User blog comment:DancePowderer/The Seven Powers/@comment-3242083-20101228043707

Sorry, but i think you can make a connection to everything if you really want to, the doflamingo part for example seems a bit far stretched. One could also argue that doflamingo, with his almost paranoid like behavior towards the new world, is fighting "windmills" like his namesake.

For the rest, i guess Oda just got inspired by strong figures and organisations, but i thought that is kinda obvious (Oda seems to steal, or lets say gets inspired by things he sees around him and adds his own flavor)

Still a nice read.