Hell when you think of it the current arc hasn't had any straw hat in the spot light. Sanji got some spot light at the start but no real development, after that its really just been a equilibrium of the straw hats messing around. The real topic has been on the demoralized life style on the archipelago, with Hatchan and Camie in the center.

You must be a pretty keen reader to notice minor foot differences. Nice find, but not nearly as bad of a flub as the crocodile Hook fiasco.

People still think brook is not going to join? Wow at this point is about as obvious as it gets…

I mean just think about it Luffy has been wanting a musician since before he even though of a doctor or a cook, He's been apart of two SH Combo attacks, he agreed to join on his ship, he has won the hearts of all the straw hats when they found out his past, He's in debt to Zoro for his shadow, And He's the super secret character in the DS game for gods sake.

And what do you think is going to happen when the crew tells them that they know laboon and they saved his life not once but twice? (once for Vivi and prince attacking him and the other for stopping him from bashing his brains out on reverse side mountain.)

Do people honestly think he's he's just going to abandon them after all this? Or magically run backwards to see laboon? Not only does he owe them his ability to go see laboon by getting his shadow back and saving his life/hair from Ryuma , but saving laboon twice?

He's not going anywhere.

He's joining, thats it. If he doesn't it will probably be the biggest dues ex machina in the history of one piece.

The way I see it his power means quat for getting the shadows back despite it being super cool / powerful. Even if he cripples Odz to the point he can't move I still dont think he could take on Moria and defeat moria in the time span. Moria is just such a good trickster that 10 minutes is plenty of time to stay away from him. After that Luffy might feint That on top of the fact that its hinted he might know, and if he does he's already planning some thing to safe his butt.

@Generic_Soda:

Because if any or all of the Shichibukai get out of line, then Marine HQ and the Yonkou will beat the shit out of them. The balance of three powers, remember?

I'm almost certain that if BB tries something funny, there'll be other Schichibukai that will oppose his ideas.

Sure they would beat down any other Shichibukai. But honestly I don't think they will be the one giving a beat down if he strikes at the right moment. If the Shichibukai we've seen so far can go as far as they've gone without government finding out I'm afraid it might be to late when he strikes. His DF is just so powerful, and he hasn't even fully mastered it yet.

@KzTxL7:

The secret is obviously pissing on Moria, since we didn't get to see it during the Crocodile fights…

I mean, isn't pee salty?

I can't imagine a more horrid event where the rolling pirates would find out that moria was weak to pee. I mean seriously, that would be messed up.

The reason why I don't call this a DEM is because the DIDN'T come out of nowhere. It wasn't just on old man that they met in the forest, there where many others cheering him on in hiding. They may have finally decided to tell him because they are getting hope now.

The Fact that they knew before the fight doesnt change the fact that its DEM. All Deffiniton of DEM states is that it is "a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty".

No one could of reasonably guessed that their where shadowless dudes in the forest who had the answer all this time. So no matter how you look at it was sudden and it probably resolve the main problem (which makes the the core of DEM).

Don't jump to conclusions until we learn what his great weakness is. If it is something that was hinted at eariler, then it technically isn't DEM because it was foreshadowed.

Just because it was forshadowed doesnt change the sudden introduction of the said solution. (whihc again is what DEM is)

I know DEM seems to show a lack of writing skill in the eyes of most readers. But really I think oda just wanted to tie in the plot of next chapter before the end of this one. Im sure he'll make it work anyhow.

@Fire Fist:

It's still DEM, like it or not. Oz becomes rubber suddenly, and seems unbeatable, and then all of a sudden we meet pirates under the "Real Lola" who have the secret of beating him? The fact that they have the secret may not be a DEM, but the fact that they appear just when needed is.

As much as I'd hate to just lable any plot Deus Ex Machina and say Oda is too good of a writer for that I'd have to agree. Luffy bumping in to the Real Risky Bro's and them just happening to have the secret to winning seems a little out of place let alone that Oda did it in a single page.

Lol usopp page 10.

Geat chap, I dont care if peeps say its build up its fine by me.

@Pass:

Brook's animation debut!

His cloth's look a lot looser and scuffed up then they look like in the manga. In that segment it kinda looks like Hobo Dress suit and in this arc it has a more Jack skellington fit.