Chapter 792: Kneeling Down

[G_soildier]

@kouch_lee:

The part that's shaky is when Fujitora said, at the start of the Star Game, to focus on the Strawhats and their allies. Unless, by that point, he still needed to gauge Luffy's true worth. . .but he didn't. He came face to face with them, Giant Pica appeared, everyone got scattered, Sabo appeared to fight Fuji and there started his whole "pretend to lose->bet on Luffy->??->profit" plan.

If instead of saying "focus on Strawhat and his allies, follow my orders", he ONLY said "focus on the citizens, no one gets hurt on my watch" which, btw, is something he did focus on afterwards (making Pica's fallin debris float to save the citizens offpanel, find some lost children, force Parasited marines to the ground with his gravity), everything would make a bit more sense. "Focus on finding and stoping Strawhat" - Fights Sabo - "I'm betting everything on Strawhat" is the one thing that feels weird to me.

well warlords have the right to takeout pirates, so the slave toy thing by it self at this point would not be enough. It would be this rebellious people words against mine, doffy was still king and warlord, luffy wanted pirate, by moving under the name of justice, even admirals have boundaries that they can'nt cross.

[RamistaR]

If the majority of the citizen were obedient fools there wouldn't be ten thousand toys in the kingdom.
Besides, keep in mind that the rest of them have part of their brains missing due to memory loss.
For instance, Millo's wife believes in immaculate conception.
The citizen became more stupid with every new toy. I wouldn't be surprised if they just forgot that fighting to death isn't fun.

[Jirogomi]

@Clessenur:

Haha, I like Koala x Sabo so much.

Am I the only who thinks something looks a bit off with Doflamingo on this panel?
http://i.imgur.com/Z6lKHtm.png

I thought he was smiling at first, but I think the thing near his mouth is a gag to stop him from talking and playing mind games with the marines.

[G_soildier]

@RamistaR:

If the majority of the citizen were obedient fools there wouldn't be ten thousand toys in the kingdom.
Besides, keep in mind that the rest of them have part of their brains missing due to memory loss.
For instance, Millo's wife believes in immaculate conception.
The citizen became more stupid with every new toy. I wouldn't be surprised if they just forgot that fighting to death isn't fun.

memory yes, brain no, mabe Millo and most dressofoolians were confabulations

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So bellamy got spared? He was in the castle like the other executives. And that island, is it my perception or looks like something is going on there like a battle or something, with the dust looking thing?

[Jazo]

Seriously where is Law's final confrontation with Doffy? It will feel very dissatisfying if it does not happen.. Other than that decent chapter.

[G_soildier]

@Jazo:

Seriously where is Law's final confrontation with Doffy? It will feel very dissatisfying if it does not happen.. Other than that decent chapter.

is there a need, what was it that cora wanted anyhow? I think cora's goal which law wanted to accomplish isdone. His warlord status might be revoked, making him wanted, in his state, he would go right along with the donxiotes.

[joekido the Second]

@Daz:

I'm going to hold off with major Fujitora discussion 'till the very end of his involvement this arc, but my biggest gripe with him this chapter, and with the "He was enacting a plan to sabotage the Warlord system and thus did nothing", is that it makes him an insanely cynical bastard who literally gambles with the civilian lives of an entire nation. Firstly, he doesn't seem like that sort of person what with all the times he specifically mentions civilian safety, and being flustered at causing collateral damage (why would he give a shit if he's such a cruel cynic?), but secondly, his apology scene seems to ignore a rather glaring point, from the Dressrosans' perspective….

Fujitora: I apologize on behalf of the government for allowing Doflamingo to be King and letting this happen!!!
Riku: Wait, forget about what the government let happen 10 years ago, what about now? Why didn't you help fight Doflamingo? Why were you wasting time chilling at the plateau with me instead?
Fujitora: ...See, I have this plan to undermine the warlords, which in the long run might do you a lot of good, which might have involved me kinda sorta deliberately avoided solving this crisis
Riku: You had a "plan"? What the hell!? Hundreds of thousands could have died!
Fujitora: Look, I said the government is really sorry, okay?
Riku: Are YOU sorry?
Fujitora:........a little bit. But I made sure to call in some medics in advance, so we're all good right?

