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And so, the Dressrosa arc begins! Credit goes to the folks at AP forums for the summary and translation:
-Chapter title is "Adventure in nation of Love, Passion, and Toys". The ministory involves Caribou sneaking inside a building that turns out to be a weapons factory.
-The crew docks on Dressrosa. After they arrive, Luffy messes around with Momo, who seems to have another vague memory of Dofla. He then continues his argument with Luffy, saying that he'll become a shogun of Wano. After the squabble, Kinemon says he'll provide everyone with disguises (and suggests that the women should be naked, heh
). Law then gives Nami a vivre card that points towards Zou, just in case something happens to them.
-Law shows the Straw-Hats a map of the island that one of his crewmen drew. It's decided that the team taking Caesar to Green Bit will be Law, Usopp, and Robin. Nami, Momo, Brooke, and Chopper will stay to guard the Sunny, while the monster trio, Franky, and Kinemon will destroy the factories and locate the missing samurai. It turns out that Dressrosa is modeled after Spain, and is not only famous for its flowers, food, and dancing women..... but is also famous for its
LIVING TOYS! Various toys are running around the place, and one of them happens to recognize the faces of Luffy and co. thanks to the recent news article.....
-Luffy's gang hear someone getting stabbed, and one of the toys tells them that it's a regular occurrence for the island's women to stab the men who cheated on them (lol). Later, they arrive at the port town of Acacia, fully disguised with suits and beards. They dine at a restaurant, whose waiter tells them that fairies supposedly exist on the island. The restaurant also has a casino, where a gang of thugs are cheating a blind man who's playing roulette. It turns out that they're taking advantage of the fact that Buffalo is currently MIA. However, Luffy calls out the punks on their stunt, and they're ready to attack him. However, the blind man, after giving his thanks to Luffy, unsheathes a sword from his cane, and....
seems to create a black hole on the floor with it! As the thugs are pulled into the hole, the mystery man says that being unable to see the world's filth could be considered an advantage of being blind.....
WELP. All the strongest guys are assembled in group (I'm sure the bunch of you are fangasming over that this very second), it's possible that Wapol's toy business underwent an evolution, and right off the bat we're introduced to a new mystery man..... who apparently ISN'T Kanjurou (Aohige notes that Kinemon showed no sign of recognizing him). A pic of the blind man in question:
If I didn't know any better myself, I'd say that we were just introduced to our tiger admiral.
