Once again, Oda delivers a spectacular chapter with plenty of action, plot/character twists, and suspense.
Points of Interest:
--Sanji is facing possibly the strongest and most ruthless Rokushiki user to date; however, Sanji IS holding his own, despite having his leg cracked by Vergo's Tekkai-imbued kick, WHICH he blocked without Diable Jambe. Curious to see if Vergo's Tekkai is that dense that he can visibly harden himself or other objects (like the bamboo sticks in his introduction), or if that is simply CoA haki. All around, simply looking forward to seeing this confrontation continue.
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Monet; as suspected, her stock for next SH skyrocketed with this chapter and her presumably tragic backstory and servitude to Doflamingo. Not sure I see her as much of a SH as a Heart but she wouldn't be the worst addition. Definitely would add to the weirdness of crew members and if she does have a more slave-like past would fit nicely into
Luffy saving her from her past or what not. Also, as many people are debating her ability (which sadly is not the mythical zoan harpy I had hoped), it is likely some "snow" related paramecia able to harden into an icy density much like xioaxioa stated with "snow hut" echoing the igloo connotation of the translation. Might also explain why she was seen scouting the Ice Land without a jacket. Definitely a force to be dealt with and I'm just going to say it, Monet is still a double agent working beneath Law despite interferring with Luffy.
--SAD; is this the Ice Closet we saw at the intro of this arc where Sanji and gang saw all the frozen prisoners, or an entirely new place?
--CC is going to now either run into Zoro and gang with Zoro looking to face him (thinking Luffy was defeated or lost somewhere) or Chopper who busts out a butt whooping.
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