User blog comment:DancePowderer/695 Abridged/@comment-4904935-20130117075754/@comment-1595565-20130122080016

Because, that's how this scenario has played out every time. Shadowed character means someone we don't know. I know what you're going to say, "Oda's unpredictable", well not here he ain't. You can even tell from the raw it's not Kuzan, because the guy has feckin' square-rimmed glasses.