User blog comment:4KS/Touchy Feely Heros!!! ( Ch 741 review)/@comment-4889755-20140313004114/@comment-207.250.153.88-20140313151547

Usopp's development is undeniable. The Dwarves are a perfect foil to Usopp. Usopp always seems to grow the most when relied upon by a niave following and then exposed  as a liar (see his original crew).

He now faces a battle with a paramecia type (who shouldn't factor if Usopp snipes) and a logia type who was foreshadowed to have a sniping ability of his own. Trebol's feats in previous manga not withstaning, his logia abilities are among the weakest (akin to Caribou) of all encountered so far. Negating them with some marksmanship and botanical knowledge is not outside the realm of possibility.

The chapter set a nice stage for what I originally viewed as the least interesting "card" (as Nami called them to carry out the gambling theme of the Dressrosa/Alliance Arc) by pitting one of the three weakest crew members against the Club/Clover card and his subordinate.