Damn now I'm fanboying over the idea Chopper might fight an Oni Drake. It entirely validates the ice oni plotline, especially for Chopper. I'm going to get disappointed aren't I.
That said, another thing I realized is that Jinbe vs. WsW is happening directly the floor above Black Maria vs Robin/Brook. Remember this scene in Enies Lobby?
What if Jinbe or WsW break the floor and crash down to Black Maria? What if there is a switcheroo just like with Usopp and Sanji above but it ends up being Jinbe/Brook? What if Jinbe finds motivation to exit that fight with WsW to shift the battles against the Calamities? I STILL think Yamato vs Jack is happening, especially due to Momo's connection to the Scabbards and likely that 10th person being his sister or mother.
This would entirely allow Yamato, Jinbe and Sanji to be available for the 3 calamities, WHILE keeping Zoro/Luffy fighting Kaido, AND maintaining a strict Strawhat vs Beast Pirate matchup. And just to play it out again:
- Ulti vs Nami
- Page 1 vs Usopp
- Drake (Oni'ed) vs Chopper
- Black Maria vs Robin
- Sasaki vs Franky
- WsW vs Brook
- Jack vs Yamato
- Queen vs Jinbe
- King vs Sanji (just to make all of you Sanji bros happy)
- Kaido vs Luffy and Zoro
This would actually be fucking sick ngl, as much as I'm doubting Brook vs Whos Who or Jinbe changing his fight, but there have been plenty of Enies Lobby parallels this arc so far (Black Maria/Kalifa and Sanji being the most notorious), so I could see this happening.