One Piece Chapter 745: Birdcage

Gizmo

If it was red rover sure he argue that the collaterall damage is fine as long as he gets Doffy.

But purple guy? Nah that guy is going to be down there protecting people from themselves

Fujitora seems to be all about minimizing damage to the populace. I would hope that an Admiral would have the strategic sense to realize that taking down the source of the chaos would end the collateral damage in the quickest way, especially since Doflamingo himself said that the game ends when he's "defeated/killed".

Not to mention I would also hope that even if a country isn't aware of Doflamingo's powers, the Marines would realize that the citizens/Marines seemingly moving against their own will is being controlled by him and that should be stopped.

YoiYoi

Are we sure it's a puppet MADE of strings?
Maybe it's a (pre-made) puppet that is controlled by Mingo's strings.

EDIT: Nevermind, missed that panel before Viola's remark.

labmate

I honestly can't tell if I like this chapter or not. It was cool and all, but part of me is just mad about something I can't figure out. Guess I'll be back with a status quo later.

allbluebro

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I think birdcage is one of Flamingo's more bitchin devil fruit abilitues where he can use his wires to encage the whole island. Basically making it so no ome can.leave unless one side wins or of.course flamingo being defeated. This.will raise the stakes and scares the shit out of Law because it goes againts the way her does things. I hope by the end of this arc Law realizes what a complete badass Luffy is and they actually become friends. He doesnt realize Luffy is the next pirate king yet.

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Oda showed Flamingo is able to attach string to clouds so what if birdcage turns out to be an actual cage doflamingo activates with his devil fruit (which is proving more and more to be an extremely powerful and useful devilfruit). Furthermore what if the Flamingo on Dresrossa is just a "puppet" of dofla and the real one is on a sky island floating way above it attached by strings acting as hiz secret base and safe house. If everyone on Dressrosa is trapped there and the only way to open the cage is to defeat Dofla and hes up there above the island safe and sound shit would get real.
woot go past me for predicting something for once

Fragments

The guy who said he hated Doflamingo and got his attire broken by the strings is probably the 7th Shichibukai crew member.

andre

These breaks… god.

Also, Doflamingo is super overpowered. Like, he seems to be more overpowered than Whitebeard. Has there been another fruit this OP in the series yet?

Kurloz

@andre:

These breaks… god.

Also, Doflamingo is super overpowered. Like, he seems to be more overpowered than Whitebeard. Has there been another fruit this OP in the series yet?

I'm sure Law can do even more absurd reality-bending bullshit if he gets as creative as DD.

Schabrak

@allbluebro:

woot go past me for predicting something for once

Because you aren't as unique as you believe to be. 'wow' at describing a birdcage, who could have thought that an attack named birdcage would look like and work like one.

desa

-I hope for a better explanation than string puppet. Why was his puppet even here and where the heck was he?
-Doflamingo must have been the one to teach Law about doing a maximum of damage and flashyness.
-The only way I can see that plan as anything but retarded is if he is planning on getting the fuck out why puppet get killed.
-Kola look cute when hugging Robin.
-Dofla has way too much seastone and I hope he stops shooting COA when using it.
-At this Slaugther/battle royale/man-hunting game is a good occassion for cool fights.

allbluebro

@Schabrak:

Because you aren't as unique as you believe to be. 'wow' at describing a birdcage, who could have thought that an attack named birdcage would look like and work like one.

Never claimed it was a unique idea you just mad jelly dude, Pica show this hater the exit, borderline pathetic post. :ninja:

Drayenko

@krule274:

I honestly can't tell if I like this chapter or not. It was cool and all, but part of me is just mad about something I can't figure out. Guess I'll be back with a status quo later.

I feel like you. I guess because there was a break we expected "something" else, or something like that. But it was a good chapter.

DynamiteShikoku

fujitora should increase the gravity on the whole island and make people unable to move. dofla's parasite will be useless and fuji can then kick his ass without having to worry about people killing each other.

basically i just want fuji to be the one who stop the birdcage because he is a marine and this kind of thing is his job and responsibility. dofla can then retreat and fight luffy afterwards.

bouncyhippo

@andre:

These breaks… god.

Also, Doflamingo is super overpowered. Like, he seems to be more overpowered than Whitebeard. Has there been another fruit this OP in the series yet?