Realism is fun is it not? To a Shonen standerd it's not

[Jazo]

@G_soildier:

is there a need, what was it that cora wanted anyhow? I think cora's goal which law wanted to accomplish isdone. His warlord status might be revoked, making him wanted, in his state, he would go right along with the donxiotes.

Some sort of closure would be nice - although Doffy doesn't seem to be in a state where he can talk at all. I was sort of hoping that he would find his body before the marines, but nevertheless I agree that the goal is accomplished.

[G_soildier]

Burgess was really impressive i think we should note. Despite what happened. And in spite of it all he's still whining in agony means he's not out, means fight is not done. For all we know burgess might also be doing something far more significant, stalling…...... sabo dude get away as far as possible. Only the worst generation can save sabo now, he will surely be a big target......... they better topple a yonko, to satisfy the BB's. Quickly. Still if luffy faced burgess that knife might have severed his head. Its not about superior fighting arsenal, a win is a win in piracy!

[Sheep]

I like that the Blackbeard pirates use completely underhanded methods and don't have shred of honor, kinda what you'd expect pirates to be like, opportunistic and violent cowards
They are also one of the few pirate crews in One Piece to have been shown to commit actual pillagery, which is also very piratey

You can talk about strength all you want, but not a single crew in this manga sells the idea of being a pirate as well as Blackbeard does

[Medical Orbit]

I have conflicting thoughts about Burgess losing to someone.

There's a part of me that thinks it would make it seem less epic in the final battle against the Blackbeard Pirates if one of their crew was already beaten in the series earlier on.

There's another part that says the Blackbeard Pirates have already been shown in bad situations before. The BB crew haven't been portrayed as some unstoppable force, so it doesn't make sense to hold them to that standard. BB has taken hits from Ace, Whitebeard, and even one from Luffy in Impel Down. The OGs (original members before ID escapees joined) all just stood there and took Magellan's poison.

It was a good chapter regardless, though. I liked Fujitora's apology. :)

[King Cannon]

@joekido:

Realism is fun is it not? To a Shonen standerd it's not

People seem to ignore that Fujitora did save people left and right.

But he couldn't interfere in the fight or else his plan to prevent this stuff from happening again would've gone down the drain. Nothing will change if the Admirals can just keep fixing the WG screw-ups.

[UsoppSpell]

@King:

People seem to ignore that Fujitora did save people left and right.

But he couldn't interfere in the fight or else his plan to prevent this stuff from happening again would've gone down the drain. Nothing will change if the Admirals can just keep fixing the WG screw-ups.

The only problem I have with Fujitora is that his presence drastically reduced the tension of the Doflamingo fight. The same fight without Fujitora on the island would have been many times better. His character is fine, but he cast too large a safety net over the entire arc. I blame his presence on Doflamingo being lackluster.

His motivations, his orders, all that are secondary. He could have been injured, poisoned, incapacitated somehow. He could have been the only one with enough power to slow the birdcage using his gravity, and the reason everyone survived long enough for Lucy to win.

He could have been given a momentous task, or a handicap, or just not be there. But he was there diffusing all the tension. And he felt more awkward than a fart at a funeral.

[Bigivel]

@Daz:

I'm going to hold off with major Fujitora discussion 'till the very end of his involvement this arc, but my biggest gripe with him this chapter, and with the "He was enacting a plan to sabotage the Warlord system and thus did nothing", is that it makes him an insanely cynical bastard who literally gambles with the civilian lives of an entire nation. Firstly, he doesn't seem like that sort of person what with all the times he specifically mentions civilian safety, and being flustered at causing collateral damage (why would he give a shit if he's such a cruel cynic?), but secondly, his apology scene seems to ignore a rather glaring point, from the Dressrosans' perspective….

