User blog comment:DarkSkullPirates/So, Hows It Gonna Go Down?/@comment-4899461-20130411032003

The one thing that strikes me really funny about Chapter 705 is that it introduces so many more characters that need to be dealt with. Now instead of just Doflamingo's men, the fairies, and the colosseum fighters, we now add Marines (including one admiral and 3 battleships) and (at least) 3 members of CP-0.

So let's do some math here.
 * In the Straw Hat Corner, we have: The 9 Straw Hats, Kinemon, Momonosuke, (presumably) the Toy Soldier, and Law. Total fighters: 12


 * In Doflamingo's corner: Doflamingo, the 9 known Donquixote Pirates, and the 3 Suit Chairs, and Bellamy. He's also probably got more henchmen up his sleeve.Total fighters: 14 + random henchmen


 * In the Fujitora's corner: Himself, the 3 CP9 members, 3 Battleships, and many marines. Total fighters: 4 known + Battleships & more troops'''


 * Now, while these people may not be allied, I'm including all the Tournament fighters in one category. There are 17, not including the already defeated, Luffy, and Doflamingo's fighters. This does include Burgess, Cavendish, Bartolomeo, and Hildeen (Hildeen is mentioned by marines and unseen) etc. Total fighters: 18


 * There are a few more characters not included in any of these groups. It's unknown if Caesar will actually end up fighting, since right now he's handcuffed, if he did though, it would probably be for Doflamingo. It's unknown if Violet has any fighting ability. Same for the Fairies. There's Kinemon's friend as well, but he's unseen.

Also, there are a few fighters that stick out as World-Famous, A-list people. They are: Luffy (Supernova), Law (Shichibukai, Supernova), Zoro (Supernova), Doflamingo (Shicibukai), Burgess (Top crewman of a Yonko), and Fujitora (Admiral).

So in conclusion, there are a LOT of people fighting in this arc. It's impossible number-wise for the Straw Hat team to fight them all alone, as they are the smallest of the 3 groups. Also, with this many possible fights, Oda better make the fights quick, or we'll be on this arc for 3 years....