So...a brief summary of the chapter.
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Roger and Garp clash with Rocks and look like they are struggling. They declare an official truce. Garp/Roger tell the Navy/his crew to get off the island.
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Shiki and others realize the Rocks Pirates are over and are fleeing.
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Gloriosa looks like she is escaping with the Roger Pirates considering the Rocks Pirates are done for.
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Big Mom and Kaido are arguing over Kaido's "supposed" lifelong debt. Considering they both ended up at the bottom of a volcano present day, I would say Kaido never paid it off.
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Polo Graham (Marco's Dad?) offers to take Whitebeard on his ship off the island.
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Dragon (enraged) threatens his commanding officier at gunpoint and demands he bring aboard survivors of the Celestial Dragon's genocide of God Valley. Likely said commanding officier says this won't end well for Dragon.
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Rayleigh and Gaban tell the Roger Pirates on the ship to sail out to see and wait. Presumably they are going back for Roger.
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IMU!Saturn says that God Valley never existed much like he/she/they said regarding Lulusia.
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The other mountain of God Valley was knocked over from Rocks fighting Roger/Garp.
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Roger tells Garp if he knew about the government having ties to that "Black Monster"
(Legend of Dragoon reference, lol...probably not)
referring to IMU!Saturn and calls this an affront to "Justice". Garp agrees. Roger says if Garp wants to leave the Navy, he can join Roger's crew, but Garp refuses as if he does this, who would protect the Marines?
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They discuss blasting Rocks with everything they have to overcome Rock's Conquerer's Haki. Presumably Demon Rocks is defeated in the last few panels of this chapter.
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So regarding my thoughts on this chapter...
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I wonder what ended up happening with Gloriosa and Shakky post-God Valley considering both presumably escaped aboard Roger's ship. Based on what we have seen, they didn't travel with the Roger Pirates to Laugh Tale. No idea. And regarding Gloriosa...her being into Roger makes me wonder why Roger decided to get together with Portgas D. Rouge when Gloriosa was always available. Wonder if we will get clarification.
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Interesting to see Marco's presumed Dad at God Valley. I think we saw a picture of him in an earlier chapter come to think of it.
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Dragon's got guts, I will say that, as well as heart. Interesting how his commanding officier seemed fine just leaving innocents to their fate, but Dragon having him at gunpoint got him to "do the right thing". I'm interested to see if Dragon and Garp will meet before Dragon likely decides to part with the Marines to begin his crusade against them.
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Presumably with Rocks dying here, I presume this is either the last chapter of the flashback or very close to it.
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I still don't get why the World Government resisted letting Elbaph join when IMU clearly wanted them on his/her/their side. And I'm not sure either why IMU waited 24 years (38 - 14) post-God Valley to Domi Reversi Harald to get the ball rolling. Not sure if we have another flashback after the Gold Valley flashback (which is presumably wrapping up) or whether we will jump forward 24 years to the point Loki has to kill his Domi Reversied Dad. Odd how Loki never told anyone about his Dad turning into a Demon or anything, with Shanks/Gaban not having anything more than unsaid suspicisions more happened on that day.
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And yeah, I would like to see a movie on the whole God Valley incident, but I'm sure the Anime will do a good job when it gets there.