Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnder
I'm disappointed that Buggy is apparently so much weaker than Luffy. I mean, I know he always sucked, but I kind of hoped being on the Grand Line would have made him suck less.
Buggy used to be an apprentice on Roger's ship, along with Shanks like 20 years ago. While Shanks becomes one of the four yonkou, Buggy ends up defeated by the strawhats back when there were only 3 of them, and none of them even had bounties. Buggy never cared about being strong, he just wanted to be rich. He didn't even want a devils fruit power.

The bracelet is interesting. Oda and his little plot points popping up out of nowhere.
And a year after its first appearance, the bracelet finally contributes to the plot. Oda's ridiculous.