User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 954: An Unexpected Turn of Events/@comment-46.246.243.104-20190830092538/@comment-108.83.222.210-20190830144736

Masma93 makes a good point. Many of the people the Strawhats have worked with have done some rather nasty things in their lifetime, Crocodile, Capone, Law, Robin, the Vinsmokes and others. None of them are angel's and if Drake wants to join up with them, then they will have to tolerate him for now. As for how he escaped Kizaru, the same way that the others did, Kizaru only fought them because he couldn't get into contact with Sentomaru and he couldn't let criminals such as the supernovas escape while he had nothing to do. He left them to go after the Strawhats once he established contact. Drake was a former marine, but until we see otherwise he is still a pirate. As for Appo, some pirates do not have the same sense of loyalty and camaraderie that Luffy and his crew have.