User blog comment:12th Supernova/Chapter 773: TwoFace got nothing on this/@comment-4493594-20150115142942/@comment-1595565-20150116024829

You need to understand, they're this long for a very good reason. Doflamingo getting taken out is a very big deal. This isn't just the Straw Hats defeating another warlord. This is the Straw Hats defeating a warlord, taking out the kingpin of the international black market, bringing down a monarch, and clipping a fallen dragon's wings, sending him crashing back down to earth. Their actions here will be greater than any ripple effects they've caused previously, maybe even greater than Whitebeard declaring One Piece's existence. I wouldn't even call it a ripple. It's more like a tsunami. They are turning the world and underworld on their heads. The aftershocks from something of this magnitude will be felt for a long time to come.