I think if Doflamingo wanted to end it right now he would close in the strings surrounding the island and cut up the whole island like a cake, but he wouldn't do that because he doesn't know where Caesar is, some of his nakamas and the Smile factory. Just saying he is capable of such a feat. And I think Blackbeard still has the most overpowered devil fruit, he can steal other devil fruit with it, who knows how many devil fruits he already stole during those 2 years.

King Cannon

@DynamiteShikoku:

fujitora should increase the gravity on the whole island and make people unable to move. dofla's parasite will be useless and fuji can then kick his ass without having to worry about people killing each other.

basically i just want fuji to be the one who stop the birdcage because he is a marine and this kind of thing is his job and responsibility. dofla can then retreat and fight luffy afterwards.

Fuji can't keep the gravity and fight at the same time.

Probably.

Taggerung

@King:

Fuji can't keep the gravity and fight at the same time.

Probably.

i mean if you're going to make a baseless assumption like that as a counter point at least commit to it.

Shadowgreed

@Taggerung:

i mean if you're going to make a baseless assumption like that as a counter point at least commit to it.

He cannot do it, you can see this during his clash with Zoro

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@bouncyhippo:

I think if Doflamingo wanted to end it right now he would close in the strings surrounding the island and cut up the whole island like a cake, but he wouldn't do that because he doesn't know where Caesar is, some of his nakamas and the Smile factory. Just saying he is capable of such a feat. And I think Blackbeard still has the most overpowered devil fruit, he can steal other devil fruit with it, who knows how many devil fruits he already stole during those 2 years.

There's limit to Howany things a Devil Fruit user can do, If we apply your logic the three admirals would ended the whole marine ford war in a blitz

bouncyhippo

@Gizmo:

Then there's the Marines. I guess technically this could still all be allowable by the WG, but there's no way Fujitora would not just try to stop the violence the quickest way and kill Doflamingo, right? That does seem like the easiest way to end the bloodshed.

Fujitora would lose badly, doflamingo is probably the strongest shichibukai and most likely mihawk is stronger than the admirals. So doflamingo is stronger than an admiral.

Taggerung

@Shadowgreed:

He cannot do it, you can see this during his clash with Zoro

how do those panels prove he can't fight and use his gravity power. If anything they just prove that Zoro can over come it or that his gravity power can be a burst or a presence. This is all just speculation. Including your assumption.

King Cannon

@Taggerung:

i mean if you're going to make a baseless assumption like that as a counter point at least commit to it.

I have basis on everything we've seen from him so far (like the aforementioned Zoro attack).

But there's still a (very small) probability of gravity hax.

@Taggerung:

how do those panels prove he can't fight and use his gravity power. If anything they just prove that Zoro can over come it or that his gravity power can be a burst or a presence. This is all just speculation. Including your assumption.

It definitely implies that if he loses concentration, his ability can be interrupted.

Implies, doesn't confirm.

Taggerung

that doesn't imply jack shit. That's like saying "well we know he can't float something up and gravity something down at the same time because he didn't do it there." Thats how dumb this sounds.

King Cannon

@Taggerung:

that doesn't imply jack shit. That's like saying "well we know he can't float something up and gravity something down at the same time because he didn't do it there." Thats how dumb this sounds.

Zoro attacked him while under gravity. Fujitora defended. Zoro was able to escape by jumping back.

It's not baseless.

OfficerMuddButt

All you need to do to defy gravity is jump.

King Cannon

Whatever. We know Fujitora will be kept busy by something else anyway.

He's not the star of the arc.

OfficerMuddButt

I agree totally. It actually kinda irks me because I can't think of a good reason that he wouldn't fight though.

andre

@bouncyhippo:

Fujitora would lose badly, doflamingo is probably the strongest shichibukai and most likely mihawk is stronger than the admirals. So doflamingo is stronger than an admiral.

That is not how deduction works, my friend.

bouncyhippo

@Shadowgreed:

There's limit to Howany things a Devil Fruit user can do, If we apply your logic the three admirals would ended the whole marine ford war in a blitz

The 3 admirals all showed area of effect abilities, akoji freezing up all the water to stop the ships, kizaru's 10000000 bursts of light beams, akainus magma showers, they all have their own unique style. The only thing different with doflamingo is that his strings seem to cut through anything, more quickly and obviously more deadly.

