User blog comment:Staw-Hat Luffy/Dat Blind Guy/@comment-94.68.150.253-20130309151320

Theories that want him to be a Revolutionary or a Former Roger Pirate are totally unrelated to the clues we have, hence they are nothing more than fanfiction. Even if he is, there is nothing to lead us in these discussions.

Let's start from what we really know:

- He is a samurai, modeled according to Zatoichi

- The 7th Shichibukai is more likely a swordsman too and old enough to be responsible for Z's loss of arm.

- He ressembles the actor Shintaro Katsu on appearance

- The named characters we are expecting to see during this arc are: Fujitora, Kanjuro

- He is strong to an unkown degree, and possibly an Observation Haki user

So, we can assume that he will play an important role during the arc, no matter who he is, cause of his strength and cause Oda put some effort to design him.

The statement that he is not a known character, because he would be recognized is valid, but not necessarily correct. It is proven in earlier arcs that famous characters sometimes don't get recognized by the crowd, before Oda decides to do so. In other cases crowd needs time till he finally matches the character with his known poster.

The same applies for Kin too. If he recognized Kanjuro on blind man's face or not is yet to be revealed. He is totally distracted by his food, while Strawhats notice the blind man. Also. it is not confirmed that Kanjuro is actually STILL a prisoner, maybe he just escaped.

So, I'm expecting one of the following in order of probability:

1. An absolutely new character, key for this arc. (60% probabilty)

2. Fujitora, it is a strong statement that he resemples an actor and we are expecting him anyway. (25% probability)

3. Kanjuro, most of you disagree but I stated why above (10% probability)

4. The 7th Shichibukai, as he meets the criteria to be him. (5% probability)

5. Sabo! no I'm just trolling :P