@Daz:
Violet and Doffys history should have a clear impact on her in the manga- show her wrestling with guilt, or at least be deeply conflicted about it.
why should cut content have any visible impact?as in,something we don't even see should have a visible impact.
just because something exists in the overall world or lore of a series doesn't mean it has to be explored on-screen,especially when you have a series as vast and with a ton of characters like One Piece.
and neither does any cut content have to stay completely in the mind of the author.they can make allusions to stuff that didn't end up making it into the finished story.i mean,at this point you might as well call for all the concept sketches to be acknowledged in the story.
on the other hand,keeping silent also makes it there are many possibilities,even ones without sex,however much you want to take "adult stuff" as just sex for some reason.
like this:
@Mr.:
Eh, seems more like Oda admitting he wanted to have some sort of warped relationship history between Doffy and Violet but decided not to in a very early rough draft idea in the arc. Doesn't have to be sexual but "serious".
I had once theorized that Viola willingly got "very close" to Doflamingo at one point in order to sabotage him in a way similar to Corozon. Essentially playing a Mata Hari in hopes of one day assassinating him. Only that Corozon's betrayal of Doflamingo's trust made him highly suspicious of any newcomers and Doffy, unably to prove her treachery, decided to simply keep her at arms length and out of the Family's inner circle. Remnants of this MO as a femme fatale exists during her wooing of Sanji and presumed plan to execute him after peering into his mind and proving Sanji a liar.
Also there seemed to be some hints at something more during Doffy vs Viola, where she may have at least been less disposable to Doffy than the likes of Bellamy. Though in the end, there was nothing more than potentially misleading hints.
Could also hint that Oda wanted to make Viola more of a traitor and Monet-like. Because she'd have to be as crazy and callous as him to really make any relationship work even in the short-term.
This also indicates that Oda was showing interest not only in enlarging the focus on romantic relationships in the series (something we have already been seeing) but interest in showing more off-beat and unhealthy ones as well. This is something that may crop up in future volumes if the publisher decides to relent.