- Oh wow, Kamatasu has seemingly only been imprisoned for 13 years, rather than the presumed 20. Very interesting. Also this man has been locked up for 20 years, and he's still completely raring to go. I like that.
- As expected, he's literally unable to show his face until he's freed. We'll be waiting a bit longer for that reveal.
- So not only does this collar explode, but it has sharp talons as well to shred Luffy's head off. That certainly makes up for the decision to remove the handcuffs.
- I love the continued meta-commentary here, between Raizou being annoyed that all his hard work was pointless, to Luffy just ignoring the collar and feeling that he's real close to escaping now that the handcuffs are off. Poor Queen.
- Queen needs to stop wasting everyone's time and get his ass in that ring, I wanna see that DF already.
- Kawamatsu's laugh makes me have no idea what Mink, if any, he'll end up being.
- Hawkins knows about the plan. The only one we've seen be made aware of it is Kyoshiro, so it stands to reason that he leaked it. Or maybe it's the Mink traitor we've theorized about. Anyhow, they have a long 9 days ahead of them...
- Also damn, I didn't expect Hawkins to be actively aware of who Nami is. Just like, the Monster Trio, maybe Robin and Usopp. That said, never in my life would I have expected Hawkins to be used as a way to provide fanservice. I'm almost even more surprised that Oda's sticking to Hawkins being so perpetually stoic that he didn't even react at all to Nami.
- Overall, very, very glad we're done with the bathhouse. Last chapter was barely tolerable as it was.
- That said, did get a kick out of Hawkins and Drake being completely confused as to why Stealth Black was there. Same for the reveal of Drake being adorably innocent when it comes to women. As expected though, they didn't immediately link it to Sanji, but it may happen later.
- Wonder how the extremely pragmatic Law will react to the news.
- LOL at Zoro getting lost even now. Please never change.
- As most predicted, Shusui was stolen yet again. The fact that it has happened twice, with it even currently being back in Ryuma's grave, makes me wonder if Zoro really isn't going to keep it in the end.
- At any rate, when Zoro approaches the grave, I hope we get a good moment out of it for him.