[Center][b]Important Note:[/b][/center]

[Url=http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Haki/Busoshoku_Haki] Here[/url]* is where the further incorporation of the One Piece aspect comes to play, in regards to the new characters (NPCs or not). Skills will be put to the test and skills will have to be learned in order to make it to the top. The people will be tougher to beat, etc etc. Can't coast all their lives after all. It would be no fun. 

[I]*Here as in, the future. Not just Shouta's abilities.[/I]