Fujitora: I apologize on behalf of the government for allowing Doflamingo to be King and letting this happen!!!
Riku: Wait, forget about what the government let happen 10 years ago, what about now? Why didn't you help fight Doflamingo? Why were you wasting time chilling at the plateau with me instead?
Fujitora: ...See, I have this plan to undermine the warlords, which in the long run might do you a lot of good, which might have involved me kinda sorta deliberately avoided solving this crisis
Riku: You had a "plan"? What the hell!? Hundreds of thousands could have died!
Fujitora: Look, I said the government is really sorry, okay?
Riku: Are YOU sorry?
Fujitora:........a little bit. But I made sure to call in some medics in advance, so we're all good right?

How doesn't he seem like that when he his shown as an irredeemable gambler since his first appearance? His real life character personification is even of a Blind gambler. He even said to Sabo that this was is biggest gamble of his life, and that this time he is even putting his life on the line. How didn't he looked like a thing that was shown time and time again to be the case?

Also the fact that he called medics and counted the population and was more concerned with people AFFECTED, was not because he highly cared about them. It was because of the execution of this plan right now.
Also there was no one more valuable to prevent further casualities then Fujitora.

His apology is about every shit and fault of the government, from 10 years ago until right that moment.
Also when he whent to chill in the plateau, where Riku was, he talked about what he was doing by saying:

• "Dresrossa was once a symbol of peace… I will not let it sink into war."
• "I'll stake all my bets on the "Straw" ...!!"
• "King Riku, sir...!! I've Decided..."

Also he was keeping the facade that he couldn't do anything to help. He has tons of Alibis, that he created purposely. Helping the people; fighting Strawhat and Law alliance; being stopped by Sabo(he even got a Vice-Admiral beaten by him); helping people again; stopping the Birdcage; Doflamingo being a Tenryubito and being backed directly by the Gorosei; ...

This seems more a conflict of what want him to be and what he is ending up being.

[King Cannon]

@UsoppSpell:

The only problem I have with Fujitora is that his presence drastically reduced the tension of the Doflamingo fight. The same fight without Fujitora on the island would have been many times better. His character is fine, but he cast too large a safety net over the entire arc. I blame his presence on Doflamingo being lackluster.

His motivations, his orders, all that are secondary. He could have been injured, poisoned, incapacitated somehow. He could have been the only one with enough power to slow the birdcage using his gravity, and the reason everyone survived long enough for Lucy to win.

He could have been given a momentous task, or a handicap, or just not be there. But he was there diffusing all the tension. And he felt more awkward than a fart at a funeral.

Same thing could have been said for Crocodile. He had already lost the moment Smoker left Alabasta.

Also, had Luffy lost, the WG would have gotten away with it as Fujitora would've been forced to fix everything and get all the credit, so a "bad" guy would still win.

[kcity]

Too bad it seems that Sabo is leaving already. Would have liked to have heard more of his time at the Revolutionaries and especially Dragon. Good chapter though, I think the WG is glad they have their hands on Doffy and his secret by extension.

[Coruscation]

@kouch_lee:

The part that's shaky is when Fujitora said, at the start of the Star Game, to focus on the Strawhats and their allies. Unless, by that point, he still needed to gauge Luffy's true worth. . .but he didn't. He came face to face with them, Giant Pica appeared, everyone got scattered, Sabo appeared to fight Fuji and there started his whole "pretend to lose->bet on Luffy->??->profit" plan.

If instead of saying "focus on Strawhat and his allies, follow my orders", he ONLY said "focus on the citizens, no one gets hurt on my watch" which, btw, is something he did focus on afterwards (making Pica's fallin debris float to save the citizens offpanel, find some lost children, force Parasited marines to the ground with his gravity), everything would make a bit more sense. "Focus on finding and stoping Strawhat" - Fights Sabo - "I'm betting everything on Strawhat" is the one thing that feels weird to me.

