Actually, this chapter did not make me sad. It made my heart pound and made me make strange noises, but that's par for the course... it hurts to see Ace being dead, and it hurts more to see Luffy in that state, but there's the Shirohige crew protecting him, and they're awesome, if very desperate, and oyaji kicks ass despite the fact that he should be dead about fifteen times over by now!

Kurohige's appearance fascinates me! Because there are so many questions about him and his plans and I did guess earlier that he might show up before the end at Marinford, because he was speaking of a big kaboom, and what could be bigger? But what he was doing in Impel Down was a mystery, and now we know! He was recruiting a whole bunch of people! Except for Shiryuu, he's got a giant, a clown, a guy with horns and a women who does indeed have a similar nose to himself. It's interesting!

And WTF is he planning on doing?? I can't believe he's just there to gloat, so is he about to enter the battle? As a third side, just because he can? Take control of the Marines/Government when everything is toppling down, perhaps? Because that would be the level of evil bastard I'm almost expecting... o_O

Having him call Shirohige "Oyaji", though... owww.