I read it somewhere that Kaido has eaten typhon mythical zoan devil fruit and I agree.
I think it would be a very cool ability :D

luffy was weaker than lucci. thats why he thought of a way to beat him by using gear second and third

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and by the way its obvious that this arc was not supposed to show the straw hats full strength...
I mean half of them are not even here!!!!!!

@Speeddasher01:

Doflamingo and his crew have been hyped up this entire arc. The fight with Doflamingo had better be epic.

yep but this arc and punk hazard are just a prelude for kaidou's arc.
after defeating doflamingo, the story would not end. it would be just the beginning.
they have to face kaidou's wrath soon and they need to be powerful enough to defeat them.
doflamingo was not powerful enough so he tricked them by newspaper misinformation. in my opinion it just shows that he knew he wouldn't stand a chance against kaidou.
but the straw hats need to be powerful enough… otherwise kaidou will wipe them out!!!

I think its obvious why Zoro won the fight without a scratch.
because Oda wanted to show Zoro's overwhelming power after time skip. he is yet to show his true strength since the main fight for the straw hats will be with Kaido and his crew.
if zoro could hardly win the fight against Picca, there is no way he could win the fight against a younko's crew.
the real fights are with Kaidou's crew!!

Devil is "akuma" in Japanese = あくま

what if arabasta faked its alliance and only joined to create the world government as an imposter just to have a chance to protect Poneglyph and Pluton?
because perhaps otherwise they would have to leave their country and a new family chosen by world government would have replaced them.
Arabasta must have been allied with AK… I can't see any other reason for them trying to protect Poneglyph generation after generation!!!

@RobZilla:

I was rereading SA the other day and something that Kizaru said to Rayleigh kind of stuck in my mind.

Essentially he said that they would love to catch The Dark King but it would take more dedication than they had at the moment.

Due to Jinbei's statements about sakazuki waiting to move, and amassing his forces, I think that Rayleigh is going to finally be caught at some point in the future, and executed.

It would fit with Sakazuki's zealous nature, and would be another major blow to Luffy, having already lost his beloved brother to Akainu, he would have lost his mentor as well.

Then again nothing of the sort might happen but I don't think it's the wildest theory ever.

but it would be like repeating the whole Ace thing again…
if he gets caught at some point in the future, then luffy will surely try to save him from execution.
I don't think Oda would rewrite the same story again!!

-Setting: Fishman Island and Skypeia
-Flashbacks: Enies lobby (though all of them are awesome. but if I have to choose one, I'd choose Robin's)
-Action: Enies lobby
-Adventure: Skypeia
-Characters: Marineford and Sabaody
-Humor: All of them
-Villains: Marineford
-Drama: Marineford

@Sereques:

I've been thinking, the ancient civilization that Dr Clover talked about, the people that made the poneglyphs. Is it possible that country was in Raftel?

I always thought that Raftel was probably a remaining part of the AK.
so, in my opinion,it's plausible.

accordion to Clover Hakase:
"…but what holds the key of solving everything is the name of that once flourishing country...."

and just before he utters the name of that country, Gorosei ordered Him to be shot.
that's why I always thought that perhaps somehow we knew the name of that country...

@EvoWarrior5:

Rayleigh said that after Roger had become the Pirate King there was a margin of a year or so before he turned himself in.

so we reach to this conclusion that it was impossible for Ace to be conceived before Roger had reached Raftel.
so He Finds one piece
then disbands the crew
and goes to Baterilla which is in South Blue.
and then turns himself in.