Vergo (if the latter two decide to stick around which might be the case once they break free.) Since we've pretty much covered all the mysterious now, only thing left is the "death trap" and the climax. Heheh.

[Refii]

How deep does Don Flamingo's influence go? Who else could have secretely been on his payroll? Ace? Big Mom(!)?

And just how did he gain all this wealth? Solely from the slave trade?

I'm really loving this arc, but I'm afraid we're getting bogged down by the addition of too many characters that are allied with the Strawhats, unless they're joining Luffy to fight Big Mom, I don't see why Don Flamingo is such a huge threat.

[Maromi]

Woah! This was an awesome chapter! I loved the panel with everyone in the cage, and especially the callback to Alabasta. Now we wait for Chopper to rescue everyone, and maybe Zoro and friends too... And I wonder what's gonna happen to Nami and Usopp.

[TheCrystalShip]

Woah! This was an awesome chapter! I loved the panel with everyone in the cage, and especially the callback to Alabasta. Now we wait for Chopper to rescue everyone, and maybe Zoro and friends too... And I wonder what's gonna happen to Nami and Usopp.

They're gonna defeat CC.

[No Maam]

S**t hitting the fan now

- Cover Page

Heh I'm guessing a fan saw Night at the Museum. Smacks way too much of that movie.

- Yarisugi

Damn even some of the higher ups in this unit are assholes. I mean really "burn down a village" over someone asking for help just because he doesn't like one person? Wow. And wait..."playing around a neighborhood then died in a shipwreak"? Really? No wonder the parents don't buy that. Along with bad table manners, Vergo's really bad at coming up with lies.

I honestly think/hope it's just a force of habbit, and not being such a goddamn psycho.

[worstje]

Okay, Joker being good ol' Donquixote Doflamingo, I could see coming. Law and him being connected, that I definitely saw. But a poisonous gas eating an axolotl devil fruit? The food-sticking-to-the-face as a simple character quirk, perhaps made possible by a velcro fruit? The Arabasta scene and being back in jail with Smokey? Robin's comment? Hot damn.

Oda's putting porn production companies out of business with this amount of awesome.

[Cvile Zed]

I still dont understand how gas can eat a devil fruit, or even a sword.

I believe it's one of Vegapunk's invention.

and maybe BB share the same a knowledge too. But in BB case, i still like the cerberus/three heart theory more.

[Beowulf89]

They're gonna defeat CC.

I could vaguely see Nami pulling that off, with a strong gust of wind or something...

[GJardim]

I could vaguely see Nami pulling that off, with a strong gust of wind or something...

Ussop: I can't hit him Nami!
CC: Shulolololo, there's not way mere pirates like you even put a finger on me while I'm in this state!
Nami: Wind knot! *snap*
*strong wind*
CC: <Enel's shocked face>

[Czechmate]

Hot damn that was a good chapter.

Hopefully Doflamingo/Joker's influence and importance will go beyond just this arc, which is what I'm assuming will happen, given his hype and involvement in other parts of the story.

I called the axolotl part, but I'm just confused by the MS translation; is Smiley a poison gas that ate an axolotl fruit, or...?

CC with Nami and Usopp is scary, but I'm assuming he just won't mind them or will knock them out.

And Team Zoro will likely come in and save everyone who's locked up in the lab, I'd guess.

[TheCrystalShip]

And Team Zoro will likely come in and save everyone who's locked up in the lab, I'd guess.

Chopper is right there. Literally feet away from them.

[Ashura_KingFisher]

I don't think there's someone who was high enough to predict some shit like fire element eating a gura gura no mi or lightning element eating a zoan phoenix. But It's CANONLY possible now.

That guy, Oda, his imajination knows no limit.

[GJardim]

I called the axolotl part, but I'm just confused by the MS translation; is Smiley a poison gas that ate an axolotl fruit, or...?

I guess we'll have to wait CCC for this one, but the other translation says the same thing: a poisonous gas that ate the fruit.

[Playerking95]

So let me get this straight.

Joker is Doflamingo who is a master of Ceaser, Vergo, Monet and Law(In the past) and Vergo is undercover as marine who is also a Vice Admiral like Smoker and is a higher rank then Tashigi.

Everyone on Punk Hazard seems to have a connection and I like it. Even Law and Kinemon(Two completely different people) who are sided with the SH's have met each other before the SH's arrival to PH. And I don't think Joker is taking orders from someone, well I at least hope he isn't.

I just wonder why Law seemed to be on Ceaser's side near the beginning of this arc. And I'm pretty sure Ceaser could be a subordinate of Joker because I think Ceaser sort of said something about orders from Ceaser, plus then it makes sense why Vergo would send Monet to Punk Hazard, so that Monet and Vergo can report back to Joker about Ceaser's actions.

I really love this arc and I love how whenever questions get answered, even more questions are raised. And I wouldn't mind a Flashback soon.

[Czechmate]

Chopper is right there. Literally feet away from them.

oh right .-.

alas, they'll reach the lab next chapter, I'd assume, and shit will be going down regardless.

[onemoment]

I have to wonder how Donflamingo's character will be when it's finally fleshed out and revealed. So far he's surrounded himself with truly the most garbage characters in the OP universe. Bellamy, the child-drugging Caesar and his appliances (including Vergo), the slave traders and he's probably got Moria in a dungeon somewhere. While I admire this guy's ambition and accomplishments, I wonder how much his company reflects on himself.