Fullalead Treasure must be a huge deal for the Rocks to go all the way from New World to West Blue and take it back. Doesn't seem to be a Devil Fruit cause Linlin was the only one implying a Devil Fruit and also the only one showing up at the Devil Fruits location, but I could be wrong... Nice to see Newgate and Shiki but Captain John is the one that really intrigues me the most.
Not sure I understood why Roger decided to intervene and stop Rocks. Did he have knowledge of this treasure and wanted to make sure Rocks didn't get his hands on it because of how dangerous he would become? Even to the point of collaborating with the Marines?
Also "it's been 1 year" from what?
Garling is a devil. He's Lucci on steroids when it comes to killing. Interesting the fact that Holy Knights are probably selected exclusively by Celestial Dragons family members (so with noble blood) since that one Holy Knight is implied to be part Manmyia family. Spotted some interesting designs, like the Holy Knight shaped like a gnu skull. I doubt all of them are alive after 38 years tho.
The christian theme goes strong with Kuma. The contrast of a real saint being hunted by self-proclaimed saints who are actual demons on earth is poethic. The self-sacrificing nature, the natural kindness & altruism, the wood craftsmanship, the healing powers... again, Kuma seems to be strongly associated to a traditional christian theme, makes sense how he was shown reading a bible since his First introduction. I don't think we've ever seen someone born with a heart as good as Kuma's in the entire story, just sayin...