Finally the story is moving back to Egghead. It's been so long, I kinda don't remember a lot of the important details. Something about clones and a traitor, and also the former CP9 thinking they are relevant again, and some secret Bonney was learning of. Also we have an approaching Blackbeard and Kizaru/Saturn that will definitely shake things up even more.
Plus there's the whole Kuma running away from the revolutionaries that was never resolved.
So - it looks like it was all before Luffy met up with them after Enies Lobby. Koby’s style of dress hadn’t changed yet, and Helmeppo’s style was still bowl cut and no eye covers.
That said - that’s just when Koby started training with the Battleship Bag concept. We saw last chapter that it took years for Kuzan to catchup to Garp in the quality of hits he was doing - so Koby being able to have a really destructive hit a couple of years into that type of training is maybe a little surprising but ultimately is why Garp had so much faith in him as the future of the Marines.
Now it’s much more believable that Garp is dead - he’s laughing while freezing.
With that said - Kuzan hasn’t really ever actually killed someone in the series. Legitimately everyone he’s frozen on panel has lived - Saul, Luffy, Robin, Buggy, Blackbeard’s crew…
I’m looking forward to jumping back to Egghead and seeing how the crew handles the Siege, and gets our stone-turned members back in action.
It's more believable for me that he's not dead because of this. I expect he'll remain a frozen trophy for Blackbeard and a prize for the Straw Hats to recover when they take him down. And hopefully one Chopper can save once they unfreeze him, but at the very least, I expect Luffy to be able to get at least one last conversation with Garp before he passes.
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