D: Why does Sanji-san’s eyebrow curl up at the end? Please give a real answer!!

O: Hey!! You, sit right there!! Now listen!! Everyone lives in circles!! The sun, the moon, and the earth all spin around!! And!! If the earth suddenly stopped spinning!! It would be a disaster, tidal waves everywhere!! Now remember that Sanji’s eyebrow channels that circular energy!! Reflect upon this!! You may go!!

 

So, there is a Famous Rumor Going around that one of the Brokers is Lucci. I used to believe this but found inconsistencies and that was that.
This is one of the images that people have used to try to proof that:

And truly, they do look alike, but then, this came up in the manga:

And the Anime came in and kinda obliterated the idea.

This man is elderly and has got a mustache.

This is another scene of the man. But truly, is there only one man? or is Oda trying to mess with our minds?

I’m gonna go through these images and share something I found.

First. Let’s make it clear that the Anime studio doesn’t go around making up their own thing without consulting Oda first when it comes to creating and filling in scenes like this.
If they would, then the anime would end up very inconsistent to the source material and end up like the 4kids version(~Shivers~).

Starting with the Face and Facial Structure.
Lucci and the Old man have got very unfamiliar facial structures now when you compare them together.
The chin on Lucci is nothing like the old mans chins.
The Nose on Lucci is smaller and he doesn’t have those “lines” on his cheeks, like the old guy has got(I don’t remember what they were called).
Lucci got a Beard while the elderly chap got a mustache. One can see the mustache in the manga, they are hard to notice at first glance as they don’t really have outlines like the anime.
The things they got in common is the similar hairstyle and dress attire.

Also, the butler seems to have changed appearances a tiny bit from the look of things, although I think this may be Oda or the Studio redesigning a bit. I Can’t be certain. (The changes don’t really affect this theory in any way, but I wanted to point it out since I just noticed the changes.)

Then we go to the thing that was supposed to seal the deal. The Drinks.

People have said that they have the same brand of Alcohol, but clearly, those look nothing alike.
The bottle on the left looks like a Wine bottle while the one on the right looks like more of a whiskey bottle.
One is Round. One is Rectangular.
As for the Glass. I’m Pretty Darn sure that Lucci isn’t the only man on his planet that uses those type of glasses and puts ice in his drinks. In fact the glasses don’t look exactly alike, both are see-through, sure.
But the one on the right is straighter then the left one. :V

Now we go to the Walls. Yes! The Walls.

Look closely at the walls. The one on the top, the manga one is just rough, but added detail in the anime shows it as a Brick wall.
In the other scenes, we do have enough detail to distinguish it. It looks like Wood, or to be decorated with wood. These decorations cannot be seen on the Brick wall near the screen like it is supposed to be.
Meaning we got a different room. They probably didn’t change Rooms, this was a very important moment, so they were more then likely Glued to the screen until Ceasar got beaten.
The Bottom pictures are the same Rooms from the look of it and when you look closely, you can see a end of a table or something next to bottom left of the screen((picture on the bottom right) The table edge seems to share a similar pattern as the decorations on the walls). The pattern on the wall that goes down is the same in both bottom pictures. These things are absent in the top pictures.

And then there is the Last and probably the most important bit. Look at the bottom and top pictures.
Those Screens are not the same screens. One of them looks like a flat screen(TV) while the other looks like a Projector Screen. The screen on the bottom left picture got a white line on the bottom similar to the one on the right. While the Top pictures doesn’t have any.
The Screens in the bottom pictures also seem to be lower on the wall compared to the other one.

So now we are at the conclusion.
To start with: I’m pretty sure the bottom pictures weren’t used in the anime. This is most likely due to them probably giving too much detail away compared to the manga. Cause the Anime is in color and therefore makes it easier for us to see detail better. The detail in shading is also much greater.
I remember going through the episodes they were supposed to appear in and not finding them. I could be wrong. If so I’d be glad if someone could post them.

Oda can easily deceive fans. IT is one of his best traits that helps him to mind-blow us later on in the series.
He thought he could fool us. Sure it took time but we saw through his trickery. But that begs the question.

Why do we have two characters that look so Very alike? Are we gonna have a family Reunion happen next time we meet Lucci?
Or, maybe? Is that perhaps a former WG agent that Lucci used to look up to and now dresses in the same way as him?

I find it a bit weird that we got two persons who look so very similar, watching the same Event Live at the exact same time.

So apparently, we got 3 guys now, if we go after the anime. Let’s look at the manga panels and their counterparts.

Here we see the first Scene:
Manga:

Anime:

This guy would be the one that looks like Lucci and the point I made in my theory still stand. This guy and the Old man are not the same guy.

As for the other scene:
Manga:

Anime:

Well, would you look at that. 3 characters with similar apparel and two of them have even got similar interior.

I intended to talk about the hats when I first made this theory and now is the right time. All of their hats are quite different when you compare them.

But now we got them all together. All are quite different. Now I am pretty damn sure that Lucci is one of the spectators.

*Theory by Whitey Bay

The reason behind Ace’s tattoo is the symbol of Sabo’s flag and Sabo’s letter.

…

As we know, Luffy hasn’t killed anyone, yet.

Oda explained why all Luffy’s former enemies are still alive :

D: Why doesn’t Luffy ever kill his enemies? If you look back, he didn’t kill Mohji, he didn’t kill Helmeppo or Captain Morgan, or anyone. Well, Zoro was the one who beat Morgan, but still. Why?

O: Ahh, good question. First of all, Morgan is still alive. He’s being held in prison now by his former subordinates. So why didn’t Luffy kill him? In this era, people put their lives on their beliefs and convictions, and fight. When he goes into battle, Luffy is destroying others’ beliefs. And when these enemies’ beliefs are shattered and defeated, they feel a pain equal to death. I think that for these pirates, killing or not killing is secondary to winning or losing.