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Old 2013-02-05, 01:10   Link #1
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One Piece - Chapter 698 [manga]

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Guess what, guys.... EARLY SPOILERS ARE OUT!!! Credit goes to the guys over at AP for providing said spoilers:



-Chapter title is "Doflamingo appears". The ministory has the old lady seeing off Caribou once again at the port.


-The weakness behind Caesar's Shinokuni gas is revealed: After being petrified, it takes half a day before the poison kills its victim. However, if said victims are freed from the gas shells before then, they can be saved. Armed with this knowledge, Smoker gives Brownbeard permission to go rescue his men as long as he returns to get his sentence carried.


-We see the headless bodies of Baby 5 and Buffalo in the marines' possession. However, the duo's heads suddenly come flying back to their bodies! Doflamingo then appears as well, knocking out marines as he flies past them. It's revealed that he's doing this using Conqueror's Haki. The marines are confused by the warlord's sudden appearance, and prepare to fight. However, Dofla takes them out with his strings. Smoker enters the fray as well, and Dofla asks him about the whereabouts of Luffy and Law. Naturally the VA tells him he doesn't know, but tells him he knows about Vergo, as well as the true identity of the warlord. At this point Dofla assaults the vice-admiral.....


-Meanwhile, we see Law on the Sunny with the Straw-Hats. Franky explains to Brooke how he recovered the mini-Merry from the lab's waterways, and Nami reveals to Luffy their next destination: Dressrosa. It also turns out that Kinemon has business at Dressrosa as well! After Law tells Luffy that he was talking to Doflamingo on the denden mushi, he tells him that his plan is now underway.....


-The remaining Straw-Hats who were kept in the dark about the alliance finally learn of it. Zoro in particular is excited by the idea of taking down an emperor. Sanji just gives Law a similar warning as Usopp did about Luffy having a different idea about what sort of alliance they'll have. Caesar, who's in their custody, threatens them, but he gets beaten up. Law explains how there are many powerful pirates in the underworld who have their own territory in the New World, and that a single pirate crew alone wouldn't be enough to oppose them. Dofla is the most powerful of those underground pirates, with Kaidou being his biggest client (interestingly, it seems the samurai are familiar with Kaidou's name). Law further explains that weakening Kaidou's forces is the key to toppling him. Thanks to the artificial Smile fruits, he has over FIVE HUNDRED DF users in his army! It also turns out that Caesar used Vegapunk's "Lineage Factor" to create the Smiles. However, they're now on their way to Dressrosa in order to destroy the main Smile factory. Kinemon then reveals that a comrade of his is being held at that island as well, and will join with the pirates to rescue that person...!!!


-Dofla has Smoker beaten, and apparently tells him that he'll find Law and the Straw-Hats before the day is over. He also threatens to kill all of the present marines, as well. However, he's interrupted by a familiar face:


Spoiler:




AO-F***ING KIJI!!! The former admiral tells the warlord to get off his old friend, Smoker....!!!!!!




Epic. Epic. EPIC. This chapter was a treasure trove of information. But at least now we've got confirmation of the next arc now: Dressrosa. There's so many more things I'd like to say, but I think I'll wait until the full release is out for now. BTW, all of you Aokiji people just got lucky.
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