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Come the Fish-man Island Arc, that's exactly what Marco attempted to do, but events go very differently than their prediction.
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The Five Elders comment on the speed that Blackbeard is claiming the former territories of Whitebeard, and one of them mentions that Marco "The Phoenix" is one of the few capable of stopping him.We find out the significance of this statement in the Dressrosa Arc. Interested, he sails off, but not to the New World, declaring "D. Trafalgar Law knows that Rayleigh has plans for Luffy, and realizes that for the Pirate King's Right Hand to appear, it's gotta be something big.Jimbei leaves Amazon Lily promising to meet Luffy again on Fish-man Island.It's also mentioned that he rescued someone who was heavily burnt. Flat-Earth Atheist: In a world of magical fruits giving people superpowers called "Devil Fruits", unnatural weather, and strange creatures that some of which border the supernatural, Longarm tribesmen (who to the reader, and the rest of the outside world In-Universe, come off as pretty weird) don't believe in demons, so Brook's attempt to threaten them only gets him kidnapped.Flashback: The whole arc is pretty much made up of one.It's mentioned that just one of those criminals is a country-level threat. Even Justice Has Standards: Sengoku, who 20 years prior was complicit in the Ohara bombardment and possibly even the massacres of pregnant women on several islands to find the child of Roger, draws the line when an untold number of Level Six criminals escape back into the world, and the World Government decides to cover it up to save face.And considering that Luffy has now lost both of his brothers, and Ace died to save him. Ace smacks him and assures him to drop it, as Ace's still alive and he won't let his little brother be left alone.
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After Sabo's death by being blown up by a World Noble, Luffy becomes a tearful wreck, as he's unable to save him.