Was Thriller Bark Arc's Ending A Setup For Something Bigger?

Set up and pay off: This arc sets up many future plot elements and pays off previous plot elements pretty well. I think it's genius that oda brought back laboon in to the story somehow with brook.

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This set up makes the world building feel more tight and reminds the reader of how long this story is. Set up and pay off: This arc sets up many future plot elements and pays off previous plot elements pretty well. I think it's genius that oda brought back laboon in to the story somehow with brook.

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This set up makes the world building feel more tight and reminds the reader of how long this story is. We found out after the arc that the shadows were in fact the sky islanders as you mentioned, however, these shady figures at the end of thriller bark seem to be a completely different phenomenon. This seems obvious to me due to the context, dialogue, and shape of the figures. The thriller bark arc is the eighteenth story arc of the manga and anime one piece, and both the first and only story arc of the thriller bark saga. During their journey through the florian triangle, the straw hats arrive on a seemingly haunted island called thriller bark, where they encounter.

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