I figure he just said that because, it's what an Admiral would have to say in that situation. "Ignore the Strawhats" doesn't look good for an Admiral. He had a reason they "couldn't" go after Doflamingo, they were forbidden from it, but Law was a traitor and Luffy an extremely infamous pirate that embarassed the WG before. But he knew full well his generic soldiers would never be able to stop them, and if he confronted them himself he would just half-ass it and "lose them" as soon as an opportunity arose. Which is exactly what happened.

[Maju]

@King:

Same thing could have been said for Crocodile. He had already lost the moment Smoker left Alabasta.

Also, had Luffy lost, the WG would have gotten away with it, so a "bad" guy would still win.

well..croco's plan heavely relied on finding pluton..he was gonna fight against the world anyway sooner or later..either when his "utopia" would start helping pirates,or when the WG finds out about his betrayal

[Bigivel]

@kouch_lee:

Silly Daz, how many years reading shonen manga all for what? I'll solve this in a minute.

Someone: "But, Fujitora, there could've been thousands of casualties if your gamble failed! You put all your faith in a lowly pirate!"

Fujitora: "No, I gauged Strawhat's heart early on. . .he had the heart of the man that will become the Pirate King. I was sure I was gambling on the right man. And my gambles (zoom in of his face) never fail". End of the chapter. One Piece is gonna be on a break next week.

He said to Sabo that he was ready to put his head on the line!

Bottom Left panels

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He also talked about being lucky at gambling, later:

Top middle panel

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Everything was explained in manga about this situation.

[Yobiyopi]

People in this forum gambled their trust on Fujitora too, while others didn't, and now finally we're getting some pay offs for that.

[UsoppSpell]

@King:

Same thing could have been said for Crocodile. He had already lost the moment Smoker left Alabasta.

Also, had Luffy lost, the WG would have gotten away with it as Fujitora would've been forced to fix everything and get all the credit, so a "bad" guy would still win.

Yeah I get it. I have no problem with Fujitora's decisions or thinking.
Its the fact that the people of Dressrossa were never really in any danger because of him being there that bothers me.

Of course this is One Piece so that never is an issue. It's the illusion of tension, tenuous as it is, that was in my opinion dispelled by Fujitora.

But yes I agree that Fujitora's character arc is explained correctly and tied in a neat pretty pink bow.

[uniaka ikuzakas]

So what is Fujitora going to do about Luffy? I imagine he won't turn a blind eye on him, not with all the marines there, the broadcast, all the islands that see them and just let 2 important pirates get away, as much as they defeated Doflamingo or not, they are still pirates.

The one that is good enough to allow luffy and law in their bad condition to escape is… Sarambo

@Yobiyopi:

There is Sabo to stand in their way

So everyone's favorite superhero saves the day again:ninja: and takes them on his ship.

[Yobiyopi]

@uniaka:

So what is Fujitora going to do about Luffy? I imagine he won't turn a blind eye on him, not with all the marines there, the broadcast, all the islands that see them and just let 2 important pirates get away, as much as they defetaed Doflamingo or not, they are still pirates.

There is Sabo to stand in their way

[Maju]

@uniaka:

So what is Fujitora going to do about Luffy? I imagine he won't turn a blind eye on him, not with all the marines there, the broadcast, all the islands that see them and just let 2 important pirates get away, as much as they defeated Doflamingo or not, they are still pirates.

couldn't he say they got away
you know since one of the two captain members of the alliance can basically teleport

[Vectorkov]

@Miss:

Welp, I have no idea what happened in this chapter cause the translation was sweaty donkey balls dragging through the dirt.

Guess I'll watch this content when the anime gets to it. Everything else about it will be shit, but at least their translations are good.

Why not just read a better translation?