Darth

@OfficerMuddButt:

I agree totally. It actually kinda irks me because I can't think of a good reason that he wouldn't fight though.

Because there isn't one? It is as contrived as Smoker leaving Alabasta.

It is a storytelling device to present good marines as inneffective, and therefore give more merit to the protagonists.

The off-side of that is that it makes it look like only those marines that are presented in antagonistic light are competent at any level.

bouncyhippo

@andre:

That is not how deduction works, my friend.

Yonko > admiral
Shanks = yonko
Mihawk = shanks
Mihawk > admiral
Jozu > admiral, he was kicking akojis ass until he put his concentration on his friends.
Mihawk < jozu, blocked his most powerful attacked, mihawks jaw drops, scared mihawk enough to put away his sword
Doflamingo > jozu, stopped him and just stood on top of him to chat with crocodile
Doflamingo > mihawk

Darth

@TheGreatestSwordsman:

Didn't Kizaru blast Whitebeard in the chest or shoulder during the fight? If not, then the earlier statement was an incorrect one.

No. He did not.

He did however blast him through the chest. In a one on one fight. Where Whitebeard, again, was unable to succesfuly attack him.

@TheGreatestSwordsman:

You're using hyperboles at the moment to make it seem as if Akainu was toe to toe with Whitebeard and had this been a 1vs1 with the two, he would have gotten beaten pretty badly. Even after being stabbed by several swords and hit a few times by others, Akainu was still unable to beat Whitebeard.

But it was unclear victory. Whitebeard attacked him from behind, while he was fighting Marco and was focused on chasing Luffy. And even then, he took half his face away. No matter how you look at it, it seems to be pretty even.

@TheGreatestSwordsman:

It had to take Blackbeard who had to get his crew to eventually kill him. Now Akainu may be stronger than the other Yonkou, I don't know but based on the fights, interruptions and damage even from people not named Akainu, Whitebeard handled himself more than well enough during the instances they fought one another.

Four fights with Admirals. And he only manage to succesfuly connect blows in one.

There is a difference between him and Admirals, but it ain't nearly as large as you guys make out to be.

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@bouncyhippo:

Yonko > admiral
Shanks = yonko
Mihawk = shanks
Mihawk > admiral
Jozu > admiral, he was kicking akojis ass until he put his concentration on his friends.
Mihawk < jozu, blocked his most powerful attacked, mihawks jaw drops, scared mihawk enough to put away his sword
Doflamingo > jozu, stopped him and just stood on top of him to chat with crocodile
Doflamingo > mihawk

Oh by the Gods, this is so contrived.

FKDAPOPO

@bouncyhippo:

Yonko > admiral
Shanks = yonko
Mihawk = shanks
Mihawk > admiral
Jozu > admiral, he was kicking akojis ass until he put his concentration on his friends.
Mihawk < jozu, blocked his most powerful attacked, mihawks jaw drops, scared mihawk enough to put away his sword
Doflamingo > jozu, stopped him and just stood on top of him to chat with crocodile
Doflamingo > mihawk

The dumbest shit ive ever read on this forum

bouncyhippo

@Darth:

Oh by the Gods, this is so contrived.

Only stating the most likely possibility. But defintly not 100%

StevenHawkings

@FKDAPOPO:

The dumbest shit ive ever read on this forum

By that same logic

Mihawk = shanks Doflamingo > mihawk Doflamingo > _shanks
shanks = Yonko
Doflamingo > Yonko
Doflamingo = Pirate King

If this was true then that would make this battle in Dessarosa Luffy's most important battle in his road to becoming the Pirate King._

bouncyhippo

@FKDAPOPO:

The dumbest shit ive ever read on this forum

your dick too small? Man up and tell us who you think is stronger instead of calling someone's opinion shit just because you disagree because if you don't back it up with reason anybody can say you think justin beiber will become an admiral and kick luffys ass.

