First thing first, when I heard Caesar Clown speak and appear in his full appearance, only one man came into my mind. (I have watched Bleach and read the manga religiously when it was first published until the last chapter, sounds kinda like Tekking101 right? But that is the truth, anyway) So one man, appeared in my mind and it is effin Kurotsuchi Mayuri (12th Division Captain from Bleach series), and so I've research for a bit and found out that both share the same Voice Actor (Ha! I knew it).
Right, now let's go on to the main topic. But first let's check Caesar Clown's backstory first. See who he was before he cross paths with the Straw Hats.
BACKSTORY
Caesar Clown was a former colleague of Vegapunk, together they perform test on weapons and perform research for the advancement of both science and technology, But eventually he was confronted and ousted from the team by Vegapunk due to his inhumane ways of making weapons. He proposed for a weapon that will be putting even civilians in danger, in his mind those are the price that they need to pay for science and advancement. It was even mention in the series that he suggested Vegapunk to use children in their research for 'gigantification'.
Caesar set off the weapon, destroying two laboratories in Punk Hazard, and destroying the land itself by setting off poisonous gas in the whole island, deeming the island inhabitable, he was apprehended by the Marines but was able to escape the prison ship.
After few years, he went back to the island and purified the poisonous air. The survivors saw him as a savior and pledged allegiance to what they call "Master". Together they once again, perform inhumane research (Experimenting on kids for the 'gigantification' process and making them addicted to his "candies" that contains NHC10 and at the same time the creation of the facility known as "SAD" which produces "SMILEs" (a man-made Zoan-type Devil Fruit).
PERSONALITY
He is a manipulative, self-serving bastard and also a coward to those people who are more powerful than him, but for those he outranked, he is shown to be very conceited and evil.
He is an expert manipulator, able to fool the prisoners/survivors of the incident in Punk Hazard, as if he was not the one involved in the explosion (He made it look as if it was the fault of his former colleague and rival, Vegapunk).
He used his manipulative skills to his advantage when dealing with the kidnapped children, making them believe that they were sick and needs to be treated and that they will be a danger to their family if they go back not completely "treated". He even shed tears and told them that he was a father, who lost his child due to the same "disease" that the children have. (But in reality, he faked the story and even the children's disease were made up and caused by him).
In dealing with him, there is no sense of honor. He made a deal with Trafalgar Law in regards to his conditions when Law roams the island freely (Law's heart for his assistant Monet's heart). He created that deal out of fear, he knew the Law is stronger than him, but in a way Caesar is the lord of the land, therefore should be the strongest and can't allow someone as strong as Law to roam freely. Law agreed to the deal, but was double-crossed by Caesar in the process, Caesar gave the heart to Vergo (a former colleague of Law under Joker and also a Vice-Admiral implanted by Joker to the Marines).
He is also a textbook psychopath who doesn't feel any remorse or guilt with the actions he has done, he created weapons of mass destruction but does not see the negative in doing so. He is also able to sacrifice his own men for the sake of advancing his research (This also shows that he is charismatic by nature, men follow him without any question). He is also narcissistic and very much like to be adored or be praised as a "genius".
POWERS (DEVIL FRUIT)
He ate the Gasu Gasu no Mi (Gas Gas Fruit) a - Logia-based fruit. That grants him the ability to change into a vaporous form, allowing him to float and go inside places that no normal solid being can. Caesar can absorb other gases, and he merged completely with the Shinokuni gas to greatly enhance his size and powers, while gaining Shinokuni's petrification properties, able to petrify anyone he touches. He is shown to be able to remove the oxygen from the air, thus suffocating his target/s.
**(I will not go through with his DF powers in this post, a separate discussion will be done for the Devil Fruits)**
CONCLUSION
Clearly he is powerful, given that he has a Logia-based DF. Although, I would point out that perhaps he could have won if he was a bit stronger in terms of maximizing the reach of his oxygen removal capabilities. In the fight with Luffy, we were shown that there is only a certain measure between Caesar and his target to cut-off the oxygen in the air. But what if he can remove the oxygen on a, let's say island scale. Then he himself is a living weapon of mass destruction. He will surely, without a doubt annihilated the Straw Hats, and other people present in Punk Hazard.
He claimed that he experimented on his abilities, enhancing it and improving it. Given the various capabilities of his DF, I would say that his DF is already awakened. And I believe that the base form of his DF is just him being able to turn into gas, and suck the various gases around the air. (His awakened DF allows him to blend in with the various gas to create an even better variation of his power, for example: When he absorbed Shinakuni. He was able to get Shinakuni's petrifying ability).
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