User blog comment:AYET/Talk about chapter 730/@comment-13876472-20131208125035

The chapter was clearly exceptional and I heard a lot of people rate it as one of the best in the whole series and for sure the best after time skip. Personally I liked it a lot, but I cannot rate it above Marineford chapters, chapter 100 and of course the epic Chapter 234 (clearly my favorite one). I could say it is one of the two best chapters after timeskip on par with chapter 700. Of course these things are subjective, so any arguments are pretty much pointless.

1) I found it obvious that Luffy sensed Law's life via CoO. It is already confirmed that this ability can give you these info. Oda got rid of his previous cliffhanger like nothing really happened, but that's not a bad thing, since he offered us much more elements to discuss.

2) The worst part of the chapter was the aftermath of Zoro's clash with Isho. I was amazed by all the fangasm it caused. People went full retard in every forum related with One Piece and of course Arlong Park was once again the headquarters of stupidity. In all this darkness, I read a fantastic statement that pretty much destroys all these stupid talks:

The statement below belongs to Robzilla from AP forums, Post #470:

"Man it's incredible how different almost identical events can be viewed. So essentially the only difference between the fights is Doffy using an unknown, esoteric ability that was able to immobilise a yonko commander, to win the fight. A similar route which could of course have been taken by Fuji, had the fight not been stopped. Yet somehow the reactions to these two similar situations are very different from the same people. Somehow Sanji is a weakling who already seriously needs a power up like the mera mera, while Zoro is apparently admiral level and had Fujitora on the ropes. Delusions."
 * Sanji Vs. Dofla - Kick blocked - Sanji hit by strong attack - Sanji Recovers - Sanji attacks - ambiguous comment about attacks strength - Hax power win
 * Zoro Vs. Isshou - Slash blocked - Zoro hit by strong attack - Zoro Recovers - Zoro attacks - ambiguous comment about attacks strength - Fight abandoned

Not gonna comment anything more on it and sorry if I cause any powerlevel talk, I'm trying to do exactly the opposite.

7) I really loved how the personalities of Straw Hats evolve after the Time Skip. Personality evolution was not a strong element of One Piece all these years, but seems like Oda is more careful on it in the last two arcs. I like it.

4) We already know that Colosseum's purpose is to imprison strong combatants. Kairoseki bars and enhanced walls make sense. I'm pretty sure the walls are even more well-protected than the windows, but it would be a waste for Oda to design more panels just to make this thing clearer. Even if he finds the door, I doubt he will have an easy exit.

5,6) Big Mom's appearance is the best panel of this chapter I think. Her ship seems great, but personally I found boring all these discussions about the "singing ability". As for the question if Big Mom is on the ship, Straw Hats reached Dressrosa in a day and they are in Dressrosa just some hours. Whole Cake Island is far further (I think it is 3 days trip, but too bored to recheck FI arc for the info). Tamago and Pekoms have the luxurity to reach Dressrosa, but to travel till Whole Cake, take Charlotte and come back? no, not a chance. In adittion, we know that Yonko has so strong troops that only the strongest of pirates has even the possibility to SEE them. Straw Hats are not yet deserve to see Big Mom, so do the readers ;)

Nice sum up AYET-san. Really helped me to write my thoughts and sorry for the long post, you know already that I'm a bit ...talkative :P