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Originally Posted by Ermes Marana
Having so many characters return like they did also starts to feel a bit like fanservice, and makes the world feel smaller and less interesting.
Almost like Oda knew Impel Down had the weakest storyline so far, so he brought back a bunch of fan favorites to distract people.
Personally I don't think Mr 1/2/3 should have appeared at all, that just makes the world too small. And I still think Mr 3's declaration was out of character.
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Mr. 3's declaration was not out of character. Specifically, he, and to a lesser extent Buggy, have grown quite a bit as characters during their escape. Where before he cared for no one but himself, he has now actively supported Buggy, and then actively supported the Level 2 inmates (case and point, he hid many of them from Magellan's poison even though he would have been better served to simply save himself along with Buggy). He has grown from just focusing on his own self interest, to working well with those around him. So, him standing up for Luffy in this chapter is not too far of a stretch from the way he has been acting in recent chapters.
Additionally, in regards to "fan service", besides Buggy, we have known that all of these characters were in Impel Down for close to 150 chapters, far longer than Ace has even been captured. So, realistically, it would have been strange if Luffy hadn't run into them during his invasion of the Gaol.