[Psycrow]

Haven't checked all the pages to see if this was posted yet, but the Mangastream a.k.a. non-panda-excrement version is now out.

http://readms.com/r/one_piece/792/2845/1

[LuffydaPirateKing]

@Aohige_AP:

While that is true, in all those cases Teach did something to redeem it.
Breaking out of Impel Down, Killing WB, Running away but then becoming Yonkou, etc.
He always somehow comes out top after making a fool of himself.

Burgess doesn't really have a chance of doing so right now, the fight pretty much ended here.
If he makes up for this it'll probably be a while before we're going to see it.

exactly, BB is the only one doing stuff. JB hasn't accomplished shit. Just bc ur in his crew doesn't make u close to admiral level like sabo.

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@Maju:

couldn't he say they got away
you know since one of the two captain members of the alliance can basically teleport

Lol right. "Sorry HQ I was about to kill them when they teleported to the other side of the island

[Maju]

@LuffydaPirateKing:

Lol right. "Sorry HQ I was about to kill them when they teleported to the other side of the island

more like "they teleported on the underground port still full of ships,took one and went away before i was even able to reach them,you know,while i was bowing and shit"

pretty much the same thing the revolutionaries did this exact chapter

[Daz]

@kouch_lee:

Silly Daz, how many years reading shonen manga all for what? I'll solve this in a minute.

Someone: "But, Fujitora, there could've been thousands of casualties if your gamble failed! You put all your faith in a lowly pirate!"

Fujitora: "No, I gauged Strawhat's heart early on. . .he had the heart of the man that will become the Pirate King. I was sure I was gambling on the right man. And my gambles (zoom in of his face) never fail". End of the chapter. One Piece is gonna be on a break next week.

"Wow, a marine admiral is kneeling! What a powerful sight…wait, did he just admit that he deliberately half-assed his efforts, and put all our lives at stake?"
"Yeah, it sounded that w- oh look, a report from the Dressrosa hospital. Apperantly, the nation hasn't suffered a single casualty today! Fancy that"
"oh well, no harm done then"
"Actually, my mom died"
"then go have an adventure, kid"

I mostly jest; the marines kneeeling is a powerful image, and sabotaging the WG by doing a pre-damage control broadcast is interesting. Also, Its just neat that Maynard gets something to do again.

My beef is just that Fujitoras appearantly deeply callous actions (as far as civilian casualties are concerned) doesn't really gel with Fujitoras characterization; Oda has framed him as a Good Guy who cares about people, now going so far as to have no one call him out on his refusal to fight Doflamingo.

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@G_soildier:

he did do things. Manga should'nt have to highlight ever detail. Besides was he needed? He seems to know things that are about to happen. He calling for medics, changing co ordinates to dressorosa from greenbit, him telling joker luffy would cause massive destruction. He blatantly told sabo he is going to gamble on it. At the end he personally taking out joker and co was not neccessary, and long term would only jeopordized his goal as an admiral.

You are making Fujitora out to be even more ridiculously omniscient as Kouch_Lee, and he was doing it as a joke. Fujitora had no way of knowing Luffy would succeed with absolute certainty. Fujitora, being portrayed as the strongest guy on the island, could have contributed to taking down Doflamingo quicker, had he applied himself. He chose not to, and by the time the Birdcage is seconds away from shredding the entire population, its too late for him to do anything. Had Luffy lost, Fujitoras gamble would have doomed the entire population. From the perspective of everyone on Dressrosa, I don't think people would cut him much slack.

And yes, the guy has been portrayed as a gambler, obviously. But he has also been presented as a caring, insightful, good-guy marine we are supposed to sympathize with.

[Bigivel]

@Daz:

My beef is just that Fujitoras appearantly deeply callous actions (as far as civilian casualties are concerned) doesn't really gel with Fujitoras characterization; Oda has framed him as a Good Guy who cares about people, now going so far as to have no one call him out on his refusal to fight Doflamingo.

