Okay, so I edited the opening post a little bit since the chapter's out now.
Anyways, it's an OK chapter. I like how Oda's finally starting to reveal more about the nature of devil fruits. So I guess that means all that's needed is an ordinary fruit for the power to be transferred to, eh? That's very interesting indeed (and also explains why some past fruits that were shown to be shaped like regular garden-variety fruits like melons, bananas, etc.).
And I gotta admit, getting petrified through poison sounds like a pretty damned scary way to die. Now this really makes me wonder how Luffy and co. will be able to stop Smiley, since he's indeed a living WMD......
Oh well, at least we'll have the break to mull this over. In the meantime, I've posted a little more about the upcoming movie in the respective thread, and I assure you that I'll be posting the new volume's SBS info once it's available.
I also when the current chapter translation will add that missing page.....?