ForumPoster21

@StevenHawkings:

By that same logic

Mihawk = shanks Doflamingo > mihawk Doflamingo > _shanks
shanks = Yonko
Doflamingo > Yonko
Doflamingo = Pirate King

If this was true then that would make this battle in Dessarosa Luffy's most important battle in his road to becoming the Pirate King._

Doflamingo < Kaido (cause he was scared shitless of fighting him)
Kaido = Pirate King

lol

bouncyhippo

@StevenHawkings:

By that same logic

Mihawk = shanks Doflamingo > mihawk Doflamingo > _shanks
shanks = Yonko
Doflamingo > Yonko
Doflamingo = Pirate King

If this was true then that would make this battle in Dessarosa Luffy's most important battle in his road to becoming the Pirate King._

PROBABALY!! Doflamingo and his 10 or whatever crew is up against like10 million people. And he is winning. In my earlier theories I also said doflamingo would not be beaten in this arc. After all he is a candidate of becoming pirate king.

Light Bro

@bouncyhippo:

your dick too small? Man up and tell us who you think is stronger instead of calling someone's opinion shit just because you disagree because if you don't back it up with reason anybody can say you think justin beiber will become an admiral and kick luffys ass.

The problem is that you seem to think that certain title (yonkou, admiral, etc.) = certain power level. Power levels don't exist in One Piece, there's just abilities and powers and how they match each other. Take Perona for example. She defeated Monster Trio without breaking a sweat and then Usopp defeated Perona. Does that mean Usopp is more powerful than Luffy, Zoro and Sanji?

bouncyhippo

@ForumPoster21:

Doflamingo < Kaido (cause he was scared shitless of fighting him)
Kaido = Pirate King

lol

Law is an idiot for saying that. 30% chance of beatingKaido when it was 0% chance of beating doflamingo. In other words Doflamingo has almost 0 weakness. He didn't even want to fight doflamingo just destroy the factory and get the hell out.

Schabrak

@Taggerung:

that doesn't imply jack shit. That's like saying "well we know he can't float something up and gravity something down at the same time because he didn't do it there." Thats how dumb this sounds.

I assume you are referring to him on the flying ship and the meteor falling down at the same time. I too don't see why Issho shouldn't be able to activate his DF ability, while using his sword for whatever he intends to do with it. It's not like he really needs his ability to fight strong characters.

Flipper Pride

@ForumPoster21:

Doflamingo < Kaido (cause he was scared shitless of fighting him)
Kaido = Pirate King

lol

There is NO confirmation of him ACTUALLY shitting himself because he didnt want to fight Kaido.

E.g. Doflamingo is scared that his plans might be ruined but not fighting Kaido or confronting him. We don't know what went through his head so it's pure speculation.

EDIT: THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION. MY MISTYPE.

bouncyhippo

@Light:

The problem is that you seem to think that certain title (yonkou, admiral, etc.) = certain power level. Power levels don't exist in One Piece, there's just abilities and powers and how they match each other. Take Perona for example. She defeated Monster Trio without breaking a sweat and then Usopp defeated Perona. Does that mean Usopp is more powerful than Luffy, Zoro and Sanji?

When he put on his soge king mask yes. Way more powerful than the monster trio. On a serious note, usopp beat perona because she was more gullible than himself. You can't compare stupid fights with serious fights. Same thing with the sugar situation.

Schabrak

@bouncyhippo:

PROBABALY!! Doflamingo and his 10 or whatever crew is up against like10 million people. And he is winning. In my earlier theories I also said doflamingo would not be beaten in this arc. After all he is a candidate of becoming pirate king.

Yeah 9.999.000 of those are normal citizens, 990 of those are characters which can be taken down with one attack of any of those that will be named next chapter and around five to ten that stand some actual chance to fight the squad leaders.

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@bouncyhippo:

When he put on his soge king mask yes. Way more powerful than the monster trio. On a serious note, usopp beat perona because she was more gullible than himself. You can't compare stupid fights with serious fights. Same thing with the sugar situation.

A fight is a fight, you are not the one to decide which is to be taken serious or not. She beat them fair and square with her ability.

vagabond87

@Light:

The problem is that you seem to think that certain title (yonkou, admiral, etc.) = certain power level. Power levels don't exist in One Piece, there's just abilities and powers and how they match each other. Take Perona for example. She defeated Monster Trio without breaking a sweat and then Usopp defeated Perona. Does that mean Usopp is more powerful than Luffy, Zoro and Sanji?

I partially agree with you though there are no people beside Yonko that can defeat Yonko for me. Some admirals yes, of course they have chance. With haki and different strength of it with Yonko and presumably admirals we can almost completely cut off Perona example as some hax examples with DFs like perona does not add up with Admirals and Yonko as they can block with haki most of DF effects.