[King Cannon]

Really, the whole reason the WG was able to hide the truth about Alabasta was that very few people actually know that it was Luffy's doing. Most people just saw Tashigi arresting Crocodile.

Here, by stepping aside and letting someone else do it in front of the whole population, Fujitora eliminated that possibility.

[Hanz]

a trival thing that i really liked was the cover, very cute.

[Coruscation]

@Daz:

"Wow, a marine admiral is kneeling! What a powerful sight…wait, did he just admit that he deliberately half-assed his efforts, and put all our lives at stake?"
"Yeah, it sounded that w- oh look, a report from the Dressrosa hospital. Apperantly, the nation hasn't suffered a single casualty today! Fancy that"
"oh well, no harm done then"
"Actually, my mom died"
"then go have an adventure, kid"

I mostly jest; the marines kneeeling is a powerful image, and sabotaging the WG by doing a pre-damage control broadcast is interesting. Also, Its just neat that Maynard gets something to do again.

My beef is just that Fujitoras appearantly deeply callous actions (as far as civilian casualties are concerned) doesn't really gel with Fujitoras characterization; Oda has framed him as a Good Guy who cares about people, now going so far as to have no one call him out on his refusal to fight Doflamingo.

Well, we'll have to wait and see on that. It's understandable that they haven't done it up until this point since they were a bit busy with running away and trying not to die. I have a feeling everyone isn't necessarily going to jump with joy at him next chapter, but we'll see. I do hope Oda does address outright why he didn't fight Doflamingo. Even though it's easy for us to infer, it should be a bit of an elephant in the room for the people on Dressrosa, as you've noted.

[MagneticMonkey]

@uniaka:

So what is Fujitora going to do about Luffy?.

He will tell akainu he was too busy kneeling down in front of riku and they fled.

[Daz]

@G_soildier:

the country for ten years was literally in bonds, chaos would not be sufficient a description. Things were just moved from the shadow to the, light. The entire country was a facade, the infrastruture is the only thing dressorosa lost today, and a few injuries, all but bruises compared to the carnage they lived through. no one has time to fathom any negativity towards an admiral newly apointed, they are too filled with joy and vibrant energy, restored memories and forgotten loved ones. They aRe for the first time in ten years freed from their birdcage. Man Fujitora is really impressive, of all the things contemplated by fellow forum members, this way to me was the best, for all intents and purposes. And its not done, we can only learn more…. the master gambler, the wise, old, powerful, blind man. Someone shakethis man hands....

Only a fraction of the country was negatively affected during the last decade. For the majority of the population, the main horror has been the last few hours. And of course the people are happy everything is over, but that doesn't mean that they can't still be angry they had to go through it. Put yourself in their shoes; You've just experienced the worst day of your life with a nationwide crisis; the crisis is over, but you know for a fact that Law Enforcement was present during the entire thing, and could have helped resolve the crisis a lot sooner- but didn't. Don't you think anyone would question that? I doubt the Dressrosans were picky as to who saved their lives…well, apart from "I don't want help from a marine, even if it means my death!" Violet.

[MagneticMonkey]

It' s an all-in game with the lives of thousands. Now consider this scenario: The marines came too late at dressrosa and the birdcage was already up. Doflamingo gets defeated, the birdcage disappears, fujitora enters the scene and kneels down in front of riku. They leave the island with the doflamingo family.
The WGs face is still lost as many den den mushis captured dressrosas downfall and fujis apologies.

Fuji can maintain his face in that scenario.

[Skadi]

@zeff:

Everyone wants to know what's behind dofla's glasses, no one asks what's behind senor pink's glasses or trebol's or vergo's.

We already know Trebol´s

[SuburbanErrorist]

The fact that Fujitora pulled off something that went against the usual "WG covers things up", should indicate he has a plan and he knows what he's doing

He's not a one trick pony, so please be patient.

