The thief might be important character who knows he is friend with an old samurai like kawamatsu or denjiro. Zoro saving him could help an alliance.The chapter wasn't that good considering the fact that it was last chapter of this year.
Good to see Drake's new design but oda should have shown us his bounty post TS.
I think Drake vs Law will be nice addition before final showdown as Law knows something about Drake when they first met.
Hawkins looks dubious. I think he has make his own plans and now trying to get law n other supernovas into it.
I do think the whole Franky running here n there kinda look filler-ish.
Dont know who that guy with Zero is but there interaction also didn't look interesting.
So i will rate this chapter as 2/5.
Hmm i think franky was looking for the kaidos ongashima home layout . Ya it did look kinda fillerish but we now got the info that someone from kuri stole it.