Hawkins would've made a good Vice Admiral for WG. Kinda precious resource to have that can predict battle outcomes and whatnot.

@Zhenja:

Yeah, like those guys awakened naturally… I'm sure Vegapunk had nothing to do with it... :ninja:

Maybe they ended that way because of force awakening or some failed DF's. There should be an explanation as I doubt Zoan awakenings look like that.

@hideoushorrendous:

I mean he flushed out Big Mom without granting her an awakening card

What makes you think he wouldn't do the same to the other Yonko ?

Oda is hella bias and it disgust me and i know some smart ass gonna jump on me and claims i root for the bad guys, no I'm not i just care for the characters receiving a little share of fairness and respect which almost never happened in this war since none of the bad guys awakened

But the prison guards are clearly far more genius and competent than the beast pirates and two yonkos.

It's just a manga, chill. No need to trashtalk Oda for not writing HIS manga the way you wish …

@Ivotas:

If something like this was really possible, it would definitely be something that's effective for a few moments. How would that ruin his character?

For gag purposes, and one occasion it would be ok, but for me a permanent change would kinda make him not that funny anymore. His whole repertoire of jokes are about him being a skeleton.

If they are there just to steal the Poneglyphs and/or Pudding, Oda could make light of the situation in the covers, like he did with the CP9 Independent Report.

@fana:

With Bonney, all I want to see is her using her power on Brook. Can she temporarily give him his flesh back ?

Why would Oda ruin such a great character as Brook by making him human again? The skeleton is part of his personality.

If it was Pekoms or any other from BM crew, the residents would not be so frightened, right?

@Seafarer33:

If there are Blackbeard pirates in Chocolate town, then wouldn't they be here for Pudding and her 3-eyed ability ? I thought Big Mom's treasure vault was on a different island. Maybe some other BB group is going for the Poneglyph in parallel, though.

Yes, that is if BB knows about Pudding at all… anyhowhow, we haven't seen/heard about Blackbeard Pirates for a while now so Oda could show us bits of their exploits in parallel to the Strawhats, as they both want the same think and I doubt BB is just sitting idle on his island and eating pie all day long.

@theackwardstation:

In my opinion, it's either the Black Beard Pirates or a completely random character which we'd never guess.

I also think that they are not from Germa, there would be no reason for the mysterious shadow if they were from Germa as we all kinda expect them to save their brothers… my bet is also BB pirates as it is their best chance to get a hold of BM's Road Poneglyph, assuming that BB also wants to reach Laugh Tale.

@black-leg:

Each sea likely has its own prison with Impel Down being the prison reserved for only the most dangerous of criminals. Remember that Crocodile and Baroque Works were sent to a smaller prison in the Grand Line first, before being moved to a prison in the Calm Belt.

Also, when Captain Morgan was arrested, Garp specifically came to pick him up and take him to a prison and/or Enies Lobby. It's possible that the WG has a prison that's specifically for marines or WG agents that betrayed the organisation. It's notable that we saw no ex-marines or WG officials imprisoned in Impel Down, other than Shiryu who was already an employee there so it was probably more convenient to keep him there.

If memory serves correctly, I think that each Marine Base has a small prison/dungeon where it keeps prisoners and stuff. Also, smaller prisons besides Impel Down most surely exists, even ones for normal civilians with no DF powers and the like.

@wolfwood:

I could've sworn we saw Arlong leaving Impel Down when Jinbei became a warlord

I think he was probably sent back to Impel Down as he was there before doing all the bad stuff after release.

Hear me out…

Law has the Ope Ope no Mi and now that it is awakened, he could master it and use the Perennial Youth Operation, which gives a person eternal youth.

Remember when Doflamingo said that the Ope Ope no Mi's Perennial Youth Operation combined with the treasure in posession of the World Nobles would allow one to conquer the whole world? – Chapter 761

Shanks stole the Gomu Gomu no Mi from Who's Who who was sent to Impel Down, kinda harsh for losing a seemingly unimportant fruit.

Turns out Gomu Gomu no Mi is a Mythical Zoan DF, and the Gorousei are afraid of it that it has the power to destroy them (it is implied from their conversation) and have been hunting for it for 800 years. - Chapter 1

It is probably the same fruit that JoyBoy has eaten when he was alive.
Now…

What if the Gorousei (upper echelon of the World Nobles) have told the other World Nobles, or at least the inner circle (who Doflamingo says he is a part of) that the Nika DF is in their possession, as to not appear incompetent and hunting the fruit for 800 years in secret until even they thought to be only a legend.

When they finally got a hold of the Gomu Gomu no Mi and found out it was rapidly stolen, they sent Who's Who to Impel down (probably also the rest of the crew that was guarding the DF) to prevent him of spreading the news and let the word get out. Who's Who found out about Nika legend from a guard who vanished afterwards.

Luffy was awakened the power of the Gomu Gomu no Mi and transformed himself into god Nika, which has absurd powers and infinite usability, but there must be a cost to it. So what if the cost of using the awakening of the Gomu Gomu no Mi is accelerated aging and the only way to save the user from dying an early death would be Law using his ultimate ability on him, thus granting him the power to conquer the whole world (in this case, liberate the whole world)?

Just connection some dots with no hard evidence, but it is plausible.