User blog comment:The ASL Pirates/The Supernovas Where Are They Now?/@comment-24769684-20150515090653/@comment-24850639-20150518182821

For the last time, I'm not trying to argue that Z is canon, nor make implications that he is any more or less "real" then whoever the hell those people are you mentioned. All I've been saying is that he was reputable enough for his words to mean something. The film OBVIOUSLY takes place during the New World half of the series, so why the hell would be talking about someone who was a FORMER shichibukai if he's says they're one NOW? What has changed about the Shichibukai since before and after Film Z came out? Nothing.....so what sense does it make to just assume that he cant be talking about a current character for the simple fact that the movie is non-canon?

Whoever the new shichibukai is, they need a satisfactory resume to be a shichibukai. We know a pretty decent deal of information on all the shichibukai that have been shown so far, minus whoever this mystery 7th one is. The only thing driving my theory from the beginning has been the fact that I believe Oda wants to add more mystery around this character. It doesn't fucking matter whether the movie was canon or not, or whether Z was, it still adds to that intrigue of wanting to know just who this person is. It still makes you question just how powerful they  are and what they're capable of to take on someone of Z's CALIBER, forget Z himself in this equation. But I digress, I'm doing arguing this out of sheer annoyance.