Quote Originally Posted by Dark Dragon
The Davy Back Fight was great, if Naruto had fillers like that i would actually bother to watch them.
The Davy Back fight wasn't a filler.

There's a pretty big connection, imo from the Skypiea arc.

******SPOILERS**********




































Usopp see's Going Merry's Incarnation in a human/spiritual form repairing the ship. And it just makes it so much harder for him in the manga. As well as the dials that Usopp obtained to fight Luffy as well.



*******END SPOILERS**********