Hey there.
I haven't read all the older chapters..i pretty much watched the anime up to the jaya arc and then read onwards from there. What i remember tho is that in the anime there was a flashback (if i remember correctly smoker was thinking it) about Gold Roger's execution. Was that just in the anime or was it also in the manga? If it was in the manga can someone point me out to the right chapter/volume? I skimmed through the loguetown arc but didn't see anything…
thanks
Just a anime filler.
The only Gold Roger's "mini flashback" we can read in the manga is in the first page of the first chapter of the first volume. ^^
In volume 11, Smoker notes similitudes between Luffy and Roger, but nothing more.
Hope I answered to your question. ^^
crap. was dying to check roger's handcuffs 
I still wonder if Oda was the one who told Toei that Smoker was there in LougeTown 22 years ago at age 12 or if Toei made it up. Like in Dragon Ball anime, they tried to explian the origin of the androids by adding in Dr. Flappe long before Toriyama added Dr. Gero.
hmmm..i wonder. best let fillers just be fillers. and assume oda has nothing to do with them except say that they don't fuck up his storyline…
cos loopholes (like in naruto) are usually due to the damn fillers
Well so far that filler didn´t really mess with Oda´s stuff. Roger´s only words he had on the fillers where all words from the manga. The first part were what he said on the beginning of chapter 100 and the second part was the words he said at the opening pages of chapter 1. So it´s no screw up there.
The thing with Smoker may not be Oda´s idea but as long as Oda doesn´t introduce a backstory for him in the manga that goes completely against this filler, there´s no reason for it to not be working.
Not every filler is necessarily bad…
I like this short Smoker flashback on Roger and also fillers like Ace staying a little longer with Luffy and his crew, because they give a little more depth to major characters. Well, as long as they don't interfere with Oda's thoughs they are pure enjoyment. :biggrin:
As for Roger's handcuffs... in the anime they were wooden but they could also have been made of those see minerals, but i think it doesn't matter either way because if Roger would have wanted to escape he could have done it without much effort (help from his nakama). He achieved everything there is to gain... so he just had to die...maybe for the sake of his nakama who were erased from the wanted list afterwards, who knows?...
yes but if they were seastone it would prove he had a devil fruit power wouldn't it 
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