I just want to say it again, Ryuuma looks HORRIBLE in this chapter x.x
Anyway, that the monster trio woke up is nothing surprising oo This is an shonen manga after all and the weak main characters aren't supposed to shine everytime ^^" But we have to say that the weak characters in One Piece have a MUCH more glory life then weak characters in other shonen mangas (just remind Luffy's famous sentence in Arlong Park when he grabbed the sword).
Thanks for the translation, by the way oo Am I the only one who think that Brooke's acting kind of cute? (Yes, I have a weird opinion about "cute"… I think lizards and snakes are cute as well, and I'm a girl after all XD)
"It's no use, the zombies are just too scary!" (a scared skeleton, how can't this be cute?)
"Tell me where my zombie is or I'll feed fish to the zombies!" (hey, THAT'S a threat!)
"DON'T TOUCH MY AFRO!" (hmm... am I the only one who think that there could be a connection to his dream? XD)
"Ah! A butterfly! Maybe I'll sing a song to cheer myself up!" (how cute, Brooke's talking about a butterfly!)
I think the last quote is quite interesting. The zombies of Thriller Bark are SO scared of the humming swordsman but it looks like he just sings songs when he's scared or nervous as well (this also means that Brooke was scared of Taleran, because he sang a song before he cut him up oo). So... Brooke HAS a music-based fighting style (... somehow). Of course, he fights with his sword, but he seems to be a very nervous person and I'm sure he would start singing every fight.
... I bet if Luffy hears Brooke talking about "the Awesomness of an Afro", he would go hyper and force this old bone in his crew XD I can already imagine the end of the Brooke-Ryuuma battle: Ryuuma cuts some of Brooke's hair, Brooke goes crazy and finishes Ryuuma off, while saying: "I TOLD YOU NOT TO TOUCH THE AFRO!" I'm pretty sure that the Afro will play a special role in this fight... at least, I guess that Ryuuma will try to cut off Brooke's hair, just to torture him.
And last but not least: Anyone noticed that Brooke's wearing new shoes in his flashback?