Zetto having such a similar voice to Jiraiya does mess with me though (they have the same voice actor).
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Oh, before I go, one more HUGE spoiler:
The key for Zephyr leaving the Marines was-- originally, he had lost his arm in battle with a certain pirate, and the majority of his closest subordinates/students were slaughtered.
Zephyr got his new weapon arm and kept fighting for the marines... until that pirate that had slaughtered his students and taken his arm was made into a Shichibukai.
It's such an old story-- but do you think there's still a chance that the pirate in question might have still been a shichibukai at the beginning of the story?
Jinbe, Boa Hancock, Moria, Croc, Flamingo, Kuma, Mihawk... could it have been one of these?
Who crushed a Marine Admiral and his whole squad and eventually became a shichibukai...
Seems pretty unlikely. Flamingo seems the most likely if any in terms of power/personality, while Mihawk seems like the only one with the power to do it. None of them seem old enough...
Chou my nigga...That's what I was mentioning many pages pages (referring to your spoiler tag).
Basically, from what I read (and this was second hand reading so please correct since you have the first hand experience), but the pirate who ripped off Z's arm was made a Shichibukai DURING the timeskip (meaning that 7th shichibukai that wasnt revealed during a recent chapter is THAT guy).
So it doesn't have to be any of the currently known ones...it's that mysterious one! My guess is it's an escaped level 6 prisoner from the impel down break out.
So it doesn't have to be any of the currently known ones...it's that mysterious one! My guess is it's an escaped level 6 prisoner from the impel down break out.