

By reading the manga and rewatching the anime I reached to this conclusion -
Rain didn't fall in Alabasta for 3 years, but before that it did only in the
capital and not in the neighbouring regions. When the artificial rain powder
is used, the location where it is used gets more than average rain and nearby
areas don't get any. Since by good faith we know the king wasn't using the
powder or had any knowledge of it being used, could it be that Crocodile was
using it in the capital from some hidden location which resulted in such a
phenomenon and after he stopped using it, say the 3 years that no rain
happened was the time natural weather was reconstructing itself and whether or
not Crocodile was defeated, it would have rained nonetheless??

And secondly if Smoker had used artificial rain machine from a ship after the
fight (couldn't figure out whether it was the case or not as he says when
asked, he will never break the law but it is shown such a ship is there in the
back) , how was he able to make rain the whole island??


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Did both Crocodile and Smoker use the artificial rain powder in Alabasta?


No, only Crocodile used the rain powder. Smoker was specifically asked by Hina
if he used the dance powder and he said no (chapter 212). I know you stated
this but it's firm proof until it's said otherwise.


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Crocodile had been using the rain powder to control the climate and preventing
rain from falling in the kingdom, whilst making it seem the capital was using
the rain powder to monopolize the rains. Crocodile admits to this when
taunting Koza in chapter 197.

Later, with both Crocodile defeated and the rain maker ship captured, the rain
started falling once more.

It's not made clear if Smoker used the rain powder or not, and I don't have
access to the original japanese text, but checking the narration from chapter
212, on both internet scanlations and my brazilian edition of One Piece, both
imply that the rain that fell on the kingdom was the natural bounty that could
finally rain since nothing was preventing it anymore. So it can be understood
that Smoker did not use the rain powder to cause the rain.


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