User blog comment:Monkey d strawhat/pieces of a puzzle/@comment-71.58.108.74-20120225073726

If your concern is with the Shichibukai reference then there is really only one way this can go. Buggy has been made a Shichibukai. If you remember back to the "War of the Best" Buggy went over the visual Den Den Mushi and made reference to his having bee in Gol D. Roger's crew at some point. He has accumulated a great number of followers (via his own crew and the Impel Down prisoners) and that little stunt during the "War of the Best" definitely got him noticed even more than usual. Plus, factor in the little 2-3 page moment AFTER the "War of the Best" has finished where Mr. 3 comes up to Buggy telling him he got a letter from the World Government and the looks of surprise. Everything here points to Buggy having been made a Shichibukai. This is what I've come up with. Now, he probably found out a way to improve his Devil Fruit ability and cut up other people, which would explain the samurai, but what he would be doing on Punk Hazard is beyond me. As for whether or not he would be the main antagonist of this arc, I double Oda would do that a second time so I'm not really sure who it would be (although I do like your thoughts of pointing toward Vegapunk, that would be awesome)!! Anyways, that's what i think's going on.