If there would be no power levels at all then Luffy would not need training as he was getting wrecked time after time closer we were getting to timeskip.
Oda put it in nice word- that outcome of fight can be totally unexpected or something like that from Kuma and that you dont have to be stronger one to win a fight so I would not say that there is no power levels yet

if you have titles like Greatest Swordsman in the world, Admiral or Yonko its 99.99% certain that if they dont fight each other, if anybody else beside each other challenges them, they win.

I would say that Doflamingo is very close to admiral combat power, beside his great combat experience and skills his ability makes him very dangerous person for anyone who cant block his ability with haki.
For me Doflamingo feels as stronger individual than any of Whitebeard commanders but still a bit under admiral.

Mihawk is stronger than him and in league with any admiral in my opinion. Though he is greatest swordsman, not strongest fighter so I expect that some of Yonko would be able to beat him in a long fight.
He is portrayed as Perfect Cell of this manga imo so as he doesnt have biggest gun out there he probably has most amazing, closest to perfection skills.

FKDAPOPO

@bouncyhippo:

Yonko > admiral
Shanks = yonko
Mihawk = shanks
Mihawk > admiral
Jozu > admiral, he was kicking akojis ass until he put his concentration on his friends.
Mihawk < jozu, blocked his most powerful attacked, mihawks jaw drops, scared mihawk enough to put away his sword
Doflamingo > jozu, stopped him and just stood on top of him to chat with crocodile
Doflamingo > mihawk

You are so stupid, we shouldn't be discussing power levels on the chapter thread because it'll completely derail the focus of the thread. And as someone said its pointless to compare one individual to another theoretically because this is one piece after all and there are so many different variables which play a part in deciding if x could defeat y.

But theres a likelihood that yonkou maybe and probably stronger than an individual admiral, it doesnt mean that an admiral can't hold his own. Furthermore it was stated that mihawk used to duel shanks when he had two arms,, but its been a while since then and shanks is a yonkou now so I believe while it may be possible that mihawk is still equal to shanks, shanks is a yonkou after all so imo hes stronger. Also theres no way jozu is stronger than an admiral he lost his arm to aokoji remember? And jozu being stronger than mihawk when mihawk is seemingly one of the strongest characters in the manga? Please.

And your logic that doflamingo is stronger than jozu just because he could control him? He can do that to anyone doesnt prove shit. Your logic is so flawed and horrible in its argument

Razh

@King:

Hey, people were guessing stone clone, why is a string clone less believable?

This is the same series where a guy with paws can somehow repel pain.

People yeah, not all the people.

Kuma's ability was presented as an ability that allows him to repel everything, so it makes sense in that context. Dofla's was presented as creating strings and flying with the help of clouds. A clone is something else entirely so I reckon we were mislead with how Dofla's ability really works. At least now we know the clone is not a cyborg or a stone statue, but the product of Dofla's own ability.

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@Bigivel:

And he even has a vocalist Rock Star in his crew(Diamante).

Stoned Sticky Diamond Flamingos for a band name. Next?

Flipper Pride

@Jabra:

2 ]Chapter

More Seastone inflation. Now apart from the colosseum walls the whole damn factory is made of Seastone. So what exactly was the argument why the Marines or even regular pirates are not equipped with weapons made of Seastone? How many Smoker-like jittes could you produce with that amount? Not even talking about Seastone bullets so the fodder could actually pose a threat every now and then.

Well.. You're talking about someone who supplies pretty much anything. Im sure with his empire he can at least attain seastone to create something that is "his life".

I understand where you're coming from but i mean come on, the biggest Broker of the new world?

bouncyhippo

@Schabrak:

Yeah 9.999.000 of those are normal citizens, 990 of those are characters which can be taken down with one attack of any of those that will be named next chapter and around five to ten that stand some actual chance to fight the squad leaders.

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A fight is a fight, you are not the one to decide which is to be taken serious or not. She beat them fair and square with her ability.

Some character said when the squad leaders are together they have a 100% chance if winning. Not sure if you notice but almost all the fights usopp has been in were mere luck and comedy. I suggest you go back and watch from the start of when they introduce usopp to show. Think everyone but you thought how sugar was defeated was a total joke on Oda's end. I watch a lot of reviews and they all thought the way sugar was defeated could have been more convincing of a battle. In short they were disappointed by the result. It wasn't a long exciting review it was more of an "oh, fine -sigh -" you are saying that usopp running away and the enemy trips and faints, usopp wins. While fights like zoro and Mr 1 had more action involved.

