Nice Chapter Overall.
So Zoro vs. Pica , that was kind of obvious. I wonder how long this fight will take. looking at the current Overall Situation , in my opinion it aint looking to good for the Strawhat's.
Franky being pushed back and outnumbered , i wonder how much longer he will be able to hold out on his own. By the look of it he will need some help. Well the scardy cat Usopp is'nt that far away , so that could be a possibility, especially since he is running away from Sugar and Trebol and i dont see the slightest possibility for him to win against Sugar & Trebol on his own anymore , especially since Robin failed and got turn into a Toy. Another (unlikely) possibility could be Kanjuro. Another possibility that we know of , would be Kinemon, which most likely will be heading to the lower levels.
Luffy , Violett & Toy Soldier are pretty much screwed aswell. Luffy cant really fight , as the situation is right now. Mingo , Baby 5 & Buffalo they have the former King Riku & Law as their hostages. If Luffy would go in for a fight , i dont see him winning as he would have to protect those two which would be a huuuge disadvantage. I do hope that Violette will be the one to save the day. She should be able to do something , especially since she heard that Mingo is wishing she would be here to help him.
Toy Soldier is totally useless in his current Condition. And by the look of it he will stay a Toy for abit longer. On top of that we've got Gladius which know that Violett is a "traitor". I've got a bad feeling that he will be the one to make the situation for Luffy & Co even worse , unless Kinemon will take care of him by either fighting or asking for his help to get him out of the palace.
Still no sign from Sanji , Nami , Brook & Chopper. I really cant see them being able to handle that situation on their own. So I really hope that atleast Jinbe will show up to help them , especially since he got the water advantage.
Personally i wasnt really a fan of Sogeking at all. I understand why Usopp disguised himself back thn , because as his alter-ego Sogeking, Usopp was able to fight alongside the other Strawhat's without having to deal with his departure etc. I get this and it was a more or less good solution back thn. ..However i really dislike the idea that Usopp has to rely on a stupid Mask just to feel more confident that way, i really hope that these days if the situation is urgent, he grow's some balls and deals with it.
On top of that i dont see how Usopp transforming into Sogeking would be any helpfull right now at all.
@choperman:
does anyone think it must be more than coincidence that Crocodile's and Doflamingo's fighters seem so alike
You got a good point.There are way to many similarities between Alabasta(Croco) & Dressrosa (Mingo). I think that's Oda's way to show us how much the Strawhat's have grown from back thn. Alabasta was the first, BIIG Challenge for the Strawhat's in the Grandline. So is Dressrosa , it's the first BIIG Challange for the Strawhat's in the New world.