@ultimateclima:
I just skimmed through the entire flashback, and this one wouldn't be my number 1 favorite. I feel it dragged in some pages, like in Luffy's montage in following Ace in the beginning and when there was that flashback with Bluejam and his conversation with the nobles.
I don't really rate flashbacks but yeah this one wasn't the greatest. Only really important one was Robin's imo.
Plus, as much as this flashback answered (who is Dadan, who is Sabo, why Ace never runs), I feel like there's so much more questions that need to be addressed(fate of Bluejam, how much Ace knew about his haki, who is the King, why aren't the revolutionaries strong enough now and what allowed them to rise to power, is there a deeper relationship between the dojo and the revolutionaries)
People really gave a fuck about Bluejam? He's a defeated enemy but hey he'll probably show back up in the NW with Morgan and Kreig since we don't know their fates either.
Ace and his haki is a moot point imo. That question didn't exist before the flashback and I don't think Oda was even aiming to answer that.
I figure the king was a mysterious character set up in the fb to possibly be fleshed out in the present.
I'm not sure why you don't think the revolutionaries aren't strong enough now to do _______ but the WG already regards them and Dragon as their #1 threats since Dragon's the most wanted criminal. Their rise to power most likely consisted of killing marines and WG agents and literally toppling allied WG kingdoms and revolutionizing them.
LOL @ the dojo and the revolutionaries. I think if that's even revealed it'll just be a little tidbits of information.
In fact, all those questions about Sabo that were asked before the flashback were answered, but the end of the flashback reopened all those questions(what does he look like, is he alive, what is he doing now, is he a revolutionary, is he a pirate) etc.
He's alive. He has an eye patch and has a parrot. He's a pirate revolutionary.
It would be nice to see the mountain bandits, the nobles, and the King in the current storyline. Especially Stelly and Dadan.
Probably will. Especially Stelly, he's the main villain in the world noble arc.