ouch! not only was tashigi sliced in half, law even made her realize how weak she really is. even her sword shigure was cut. i guess even with haki she is no match for the guy. i doubt she can even take on zoro.
looks like law and that liquid dude is in fact in league with one another, the centaurs seem to be as well and the kids in bisquits room are indeed connected to law. so most of the theories about this arc have been proven true so far.
as for how law was able to steal smoker's heart, it seems like his haki is not strong enough to withstand law's attack. perhaps it takes a certain level of busoshoku haki to be able to guard yourself from it. i wonder how luffy would fare against him. too bad we won't be able to see it next week since op will be on a break, again!
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