![]() The whole crowd cheers with him: "NEW WORLD!" The fans are so elated that they restrain the Marines so he can play. Unafraid (for good reason, bullets aren't the best choice of weapon against him), he announces to the world that Luffy is alive and plays one more song. His managers sold him out because he was going to make this his last concert, ruining them financially, so they want to take him down with them. And the very next chapter: The Marines have figured out Brook's the same one on his wanted poster and a Straw Hat and want him arrested. ![]() Post time-skip: Brook turned what could have been a lifetime in captivity as a sideshow freak into a successful 2 year music career as BROOK, KING OF SOUL MUSIC!.Judging by their bickering, both Zoro and Sanji were strong enough to destroy a Pacifista single-handedly and with one hit.The last time he tried that he only managed to break his own leg. Post time skip, Sanji breaks a Pacifista's neck with a single kick.Luffy punches the Pacifista so hard, he makes a crater under it! Remember the Pacifista that were beaten by Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji? They were the same ones the Straw Hats encountered before Kuma appeared.The same Kizaru who wiped the floor with the crew on their first encounter. Here's another thing those beams that the Pacifista use? They're based on Kizaru's ability.Luffy quips " Slow." while barely moving his head to evade it (showing he's gotten Observation Haki down), activates Gear Second just by flexing his arm (greater control of Gear Second in that he can pump up just part of his body instead of pumping his whole body using his legs like before), and comes down on the Pacifista without missing a beat. The Pacifista tries to shoot him with a laser. What's doubly awesome about this is how Luffy treats it.Then Luffy curbstomps a Pacifista, the same thing that took the entire crew to beat the first time. In 601, Psyche! Luffy doesn't do anything to them.600 leaves with a tease that he might be doing even more of this in the next chapter, to the same guys.Then again, a bullet wouldn't have hurt Luffy anyway because of his rubber powers he probably just did it to avoid attention. Right after dodging a bullet at point blank range. We all knew it was going to happen, but still, it was great to see Luffy showing off his new skills by taking out the impostors in one go, without even throwing a punch.An amazing Call-Back to the Baratie arc, where Mihawk did the same thing. And all he has to say is that he found the wrong ship. The first time we saw post- Time Skip Zoro, it's after he effortlessly bisects a ship in half, while it's underwater no less.After Usopp shows up and they leave the bar, Nami leaves behind a gaggle of weather balls, which turn into a thunderstorm, filling the entire bar with electricity. She doesn't even flinch when the fake Nami holds a gun to her head. Post-timeskip, Nami is drinking in a bar where the fake Straw Hats are hanging out, treating the impostors as if they weren't even there.Then, when he finally shows up in the panel, he is absolutely ripped from his training. When the fake Straw Hats are harassing Nami, he shoots them with a "Pop Green", a tiny seed which instantly grows into a man-eating plant that instantly incapacitates them. Post-timeskip, Usopp got ten times more badass.In fact, they are so feared they get imitators who gathered a small army just because they used the reputation of the Straw Hats.Where most of the more famous pirates have crews that number in the hundreds or even thousands, they stand out for being so feared despite amounting to 9 people. The Straw Hats' reputation in the New World is much more impressive when one considers that there are only 9 of them.While usually rookies aren't taken seriously in the second half of the Grand Line, several of the pirates and Marines there speak of them as experienced New World pirates already. Their exploits have made them pirates talked about on a legendary level, and they've left an impression on the New World before they even entered it. It's amazing how infamous the crew really has become.
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