User blog comment:Woohoot/Things that totally could happen, but won't cause... Manga.../@comment-10543621-20150524125222

Some pretty good responses here which I can't really argue with. Mansherry's powers aren't really explained that clearly I guess. Indeed how does it deal with fatigue and exhaustion? Considering how the executives were so confident that they can't be defeated because they had her powers, I'm thinking her healing should do more than just patch up wounds right? From the way it was described, it almost sounds like her powers, if used sufficiently, can restore a person to fighting fitness. Although I suppose the executives were all knocked out, and none of them were anywhere near as exhausted as Law is.

On a side note, the fact that Mansherry healed Sugar who got knocked out purely from psychological trauma suggests that her powers don't just affect physical wounds. It at least also has a smelling-salt effect as well. Going with that line of thought, it wouldn't be a stretch for her to be able to restore Luffy's haki since haki by definition is will-power, and I guess it's somewhat mind related as well? Ok, yes it's a stretch. I'm not even sure how you even 'use up' your willpower to begin with.

And DP's idea of the instinctive effect of Haoshoku intimidating others, I suppose that might be possible to a certain extent. It's the same as how wild-beasts instinctively know a person is stronger from the haki they emit. Then again, if Doffy's haki is intimidating the colosseum fighters, how are the random fodder even still going at him?

On the question on whether Law's Ope can teleport out of the birdcage, to be honest, I was under the impression that he could totally do that. I might have mis-interpreted things, but in the flashback, Doflamingo was tricked into thinking that Law had escaped the birdcage although he was really hiding in the box. Did he think Law escaped before the cage went down or did he think that Law escaped using the Ope? Even if i'm completely mis-interpreting this and there's basically no evidence that Room can escape the bird-cage, I'd still ask the question of why the hell not. Doffy's birdcage is beyond ridiculous to be honest. Nevemind that it's indestructable and magically cuts radio transmission, why would it block a power like Ope from working as well?

And on the topic of the birdcage, since the whole thing started, I've asked this question of what is ths limit of Doffy's powers? Is there a finite amount of string he can produce? How is it that the birdcage does not waver one bit no matter how exhausted the user is? My only explaination is that birdcage works a little like Sugar's power. Sugar herself has turned countless of people into toys over the years. It obviously does not exert any effect on her once a person has been turned, meaning she doesn't need to activelg 'maintain' the toys in any way. As long as she is conscious, the effects remain. I see birdcage as an ability that's similar to that. Once Doffy actually activates birdcage, it no longer requires any effort on his part to maintain it, and it simply stays until he is defeated.

And yes, among the people doing nothing, Isshou is the biggest problem. I think the most logical progression next would be everyone pushing the birdcage, buying Luffy ample time to recover and finish things. Perhaps we'll have all the random citizens help push, possibly with barty's barrier like ASL suggested. The recovered colosseum fighters could join the fodder colosseum fighters in occupying Doffy just so it'll actually last for awhile until Luffy recovers to finish things off. One thing I really like about the current set up though is how there's no way Doffy will NOT be defeated at this point. All along, I've always had this feeling in my stomach that somehow, Oda might turn this around and troll us all by having Doffy escape or actually not fully defeated in this arc. With the current odds, that's more or less impossible now.