I don't know if this is discussed already or not, but I would like to share my theory about the Red Hair Pirates.

My theory about the Red Hair Pirates is that they don't have any Devil Fruit users in their group! It seems to me that they want to rely on natural powers, such as Haki and speed. Let me explain:

Shanks greatly idolizes his mentor and the First Mate of the Roger Pirates Silvers Rayleigh, who is one of the strongest pirates ever and doesn't use Devil Fruit powers. He is very fast and can use all three Haki perfectly. He's also a swordsman so Shanks wanted to be a swordsman too. Shanks also clearly didn't care much about the Devil Fruit what they found back when he and Buggy were apprentices in Roger's group.
He saved Luffy from the Sea Monster with tremendous speed and Haki (and being able to swim!), and his crewmate Lucky Roo was fast enough to sneak up on one of the bandits without being noticed. Red Hair Pirates also stopped Kaido attacking Whitebeard before the Marineford war, and after that managed to come and end the war which the Marines thought was impossible.

So there! Red Hair Pirates use only natural powers (speed, Haki etc.) and want to be able to move quickly from one place to another and every member has to be able to swim to save whoever they want to save.

I don't know if this is discussed already or not, or does this even belong here, but I would like to share my thoughts about the Red Hair Pirates.

My prediction about the Red Hair Pirates is that they don't have any Devil Fruit users in their group! It seems to me that they want to rely on natural powers, such as Haki and speed. Let me explain:

Shanks greatly idolizes his mentor and the First Mate of the Roger Pirates Silvers Rayleigh, who is one of the strongest pirates ever and doesn't use Devil Fruit powers. He is very fast and can use all three Haki perfectly. He's also a swordsman so Shanks wanted to be a swordsman too. Shanks also clearly didn't care much about the Devil Fruit what they found back when he and Buggy were apprentices in Roger's group.
He saved Luffy from the Sea Monster with tremendous speed and Haki (and being able to swim!), and his crewmate Lucky Roo was fast enough to sneak up on one of the bandits without being noticed. Red Hair Pirates also stopped Kaido attacking Whitebeard before the Marineford war, and after that managed to come and end the war which the Marines thought was impossible.

So there! Red Hair Pirates use only natural powers (speed, Haki etc.) and want to be able to move quickly from one place to another and every member has to be able to swim to save whoever they want to save.

Dumb prediction enough? :D

Awesome chapter! Dressrosa Arc is going to be huge!

My thoughts:

• I love the idea of Smile factory being in Kaido's favorite island and Caribou will have something to do with it in that so far boring cover story.
• Jewelry Bonney <3 Is she working with the Government (I doubt that) or did she just escape somehow from Akainu? Interesting, very interesting…
• So Absalom is the mysterious free writer? Meh... I hope it has something to do with Moria's comeback! That'll be great.
• Other Supernovas as well going after a Yonko! No surprise there, I think the Yonko who they are after is none other than Shanks. In my twisted mind Shanks is the one responsible for cutting Kid's left hand off and Kid wants revenge!
• Law's plan is to lure the strongest members of Doflamingo's crew into a Green Bitt so they can easier explore Dressrosa? That will backfire badly, I think...
• Gotta love those Samurai! What happened to third one? Killed or also planning to rescue Kanjuro?
• Buggy confirmed to be a Shichinukai as we all excpected. And the 7th warlord is the one who killed Z's family and cut off his arm? He/she must be very, very strong.
• New admiral Fujitora?! Makes sense, but does anyone else think it's pretty weird that if he/she is totally new character, that he/she just joins the Marines and is immediately given the rank of an Admiral? He/she can also be a former Vice-Admiral that we have not seen before, but I doubt that.
• Luffy doesn't care about Ace's former Devil Fruit, so Doflamingo's plan to distract Luffy and the Alliance with that will not happen. Strawhat Crew, though, will get that fruit in the end, but I don't think none of the members is going to eat it. But I have to admit that I like the idea of Momonosuke eating it and joining the Strawhats as the fire-breathing dragon! If there's going to be another time skip, Momonosuke will be bigger and stronger, and is going to be one of the strongest and scariest member of them! The Pirate King Strawhat-Luffy and his "pet", legendary fire-breathing dragon! .... wakes up

That color spread was simply amazing! Is anyone else wondering about Shanks' face, that is there a new scar? From forehead to under his left eye? It also could be his hair, but it's not as dark as rest of them.

And yet there are still many sharpshooters who had made name for themselves, like Yasopp and Van Augur. And Beckman always carries his rifle around. Heck, even Roger had a flintlock in his hand when he prepared to fight Shiki.

@Nolus:

Too bad poor guy was so quickly defeated. Heck, even Zoro commented on how strong he was and how he respected him despite the circumstances.
I may be wrong, but T-Bone is one of the most original and best characters Oda has ever made. Okay, now that's just me talking…

I couldn't agree more. I hope T-Bone makes another appearence!

What I'm about to ask is propably already discussed before here in some thread, but I registered today and I'm too lazy to even try to find it.

Back in Whitebeard War, when Red-Hair Pirates came to stop it, Benn Beckman pointed his gun to Kizaru, who lifted his arms even he is a Logia and normally bullets won't have any affect on him. Do you think Beckman along with other strong gun users can fuse their bullets with Haki? Or are the bullets made out of Sea-stone? Thoughts?

I really don't know why, but T-Bone from Water 7 is one of my favorites and worth to mention :)

I still vote for Garp! He rivaled with Roger and is still very strong and has a lot of respect. I would love to see a him matching with someone really strong to see what he's still capable of :P