[allbluebro]

Hopefully next time we see Jesus he is bald as shit from that attack, also if Doffy is KO'd and in sea stone he should be dead his organs were destroyed and he was holding them together with his devil fruit powers which he can't possibly be using right now so I have a problem with him not croaking. Next chapter hopefully he stands up and freaks everyone out then we see his face and he's got the all white eyes of death because he croaked the second he stood up.

[BingBang]

The dilema now is are they going to put a WORLD NOBLE and PIRATE in Impel Down knowing all the information that he has about "secret weapons, black market, criminal organizations etc.."? I think they will ask the CP0 to kill him (in secret and later explaining that he commit suicide or something like that) or try to get information from him about all the business he had. This guy is a menace for the WG.

[uniaka ikuzakas]

@Skadi:

We already know Trebol´s
http://i.imgur.com/26qeRtV.jpg

And the most evil looking face I remember from the manga award goes to him.

[Cyborg_Franky]

I don't think Sabo will need to save the day for the SH's to leave the island. They just have to leave the island at the same time. I mean Fuji has to ensure that all the dolfa family is rounded up even the henchmen and transported to ID first and foremost, Second on his list is to treat the injured civilians and make sure they have basic needs like shelter food and water, Third would definitely be finding the whereabouts of the Revolutionary armies #2 and a high ranking member of BB's crew, Fourth on the list would then probably be Luffy the SH's and Law and then all the other remaining pirates. All this and he hasn't even found out about Big Mom just off the coast so my guess is it wont be to hard for them to leave.

[Mr. Luffy]

Some observations on this:

Burgess's head is apparently quite tough. Didn't seem nearly as fragile as Bastille's. Thicker skull?

So this "list"… I'm confident contains the blackmail that Doflamingo used against the Celestial Dragons and in turn, the WG. Having this in the Revolutionaries' hands is very significant, possible a gamechanger in that otherwise little known and rarely displayed power struggle between the "Revolution" and the WG. So does that mean Doflamingo has lost all his cards? Sure, he could have memorized the list or have another copy somewhere but I'm guessing his bargaining power has now weakened now that he does not possess the physical proof anymore.

It is also clear that the Fujitora and his men are going to turn a blind eye toward not only Luffy, but all of the rogue pirates who aided in Doflamingo's downfal, provided that they leave immediately--and why wouldn't they at this point? At this point, it looks like Fujitora has the makings of a more sympathetic admiral to the "good" pirates out there and less blindly loyal to the WG, similar to Smoker. It ties in well with the brief exchange between him and Sabo before Sabo withdrew.

Also, I don't really see too much of a problem with Dressrosa becoming more pacifist again. Its friendly neighboring nations will likely defend the country in its place like they probably did before. The only reason Doflamingo succeeded is that he destroyed Riku's power and reputation from the inside behind the shadows. The likelihood of that ever happening again is pretty remote. It's essentially like Norway.

[RomanceDawn]

@Daz:

Only a fraction of the country was negatively affected during the last decade. For the majority of the population, the main horror has been the last few hours. And of course the people are happy everything is over, but that doesn't mean that they can't still be angry they had to go through it. Put yourself in their shoes; You've just experienced the worst day of your life with a nationwide crisis; the crisis is over, but you know for a fact that Law Enforcement was present during the entire thing, and could have helped resolve the crisis a lot sooner- but didn't. Don't you think anyone would question that? I doubt the Dressrosans were picky as to who saved their lives…well, apart from "I don't want help from a marine, even if it means my death!" Violet.

Oh I would absolutely be pissed if I were in the shoes of the citizens. At the same time, I am fairly reasonable. If I found out the truth for the bigger picture I might consider it as a necessary evil. If I also knew that Fuji stopped the Pica statue from crushing everyone and all of the law enforcement were doing their best to keep us civilians safe from Doffy's army I'd be less angry. Then I would take into account that I'd probably still be overwhelmingly happy that friends and family I didn't even realize I had lost were back in my life again, presumedly not dead.

