(I too support the idea of CP9 becoming bounty hunters after they trounced Very Good. Hmm…this gives me an idea…)
“Virgo”, eh? I figured it was someone we hadn’t seen or even heard of before, but I didn’t expect for it to be someone with a western Zodiac name. His name reminds that I’m vaguely disappointed none of the faux-centuars so far have been archers.
Virgin Power
[details=Spoiler]Hunh, so he can use haki on top of making Law just keel over like that? Crap. He seems quite strong just from that, even if it’s just some type of device, especially since I can’t tell whether his comment about where he came from is supposed to indicate teleportation, high level Soru or Geppou or outright flight; I guess it could also just indicate some other type of transport that has nothing to do with his skills, but it seems…unlikely given the nature of that island unless it’s like a submarine or something.
I’m surprised no one’s commented on Monet being a double agent as well. Even though Caesar seems aware that Law’s betrayed him by now, the guy can’t seem to catch a break. It would almost be sad if Caesar weren’t such an incredible bastard.[/details]
Somewhat disappointed that Caesar effortlessly put down Robin, Franky, Tashigi-Smoker AND Smoker-Tashigi mostly off panel. I can’t say I’m surprised, though.
The last part with the samurai more than made it up for that, though.
Oh, he’s definitely interested in him now judging by those last couple of pages.
I’d say it would give new meaning to “sword fight”…if that phrase didn’t already somewhat mean that.
Yeah, I wouldn’t really be surprised if most of the Strawhats actually didn’t get a “proper” match against non-Mooks. Between the Law team-up-and-stealth-betrayal, the various factions even before splitting, keeping the giant children safe, the body swaps and the fact that Caesar & his named mooks largely aren’t fighting through sheer force, Gastanets aside, it just seems really unlikely.
As for the samurai being “dumb” about revealing what he said, well, a) it’s not like he knows anything about Zoro (or the Strawhats in general) and b) given what he said earlier when creating the clothes, he seems to loathe “magick”; I wouldn’t be surprised if he disliked lying either. He probably wouldn’t mind fighting Zoro anyway, just as long as his son is actually safe and they don’t have to worry about anything or anyone else interfering.
Meanwhile, I’m still trying to figure out whether he “just” has a clothing/armor Paramecia or if, like I think someone on Arlong Park pointed out, he actually has a (Mythical?) Tanuki Zoan.
