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I think it became clear when Caesar gained a "crown" after absorbing Shinokuni.
I was under the impression he gained the crown because he became the "King of Shinokuni" (implied from the chapter name), rather than the possibility of his name being Crown and not Clown….
I just assumed that the crown was there because he considered himself the "King of Shinokuni", and was therefore just his physical representation of being that king since he merged w/ Shinokuni.
That's my take, anyways….
If I'm not mistaken, it says that Punk Hazard, where Luffy and Co are, lies almost right on the opposite side of the specified point.
okay, now that makes a little more sense. Thank you.
what does it say about Luffy on the map page, near reverse mountain. I see there is a "PH" in the box. Are they saying he's in Punk Hazard and that is where he currently is? I'm confused, because I'm pretty sure that's the first half of the GL that the star is pointing to….
more specifically:
if we're going by the post-time skip designs, then the guy with the cigar in the "middle-left panel" has the wrong lip shape/style, and is missing the rought upper lip AND the beard….thus, it's probably NOT bege...
If I may interject:
Doesn't there exist the possibility that, even though it's been stated (and inferred) that Blackbeard isn't "the man Roger's waiting for", Blackbeard could still reach One Piece before Luffy? Just hear me out: What if, and I stress what if, Blackbeard beats Luffy and gets to the One Piece first. And, when he does, what if he reaches a different conclusion regarding what's there that Luffy doesn't. We all know Robin's been on the Poneglyph hunt, so she's more attuned to what they've all been saying. And, I'm pretty sure BB and his crew haven't even considered finding one Poneglyph (or, at least, it hasn't yet been stated in-manga or otherwise that he has been), so if Raftel or the One Piece is a Poneglyph (or a Poneglyph @ Raftel plays an integral role in the One Piece), who's to say BB knows what to do with it once he's approached/reached it? And therefore, comes to a different understanding of it than Luffy would.
Rayleigh made mention of the Jolly Roger pirates being "too hasty" in what they've found regarding the Void Century, and urged Robin (and, in essence, the Strawhats) to take it slower, one step at a time, so that they may come to a different conclusion. What if the "One Piece" is a relic of the Void Century, and the Poneglyph is instructions as to how to use said relic. Or something else entirely. What if BB takes this "One Piece" and puts it to use in a far different manner than "the Man Roger's been waiting for" would have used it. Obviously, the Will of D would play an important role in this, and obviously would include Luffy. The parallels between Luffy and Joy Boy, and him carrying the Will of Roger/Ace/etc. would probably play out as this goes on.
….blah blah, I could keep going on. Regardless, all I'm really trying to say is, the fight with Blackbeard and Luffy doesn't have to play out before One Piece is discovered. In fact, there could be other venues where the fight could take place AFTER One Piece is/was well done discovered and over with. Thus, the ultimate battle to come afterward could very well still be between BB and Luffy, if played out differently than to what your theories would say.
Just an idea, anyways.
Regardless of how long it took Luffy to get from Loguetown to Sabaody, I'm sure the second Dragon "sent" him off @ Loguetown, he eventually mentioned their relation to Kuma, seeing how Kuma already knew of their relationship upon leaving Thriller Bark.
And, I'm willing to bet Ivankov was in Impel Down long before Luffy even started his adventure.
http://www.mangaeden.com/en-manga/one-piece/552/2/
From this panel I think Iva knew already.
I think Ivankov was referencing the fact that Dragon wouldn't want his "other" son Ace to be executed, not knowing yet that Ace and Luffy were not blood-related. He only just found out about Luffy being Dragon's son, and only knew that Luffy was trying to save his "brother" from Impel Down. Ivankov knew nothing of Luffy, so he was only assuming Dragon might've had more than one son (until Luffy corrected him)…
Wonder why that was changed
It was changed because Shirahoshi originally made the promise with the strawhats using her right pinky before they left. In the panel shown, the original SJ chapter has her holding her left hand (w/ pinky extended), when clearly it should've been the hand that she promised with (her right hand). The tankoubon corrected this to the proper (right) hand.
…good thing. I always wondered why Oda drew her holding the wrong hand when the chapter came out. Cool. 
What GreatLiver said. Once said DF user created said effect, it's done. Otherwise, Momonga (being a Vice Admiral, so he should know a thing or two) would've simply poured water all over his crew after Hancock turned them all to stone rather than waiting for however many hours/days for her to return to the ship and de-activate the effect…
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