@Autumncomet:
You really think Dress Rosa is coming up right after this arc? I feel like there's not enough emotional impact to head there yet. Luffy needs a personal reason to wreck Doffy's shit. I suppose it is feasible that Smoker, Tashigi, and Kinemon tag along (actually, I want this to happen) on the next arc considering the Sunny seems to be the only way off Punk Hazard we know of for sure.
if i could give my honest opinion, i dont think it would go directly to dress rosa after this punk hazard arc. you are right about the "emotional" build-up part….luffy got no reason whatsoever to beat up doflamingo, and luffy only beas up people when his friends are emotionally devastated/needs his help directly/indirectly/got hurt...so i can think of 3 scenarios/arcs that would come in between punk hazard and dress rosa of this doflamingo saga (its pretty obvious this will turn into a saga now.)
1. wano-kuni arc: this would be fun, imagine wano-kuni arc with samurais, ninjas, shoguns and dragons...maybe a strawhat will learn ninjutsu? (like ussop acquired dials from skypiea) and zoro (and maybe tashigi) gets new swords and learns how to cut elements???.....emotional build-up could be kinemon asking help from luffy to help momonosuke...its kinda meh to me honestly though. (the emo part, but the wano kuni arc would be rad.)
2. G-5 arc: this is just a scenario ok? so dont give me the evil eye guys. LOL...lets say tashigi returns the children to the hometown, and WG heard of this mess smoker made in punk hazard...and it happened that the one funding the experiments is WG, which is who doflamingo is working for (who clown is working for) and these WG corrupt guys (higher than sengoku as doffy said) ordered the capture and death of smoker and tashigi...so basically tashigi would be jailed, smoker, as proud as he is will accept luffy's help....i think this is a good emotional build-up since its a different angle,..luffy helping his rival save someone....then it all boils down to smoker and luffy deciding to bring down doflamingo.
3. crewmate arc: or the good old save my crewmate....either law's or luffy's crewmate being held at dress rosa.
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@Hallwacker:
I don't think her ability drains strength, seems more like it made him sleepy, which in turn makes his strength go away.
yeah, coldness makes your blood run slow and will make you drowsy…its the same feeling when sleeping in an airconditioned room. LOL