Maybe life was good for me because I kept my head low and my mouth shut, but if I found out all that came at the cost of losing my wife and kids while they slaved away for years without me, I wouldn't care about anything other than the fact that they are back and it's all over. In this moment, there is more to be happy about then to be angry about. I'm the type that will try and keep myself from thinking about how bad things could have been and why. Those thoughts scare the ship out of me.

But thats just me.

[Mr. Luffy]

@SuburbanErrorist:

The fact that Fujitora pulled off something that went against the usual "WG covers things up", should indicate he has a plan and he knows what he's doing

Indeed, Fujitora is the first admiral who has used proxy fighters to keep from officially disobeying the WG. He may even have a hidden anti-Celestial Dragon agenda.

Also, I'm curious as to why the marines haven't been looking for the "list" too. Surely the Admirals know it exists, and is the primary reason why the WG could not directly oppose Doflamingo's rule. I can't imagine he approves of Sabo's group taking it.

@RomanceDawn:

Oh I would absolutely be pissed if I were in the shoes of the citizens. At the same time, I am fairly reasonable. If I found out the truth for the bigger picture I might consider it as a necessary evil. If I also knew that Fuji stopped the Pica statue from crushing everyone and all of the law enforcement were doing their best to keep us civilians safe from Doffy's army I'd be less angry. Then I would take into account that I'd probably still be overwhelmingly happy that friends and family I didn't even realize I had lost were back in my life again, presumedly not dead.

Maybe life was good for me because I kept my head low and my mouth shut, but if I found out all that came at the cost of losing my wife and kids while they slaved away for years without me, I wouldn't care about anything other than the fact that they are back and it's all over. In this moment, there is more to be happy about then to be angry about. I'm the type that will try and keep myself from thinking about how bad things could have been and why. Those thoughts scare the ship out of me.

That is why Fujitora & the marines prostrated themselves in apology. It's not like these facts are unknown to both the public and the marines. I would say that is atonement enough considering how humiliating it normally would be for an admiral of the WG to bow down to anyone other than a Celestial Dragon. It will also get Fujitora in hot water back at HQ considering such an apology would be seen as a sign of weakness, not to mention they were going to just put Doflamingo Family back on the throne otherwise.

Also, considering the entire population of the island very narrowly avoided getting executed, I'm pretty sure they are all in joyful hysteria at just being alive.

[CaptainAppleJack]

I assume the list they were talking about contains the name of all the countries and people Doflamingo was having business with. We saw Koala taking notes of one of them being the Doerena kingdom before.

[Mr. Luffy]

@CaptainAppleJack:

I assume the list they were talking about contains the name of all the countries and people Doflamingo was having business with. We saw Koala taking notes of one of them being the Doerena kingdom before.

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140819141351/onepiece/es/images/archive/d/da/20150215120506!Koala_Barco_Doerena.png

Could very well be. Ot they could have done both. Hopefully we find out soon.

[SuburbanErrorist]

Doflamingo must have been quite well known with the neighboring nations. One guy when the broadcast went up was like;
"Doflamingo? That guy gives me the creeps".

Also you can see what Apple nine island. 3rd last panel if I'm correct I see a giant apple in the middle of an island.

These were nice touches.

[Periwinkle]

It has probably been mentioned already but does anybody else suspect that Doflamingo being shown in chains is actually a clone?

Edit: Or would the Seastone cuffs even work on a clone/make it disappear?

[King Cannon]

@MagneticMonkey:

It' s an all-in game with the lives of thousands. Now consider this scenario: The marines came too late at dressrosa and the birdcage was already up. Doflamingo gets defeated, the birdcage disappears, fujitora enters the scene and kneels down in front of riku. They leave the island with the doflamingo family.
The WGs face is still lost as many den den mushis captured dressrosas downfall and fujis apologies.

Fuji can maintain his face in that scenario.

That seems impossible considering that Fuji last appeared in the palace before the Birdcage.