User blog comment:DancePowderer/Where There's Vinsmoke, There's Power/@comment-24850639-20160125141145

Never thought I'd say this, but One Piece is getting into some 'ol gangsta shit.

No literally. I think the underworld panels after Caesar was beaten, Caesar's own influence in the underworld, crime families like the Donquixote and THEIR influence in the underworld, learning that the Barto Club is basically a mafia, etc. have all been foreshadowing that we're about to delve deeper into just what consitutes this illusive underworld we've been hearing so much about. Add to that Bege is OBVIOUSLY based on Al Capone, "Vito" is a nod to Don Corleone, and now there's about to be a WEDDING??? You can't tell me Oda hasn't been watching his fair share of gangster flicks and reading up on folks.

As far as the Vinsmokes go, one particular panel between Rosinante and Sengoku stirs my memory, its from chapter 765. After Sengoku tells Rosinante to stay away from Swallow Island to avoid the ambush on the Donquixote Family, Rosinante says that he's going to give Sengoku a list of all the people that have been secretly dealing with Doffy, and that they will expose all the underworld of the North Blue. We know the Vinsmokes hail from North Blue, and we've seen even Kings of countries to not be above dealing with Doffy to get weapons and what not. Now I believe the Vinsmokes are a powerful family with dealings in the underworld as well, but I also believe they produce an incredibly valuable resource. I'm not 100% on what that is yet, but my gut tells me its the "liquore" (liquor ore) that Koala discovered in Dressrosa. Either way, marrying into the family would certainly guarantee free access to this resource, and I THINK thats what Big Mom is after. I think Bege on the other hand is seeking to take out some key members of Sanji's family, perhaps to increase his own stake in the underworld since the fall of the Donquixote left a huge void for the taking most likely. While Vito (Don) Corleone may not have been a "real" person, Al Capone definitely was, and one of his most notorious acts was the St. Valentines day massacre where he saw to the deaths of 6-7 rival gang members. Perhaps he's planning to stage something similar after the wedding, because a festivity that big is BOUND to have some drama.