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@FKDAPOPO:

You are so stupid, we shouldn't be discussing power levels on the chapter thread because it'll completely derail the focus of the thread. And as someone said its pointless to compare one individual to another theoretically because this is one piece after all and there are so many different variables which play a part in deciding if x could defeat y.

But theres a likelihood that yonkou maybe and probably stronger than an individual admiral, it doesnt mean that an admiral can't hold his own. Furthermore it was stated that mihawk used to duel shanks when he had two arms,, but its been a while since then and shanks is a yonkou now so I believe while it may be possible that mihawk is still equal to shanks, shanks is a yonkou after all so imo hes stronger. Also theres no way jozu is stronger than an admiral he lost his arm to aokoji remember? And jozu being stronger than mihawk when mihawk is seemingly one of the strongest characters in the manga? Please.

And your logic that doflamingo is stronger than jozu just because he could control him? He can do that to anyone doesnt prove shit. Your logic is so flawed and horrible in its argument

I can't believe you are saying one handed shanks is as good as two handed shanks and one handed shanks is stronger than mihawk.That was your downfall right there. Mihawk is one of the best, did I put him below that thief that stole luffy as a child? Keep reading it until you see it. Point is doflamingo could have his way with jozu but decided to chat with crocodile symbolizing confidence. And derailing the thread? My focus here is doflamingo, are you in justin beiber fanstasy land? You are a faggot indeed. But I'm sure you already know that also I don't think you fully read my post. I really dont want to point it out so I say just go reread it before you make yourself look more retarded than its now. Look at the expression of mihawks face and tell me is that the face of a confident man when jozu deflect his attack? One moves back and sheathes his swords the other oone smiles and grins. I think that's more than enough to settle their level difference.

Light Bro

@bouncyhippo:

Some character said when the squad leaders are together they have a 100% chance if winning.

That was about Diamante army officers. When Senor Pink, Dellinger, Lao G and Machvise compete at the Colosseum they're supposed to have 100% victory rate.

Not sure if you notice but almost all the fights usopp has been in were mere luck and comedy. I suggest you go back and watch from the start of when they introduce usopp to show. Think everyone but you thought how sugar was defeated was a total joke on Oda's end. I watch a lot of reviews and they all thought the way sugar was defeated could have been more convincing of a battle. In short they were disappointed by the result. It wasn't a long exciting review it was more of an "oh, fine -sigh -" you are saying that usopp running away and the enemy trips and faints, usopp wins. While fights like zoro and Mr 1 had more action involved.

But Perona didn't faint herself. Usopp used her wits to scare her unconscious. And even if you don't consider that a proper fight, she still was able to defeat Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Franky with her power. And that's exactly what I'm talking about! Fights aren't about power levels, they're about individuals with different strengths and weaknesses pitted against each other.

vagabond87

@Razh:

People yeah, not all the people.

Kuma's ability was presented as an ability that allows him to repel everything, so it makes sense in that context. Dofla's was presented as creating strings and flying with the help of clouds. A clone is something else entirely so I reckon we were mislead with how Dofla's ability really works. At least now we know the clone is not a cyborg or a stone statue, but the product of Dofla's own ability.

Seems like Doflamingo made and took out of hiding his clone(as it was probably ready just in case) at this time of an arc because he expected that using bird cage might be needed.
For me it looked like Clone of Mingo was storage of string so Mingo doesnt have to make all the Birdcage/ strings needed for Birdcage while there is chaotic/critical situation. Makes sense if he has something like that ready and makes use of it when situation gets critical. Making it a puppet-clone is like creative way of using storage for his strings in unexpected way.
It would somehow explain why clone was used at that moment in time.
As for sweating by Mingos clone- maybe it gotten some humidity from air and Mingo just pulled harder on it in SBS I would expect question and answer like that..

.

Razh

Yeah, I kinda think it's too important to be left to SBS explanation. Besides, Oda doesn't leave stuff like this unsaid.

skorpion

well you can just say that the great oda made a mistake and forgot he was drawing a clone? lol
im pretty sure he will give some excuse during sbs.

and vagabond this is also my theory that he used the clone for the birdcage and so now he cant use the clone.